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The "Brick-by-brick" Lego past, present, and future" tent at Legoland Kidvention was showing some new items that will coming out by year end. No pictures were allowed expect for two of them. They are: 1) Statue of Liberty - A large sculpture of the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general) !
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(...) ...Now _this_ is good evidence that they are starting to try to market to AFOLs. This kind of huge set with lots of parts and details is what will appeal to lots of us, and going LD exclusive is more evidence, since lots of us know and use it. (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Mosaics (was: Re: New stuff at Legoland Kidvention)
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(...) That sounds like great fun! I hope the prices are reasonable! BTW, if you want to play around with making your own brick (or plate) mosaics right now, LUGNET has a mosaic maker: (URL) LUGNET's "Mosaic Maker" application is completely unrelated (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) There are actually 3 different gray colors (plus balck and white) used in their sample mosaic. It is a shade that is lighter than the regular gray. (...) One of the Lego Media people said that they were expecting prices to be about $35. It (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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"John Gramley" <jkgii@aol.com> wrote in message news:Fxrns7.At8@lugnet.com... (...) If you have enough plates to make it. That's 2,304 1x1 plates to fill up a 48x48 grid. Gulp. So for $35, I can get over 2000 plates? That sounds like bulk order (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Well, what I meant was if you had already done a couple mosaics, you'd probably have enough to work out what you need if you have pictures that use apporximately the same distribution of colors. (...) Well, $35 was just an estimate, could end (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Why waste time with that? I'd upload a square of each color, and order 5 kits (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Eh, what was her reaction when you said that ? Blinked her eye's at all ? Greatings, M. Moolhuysen. (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) I don't recall that she blinked at all about that. Having met us, she probably expects it. She did hem and haw a bit when we asked about color though. She said that if the grayscale version goes well, they *might* consider doing color. She (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) You should have had me ask ;) (...) True. Did they have 32 colors in the model shop? Somehow I don't really remember seeing all that many. Those parts bins were BREATHTAKING though. Enough to devalue any ebay auction. -Tim (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Mosaics (was: Re: New stuff at Legoland Kidvention)
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(...) have (...) So don't use plates! 1x1 BRICKS are the most plentiful part in any bucket or tub...and if you're like me you have MORE than enough of those :-) Will Lego Beach Department of Emergency Services www.crosswinds.net/~hokie (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Oh yeah, The Tim Mind Trick. This guy asks for stuff and *gets* it. So amazing, it's annoying. :-) (...) Ah, did you see the color reference baseplate with 2x2 color tiles on it? There were a *lot* of colors. I'm sure there were well over 32 (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) LOL :) (...) I suppose so. Yes I did see that baseplate. I also liked how the certain elements in bins had colored tiles indicating what colors it was available in. Supposively there's something like 40-45 colors that have ever been made. -Tim (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) NoNo!!! use 1x1 TILES! I'd pay for that in a heartbeat!! Sounds like this is going to be interesting though, I'm looking forward to it :) (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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Mookie wrote in message <397305E9.83526C6B@w...tt.net>... (...) the (...) up a (...) bucket (...) Are the ones you can buy made only of 1x1 plates, or is it a mix of sizes? If there's a 2x4 area thats all black, does it use a 2x4 plate or 8 1x1's? (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) One of the model builders said there are 52 official Lego colors but that they (the model builders at Carlsbad) can't figure out what all of them are. Steve (24 years ago, 18-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad) !
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(...) I am pretty sure that they will just be 1x1 plates, even for large fill areas. And I'm just guessing, but I imagine they won't use the baseplate (which I believe is gray) as a color because then there would be noticable "dips" in the picture. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Mosaics (was: Re: New stuff at Legoland Kidvention)
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You send in a photo and they will scan it and create a mosaic of your photo and send you the correct number of 1x1 plates and a drawing of where to place them, but here is the best part-- a *NEW* brick color!! The mosaics will be white, black, gray, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) and (...) Plates or tiles? We've heard both. I of course would prefer tiles, and in fact, tiles may be cheaper for TLC since they use less plastic. However plates may be what they go with since plates have studs which gives more of the "LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Todd, I just wanted to tell you how great this application is! It's by far the most versatile that I've come across - I *love* being able to do away with the dithering and have only large solid color areas, and the gamma correction factor was (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) 1x1 *plates* (...) Any new color that isn't in the Belville/Scala color system (ie earth tones, muted, etc;) is good!!! (...) No biggie, really. It's just a scaled up version of a minifig (the one shown was in the blue overalls and a red cap, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Mosaics (was: Re: New stuff at Legoland Kidvention)
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From: "John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> <snip> (...) <snip> (...) for (...) shown was (...) said (...) color for (...) <snip> Oh! I mis-understood. At the first mention of it I thought that it was just a statue of a large mini-fig. It is built of (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) heh-- *my* fault-- I wasn't too clear about that. He will be a building set. Which torso and pants is yet to be determined, but he will be a classic smiley:-) -John (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) slopes. (...) post (...) I was given the approximate price as $25 - by one of the designers of the project. She had a display over at the Maniac building. The plates (only 1x1 - no others expected) will be available in 5 colors - white, black, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I wonder if it's the same lighter gray as the Scala warm light gray...? --Todd (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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I took pics of his hands, and ranted to the workers there that I needed 6005 in yellow to build my yellow Fury. NOT ONE mentioned that TLG was going to sell it!!! I plan on buying the set as soon as it is available, then rebuilding it as a giant (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Does it really MATTER which they choose? Once you have the basic bricks needed, and the instructions, you can change colors/designs all you want with just a 3033 tub or 2. -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <talonts@vfaq.com> <snip> (...) <snip> (...) sounds (...) needed, (...) a (...) It doesn't matter which one they choose, if they use pieces that I can get in the desired colors... If they use (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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(...) No, the new shade was *between* gray and dark gray. *Medium* gray. -John (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Minifig (was Mosaics (was: Re: New stuff at Legoland Kidvention))
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I took pics of its' hands, because I wanted pics of 6005 in yellow. I didn't know they were going to be selling it, or I'd have taken more full pics of it. I do have a few pics - (URL) were only a few sections that you couldn't take pics (of course (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Minifig (was Mosaics (was: Re: New stuff at Legoland Kidvention))
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Ok Tom, you've convinced me... now I want one. :-) I wonder how the arms are attached at that angle? Hmmm... And if it is poseable...? -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <talonts@vfaq.com> (...) didn't (...) it. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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Yes, the arms move. I have no idea how, but I was able to move them, and they were stiff. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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