To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.generalOpen lugnet.general in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 General / 20965
  How many used to do this when building?
 
Hey all, Since I had to reconstruct some old Space and other sets to offer for trade in the past week, I noticed myself doing something I haven't had to now that TLG has finally moved the injection mark to the top of the stud. When you were (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: How many used to do this when building?
 
(...) You aren't the only one. I used to do that on projects I really cared about, and sometimes when I was having fun I'd build stuff and try to get as many of the injection marks to face _out_ as I could, just for a different effect. Now that the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: How many used to do this when building?
 
I STILL do this as I have a bunch of old bricks. This is especially true when stacking 1x1's or 1x2's. These seem particularly likely to have the mark on the side rather than top. David Simmons <xenobuzz@onemain.com> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: How many used to do this when building?
 
(...) On the space sets, I was never that concerned about looks. I guess the Star Wars movies got me used to thinking of spaceships as something that got kicked around and beat up a bit when used. Now, if I was going to build a spaceship-dealer's (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: How many used to do this when building?
 
I can honestly say I have never done this. And I thought I was anal.... ;^D ~Mark (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: How many used to do this when building?
 
(...) I must confess, now that I think about it, that I've always done this. Nathan Falslev nfalslev@netscape.net Exploria Main Interface (URL) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: How many used to do this when building?
 
(...) I've never really tried to hide the injection mark (too young I guess, hehehe...) but I do sometimes try to build my models so that the letters on top of the studs that spell Lego all line up one way. Though it stops working when you get an (...) (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR