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(...) heheh - don't forget to inventory it :P (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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My statue of liberty is here!!!! huzzah! it's huge and arrived in a very odd package... much like the mosaic box, only like 8 times the size, inside are 4 plain white boxes numbered 1-4.. very exciting!!!! (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general) !
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(...) Here's a few pictures, not very exicting... i've only opened the first of the 4 boxes, but so far... no instructions? hmmm... (URL) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yea, I got mine the other day (it might have actually arrived the same day a letter arrived telling me it would be delayed...). People breaking this down for parts will love it. All the parts which come in large quantities come one type of (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh, I also verified for certainty that the green in 7311 is the same green (I don't know if anyone was in doubt). (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ok, what are we going to call the color? Green... Muted Green? Green-Gray? Washed-Green? Verdis-Green? Only people with the parts in hand should actually get to vote. -Jon (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The pictures do the color no justice, imho :) I love it :) r2 bodies, cones, slopes, brick brick brick! you're right frank, this box was packed so tightly! I couldn't get the all back in right :) UPS said the box was 17lbs! it's huge, it's (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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My vote's for Verdigris, even though this color's used in non-copper sets :) It's kind of mossy looking, not swampy, but mossy.. I love it :) (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think there's a very simple (and good) reason for this- unlike "typical" LEGO boxes, this isn't a marketing tool. You aren't going to see the box on a store shelf, where it has to compete with other items to grab your attention. So why go to (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Would you be kind enough to tell me where you purchased that statue? By the box in your picture, I can only assume that it’s from Lego Shop @ Home? Could you provide the item number and price? Also, are their other mega-scale sets like yours (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) People should bear in mind that there are blue & red versions of this color as well. i.e. muted blue, muted red. Whatever name you chose you might want to apply it to these other colors as well. I do have the parts btw, but I will let others (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The word "green" should be in the name, I guess Antique Green would be good. (I think I might have been the one that started the thread on "Verdigris".) If people want Verdigris, then I want dark pink to be "Magenta". And that opens up (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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and sure enough, she inventoried it right away, so she could go build it. I'm posting cause she's busy :) (URL) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.db.inv)
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I, for one, can't go along with that at all. We should attempt to be consistant with whatever TLG ends up on calling it for the general public. Not that we may know that yet, but we certainly can influence it. Case in point - Note the Beige group (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree with that. But.... I wonder what TLG is calling it? (aside from 'new' green) If we decide on a name & then they call it something else... (I know I said I would let others decide, but suddenly I have nothing else to do at work). (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Didn't work that way for Tan... (and I'm still sticking with Teal for the torquoise green) As long as we're at it - I've been puzzling over the current Belville Blue - which looks like Blue-Purple. There seems to be 3 apporaches to color (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It will actually be a relatively easy inventory job (just a LOT of counting...). I wonder how many free pieces we get (I won't be surprised to have some extra 2x4s etc. There are several bags of some parts, they might be a round quantity). (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) 47 would be an unfortunate choice -- color code 47 in LDraw is Clear. :) Has anyone compiled a list of TLC color numbers? I know they use the color number as part of the part ID, but I've never caught the actual values. Steve (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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Oops. Forgot to reply to a point I meant to reply to... (...) Teal and Turquiose are two different colors. Teal appeared in Cyberslam/Competition and Rock Raiders. Turquiose has appeared in ... the Mindstorms Droid Developer Kit (R2D2). I'm sure (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree with that completely. (...) Really? I think that'd be most cool, as it's the closest thing to the proper word for the color of rusted copper. "Verdigris Green" seems to be more proper, but you know kids... (...) Hmm. When I think of (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There are only about eight or so free pieces - 4 of which are the 2x2 cylinder 'R2D2' robot body bricks that aren't even used in the statue. If I remember correctly there were only two extra 2x4 bricks. Also a 2x6 and a 2x8 I think - not as (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It is called "verdigris green" on Brickbay.com . /Eric McC/ (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Isn't that sort of redundant redundant, like saying Turquoise Blue or Lemon Yellow? 8^) Dave! (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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I can't remember what TLC calls gray-green but I remember I didn't like it. It was sorta Martha Stewart-ish. not descriptive. Might be helpful to look at my chart from last May: (URL) to be updated. but as you can see, (since about 4 years ago) all (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, it is redundant. But the redundancy is useful because fewer people know what "verdigris" means than "turquoise" or "lemon". /Eric McC/ (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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"Suzanne D. Rich" <suz@baseplate.com> wrote in message news:G4uz3J.Cp@lugnet.com... (...) it. It (...) TLC's (...) Isn't this a direct result of how they do their molding and coloring of the parts? -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The teal/turquiose issue confused me while entering parts on my brickbay shop. I thought the pieces found in cyberslam were teal, yet while searcing brickbay, everybody has them listed under turquiose. (OK, not everybody, there is one piece (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I won't be calling it "new green" unless i need to explain it to someone who doesn't have a dictionary handy to look up verdigris :) I'm not saying verdigris is the best name, just that it's the best temporary choice. (...) Verdigris green is (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) c/rusted/oxidized/ Many metals oxidize but only metals that are mostly the element iron "rust". ++Lar (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm, why the heck are they there then? Now that you mention it, I remember seeing them, but saw no evidence of them in the instructions. (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe the Droids are meant to help with the assembly. (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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Jon Kozan wrote in message ... (...) I was happy with verdigris before, but having seen the actual color (from the LOM sets) and bearing in mind the new murky blue and murky pink in the LOM sets, I don't think verdigris is correct any more. For one (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Martian Green anyone ? (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) yes, I believe so. -Suz (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Actually that is not correct. Although "rust" most commonly refers to the hydrated ferric oxide coating found on iron, it more correctly refers to the coating produced by corrosion on any metal. The verb form of "rust" refers in general to the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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anyone else see the irony (pun intended) of someone called Shiner setting us all straing about rust?? 8?) ROSCO FUT: lugnet.off-topic.pun (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Just finished mine. I had 16 pieces left over, all were the "New" green except the 1/2 pin. Here's a rundown.... (4) 2x2 R2D2 Bodies (1) Gray 1/2 Technic pin (1) 1x1 tile (2) 2x4 brick (4) 2x6 brick (4) 2x8 brick My theory on this is that it (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I quite agree though they have piles of the similarly black and white boxed minifig sculpture at the MN LIC. That's merely the exception to the rule of course. John #388 (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, that would have been nice if the droids had been complete (can you say corroded droid in the junk yard?), but we just got bodies, no head or legs. Frank (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:G4xA1L.EvC@lugnet.com... (...) say (...) legs. (...) This thread makes me wonder if LEGO will have some sort of an alternate model available on their web site some time in the future that (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I just finished building my statue! Your leftover brick count matches mine! I don't understand the R2D2 body parts either. Seems very strange that they would include pieces like that in the set and not use them. For those who have built the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm confused...I thought LEGO called it "Aqua." --Todd (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) One more data point, FWIW: according to LEGO Direct, the official internal name for the new green is: Sand Green (in English, anyway; my understanding is that it's different in Danish). I don't know if that's what LEGO will call it when they (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You're right, the back of the head is a bit weird. I never noticed it. I only dropped a part into it one time. It took a bit of shaking to get it back! The most aggravating part was keeping the very first parts of the tablet from falling off (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Exact same extras I had... it seemed like a lot to me, so i rechecked the instructions to make sure i hadn't made any mistakes... but i couldn't find any... (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I thought it was odd, but then again, I've never seen the back of the actual statue (heck, i've never seen the front either :) ) so i don't know if perhaps she has a bow or ribbon or braids or something.. (...) 2, and she's very heavy. I (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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A Question to those people who have the Statute of Liberty, how did you find it? Is it worth spending $300(CDN) on getting it or not? Would it work as the centerpiece of a town? (That's what I'm thinking of getting one for) James Powell (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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I love it. Well worth the money for us :) And I was thinking of using it in a harbor myself, but then I"d have to build the rest of NYC :/ (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You did pretty good with 6 hours of building time. I guess I mess around too much when I'm building. I think it took me 8 or 9 hours to complete it. That's with watching tv, munching on snacks and such! I didn't have as much trouble with the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think it was worth getting. I like the new green color and I'm impressed with the array of bricks you get with it. If I didn't like the new color, then I probably wouldn't think it was worth getting. As for the actual statue, I'm not wild (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, let's look at it scientifically. A minifig is (roughly) 1 and 5/8th's inches tall. That's 1.625". If we say an average human is 6' tall, that's 72". So a minifig is 1:44th scale. (If I trash the math here, please feel free to correct me, (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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I didn't realize that the SoL is so small... and I thought the pedestal was taller than the statue.. this page says the pedestal is 154' tall... seems so small... i've never seen it, but in my mind i thought it would tower the washington monument (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) We should contact lego or lego direct or something and just get them to clarify the spare parts that should be left over after making the set. (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm, I wouldn't think of it as a sand color, but that does make sense with the appearance that the green may really have been developed for the Life on Mars sets, along with then presumably Sand Red and Sand Blue (I wonder if we will see Sand (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) As the other post mentioned, it probably is a bit too small, but it's not that bad. Also, the head is very cramped. If I remember right, only 5 or 6 people could be standing in the head and looking out the windows (which are where the 1x1 (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Doh. Ok, after rereading the site I failed to mention in the last post: (URL) granite pedestal is 89' and the foundation is 65'... I still didn't run the numbers to find out how big a minifig scale one would be, but i did find a picture of the (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Not exactly. It seems that some by definitions, verdigris is a patina -- it's the substance that forms on the surface of oxidized copper, not the color itself. See the entries at (URL). Close to the end, there's a link to "verdigris green", (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Don't get started on official terms. We're having a hard enough time with the official unofficial words. ;) Steve (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) And of course, Sand Tan, uhh, has been out for several years... Steve (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No, I don't think tan is a member of the "sand" family of colors. It doesn't have a greyness to it. Sand yellow would be similar to tan, but I don't think it would be the same. Frank (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Apologies for the error when I said last week there's 8 pieces left over (my memory is not good) - I have the exact same 16 pieces left also. The only use for the R2D2 bodies I can see is to substitute the cone piece at the bottom of the (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Perhaps this is a good place for LEGO Direct to step in and clear up a mystery with some rather harmless inside info? I can't see why these were included being a trade secret. eric (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It is now also listed as Sand Green in the Statue of Liberty description in the Jan 2001 S@H catalog. Have to wonder if they refer to the LOM red and blue (and maybe even the purple) in a similar fashion.... John #388 (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's beginning to appear to me that the red, blue, and purple from LOM are sand red, sand blue, and sand purple. It's also beginning to be apparent that tan and sand yellow are the same color Note that there are "gates" for the transport (...) (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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