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Re: newbie (just out of the dark ages) question
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Tue, 30 Mar 1999 00:25:52 GMT
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William,
May I be the first to say, welcome home! :)
I know how frustrating it is to be out of parts. Let's see, he bulk
plates? The only place you can come close is the Lego Shop at Home
service. (Phone number is 1-800-453-4652) They have them in black,
white, red, and blue. They also have a pack of doors & windows (5149),
which are still better than the Town Junior arrangement. You might be
able to get some from Auczilla, and Ebay as well. Any other suggestions,
fellow Lugnet'ers?
Scott Sanburn
William Wong wrote:
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> Hi all, I've been lurking for a while, and this is my first post: some
> questions. BTW, there're bits of setup, so the questions are at the end.
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> Over the weekend, I wanted to make models of buildings in my neighborhood. I
> started off with some aged pieces of 6393, lots of white plates from 8660, and
> some random parts of 5540. Oh, and about a thousand pieces of Technic, but
> mostly non-structural.
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> I then found, that I could only make half of one floor's facade out of the
> three story building I wanted, so I bought two 1200-piece tubs (3033). That
> only got me to one full-height, two-thirds-width facade, and a run on white
> plates (the plates being my bottleneck, since I still have a few hundred
> building-colored bricks).
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> The facade looks great on the initial glance (if you don't notice that it's
> only two-thirds of a full facade). But when you take a second look, you notice
> the lack of actual windows (a stack of blue bricks inset by a half stud were
> used in place of windows). And that the door is way too Bostonian (I'm going
> for the Brooklyn, NYC look).
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> So question #1: how do I get lots (thousands) of plates (red and yellow
> preferred) in these sizes: 1x1 1x2 1x3 1x4 2x2 2x2(L-shaped 3 stud)?
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> And question #2: is there an index of all the special architectural pieces
> (doors, windows, fences, etc.) pictured and points to what sets (bulk packs
> included) they can be gotten from? I'll soon be looking for a few dozen
> windows, doors, and balcony parts.
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> Can anyone help? Oh, and thank you in advance
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| Scott Edward Sanburn <ssanburn@aeieng.com> wrote in message news:37001A10.BC5874...eng.com... (...) Just one: LDraw. Never run out of plates, windows, or bricks, and it's absolutely free :-) As long as you have a variety of real life parts to work (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Hi all, I've been lurking for a while, and this is my first post: some questions. BTW, there're bits of setup, so the questions are at the end. Over the weekend, I wanted to make models of buildings in my neighborhood. I started off with some aged (...) (26 years ago, 29-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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