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Re: newbie (just out of the dark ages) question
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Tue, 30 Mar 1999 00:45:30 GMT
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Just out of the dark ages and into the LEGO Bankruptcy ages!!!!  Welcome
Aboard!!

In lugnet.general, William Wong writes:
> 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 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.
> 
> 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).
> 
> 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).

Sounds like you're building a brownstone!!!  Maybe if you use brown bricks it
will have that Bed-Stuy boarded up look  :')

But seriously, buy some Window sets from S@H - yah, they are only in Red, but
lots of windows and some better doors.
> 
> 
> 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)?

Auczilla - The auction run by Todd Lehman, is also at this site.  I would
assume there is another one starting soon.


> 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.

Just the S@H Windows and Doors pack, unfortunately.

> Can anyone help?  Oh, and thank you in advance



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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 (...) (27 years ago, 29-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)

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