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(...) Hello Jonathan, If I may be so bold as to attempt to answer some of your questions... (...) Technically, the custom parts are not Lego so far as they are not made by The Lego Group A purist uses 100% Lego in their MOC's...with no exceptions (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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Now that we are seing more "custom" parts being made (for example the Starwars weapons, the Castle accessories and the Train wheels), it raises an important question... are these "Lego"? For example, if I use them, am I no-longer a purist? Does (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Wow!...Wow! Wicked great job & excellent service to the Lego community! Jeff (22 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Maybe you need a script to watch the script (that watches the script. :-) ) (22 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Me too... I'm not 100% sure what happened, but basically the auto-restart script that monitors the NNTP server failed to restart it correctly after it fell down for some reason. I killed a hung process this morning and it restarted fine. Very (...) (22 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hi Anthony, I really like your article. The traditional torsos in other colors are great. I cant wait to make orange knights, red peasants, and serfs. Lots of serfs! Ben (22 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) What happened? I admit it was rather shocking to open up my email this morning and only get four emails, instead of the usual 50 Monday fare. I noticed that I couldn't reply to LUGNET stuff either. ~Mike (22 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) More great stuff to work with! I wanted to mention adhering the stickers. I suppose sticker paper works, but after the seeing the huge jump in quality with photo paper (not to mention nice stiff sturdy paper), that's the only way I'm going to (...) (22 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) What I found after playing with the shield designs over the weekend is that with glossy photo paper (Canon Photo Paper Pro with a Canon S900 six-color printer) the level of detail will hold. Lesser paper blurs, loses saturation and vibrancy, (...) (22 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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Hey all, After an axhausting run, I've completed 86 different minifig torso designs, along with a template, and compiled them into another article for Classic-Castle.com. Feel free to check it out (URL) HERE>. --Anthony (URL) The Kingdom of Ikros> (22 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) I too was infected Saturdae morning and decided to take a swat at putting together a signature shield. Now to buy about 50 shields, to outfit the newly recruited: Irish Blades! (URL) the rapiers look crummy that large (and I'm not too fond of (...) (22 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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This weekend North Georgia LEGO Train Club (NGLTC) held an ornament building session at Scottish Rite Children's Hospital in Atlanta. Here the patients and families were invited to come down and build ornaments that will be a part of the NGLTC tree (...) (22 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org)
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I was going through Lugnet withdrawals all weekend!!!!!!! Yay!!! It works again!!!...!!! Rob (22 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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My first pass at making a completely new Black Falcon shield: (URL) a .psd file there, too, though I don't know if that's acceptable for Brickshelf since it doesn't display unless you open it. I've made multiple color copies of it, and I've found (...) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hmmmm, now I have to modify these things. Layers - ah yes, there's the help file on that (I couldn't draw at all on the Black Falcon Torso Shield since the background was the active layer). Been a while since I actually used Photoshop for (...) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks much! I'm glad you like what I've done, and it's particularly flattering to be complimented by someone who knows what I'm going through to do these. It takes me on average between one and two hours per design. Fortunately, some designs (...) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hey Don, I'm glad you like my work so far. I'm sorry to hear you're having problems. I'm afraid I'm not very knowledgable in printing and those two programs you have, but with what strikingly little knowledge I have, I'll try and help you out. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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At the request of Ben E., I created a variation on my Fleur de Lis torso. I present to you: The Musketeer torso sticker! (URL) That is all. --Anthony (22 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I have tried both MS Paint and Paint Shop Pro and I cannot rezise either the shields or the Torso. Anyway, fantastic job on the shields and the torso. Woe is me! -- Don (22 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hey all, Rich just posted a Blog on his site about the new Briktrak 2004!!!...!!! Ddrrrrrooo...ooolll...lll (URL) Mark, aka Sharkey (22 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.inv, lugnet.general)
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(...) also, I checed the forums at FBTB- You ARE popular here-you do GREAT work with MOCs & excellent engaging stories Jeff-sorry to reply to my own post (22 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Wow. these images are crisp! i've done bitmap enlarging & going back & interpolating (guessing where the pixels look best to make that curve look JUST right) & it is Hard, long work. EXCELLENT job on all these torsos & shields! Jeff-grateful (...) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi Anthony, Wonder job on the torso and shield. I know many of us have wanted to print these out as stickers for a long time. They look excellent. Ben (22 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Love it! Can I pre-order #1951 & #1952 to go with the cool Ford Anglia I got in the Privet Drive HP set? Thanks for a great premise. Ted (22 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) I LOVE the jukebox!!! Nice work! 2x2 tiles make perfect records! :o) --Dave (jot and jab) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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Kevin & All, (...) I see. I don't have it, but my wife, she's a pharmacist at Osco Drugs (Albertsons), just passed the test to become a official certified Diabetes Councilor. She has been training for this about a year now, and has been advising (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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Whilest I continue my quest to finish a Torso Sticker article, I just thought y'all would like to see what I'm up to... well... again. So, feel like you have too many harry potters? (URL) There ya go. --Anthony (URL) The Kingdom of Ikros> (22 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I'm ok but several people in our local club were recently diagnosed as diabetic. I'm trying to raise awareness of the disease because in the case of Type II (the most common) it is believed to be preventable. KL (22 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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I can show you how to easily get 136-2x4's, 1-2x2, 21-1x4's and 18-2x2's in and get the lid to snap shut! (URL) I'm sure with a little work you could get another 2x4 in there in place of something else but this pattern is easy to build. If total (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) And how about the european 1 litre bags? And don't stack the 8 x 8 bricks 'cause it's a pain to get them apart later :) So far I think I normally get around 200 bricks in each bag. But I just toss them in, shake a little and repeat until it (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Here's a link for you lazy guys (that might have type II :P ): (URL) I do hope Kevin's fine, as well as the lot of you. (22 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Okay, here's my contribution. I'm not sure how many pieces I used, and I tossed it together pretty quickly tonight, so it could probably use some refinement. I really like the record store idea, so I ran with it. (URL) imagine all of the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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I just went to Brickshelf & found the latest poll surprising. Kevin, I hope you're OK. Jeff (22 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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I was amazed the other night that there are details in the Bill and Mary story I never saw before. Granted I looked most at the castle bits, and the wheel falling off scene, but.. There appears to be an arsonist in their garage. Take a look. It's (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) I'll repeat the information here that I sent to Mark P. in a private e-mail. The lid definitely locks on there with all 137 2x4's inside and more. My "secret" is that some of the layers can be wider than 8 studs, allowing a 2-stud gap in the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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Neat idea, one thing though... (...) This should really be set #1969, and rather than a computer shop it ought to be a bunch of minifigs in lab coats (over UCLA T-shirts or something) and those Clark Kent black-rimmed glasses, wearing pocket (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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Here is how we found best to stack blocks and get the most out of your $12.95 cup at Pick-a-Brick. Starting at the bottom you can place 20 1x2's in the moat. Next row looks as follows...... (URL) that I placed a few 1x4's in were they would fit. I (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Right, right, right....I got it already! The set numbers being years *MIGHT* be a bit confusing. People would definitely associate them with the year these things are actually happening. I was instead thinking any set with a #197x number would (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) SNIP (...) Ok, they're born (...) Whoa! dating at 11? (...) Whoa! Whoa! married at 12? (...) yikes! 13 yr. old mamma! (...) whoa! sandy's 7 yrs. in labor? (...) NELUG! (New England Lego Users Group): (URL) But even if there was: once again, (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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Hi, Dave. (...) These MOCs sound really cool, but I keep clicking on the descriptions and the links don't seem to work! What gives? Surely the top story on LUGNET couldn't be a post about hypothetical MOCs that don't really exist! I'll just keep (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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