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Hi all, My two cents: This has come up before in several forms. Here are two recent ones. (URL) it comes to building, I'm a purist: not Lego = no way. But when it comes to Ldraw, I do a 180 on that. I can understand why Ldraw.org is currently 100% (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I had read the stuff on packing 2x4 bricks. I was interested in what the best total volume of mixed bricks was. I don't build exclusively with any particular brick size, so I don't mind mixing types within a cup. The LEGO Imagination Center in (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) A couple of hours to do both configurations and count them up. Brian H. Nielsen (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) A typo in the above: The base of the trapazoid is 6 studs, not 8. Sorry. Brian H. Nielsen (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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This article was in the San Diego Union-Tribune printed today. (URL) Some text of the article has been blocked from view because of a sloppy placed notice of interview locations and dates. Adr. (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, Doug Eaton wrote: <snip> (...) And I think we all know how painful that can be. :O I'm sorry. -Evil Wayne (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Here is my method of stacking 143 2x4 bricks, 2 2x2 and 21 1x2 in a Pick-A-Brick cup and still having the lid snap tight. I watched Chris Phillips pack one cup then took the idea home and used some trial and error to improve my piece counts. I just (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Hush now or Todd will have you replaced with a very small script! :-) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) The worst part about this hobby IMHO, everytime I visit a store that sell LEGO there is a crowd of kids getting in the way. .) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I remember a thread about user defined model-folders in mlcad: IMHO there should also be a folder for custom parts and not-yet-certified parts(parts-I-curren...y-author). As long as they are clearly marked I can't see a reason why we shouldn't (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I posted late last week with my method of packing 137 2x4s with breathing room for lots of small parts.<< Chris I saw that but like I said my comprehension with photos is somewhat limited. :) (...) That's what my pattern does. By eliminating (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Thanks! Thanks! :) I'm very happy to be of service to our community. Perhaps sometime soon I'll continue working on my oval shield template and get that article out to the public. Thanks for the reply! --Anthony (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Serf's up, dude! :) I'm glad you liked what I've done, it was a lot of effort. Hopefully it'll prove useful to the community, if not now then in the future. Otherwise I suppose I'll just cower back under the rock from which I came. :) But (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) With LEGO... MONEY IS NO OBJECT! Only the BEST for your soldiers will do! Hehe... thanks for the reply. Glad you liked what I've done. --Anthony (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks much! Glad you liked what I've done. I did the same as you when I first did stickers, using a glue stick. My only beef with them is that the glue doesn' last very long and after a while the stickers start peeling or just pop right off. (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) And so am I :) (...) I've found it easier to search for uncommon parts of the URL, in this case "popandco". When searching for posts about Brickshelf URL's I usually use the numberstring at the end (62991 from (URL) Flashanimation is, however, (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) First let me say that if you want to be taken seriously, cutting out the foul language will be a big help. It doesn't make anyone sound any more grown up, and it can damage people's perception of you if used inappropriately. The same can be (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) Quick answer, no. (...) By definition, you're not using 'pure ' parts. (this sounds like an argument about origami - a purist uses one square of paper to make what he wants. Anything else is 'unpure.' How do I know? I do origami, and I am (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) This year marked the 25th anniversary of (URL) The Hobby Show> which takes place every first weekend in November, at the International Center in Toronto, Ontario. This year was also the first time that the LEGO hobby was represented at the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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Sup everyone, I finally got the Legionnaire wrote up, here's the link for mocpages: (URL) heres the brickshelf folder: (URL) la Vista, Sean (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc)
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(...) I posted late last week with my method of packing 137 2x4s with breathing room for lots of small parts. Based on reading the packing methods of others, I think you can actually fit 4 2x4s into the raised stud on the lid instead of the three (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Our biggest concern was to see how many 2x4 blocks we could easily get in each cup. So far the easiest way I have found is as below......... (URL) This results in 136-2x4, 1-2x2, 21-1x4, 18-1x2 plus room for a few other little items like tiles. This (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Brian H. Nielsen" <70401.2635@compuserve.com> wrote in message news:Ho7I4n.197H@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ...] (...) down by (...) If you (...) So the real question is - how long did this take you? Mike (22 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Hello! (...) No, they are not. Anything that's not coming under the licence of TLC - not produced by TLC, not packed by TLC (if made anywhere else like motors) and not "monogrammed" with the LEGO logo - is not LEGO. Why should it be considered a (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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"Bruce Hietbrink" <bnh@chem.ucla.edu> wrote in message news:Ho7FLt.ss4@lugnet.com... (...) made (...) (URL) (...) It certainly is cool.... Bruce, that factory mockup, is that the same one that's in the ultimate lego book? Duq (22 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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I recently made a trip to the pick-a-brick at the Orlando LEGO Imagination Center and spent time stacking bricks to fit inside the large cup. After I returned home and counted my booty (1071.67 cubic bricks) I decided to investigate what the (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping) !
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That is so cool. I'd never seen it before. In Legoland California (and presumably other Legolands?) there is a display that shows how things are made including some working machines and a miniland-scale mock-up of a factory: (URL) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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I found this wouderfull litle pice about how LEGO-bricks are made and I just have to share it. Apperently bricks aren't scraped of magic trees by tiny danish elves... I'm shocked. (URL) Sorry if this has been posted before, I did try to make a (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.se) !
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Hi all, What are the materials for LEGO string? I think the thinner string is cotton, but the larger one seems synthetic... is it? Is there any published reference on this matter? I need to replace some old string and I'd like to use the closest (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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Very nice article and very nice torsos. I noticed that you did not mention the use of self adhesive labels. I know a lot of folks print directly to these labels and then just cut-and-peel them off and stick them on. You can even get the labels in (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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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