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I recently bought a medium size jumble of LEGO pieces and am trying to sleuth out and reconstruct the original sets (there are no instructions). I've done extensive browsing through the Fibblesnork LEGO Guide identifying candidate sets from some of (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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One thing I can suggest.. someone else could probably give you the exact addy... Looks around for Todd :) there is a inventory group.. gives you inventories on some of the sets.. I'm not sure how many are listed there though... you could print out a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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For the sets I think I've identified I've gone to K Loch's Instruction Scans site and worked through the reconstructions substituting off-color parts as needed just to make progress. But the trouble is not with the sets I can easily pick out from (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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---...--- (...) Scans (...) what (...) This sounds like a typical Lego construction worker from around the early 80's. It's been used in a lot of sets. (...) reference, (...) This sounds like a helicopter propeller piece. Sorry if it's not too (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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Robert Brunskill wrote in message ... (...) as (...) can (...) find in (...) for 2 (...) lapels. (...) identify (...) parts are (...) One place to look at minifigs is the Fibblesnork guide. Within the themes it covers (I don't think it covers all (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There is the LEGO Parts List link on James Jessiman's page. This list references part numbers by what colors and sets they came in, and how many in the set. Sadly, with James passing, the list has not been updated in a long time. But with (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks. That is exactly what I'm looking for! Now I can look at sets containing various unique parts I have and evaluate which sets are most likely based on the other parts I have. I previously sleuthed out that I'm almost certain I've got (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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Terry K <legoverse@geocities.com> wrote in message news:376c2064.750670...net.com... (...) This really is a great resourse. I don't know if it's exhaustive, though, even for the years it covers. I seem to recall finding some of these parts in other (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No, I don't believe it is exhaustive. And many numbers used (element numbers) have been changed. (...) Good question. James may have had a database, or maybe he just kept track in some simple way. I think Joshua did help him some with that (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's not exhaustive, from any point-of-view. I think James documented the sets he had, for the pieces he could put online. Awhile ago, I created a utility to reformat the data by set. It quickly became apparent there were pieces missing for (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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Brian, don't rule out the possibility that the former owner had a set of just minifigs: 6703, for example, would take up four different colour Futuron figs. I'm watching this thread with interest since this kind of detective work is my very favorite (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've looked st the minifig sets, but mine don't seem to match. I've got 10 futuron minifigs: 2 all black torsos, 2 all blue torsos, 1 blue/white torso, and 5 black/white torsos. The minifig sets I see all include several other color minifigs. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Now you've got me thinking... I didn't realize how rare they were. Not so much as red/white though. Hmm. You probably would have spotted the 6885 Crater Crawler right away if you had the big clear blue canopies. How about 6810 Laser Ranger? (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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Heather Patey (hpatey@nfld.com) wrote: : In lugnet.general, Brian H. Nielsen writes: : > I'm still searching (in vain) for what other sets to put the minifigs in : >(especially the 5 black/white torsos). : Now you've got me thinking... I didn't (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Black/white torsos or white/black torsos? White with a black triangle would be from 6810 Lazer Ranger. Black with white triangles are Space Police I minifigs. Blue/white torsos are more common, one each in 6828 Twin-wing spoiler and 6884 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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*SY* (che4spw@brunet.bn) wrote: : Brian H. Nielsen wrote: : > I've looked st the minifig sets, but mine don't seem to match. I've got 10 : > futuron minifigs: 2 all black torsos, 2 all blue torsos, 1 blue/white torso, : > and 5 black/white torsos. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm... I always thought they were different...guess not... Simon. LEGO: SP[cl++++(6825)ip++b...++++(6951) PI[so++++]++ CA[dm++++(6078)bf/cr...++++(6081) #++++ YB75M (25 years ago, 26-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ah, Fibblesnork, with data to fuel and resolve endless debates, tells me: The hands are different! Black for Futuron, white for SP1. I realize they're removable but it's a good indicator. So, Brian, what colour are the hands on your minifigs? (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sorry for the long delay. I was installing a new computer and playing with the LEGO RIS!! One minifig has white hands, so is apparently from Space Police. (I'll put it with the low slope piece that says "POLICE". <g>) The other 4 have black (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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