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(...) Not by myself, but... A lot of schools round the world are using my BlockCAD (Virtual Lego) program to teach pupils both geometry and beginner's CAD. Does it count :-) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Bird toys. We have a Rainbow Lory[1] named Stitch. He loves to play with lego pieces. Kind of an exploratory thing -- he checks out every nook and cranny. He's totally fascinated by texture and shape. Kind of like an infant -- he sticks (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) LOL! I use stacks of bricks for a few of my old windows as well... but in a slightly different way. I also have a very old home, with old double hung windows on pulley systems. A few of the cords have snapped with age, so getting the window to (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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LEGO makes a nice box for containing RTV silicone mold-making compound. Lots of scale modelers use it when making molds for making cast-resin parts. My son uses it to make little "arenas" for his hermit crabs to play in. (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's funny--I make extensive use of rolled-up wool socks in my MOCs. Dave! (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Dave Schuler wrote:' <snip> (...) I use a rolled up wool sock for that same issue... Dave K (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) My home is about 80 years old, but the windows pre-date the invention of glass. As such, the storm windows tend to rattle mightily when even the faintest zephyr passes. To remedy this, I've inserted three- and four-brick stacks of LEGO 2x4 (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, William R. Ward wrote: <snip> (...) Well, I was having a problem with the toilet mechanism--the stopper wouldn't fall down after the water drained out of the tank. I thought that adding some weight to offset the center of gravity (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I made a mousetrap (non-killing variety) out of LEGO a few years ago when I had a mouse rooting around the house. It almost sort of worked too. The mouse triggered it once but managed to escape. Unfortunately the initial design had a few (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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What uses have you put LEGO to that are for practical reasons? Let me give some examples to illustrate: 1. Eric McCarthy's napkin holder made of LEGO 2. I use 2x4 bricks as leveling shims for furniture in areas where the floor is not entirely flat (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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Hey all, First I would like to apologize for posting this here but this is the only group of computer programmers and such that I know. MY problem is actually quite odd. All fonts on yahoo, bricklink, brickshelf, lugnet.... are HUGE. Normally with (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Almost forgot.... The blue 1x6x5 window was the only other color that these 1x6x5 windows came in. Blue was found in #6375 Exxon Service Station (a USA Only set), and classic space sets #6970 (Beta-1 Command) and #6971 (Intergalactic Command (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The sets that had these large window shutters were: #231 Homemaker Hospital Set: Brown Window Frames/Blue Shutters #232 Homemaker Bungalow Set: Brown Window Frames/Green Shutters #1551 Maersk Promotional Truck: Gray Window Frames/Gray Shutters (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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Looking for information on some particular sets, no model number or set id information known. In 1993 Toy R US in Kokomo and Indianapolis, Indiana saw some sets that were not mini-figure scale in the 500 – 1200 piece range. Sets were of a castle (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) (URL) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The instructions for the 2 Maresk Trucks that contain this piece do show it being attatched to the window frame in question. (19 years ago, 1-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) It took a bit of browsing, but Peeron shows this part having been used in the Maersk Line series and a few other sets. I'm not exactly sure if this went on the clips or not, but it looks pretty likely - would love to find an instruction scan (...) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) part has always had clips for shutters but I've never seen them. Did they exist? Can something else fit there? Just curious. Dave S. (19 years ago, 1-Oct-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) My apologies for replying to my own previouse response. It may be too late to include this suggestion, but I thought I'd offer it again anyway. I say "again" since this is actually something I posted nearly a year ago. It had sort of slipped (...) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi What do you think LEGO would never do that you’d love to see? Please make ALL sets available in ALL countries. Trying to buy a set and finding out that it's not available in your country is very annoying. Please make some of the models available (...) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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