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(...) "Liberty Green" seems kinda US-centric to me. If this is the only set this color is used in, it won't matter, but if verdigris starts popping up in other themes, it would matter. Steve (26 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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Steve Bliss wrote: <snip> (...) Yeah, so what's your point? <g,d,r> -John (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Water Temple MOC
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I'm hoping that it is not a pipe dream to be able to order 2x2 rounds in the future! In fact, I'm counting on it so I can add proper columns to my currently "columnless" group of buildings (Brad: white 2x2s please). I agree with you - ordering (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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(...) I'm Canadian, and I still think it's a good name. The statue that the model is made of is known around the world, (and wasn't it in fact built in France anyway?) It represents freedom, which we will have at least a little more of with the new (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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As copper weathers, it gains a patina. This is what gives the copper the green color. I would suggest 'patina green' as the name we use for the color. Build On! John Matthews Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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In lugnet.general, John Matthews writes: Since we haven't given any other color a fancy name (light blue and dark grey, and not charcoal or azure, etc) I think that we should stick to something simple like "Dull Green." greg (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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(...) I was thinking along those lines too, but I think 'Liberty Green', due to the uniqueness of the Statue and the uniqueness (up to this point) of the set. We may never see these colour bricks elsewhere, though I hope we do. pete.w (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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(...) I think keeping it simple like the rest of the color names is good. Here's a few more - faded green or weathered green. I wonder what TLC is calling it? I mean besides NEW :-) Julie (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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(...) Well, since we are in picky word mode here, I thought I might point out the subtle, but important differences between liberty and freedom. Both quotes are taken from dictionary.com's definitions of liberty and freedom. (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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(...) I am against ANY name that ties a concept to a particular theme, or particular thing. This applies to color names and it applies to parts. I think it's regrettable that some of the LDraw part names for parts used in a number of themes have (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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(...) I agree that we should keep it simple. My favorite choices are: 1) Antique Green 2) Weathered Green 3) Dull Green Gary Istok (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | S@H bulk pages are too slow
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I just went to the Shop at Home Bulk pages to check the price of the transparent thin walls. Wow, is that site slow. I am on an Ethernet connected to a T3 (maybe more than 1?) line, and it took three to four minutes for the page to load (Mac OS9, G3 (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) shopping. (...) I agree, I have a DSL line and use IE 5.0 and it is terribly slow. While I don't know much about HTML I think the problem is in how they programmed their left hand navigation menu with all their drop down sub-menus. Other sites (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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I didn't write what Greg quoted me as writing. I said, and as any good Architect[1] knows, the color is well known as 'patina green'. Build On! John Matthews [1] When I say Architect, I mean the kind of architect that designs buildings. Greg (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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I concur with John's description. As an architect myself, I would call it 'patina green' (depending of course on the real LEGO brick appearance). The Staute of liberty (according to architects and metalsmiths) is a pantina copper color (111 years (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) snip... (...) I agree too. When web pages are designed to be fancy rather than functional, I try not to surf them. Thing is, lego.com doesn't look fancy. It just takes forever to look at, and the wait isn't worth it, IMO. Mark K. (26 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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Ah... sorry. I was replying to all of the messages in general and yours happened to be the one I replied to. I guess I forgot to delete the first line.. (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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Does anyone think that this model of the statue coming out in the green color rather strange given that after it's restoration, the Statue of Liberty is now the color of new untarnished copper? I know it's rather strange, but if the original (...) (26 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Ideas! (Was Re: S@H bulk pages are too slow)
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That's interesting. Using IE 5.5 on my DSL line from home, I have no complaints *at all* about the performance of (URL) said, I think they could take a couple of LARGE hints from well-done B2C e-commerce sites like Amazon, etc. and make the site (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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Well according to the latest catalog, Lego is calling them new GREEN BRICKS. Rose Gary Istok wrote in message <39F057F0.406C3BAC@u...ch.edu>... (...) grey, (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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I am certain that the original designer of the Statue of Liberty understood that as copper ages it gains a patina. The patina actually helps to preserve the metal, and the color is quite remarkable. These are properties of copper that make it a (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Bring back HTML ver 1.0! :) Build On! John Matthews Christopher Masi <cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.edu> wrote in message news:39F08218.EEDF5E...ane.edu... (...) transparent (...) (maybe (...) (Mac (...) scrolling was (...) 4.72. (...) shopping. (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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I know I am looking forward to the Liberty set more than any other expensive set I want. After the main model, it will be to work out some other copper or bronze monuments. And the roofs... Also "swimming pool color" places. (...) Modern times are (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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John Matthews <jmatthew@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:G2rGM7.JD7@lugnet.com... (...) understood (...) properties (...) How do you come to this conclusion? I'm not sure of the background of the designer, but I'm fairly certain that when (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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(...) Why not? Copper was used architecturally much earlier than that late 19th century. I'm sure *someone* noticed that the stuff turned green over time. :) As far as who sculpted it, it was Frederic Bartholdi (a French sculptor) who supposedly (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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(...) Time for me to weigh-in on this one. I remember seeing a show about the building of the Statue Of Liberty and they did know about the copper turning green and they specifically designed it using copper so it would turn green. They mainly chose (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: [Fwd: Re: Train Windows and Doors]
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(...) Agreed, I am rather amazed and pleased... I normally don't Me Too posts but this one wasn't posted where Brad was likely to see it so I FUT lugnet.lego.direct. Maybe the Train people got (some of) what we wanted because we asked nicely and (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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(...) Verdigris here too. It's actually a common term at the moment because it's very "in" in home decorating and has been for several years. We just need to put it in the FAQ as another term which people may not know - after all, there are plenty (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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(...) Thanks for retrieving those details from the mint! If you want to see bronze in green, blue, black, brown, even blue, red and other wacky colors, take a look at some ancient coins. Surf ebay -- they have a burgeoning ancient coin section that (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Free legos at www.labvantage.com
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(...) Tough to qualify for, though, looks like. Someone ought to point TLC legal eagles at this site, they're using "LEGO'S" like it's a proper usage and I dunno what those weird bricks in the image are but they ain't The Brick. (lawyers are like (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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Erik Olson <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:G2st8L.HGF@lugnet.com... (...) metals, (...) primary (...) done by (...) Oh well, I guess unless some pigeons want to contribute a lot of it, the statue won't be getting that kind of tint again. (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Shop at Home up and running?
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(...) Just a quick note that my order arrived. The pumpkin is packed in the low cost clear cello bagging with adhesive label that we have come to expect for bulk. It doesn't come with any included instructions (unless I missed them) which is fine (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) ok. maybe. now try to use lynx under Linux : lynx (URL) Incorrect Access Permission [ERROR.GIF] No cookie. To access this site your browser must be accepting cookies. ------ very useful... (yeah, that would be a good way to get rig of the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Ideas! (Was Re: S@H bulk pages are too slow)
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I was not complaining about the main page at the Shop at Home page. I was complaining specifically about the bulk LEGO page. The front page, (URL) , loads quickly. Loading the US Shop at Home page, (URL) , takes about a minute and a half to load (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Ideas! (Was Re: S@H bulk pages are too slow)
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(...) about (...) pages (...) I want to be able to surf *.lego.com with lynx... That means, no javascript (cookies are fine) and uh, forget about pictures. Raph (26 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Can we have 1x3 bricks in bulk please?
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Brad, I doubt I'm the only person who would like to be able to buy 1x3 (and 2x3) bricks in bulk. At least in the standard colors, I'd be much more likely to get these than the sizes that lego bulk offers at the moment (other than the 2x8's), since (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Can we have 1x3 bricks in bulk please?
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(...) Me too. I buy 1x3s at auction. In fact, I'd like 1x3 plates too. I want plates and bricks in pink, black, white, brown, grey, dark grey, and clear. Chris (26 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Can we have 1x3 bricks in bulk please?
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(...) And all the other colors just for luck. I need tan 1x3s. Plates and bricks. At least they're in current sets. While we're at it, the brown 1x4 brick is still a mythological creature. Never been seen in captivity. Speaking of brown, brown roof (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) They would be nice but what I desire most is plates in more sizes and colors. I can get by without the 1x3s till the range expands a lot. But then, I bought a lot of the 1200 piece tubs. ++Lar (26 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: special kits Kxxxx now online available <- Not to the rest of the world they're not!
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Surprise, surprise! If you input any of these set numbers in to Lego S@H UK you get a picture of the product and a description, but are told it is unavailable in the UK. C'mon Lego, play fair and stop ignoring the rest of the world. I would love to (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.lego.direct)
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