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(...) I much prefer the new transparent orange, although the old one worked OK for flames. I didn't find it very usable for much of anything else, as the color was too saturated, and its hue was a bit too far on the red side of the spectrum. For (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) That is true. I have plenty of "old-gray" bricks, and there will probably be plenty "old-gray" elements on bricklink for a long time to come, but my main issue is that elements introduced after the color-change (like the 3x12 wedge-plate) will (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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I think that the new "Trans Orange" was also reported as being present in the recent arctic alpha team sets. In fact, mabie that explains why Trans-Orange is not in the universal color list. Because they have dropped the classic transparent orange (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions?
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(...) Also, forgot to ask this as well: does the entire vertical area have to fit within the 16x16 "knob" area? (I'm so used to saying "stud"...) For example (URL) entry> is pretty cool but the bow and stern appear to hang off the baseplates. Is (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) OK, OK, I just noticed that there is, and I have done so. Geez, I'm doing well today! [ stifles a growl ] --Muze (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Ditto! I inadverdently uploaded an entry that exceeds the 16x16 limitation, but there is no mechanism for me to retract the entry, nor is there a mechanism to make sure it is disqualified. Yes, it's actually important to make sure it's (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
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(...) I just wanted to clarify this, just because you don't like the color change, it doesn't make you ungrateful. I can fully understand those folks who are into space and castle and perhaps are reminded every day about how they pick or choose what (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
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(...) Christian, I did not tell people to shut up. What I am saying is that last week it has been ONE YEAR since this came out. ONE YEAR!!! Isn't it time to stop the grieving process over the old gray. You can still get the parts from the company or (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: to LEGO factory : You are not being fair.
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(...) Another mix-up I've observed is many under-13 entries in the Senior category. (I didn't check to see if there were over-12 entries in the Junior category). Personally, I'm still waiting on the fix for the garbled images, both within LDD and on (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions?
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(...) Don't be lying Jake - you know you be bowing to ALL of my mad skillz. I be all rooling yu like timmy roolz lassie. yo. -Da Mastah (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions?
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(...) How'd you know?? :) (...) Duh. I see what you're saying now. I was thinking something different... I bow before your calculatin' skillz. Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Development (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale)
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(...) In the tutorials I think it explains it fairly clearly. (URL) Especially in this one. (URL) At the top is states: "How to get started… using the new roadplates Want to build a cool building for the LEGO Factory competition? To help get you (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions?
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Silly Jake, you must not have done well in teh m4th ;) (...) 8 8 = 16 _ _ 8 |_|_| 8 |_|_| =16 Total of 4 8x8 Baseplates. 8 8 8 8 = 32 _ _ _ _ 8 |_|_|_|_| 8 |_|_|_|_| 8 |_|_|_|_| 8 |_|_|_|_| =32 Total of 16 8x8 baseplates. (...) Thanks! -Lenny (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale)
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: snip (...) Each 8x8 baseplate has an area of 64 studs. Combining them in a square would give you a 16x16 square, with an area of 256 studs. Marc Nelson Jr. (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions?
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(...) That is strangely worded. Thanks for the heads up. On one hand I'm not sure how you'd make 2 8x8 baseplates into a 16x16 area (since you'd have 8x16 if you only use two). On the other hand, using 4 8x8 baseplates results in a total surface (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions?
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(...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] As long as you are looking into things, can you check on Tech Support Request response times? How long should one expect to wait for follow up regarding a Tech Support request? I followed the Tech (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions?
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(...) Hi Jake, That's one of the issues... this seems to be a requirement, based on the (URL) official rules>, but it's fairly buried: As part of the LEGO Factory Element Pallet, the Entrant will be provided with three different (3) 8 knob x 8 knob (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions?
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(...) From (URL) this post:> The official rules say: As part of the LEGO Factory Element Pallet, the Entrant will be provided with three different (3) 8 knob x 8 knob base plates which have a road pattern on them, and two 8 knob x 8 knob plates in (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions?
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(...) I know there are some things with the voting that needs double checking. I've talked to the team working on the site and they are currently looking into it. As far as the 16x16 requirement, I looked through rules and I'm not finding anything (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Contest: Rules or Suggestions?
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(...) Excellent question, I'd also like to see what the deal is. I also still have some concerns from the first few days of voting... this entry received more than 200 votes when the image was garbled. Halfway through the week the image was fixed, (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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