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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 (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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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 (...) (24 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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(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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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 (...) (24 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 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 (...) (24 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. (...) (24 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 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 (...) (24 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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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, (...) (24 years ago, 21-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 (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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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.. (24 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. (24 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 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 (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, 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 (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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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 (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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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. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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