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"Melody Brown" <legomel@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:IAy7sA.24B7@lugnet.com... (...) this (...) looking (...) they may (...) discoloured) (...) slightly less (...) the new (...) to (...) talk (...) I have a similar plan for the ever (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Hi Steve, to answer your question, no... it is still being sorted out, I just recently returned from my overseas holidays. But still intend for this to happen this year (before Oct since I leave the country then). Just had to get off holiday (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Hi Sue, I have bought used LEGO from Germany (and other places) off ebay sometime ago, and a lot of it was in a not-so-good shape. Teeth marks, discolouration and scratches etc... But since I am moving overseas later this year, I decided to go (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Hello everyone Happy Australia/Invasion day! (delete as appropriate) This is one for those who purchase lots of unsorted used Lego... ***What is the most common piece type that you find with teeth marks? (as in plate, brick, etc) ***Have you ever (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Just a minor note...the roof for these models should actually predominately feature a "rusted" appearance for accuracy...and maybe some form of walk-way between carriages (chains for the sides, and maybe part 6179 at offset heights for the (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au.vic.mel)
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(...) Ummm that's a highly doubtful "maybe". It doesn't actually exist complete any more, but it has been documented with Ldraw, and may make a future appearance. Don't hold your breath though. ROSCO (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale)
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<snip> (...) Thanks (...) the fly). Rosco, any chance of seeing your bridge if it still exists? Aaron A (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale)
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(...) WOW! That is really sweet! I hope you get a bunch of votes! (...) Actually, although I did once build a micro harbour bridge, I never posted it here (it was gonna be part of my wedding gift for Todd and Suzanne). I think the one you're (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale)
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(...) Darn? (...) It is cool! I thinhk you may have a broken link on the front page to get to the opera house though It says (URL) I changed it to (URL) it worked. Hope that helps, thanks for sharing! (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale)
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Hey all Just completed a new micro, and damn it was hard. Curves, who is dumb enough to do curves in microscale. (URL) was a chalenge though, It would be way easier to make in real life, due to the difficulty in building something on an angle other (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.microscale) !
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| | Re: A French Victory! (was Re: The game's afoot!)
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(...) Whoa Dudes, that's twice the French have been victorious at STUDS Brikwars, what are you doing wrong? Dude, I mean, Dude, French.... Dude! Leg Godt Travis Matheson (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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(...) It has been written that history is written by the victors, so it is fitting that I post (or is that boast?) about the French victory in the Southern Highlands. Pics to come, but for the moment, this brief report. The combined might of the (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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Hi all, (URL) V/line N-set> Well these have been built for a while, but I only just got around to taking some pics. (URL) N-sets> are used for the bulk of inter-city passenger trains in Victoria, so I built a set to be pulled by my (URL) N-class>, (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.au, FTX) !
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Hey everyone, Just returned to my pile of Lego bricks after half a year on exchange at the University of Queensland in Brisbane... Australia is awesome, I reckon! Anyway, I came across this wonderful train with a name that says it all, the Tilt (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri, lugnet.loc.au.qld.bun, lugnet.loc.au.qld.cai, lugnet.loc.au.qld.roc, lugnet.loc.au.qld.mac, FTX) !!
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(...) Hmmmm I have that set and my instructions also show no sign of folding. I no longer have the box so I can't check, but I don't ever recall having instructions bigger than the box. IIRC I got mine from Europe, and the packaging may have been (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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"Ross Crawford" <rosscraw@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:IAnp2z.2138@lugnet.com... (...) than (...) box (...) the (...) have (...) The set is 8444 - the Air Enforcer from 1999. The instructions are in an A4 book that is 100 pages long It is (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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For many years we have been keeping a list of the Lego instructions we have to help prioritise our purchases (ie, buy instructions/sets we don't have first). Note, instructions do not necessarily mean sets, but close. Somewhere along the line we (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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ok, what I will do is to make a list of all the sets I have instructions for along with sutable average bricklink prices for same. And a list of the "rare"/"unusual" parts in my collection (anything that would be hard to find again if my collection (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) High end Technic RC cars (8475, 8366 etc) came with instructions rolled (folded like an S, same way you fold A4 letters into business-sized envelopes) and sealed in a plastic bag. Don't recall a high end regular technic set that came with (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Not that I recall - what set was it? Is there any evidence that they may have been folded originally (scuff marks halfway across etc)? ROSCO (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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