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| (...) Well I did some of my own research into this problem. I went to three K-marts looking for anything. Acton and Somerville were really decimated. The store in Billerica wasn't bad at all. I got two blue tubs on Friday. I agree K-mart really did (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| David, I hadn't seen your greenline train until just now. Excellent model. Fantastic work on the articulated thru-way between the cars to acheive no-gap thru curves. Very impressive. later, James Mathis (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) be bringing the green line train to the train show, I'd better have some stats on it, since I didn't think it was to scale with minifigs or the rest of our trains that we'll be displaying.... The train I built is based off of the "Boeing LRV" (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| In case anyone is interested . . . I saw a whole bunch of the castle sets with the silver plating in KB Toys at the Cambridgeside Galleria. They're going for $5. sun (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| (...) I'm glad to find my suspicions confirmed. I thought it was just that I don't get to the stores as quickly as I would like to but I too have been surprised to hear of older sets still found on shelves elsewhere in the country or of great deals (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| To quote a famous movie phrase, "K-mart Sucks". At least the few I checked recently in hopes of finding some good BOGO stuff. I found the pickings slim at best and nothing really worth my time. That leads into my real reason for my post. Why does it (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| "Jamie Obrien" <jamien@interworx.com.au> wrote in message news:G9yy8q.A4G@lugnet.com... (...) Not too cold, hanging around 32 F, or 0 C, little cooler. Not bad, really. I just woke up and it sure is gorgeous outside on the trees. -Tim (headed back (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) (URL) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| It's twice that here ;) -s (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| snow snow snow snow snow snow snow! --Todd (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| (...) Actually I tried something like that-- although I didn't use the 1/4 8-wide thinwall cylinders because the colors were wrong-- instead I tried using 1/4 8-wide 'pie piece' bricks, stacked on top of one another (Though I can't remember if I had (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) If you're comfortable with having it be 8 wide, is there any way you can incorporate the new SW 1/4 round eight wide cylinders? The center section can use two of these, one on each side. Both ends of the car can attach to the center section (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I thought about this a while, but didn't discover any nice way to do it, unfortunately :( Anyone have any ideas? (...) Yeah, I tried for quite a while to get something rotational done, but try as I might I either wound up with objectionable (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) nose? :-) I see you went 8 wide. I have struggled and struggled to do these in 6 wide but the center articulation has always got the best of me (I was trying to do something rotational, you took a sliding approach, which, while not (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Wait a sec... they offer those in the soccer trucks, don't they... darn it! Now I have to go out and buy 2 of the 3408's and 3 3405's (or 6 3401's) Someday I'll be cold and hungry and on the street thanks to my modelling addiction... but at (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| "Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:G9vy95.JCC@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) or (...) waiting (...) And you don't get glass which is really hard to find for 1x2x3 windows. Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Yeah, that'd be great looks-wise, although it would unfortunately make the doors a little too wide for the current model size... Actually, what I really wanted to use were the 1x4x3 train windows in white for the regular windows, and use the (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Actually, it was my original intent to make that part nice and rounded as well, but I couldn't find a good way of doing it-- and because of the width and 'tilt-in-edness' of the windshield it made it rather difficult... But I admit I didn't (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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| David, Great model! I really like the curved roof. I would love to see Lego offer the curved roof pieces in bulk... Bryan "David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:G9vw9B.Eu2@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains)
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