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(...) take it that this one is beyond minifig scale... Richard Still baldly going... (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Is that the same embossed box as with the Dragon's Challenge set: (URL) Experience should guide us, not rule us. Chris Gray cg@ami-cg.GraySage.COM (URL) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Despite the 11/15 date given on Amazon, this set is currently available at two of my local TRU's. Piece count is 805, but unfortunately the brown camo is applied by one of those camo-stick paint pens from the Warriors: Future Force series. I'm (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Does anyone have Tente scans of catalogs of 1985 - 90 and 91 - 95? And boats instructions? (22 years ago, 31-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Summary: they made a little money. You can listen in now, or until Nov 1. (URL) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Okay, now I get it (I hadn't seen that pic yet). Reminds me of some Europeans (foggy memory alert; help anyone?) who built a train of simply constructed bricks, sort of like what my son did here: (URL) it's a start:-) -John (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, like I said: (URL)Hmmm, I may have to start liking you, Dave! ;-) Hmm. Now I guess I'll actually have to try to come up with a real 8-wide... Dave! (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Really, Dave! I am left wondering where you've been, Dave! For your review...(in chronological order) (URL) flex system tubing, cut to a custom length) (URL) flex system tubing, cut to a custom length) (URL) with custom color stickers, (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) If by the above you mean that *you* have created an 8 wide, then I'd say it *does* earn you points-- at least in my book:-) Hmmm, I may have to start liking you, Dave! ;-) -John (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Scandalous! Next thing, you'll be applying decals. It's like I don't even know you anymore. (...) I'd like to see those pics, if anyone takes them. To date, the best train-ish creation is about as dynamic as a block of 2x4 bricks. But it's (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Actually, I've been reading the whole thread, Dave! Trust me on that, Dave! The fact that the parts were first used in a train creation doesn't mean they are train specific parts to a strict compartmentalist like myself, Dave! (...) Again, (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Well obviously it's because I deleted the part that was relevant to trains before posting it. If you had bothered to read the part I didn't post, it would all be clear to you. My train-related question, since Tony's engrooved bricks first (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm wondering why this leaked over into .trains... I would say that if there are only 2 bins, "official LEGO(r) parts", and "everything else" these parts belong in the "everything else" bin. But the better solution is a different bin (library) (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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(...) I wonder--since these parts still have the official LEGO logo on the studs, would they even have a place in a clones DB? You've mentioned previously a possible library of dats based on user-modified elements; perhaps Tony's bricks would fit in (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hafner has already modelled them -- you should contact him about using them in the clone elements DB. -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I should have shown the underside of the cover, since it has three studs like a 2x4 plate. The brick in the front left corner is a '2x2 slope 45 inverted' with four grooves and a "stepped" body style. This already appears in the clone library (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) No, if they were clear, they'd make fantastic headlights of 60's style cars. /Tore (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) great, as do the grooved bricks. Aren't those grooved bricks almost identical to something some trainheads customized from regular bricks? I assume the main utility of the plates Tore wanted are as some kind of rotating attachment points. Is (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Here you go: (URL) parts all appeared in the 15000 Tank set, along with a sort of cloverleaf turntable top, a 2x2 plate corner, and several 6x8 plates. The latter two are already modelled, but I'm still polishing off the turntable. There are (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) That's the big question. The brands have enough overlap of distinctive elements to make me think that, at the very least, the brands have access to the same molds. Blok-Tek (aka Brik-o, I believe) also shows some of the same parts. In (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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