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| (...) (some stuff) (...) Amen, brother, preach it! Now that this particular comment made the NMRA Train Show video, the whole WORLD knows it... (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) I tried one in pure-white, but it wound up looking washed-out and faded. The two that you see here are POV-Ray's Gray95 and the default "floor" color from Lars Hassing's most excellent L3P program. All props to Lars, as always! (...) There are (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) Yes, I think I like the non-purple, although my original thought was a completely white background; you still have some shading things going on there. But IMO it's an improvement over purple. As I was examining your MOCs more closely, I (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| WARNING: Outside of this disclaimer, this post contains no references to genitive or excretory organs, nor does it play on gradeschool color-games. You have been warned (URL) Here> are two new offerings, this time rendered on non-purple backgrounds. (...) (19 years ago, 2-Oct-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) Yes: I read LUGNET via the web interface so in effect, I skim all forums but spend little time actually in any.... BTW, "Confession" is a very interesting topic-- we should take that up one day:-) JOHN (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) Look at it this way, Dave: I've known about those links since before you became curator, so if anyone's guilty of too long a delay... (...) Thank you for posting these links! One point I'd like to mention is that the "comprehensive listing" is (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) I'd love to see some MOCs highlighted in the sidebar other than my own. Come on, clone-fans--let's see what you've got! (...) By the way, John, for an alleged non-fan of clones, you spend a lot of time in this forum... Confession is good for (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (URL) :-d> :-) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) Boring. Listen, if you want to even tempt the faithful, you will need spiffy links using colorful logos, etc. How about some pics of MOCs, real and virtual? Raise the (side) bar, Dave! (not to be confused with Dave!) JOHN (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| Took me long enuf... Anyway, with much further ado, a great listing of clone manufacturers was sent to me by Dave! (I won't mention how long ago...) Have a look at the sidebar--I was very impressed by the websites of some of these toy brick (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) Hi Avery! Thanks very much for the kind words! (...) As clone-fans go, I'm pretty hardcore. In fact, the goal with my MOCs is to use only Mega Bloks elements, and only in colors in which those pieces truly appear. There's a lot of overlap of (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) Sweeet! I really like the police cruiser, or picture number 2. When I have more time, I'll stop by to take another look around and leave some more feedback. I just stopped by here to give some positive energy and positive vibes and help (...) (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) Now, now, we AFOLs are guests (URL) here>, and so we must endeavor to leg godt! JOHN (19 years ago, 22-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) but the post does contain something almost as bad--MB! (note, I prefer to reverse the letters of MB to get something else..) Not knocking your building style..just the parts you're using.. (...) I'll refer my comments over to the (...) (19 years ago, 22-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) They are spun from raw firmament will persist until the end of time. (...) I see. Now that's purple! Nicely done! (...) Shamelessly stolen from Terry Pratchett. Thanks, Terry! Dave! (19 years ago, 22-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) <shudder> I like Tony's question--do they burn? :-) (...) Complain? Au contraire, mon capitaine! It is fodder for my grist in my mill! (...) Well, it would be cool to see one both ways for comparison. Let the people decide! (...) Good one:-) (...) (19 years ago, 22-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) And I thought that Mega Bloks were made to be crushed and snorted. Thanks for showing your work. -D (19 years ago, 22-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) I know--where are my priorities?!? (...) Years of exposure have inured me to any possible side effects, as far as I'm aware. (...) "Almost" is good enough for me! The hovercar could be mostly approximated with LEGO elements, with a few (...) (19 years ago, 22-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) You've got it all backwards--you crazy LEGO purists do it the hard way. Embrace the Mega Bloks, and the universe will be revealed to you. (...) What's the big idea? In 5+ years I've never heard you complain about my purple prose, but a purple (...) (19 years ago, 22-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| (...) Great... warn us about the lack of profanity but don't bother mentioning the glaring, unforgivable, and unapologetic use of CLONE bricks. Frankly, this is the kind of newsgroup abuse I'm happy to take. Interesting work as usual. But don't your (...) (19 years ago, 22-Sep-05, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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