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Re: Purist Question
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lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.uk
Date: 
Tue, 9 Apr 2002 15:51:28 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.town, John Neal writes:
> > In lugnet.town, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > 
> > > But I'm no longer particularly purist... I've printed my own stickers and
> > > cut my own string! (but no cutting elements, thank you!)
> > 
> > You're sliding down the slippery slope-- it's just a matter of time before you
> > reach bottom (at the bottom is when you mix MBs with LEGO;-)
> 
> A very great deal of time, I suspect. LOL.
> 
> I have zero interest in MB. MB just don't hang together, I was at a friends
> house (in Mass) who had the big sub model... was helping them build it (to
> be nice... AFTER making many dispariging remarks) and it just FELL APART on
> us when we let it overhang the edge of the table by a few inches. Very
> discouraging.

I've never even touched a MB.  If there was a Purity Test I'd test very high
indeed!

> 
> As for you, you have a lot of room to talk... you hang out with brick
> slicers and baseplate cutters! eww...
> 
> FUT o-t.fun

Hey, we learnt on Sunday that the modelmakers identify the bricks in their
drawer units with examples glued to bits of 4-wide cut up grey baseplate
stuck to the front.  Until now I've always had small twinges of guilt when
cutting elements, from now on it'll make me feel like a pro!

Psi



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