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(...) I heard back from my friend Lee in email today: In mike's.email.inbox, Lee wrote: (...) Apparently my memory of it costing $30 was from the art school resale boards. I found the product website here: (URL) be a month or so before I have time (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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"Mathew Clayson" <mathew_impact1@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:I2Cwvo.155L@lugnet.com... (...) fill it (...) to (...) to (...) colors (...) plates? A (...) I've built subassemblies and filled them with pennies to use for lift bridge weights. (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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"Joe Strout" <joe@strout.net> wrote in message news:joe-31DD12.1701...net.com... (...) Start here. This is a good place to find alternate contact methods and a plethora of sensors and electronic circuits: (URL) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.parts.custom)
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Has anyone made thier own weight bricks? My thought was to hollow out the bottom of a brick with a dremel, then fill it with BBs. And finally glue a plate across the bottom. This could be useful to add weight to some of my smaller train MOCs, where (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.trains)
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(...) The only thing I've done is to add LEDs. Cutting a 9v jumper came first. But I can't aford to do that to often. Either way, I'd love to see more of this as well. Mat (22 years ago, 12-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.parts.custom)
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Has anyone seen instructions, schematics, plans, rough sketches on napkins, etc. for custom electric LEGO parts? LEGO seems to be getting out of the electronics business, which is a shame IMHO. The available selection is quite limited (and pricey (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.parts.custom)
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If you take a transparent rod and roll it around on some fine grit sandpaper for a minute or so, it will make any light you may show through the rod easier to see from the side of the rod. The process roughs the surface of the rod to make it refract (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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| | Re: Do you mind if I modify the topic? (Larry Puns Again)
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(...) I think these look great. I may try some of these tricks. Thanks, Mat (22 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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I had hoped it was going to be just a little hiccup, but I had hedged and gather lights/plates/you name it when ever they had them on sale, enough for my plans, but never imagined they would wipe the 'concept of lighting' out, but it sure looks that (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Years back I had started converting my 9v train engines for lights. The idea was to light up some of the cars on a train. I used LEGO wire jumpers that I cut to tap off the motor, but you can always use off the shelf battery holders and wire (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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My name is Tommy Armstrong and and with my son Peyton,we actually engrave letters and graphics onto bricks (we started the brick namebadges at BrickFest), minifig torsos, etc. Although it has limitations as regards to multiple colors, it does have (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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(...) The thing is, all these Lego light/electric items are really expensive. Single lights will cost $3-5, and a cable will be $2-$4. The transformers and speed regulators you do should not buy at Shop at hom if money is tight, at Bricklink they (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Have you found a new supply of these parts! As far as I can tell, TLC is steadily withdrawing support for the 9v electrical parts. Most of the wire sizes are gone, I was told electric plating such as you mention is no longer being (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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And I would recommend the following be added to your list as well Electric plates - 5037 that way you can more easily hide things, the wires work but it's hard to sometimes hide them (22 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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I'm looking to add some simple electronics to my LEGO layouts -- a porch light here, a motorized gizmo there, nothing fancy. I don't want to invest in a train set just yet. But apparently, buying only from LEGO.com, there is no way to do what I want (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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"Joe Strout" <joe@strout.net> wrote in message news:I28B4q.10E2@lugnet.com... (...) example, (...) (well-hidden) (...) would (...) know (...) them, (...) smallest (...) Power supply: (URL) speed regulator (to connect power supply to LEGO wires): (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts)
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I'm interested in adding some simple electronics to my models -- for example, lights, motorized lifts, and so on. Ideally, I'd be able to run (well-hidden) wires from the various lights and motors to some control panel where I would have switches to (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts)
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(...) Looks red to me, also. Then again, the 10072 Beams set is always shown in catalog photos with black 44374 tri-beams, but Peeron lists them as the same PearlLtGray color that they originally made them in for the Gigamesh Spybot. I'd guess (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts)
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Hi there, I'm hoping someone can answer a question about the brick separator shown in this 1990 catalog photo: (URL) my screen it appears to be red. About the same red as the hinges shown just above it. Are my eyes deceiving me? Is my monitor (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts)
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| | Sidebar resources
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I'm gathering a list of resources for information on Lego parts, custom parts, modified parts, parts theory, parts history, etc. for the sidebar of this group. If you have or know of some links that should be included, please email me or post them (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts)
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