 | | Re: Idea for 'Lego Caddy' - Attn Carpenters...
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Major pitfall, at least in the drawings - how do the drawers open? Looking at your drawings, the drawers pivot open from the front outside corner. The only way to get them to do so without hitting the center divider is to make each drawer a (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Idea for 'Lego Caddy' - Attn Carpenters...
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Greetings, Just noodling an idea to make a portable table for building on the run. Actually, I wanted to have somthing with a large, collapsable area that made access to the bricks easy. This is an idea for a lego caddy. It consists of a rolling (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Cheap storage: shop at Ames!
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Hi all, Ames, as part of its going out of business sale, has all plastic storage on clearance ar 40% off! They have lots of the IRIS and similar multi-drawer carts, etc. Roy (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Interesting new way to shop
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(...) Amazon has had a catalog-searching feature like this since the summer. I stumbled across it when trying to find Akro-logic and Infinite Divider cases. I really like Amazon's implementation: your search string is highlighted on the scanned (...) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Updated LEGO storage, again
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(...) This is a setup that looks like it would look "cooler" with labels like the Onyx labels (URL) that might actually be less user-friendly than the current system, which has great simplicity (especially if, as appears to be the case, rows are of (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Updated LEGO storage, again
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For those interested in my latest LEGO storage solution, I have a brief paragraph at the top of this page: (URL) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Lstock v.1.0a
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Oh great! I guess I got the wrong impression. I think using OpenGL would be a good idea... --Bill. (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Lstock v.1.0a
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At the moment we can't afford two versions of lstock (Win32 and Linux/Unix platform), but make it cross-platform will be "relatively" easy.... We only use DirectX for render and our graphics libraries are easy to convert to OpenGL. We don´t use any (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Lstock v.1.0a
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I really dislike the Windows-centric attitude inherent in the Lstock design. With such dependence on hardware there is (probably) no way this will be runnable (under an emulator) on MacOS or Linux. Please try to make your code more cross-platform (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Lstock v.1.0a
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Yes..... I think you are true......As you said it's only the beginning. We have released first version as fast as we can.... so people could suggest us new features and improvements as you did. We are working hard to do better and more "flexible" (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Lstock v.1.0a
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A good beginning, but there are a couple of major barriers that will prevent me from using this program. 1. I don't like anything that takes over my screen like this. Necessity dictates that I be running many programs at once and be able to switch (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Lstock v.1.0a
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Oopps.... sorry about this...... !!!! I have updated the web. Basically: System Requirements: Lstock uses DirectX to realtime render lego parts, so DirectX must be properly installed (DirectX 8.0 is required, but recomended DirectX 8.1). At the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Lstock v.1.0a
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(...) Jude (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Lstock v.1.0a
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Finally Lstock v.1.0a has released. Lstock is a visual DB to manage Lego inventories offline. Please visit: (URL) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: LegoSTOCK is comming
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I'm sorry. It wasn't my intend to confuse people. I have change name and logo of the program (now Lstock). (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: The Brickfrenzy Design Studio is done!
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(...) Wow, Adrian. Looks *very* nice. Congradulations on a job well done; you now posses a well above-adequate LEGO building room. And considering how often we all do LEGO, thats practically your whole life, so indeed, better make it a nice place (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Brickfrenzy Design Studio is done!
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(...) It's storytime with Uncle Adrian :) I love my basement. I don't know if I have any more room down there than when I was spread out in 3 rooms on the first floor, but everything is much better organized, plus this system is designed to expand (...) (22 years ago, 12-Sep-02, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Brickfrenzy Design Studio is done!
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"Adrian Drake" <tremor@apk.net> wrote in message news:H2Awo8.1Iq@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) my (...) Very cool Adrian! Thanks very much for the story. I absolutly love reading about stuff like this. I also have to admit I have a weak spot for (...) (22 years ago, 12-Sep-02, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | The Brickfrenzy Design Studio is done!
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After about 6 months of off-again on-again work, I've finally moved into the new Brickfrenzy Design Studio. This project was a full conversion of a "rec-room" style basement into a lighter, cleaner space suitable for all my Lego needs. If you're (...) (22 years ago, 12-Sep-02, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: the LEGO Desk Pal
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(...) Wow, I totally forgot about this thread ;) I did get 2 of them and I must say I love them! They are great fun and very cool. I am still surprised how wrong I was about these before :) They are worth picking up if you get the chance!!! Mark P (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: the LEGO Desk Pal
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(...) I finally got a chance to take a couple of pics-- and, as luck would have it, they're of the two *not* pictured by Rob. (They are the large images in the Bricklink catalog. Mark contributed images of them in their boxes.) (URL) boy pal has a (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | RE: LegoSTOCK is comming
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OK, I'll be the bad guy.... Juan Cuello, I am not a lawyer, and I don't work for LEGO, but take my free advice and change the name of your program and the logo as well. Even though you have a disclaimer (in light gray) on your site, a casual visitor (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | LegoSTOCK is comming
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LegoSTOCK is comming.......(september 2002) What is LegoSTOCK? LegoSTOCK is a visual database with which you can manage your inventory and stock LEGO® parts, sets, MOCs... The current version is v.0.1a and is under development. It supports all (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Wide Iris Carts (was: Iris carts on sale at Office Depot)
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Actually, they have the reverse - they sell a double-wide 6 drawer. It is 2 doublewide drawers with 4 regular width drawers stacked on top. However, I don't know if you could then stack 2 regular stacks on that or not. I doubt it, as I doubt it is (...) (22 years ago, 18-Aug-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Do the drawers come all the way out?
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It's a molding change, seems to be permanent. All you have to do is pull out until the tabs hit the frame, push in a little, and twist the shelf to one side or the other, and they come out. Walmart carries a few Plano boxes. (...) -- Tom Stangl (...) (22 years ago, 17-Aug-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Wide Iris Carts (was: Iris carts on sale at Office Depot)
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(...) Frank, I do not own any Iris carts (yet), so i do not know if these are compatible with the narrower units, but they are double wide Iris carts... (URL) that helps. Henry Durand (22 years ago, 17-Aug-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Do the drawers come all the way out?
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Hey guys, I use Iris shelves as well, and I love them, but I think they've either changed their mold or Office Depot carries a different kind. All the ones I've seen recently have pre-molded tabs on the backs of the drawers so that they cannot be (...) (22 years ago, 17-Aug-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Parts Catalog - New version 0.0.17
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(...) Version 0.0.17 08-13-02 - Update master.txt never really updated the master list. It is now fixed and working correctly. Thank goes to TWS Garrison <tws@peeron.com> for pointing this one out! as always you can find it at: (URL) Kojima (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Iris carts on sale at Office Depot this week
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(...) Ok, I guess I need to give them a call. My older Iris carts don't have slots or tabs. The new ones have slots but no tabs. Frank (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Iris carts on sale at Office Depot this week
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(...) Why don't you just connect the adjacent ones together using the little plastic connectors that come with them? (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Iris carts on sale at Office Depot this week
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Some of the Iris carts (especially the Lego primary colored ones from Target) have slots in the frame, and tabs are cast into the back of the frame. You snap these tabs out of the frame, and lock 2 stacks together through the slots. The Iris carts I (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Iris carts on sale at Office Depot this week
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(...) I like the Iris carts also, unfortunately, in tall columns they're awfully wobbly. More an more I'm convinced the best way to go for storage is to custom build shelving, though the Iris cart drawers could be used in custom built shelving. What (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Iris carts on sale at Office Depot this week
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Office Depot is listing the 4-drawer carts with metallic blue or metallic lavender frames this week for 2 for $30. This is instore only, I can't find them online. blue - 318-098 lavender - 318-065 I own the equivalent of 50+ of these (I've bought (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Medium sized storage
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Hi all, I see a lot of great storage solutions for massive lego collections. However, I'm a college student on a tight budget and I don't have overwhelmingly large numbers of lego (probably no more than 6,000 pieces or so). So here's a decent (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Plano 3700 boxes found at Lowe's(USA)
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Greetings, Last weekend while browsing the hardware asile at our new Lowe's hardware store, I found Plano 3700's! Retail $2.94 and they are the redesigned ones that have more slots molded into them. Since Walmart stopped stocking them I have only (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: the LEGO Desk Pal
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(...) I beleve that the hair does come off and the head is a pencil sharpener. I was at BF and went to the store. I bought the girl for my 8 year old and a Duplo train for my 4 year old (she also plays with the regular trains). The 4 year old (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: the LEGO Desk Pal
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(...) good news! thanks! sheree (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: the LEGO Desk Pal
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(...) Don't wish it, just skip the "lifestyle" products in the future. Vote only for bricks with your dollars... -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: the LEGO Desk Pal
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(...) Wow!!!!! I stand corrected (Thank god!) The plastic circles DO come off!! I wonder if they did something to the one they had on display at Legoland then. The one I was holding the hat did not come off, and the plastic circles were attached. (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(URL) rosenkrantz" <srosez@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Gzyo6q.79r@lugnet.com... (...) MAJOR (...) circle (...) a (...) circle (...) think (...) of (...) off. (...) to (...) The (...) lift (...) baseplate (...) Duplo (...) Legoland (...) (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: the LEGO Desk Pal
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(...) Thanks, Maggie. I would also welcome any observations/opinions on these figures that you might care to share. sheree (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: the LEGO Desk Pal
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(...) to tell from the pictures any of the critical data. I am still intrigued by them. Certainly, one of these is as close to a "big" minifigure as I might ever get. The hands do sound problematic. [hmmmm, i wonder if someone good with a dremel (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: the LEGO Desk Pal
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(...) Wish I had known about this before I ordered mine! (...) My order shipped Friday, so if no one else puts up pics before I receive it I can take some. Maggie C. (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: the LEGO Desk Pal
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(...) They have been on sale at Legoland, CA for at least a month now. One MAJOR thing the pictures do not show in the S@H catalog is that the hands have these clear plastic full circles that IMHO ruin the entire thing. The circle is so they can (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: the LEGO Desk Pal
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(...) (URL) these just now. Anyone know how long they have been out? Anyone have any yet? If so what is your opinion of them? Height? Mobility- arms, legs, head? Hat, hair removable? Were any shown at BrickFest(tm)2002? Are they already at the (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Influence of heat treatment on Lego® bricks + minifigs
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Hi all! Have you ever thought abou the maximum washing temperature for dirty Lego® bricks? At what temperature will Lego® bricks get damaged - for e.g. in summer in your car or in your house's Lego® room under the roof? I did the ultimate test (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq, lugnet.storage, lugnet.build.minifigs) !!
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| | Akro Mills Titls bins at 40% off - home depot.
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Hi All, Not sure how many other people use the Akro Mills Tiltbins for storage, but I certainly do and I have just returned from Home Depot with 20 new sets of the 9 bin units at 40% off. ($4.50 per pack) Although these are quite small bin units in (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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| | my storage
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Hi all, Just because the "how do you store your Lego" keeps coming up in various forums, I took photos of my storage and threw together a quick page. It could be found here: (URL) earth-shattering. I just figured this was an appropriate place to (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Attic Heat
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(...) Here's an update: It was 101 degrees here today and when I found my first melted crayon of the year in the car, it reminded me to check on some stray LEGO pieces in the glove compartment. They were fine. Maggie (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Which tackle boxes
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I use ones made by Plano (www.planomolding.com) I am not sure if you can purchase in Europe; you might try some online sources from the US that will ship internationally. -Rob "M. Moolhuysen" <moom@nospam-chello.nl> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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