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"Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> skrev i meddelandet news:HAnHM3.AA7@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Buy a Duplo Easter Egg and carefully slice the transparent part in two halves :-) BTW, you should be careful with all that Lego planning, buying (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) $199 was probably the MSRP for a case of 2 sets. When looking at prices on that site, always remember to divide by the number of sets in a case (which depends on the size of the set). -- Tim Buchheim (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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there seems to be a discrepancy in price going on.... unless the price list at (URL) is the wholesale price...i seem to remember the MSRP at that other site (can't remember the name) being $199.00 more than double. just a thought on the differences (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks for that. I took a look at your solution, then at John Barnes' solution. If I decide to keep the model, I'll most likely try one or the other. That, by the way, is one fine, compact, extention boom you came up with. In the meantime, (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) The connection between trailer and the flat part of the fifth wheel will only rotate around the pin - it is otherwise securely fixed. As Steven pointed out, the fifth wheel itself can tilt forward and back w.r.t the tractor (and can sometimes (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks! It is good to hear that it resembles a drill in the real world, since it was a collection of features from quite a few. The real danger when building this model in my opinion was that it would end up looking like a ray gun or (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I had a lot longer to tweak the settings though! (...) It is one of those arty things, the clouds and ground, as they were actually taken from a photo of the real truck. The clouds were added post render as a layer behind the truck, and the (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.technic)
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(...) ugly. hercules is great the only one thing makes it ugly mixed colors (sorry) i know it is always not enough bricks especialy for so big creation but maybe you wouldn't say "it won't happen again. It's ugly" if you could buid grippen having (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) 8448 is NOT Technic-style IMHO, 8880 is though. No panels, no studless beams and no flexi tubing, just bricks! (...) Bionicle sorts under Technic, yes. (...) I prefer Model Team looks with Technic functions and that's where I'm heading with (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Wow. I don't think I'll try anything too ambitious with my creaky old Powerbook then! (180Mhz, 48MB, and the faster of my computers) Joking aside, those renders are quite superb Jen. The drill was fun to see - my Dad has a blue cordless that (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.technic)
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"Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in message news:HAnHM3.AA7@lugnet.com... (...) :) it is a good point to start discussion what is really technic-style and what is not IMO TLC did technic line to present mechanisms and sophisticated stuff (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi all! As there is a lot of non-constructive chatting in lugnet.technic I figured I'd tell all what I'm planning. Here's the story: Back in 2000 I started on a big scale project, a Hercules in scale 1:20. It got "finished" in April the 8th 2001. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.build.military)
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In my very first 8599 Krana-Kal pack I got a Silver (not sterling or chromed) Kakama Nuva. The remaining five packs only had standard colored kanohi nuva. Picture at (URL) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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"TJ Avery" <tjavery@texbrick.com> skrev i meddelandet news:HAJ3CL.DK@lugnet.com... (...) Sidebar? What sidebar? To the left in my Outlook Express there's the group tree... Sorry, couldn't resist. (Obviously I have no comment, as I use a newsreader) (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi Jennifer, Sorry for not having answered your private note earlier - I'm on very limited time these days. These renderings look ... simply perfect!. I'll also state the obvious: your drill image looks loads better than my drill image! Thanks for (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Maybe you should try LDraw Boxer (see: (URL) ) which is a real nifty application that replaces bricks with "hidden" studs for boxes sans studs. Saves a lot of parsing, especially on level 3! Jeroen (who is rendering the 8880 Super car for 9 (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.technic)
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"Paul Krieg" <pdkrieg@epix.net> wrote in message news:HAKEIK.MM2@lugnet.com... (...) low (...) lot (...) more (...) simple (...) if (...) there (...) see (...) LEGO (...) the (...) you know guys in "fadding glory..." or so someone said even if we (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) There's been a lot of excellent virtual lego stuff coming out recently, I think the Lego CAD scene is undergoing a bit of a renaissance just now. Jennifer (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.technic)
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Thanks for the comments TJ. (...) I'm reading the book myself just now and am finding it incredibly useful, there is a lot about MLCAD I didn't know! Jennifer (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.technic)
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(...) It is a mains powered drill :-) I actually made a battery pack for it, but I think it took away from the archetypal drill appearance, so I didn't use it. It is funny how these things end up, I had 3 types of drills as inspiration for the model (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.technic)
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