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(...) Agreed. But is there a point where the pieces are so large and so specialized that it loses the creativity? That plane nose reminds me more of Playmobil than an open-ended building toy. (URL) -Steven (19 years ago, 7-Oct-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Wouldn't this be where the "creativity" comes in? If I'ma kid, and I see how I can build a 4-wide plane, wouldn't I recognize that a wider plane would be better, so I'll look at all my parts and figure out how to make a wider plane? (plates & (...) (19 years ago, 7-Oct-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) They seem to be moving toward a more realistic scale for their vehicles. (A good move in my opinion.) The problem is that in doing so, Lego added a lot of "juniorization" in the process. Lego, why do we have to choose between having to choose (...) (19 years ago, 7-Oct-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | 2006 New Town Sets Sneak Peek
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Hey everyone. While perusing Brickshelf, I came across this gallery: (URL) The buildings are pretty ho-hum, but the vehicles look great. I really like that Lego concentrated on the little details, like an IV of sorts on the ambulance stretcher. The (...) (19 years ago, 6-Oct-05, to lugnet.town)
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(2 URLs) MOCpage> (URL) Brickshelf Folder> Well, most of the info is already on the MOCpage so repeating it here would be kind of redundant. In a nutshell: 1:17 scale (give or take) -motorized intelligent (yeah, right) steering and propulsion (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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(2 URLs) Micro Tractor> This was a fun little last minute MOC I built for the micro farm I brought to Brickfest. It took about an hour to build, which included a lot of failed attempts using other building techniques. I was starting to think it (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !!
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| | Re: "Square Ghost Cafe"
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(...) I think I've finally found out what was wrong (see RTL for a detailed description, if you're curious). Now even MSIE should have access to the web-pages. Play well, Jacob (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Town & Train at NWBrickCon 2005
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This is your friendly neighborhood NWBC Town/Train Coordinator. I need to know about Town and Train MOCs you are bringing to NWBrickCon 2005. (Haven't signed up yet? (URL) ) Large stuff (i.e., whole modules) I need to know about this week; smaller (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon) !
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Indeed! I will consider it an immense blunder on the part of the TLG hiring department if Pierre is not being interviewed (merely as a formality!) by the end of the coming week. Surely these are some of the best Town vehicles I've ever seen. A (...) (19 years ago, 24-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Q: What time do you go to the Dentist? A: 2:30 (ah ha ha ha ha!)
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(URL) The gallery: (URL) Steve (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town)
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(...) Pierre- I remember seeing some of your stuff at BrickFest PDX. It still totally rocks. As I think I told you there - the best town vehicle MOC's I have ever seen. You are awesome! -Matt :) (19 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) (snip) (...) Thank you Steve! :-) With the price of gas these days, I'm not sure I'll attend each and every ParLUGment meeting. But I'll try to go to Railfair, and if I do I'll bring some MOCs for sure. Pierre (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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(...) (snip) (...) Thanks! Sorry, no instructions available at the moment. Pierre (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) (snip) (...) (snip) (...) Thank you Jonathan! As you can see on my cement mixer folder, the shape of the "mixing section" is an idea from (URL) Doug Eaton>. I just made it longer and motorized it. It is powered with a train speed regulator at (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thank you Brian. :-) I always try to build at minifig scale and realistically as much as possible. Pierre (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) (snip) (...) Merci! :-) Pierre (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Bonjour Pierre, J'ai pas grand chose à rajouter à ce que je t'ai dit depuis le début, depuis le jour ou j'ai fait (URL) cet article> il y a maintenant 2 ans presque jour pour jour. J'avais "flashé" sur tes modèles, et j'en suis toujours pas (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Wow! Your town vehicles are simply amazing. You've managed to keep them minifig-scaled, AND make them so realistic! They really put LEGO-designed vehicles to shame. Like many others, I would also buy a bunch of your MOCs if the mother company (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Pierre, As far as I am concerned, when it comes to realistic town vehicles, you are the man. You build them on a continual and consistant basis and do it incredibly well. Your eye for the right details and color is first rate. My favorite here (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) I love this! I also love the camping trailer: (URL) Camping Trailer> These are just dying for a landscape. I can see the campers parked in a wooded campground with minifigs gathered around a campfire roasting marshmallows. Jeff (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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