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(...) of (...) I don't think it's the Ninja Princess because if it were, her hair would show. The alligator racer's face is very similar in design to the ninja faces though. Yay! this face is perfect for a character idea I had today, and it comes in (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'll let you know soon. I just ordered one along with a S@H special Race Elements pack. Should arrive Saturday or Monday. (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) <crossing fingers> please-oh-please-oh-please... -Shiri (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) This figure also appears in 6707, a small RACE set that is $2.50 from S@H. Maybe the green hair comes in that one too! (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Check out the same numbers in www.brickset.co.uk. (Can't link directly, 'coz there're frames, sorry) -Shiri (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) of (...) Where're y'all seeing these pictures at? I tried looking up the mentioned set #, but I got nothing returned. Is there a link to the cool green hair that I could be directed to? Thank ye. Greg Majewski (URL) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Actually... it looks strikingly familiar. Ninja princess, anyone? (maybe it's not the same face, but a similar design!) -Shiri (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) It looks like she has a new face, too. :) (...) Darn, I need a ponytail hair piece in green... Oh, well! Straight is cool, too!! :) Jeff (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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"Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:Fu0BLG.K21@lugnet.com... (...) It appears a green clad female fig comes with set 6707, maybe we can get it there! -- ---D M Garcia (URL) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes this fig comes with a Green helmet as well and her torso has a picture of an alligator on it. (...) Straight! I is way cool. I just got to get one. Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) My Creations at: (URL) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) You mean the set with the brown 2x4x4 half cylinder pieces and the two cars with *really* big wheels? I don't see it in the picture I have, so can I assume the fig's come with both a hat/helmet and hairpiece? Also, what style hair is it? the (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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Well all I was at The Construction Site in Waltham MA today and they were unpacking a hugh load of new sets and I saw one of the coolest hair pieces I have seen in a while. The set was 6617 and is one of the new "Race" sets and the hair piece in (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) the (...) needed (...) pages...a (...) I have finished converting the instructions to zip files and have cleaned up the problem with the downloads. Everything works now. Will Lego Beach Department of Emergency Services (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.town)
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Last year at around July to August I distroyed my whole city buildings cars everything, well I did keep a few cars but I took all those parts & built a small NASCAR Race track. This morning another thought like that crossed my mind. Why not rebuild (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I do have to agree that the Quint is not bad. I do like the new additions to the page, using the ResQ sets. I am especially impressed with the snow mobile and Snozzel. I too, have been building the 6 wide apparatus for sometime, but until (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.va)
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(...) Thanks all for the kind words! When John Gerlach brought his amazing new 3.3 megapixel digital camera (with 340 MB Microdrive!) to our weekly G.M.L.T.C. meeting he kindly agreed to take pictures of some of my MOC's. He even burned me a CD with (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mn)
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(...) Very odd...the files are on the server and the link matches up with the directory and filenames. I'll have to have a chat with someone... A self-extracting archive is (in this case) a zipfile written to an exe with a small amount of the (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I'm a castle freak, and not a town freak, but I thought I'd go look anyway. When I finally got to the page of instructions, the couple I tried were not found on the server. I was curious as to what a "self- extracting archive" is. I know of (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.town)
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I have finally prepared instructions for most MOC apparatus featured on the Lego Beach Fire and Rescue website. Each set of instructions is a self- extracting archive with a JPEG of each step, so no special software is needed to use them. Start from (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.general) !
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Yep - I actually have a lot of LEGO electronics (lights, motors, fiber-optics), but I haven't yet installed it in the city. Dave Johann <hardcoredj@techie.com> wrote in message news:FtsLxL.Du7@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) Finally a use for the insectoid battery operated annoyances. -Dave (URL) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) themes. I (...) UFO (...) thanks for the compliments! (...) Yep - I suppose that as I wrote the description, it evolved into something more like Dave & Busters. We have a Dave & Busters here in Irvine, CA (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) That is great! It's a wonderful way to incorporate pieces from other themes. I really am liking the "Beat Up Jar-Jar" game aas well as how you used the UFO saucer section as a canopy. My only other comment is that it seems more like a Dave & (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) to (...) 2nd (...) Thanks, LEGO City 1 actually just started out as a way to fill up half of an empty room, and I was actually more interested in having a train layout than any sort of town. I had the castle left-over from old Christmas (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Erin Windross wrote in message ... (...) And at exactly which Lego port will this ship be calling upon? Awesome detailing. Huge. <sigh> I need more bricks. Brian (bbq) Sauls (I'm pretty much speechless--all I could think of was Wow! What a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Exactly! At first (when your first town was up), I found it slightly weird to have a castle and a pirate ship in the middle of the town... but as your 2nd town materialized and grew, you made very clear-cut (and reasonable!) unrealistic (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Dave Johann <hardcoredj@techie.com> wrote in message news:FtrGBE.7xq@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks - There is actually a bit of an interesting story on the history of this building. A while back I gave my fiancee a list of sets that would be "ideal" (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Brad, As usual, you manage to fit themes into your city that just shouldn't fit, but do. Fantastic! I'm especially impressed by the giant tree/ewok theme. Now where's the Hoth casino? ;-) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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This is a night club I built for my town modeled on an Ewok village. Everyone is dressed in Star Wars attire, and there are various Star Wars "games" to play in the club. Here is the link: (URL) is the link to my main site: (URL) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.town) !
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(...) I figure that any scale is fine as long as you stick to it if you want to display your models together. For example, one of my semi's (the tanker) would work well with <set:2448>, but still dwarfs a four wide. My eight-wide (the trailer, not (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mn)
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(...) Hey, I'm a 6-8 wide fan myself! I would never build a 4-wide truck in "minifig-scale." I consider 6-wide to be a better minifig scale, especially for trucks. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mn)
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(...) I'm proud to announce that I got to play with both of the afore mentioned vehicles at the Columbus Ohio BrikWar Inaugural Event. They are very cool vehicles, Jeff. :) Drew Lawrence (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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All this recent talk about fire trucks forced me to get going and take some pics of the apparatus I've had build for quite some time now. Most of the pictures are of my Vision Pumper II, but I've also got two of a rural style pumper, and three of a (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Okay, Seaborn Brick is up at: (URL) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Up near the top of the stairs, right? ;-). I remember at one point being able to stand right on the stairs, but I guess after a few too many singed (sp?) eyebrows, they close it now for each show. Still very cool ... or should I say toasty (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) I think that School Bus is even better. I gotta make me one of those!! :) Great Stuff William!! Jeff (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) Whoa there, cowboy:-) *micromodeling* is a whole 'nother ball of wax! I actually admire folks like you and Karim-- your stuff is cool! I was taking a shot at TLC for making *minifig* vehicles 4 wide. In fact, I have tried modeling 4 wide (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mn)
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(...) I stumbled upon this truck yesterday when the only pics on there were 3 of the Quint itself. Now I see there are pics of a school bus, U-Haul, and a medic unit also. Its a nice apparatus, with lots of detail, but its quite wide, a full 8 studs (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mn)
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(...) Hey! I sure hope you have your bestest asbestos suit on :-) As an avid 4-wide microfig modeller (those oversized minifigs are just too big), I can assure you that building detail into a 4-wide model is often a good way to explore new uses for (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mn)
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(...) I agree; Bill's creations are even more spectacular in person. Those pics were taken by John Gerlach at our (GMLTC) meeting last week using his new digital camera. Although not a new MOC (I think Bill built it last fall), this might be its (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mn)
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Nope - Never been there. Sounds cool though! I got the idea for the periodic show from hotels in Las Vegas like the Mirage, the Belagio, and Treasure Island. These hotels put on lavish (and undoubtedly expensive) shows every hour (or even more (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Amazingly detailed 6 wide fire truck by William Toenjes: (URL) is one of the best minifig scale town vehicles I have ever seen. --Bram (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town) !!
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(...) Hmm. Hey Brad, have you been to West Edmonton Mall (world's largest) up here in Edmonton? I ask, since they recently (a year or so) added a fairly large mechanical dragon in the "Silver Cities" theatre complex. It puts on an interesting show (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) I think that there's pirates imperials rather than star wars imperials. Alan (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town)
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I'm sorry, I must be dense or something, but I don't see anything that talks about Star Wars 5 1/2 or seems funny to me. I'd really like to share in the humor though. Could you explain it to me? ~Mark (...) understand. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town)
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(...) It's a humor thing that I came up with. Go to the page and you'll understand. (...) Yep, noticed that. It was a typing error, the picture is labeled correctly. Ryan (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town)
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(...) us (...) magnificent. (...) fond (...) model, (...) I'm going to try to add some dats for the new fire trucks, so I'll try to get that up along with them. Did you get a chance to see it when my parents & I met you, Dave, & Eric at the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town)
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Star Wars 5 1/2? Are you talking about Shadows of the Empire? Which of your creations are you referring to? I'm confused. ~Mark P.S. It's AAT. The Droid transport is MTT. (...) website. I (...) you check (...) some new (...) lookout for (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town)
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Ryan, I love the Star Wars stuff you have up! It looks amazing - make sure to let us know when the dat file for the AT-PT is available, I think it looks magnificent. I'd like to put one of those together, and have an imperial walker for every (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks for the compliments. I'll try to post more detailed shots when I do another "official" photo shoot of the city. In the mean time, my fiancee is only letting me take a couple of shots for free on each of her "snapshot" rolls. Brad (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Eric Lanteigne <elanteigne@home.com> wrote in message news:FtnKuB.62L@lugnet.com... (...) story (...) Thanks There's more on the way. The main castle (on the west edge of town) is in the process of heavy upgrades. Also, you might have noticed the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) in (...) Yep - I've been trying to aquire more columns in odd colors. I used 2 pink ones on the cutie store ( (URL) ). I don't have any others! (...) That sounds like a great idea! I was originally going to use Shiri's columns in my main (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) this is the first draft, I want more features, the walls are a bit plain, but at least the tower works, you need a lot of Belville sets to get the appropriate cream elements. The girls at McDonalds gave me a strange look as I was going thru (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) Some hate those columns,but I reckon they're great. In Belville they come in cream, white, pink, brown (at least). Maybe think about a bigger castle-like structure in a similar style, using black as a very skeletal structure...(mmm,perhaps (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) at your ninja-themed building I took another peek at Lego City 2. You have done a fantastic job of putting the pieces together. It all seems to fit so well together with all the color and "bustle" of a large city. Bu-Ra-Do is a great addition (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Wow! That is a really great web site. I like your castle Peter. I can't wait to see it done! Brad Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FtnLwp.9yu@lugnet.com... (...) link? (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) here ya go: (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) Well- it was just some footage from a DixieLUG meeting that never got made into a site, AFAIK. But you can see the pics here (must copy&paste link): (URL) the number to 2-8 and you'll see a few "suspects" there... These are creations by Eric (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks! (...) I LOVE those black column parts. I was originally going to have a mirror of the white tower on the east side. In fact, I had a 6 story tower prefabricated and ready for installation, but then I received Shiri's package including (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) doesn't (...) attacking a (...) Thanks - Where is that "penguin" site. I want to see it! (...) I fixed it and reposted the page. Please refresh on it and see if it looks right now. Sorry about that! (...) viewable, (...) I'm kind of a slacker (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Your city 2 is great (and growing fast). I had a good laugh reading the story of the Bu-ra-do complex (giant hands) and the motorcycle factory. Your description are as entertaining as your construction. Bravo! Eric. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) Another superb addition to Lego City 2. I particularly like the dragon's forge, very malevolent and sinister, just lucky the dragons are computerised and not real, for those workers enjoying the lunchtime sun. Nice use of the black columns, I (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) I love the way you manage to combine themes in such a flowing way, it doesn't seem at all out-of-place when you do it... (unlike some red forces attacking a penguin that come to mind <grin, duck and run>) Just a tiny nitpick... you have a typo (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Hi, I just finished off my first Ninja-themed building. It actually ended up being the largest building in my city (at 13 stories). Here is a picture: (URL) is a link to my main web page: (URL) me know what you think! Brad (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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I have recently made a few changes/updates to various parts of my website. I added pictures for Star Wars Episode 5 1/2 (Shaun Sullivan make sure you check it out :) ) I made some changes to the Legofield Fire Company pages and added some new (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town)
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Hi all, I just updated my web site for the St. Lego Fire Dept. Stop on by at (URL) and let me know what you think thanks Tom D (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.town) !
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Why do you say there probably won't be any new ones? I agree a BIG expedetion boat would be REALLY cool! jake (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) There probably won't be any new ones, excepet for maybe some small promotional sets. However, a large ski plane or expedition boat would be really nice. (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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Todd, I just saw some previous posts about adding the Artic newsgroup and how it might be overbearing if you were to do ALL the sub themes. Makes sense. Answered my own question. So does anyone know when/what the next Arctic kits are expected to be? (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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Thanks for the heads up! So can I put my bid in to make this it's own newsgroup? Jake (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) It's not actually a newsgroup -- it's just (currently) a category on the website. --Todd (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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Does anyone know why I can't post a new message to the Arctic newsgroup? I noticed that there aren't any messages in that newsgroup at all which seems strange to me. Please let me know. Thanks! jake (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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Glad you liked it Brendan. I know that some people prefer a "pure" LEGO mountain (so would I, but I'd rather use the limited bricks I have for other projects), I modeled it after a mountain that was on the cover of a S@H catalog I saw a few years (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) WOW! Now that is a GORGEOUS mountain. I mean, no offense, but I wouldn't paint a mountain yellow. However, if that was brown, gray, and any other color it would look absolutely perfect. I'm sure it's extremely easy for you to describe it in (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) You are so close to the dark side now.... I think you have been hanging out with rich too much recently... I propose any mountain on the club layout will be pure bricks and burps. -Chris (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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SPINCO car design has introduced a new concept to the hot topic of the 6-8 wide railroad cars. Well we have went above the standard 4 wide car & created the "5 WIDE COUPE REVENGE". Towns people have been quoted saying it looks like a larger VW (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) ...you used clone bricks!!! The horror!... Hmmmm, but better than defacing real bricks... and besides, the whole thing isnt 'pure' anyway. ...But seriously, I like the mountain. I've seen the pics before and had done a similar thing for model (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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We have a Styrofoam mountain in the NGLTC layout. Its made from the sheets of pink home installation, Great stuff foam and a thin layer of sheetrock putty (for texture). Also a few clone blocks were added as rocks to the mountain to give it some (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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Where did he get all those round-pillar 1x4 railings?? !!!!!! The Parthenon roof is nice. But I have to worry about anyone who chooses Linda Tripp to build a model of. I would have tried Catherine Zeta Jones. Paul Sinasohn bearitone@my-deja.com (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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I was looking at Terry Cruse's site when I saw this huge house: (URL) construction pics are at (URL) along with the best navigation links for this confusing site with great models. Alan (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: please help id: 1x2 "police" brick
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(...) Ugh, a public apology for the way these links turned out. I've corrected them above (I think). (...) the mixed lot of parts. I have a feeling that I've probably extracted all of the complete or nearly complete sets from this lot, but it's (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) After a bit of investigating, the only set I know of to have had a 1x2 White brick with POLICE printed in black would be set 6522. There may have been other sets with this piece, but I could find any. (URL) Salm__ (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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In a batch of eBay winnings[1], I found a single 1x2 police brick. The printing looks like that in the police station from 1979 (best seen in the instructions at (URL)), but the rest of that set isn't there. The font is smaller than the one used in (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) people don't _have_ to use transparent pieces for the windscreen -- sometimes they simply clutter the model more than needed in my opinion. I don't believe all those parts exist in pink, though! ;-) As for scale, I'd say the vehicle is more (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) That's exactly what I did. I don't have any six wide windshields, so I constructed one: (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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| | MOC: 1959 Cadillac Eldorado
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I've finished converting my hover car to a grounded vehicle: (URL) the original: (URL) a bit big for minifig scale if you consider a minifig to be 6 feet tall, but if you consider the fig's width, I think it's about right :) (Maybe this'll start (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Yeah, but does that thing cost $5.60 to ship? I'm thinking this could be a larger set. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I have no clue as to this....
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(...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Possibly 6521 or 1752 How accurate is the year cited? If he was that young, that may be wrong. Perhaps it is Tyco or Ritvik? Paul Sinasohn bearitone@mydeja.com (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Or a number would suffice. Maybe I'll ask him. (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Only one way to find out....buy it! :) But I'm sure that's not the answer you wanted to hear. I don't recall any airport emergency vehicle (sold in the US) in 1985, but in Europe there very well could have been. The least the seller could do (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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I ran across this auction as I was browsing: (URL) have no clue what he is describing, and I can't find the item in the LUGNET Search Function. I don't know if he is trying to describe the Jetport Fire Squad Set, but the pieces were Red & White, not (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | '59 Caddy
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For all you town fans who aren't so interested in hover cars, I've finished converting my Caddy to a regular one (well, as regular as a '59 Eldorado can get). I'll post raytraces and a .DAT when I have time. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: fields
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(...) This old thread might interest you: (URL) . Perhaps you could contact him. Alan (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks, here is another of my earlier uses for this part. (URL) would like lots of these pieces so if anyone has any they don't want, please email me. -Chris (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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That's the first creative use I have seen for the droid fighter pieces. Bravo! Craig Livingston (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) -Chris (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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Here's an idea for making plowed fields using a rather specialized piece. (URL) works better on a brown baseplate than a tan one. :) Thanks to Denise Jadud for the idea to use these pieces. -Chris (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Activity suggestions for a town
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(...) Perhaps you'll need to wait a while :-) The town is not finished yet, I still need to buy 3 packs of road-plates and 2 green building plates. BTW, those green plates are *expensive*! A quick calculation tell me that the Swedish price for them (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: piece id
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(...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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