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There are indeed locks on the Mississippi. I have seen them in Saint Louis. (...) some (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) Well no lock because I was thinking more along the lines of the systems in Europe (and possibly Norfolk?) which as far as I am away don't have locks. Ie canal as in Ship Canal? (...) Not at all. Like I said above. Think navigable waterway (as (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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In lugnet.cad, Kevin Wilson writes: <snip> (...) You could freeze it in winter and have a festival. Here in Ottawa we turn our canal into a skating rink :-) Gotta love those BeaverTails. Jude (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) Canals are a real nice idea Alex. The obvious set missing from your list is a lock! Another possible would be a waterside inn. Separate boats as well. One thing to bear in mind is that canal systems vary widely from country to country and are (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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With the current offical selection going toward Jr, I am asking if anybody here would want to consider working out thier own theme using L-Draw/ML-CAD to work out the new parts and sets. Already I am (in tandem with the magazine project) working (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Next year
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(...) And TLC/TLG?Futura needs tomove way from the pale pink/lime green of the Belville era. IMO I feel that range was misguided.- Lego(R) has never been Mattel or one of any of others of 'fad' US toy manafacturers. Lego(R) in the 1980's early (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) for (...) You probably didn't recognise it as being Technics. All those Roboriders and Slizers are supposedly Technics sets. I guess it is "Technics Junior". (...) I think 14+ for UCS Star Wars is a "marketing device" to suggest they have a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.technic, lugnet.sports, lugnet.town)
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(...) Not really - if they want to make inroads to female sales, they need more buildings. Girls tend to gravitate towards building more permanent structures (just read through all the posts here on Lugnet, you'll see it's basically true). -- | Tom (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) Hey, it's all good. You are still using your imagination to design with the greatest toy on earth. Besides, what do you do if you have a wonderful idea that makes extensive use of a part you don't have too many of? You use Ldraw or MLCAD or (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) <snip> Yes she is female. Jude Can you please post pictures of the catalog? :-) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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