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| (...) Minor head explosion here Gary: yesterday I took some pics of my very own Village People, in a performance at the Mayan Temple Music Hall, a yellow version of (URL) pictures by the way! --DaveL (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
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| Some new stuff: (URL) no, I don't like the Village People :). I just needed some use for the Indian Chief minifig... Later (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Possible buyout?
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| (...) Does this chitchat need to be posted to ALL These groups? Suggest you trim followups to the appropriate group. (In this case .space??) Thanks ++Lar (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: Possible buyout?
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| (...) We'll Talk (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.build)
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| A 11 sec. preview of the film BRAIN DAMAGE is now showing at (URL) film will be released by next friday Robert Lego Carnage Carnage Films (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Possible buyout?
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| Here is the things I want more info on: Hopper. The design looks neat. Can Griffon Industries buy it out from you? We need a dropship. And yours is da best. Griffon Industries 'All I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by...' Rick Hallman (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: new site
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| (...) Soon (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.build)
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| Looks nice. Do you have larger pictures of the tiger hawk and S24. They look neat. Brad Robert Thomas <nryche@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G5oJvq.L9F@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.build)
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| OOPS.....No url Here it is: (URL) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.build)
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| Ok I got my site up today. Please have a look Besure to check out the films area. I know its a space theme but I am Posting everywhere for the films Robert Lego Carnage Carnage Films (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: minifig scale dogs
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| You could use the Belvile puppy as a minifig scale dog. I used one in front of my western blacksmith shop. It was available in sets 5841, 5854, 5848. (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| Where can I find pictures of minifig scale dogs? Thanks in advanced. Scott Member 718 (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: New film
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| I agree Lugnet should start a movie/film group the difference is direct or indirect light. THE BRICK used direct light. I wanted the other to fell like he really didnt belong there Robert (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| Sergio, I just now read you post. I bought my Grand childern legos for Christmas 15 years ago. They are not really interested in legos right now. I am 57 years old and have been "keeping" the legos for them. I have spent hundreds of dollars adding (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
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| Tried to download it, and got a "forbidden" error...... Eric (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
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| (...) Man, we really need a lugnet.movies group to discuss these things...techniques, SFX, etc. I think that the lighting quality was better/more even in "The Brick" - which looked better blown up to full screen size. I'm not sure what you did (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| Hi Sergio, Mate when you are young things change very quick, you discover girls, cars, better games ect, but believe me in years to come you will remember the good times when you built things using your imagination or remember looking at some models (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| (...) DO NOT SELL! DO NOT SELL! I was in your *EXACT* situation when I was 15. I had collected for a few years (this was 1983, so I had a nice bit of classic space) but had stopped playing with them about a year before the move. I packed them up and (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| (...) I went through a brief "dark age" period from ages 10 to 12 and I'm not sure if I have completely come out of it yet (I am 14 now). I am absolutely crazy about the Technic and Mindstorms series, but have never really regained my interest in (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| Could we consider trimming ALL the theme groups out of followups and slimming down to just .general? While this is interesting and posting to lots of themes gets lots of attention, setting proper followups is only polite. Thanks. FUT .general ++Lar (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| jonathan Lopes wrote in message ... (...) Definitely. Also, try another creative medium. When I was in my teens I gave up building Lego spaceships, and I began drawing spaceships and making plastic models of spaceships, then later I was making (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Re: New film
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| Wow, that's pretty cool. (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
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| Ok here you go!! "JACKED" (URL) is 1:07 long and took me all day (didnt go to work) I have a big project i am working on called "Hand of Fate" look for it around x-mas I am working on my web site as we speek. thats the hold up enjoy Robert Lego (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| Sergio You have hit a stage in your life that I think most of us can identify with. I know for me it happened when I was a junior in high school. Lego seemed to fade into the background while I took part in high school activities and prepared for (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| Sergio You have hit a stage in your life that I think most of us can identify with. I know for me it happened when I was a junior in high school. Lego seemed to fade into the background while I took part in high school activities and prepared for (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| (...) Well, of course, as with anything else, if it makes you uncomfortable, don't do it. If you feel ok building on your own, keep doing so- I built stuff for a long time with no one really to share it with (while my friends all know I collect (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| (...) I have to agree with this whole-heartedly.. My entire lego collection from when I was a kid ended up being sold off as part of one of our yard sales for a measly $5.. That's right, the entire lot, hundreds of dollars worth of classic space (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| (...) Sergio! Don't jump! Please, come back in through the window and get off that ledge! It doesn't have to end this way! Look, we all care about you! Don't do this thing! Things will get better, it's going to be OK, just come back inside!! :^) (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| (...) Johnathan and everybody else are absolutely right, Sergio. When I was young, my mom did a very wise thing: she made me promise never to get rid of my LEGO. Of course, *she* thought it was because I'd be passing it on to my kids someday. I (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| (...) Hi Sergio! I guess I'll share my perspecive since I did go through a definate Dark Age. Although some AFOL's have never had a dark age, it does happen to a lot of us as we grow up that we start to get really busy in the hustle and bustle of (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| As Shiri mentions, you may be entering a dark or dim ages. My suggestion would be to pack it all up neatly so as to present the least problem to yourself and your folks. Then hold on to it, resist the urge to sell it to get a few bucks, unless you (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| (...) I have two things to say: 1. hold on to all of your lego, you will regret it if you don't. You will hit an age when you don't feel 'embarrassed' about it. 2. best of luck Jonathan (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| (...) Sure! Sell me your stuff cheap (it has no REAL value to you anyhow :o) and then in 5 to 10 years lament the loss of all that lost ABS. Seriously, I am now 27 and lost my LEGO interest at about age 15 (at least in public) and only built one (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| Hi Sergio, Maybe you're going through dark ages... maybe it's just a "dim" age, though. Or perhaps you have a builder's block. I personally slightly lost interest in lego for awhile (around 14-15), but sparked the interest again actually when we (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| | | | | Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| Hi Lugnet users, I am moving next week and like Lego fans always do, they pack up their Lego. I am 15 years old and I have been actively collecting Lego since December 1996 up to now. But, I haven't even looked inside my cabinet since this summer, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western) !
| | | | | Re: Church, 2nd version.
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| Pretty Nifty Sonnich Jensen <sonnich.jensen@novobcs.ee> wrote in message news:G5IzLp.50q@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Church, 2nd version.
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| Hello all! I have now some new pictures of my church online. The first version had some errors, which I have now corrected. Have a look! (URL) Jensen E-mail: sonnich@novobcs.ee Phone: +372 6 501 324 www.novobcs.ee (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Parallel Cable-Stayed Bridge
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| Hey, Those are some really great bridges! I haven't seen anyone experiment that much with LEGO bridges. I really like the slolom bridge! Keep up the great work! Brad Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@cats.nbi.dk> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Divers & Grey arches?
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| I bought two copies of that set. They were on sale for 1/2 price at www.kbkids.com. They still had them cheap a few weeks ago. I used those gray inverse arches in this church. You can see them on the lower-left of the 2nd picture: (URL) Eaton (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: help id'ing set
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| (...) Hello! I agree that it's not a Lego set, however, you can tell if it's Lego just by looking at the studs on the bricks. Do they say Lego on the top of each one? Each stud should have Lego printed on it if it's a TRUE Lego set! This is just a (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: help id'ing set
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| (...) A green or brown Humvee like vehicle 5 or 6 years ago? It is definitely not Lego, at least not a regular set. Might be a promotional but I still don't think so. Believe me, I have aprox. 4000 Lego set pics in my possession...:-) Selçuk (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: help id'ing set
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| I cant provide any more details since the owner of the set no longer has it but it was definatly lego. (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: help id'ing set
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| (...) I'm not sure what yours looks like, but there were a few off-brands of this description within the last five years and they were sold as products that work with LEGO. Without more information, or piece description I don't know if I can be more (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
| | | | | help id'ing set
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| the set in question was bought 5 or 6 years ago (so it was still easily available then). Its a town set. It looks like a hummvee or something. Its either green or brown possibly. It has 2 minifigs, one of which was "on the roof" of the vechicle. (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: Yes, I know it's multi-colored!
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| (...) Oh, now that IS COOL! It reminds me of something out of the old Ray Bradbury F' 451 movie from the 1960s. Love the color divided rooms. Not to offend but it looks like the residence for those Time Cruiser characters from 'bout the same time! (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun)
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| (...) Ummm, sane people. ;-) (...) Sure! I took the idea from fort Legoredo. (...) <grin> Probably! Thanks! -Shiri (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun)
| | | | | Re: Divers & Grey arches?
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| (...) Probably too late for me to be of use for this, but since I already looked I'll add this. In my collection, I have them in the following: 6560 3 x grey 5958 4 x tan 6442 2 x brown KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Divers & Grey arches?
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| (...) 6560 is it. Otherwise I know of Tan, Brown, Red and Black. -Jon (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Divers & Grey arches?
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| (...) Yeah, but that's the thing- it's not supposed to look charred. :D Especially not the one over the doors, which is a full window surrounded by untouched rock... Anyway, the real secret behinf the church is that I'm too lazy to sit down and (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Divers & Grey arches?
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| (...) Yeah, I first saw them used in a MOC sometime a few months ago and it suprised me to no end... I had been looking around for the divers set but couldn't find it, and I was recently reminded that I should get some (for the AT-AT)... (...) As I (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Divers & Grey arches?
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| I just happened to have a misb 6560 laying around, and it does indeed have 3 of these in gray: (URL) also happens to have the regular arch 1 x 5 x 4 (non-inverted) 3 in gray... go figure. :) (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Divers & Grey arches?
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| (...) I had no idea these existed in Grey. Now I'll have to order some of these sets, too, if they turn out to be right. Let me know, Dave, if you think of it, because I think my church would look MUCH better with these parts. I would probably buy (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Divers & Grey arches?
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| (...) Umm, no, different piece. I'm looking for the INVERSE arch: (URL) castle expander pack has the regular arch: (URL) far as I've been told (or know), only one set ever has had the inverse arches in grey (3 of them nonetheless), and it was a (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Divers & Grey arches?
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| (...) Assuming you're just interested in the arches, another possibility would be the "Castle Expander Pack" #3732. For $4.99, it has four of those half-arches. -Christopher (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Divers & Grey arches?
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| (...) I'm pretty sure it was this one (URL) Diving Expedition Explorer. Julie (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Divers & Grey arches?
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| Ok, I remember that ONE of the divers sets reportedly had 3 INVERSE GREY 1x4x5 arches, but I'm not sure which one it was... Anyone know which set it was and where I might be able to pick some up? DaveE (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Parallel Cable-Stayed Bridge
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| You can find a few pictures of my new parallel cable-Stayed bridge at (URL) well, Jacob (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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| Hi All- Christopher was kind enough to bring this thread to my attention or I would have missed it completely, not being a frequent scanner of Lugnet. Christopher, your apology is of course fully accepted. :) Yes, it is true that the particular sets (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.town, lugnet.promo)
| | | | | 5 wide sports car
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| After building and modifying Gianluca's 5-wide Testarosa to fit a minifigure (with no roof and a driver, it looks a bit too toyish, but it's possible :), I was inspired to come up with my own 5-wide sports car. It started out as a Lamborghini Diablo (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.general) !
| | | | | Cool Car
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| I've just made a visit to Brickshelf and seen Bram Lambrecht's exceptionally groovy car. ((URL) It is absolutely amazing, I really can't compliment Bram enough. Interesting choice of five-wide construction; it really brings out the low-slung nature (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: New Europian Truck
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| Hi Eric, the link doesn't work well! Try that one: (URL) are so productive!! I am impressed! Is the "Hit" transport company a real dutch company, or is it just your own idea? I am looking forward to see what's next!! Couldn't your trucks deliver (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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| Christopher J. Dean wrote in message ... (...) I agree!! (...) collecting (...) I do this a lot. I'd be happy to trade favors with you sometime. Finally, I want to try to start anew with everyone. While I have (...) I look forward to seeing more (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.town, lugnet.promo)
| | | | | Re: Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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| I know you asked for email, and I've trimmed the followups back to just .theory, but I wanted to publicly acknowledge your statements, especially your apology to Matt. I'm sorry for dragging your employer in where not appropriate, then laying the (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.town, lugnet.promo)
| | | | | Re: Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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| I want to apologize to Matt Chiles if he is anyway offended by my comment. I admit that my comments may be harsh for some. I am sorry. I did not take into account the various factors and risks Matt takes, but thanks to Mike Walsh and Rose Regner, I (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.town, lugnet.promo)
| | | | | New Europian Truck
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| Hello,i have posted new pics of my latest model,hope you like it (URL) eric (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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| Christopher J. Dean wrote in message ... (...) Actually I think that Matt marks up the sets according to how much he paid for them. Last year we got two 4536 Blue Hopper cars (shipped ) for $25 each and he sold the Velux houses for $20-25 shipped. (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.promo)
| | | | | Re: Town photos
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| That's a pretty cool town. I look forward to seeing more pictures. Chuck Rex <chuckrex@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G4r6sF.MD8@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Christmas lights for Lego
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| (...) Rose that is what i did a couple of weeks ago, those little red and green ones running on double A batterys right?I put them on my metroliner which is running under the Christmas tree.Chris (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Christmas lights for Lego
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| I just bought some tiny chaser Christmas lights and a lighted Christmas tree at TRU (6.99). They are a scale that is compatible with minifigs and a house. I will post pictures after I build my model. Just posting in case someone is interested. The (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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| (...) It's also great if you want stuff, still MIB, that you're never going to find anywhere else. And he has a LOT of that kind of stuff, and has for years. Matt hasn't repriced these items to match current availability. OK, but is that bad? Maybe (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.promo, lugnet.market.theory)
| | | | | Re: Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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| "Christopher J. Dean" <chdean@deloitte.com> wrote in message news:G4y3vt.IMI@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) If (...) I (...) don't (...) I think this is a bit harsh. Matt Chiles has been offering difficult to find sets via The Vault for a long time (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.promo)
| | | | | Re: Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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| (...) comparison I did: Set Shell Vault Mark-up #1254 11.99 45.00 275% #1255 11.95 45.00 277% #1256 19.95 55.00 176% I'm going to see if some Shell stations in Jersey have these sets, or any of the bigger sets. Has anyone in the NYC metro area seen (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.promo)
| | | | | Re: Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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| (...) comparison I did: Set Shell Vault Mark-up #1254 11.99 45.00 275% #1255 11.95 45.00 277% #1256 19.95 55.00 176% I'm going to see if some Shell stations in Jersey have these sets, or any of the bigger sets. Has anyone in the NYC metro area seen (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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| (...) One of the ones by me (in Santa Clarita) had all of them,another other had just the vehicles, and the last one didn't have any. It depends entirely on the owner of the gas station I guess. Kyle Henneberque (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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| (...) You live in Riverside area? And have not seen 'em? Try the Shell on La Sierra and Magnolia off the 91 fwy, there is another big Shell near the 91/215 Colton area, or maybe Arlington area. They have TONS up here in Rancho Cucamonga/Upland area. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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| (...) You can buy them here: (URL) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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| (...) I know eBay has these sets going sometimes. I still need to find them in Iowa. There aren't any Shell's; The closest one to me is about 40 miles from the northern border of Missouri; and I'm not positive it has LEGOs. Kevin (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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| Anyone have scans of these? The only sets I have seen in California (Riverside area) is the 6 vehicles. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Town photos
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| (...) I was in Columbus last week, and my cousin said that the post-game riots happen every year, it was just that this year it got news coverage.... (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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| I haven't found them in Maryland, yet. And I would really like to find them. Can anyone help me out? Dan "Aaron West" <maniac@netwebb.com> wrote in message news:G4r5B6.H3s@lugnet.com... (...) at (...) $10 (...) people (...) to (...) are (...) more (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Town photos
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| I love the Elian Timmy action setup! It's a riot! :) -- Paul Davidson Chuck Rex <chuckrex@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G4r6sF.MD8@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Town photos
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| (...) Hey Chuck,pics. look great.I like the riot scene(looks like it could be the seen in Columbus,Ohio after my Michigan Wolverines crushed the Ohio state buckeyes 10 days ago:-) ) (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Town photos
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| I have posted some new photos of my town. There are no full city shots, because I could not get any I liked enough to share. I have to find something to blot out the furniture and such in the room. Maybe after the new City Hall is built- (see the (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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| (...) Have to agree with Brad H. now that I've picked up all the 11 Shell promo sets. They are in my opinion some of the better Town System sets since at LEAST 1996. I think LEGO may have been targeting us AFOLs with this offering, and since Town is (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.reviews)
| | | | | Re: New Europian Truck
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| Hello holger,I have posted a new picture for the secret of the roof,hope you can figure it out.About the truckstop that was already one of my ideas but im wating for a faster version of mlcad who can handels easy big files. And i would a service (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: New Europian Truck
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| Hi Eric, looks great your latest member in your EURO-Truck-Family!!! How did you fixed the SNOT-roof to thje normal bricks? Is the 1x6x1/3 piece on top of the door a tile? Seems to be, otherwise the roof couldn't fit in? Now I am waiting for a large (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Great town buildings available as part of Shell Promo sets
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| Shell has a set of 3 different buildings, 1254, 1255, and 1256 available at their stations. These sets are reasonably priced and come chock full of great town pieces. You can get these sets at any Shell station with a $10 fill-up (at least in (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.reviews)
| | | | | New Europian Truck
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| Hello,i have just posted some pictures of my new truck designd with mlcad. This time a Mercedes Benz Actros,a 8 stud wide minifigscale truck. Only the headlights and the star are not made of bricks but can be made as decal. (URL) Eric (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Alpha Team Minifigs
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| The Alpha Team minifigs can be seen at: (URL) were taken from the cover of the box for the LEGO Alpha Team game. Grahame (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: Monorail Questions
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| (...) gets (...) stuff. (...) at (...) Well, you know the story, young, no money, mom wouldn't let me me. I think I got one when I got my paycheck finally. : ) Thank goodness for Cedit cards now, huh? ; ) Scott S. -- (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Monorail Questions
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| (...) Scott,Scott,Scott (me shaking my head)i can't beleive you passed those up!As for the prices about $10-11 is roughly the going rate i've found.$2-3 bucks for the large stantions(higher if you buy them as a 'lot' on ebay.)If you go to brickbay (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Monorail Questions
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| (...) Wow, that's good to hear. I'm about to finish an auction where I get a 6990 and two accessory packs for 102.50. Hope I don't get outdib in the next 3 hours and 55 mins! Thanks for the help. (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| (...) Wow, that's good to hear. I'm about to finish an auction where I get a 6990 and two accessory packs for 102.50. Hope I don't get outdib in the next 3 hours and 55 mins! (...) :-) (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Monorail Questions
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| (...) From discussions with other monorail collectors in PNLTC - I think we were estimating the value of straight monorail track at more like $12 or more per piece - quite a bit less for curves - maybe more in the $4-5 range. I recently had to (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Monorail Questions
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| Dead, (I'm not quite dead yet!) (...) Fututon? Sounds like a line of space age furniture or something! ; ) Futuron, yeah.... (...) all (...) Yes sir. The 6399 Airport Shuttle and the futuron monorail and all the accessory monorail tracks are (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Monorail Questions
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| Questions about the Fututon/Unitron/Airport Monorail: 1. Are all these compatible? i.e. Can you buy all them and combine them all into one big monorail? 2. What is the current market price for the monorail parts? I know there was some sort of (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: My scans at Brickshelf
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| Hi Kevin, Nice stuff. I especially like the atlas van and the cement mixer. The limo is pretty cool too. Mark van 't Hooft Lugnet member 485 markslegoland@brickbay.com (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | My scans at Brickshelf
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| Hello, I just posted scans of a few of my vehicles on Brickshelf. I hope to have some pictures of my town up soon (if I ever get around to taking some). In the mean time here is the link: (URL) Z #142 (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: 27 Story Exoskeleton Skyscraper MOC (CAD)
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| Actually, I've used www.greatbuildings.com, but this is more of a reference rather than a tutorial. Also, they are annoyingly lacking pictures on about 3/4 of their building descriptions! As far as the Bauhaus style, I probably should have been more (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: 27 Story Exoskeleton Skyscraper MOC (CAD)
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| Brad Hamilton <bhamilto1@home.com> wrote in message news:G4FFG3.8w7@lugnet.com... (...) As far as I know, there is no comprehensive architectural reference on the web. I have often thought of making my own, but then I would have to travel all (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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