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(...) It looks like he used Brasso on the UCS TIE cockpit trans-smoke dome. Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. Schamus)... (My views do not necessarily express the views of my employer...) Card carrying LUGNET MEMBER: #70 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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Hmm - I don't have that set, so there must be yet another source for the other two that I have. I'll have to think about it a bit. Rick Hallman <Griffon_Industries@...emove.com> wrote in message news:G9ArCD.9z5@lugnet.com... (...) them (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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That's a brasso'd canopy from the UCS Tie Fighter. It looks like CRAP in the stock configuration, but when you Brasso off all the hokey looking gray printing on it, it looks really fantastic! This set was on sale at TRU a while back for $80 or (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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if it is the grey 4x4 1 high, circle, technic peg holes, There is 4 of them in the old Launch Command Launch Tower on the fuel tank. Rick (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) SWEET Where'd ya get that black trans dome?! It looks cool I want one. RIck (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) SWEET Where'd ya get that black trans dome?! It looks cool I want one. RIck (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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Actually, I just realized that another 1x4x6 "juniorized" black panel I had was non-LEGO today. Brian taught me how to look. If it doesn't say LEGO on the studs then its not LEGO. This sounds obvious, but this particular piece really looked like a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) I wont tell on you. Right now, all of my entries in the town contest are "pure," as well as my only entry so far for the Antient Building contest. I'm already tainted, so it doesn't stop me when I want to do something interesting because (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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Thanks, I actually tried a variety of structural elements within that empty space, but they all seemed to weaken the artistic impact of the structure. There is something about that enclosed empty space that seems to really make the building. Kyle (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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Thanks, I'm surprised that people like it so much. When it was about 2 stories high, it looked increadibly cool, but it seemed to get less so as it grew to full size. I'm reasonably satisfied with the result, but I think I still prefer the other (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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Thanks. I agonized for quite a long time on how to attach the horizontal pieces. At one point, I was designing an all-technic frame around which I was going to wrap all the bricks. Finally, I realized that I didn't need all that complexity (and (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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Hi, You can get those in the Y-wing (in the Tie/Y-Wing set). They are part of the engines. A while back, this was on sale as a "combo" back for 1/2 price at Toys R Us. I haven't used too many parts from that set until now. Actually, that set appears (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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Thanks for the compliments. Josh Baakko <shi_web@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G9AI29.G9v@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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Ooooh, very nice! Ya know what would make it even cooler? An elevator in tbe middle of all those exterior arches! :-) --Kyle (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) By the way, I just fainted. That is bleeding awesome.... So much stuff to look at... no wasted pieces. It just.. just.. flows! Beautiful. (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Brad, wonderful work as aways! I love it. I had to look very carefully to see what you did to attatch those outer arches. All I can say is I would have cheated (mangled connectors, or heretical non-Lego pieces would have been in the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Wow. I notice the 4x4 circle brick in light grey used to attach the tubing on the corner. What set is it availible in? (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) That is amazing! Josh (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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This is my latest building: (URL) can also look at the raw photos on Brickshelf: (URL) is probably one of my strangest structures yet. LMKWYT (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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You guys are quite right in saying that the bridge is a little wobbly, and that the ramps are a bit steep. I like the fact that it added a couple additional construction vehicles to my town layout (I hadn't bought too many pieces of that type of (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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The Arctic Characters- Black- Captain Ross Ranger Blue- Cosmo Cool Green- Scooter Red- Crystal Aput (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Question typed by my 8-year old son: What are these characters names: (URL) (the mini fig in green) (URL) (the mini fig in red to the right of the helicopter) Is there a non-LUGNET site about the Arctic theme? Thank you. J. Olmstead (Jonny Thunder) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) The plates themselves are fairly sturdy, but I have found that the entire structure does not seem to line up right. I can not get all of the base bricks, including the slots (is there a specific name for the slots under a brick?) on the ramps (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) The curved road part does end up being somewhat unsturdy. If you press down much at all on the outside edge, it can pretty easily pop off and send vehicles flying. The problem is that the supports are only at the ends, so the center of the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) The honor system is not dead. If you are willing to declare *any* social system a total failure because one person (and this may only be the work of one person) is cheating the system, then you'd pretty much have to kiss civilization goodbye. (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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I joined. Josh Baakko <shi_web@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G94n85.9GH@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) >> I constantly search the 'net for LEGO Cities, especially while I am here at (...) that (...) and (...) Are (...) a (...) city (...) close (...) (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Then ask this guy: (URL) :^L~ (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.town)
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(...) Um, because I'm not interested in how many mundane friends you have? I'm interested in what your *peers* (as in LEGO fans) think of your work. Even then, I'm only mildly interested in the *outcome* (winner). I'm much more interested in the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) The plates are sturdy, they will woble if you dont build the supports right-- very unrealistic. the dump truck does work. (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Nope. Don't hate myself. Not over Jack Stone. Not even a little bit. (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.town)
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(...) Why is the contest so important that you feel that you need to campaign for it? Shouldn't the fun of this contest be the simple act of participation? Just to be proud of your accomplishment and to be part of a group of people sharing something (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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...snip... (...) Obviously, I'd have to agree (URL)But - who is a judge? (...) That's a good idea; but I think it's more of a starting point: there are also valid potential judges who don't have a CLSOTW (I don't think Kevin himself has, I'm not (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Kevin: Having followed this topic and thought a bit about it, I'd like to suggest that simple voting isn't the best means at arriving at a quality outcome. Simple voting becomes a matter of popularity, and if I had an entry, I could email all my (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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I am thinking about purchasing this set. Does the bucket to the Dump truck tip, or is it fixed to the truck? Also, how sturdy are the bridge plates? Your response is appreciated. (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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I think they're also in the new mickey mouse line, but I'm not sure. Gary Frank Buiting <frank.buiting@infopulse.nl> wrote in message news:G95IGp.2A2@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.fabuland, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, the yellow one is also a Fabuland windscreen. It came in sets 121 (328), 128 (338), 134 (344), 137 (347), 140 (350) 2x, 329 and 3678 See also Sybrands' Fabuland part inventory: (URL) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.fabuland, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Hi all, please take a look to this pic: (URL) sure that the red one is a Fabuland car windscreen. But I don't know if also the yellow one is a Fabuland car windscreen. Does anyone know? Thanks in advance Gianluca ___...___ Do You Yahoo!? Il tuo (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.fabuland, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Wow! This Excalibur looks great. Try clicking "up" a bit and check out the Coca-Cola truck too. Outstanding! Ashley (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Hmm... I see what you're getting at. But that's why my g/f's 'selected voting panel' would be good: have Kevin select people who he thinks WON'T do that (I'm sure there are plenty on Lugnet). Or fall to plan b, which is no voting in a category (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Join the Lego Town Webring here: (URL) Josh (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks.. didn't see that one (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Well I can give at least one reason why not being allowed to vote for yourself might be counter productive. For example say there are 5 entrants in a catagory and I feel the following. 1. My entry (can't vote for me) 2. Really cool layout I (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) You might want to try reading this thread: (URL) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I'm sure someone has encountered this already, but I didn't see it in this thread - I'm getting an error stating that this poll doesn't exist. Text is: The specified poll (1208828515) does not exist. Contact the webmaster who supplied this (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I don't think that entrants for themselves matters all that much. It's the entrants' non-FOL friends that are skewing the results. I don't have any suggestions on how to handle this, except to limit voting to contestants, or have people (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Even my g/f, while a LEGO tolerant signigicant other, is not an AFOL, was able to spot voting irregularities: I won't say which category or what model (except to say not mine), but when she saw that 1st place had a huge lead over 2nd, she looked at (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) The /town subdirectory of my site has my town buildings: (URL) Main main@appstate.edu (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Hello all- I will add this site too, it is in the Open Directory, it has about 37 cities and two sites that "support" cities: (URL) constantly search the 'net for LEGO Cities, especially while I am here at college, hundreds of miles away from my (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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I've seen several directories. Here is one that has been around for a while: (URL) Amos <davea21@rocketmail.com> wrote in message news:G936K4.LH9@lugnet.com... (...) there (...) nice (...) to (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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I like the idea of saying that you can't vote for yourself as well. I think we will get better results. Amy Hughes <lugnews@public.atreides.org> wrote in message news:G92q76.7IH@lugnet.com... (...) tend (...) addresses. (...) ballot (...) my (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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I was just wondering if there was a website that has a comprehensive and up-to-date list of Lego towns. If there isn't, should there be? Are there enought cities to warrant some sort of directory? I think it may be a nice thing to have. I know Ive (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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I'm looking for other people out there that lik elegos, that are from Upper MI. e-mail or reply, Josh (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) The software engine that is used on From Bricks to Banthans does not allow multiple voting from the same machine. I'm not sure how it does it, but I would imagine that it uses both an IP address and cookies. As I said before I am not familiar (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Which???...??? (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) The majority of people get a new IP address every time they sign in. They tend to get IP addresses that are clustered, so it's possible to spot ballot stuffing by IP address, but they will be able to vote from many IP addresses. And what you (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Sigh... Why take Jack Stone to mean that its a bad thing for Town? Maybe this is actually a good thing. Many of us have taken Town Jr. to be TLC "transition" theme from Duplo to System, now Jack Stone is taking that niche. Maybe, just maybe, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.town)
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(...) car ever seen on the web! It's so amazing ..., I am speechless! Look at all these details, even inside the car! I really would prefer that model rather than a real Excalibur! Great, I love to see more of such kind of models! Greetings from (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Ahui, I would suggest that your friends should not have voted at all if they weren't going to look things over. Your model is good but it is far from "Most Humourous" there are other good aspects to your model but I think you would agree that (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Might I make several suggestions. 1) If you are concerned about multiple voting use the poll taking engine that is used by the webiste From Bricks to Bantans. They use an engine that allows only 1 vote per IP address (in essence 1 vote per person). (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Understandably so, after all the effort you put into making this a fun oriented excercise. (...) That's really unfortunate for the people who've voted (I haven't yet voted because it's taking a long time to go through all the entries and weigh (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) <snip> (...) something that is supposed to be for fun. I myself have not voted yet. I had planned on fully looking over the entries, when I had time to do so (it's not like I let myself have a lot of time for that sort of thing). Also, for me, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Ugh. I spent a fair amount of time viewing all the entries and carefully making choices. Not an entirely satisfying end to such deliberation. It wouldn't be unreasonable to limit voting to the contestants, though that would mean I wouldn't get (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Mark: This was the car that I referred to in an earlier post. WOW, that is a great rendition of the Excaliber! Kudos to El Caracho. Tim "Mark Chan" <markhchan@home.com> wrote in message news:G91C3G.Jvo@lugnet.com... (...) walk)!!! (...) the (...) me (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I was wondering how long this would take to happen... It is pretty sad, its one thing to vote (once) for your own creation but to intentionally sabotage a contest that is relatively meaning less. By that I mean there are no real prizes, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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We have another "spike" problem, this time even more blatant, on Ahui Herrera's A&M Train Station. Between last night and this morning, more than 30 votes were cast for this model (out of less than 40 total cast) in all the special categories. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) That is amazing, perhaps the best Lego car I have ever seen. George (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Amy: (...) Generally e-mail authentication is a useful method, but there are some of us who have "a few" addresses (on different domains of course ;-). Having an annoying sense of what is right and wrong, I am afraid I might not use the possibility (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) I ink you misspelled a word. Well, I'll forgive you. ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Hi everyone! I think that the IP address thing is a great idea. It's good to get the cheaters out of there because that really isn't necessary. It's not like we are going for a million bucks here, it's just a chance for people to show their (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) WOW!I agree,it's write in time! (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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I just saw this incredible Lego car model posted by El Caracho. (URL) read any more of this note, just click on the link (run, don't walk)!!! I thought it was the real thing before I opened the main thumbnail. Then I thought it was one of those (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town) !!
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(...) That's true. We don't want you to get permanently cross-eyed like that county official in the infamous Florida chad counting picture :-) (...) This also has the added benefit of exposing more "outsiders" to the Lego community (always a good (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Amy Hughes wrote in message ... (...) voting, I (...) I think a common, as un-spoofable as possible, voting system that we could all use for contests would be great. It'll take some discussion of required features etc though, before starting. Kevin (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Speaking as someone who already has a ton of monorail i would love to see another monorail set come out.I'm just hoping for some real town sets next year(thankfully at least we have a few bulk items for town)CWLeach (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Same here, I like the turning points at each station...forward stop or reverse. I think that in itself is noteworthy. I also like the fact that it is a super tie-in with the airport and town - you can seperate your airport from the rest of (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I could also use cookies to make sure that each computer was used for voting just once. There are ways to cheat this, too, and it may prevent a couple legitimate votes (e.g. family votes), but no system is perfect. This would prevent an AOL (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Brad Hamilton wrote in message ... (...) OK, I've removed Brad's diorama. Kevin ---...--- Craftsman Lego Kits & Custom models: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Lego auctions: (URL) Guild of Bricksmiths: (URL) Lego Web page: (URL) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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You know, back when we thought that LEGO would stop the town theme, we said that even town junior was better than no town at all. Then they realeased Jack Stone, probably just to annoy us. Dont we hate ourselves now? NICK :^L~ (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.town)
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You know, back when we thought that LEGO would stop the town theme, we said that even town junior was better than no town at all. Then they realeased Jack Stone, probably just to annoy us. Dont we hate ourselves now? NICK :^L~ (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.town)
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OK, That's fine - Let's remove my diarama entry. Sorry about the hassle. Brad Kevin Wilson <kwilson_tccs@compuserve.com> wrote in message news:G90HpH.GJC@lugnet.com... (...) folks (...) fair (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Of course then you'd have to be a Lugnet member to participate in any votes. But I agree it is a nifty idea. Adrian (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Well, we had a "blip" in the voting process but I'm satisfied that it was caused by a misunderstanding rather than an intent to cheat. Since at this point only about 40 people have voted I think once everyone who entered, and lots (I hope) of (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) Just one thought on this... I thought that you were going to decide the catagories like "Best use of Color" and "Best Engineering". I think that having included these in the voting is one reason that the results page takes so long to load. I (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Mark Chan wrote in message ... <snipped intersting but complicated voting and registration system> (...) Too much :-) Seriously, I physically can't do that much. I also prefer to have the contest voting as open as possible, I deliberately and (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote in message ... (...) It's disappointing, yes, but I don't think it will affect the final results assuming that plenty of other people vote. (...) The is a recipe for argument, one person making a decision. I wouldn't run (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Brad Hamilton wrote in message ... (...) stay (...) my (...) Well, yeah, I don't think updating pics after the entry cutoff date is fair to other people. If you really want to keep updating this page between now and the 28th, then you'll need to (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Hi Brian, Baroque is actually considered an English word. Here is the history, and definition: Etymology: French, from Middle French barroque irregularly shaped (of a pearl), from Portuguese barroco irregularly shaped pearl Date: 1765 1 : of, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Kevin: (...) Considering that the competition is about which model is best according to whatever criteria we happen to decide on, I am very disappointed that somebody asks their friends to vote selectively for their own models. There is nothing (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Brad, Sorry about the style question, I should have just looked at the previous message. Speaking of if style, do you you know what Baroque translates to in English? ..... sore neck (from looking up at the architecture). B. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Hey Brad, That's my monorail(JK)! The new building is very impressive. I liked how the roof came off to expose the spacious interior. The design of the exterior is also very cool. What style were you going for on this one? Brian (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(Copied to Kevin Wilson and Lugnet.town) Hi, I just updated the web page of my town. Since this is a fledgling town (only 3-4 buildings), I had previously entered this particular page (URL) ) in the town building contest as a "diarama." However, I (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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This is a large Baroque building featuring a monorail station and a theater. (URL) miss the detailed interior using the link at the bottom of the first page. Here is an updated, overall shot of my city: (URL) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Got through using Opera 5, must be some problem with Netscape 4. Other (smaller) poll results on that site work fine- must be a size issue. -chris (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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I wrote to Shane Brunazzi - warning of the possibility that someone was multi-voting for his and other models. His reply, in part (posted with permission) follows: (...) vote (...) I had a feeling this might be it. At this point we are so early in (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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I noticed some suspicious voting myself (i.e. models that seemed not-so-great getting tons of votes)! Kevin Wilson <kwilson_tccs@compuserve.com> wrote in message news:G8zGoI.JsG@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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My Netscape Communicator 4.7 hangs up at 808k. Any other way to post results? I have not voted yet until all the kinks are worked out with the voting procedure. Was it designed in Florida? (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) A procedural suggestion (and a suggestion only) to prevent another 2000 Florida. Since the voting rules were not stated early on, and it's only day one of a 10 day voting period, I think it would be "OK" to start over again on Monday, and to (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) In very small text at the end of each list of answers, it says how many votes there are for that question. --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Unfortunately, it looks as if someone is stuffing the voting already. Would people who have already voted, email me and say how they voted, especially in the Fire Apparatus, Small Buildings, and Best Use of Color categories, to give me a bit of a (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.contests)
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