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Bob & All, (...) Indeed. There is a huge Shell Station on the border of Michigan and Indiana on I-69 that has a regular gas station, the diesel for the semi's on the side, and a truck wash as well. The restaurant is a Subway or something, but that (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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(To Kevin Wilson) Hi Kevin, Can you explain to me why you took my Mobile TV Unit from the "J Small Vehicles - Modern" category to put it in the "K Large vehicles" category??? In the "How To Enter" section of the Second Annual TOWN Building Contest (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) That's a good idea to add a gas station to the truck stop. And then you could put in a truck wash (expand the Metro Garage set's car wash). Truck stops in Arizona also have restaurants so the truckers can eat and HUGE parking lots for the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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To All, (...) One set I missed and I still want, although now I am looking at it and wondering if I can do better. (...) Another good set. (...) Awesome set, I was lucky enough to snag this one a short time ago. (...) One of my all time favorite (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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Bob Parker wrote in message ... (...) Mmmm... my favorite Town set! (...) <sigh><swoon> Nice choices Bob! Kevin ---...--- TOWN Lego Building contest! (URL) Hospital 2396 piece kit! (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of Bricksmiths(TM): (URL) Lego (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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Ben & All, (...) In a way, yes. But I think the last decent year IMO was 1996. 1997 and the launch of Town Junior (a.k.a. City Center) was the end of decent sets that were released. The lst few years, with the exception of sub-themes like RES-Q and (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Yeah, these are all great sets. I have always wanted <set: 6668> as well. If they offered the smaller sets you've listed here as legends, I'd buy a few. My feeling about town (or building with Lego in general) is 'build your own'. I have seen (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I would like to see the following sets re-released as Legends sets: 1) <set:6394> Metro Park & Service Tower 2) <set:6361> Mobile Crane 3) <set:6693> Refuse Collection Truck 4) <set:6393> Big Rig Truck Stop 5) The entire <set:Nautica> line (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) It would be extremely nice of LD to re-release the 6380 Emergency Treatment Center as a Legend or just a classic. It's been 15 years since a hospital has come out, and the world of medical science needs to get updated in Legoland. :^) Scott (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I,ve got tons of citizens of lego city waiting for a new hospital, or even an ambulance. the Shell exclusive med-guy on the bike just doesn't cut it! jeff szklennik (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Well they have had the odd town set since then. But I guess some of the subthemes they want us to pass for town...like Race, Life on Mars, etc. We have the 2 newest lego Legends, but these are re-issues, along with the Gas N Wash Express (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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I sure am. They axed it. LEGO has made Town sets for years, but they just stopped the good ol' days of, say, 1980-1996. Most things are sub-themes now that we just have to pass for Town. Oh well. Maybe Lego will make a comeback. Like I'm hoping for (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Cathedral of Ice - In the ABS! (Posted for Brad Hamilton)
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Thanks for the compliments "Reverend." Perhaps the priest from your "church of evil" could do a guest lecture in my cathedral? I seriously never expected to be able to build this for real either. It wouldn't really have been possible without the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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I'm glad you liked it. Brad "shona brodley" <shonab1@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:GtBMCG.F97@lugnet.com... (...) cottages (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I'm guessing it's done by using technic 1x2 twin-hole bricks with half-pegs in, then fitting tiles to the side. If you look at the base, there could be one facing out to each side with a 1x2 tile on, then one at the front with a 1x4 tile (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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(...) oh my god i dont think i have ever seen anything as beautiful befor in my life. It is a fantastic structure, truly inspirational to someone who has only just built their second house, i think i'll now have to call them cottages (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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Brad, thanks for sharing another great creation with us. Magnificent construction as always, and an amusing write-up to boot. I remember looking at the Ldraw version of this cathedral and thinking, "this is what Ldraw is good for: it allows us to (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) An elegant compromise! The SNOT glass awning is one of my favorite details of this all-around beautiful MOC. Forgive me for saying so, but I was relieved to see that your decorative and highly innovative roof at least has an ugly underneath. (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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(...) What an apt use of the term! LUGNET (or a club that gets together) at its best is just this, a virtuous cycle of continuous improvement. (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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(...) You could do what the Lego professionals do- glue it together. That would be a lot of work to rebuild it, but it will hold up a lot better. (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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