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(...) Yep, that's it. I'll leave it until 9/11 of this year or until my local department takes the black ribbon off of their badges, whichever comes first. Will Bricksburg Fire Department: (URL) Bricksburg Depot: (URL) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) the (...) Lack of that part is about the only reason I don't do six wide apparatus. I have seen some good work-arounds with town windows and thinwalls but they just don't feel right to me. Will Bricksburg Fire Department: (URL) Bricksburg (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.town)
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Josh & All, Boy, this day is reeking of Monday for some reason.... (...) Well, yes. I have voluntarily decided not to bring it since it has been to every show MichLUG / MichLTC has been in since July of 2001. As a medium of LEGO, we should not (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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(...) I assume it's to commemorate the fallen firefighters of 9-11. - Bob (23 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.town)
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Hey, whats up with the black band over the logo? Josh (23 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) world for apparatus in my opinion. I really want this part in 6 wide. I like your ladder truck too. Again, the windshield..... Thanks, Jonathan (23 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.town)
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Thanks to my new computer I was finally able to render all my fire apparatus in POV-Ray. These pictures are much sharper than the old ones and are well worth a look (IMHO :-) Rescue 1 and Engine 4 are new to Bricksburg while Engine 42 has been (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town)
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Un message francais suit. A french message follows. Hello to all, I'm proud to announce the Montreal Area Lego User Group (MonLUG) second and the Ottawa Lego User Group's first participation in a Montreal Area train show. It will be held at (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.org.ca, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.ca) !
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(...) So that means if I could get my Amoco to a show I'd have 100% of the business!? I just added 2 more pumps too! Josh (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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To All, I decided to get my pictures on to Brickshelf instead of my own way. I hope this will be easier for me, as my home connection seems very slow lately. As most of you know, I have made a large 6 large gray baseplate Shell Station, which has (...) (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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| | TKOI Create a Creature Contest Homepage updated, Entries needed!
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The TKOI Create a Creature Contest Homepage has been updated. All 6 current entries can be viewed by the links on the page. (URL) people! Send in your entries, you only have 9 days left!! --Anthony (23 years ago, 4-Apr-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) had 4 of the others, I decided to use those. I may, however, use this for the luffing boom cable, now that you've pointed it out 8?) Now all I need is a shed full of the 16L links.... ROSCO (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Ah, stole my idea! I was going for the same design (next)! But HA, I built one smaller, although it isn't as strong...! I was thinking of a bigger one next... But mine is starting out red... My smaller Crawler (HA a rhyme): (URL) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Instead of T.J's largest crane competition, we could have a smallest crane competition. I might have to follow up my bulldozer with a crane compatible in size. Rules should of course be kept as simple as possible, The only function's you'd (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.technic)
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Hi all, As Dennis, Jennifer, T.J. and others have the big technic crane scene pretty much sown up, I decided to go in the other direction, and bring a fully functioning crane to the minifig scale, for all those large town lifting jobs. So here it (...) (23 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.technic) !
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"Category Winners [...] J Small Vehicles - Modern 1st: Kenworth T600 Sleeper , Bram Lambrecht 1st: Terminal Tractor , Pierre Normandin 1st: Jurassic Explorer , Kyle Peterson 2nd: Sander/Snow Plow #6 , Josh Baakko 2nd: KYSARAGI the (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.town)
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Thanks to both of you. It gives me some great ideas. Nate (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Here's one I did for the NCLTC layout. The water spouting part is several trans dark blue parts: a 2x2 round brick, a 1x2 cone, and a 2x2 dish, all stud-side down. (URL) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Here's a nice one: (URL) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Fountain/Pond Design
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Hello all. I am looking for some pictures of a design for a little pond and a fountain that would look good in a city, specifically how to make the water spouting from the fountain look real. Any suggestions or ideas are welcome. Thanks. Nate (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Town Building Contest... and the winner is.....
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Check here for the winners! (URL) Lego Building contest! (URL) 2396 piece kit - only one left! (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of Bricksmiths(TM): (URL) Lego Web page: (URL) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch) !!
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| | Re: Spiderman Swings in Brickmond!
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(...) ...The pics are _great_ you guys have a great layout and I _love_ the spidey fig in action amongst the skyline :-) (...) --- wubwub wubwub@wildlink.com jains.has.it <-- Jain's Guide www.sitcatsit.com <-- a guy and his cat www.wildlink.com <-- (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My 1st ldraw pic (town)
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(...) Great shopping cart! I found that if you are just displaying it, you can subtract the 2x4 plate to make it a little lower: (URL) to collect those little carts in the parking lot? (URL) think its time to UPDATE my Ideas pages...) (URL) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.cad, lugnet.town)
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Thats a cute little shopping cart! -Harvey (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.cad, lugnet.town)
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I just downloaded the program (with a little help from a friend)- I'm no computer wiz. I started with something small to get the feel of it... This is what I came up with: (URL) actually have these built out of real bricks). I think I could become (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.cad, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: What is Correct Pronunciation of "Paradisa"?
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(...) It's whatever way you feel the most comfortable pronouncing it. :-) --Todd (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Bricktopia Gringotts Bank - With Working Cart Ride
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I got some Harry Potter LEGO for my birthday and decided to build a Harry Potter MOC. The result is a Gringotts bank with a motorized cart ride. The main link is here: (URL) is the Bricktopia site: (URL) took me about a week, on an off, to build (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.harrypotter) !
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| | Re: What is Correct Pronunciation of "Paradisa"?
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(...) Thanks for the reply Lindsay - for a couple of reasons. First I was going to reply to Tobbe that I am aware that "Paradisa" is etymologically related to "paradise" and that the pronunciation of that word is not in question. I was going to make (...) (23 years ago, 31-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I say para-Dee-sa only because para-dice-a sounds totally cornball. I actually misread it the first few times I saw the word and thought it was paradisia which I pronounced para-dee-see-ya. Oops. Chris (23 years ago, 31-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I've often wondered about that. I suppose I tend to say "Par-a-DIE-sa" just because it's a permutation of the word "Paradise." And remember kids, Technic = "Tech NICK" Technique = "Tech NEEK" (23 years ago, 31-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Hi Greg... I'm no expert and being Australian may also cause me to say things a little different (ha ha), but I have always and only heard it said "Para-DEE-sa". Not only that but I think it has a nicer ring to it than the other way. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: FA: Scala Horse & Accessories from Set 3144
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(...) Yeah, imagine if it had the WHOLE turkey rather than just a leg! (...) Hey, wait a minute! I didn't claim Primo, I lurk in all groups! (Wish I could read Italian!) Anyway Primo is Baby stuff-- well, it's been LEGO Baby for a couple of years (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.scala, lugnet.town)
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(...) that end with that -disa; that would be a better indicator, because final As are always voiced whereas final Es only make the preceding vowel long. But the real indicator, I'd think, is how a Spanish-speaker would pronounce it; that's what the (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: What is Correct Pronunciation of "Paradisa"?
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(...) A hint from www.dictionary.com: (URL) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I would say "pay ra DEE sa". Which shows my US accent in the first syllable and my minimal romance language studies in the third. But it's a made-up word, right? (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | What is Correct Pronunciation of "Paradisa"?
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A bit of a silly question, I know, but is it "Para-DI-sa" or "Para-DEE-sa"? I searched the newsgroups for previous comments on this subject but came up empty-handed. This question has been bugging me a bit lately because I just completed a huge (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Spiderman Swings in Brickmond!
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(...) Very nice! I am located in southeastern Iowa and was able to pick up a copy of the 1376 Spider-man Action Studio today. It was a fair set, but the Spidey minifig was inded spectacular. The set also includes some great NYPD stickers and (oddly (...) (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general)
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(...) LOL! What a hoot! Joe Meno (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Time to vote in the Town building contest!
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(...) last (...) No, you don't need to do it again, Josh, I got your vote. Kevin ---...--- TOWN Lego Building contest! (URL) 2396 piece kit - only one left! (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of Bricksmiths(TM): (URL) Lego Web page: (URL) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Photos from RLTC Display
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(...) After reading this, I have noticed that a single height monorail will end up being about 5 bricks to short for my town! I figured I'd need a little because of the SFSC, but my 8-wide Hi-cube box car makes up another 3 studs in height! Thanks (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Ummmm, March 22nd? I'm hoping that correct cause I sent out the e-mail last saturday... Do I need to do it again? Josh (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Time to vote in the Town building contest!
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If you've entered the Town building contest, or registered to vote, don't forget to vote! If you entered or registered and you didn't get an "Invitation to Vote" from me, email me and I'll send it out to you again. There's still time to register and (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New MOC: SWAT Armored Truck
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I updated this over the weekend. I strengthened the chassis, made the height lower by a plate, and added a winch and police stickers. Also I managed to find gray wheel centers. Any feedback's certainly welcome. Jacob (...) (23 years ago, 28-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Photos from RLTC Display
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(...) It wasn't an earthquake. Brickmond is experiencing a budget crisis and we couldn't afford the weekend overtime for engineers to come in and adjust the monorail elevation for the new Santa Fe. Instead, in haste, we chopped down the nearest (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Spiderman Swings in Brickmond!
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With a few days to go before RichLUG's latest train show, Brett from Pyrite's Plunder posted that he had Spiderman mini-figs available in his BrickLink shop. I immediately jumped on that opportunity and to my delight (and thank to Brett's great (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Photos from RLTC Display
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Earthquake in downtown Metropolis? I barely noticed that your elevated monorail is a bit more elevated than usual: (URL) Rob "Bert Waters" <lhwaters@hsc.vcu.edu> wrote in message news:GtLxE4.Aw7@lugnet.com... (...) Train (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Greg Perry and I have posted photos from the March 23-24 Richmond Lego Train Club Display at the Virginia Aviation Museum. They Can be found at: (URL) had a great time and received a visit from spidey!!! Bert Waters (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New MOCs at Woodchuck
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(...) Happy belated (only a month or so :o) Birthday! Sadly, mine were in the 400/500 range. Need to aquire a couple more to get that final "A" unit complete. These were a given in that I have a set of ABBA 2343 Lionel F3s (mint, in the box, BTW), (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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(...) I don't know my fire trucks (besides pulling over for them, the closest I ever get is when I stop at the fire station to ask for directions to obscure garage sales (I have never been let down!) or drop off LEGO at Christmas time), but even an (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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, (...) I was just looking through all your brickshelf folders..very impressive! I haven't built much lately but I am working on a Seagrave Tower truck. I just need to make stickers & it will be done. Have you had any luck, or attempted at all to (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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(...) cabs too. (...) The jaw hits the floor! WOW! I'm not sure what to say! (...) In service!? Nice looking units ;-)... (...) SUUUREEE, just kidding, its an AC4400CW, or an AC6000CW :-P, I KNOW my trains... Josh (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Anyone Else Missing Town?
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(...) Oh yeah, I miss Town *grabs a Kleenex* - I want Town back! I've even thought about trying to design some little sets myself, just for fun. It's sad that Town isn't around like it used to be. There is still so much more that it needed, to be a (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | New MOCs at Woodchuck
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I guess since I bailed out on the recent MOC town contest (actually, just didnt have time to put anything in it that wasnt "modified") I finally got to kicking around some of my new trucks and finishing them. ******Note for the squeamish****** Lego (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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| | Great New Ideas For Town
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I've read over my "Missing Town" post and I got some ideas for what LEGO could do with Town. We all remember the great days of 1996... Well, how about utilize it today? Town Junior/City Center just didn't cut it. I would like to hark back to Lego (...) (23 years ago, 24-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Questionable changes to the Town contest categories
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(...) Turns out the Municipal Garage is over 32 studs long, so I have moed it to the Large Buildings category. Kevin (...) (23 years ago, 24-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.contests)
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Conceived 20 months ago and a year under construction, the Abston Church of Christ is now complete... (URL) (23 years ago, 24-Mar-02, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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Pierre Normandin wrote in message ... (...) I moved the truck because for most of its length it's 6-wide rather than 4, and because it has accessories which stick out from the 6-wide section, making it more than 6-wide overall. The "feel" of it is (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Re: Anyone Else Missing Town?
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(...) Follow up time! I got my lights in today, when I finish the roof (within the week I'm betting), I'll post pics. I also received the parts for the crane, I can now say, its done... Pics on that soon too... The backhoe is waiting to be done now, (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Bigger is better! Hey, I'm finnaly almost done with my Amoco! I'm adding interior lighting right now;-), maybe you should too... Anyways, this kinda strayed, I'm still wishing Lego would bring back fire trucks, I need those parts... Josh (who (...) (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Anyone Else Missing Town?
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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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| | Questionable changes to the Town contest categories
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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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| | Re: Anyone Else Missing Town?
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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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| | Re: Anyone Else Missing 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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| | Re: Anyone Else Missing 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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| | Re: Anyone Else Missing 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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| | Re: Anyone Else Missing 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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| | Re: Anyone Else Missing 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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| | Anyone Else Missing 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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| | Re: Cathedral of Ice - In the ABS! (Posted for Brad Hamilton)
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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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| | Re: MOC: Union Station - Kansas City, MO
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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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| | Re: Cathedral of Ice - In the ABS! (Posted for Brad Hamilton)
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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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(...) Thank you. Those are very high words of praise, and I am flattered by your "de-lurking" to let me know your thoughts. Around 4 years back, I was just starting out with my own MOC's, and was inspired (probably even intimidated?) by all the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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(...) Oops. No offense meant to any of the other memorials, or to the people that are memorialized therein. I misquoted, and I believe a more accurate statement would be that Liberty Memorial is the only "national monument" for WWI (URL) dedication (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | Re: Cathedral of Ice - In the ABS! (Posted for Brad Hamilton)
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Thanks for the compliments! "Emerald Oak" <emerald.oak@att.net> wrote in message news:GtA6HJ.4t0@lugnet.com... (...) this (...) Ice!!! (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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i don't respond to hardly any MOC posts, maybe 1 or 2 in all the time i've been lurking on lugnet. but this...... this is probably one of the most beautifully designed buildings made out of LEGO i have ever seen. even though it is modeled after the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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Jonathan, Thanks for the compliments! It's nice to get some response. Jacob (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Cathedral of Ice - In the ABS! (Posted for Brad Hamilton)
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Somebody pick me up! I've fallen and can't get up! Words escape me on this MOC, so I just simply fell over, out of breath, and stunned at how small plastic bricks can create the MAGNIFICENT, BEAUTIFUL, DETAILED, EXQUISITE, EXTRAORDINARY, BREATH (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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If you would like to vote in the Town Building contest, please read the Voting page at (URL) follow the instructions. Voting will be open from 00:01 PST Friday March 22nd, to midnight PST on Sunday March 31st. Between now and Friday, when voting (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Cathedral of Ice - In the ABS! (Posted for Brad Hamilton)
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It looks like I can post again, so I can now respond. "Kevin Wilson" <kwilson_tccs@compuserve.com> wrote in message news:Gt3n9H.8LG@lugnet.com... (...) asked (...) LEGO, (...) reference: (...) (23 years ago, 20-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. I'm glad you enjoyed my politically incorrect story. "Amy Hughes" <lugnews@public.atreides.org> wrote in message news:Gt4EE0.AqD@lugnet.com... (...) irreverent. (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Cathedral of Ice - In the ABS! (Posted for Brad Hamilton)
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Hi, Most of the clear curved panels came from 6 copies of Breezeway Cafe. The straight clear panels came from LEGO parts packs. The rest of the bricks came from various sets as well as BrickLink. For example, almost all the 1x1x1 round white bricks (...) (23 years ago, 20-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 The keyboard is from the old (and wonderful) idea book 6000. This is my favorite idea book of all time. I was so happy when I found that I still had a copy of this sticker. Luckily, I had the forethought when I was 11 (or around there) to (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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Wonderful! Excellent use of your imagination to place the little touches (vaulting, organ) that make this very realistic! Question - where did you get the keyboard decal for the organ keyboard? Congratulationson a job well-done! I wish I could see (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Great detail inside and very nice looking structure all around. It would be neat if this were sold as a set and had an accessory pack with which to renovate the building in a castle style. Some horses, carriages and fence pieces for a stable (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Your definition of "memorial" must be a lot more restricted than mine, because lots of towns and cities have memorials to the local men and boys who died in the "Great War"... --Bill. (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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Wow! What an amazing model. At first I didn't believe my eyes when I opened the little thumbnail at brickshelf. I wish I had that many tiles. But the downpart is, that using this many tiles you don't see a lot of studs anymore, which should be (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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(...) Compression was one of the more challenging constraints. One of the most endearing traits of TLC official sets (to me) is their ability to suggest an actual structure without actually needing to model all of it in scale. (Their old passenger (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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(...) Unfortunately, I have never been on a train, and even worse, they have threatened to remove funding for the three Amtrak lines still in service near Union Station here in KC. I have until July to catch a train ride before they potentially go (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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(...) There is still a lot of 2002 left, and "greatest", like beauty, is always in the eye of the beholder - but I sincerely appreciate the compliment! I really liked your Desert Express as well as the Riviera, so I had imagined them stopping at (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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(...) I tried to change this on "Edit Profile" but nothing seems to happen. Can anyone help? Anyway, it's markhchan@comcast.net, or try markchan@sprintmail.com My ISP (@home) got bought out by Comcast and switched domains this month. Thanks! Mark (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Congratulations on the completion of such a magnificent model. I'm dazzled! (...) Good luck for this second part, Mark - I can't wait to see it done! Pedro (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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