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    Real "lights" in town? —Kevin Cheng
   Is it possible to have some real street lights in a LEGO town? I know that there were some light and sound sets before in the 90s, but they were mostly for emergency vehicles. Also, I think I've seen some older sets in the early days have real, (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
   
        Re: Real "lights" in town? —Erik Olson
   (...) Lego made lighting brick sets (URL) idea book 6000 too.) You can get a lighting part from the 4561 train. Or just make your own! It's really quite easy and a 10-year old can do it (trust me). Start with a 2x2 brick. Use a soldering iron or (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
   
        Re: Real "lights" in town? —Kevin Cheng
   "Erik Olson" <erik@olson.pair.com> wrote in message news:H1yGts.7o1@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) (see idea book 6000 too.) You can get a lighting part from the 4561 train. (...) way (...) pipes (...) Great! That sounds pretty easy, the only thing I'm (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
   
        Re: Real "lights" in town? —John Gerlach
     In lugnet.town, Kevin Cheng writes: <snip> (...) Actually, LED lights put out almost *no* heat, so you shouldn't have any problems. The GMLTC uses LEDs all over our layout, and we have no problems with them getting too warm. Now our 3volt (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
    
         Re: Real "lights" in town? —Pedro Silva
     (...) John, can it be true that the amount of heat a LED puts out varies according to the "model" (I dunno if I can refer to LEDs as if they were cars, do they really have different models with different performances)? I have seen LEDs getting hot, (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
   
        Re: Real "lights" in town? —Pedro Silva
   (...) That would depend. If you're after large towers with projectors, there is a fairly high chence they will overheat. But supposing you intend to build a soccer stadium, and that it is covered all around, you could always follow the latest trend (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
   
        Re: Real "lights" in town? —Kevin Cheng
   "Pedro Silva" <el_gordo@netc.pt> wrote in message news:H1zDJA.2tv@lugnet.com... (...) chence (...) and (...) Yep, that's exactly what I'm planning to do. Instead of the traditional light towers at the corners of the stadium, I'm trying to install (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.town)
 

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