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(...) Yikes! Gotta remember to order next time I see a set with wrong pricing... (...) I am not sure, but I guess it resembles where to refuel the car with gasoline. Kecia (22 years ago, 15-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I received my 4 sets yesterday (4, as I got them for the original (wrong) price of 49 DKr (appx. $6)); it feels good to build with many bricks again, but I don't really like the final model that much. One question: why are both cars build with (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Cool, received Main Street Legend 10041 today!
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(...) Yes, and they have changed the bricks under the rails too. There is now a blue 2 x 6 brick at each end instead of the 1 x N pieces, but the old pieces are still included in the set... BTW. There is an error in the instructions. It doesn't show (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Cool, received Main Street Legend 10041 today!
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"Kecia Hansen" <kch@adslhome.dk> wrote in message news:H8norF.57z@lugnet.com... (...) apart (...) I believe that this has to do with the original design of the track that the crane runs on. You can see from the orginal instructions that they used a (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Cool, received Main Street Legend 10041 today!
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And what a cute and lovely set it is!!! Very nice vehicles and town people. Super great "real" buildings. Cool details. And the crane is fine too. I love this set. :-) Lots of playability. I really like how those construction workers can build the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: New 2003 Town Sets
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Those cars have opening doors! Even big 'truck' doors (2x3) on some... (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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I just finished LDrawing my 8-wide Hearse model: (URL) the crazy SNOT used for the grillwork. Enjoy! --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: 6636 Police Station not on Lugnet?
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(...) Funny I stumbled across this post since I was just about to ask about set 7142 which is a re-release of the X-Wing set 7140 (URL) such re-releases be inserted into the database since Lego themselves are labeling them with new numbers? Todd, (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) The 6636 is a re-release of set 6332 (URL) but still, it ought to be in the database... Kecia :) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | 6636 Police Station not on Lugnet?
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Hello all, How come the 6636 Police Station (currently sold at Lego shop at home) is not in the lugnet database? Is it because it's a re-release of an old set? I searched the old police sets, and none looked exactly like 6636, not had the same (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New 2003 Town Sets
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(...) Brad, Thanks for posting the best of 2003 town. I've been waiting to see if anyone would take the time to post about town offerings for next year. Overall, I was disappointed in the 2003 town sets. I like the HP 4720 for parts and the train (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New 2003 Town Sets
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ANY town sets are better than NO town sets! Anyhow, I really like the futuristic look of the Police HQ and train station. I can't wait for these to hit BrickLink so I can buy up all those 4x4x6 trans-dark-gray curved panels! "Michael Arrighi" (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Pics of my new building
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The building a bit fragile but is easy to transport, I'm building 4 more with one wing having a door in it that will all be connecting to one middle. Thank you, Evan Riskedahl (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Pics of my new building
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Evan Riskedahl wrote in message ... (...) Nice job on the sloped side, Evan - looks good! Do you find the stacks of windscreens stay together OK, or are they a bit fragile? Kevin ---...--- NEW Half-Timbered Shops kit 1400+++ pieces! (URL) TOWN (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New 2003 Town Sets
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(...) Wow, thanks for posting these pictures. On one hand, I'm glad to see traditional town sets returning to the Lego product line. I hope, however, that there won't just be police kits (there are so many already!) but a broad range of other (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | New 2003 Town Sets
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Someone posted links to a bunch of new 2003 sets, but you have to scavenge for the town ones. Here some direct links to the new town sets I found. . Police Cars - The theme seems to be mildly futuristic (URL) HQ - Looks juniorized, but has some very (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | micro cars based on Sean Kenney's
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Hi all, Inspired by Sean's design, last night I built these. Folder upon moderation: (URL) links: Fire truck: (URL) Sean, for the inspiration. These were fun. Bruce (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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| | Pics of my new building
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Here are some pics of new building, it's only one part of it i'm trying to finish this building as soon as I can but I'm running out of parts :-D Let me know what you think about it. Heres the link (URL) R. (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Playing with scale
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All: Well, after building some tiny NYC landmarks, I decided to make some tiny cars to go with them. Tiny cars: (URL) all about 2x4 studs.) I made models of some of the minifig-scale cars I have in my city. Namely: taxicabs, a police car, a bus, an (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town) !!
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| | Re: Knott's Rail Fan Weekend and Railroad Enthusiasts Day
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Larry, I've been told by the folks at Knotts that the pass should be honored as long as it has the 2003 cert. Ray (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sbe, lugnet.loc.us.ca.bak, lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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| | Re: NCLTC Christmas Layout Display Wrap Up - Long
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"Martin Legault" <mlegault@nortelnetworks.com> wrote in message news:H8AG4z.E6@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) you. I (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Martin - thanks for your comments. The church was built by me with some help from my son (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: NCLTC Christmas Layout Display Wrap Up - Long
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(...) <...> Hi Mike, It is a real good display that you have done there, congrat tho both of you. I would like to know who build that chruch (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: MichLTC Show Report from Toy & Hobby Expo 2002
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Nice report, Jason! I like the direct link to the layout image. Have you always had that? Very informative. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Knott's Rail Fan Weekend and Railroad Enthusiasts Day
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In lugnet.trains (and a bazillion other groups), Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip 2 things> OK, 3 things... 3. Ray, you should have set FUT to a small subset of the original groups.. but failing that, **I** should have noticed it wasn't set, and (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sbe, lugnet.loc.us.ca.bak, lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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| | Re: Knott's Rail Fan Weekend and Railroad Enthusiasts Day
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(...) This is way cool. Two things: 1. it would have been nice to give more advance notice of this, if it was available... this is the sort of thing that some people would fly out for if they had enough notice. 2. will Knott's be honoring 2002 (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sbe, lugnet.loc.us.ca.bak, lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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| | Knott's Rail Fan Weekend and Railroad Enthusiasts Day
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The SCLTC is proud to announce it's participation in the 2nd Annual Knott's Rail Fan Weekend and Railroad Enthusiasts Day, January 11-12, 2003, Knott's Theme Park, Buena Park, CA Our latest Multi-level Mountain town layout will be appearing for 2 (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sbe, lugnet.loc.us.ca.bak, lugnet.trains.org.scltc) !
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| | Re: Christmas in Australia (ISCC entry)
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The quality of the pictures was good enough to show some pretty great details. I really like the scenes you build. Great stuff, and especially this scene: (URL) am soooooo jealous of your collection of lego-food. Saskia (who really wants some (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.town)
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| | RE: NCLTC Christmas Layout Display Wrap Up - Long
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Great write-up Mike! I knew I should have tried harder to go see it! Thanx, Mark (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.town)
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| | Old Moc: Ranch house
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I found some old scans of a house I built back in ninth or tenth grade and decided to throw them up on my website: (URL) LMKWYT! We're also busy scanning old slides at my house (even as I type...boy is it exciting...), and I came across one of my (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.people)
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| | NCLTC Christmas Layout Display Wrap Up - Long
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NCLTC just completed (it came down today) a six week run - our layout has been on display at a mall here in the Raleigh area since Thanksgiving. This was an interesting experience for us and it actually worked out much better than I expected. While (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.town) !
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| | MichLTC Show Report from Toy & Hobby Expo 2002
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MichLTC had another great show the weekend of Dec 27-29, at the Toy & Hobby Expo 2002. It was in the Novi Expo Center in Novi, MI. It was our first 3 day show and it went off great. We had a 20'x20' display featuring Larry P's mountain, Ken K's (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains) !!
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| | Christmas in Australia (ISCC entry)
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G'day again... Here is my second entry for the ISCC competition. The hosts: (URL) my entry... (URL) the quality of these pics is rather sad... but I'm sure you get the general idea... most were taken over a few days, but due to limited amount of (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Valstier's Zoological Gardens (ISCC entry)
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(...) errr try... enjoy! :P (added other newgroups as dopey me forgot last time) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Re: BrickTopia Star Wars Museum
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Wow Brad! Magnificent creation. My favorite of yours. I can see how your building stlye has become more refined. Lots of curves. Do em with bricks next time? :) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Stickers
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Can you order the clear stickers that come with some of the Lego sets from lego. I am speaking of the clear stickers that have "police", etc. Some are in black print and some are in color. Is there someone in the LUGNET community producing these (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New MOCs: Some really tiny NYC landmarks
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(...) Hi Sean, Very nice. I really like the Citigroup Tower (& Church...nice) and the UN. Both very nicely done. That day you and I met outside the Citigroup Tower I really noticed how impressive it really is....and you've captured it well. Very (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: BrickTopia Star Wars Museum
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(...) But I would suspect that, much like Jar-Jar, any Ewoks present would also have rotten veggies and rocks being thrown at them by certain guests of the museum... Derek (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: BrickTopia Star Wars Museum
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(...) Thanks for the compliments. (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: BrickTopia Star Wars Museum
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(...) I actually bought the sets and then started playing with some of the big parts. I imagined flipping the onion domes upside down and then creating a curved building on top of that. I had the large number of 6x6x9 clear panels sitting around (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: BrickTopia Star Wars Museum
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(...) Thanks. I actually have 16 of these canopies, but they are mostly covered by the new addition. I bought 6 of these sets when Target had them (accidentally) marked down by 50%. I bought the rest of the canopies off BrickLink. You can see the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: A bit of fun for ISSC 2
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(...) Thanks Bruce! I liked that too! ROSCO (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: A bit of fun for ISSC 2
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(...) Ross, Very nice. I was wondering if anyone would submit 1592 creations for the ISCC. I think my favorite scene is where they are painting the castle yellow. Bruce (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: BrickTopia Star Wars Museum
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(...) As usual, excellent work Brad. I really like what you've done with the new 2003 parts. Had you planned on using the new parts for this building... and were just waiting for them to be available? Or did you look at the new parts and think "That (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: BrickTopia Star Wars Museum
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(...) Very good use of onion-shaped oriental roof SPUD. And the building looks nice and inviting overall. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | BrickTopia Star Wars Museum
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This is a giant, new sky-scraper in BrickTopia, built in a Star Wars "Coruscant" theme. Here are the raw BrickShelf photos: (normal resolution photos) (URL) resolution photos) (URL) is the web site with descriptions: (URL) main BrickTopia web site (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.arch) !
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| | New MOCs: Some really tiny NYC landmarks
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All: Hi there, everyone! Over the weekend I made some super-tiny scale New York City landmarks. Each is no more than a few inches tall... I made the CitiGroup Center, the Empire State Building, the UN, and the Woolworth Building. The Citigroup (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !!
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(...) Thanks! (...) Uh, no, not the "official" one! ROSCO (22 years ago, 1-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Great job Ross, nice to see another variation on a wonderful set. I love your scaffolding and the picture showing the road construction. Great ways to use your construction vehicles...do you actually own the 1592? Again very nice, -Kevin (22 years ago, 1-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | RE: A bit of fun for ISSC 2
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Ross, As usual...very nice work! I love the gathering at the water fountain. Steven B. Combs, Publisher Bricks in my Pocket (BimP) (URL) Submission Information: (URL) member #414 (...) Behalf (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | A bit of fun for ISSC 2
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Every LEGO scene has to be built by someone... (URL) (22 years ago, 1-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Freight Destinations
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I suppose I should have cross-posted this ... From lugnet.trains Having de-lurked to post the pictures of my monorail freight train some months back ((URL) its time to de-lurk again to post the "raison d'etre" for the train. At one end is the port - (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: The Rock (for my large church)
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"BrickBuy" <pjanssen@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:H7sBJ9.IJ6@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) pieces (...) transportation. (...) more. (...) Great MOC. Two things that really jumped out at me: (1) the different strata of rock; and (2) the (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Rock (for my large church)
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Very, VERY nice! It rocks! (...) Your waterfall: these things tend to flow between rocks, not on top of them. And you could add sparkling water at the bottom and at the point the left flow bends to the right one. Some clear and trans-blue 1x1 plates (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | The Rock (for my large church)
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I've almost finished the rock to put my church on. It has 2 train tunnels, and a monorail tunnel. "the Rock" features a viewing platform, a monorail loop and station, a waterfall and small lake, a power station, and losts of bare rock. Plants have (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Neat pic
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(...) Or if not producing it, making a set of instructions for download... (22 years ago, 26-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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"Pedro Silva" <el_gordo@netc.pt> wrote in message news:H7qr23.CLM@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) (URL) >Note: I won't have it there long. I don't want to be accused of stealing from (...) One never knows. I'll keep it up until tomorrow. -- Thanx~ Nicole (...) (22 years ago, 26-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) Yup, that's the one! Do you think LEGO would raise a problem? After all, it is advertising... ;-) Pedro (22 years ago, 26-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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"Pedro Silva" <el_gordo@netc.pt> wrote in message news:H7qD9u.3n7@lugnet.com... (...) This one? (URL) I won't have it there long. I don't want to be accused of stealing from Lego. -- Thanx~ Nicole Drumm MS (URL) (22 years ago, 26-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Neat pic
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Hi all, This morning I went to LEGO website, and noticed a pop-up with a neat pic. It has a mail delivery van and mailmen in action, illustrating the info about LEGO shipment being temporarily down until Dec 30. Anyone else liked the image? I found (...) (22 years ago, 26-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: RC Car Idea
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"Josh Baakko" <shi_web@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:H7H3ur.L45@lugnet.com... (...) could (...) receiver. (...) Doesn't (...) certain models allow for upgradeable motors. I'm sure the high-powered motors could haul around a lego chassis, if it (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: RC Car Idea
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(...) Josh (22 years ago, 21-Dec-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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A Christmas Day building idea: Seems like Micro Cars may be the big hit this year and that some of us could end up with one of these under the tree. For anyone who hasn't seen them yet, they're simply a miniature remote control car with tiny motor (...) (22 years ago, 21-Dec-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: RIDING ON THE HORSE !!(A new idea about Minifig Motorcycles.)
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Very nice! It's a great way to build a motorcycle if you don't have one of the official LEGO models. But do you need the wheels from the official LEGO motorcycle? Also, how well does it hold together? Can it be played with, or is it only good for (...) (22 years ago, 21-Dec-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Planes, trains and automobiles. Oh and PostModernist Architecture
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If you haven't seen it, check out my garbage truck: (URL) more of a traditional Mack Truck style, rather than one of these newfangled cab-over jobs. --Bill. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Dec-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Urban Market/Outdoor Grocer and Newsstand
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(...) email. Hi Kevin, I've done an Open Air Market (which was previously available as a kit but is now out of production). Pictures are here: (URL) included a snack bar and a small sitting area as well as the market stalls. Kevin Wilson ---...--- (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Urban Market/Outdoor Grocer and Newsstand
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I have building up my Town layout a lot lately and am planning to construct a building with an outdoor sidewalk market. Since I am much better at COPYING ideas from what others have built, the logical thing to do is to ask here if anyone has done (...) (22 years ago, 15-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Last Call For BricksWest 2003 Presenters/Sessions
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The organizing committee is attempting to finalize the BricksWest schedule by the end of next week. This is the absolute last chance for you to step forward and volunteer to run a session or two in Carlsbad. To date, we are a bit heavy on trains, (...) (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.storage, lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build.mecha) !
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| | Re: Planes, trains and automobiles. Oh and PostModernist Architecture
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This garbage truck is based on the DC Metropolitan version, which do not service dumpsters. But perhaps I will build a BMI or Waste Management truck (blue or green respectively) I've already built the dumpsters. I do want to build the orange and (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: SCLTC Closes Out 2002 Display at the SDMRRM
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If you are in Southern California and can make it to Balboa Park in San Diego, be sure to check out the SCLTC Layout at the San Diego Model RailRoad Museum. It's on public display for another 2 weeks, we've had to change our teardown date due to (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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| | Re: Planes, trains and automobiles. Oh and PostModernist Architecture
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(...) Josh (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Planes, trains and automobiles. Oh and PostModernist Architecture
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(...) (URL) wife insists that I explain that that is an Eskimo guide with the pilot and explorer. She didn't recognize his ethnicity. (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Planes, trains and automobiles. Oh and PostModernist Architecture
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Here are several new things I've built throughout the fall and would like people to see: Planes: (URL) wife insists that I explain that that is an Eskimo guide with the pilot and explorer. She didn't recognize his ethnicity. Trains (Maintenence of (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: I'm BAAACCKKK!!!
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(...) Good to see you're back, now that you've made it through basic (as an E2, no less)...you can get back to building those trains! -Harvey (22 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | I'm BAAACCKKK!!!
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3 months of USMC boot camp overwith, & straight to Legoland I went, now, I'm back online, & back to the LEGO!! I have alot of catching up to do, if you need to contact me, send it to shi_web@hotmail.com. Josh (PFC BAAKKO) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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G'day, Elvis lives! (...) And here it is, with some narrative and stats on the real thing: (URL) Dulin (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !
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Suz, My Lego FD has SUV type vehicles for six of its seven chiefs (6643 style). One has a sedan. The San Francisco Fire Department uses big Expeditions for their battalion chiefs. The higher chiefs like the division and assitant chiefs have (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.town)
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Hi all, my lego cheifs drive around in sporty wagons. while the real ones where i live (Queensland, Australia) get around in sedans Aaron "Suzanne Rich" <suz@baseplate.com> wrote in message news:H6nzvz.Go8@lugnet.com... (...) here. (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.town)
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My Chief's still drive the old reliable Chevrolego Malibrick, but may soon be replaced with SUV's. All the real departments around here seem to be driving them now anyways. Tom D (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Hi Suz, My chief is chauffered around in this squad vehicle. (URL) is equipped with tools and such. It is a few years old and may get an overhaul soon, but it will remain the same type of vehicle. Here in NYC, Battalion Chiefs are chauffered (...) (22 years ago, 5-Dec-02, to lugnet.town)
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I looked through some AFOLs' FD MOCs to answer this question for myself. (The concensus seems to be: SUVs, over the traditional red car.) But there are *so* many FD sites (!), I thought I'd just ask the question here. The reason I ask is, my brother (...) (22 years ago, 5-Dec-02, to lugnet.town)
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This is a fun little diorama I did of my crazy family, but their LEGO version. (URL) a sneak pic: (URL) christmas tree is an adapted version of a new set.. i think it is 10069 or something like that. It is cute, cheap, and an excellent source of (...) (22 years ago, 5-Dec-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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This is my second LEGO train model, a modern light rail vehicle (LRV). It is inspired loosely by the new vehicles that have recently entered service for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) in Santa Clara County, CA. Like the VTA (...) (22 years ago, 3-Dec-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build) !!
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Dear fellow AFOLs! I have added a few new models to my pages: (URL) the link on the front pages og see "creations" Now, maybe someone could help me with the text for the manor house before I add it to the ISCC. My problem is that I cannot describe (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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James Stacey wrote in message ... (...) I had a lot of Britains farm machinery when I was a kid too, although it has long gone, who knows where. I loved it at the time and played with it a lot. They are still producing it, too, right? There are a (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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Here is a small train station I built for a layout under our Christmas tree. (URL) the small space available, it had to be significantly more compressed than my usual MOC's and there was no room for interior details. However, I did include a front (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build) !
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Steven lane" <steveroblane@aol.com> wrote in message news:H6Cq0B.EM0@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) every (...) them (...) hubs (...) I still have a large Britains farm set in the roof. It seems odd Lego have never really done much (outside Duplo) (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I agree. Even if there were farming sets for Town, I suppose they'd enjoy great acceptance. I would surely buy some - and I'm a city-boy, not a farmer :-) I do recall going to the UK once and noticing that there were a number of farming toys (...) (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, they do. The tractor was my first technic set, and my third all-time favourite, behind the space shuttle and the 8860 car chassis (my second technic set). ROSCO (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) ITTTAPG! (I think that they are pretty good!) I love the arch detail on the fire station, and the ornate detailing on the old bank captures gold rush extravagance. NB: There has been some discussion about how slow Brickshelf is of late. Your (...) (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) connectors to put snotwise detail on vertical surfaces. Just gorgeous. In terms of images, I definitely favour smaller files and faster load times in my own images, aiming for a 50k max (alright, maybe a 60k absolute max) and I keep upping the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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I have finally got around to putting up some images of two historic facades I have done recently: (URL) in a magnificent display of patience waited until the brickshelf folder was moderated before posting this message, so no need to post deep links (...) (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town) !!
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(...) So, be welcome to join us. You'll see that even if many are writing in the Shakespeare language, many are non english native. Do you have some pictures of your town, it's always interesting to see what others are doing. And sometimes it gives (...) (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) There are certainly less farmers. The FFA has renamed itself to, well, FFA, and dropped Future Farmers of America. In a typical club nobody will actually grow up to farm--much like Boy Scouts won't actually need to survive in the wilderness. (...) (22 years ago, 30-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I didn't say they _are_ boring. I said that I used to _think_ they were boring. Back when I was a kid. That was just a childhood memory talking. That's why I asked the question about today's kids. Sure, I think they're interesting now, but do (...) (22 years ago, 30-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) No, but they say nothing about what the effective upper limit for a TLC set would be. Other than some very one of a kind specials, TLC isn't going to be interested in a trying to market a set with an audience of less than 100. Frank (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Allan Bedford wrote in message ... (...) My experience with selling custom kits is that I do *better* with large, expensive kits. My most expensive kit was the Hospital at $389 and 2400 pieces, and it moved much faster than the cheaper kits I've (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Frank Filz wrote in message <3DE6D91F.1BA78DCE@m...ng.com>... (...) I don't think so. The ISD has 3104 pieces... my Hospital at about 2400 pieces sold for $389. Lego ought to be able to do it cheaper than me :-) Now if you're talking about a model (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Don't let T.J hear you say tractors are boring :-). His articulated one isn't boring. A tracked articulated tractor would be even better. (...) I used to have Britains toys as well. I had a Unimog breakdown lorry, two tractors, One small and (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) That tractor was by a long way my favourite of the first Technical sets. I loved the fact that you could build three different tools for the back and I remember using my Britains farm toys (they used to sell very well so there certainly was a (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yes, probably not the most exciting list I could have come up with. O.K. How about a junk yard, a race track, an automotive repair shop, an amusement park.... Towns all have those exciting things, right? :) (...) I built such realistic (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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