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(...) in this picture: (URL) plays a role in this story (set in the first version of the lab): (URL) really should put in an eyewash station, though. Thanks, Bruce (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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Bruce, This is seriously one of the funniest things I've seen in a while. Not only did you build something funny, you've managed to lampoon the whole field of Post graduate study. This whole thing smacks of someone deeply entrenched in the (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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Very cool Joe...the underwater Alpha stuff is always so intriguing. The variable wing config sets it apart. I quite like the drone as well - it has more a a predatory look, perfect for waxing those Ogel zombies. Cheers, -G (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.aquazone)
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Well, Atleast one and a half. The first is a little motorcycle I "borrowed" from Jun Nishizawa. I thought it was neat, so I built it. See it here: (URL) The second is the "half" MOC I was talking about. It's called the "Hizharu" Flight Pack. It's a (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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Hey Joe, Another great addition to your undersea fleet. Bruce (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.aquazone)
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(...) Hmmmm? For some reason my sub-directories got moderated, but not the main one. So, here's the links for the moderated directories: (URL) well. Tim Strutt (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Great stuff, but I think it's missing an essential bit - the emergency shower & eyewash station! As modelled by the lovely Aimee: (URL) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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Well, I finally have all the pictures and movies posted to Brickshelf from our Train and Town Layout this past weekend in Montreal. I had a problem trying to get them all into a single directory, so I had to break them up into a few directories. (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon) !
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(...) Heehee! We could use that latter idea for a Bursar's Office... :D -H. (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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I should be able to make it to the LUGOLA meeting. If not, we could meet up afterwards. I have a few new MOCs too. I look forward to seeing it! -Bruce LEGO @ Bruce's Homepage - (URL) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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(...) Good point. Or a snake popping out at you. It seems like every other Western set has one of those (the others have exploding safes). Bruce (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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(...) That would be cool! (...) I was never in a frat either. I was thinking that such things would be appropriate, however, because in TLC sets they seem to show up in odd places just so that a set can be more exciting. I figured where else on a (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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(...) going to go the the upcoming LUGOLA meeting? I'll try to be at that. On the monkey, he's a well trained lab technician. That's pretty rare in a monkey, so the price reflects it. :) Later, Bruce (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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(...) :) Well, now I'm teaching the class, and I can tell from the students' expressions that they're not too thrilled when I fill up the chalkboard with equations. (...) Good point. I'm not a coffee person, so I spent my whole grad career running (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks. Actually the HP theme (which inspired the design) is rich in bathrooms. It seems a lot takes place in Hogwarts bathrooms (polyjuice mixing, entrance to the COS, troll attacks, Moaning Myrtle, Harry opens the clue to the second task in (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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Bruce, That is really clever. It's even cooler than I imagined it would be :) But I gotta say, that is one expensive monkey. Keep up the good work. -Bruce LEGO @ Bruce's Homepage - (URL) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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(...) Yow! How perfect is this? Looks like things aren't much better in chemistry than biology. I showed this to my advisor and his reaction was, "... I thought you guys liked it when I derived the equations." Very cool. The student office is (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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That is RICH!!! Great stuff. My favorite's gotta be the bathroom set. No one ever thinks about the bathrooms. Great captions. Nifty idea for the ladder. Stunningly simple, and effective. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks. Yes, the blackboard piece is from HP, plus some technic pieces to hold it up. Bruce (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks. As I noted above, the toilet was inspired by Drew Dirshell's. I also got the file cabinet idea from Gary Thomas: (URL) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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(...) That's generally true in chemistry as well. This is my ideallized chemistry department. Bruce (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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(...) Well, I didn't have anywhere else to put the magician, of course. :) Actually, when my SO's research wasn't going well, she wanted a magic wand to make a reaction work. Hence the magician. Bruce (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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(...) Sorry, this is a well trained monkey. He goes down and uses the bathroom like everyone else. (...) He's not all that safe, though: (URL) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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(...) Um, yeah, me neither . . . (...) The bathroom design owes a lot to Drew Dirschell: (URL) I got the "Troll on the Loose" set my SO complained that there was no toilet. I had recently seen Drew's work, so I built the stall. Later I incorporated (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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Hi the chalkboard comes from an HP set: Hogwarts Classroom 4721. (URL) hope that helps. Ben (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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Wow, those are great! Where did you get that Blackboard? Is that from HP? (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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(...) Soren, This is a neat little design! I really like the overall smoothness and the placement of the windshield. Any more cars in the works?? ciao&salaam -Andrew GardenSLUG (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Bruce, Great theme you having going here! Gave me some laughs as well. I like the various cabinets in the Research Lab and the toilet design is good. Well keep up the theming! ciao&salaam -Andrew GardenSLUG (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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(...) [...] (...) four students in this office: (URL) well, Jacob (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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(...) Choice Robert! I'm glad I inspired your creativity, and vice versa. Now I really do have to hurry up and finish my model - I started it a year ago! Great work, keep the Australiana coming folks! Cheers, Braith. (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.town, lugnet.modelteam)
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He doesn't have to wipe. "Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message news:HD1soD.14zy@lugnet.com... (...) Potter (...) to (...) a (...) 10 or (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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(...) That's one of Robert Q. Riley's designs. You can buy the plans from him website and built a real one. He's got a few other three wheelers there too if you're looking for further inspiration. My favorite 3 wheeler is the C2C ((URL) designed by (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Excellent work! So many details at minifig scale... I particularly like: The wheel arch intrusions into the tray The tail lights Yellow number plates The angled windscreens The round mirrors (very clever!) The detailed dash (more detailed than (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.town, lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) Hey Robert that's great! I love the petrol cap & CB aerial too! ROSCO (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.town, lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) You might also like these ones by Mike Walsh (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) ROSCO (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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(...) SNIP> (...) I've always liked the idea of 3 wheels/ship supports/architectural sides, since 3 makes an object very stable & at the same time visually dynamic; Also, on a lesser level, the ancient primal, religious nature of the #3 holds my (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) With the ultimate lab, I can finally figure out what a mole of monkey feces weighs! Zeke rules! Jeff (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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(...) SNIP (...) Hey, just posted some clearer MLcad pics of the 3 wheel car: (URL) have construction notes. Jeff P.S. I've had strep throat the last couple days; translation: time at home to play Lego! (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Heehee! Seriously though, your site just gave me the laughs I needed at the end of my workday (woop! uh, not that I'd ever browse Lugnet while at work... no, not me...) I love the bathroom stall. Classic! And of course your prices are very (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town)
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Hi all, I've developed my own whole theme - a Lego version of graduate school in organic chemistry. With an architectural concept based on the Harry Potter theme, I've got various modules which stack together in a variety of ways to create a whole (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.town) !!
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Hi all, just wanted to announce that i have uploaded my HZ ute to brickshelf (URL) it is already public it is largely inspired by Braith Garden's work, but i wanted to make one in minifig scale. On the day that i put on the grey doors i saw one on (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.town, lugnet.modelteam)
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(...) Cool!!! Play well, Jacob (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.town)
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(...) Hmm. You mean like this? (URL) the part you noted was a little large - I used this instead. (URL)what i like best about this, is that, (...) Yeah, that should be a fairly straightforward conversion. Did they use carriages like that in the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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Thanks for that Manfred - unecessary, but appreciated nonetheless. If anyone's interested, I did post some instructions and the CAD file for (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I was having traction issues with previous versions, but the added weigth of the finished trailers made it possible! So for you I built this test strip. I tried a few times before taking photos and it worked everytime! Corners were no problem (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.town)
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(...) Play well, Jacob (22 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.town)
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Hello, Here is a link to pics of the 30,000 piece cable-stayed bridge I built 7 years ago after the suspenson bridge. The first two pics show as it appeared in my basement. The remaining three pics show how it appeared in the front window of the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.har, lugnet.loc.us.fl.tam, lugnet.loc.us.va.ric, lugnet.loc.us.de, lugnet.loc.us.fl.tam) !
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(...) That's a great idea! (...) Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) In Australia, I think B-double and triple usually refers to trains where each trailer has a fifth wheel on the back axle block. Road train generally refers to trailers with yoked front axle, similar to horse drawn carriages in the old wild (...) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.town)
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No wonder I've never seen it. Thanks for the info. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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Cary, Looks great! I love to see large parks like this and I think that parks and greenery can really add to the feel of a town. I think my favorite part are the grey flower baskets hanging from the red archway. (part 2145) Nice work, -Kevin (...) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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E.g. this one (URL) Garcia <sastrei@netscape.net> wrote in message news:HCxs8o.17I3@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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Very cool. The lion sculpture/head/fountain(?) thingy is interesting. Where did that dog come from? I've never seen that piece before. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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I recently acquired a few UCS Yodas (with Mike Walsh's help -- thanks, Mike!) and ended up with a bag of 2x2 corner plates in sand green. Here's a garden wall built with those plates: (URL) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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"Gerard Steenbeek" <interdutch2000@hotmail.com> skrev i meddelandet news:HCvsA0.1zyL@lugnet.com... (...) Something like this is used in the 'trains' in amusement parks (and other places, we have one here in Eskilstuna driving from the station to the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.town)
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(...) connect (...) What I built is a B triple, those seem to be rare, more common are B doubles. (URL) that photo they have 2 B doubles together. In north america you sometimes see B doubles as well. Mine also pivots at the end of the trailers to (...) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.town)
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(...) Hi Gerard That looks really interesting! I've never seen road trains with axles like that - all the ones i've seen just have a standard trailer first, and the following trailers have a steerable axle on the front with a yoke to connect to the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.town)
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(...) mechanism (...) What I built is better than a convetional B double or triple. A B double or triple still cuts corners, but not as mush as a dolly setup. A B double or triple just eliminates a joint. I quiclky built a B double to make sure I (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.town)
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(...) Theirs nothing wrong with this system, although you seem to have added complexiy where none is needed. I think what you have tried to create is a "B triple". This is 1 normal trailer following two other trailers that have their own fifth wheel (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.town)
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| | Town scale Road Train with steering trailers
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This is townscale Road Train. They use Road Trains in Australia since the distances are so great there. Road trains usually have steered trailers to cope with intersections at teh outskirts of cities. (URL) will notice that the second and third (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !
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Here are two MOCs I built using my own 'travel set', which is my bucket of pieces made up of (2)sets of (URL) (2) sets of (URL) use my 'travel set' if I'm going somewhere & I don't have a new set to take, or i wanna play around with pieces without (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town)
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Very cool. I missed the original because I don't always read .town. Bruce (22 years ago, 5-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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In responce to Manfred's urgings.. i feel compelled to offer my sincere opinion about how cool this little carriage is! my only criticism would be to use the old-school castle wheels (URL) , to give it even more of the 'horse-less carriage' look. (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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Hello all, In my opinion, this MOC by Allister McLaren is severly underestimated: (URL) give the poor designer some attention well deserved. With freindly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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| | Humor section updated and other news
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Hello all! We have just updated the Top 10 section with a new question : What excuses Minifigs would use not to help clean the room. This is a derivated question of last week's list that was "Waht would minifigs say if they could talk". We had some (...) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun, lugnet.town, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: LUCNY March 30th Meeting Pics
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(...) <snip> (...) Hey All, I'm cross-posting this as there are quite a few interesting building techniques I think the community as a whole would like to see, Once again, that link is: (URL) lugnet.town, lugnet.trains Followup: lugnet.org.us.lucny (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Minicar
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(...) Thank you! I'll get instructions up some time... Take care, Soren (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) thanks for sharing! (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Lego Superhero Comic Book
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(...) Jesse, The use of internet discussion sites such as this one to share your viewpoints is actually a privilege rather than a right. Please keep that in mind when you post. Thanks. Now back to your regularly scheduled .town discussion. --Todd (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Jesse: Clean up your act immediately or you're out. --Todd (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.general)
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I know it's not much, but isn't it cute? (URL) post mod: (URL) care, Soren (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Pictures from RichLUG Train Show: 3/22-33
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On March 22-23, RichLUG participated in the annual Wings ‘n’ Rails Show at the Aviation Museum of Virginia ((URL) here in Richmond, VA. Here’s a link to a folder in our BrickShelf gallery that contains some pictures I took with an elderly 35 mm (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.animation, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.town)
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(...) Well, that is what I was doing, Chris. I was just being more detailed about it than most people. Do you even know what the word decorum means anyway? At any rate, pertaining to grammatical mistakes, of which there are two or three, that is the (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) If ya have this much of a prob... take it to e-mail. (...) #1 You need to learn to post... it's one thing to say "I don't like the language in the comic" and another to point out every word and tell them exactly what to change it to... that's (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Blue City Bus
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Thanks Aaron! That was the effect I was hoping to get - minifig scale. :) Glad you liked it and thanks for letting me know it worked! -Matt :) (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) No wonder my favorite minifig is the Red Futuron. -Tim (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Tim, is being a jackass an inherited trait or do you learn how to be one to people as you get older in life? Jason said, "Please check it out and let me know what you think." in his post. Well, I did my part and if you and your Communist attitude do (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Minifig Hall of Fame update: Darth Vader Destroys The Competition !
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(Tis is a re-post of a message that appeared earlier. I had forgotten some newsgroup, so here it goes.) It wasn't even close. Darth Vader won with 520 votes over Blacktron 1 who had 160 votes in second place, Black Falcon (98 votes in 3rd place) and (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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Matt, I don't usually comment on the town creations, but this bus is great! I really like the way it matches the Lego Company produced cars. It seems to be the perfect scale. It's big enough to look like a bus and fit several figs, but it doesn't (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks! I ended up going with that size of decal simply because I used a Lugnet banner and a Brickset button, and that is how they scaled. Mostly a width issue. Better would be to design my own, but then I would have to replace the placards (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Nice design. I like your use of SNOT for the windshield and the details inside and out are good. Good choice for wheels and hubs!! I almost wish the advertisement placards were larger, but perhaps you did not want decals all over your bricks? (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: William Toenjes Featured in LEGO Press Release
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(...) Ondrew, Allen & all, Thanks everyone for your kind words. I would love to be able to offer the fire truck as a set but fear the task of collecting 340 new parts to be more than I would want to take on. I've been looking at the possiblility of (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) i most definity agree. it would be a perfact addition to the holiday catalog. (great gift to the firefighter in the family) (...) i most definity agree. ondrew (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) series... this one will get my nod. I am as impressed with this model today as when it was first seen on LUGNET a few weeks ago. Regards, Allan B. (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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The Richmond Lego Users Group (RichLUG) presented a train layout at the RF&P Wings and Rails train show on March 22-23. Pictures of the layout can be viewed at (URL) pictures can also be accessed in the photo gallery section at www.richlug.org (this (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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I had a few minutes and decided I should put up some pictures and such on my blue city bus. The creation is about 2 years old, but it has never really be announced and has only seen limited display in a couple of PNLTC shows. Hope you enjoy it! (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town)
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(...) (snip) Thank you Ray. Well, since they are not all "my" ideas, go ahead! :-) And send me pictures! :-) Pierre (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) (snip) Thank you Stefan! I've put many hours on the camper and I'm happy with the result. Pierre (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) (snip) Thank you Mike! (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thank you Robert! Don't forget to send me pictures!! :-) Pierre (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) (snip) (...) Thank you Ben! I'd be happy if my model was more realistic, but I think it does the job for the moment. :-) Pierre (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thank you Nate! (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Thanks for posting these Pierre...some great vehicles there...Hope you won't mind if I borrow some of your building ideas! Ray SCLTC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierre Normandin" <pierre_normandin@hotmail.com> To: <lugnet.town@lugnet.com>; (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) (Snip) (...) Thank you Larry! A co-worker who is in HO trains gave me the idea. Pierre (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) (snip) (...) Thank you Jonathan! I'll be happy to see pictures of your constructions! Pierre (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) (snip) (...) Thank you James! Even if many of these features are not really my ideas! ;-) Pierre (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks Kevin! I saw your post as I was hot-synching email on my PDA just before leaving for work this afternoon, I didn't get to see it until I got to work. I am honored LEGO wanted to write about my MOC, Troels wrote a really nice article. If (...) (22 years ago, 29-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Awesome! Funny! Hilarious! My fav character so far is A.B.. a character so powerful but so apathetic. Only criticism is that it is too big. Most screens are still 800x600, and so I have to use the horizontal scroll bar ;o(. Perhaps have two version, (...) (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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Go, Go Bill!!! woohoo.... It's sad that Lego used to pay me to build things and now I am one of the worst builders in the club. *sigh* Congrats again Bill! -john 3 (...) (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.town)
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