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(...) Excuse me, but I am NOT doing the same thing. I was not prepared to pay a ridiculous price for a Lego. I think, for as neat and as old as this set is, I thought $50 was a great price. That is what I was willing to pay. And I didn't get it (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) There may be truth in that but it does not explain why kids immediatley start building things they see in everyday life. It seems that someone, somewhere in Lego has taken advice that only trendy product lines will sell. Yes, kids (and the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) There may be truth in that but it does not explain why kids immediatley start building things they see in everyday life. It seems that someone, somewhere in Lego has taken advice that only trendy product lines will sell. Yes, kids (and the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I won a bag full of Lego items recently and I received a "blue" rubber brick. It's just a novelty eraser. David Williams dwilliams@perthmail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Sanjay, Here is a wishful thought! Maybe, just maybe they are going to bring back the "glory days" of our beloved line. 50 sets of pure construction with the return of the garage door and 4 new houses! Mike (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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I suspect that town sets don't appeal to children as much as some of the other "trendy" product lines like Star Wars. Town is probably seen as "booring." Kids want what they see on TV. I remember the early 90's catalogs when they had tons of town (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Brendan, I meant the NON variety of wheels! They look great on trucks and tractor trailers but thats about it (2148,3442, colorline etc.). I wish that they would get back into the car wheels like what is on the 6655,6634,6694 ect. The wheel (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I wound up in a bidding war for one auction, and it turned out the other guy only really had to have the instructions!!! So after I won I sold him the instructions (dupes to me) for $15. Ugh. (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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I finally got a copy of the 2000 LEGO Catalogue over the weekend, and in need of a good laugh checked out the City Center (Town) section. I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this but is the range slowly but surely decreasing? I'd say there are (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) $51. (...) <nitpick mode> See? That's exactly what happens on eBay. People don't realize they might find another one of these sets later... You're complaining about this while you are actually doing the same thing... </nitpick mode> (Not to be (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I'll second Sanjay's opnion here, that the trains do take up a large amount of space. I would estimate that 1/3 of the area of my city is taken up with the trains. Not so much that physically they cover 1/3, but that for the rest of the city, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Will Middelaer wrote in message ... (...) I'd have to agree with Will on this one. I got three of them from a guy I did a deal with a couple of years ago and while they're the same dimensions as their ABS cousins, you'd quickly wear out the rubber (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Its possible I guess Will!! It just seems to have more of a building purpose than a erasing one! (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Do you think perhaps this could be one a Lego pencil eraser? The Lego Outlet store in Potomac Mills mall sells such things. Will (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Hello all, i'm after advice, does anyone know a lego set that includes a red 2x4 rubber brick?! I have one, its not quite the same red as normal bricks, and this brick has three small holes on the underside, but anyone have any idea which set(s) (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Of course I'm entitled to my opinion. That's why I said it. But when you say the Town Jr. Wheels, I am not sure on what you're talking about. Does that include the wheels on, for example, the Octan Gas Transit Truck, the Indy Transport Truck, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I must say, your city sounds VERY nice. However, I couldn't help but pick this out. I'm sorry you paid $50 for the Riding Stable. If it wasn't for me, you would have had it for $16. As you see, I tried getting that set as well for my city. But (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Mark Herzberg wrote in message ... (...) my (...) That was the biggest headache for me too. The stadium took up so much expensive land area that I had to turn the Town on it's side to accommodate it. The airport was originally going to go along the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Brendan, I am kind of partial to those "nasty red wheels"! Your entitled to your opinion. I hate the Jr. wheels with a passion! Just think of the construction! Mike (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I always start one and never finish one (though I do have a generic website that has not been updated since June 1998). So, I will simply be taking the easy way out and posting the pics at Brickshelf. The galleries are already set up, all that (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Hmmmm, if that means having the vehicles come out with those nasty red wheels then no, it wouldn't be great! :-) Brendan (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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To add conversation to the missing hospital and Exxon gas station: wouldn't you love to see (OR HAVE) all of the sets from 1978 - 1986 that did not make the cut to be released? Just think of the possibilities that never happened! I wonder if they (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) of the (...) Sanjay, I will send you a scan as soon as I can get a chance. It looks really cool! Too bad they did not release it! Mike (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Are there any sets that never appear on ebay or when they do only sell for really expensive prices? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Okay,so I understand that it has been a LONG time since the last house came out. Actually, I shouldn't say that as the Velux house came out just recently. However, I would have to say $130 for a MISB Metro Park and Service Tower is a GREAT (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I saw those auctions too and couldn't understand it, but it all depends on how badly someone wants something and the bidders at the time. A Metro Park & Service Tower goes anywhere from $90 to $210. I paid $130 for one MISB (off of eBay). (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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What is up with some people? I am completely baffled by this one example. I'm starting to make my suburb and everything for my city, and of course, houses are a must. I bid on 3 6370's on eBay (and didn't get one) but there was one that was just in (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Ok...ok...ok....you got me there Michael ;-) Have you got a scan of this anywhere? I personally reckon that 6371 is one of the best Gas Stations so I'd love to see it in Exxon colours. Thanks Sanjay -- Millennium City @ (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I have always wondered about this one. Does anyone know anything about it? (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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I guess I should put my two cents in... (...) the door.>> You see, this is the beauty of painting the roads and grass for a city instead of using baseplates. You guys have to worry about creating enough room for baseplates. If you put baseplates on (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) The baseplates are 10" each, so they would overhang by 2" on a 48" sheet. I have ply on the floor of my lego room. The major portion of my city is on the floor, with a shelf hung on the walls at about 48" high, with a opening for the door. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Erik Olson wrote in message ... (...) My original intentions were to usethe extra bedroom, about 12'x13'. I wanted to build 4' wide tables (read that as plywood on sawhorses) with roughly a 4'x4' hole in the middle with a cutout for the doorway. I (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Hi Brad! Glad you finally came to your senses <grin, duck, run> and realized the potential in the BV sets. I really don't think many of the Belville 'fans' that post here actually buy BV to work in a BV scale. (note - I said many, not all :) I don't (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.town)
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How much city are you going to build? I decided last year that my town would be long and skinny. That way it could be parked out of the way atop a bookshelf. Talk about Main Street! For now, I am trying to keep baseplates separable. One of my ideas (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Sanjay D'Souza wrote in message ... <snip> (...) Has anybody actually done this? I was wondering how to make a large city (other than to stop turning my Lego room into a nursery) that was completely accessible without being a huge doughnut. Not (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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I've often scoffed at LEGO sets aimed at girls. They always seem so cutesy and like the pieces wouldn't fit well with other LEGO models. I remember the Paradisa sets. I thought they were so silly. Now, I would kill for them. Paradisa pieces are VERY (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.town)
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(...) Ok guys here is another one for you! The NON existent Exxon Gas station in the 1984 U.S. Catalog! It looks like the 6371 but the tow truck has fatter tires and the car is yellow! Also here is more trivia. Look at the Exxon #6696 tanker (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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I think that LEGO's point is to reduce the piece count to make it easier for children to put together. Actually, I have a love/hate relationship with the juniorized pieces. On the one hand, they do reduce the complexity (bad), but on the other hand, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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I've made some more ray-traces of variations of the car featured in the wallpaper I posted: (URL) can see them here: (URL) you can see, the doors and trunk open. The interior is fully detailed with steering wheel, instruments, gear-shifter, door (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.town)
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(...) Actually, I have to correct myself. Sets 1496 and 1497, the Rally sets, were sold in US stores, but as part of value pack 1509. An MISB 1509 just sold on eBay for $76.00. I was bidding on that one, but considering the fact that 1496 and 1497 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) 14xx never appeared in stores. Some (if not most) 16xx did. (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Mark Herzberg wrote in message ... (...) 1992, (...) Ummm...I always assumed that Town sets beginning with 1XXX were only sold via S@H. Maybe that explains why they aren't so rare on Ebay. On the other hand 1490 and 1484 have seldom appeared. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) The 1682 Space Shuttle was sold in US and Canadian stores from 1990 to 1992, though S@H still had it at the begining of 1995. I bought mine at Tuesday Morning in 1994. (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Wauugghh! Yah, you said it! :-( I saw an MOC the other day which did use these (in white, from old Futuron sets and more reently in a Divers set) and they looked *SO* excellent there. Maybe we'll see a UCS MF with these in gray! (drool) --Todd (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.starwars)
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Kya Morden wrote in message <38be0d67.6163361@lu...et.com>... (...) The Exxon Gas Station has appeared quite a lot on Ebay recently and the Space Shuttle appears twice a blue moon. The #6380 hospital on the other hand makes a frequent appearance on (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Looking closely at the Spring S@H catalog, it does indeed look like there'll four of them. The only real reason to search for this set on clearance. Dave (...) sets -- (...) pre-fab (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) They are indeed. Too bad I don't have more concave corridor pieces. :) -JDF (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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The concave corridor corners you speak of are in the set. If only they had used these pieces to make corridors in the MF, since they're basically the same shape. I've been doing that a lot lately, looking at other Lego lines and thinking "hmmm... I (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) That's the one piece in this theme that really interests me. I agree that the boxes seem contain a lot of air which is why I have stayed away for now. I really think those pieces would work great in space themes. I think in quantity they would (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.space)
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Yes, Tod, they are. I have the set. Look at the second picture on this link on the first floor of the building ((URL) I used them in my aquarium and you can see them clearly in this shot. I don't agree that those sets are highly juniorized. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) So let me get this straight. What you're saying is that I not only have a hard to find Exxon Gas Station, but a hard to find space shuttle AND the first hospital? And to think that I always thought that was the second or third hospital (I had (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) That's mainly what's kept me from going hogwild over the new Arctic sets -- seems like a lot of air in the boxes. OTOH, I think 4 of the large pre-fab pieces in the big base are those awesome 4x4x6 concave corridor corners in Gray! (Can anyone (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town)
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Brad Hamilton wrote in message ... (...) A couple of observations I've made about the early US LEGOLAND range is that articulated minifigs appeared in the US a year later than in the rest of the world. Why this is I have no idea. Secondly, the range (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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I've made significant improvements to my web site since I last posted it. It now contains several different LEGO towns/cities. You can find it at: (URL) I originally posted the site to LUGNET, I've made the following enhancements: - I ran the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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I have that catalog and have always wondered about it. The other sets in the image were freely available at the time. These were the first LEGOLAND town sets available (at least in the US) with posable mini-figures. I never saw the hospital set on (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Wow, ya-mon, that looks a *lot* like a real set! Even looks like it's got a helicopter landing pad on the roof. Wouldn't it be cool if 626 (a 1978 set) was that helicopter? :-) --Todd (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.database)
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I've added a Miniland scale car to my wallpaper page: (URL) doesn't seem to be serving jpgs correctly, though, so you can take a look at the 800x600 here: (URL) styling is inspired by "muscle cars" from the late 60's and early 70's. However, I'm not (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.town)
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While perusing a 1979 US LEGO catalogue the other day I came across the following page. Nothing too unusual about it except that it features a set that I've never seen listed on Lugnet or anywhere else for that matter. (URL) the hospital ever sold (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Re: Millennium: All good stuff, Maynard! I'm doing my first town. Since it has acquired one or two emerging characters, I thought of doing a day-in-the-life walkthrough. Sort of a Bill and Mary episode. This would supplement the do-it-yourself (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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Kyle Henneberque wrote in message ... (...) From now on I'll be watching my back ;-) To be honest I've kept a few things under wraps. I've done a George Lucas and started with part 3 of City Tours and I'm working my way back to parts 1 and 2. The (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> Sanjay, I hope you are aware of the fact that I too hate you now. Your collection of sets outnumbers mine by far. I have been collecting since around 1987, yet I only have about half of your collection. The work you are (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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After Josh, my drunken friend, got sober, I made him assist me in washing every peice of Lego in the town. That's the way to do it, you know. (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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Brian Sauls wrote in message ... (...) The city took 18 months to plan. From the time I tore down my previous 6x5 roadplate town in Jan 1998 to the time I constructed Millennium City in October 1999. The city plan grew as I purchased more and more (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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Sanjay D'Souza wrote in message <38B70357.C4D5F27F@h...il.com>... (...) <SIGH.> All those tiles. All those town sets that I never owned. All those trees! You realize, of course, that I hate you now.<g> A truly spectacular job. I love the detailing (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) I have to comment...I used to come home from sea, and find that my Mini-Figs were in all sorts of interesting poses...and I knew that my roommate had been drinking :) (He was good about it though, because I couldn't have cared really...it (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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Jonas Marcho wrote in message ... (...) see (...) as (...) no (...) Fire (...) such (...) jagged (...) Store (...) my (...) entire (...) architecture? (...) database (...) I (...) What a pathetic post. I laugh loudly at you. After you stop feeling (...) (25 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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Your second city looks a lot better than the first. I think you are on the right track. I have some alternate suggestions that I don't think have been posted yet. Consider learning a bit about REAL architecture. I've found that this has inspired me (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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One option I've come across is this really expensive paper that people use to print bumper stickers on. It's ultra-glossy and water-proof. The catch is that the ink has to dry under light for twenty-four hours, AND the paper is very expensive, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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Kevin Wilson has suggested that I reduce the number of roads and spread out so I can have more room to develop. I am going to go with his idea, because it's a very good one. I just finished the Gun Dealer; it is made to on the corner and it takes up (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Looks like you hit that one on the head. I kinda like the space in the center of the bottom two plates on the first two rows (ie the left, bottom corner). You could get a kind of five sided buliding there. (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Hmm...Office Max perhasp? I'm thinking computer stores and office supply stores. Maybe if you can stumble across them, arts and crafts or school supply stores could be a possiblity. (Hobby/Train stores?) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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That sounds like a pretty good idea to me. :-) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) In a word: too many roads, not enough space for buildings. No wonder your buildings don't look good if you have to squeeze them into teh space between roads like that! Try adding a non-road plate between every pair of parallel roads so you (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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I've looked at CompUSA but could fine nothing... (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Well, I wouldn't integrate space port and space. Although I have been known to shoot down a few Space Police I Mission Commanders over the town and well...destroy a few buildings. Anyway, what I had in mind was more along the lines of Town (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Well, I don't know if they still make it, but we did sell some at Computer City way back in '97 when it was still a Computer City. (I know, it's helps alot.) Dumb quote of the day "That'll be Sixty-Sixty, a three hour long special 20/20." -Me (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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I have put up a bare-bones map of Legoville at - (URL) should give you all an idea of the space and proportions I have to work with. The three plates to the far left just replaced the Harbor; I have decided that by making Legoville an inland town I (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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Legoville has a lot of custom made signs, but they don't stick very well because all I use is typing paper and rubber cement. I want to get sticker paper, but where the @$%*! do I get that? (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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I've toyed around with the idea of making a hybrid city, but it just doesn't stick. I'm a Town fanatic, and I doubt that will ever change. Besides, how do you intergrate Space Port and Space? The two themes are generations apart! (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Looks great! However, the images, especially the map are quite large. I think the map would best be saved as a gif file instead of jpg. Since the file was already a kpg, I couldn't make it into a nice gif, but here's a file showing how much (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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One way to get rid of boxiness and conformity might be to make your buildings a bit bigger, and model them after real-world buildings or pictures of buildings that have some character. These could be town halls, churches, strip malls, or whatever (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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Maybe combine a 4 or 6-wide nose piece with some of those 2x3 wedge pieces. -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars www.filmforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Film News Scott Runkle <runkle@uscom.com> wrote in (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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"And there was much rejoicing!" ("yaaay...") cool :) -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars www.filmforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Film News Sanjay D'Souza <Sds87@hotmail.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Well, here it finally is, the Millennium City(1) webpage. Like the Death Star in "Return of the Jedi", the Millennium City page while operational is far from complete. Currently only the City Tours page is working but it includes over 30 images of (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Take a look at (URL). Especially, look at Version 3 of these beautiful Japanese bullet trains. Cheers, Hao-yang Wang (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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Well Scott, I made a space shuttle model for my 6th grade science class that used the tower top from the Black Knight's Castle as the nose cone...of course, somebody stole it. (Not the shuttle, just the nose cone!!) So how about some steep sloped (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Well then you might find Joe Davenports design inspiring... (URL) that helps! Erin -- (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I was hoping to avoid that, but may have no choice. I didn't want the model to get too big and bulky, I want to still be able to park it in my 6392 airport. Scott (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Scott, Yesterday I built a pretty good model of a 737 jet using only basic bricks and plates (I think its width was twelve studs) I suggest you not use any specialized pieces, instead try using bricks and plates, they look realistic (But a bit (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) can (...) I totally agree. I have been a town collector for 15 years. But in the last 5 years I have started building my own designs. There are two reasons. 1: The short life span of some town related themes and 2: Town Jr. Allan J Smith -- My (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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I want to create an 8 stud wide jet, which is double the width of the normal airplanes made by Lego. I've created the basic shape, but am having problems with finding a nosecone which would work. The new StarWars sets have really helped creating a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Erin, did you look at my web page? Ask Randy and the gang about the first time they went to my apartment...they can tell you, that I had a massive town layout. (URL) still do, a full room of it...and I want more...when I get back to Vic, I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Well, depending on how much of a purist you are, you could use stickers (yes, I said the S word). I'm not certain, but I think that you should be able to find some at either model or train shops. I've not really had the chance to look around (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Ge me your legos? ^_- Anyway, joking aside here, take a look around the web of course. Another place for inspiration is outside, yes, that's right, take a look around your town. Another thing you could do is cross themes? A couple things I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) *laughs* I used to have a Lego room in our first house, which was about half the entire floor. Then in our second house, for about the span of a month, I some how managed to claim an entire floor. When I move out and get an apartment, I figure (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) :-) Yes, I have my own Lego room. But there is also a freezer, refrigerator, a dresser, and some computer boxes in there as well. The last three are being moved out and I have a guy coming in making custom shelves and 1 (maybe two) more tables (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) First of all, Jonas, don't despair. This is a learning process! The gret thing with Lego is that you can undo and rebuild so easily. Here's some ideas of where the problems you're having might be coming from... You may be trying to make your (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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Check out these websites for some architectural inspiration: (URL) will have to scale these down of course but the ideas are there for the taking. You might also check out the instruction scans on www.brickshelf.com. Easiest way to do this would be (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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I'm sure that quite a few of you fellow adult fans of Lego were eager to see how Legoville turned out, but looking over it this morning, it seems to me as if my 'Town' has turned into a 'Town, Jr'. Why? As it would appear, I have no sense of modern (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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