 | | Several New MOCs
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I made these over the past couple weeks & am now posting them: first, the "bumble bee"; a microscale space freighter or carrier made from the yellow X-pod set 4348, which just started as me putting pieces together to see what would happen; this cute (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: Which greys are in the World City sets?
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(...) The Coast Watch HQ, which came out at the same time as the Hovercraft Hideout, also has the old greys. Doug (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Some small Sunday MOC - Singer
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Hello! After I stuffed the gaps in my Pick-a-Brick cup with those large steerinmg wheels from Jack Stone I wondered where I could them use for. And I can use them for this e.g. (pics = links): (2 URLs) The needle is somewhat edgeless and it's (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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Hello! (...) I'm pretty sure that every set that is released in 2004 comes with the new colours, so also the World City sets. It's going to be a cheap year because I won't buy many sets with useless bricks. Bye Jojo (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Which greys are in the World City sets?
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Is the Hovercraft Hideout the only one of the new sets to have the old greys? (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New ferrari sets are great!
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(...) Ho yes! I will, of course, be utterly compelled to get the McLaren sets. Allister (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | New ferrari sets are great!
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(I'm not sure if this is the right group, but I can't find .racers anyware. So just imagine the town is Monaco) I just received the three minifig-scale Ferrari sets and I must say I'm impressed! The details of these sets take me back to the late (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | I'm a Townie! & PaB Name Blocks
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I'm a Townie! (2 URLs) made from PaB only, with a few Make and Create parts I love my (URL) job>. Build Stuff & Talk to People. (URL) 3ft.+ diameter trans blue 1x2's Employee Co-Build, 6+ Large PaB Cups (URL) da da dada da dada da dada.... (URL) PaB (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Mc Donalds MOC
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I finally put up my Mc Donalds Pictures on my MOC Page (URL) me what you think! -Jeff (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1773 & 2140
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(...) Well, that didn't work. I looked over the TOS for Brickshelf, and although it doesn't mention stickers, I guess they are included in the 'do not post instructions' envelope. So here are the stickers for a limited time as a zip file: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | COLTC will display at the Greenberg Train, Toy, and hobby Show, March 13-14, Columbus, Ohio
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COLTC will have a 30 x 30 foot layout at the Greenberg Train, Toy, and Hobby Show. We have designed a segmented L-shape layout, and will have no less than 4 loops of running trains (1 loop is way over 100 feet long!!) and 3 monorail trains, and (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.oh) !
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| | Re: 1773 & 2140
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(...) Well, I can help you with one of those. I scanned the sticker sheet for 2140 and uploaded it to Brickshelf. Here's the directory when it gets moderated: (URL) the largest file (300dpi gif, 392KB): (URL) well. Tim Strutt (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | New MOC-pages
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Just finished my new moc-pages, (URL) me know what you think. Bert (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: What set is this piece in?
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(...) I never knew it had a one-piece roof... Ugh! Saskia (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Road tiles
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(...) Try to see this German 1000steine page: (URL) the most complete listing of baseplates that I have found on the net. Arne, Copenhagen (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Traffic lights and Lightpost
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I'm now working on it :-) Chris MichLTC (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: What set is this piece in?
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(...) This looks like a candidate: (URL) Maggie C. (21 years ago, 7-Mar-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | What set is this piece in?
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(URL) I picked this up in a grab bag at the LEGO store in Orlando. Peeron doesn't have this piece listed. The number on the part is 45405. -Orion (21 years ago, 7-Mar-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | RE: Road tiles
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Right Now, there are the 4 road plates (straight, curve, T-junction, 4-way intersection) In older sets (like 6386, police station, and 6397, gas station) they have some special road plates. There are Landing Plates that came with some space sets All (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Road tiles
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(...) They are vacuum-formed baseplates, just like the Large Green Baseplate and Extra-Large Grey Baseplate. The road surface is painted on a studless section. (...) 32 studs per side, just like the Large Green Baseplate. (...) service/raceway plate (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Road tiles
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Hi, I have a couple of questions about road tiles: 1) Are these baseplates, or do they attach to other peices/baseplates - in other words, do they have flat undersides? 2) What dimensions (in bumps, preferably) are these peices? 32 bumpers per side (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Traffic lights and Lightpost
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Excellent...Now light them up! bm www.brickmodder.net "Chris Leach" <cwl704@comcast.net> wrote in message news:Hu49CB.1Kzt@lugnet.com... (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: IndyLUG's Town/Train layout at Children's Expo
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(...) I currently do not have any other pictures up. But I'm working on getting good pictures taken so they can be posted to brickshelf. here are a couple of pictures I found throughout my brickshelf. (URL) Fire Department of Lego Township (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: '50s Signs and '60s Cars (Photos)
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(...) Try a product called "Goo Gone" for sticker residue. I have used it and it has never scratched anything. It may damage some paints so try in a hidden area first to see if it is ok with your specific item. HTH Bob (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Traffic lights and Lightpost
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My latest (URL) Chris MichLTC (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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| | '50s Signs and '60s Cars (Photos)
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Hi everyone, I don't usually post, but I thought I would share this with you all. A little background ... my mother lived in Germany for some time when she quite young and therefore got a bit of old Lego from when it was only available in Europe (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: IndyLUG's Town/Train layout at Children's Expo
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(...) (Feb. (...) town/train (...) Very nice layout. I would like to know who's responsible for the fire trucks. Are there more pictures of them anywhere? Thanks, Will Bricksburg Fire Department: (URL) (21 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | IndyLUG's Town/Train layout at Children's Expo
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IndyLUG participated in the Parent & Child Exposition this past weekend (Feb. 28-29) at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Part of our setup included a town/train themed layout. The town pictures can be seen on Brickshelf here: (URL) Town layout> after (...) (21 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Anyone have more pics of these cars at BF PDX?
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Does anyone have more (better, larger) pics of the cars in the front of this photo of Matt Chiles' area at BF PDX? I thought they were really cool :-) (URL) kit: (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: How do I build a Train/Railway without Train parts
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(...) Hello Have you seen any of the Brickbarons trains ? They don't use track. They are 16 wide ,works of art. He uses tiles for track. (URL) are some bricklink sellers that sell good used train motors .For as low as $10us And they may even throw (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: How do I build a Train/Railway without Train parts
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(...) Forget That last Post. I dont know what I was thinking! lol Option 1 Electric Train Motor 9V $24.99\ Speed Regulator $41.99 \ $92.96 Curved Rails $12.99 / Curved Rails $12.99/ (URL) 2 High Speed Train $89.99 (URL) 3 Train Accessories Kit (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: How do I build a Train/Railway without Train parts
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(...) Don't buy a whole motorized set just buy the motor (URL) --Jeff (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | How do I build a Train/Railway without Train parts
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Well as the subject says, Does anyone have any ideas of how I can build a Train/Railway for my town without using any specialised Train parts (ie: track/motors etc) A train seems to be the only thing thats missing from my town, unfortunately, being (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: A San Francisco Victorian
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(...) I think a streetful of Victorians would be very cool. I'm probably going to build a few 'siblings' for this one as well. I agree that the red is pretty garish, but many of the real ones do have red brick basements. The next one will have a (...) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: A San Francisco Victorian
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Roy Gal wrote in message ... (...) Very nice job, Roy. The curved arch over the upstairs window over the front door is an especially nice touch. I have this fantasy of a whole street of Lego Victorians by all the different builders who have made (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Minifig Hall of Fame Winner : Classic Policeman
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Hello Everyone! After a tough first round, Classic Policeman really outclassed the competition in a great secound round to win the first MHoF spot of 2004! (URL) to the MHoF rules, Yellow Castle Knight Blue is automatically nominated for round 2 of (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.western, lugnet.underground, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: review of 7042 Dune Patrol
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(...) You might want to revise your rating, then. It's not a dune-buggy. It's an oversized quad-runner, and quads always have motorcycle-style handlebars instead of steering wheels. A steering wheel would have been as out of place on this as it (...) (21 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | review of 7042 Dune Patrol
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Hey all, It's been a while since my last post. Well, on to the review. The basic facts: rating:4 stars what I like: orange minifig,orange SCUBA gear,no juniorization,cute design What I don't like:no steering wheel overall set: This a great (...) (21 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | 7-Wide Jeep
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Just after Christmas, my daughter brought home a set of Clik-Its that she had gotten from her mother. For some reason, they reminded me of her Barbie Jeep, which sparked an idea for a vehicle MOC. So I decided to make an attempt at a Barbie-style (...) (21 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A San Francisco Victorian
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(...) Nope, the garage is empty. Actually, the whole basement is "unfinished" :) But, the garage door does open at least. As for an earlier question, those arch parts are one of my favorites for houses; they come from Mickey Mouse sets. They are (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: A San Francisco Victorian
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(...) Anything in the garage? j/w lol --Jeff (21 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: A San Francisco Victorian
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(...) Hey Roy, Great job! You managed to get quite a lot of detail in a small space. I really like the use of the arches (Fabuland? Harry Potter?) on the front porch! I can't wait to see more detailed pictures! Bill (21 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | A San Francisco Victorian
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Hi all, I've completed a small, but pretty detailed, version of a San Francisco Victorian. I used (URL) this picture> as a starting point. The results will be (URL) on Brickshelf> once moderated. Until then, here's a teaser pic: (URL) And a (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Brickfest PDX photos (finally)
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Well I finally made it home, and here's my contribution to the pile of photos: (URL) me if there's way too many crane shots, but I think you all know where my priorities lie by now ;) Enjoy! ROSCO (21 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Images of GFLTC at the SMRC Show
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Train Fans, The members of the Greater Florida LEGO Train Club had a display and a great time one again at the Sarasota Model Railroad Club Train Show last weekend (Feb 21-22, 2004). The 24 x 16 ft layout had three running train loops and models by (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.gflug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.trains.org) !
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| | Re: World City question
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(...) Yes, set 7045 has the old greys - but strangely enough, set 7046 Fire Boat, which was supposedly issued at the same time, had all new greys, except from the small turntable piece, where the center was in old light grey!?! Arne, Copenhagen (21 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: World City question
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(...) The set was released in 2003 and is listed on Lego.com as such. The set I bought had the old grays and unless another run is produced the set "should" haved the old grays. Buy now before its too late. (add overly dramatic music here) Mike (21 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | World City question
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Anyone know if the World City hovercraft set has the new greys or old greys? I remember it was announced just before someone found the new greys in a set and posted to Lugnet (thus starting one of the most heated debates in Lugnet history :) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: A wine rack I made today
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(...) Yeah, that was something I wasn't happy about with my idea, but I figured it wouldn't be so bad if you made sure the hollow-up tiles were covered with conveniently-placed wine bottles. Fortunately, it's actually possible to leave open (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Pictures and Show report COLTC at GATS Cincinnati
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Last weekend COLTC participated at the Cincinnati GATS. We were given very little time to organize this, GATS called us just two weeks before the show, they wanted more layouts. Less than a handfull of members could attend, but we had just enough (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX) !
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| | I got lost at BrickFest PDX...
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Please help me - I got lost and accidently hitched a ride back from BrickFest on Matt Chiles' roller coaster, but now I want to go home... The trouble is that I am not sure where home is - I have amnesia. Possibly I was hit with debris from a (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.town, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.people) !
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| | Re: New website "Leg@H".
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(...) snip (...) Your minifig shirts are pretty cool, some interesting designs. Could you tell me what filter you used to make the "We have a dream" wallpaper? It looks better than any of my photoshop filters ever seem to do when I try that sort of (...) (21 years ago, 22-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New website "Leg@H".
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(...) Cool. But were you planning to make these available for us to download? That would be cooler. :) (...) (21 years ago, 22-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New window frames or train windows?
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"Jonathan Wilson" <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message news:HtA05M.H5B@lugnet.com... (...) panes to (...) Definitely train windows installed backwards. (URL) Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Train Club (URL) - (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | COLTC at GATS Cincinnati Feb 21-22
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COLTC will participate at coming weekends' GATS show. The show hours are 11 AM to 5 PM, both days, and will be held at the Cincinnati Convention Center, 6th and Elm streets. We will have a 28 x 10 foot layout, with 3 train loops, and 2 monorail (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.oh) !
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| | Re: 4 Wide Monster Truck
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"Allister McLaren" <Allister.McLaren@Alcan.com> wrote in message news:Ht9M0I.p58@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) lego pile (...) would look (...) A colored chassis is a good idea - maybe we'll switch it out. We did go with a chrome (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New window frames or train windows?
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(...) Awww, good point. I never put it together that the piece was a train window since all of mine have the little doors in them (for containers and such), but yes it basicly is a train window frame. jt (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New window frames or train windows?
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(...) Wrong. Check out the part that Bricklink calls "Train, Window 1 x 4 x 3 with Shutter Holes and Solid Studs on Ends" (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: 4 Wide Monster Truck
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(...) That's really cool. I'm glad this model passed the kid test. It is fun driving it over the lego pile and seeing the suspension working. I thought after I built it that it would look good in black, maybe with a red or yellow car base - good (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New window frames or train windows?
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(...) But the train window frames don't have the holes for the hinged window panes to go into. jt (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New window frames or train windows?
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(...) Probobly train windows installed backwards (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | New window frames or train windows?
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Take a look at this image of the new HP Shrieking Shack: (URL) windows are not the same 1x4x3 windows we have seen as the nub on the outside corners are missing. Either these are train window frames installed backwards or they are a new window (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: 4 Wide Monster Truck
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"Jack Hawk" <jack_lego_maniac@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:20040216173125....hoo.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I saw this model on BrickShelf over the weekend and showed it to my son (he is 9). He immediately asked if we could build one. My (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 4 Wide Monster Truck
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(...) Thanks Jack. It's nice to hear that I'm not just throwing these thing out into the void and that someone is actually building them. I'm glad you enjoyed the build. Allister ps. I uploaded a new render this morning. My first attempt at adding (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: 4 Wide Monster Truck
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Allister, This was a fun build! I had to tweak things a bit to get it to work with my collection, but it is still true to your awesome design. I love the blend of technic and standard pieces. Good work and thanks for the instructions. --Jack AFOL, (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 4 Wide Monster Truck
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(...) Thanks Erik. I couldn't iamgine making a monster truck at any scale without suspension, but it did present an interesting challenge at this scale. I originally made this for my 5yo son to play with. Playable features like this are a must for (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: MAALFD (LEGO® Fire departments)
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(...) Well still no answer from Shane. I have send numerous emails to join the MAALFD, but no reaction. Also did i send several emails about broken links etc. but again : no reaction. Also, no changes to the website after the 17th of January. Maybe (...) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: 4 Wide Monster Truck
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(...) Hey, Great model! I like the size, it is really minifig scale. I like the suspension, usually on a model this size someone wouldn't have any suspension. Erik Bush (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: A wine rack I made today
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It's nice to see such fruitfull and inspiring feedback. (...) My LDraw mockup has been modeled with headlight bricks, based on their common availability, and because I prefered to point the smooth top surface of the tiles 1x2 all upwards in the same (...) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: A wine rack I made today
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(...) That's true, but your version shouldn't require headlight bricks, should it? (...) I did a quicky test using a 1x1 with four studs just to see if a tile will fit between the two bricks, and it does work. Since you'd be using 1x1 bricks to hold (...) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: A wine rack I made today
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(...) Also you would keep the ability to atach bottles to the studs, something not possible when using the headlight bricks. I think I will try to build the two solutions for real (maybe even a combination of both), to see how practicly feasable (...) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | 4 Wide Monster Truck
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Hi all. (URL) This is a little 4 wide monster truck I made a while ago. I made a cad model of it at the time, and recently pulled my finget out and made up some instructions and a hi quality render. The render took almost 15 hours on my old steam (...) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: A wine rack I made today
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(...) Ooh! I think I got it! There's a (URL) new piece> that's coming out this year. It's a 1x1 brick with studs on two sides. If you take a plate and a bunch of these new bricks and place them with alternating orientation, you can attach tiles to (...) (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: A wine rack I made today
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(...) I realy like yor idea, and the challenge you lay before us. It got me thinking and my first (futile) attempt was this: (URL) But that looked more like a buisness fair display stand from the 60's than a midieval wine rack. ¹) Then, it dawned to (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: A wine rack I made today
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Anthony, Very cool idea. I've got an idea to follow up my interpretation of Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven with with other Poe tales every Hallowen (The Pit and the Pendulum seems like it would be very cool. I need some Spanish soldiers for that.) (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: A wine rack I made today
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(...) There are TECHNIC pins, but the short little stud pin is the only one with a non-split end. Aside from that, there are the flex-system tubes and lightsaber blades, which are small enough to go through a hollow stud. The two combined might work (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: A wine rack I made today
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Hmm, another thought for the latice... Are there any tubes the diameter of a stud? If so, you could use a latice fence with tubes stucking through. I think that might get the idea across pretty well. Frank (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks much Lar, glad you liked it! I actually tried several different types of lattice (Thanks BTW, couldn't think of that word yesterday!), but this is what worked best. I tried using 1xX plates in the same direction of the bricks (just no (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Hey that is a REALLY neat idea. Too bad my secret 3CS building is already packed for its trip to Portland or I'd be stealing that idea as we speak. But if I stole it, I'd probably do it differently. Instead of using bricks stud on, I think I'd (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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As I continue to plan how I will build my next castle, as my parts are currently used in other things, I began to think of the Castle's Keep. Now, every castle has got to have a place to eat, and of course my next castle being a royal castle, my (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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(...) Just one, actually: postmodern. (Beautifully so.) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks for the feedback. (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks, "Reverend," I totally missed your other post. Sorry about that. I don't spend much time on LUGNET. I usually browse through for interesting MOC's (mainly in the spotlite) every few days, but I rarely pour over the newsgroups heavily (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thanks - I think that this building takes the cake for using the most number of architectural styles in a single building (modern?, Chinese?, Gothic, Baroque). Although I had a general concept in mind for the overall design, I kept evolving (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thanks - I've been building up a lot of HP and adventurers pieces and had nothing to use them on. Finally, I got inspired by the 7419 Chinese Castle to stretch it (to the extreme) vertically, and then add some "modern" elements. (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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Hi all, Does anyone know how to reach Sean Kenney? Sean are you reading this? NEW YORK MAGAZINE has been trying to contact you recently. They are very interested in using images of your Brick Apple town out of LEGO bricks. They are so interested, in (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Hello LUGNET members, Last weekend COLTC put on our largest single display (25'x25') at our local GATS in Columbus Ohio. And it turned out great! We received our first official 1st place win during the GATS in Columbus. Hopefully a start of (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle) !
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(...) As usual, a masterpiece of dystopian building. Thanks Brad! George (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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Bravo, Brad. Another impressive addition to the megalopolis. And a fun write-up as well. I'm still wondering, though, why nobody ever responded to (URL) this post>. Maybe you're just not at liberty to talk about it though. @8^) Regards, -Brendan (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Wow. The blend of architectural styles is nicely disconcerting. This thing looms. It almost reminds me of the bathhouse from Spirited Away. I'm so off to build pagodas now. -Kevin (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. One Nationwide plaza is "only" 148 meters tall, so it is the 6th tallest currently in Columbus. The tallest is the Rhodes Office tower, at 191 meters. This would be around 35 bricks taller than the Huntington is. The plus sude of this (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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(...) Hi, I think these look great! I grew up in Columbus, and instantly recognized the LeVeque Tower and Huntington building at least. Thanks especially for the interior shots showing how these were constructed (that's a lot of sand red and (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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At last weekends GATS show, I showed my 3 skyscapers for the first time. Besides John Bucy's LeVeque tower that we have showed before, we complemented the Columbus OH skyline with: Huntington Center: (URL) Vern Riffe Building: (URL) Borden Building: (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX) !
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(...) Based on that pic, I notice that Martian and Battle Droid parts are appearing in strange places. Is this part of an advance invasion force from Mars or the Trade Federation? Bob (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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I'm head over heels crazy about this one, and I'm not even a Marxist. Gives me a lot of inspiration for the temple I'm working on with some of the same design themes. -Brian P. Gefrich (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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This is a new skyscraper built in a Chinese "adventurers" style (with some sci-fi thrown in for extra fun). (URL) miss the bonus "art" photos: (URL) is appreciated, Brad (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town) !
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Hi all, found this over at iltco. it some of the new spiderman sets. Anyway this pic (link) is of a new ambulance, that is in the set. (URL) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Kevin, Lots of fun! Thanks for posting this. The use of the pith helmet and the cone as lamp shades is truly inspired. All the best, Allan B. (21 years ago, 8-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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I built my LEGO room out of LEGO. Follow the picture to find the rest and descriptions (URL) PLMKWYT! ~Kevin Blocksidge (21 years ago, 8-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: My ISCC3 entry : Hengelo Bier
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(...) I already had a glimpse of the boat at the Frechen gathering, which really is breathtaking. And please congratulate Jessica, her buildings look very good and perfectly fit the scene. -- Jan-Albert van Ree | (URL) Bier leeft!" (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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