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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> (...) Thanks. This is what I liked best about it too!! (...) Yep. Where do creeks start from - a crack in a rock? (...) It's blue. (...) Space constraints - but you're right, it looks contrived that way. (...) Definately. (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) You're alive!! How have you been? -Tim XFUT -> .people (21 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.people)
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(...) Nice job! Rich (21 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks,JP. I thought about using the same canopy from the "Coyote" but it would'nt have meshed well with the prisoner compartment. Later, Todd (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Interesting design. Kinda reminds me of those alien fighters from the film "Independence Day" (...) Thanks, Elroy. I was'nt sure about that light bar. Sliding a cylinder light over a half pin may not be considered a "pure" technique in some (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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"Thomas Main" <thomasmain@myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:Hw1E5M.10F@lugnet.com... (...) style for (...) so I (...) for that (...) more (...) Easy access to rear in case of a derailment. Well assembled. Great color mixing. Lots of detail. (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | New MOC: Lifeline EMS vehicle (mit schleim:-)
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There is a great new set out, (URL) 4857> that features an EMS vehicle with some wicked cool stickers bearing the acro FDLL, as the New York Fire Departments do (I thought it was so cool that I even printed some FDLL t-shirts, but more on those (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Very nice. Might be a good idea to build up the ground next to the water on top of the hill though, to make sure the water flows down the waterfall! (One plate above the water will do). I'm aspiring to make scenery like this myself, but I'm (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Nice! I like the shape, and I think alot of the small details are very well done. Is the prisoner compartment removeable, ala Space Police? -Dan Rubin Chair of the Cyber-braintrust (URL) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Cool...reminds me of the big, chunky Fords the cops used in the late 70's, earl 80's....just made for trading paint with the perps. Now...the police station? ;) Cheers, -G (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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(...) Very nice! I sometimes think that we builders all share some sort of collective thought. I built a police vehicle of my own yesterday. (URL) I'm waiting on a single 2x2 dish to complete the physical model, which is why I haven't posted (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Hi Todd, Nice car! I especialy like the small prisoner compartment, nice touch. I prefered the smooth lines you acheived with your (URL) coyote>. I think I would have tryed to use the same canopy, but it's not an easy one tu use, particulary when (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) That's some nice fresh schleim there Todd. I really like the 'trunk' and the lights are great too. Peace and protect and serve, Professor Whateverly (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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I made a small mountain that fits on three baseplates arranged corner style for a quarter circle of train track. I was running out of gray bricks/BURPS, so I added a curved roadplate as the corner baseplate, making a tunnel space for that as well. (...) (21 years ago, 12-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Hello, In february, british transport group Arriva announced a light rail project along the outer ring road (Ring 3) of Copenhagen, Denmark. When I saw the model pictures of the future light rail train, I just had to build it in LEGO! Having built (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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(...) Snip (...) Hey Paul, Thanks for posting this picture. When I first saw it I was amused by the 'armoured" car having the occupants so exposed. Later, I noticed that the box proclaims(1) that it was designed by Gerry Anderson and that he was (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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In lugnet.space, Arne Lykke Nielsen wrote: SNIP excellent observations (...) Look at THIS: (URL) i just saw this, so it's new to me, so the feeling can't just be nostalgia; It's got to go with great form & fun & fun form & forming fun (whew!) in a (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | P38 entry & other new MOCs
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I built several MOCs over the last couple weeks, & here they are. First off, a P38 space contest entry. this started as a test to make a relatively sleek, all-enclosed cockpit from the 4098 High Fliers set, (thus the name HF38). the twin tails (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: My pics from MonLUG's 6th train show
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(...) Replying to myself, I've made a mistake. The pictures are in this folder: (URL) Sorry! Pierre MonLUG #1 (URL) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: more mocs - cliffhouse, museum
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(...) before i break my creations, i bring them into work to show my students (i'm a teacher) so at least i get a chance to share the beauty of this hobby. they (aged 4-12) are in awe of the brick and i hope i incite them to build something, (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) <snip> (...) Some more beautiful MOC's again. The Cliffhouse is beautiful. Makes me want to build something just to include a waterfall. That waterfall is awesome. I can see why you'd have to tear it down. That's a lot of window packs. And (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote some cool stuff, then signed it: (...) Beautiful interplays between positive and negative space, the indoors and the outdoors, nature and construct, human being and site. The simplicity seems to give your (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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Hi Deborah,It was nice to see your MOC creation of the Cliff House it brought me back some nice memories of my last visit to San Francisco where I had a very romantic breakfast with my wife. Good job and congratulations ! Best regards. Gustavo (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Deborah, I really like your work. There's a nice organic component to it that you rarely see in MOCs. You also have a great way of making interesting terrain for the building to be built on. Thanks, George (21 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | My pics from MonLUG's 6th train show
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Hello, Last weekend, MonLUG participated in its sixth train show. As always, it was a great success and our best layout ever, we were as popular as ever with visitors (around 9000 people). Here are my pics: (URL) (after moderation) There’s 3 pages (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.town)
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(...) too late! it's long gone, but i'm using a partially curved staircase in my present moc and have improved on it to make it stronger. the staircase in the cliff house was extremely fragile and more often than not fell over when i removed the 3rd (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Very nice house. I rather like the way you've made the waterfall using both solid blue pieces & trans-blue pieces. One other thing that's interesting to is how you made the spiral staircase. I've created spiral stairs too, but never thought of (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX)
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well, my first posting went really well. i must admit, i really appreciated hearing from people whose names were familiar since i've been lurking around for years, and to be welcomed so positively into what i know is a really fine community. and (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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deborah higdon wrote in message ... (...) a (...) the (...) Very nice job altogether, but the almond tree is a standout. Lovely! cross-posted to lugnet.town for visibility there too. Kevin ---...--- Farmhouse kit: (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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| | TrackDraw available for download
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The TrackDraw alpha candidate v6 is now available for download at (URL) . Features and bug fixes are detailed in the Yahoo! group messages. The Yahoo! group is now open for anyone to join; no moderation required. The TrackDraw sources are available (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town) !
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(...) Well, in that case, it's quite acceptable. :-) I was going to ask if it had already been broken, but was trying to keep my posting short. (...) Well, we have no shows in the near future. We were invited to a show in Prescott for April, but (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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(...) that tree broke and i just can't throw away lego. so i felt justified in using it for a patio table! (...) ironicallly, i believe you're a member of parlugment and i'm also a citizen of this fair city. i've been lurking on lugnet for a while (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) I was admiring this on Brickshelf a while ago. It looks wonderful. The elevated landscape looks great, the curved window wall, the flowering tree, the fountain, the roof, it all looks great. Except maybe the patio table (shudder). That's an (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Question about set 4667 for anyone who owns one
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(...) I bought one and did an inventory on Peeron :) Yes, there is a dk stone grey chassis plus the lt stone grey sign base. Now that I have the new colors (especially the new dk grey), I dont change my opinion that they are crap. (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Bric'Mania for AFOLs
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A french message follows... Un message en français suit.. Dear AFOLs I have the joy of announcing the launch of (URL) Bric'Mania> This event is organized for you, AFOLs, and come to show us your MOCs. Bric'Mania will take place in Grenoble (France) (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.loc.be, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.events, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) The picture from Amazon.com looks as if it has a dark grey chassis, but I'd bet that those would be the only 2 parts. Peeron & BL don't have inventories yet...:-( Josh (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Question about set 4667 for anyone who owns one
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Other than the stand for the roadsign, does the set include any parts in the new colors? I would love to get one for the canopy, buckets and such and if the roadsign stand is the only part in the new colors, its even better (since I dont like the (...) (21 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | The SNOT strikes back!
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Enough of this 'Schleim' lark - it's time for some proper 'SNOT'. Another SNOT container and two classic forms of motive power for your enjoyment: (2 URLs) (With apologies in advance to HoMa... ;-) Jason Railton (21 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX) !!
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| | M400 Moller Skycar
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Hello all! Nice day today. ANyway, I've been in a MOC feeling today and decided to make a MOC I've been postponing for a LONG time. The M400 Moller Skycar. As I was browsing through the Skcar website, I came across some awxesome pics of the M400 (...) (21 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Minifig scale Ford F-150 (6-wide)
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(...) Yeah, I forgot to post the picture of the truck bed with a minifig me, mattress, and your mom...that would fully simulate real life, of course. Derek (21 years ago, 2-Apr-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Dude, that's beautiful. I like the schleim work even though it isn't tube-schleim. And of course, since I'm a southern boy, it'll be perfect for me to drive when I come pick up your mother for our weekly date. :-) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: That old set FEELING...
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(...) Same feeling here usually. When I started collection in 1998 again, after my dark ages, I started with collecting Town sets. I remember obtaining some early 1980's town sets such as the post office, 6382 fire station and such. All sets I never (...) (21 years ago, 31-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: NELUG layout at 3/27 - 3/28 Greenberg show (Animated King Kong!!! included)
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(URL) (...) Thanks for posting this, Eric. If anyone would like to see more photos and short clips of Kong and some of the other animated features of this section of the display, I've put up a page (URL) here>. -Mike "Count Blockula" Crowley (2 (...) (21 years ago, 31-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Minifig scale Ford F-150 (6-wide)
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I've just finished my first town MOC in quite some time...this F-150 uses the 1 stud = 1 foot scale, which makes it a large 6-wide truck. Definitely suitable for an 8-wide train layout ;) (URL) One of the features of this truck is the third door, (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | NELUG layout at 3/27 - 3/28 Greenberg show (Animated King Kong!!! included)
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NELUG continued its tradition of doing a new layout that includes some really new stuff including our goal of adding lots of automation to the layout. For this layout that included an animated King Kong climbing a sky scraper. This was put together (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: That old set FEELING...
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(...) That contest was a ton of fun. One thing that one had that I haven't seen in any other contest here was that we were encouraged to make entries look like official sets. Add a support vehicle, the appropriate number of figs and accessories, and (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Uh, actually I've just realised that I was mistaken as to the definition of the word dinky. I didn't realise it meant small or insignificant. What I meant was it looked like an old-fashioned toy, like a Dinky(TM) Toy. (2 URLs) Cheers, (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Nah, I wouldn't flame you for that. It's easy to see the classic space through rose-colored glasses and I congratulate you at taking an honest, critical look at the sets. I remember when classic space came out. I really didn't know what to (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Don't forget your boy-ish good looks. ;o) -Lenny (21 years ago, 29-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) True...nostalgia is a powerful factor in the reverence the old CS sets enjoy here, but for me anyway it's the concept of playablility that comes through in the design and basic construction of the sets that tweaks me more so than the actual (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: That old set FEELING...
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(...) ... (...) Save a spot for me up there dude. I like the old sets, but appreciate them more for their place in history than as models in themselves. I had the 924 as a kid, and could build it from memory. When I came out of my dark age 18 months (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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<snip> (...) Tim, you better stop making me feel old. Sometimes I think it's these ABS bricks that make me feel younger than I really am... (granted, I'm not as old as some of the folks (Like Larry), but I'm up there with most of em, I'm sure... (in (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Fire Trucks uploaded!
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Well the is try #2, so i'm gonna leave out all the typing cause i don't feel like doing it again! (2 URLs) Comments, questions? Josh (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Same here, I have not a huge deal of interest in the Galaxy Explorer (although I do own one of each of the 3 LLxxx printed bricks that I picked up from a seller). My big interest is in getting a 6983 Ice Station Odyssey so I can be Ice Planet (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| | MonLUG's 6th Train Show, April 3rd and 4th
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A french message follows. Un message en français suit. Hello, I'm happy to announce MonLUG's sixth participation in a train show at the « Expo Train Modélisme » in the Montreal Area. It will be held at Georges Vanier High School in Laval (just north (...) (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains) !
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(...) I don't blame ya. I don't own the Galaxy Explorer, but I've played with a couple of them. It is a nice model, but to me it isn't special. I think that's because it wasn't a set I grew up with though, if it was, the story would be different. (...) (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: That old set FEELING...
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(...) Minifigs? That was always what made me less interested in universal sets like (URL) 744> when I was a kid. Universal building sets have always seemed to have less 'personality' to me. After searching the database for 744, I looked at a great (...) (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: If you own set 1497 (Pitstop and Crew) I have a question
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(...) Hey, No, there are no stickers in this set:) This is a printed "3"! This is a good set! Build Well Erik Bush (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) ... (...) It's called nostalgia. I was surprised a few years ago to find that I don't suffer from it. I've probably told this story one too many times, but anyway... Like most Space Lego fans, I lusted after the 928/497 Galaxy Explorer. For (...) (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Litir - a new house in the town of Bregnerod
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»Litir« is an experiment by one of the leading architects in Bregnerod. The idea is to build a house with a more varied use of materials than what is typically the case for a house in Bregnerod or its neighbouring areas. I have experimented a bit (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: If you own set 1497 (Pitstop and Crew) I have a question
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(...) Hi, It's not a sticker. There's no stickers in this set. Pierre (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | If you own set 1497 (Pitstop and Crew) I have a question
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To jog your memory: [LEGOSet 1497] I have a question about the tile with the '3' used for the spoiler of the car. Is this pattern a sticker or not? Thanks in advance. -Orion (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: That old set FEELING...
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(...) I know exactly how you feel. There is nice MISB 6950 Mobile Rocket Transport looking at me from the shelf above my computer. I have had this set in a box for about 4 years now and it is getting harder and harder not to open it. The feeling you (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: a piano for your drawing room
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(...) (URL) probably work better. . . (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Absolutely. Aside from being an original design, the old classic space sets revolve around one central concept: playability. The basic brick construction affords great material for building other creations to be sure, but even the official (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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(...) Stop it—you're going to make me cry. Yeah, I've noticed the lack of real 'personality' in the new sets. Even with the designer sets, which are really nice part packs and examples of what LEGO can do. But they still lack. . . something. (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Town Houses
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(...) Unfortunately, I don't think so. I'll look into it, though. (...) It'll be there. (...) You're very welcome. Here's that mocpages (URL) link>. (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | a piano for your drawing room
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A baby grand piano: http;//www.mocpages....c.php/3546 (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Town Houses
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(...) G'Day Matt, Your inner suburb houses look GREAT ! Thanks for showing these at the 2004/1 MUGS meeting. I would love to see these houses in the train set up ! Could you build 2 more ? 9 houses would look perfect ! Could you bring it on Sunday ? (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) I remember saving up to buy one of these many years ago. It's a lovely set and an under-used colour scheme at the time. I've put mine together again, although the gold symbols have faded. I think of it now more as a UN-like relief transport, (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| | That old set FEELING...
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Yesterday I opened a MISB 6929 Starfleet Voyager and build it. The build took surprisingly long time, but it was worth every minute of it. There was a FEELING building this classic, seeing it grow in front of your eyes, that I just don't get (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| | New Hovercar: "Coyote"
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Check out the "Coyote" economy sports car. (URL) Amacher (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Town Houses
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(...) Wow. Very cool. I like how each house has its own separate theme, with interesting exteriors, and interesting interiors. I love the gardens. I'd like to see more town creations like this; simple, and easy to work into a larger display. Very (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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G'day all, I would like to introduce you to what is possibly the MOC I am most happy with (at least, in the area of town): (URL) (Click on the picture above to got to the already moderated Brickshelf folder.) Basically, what I have created are three (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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I took a look at your bathroom--not bad! My sink ended up a lot like yours, too. (...) (21 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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While working out how to do the ribbed sides common on many modern locomoives I hit upon using this part (URL) After a serious of experiments to get the offset right I eventually came up with this design (URL) This basis can be scaled to suit, this (...) (21 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Will, Great job, you make me want to go out to my garage and build some new apparatus. Paul Thomas SPLTC (21 years ago, 24-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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Bricksburg Fire Department has taken delivery of two new trucks: Engine 3 (URL) pumper based on several real-world prototypes. This model uses many SNOT (Studs Not On Top) techniques in the pump section. Engine 32 (URL) vehicle built on a HMMWV (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town)
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Pretty cool - I've tried to add toilets to my buildings, but never got to this level of sophistication. In my whole city, there is only one toilet (2nd picture on this page): (URL) I said, mine didn't turn out as well as your version. Nice work. (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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Greetings, Earth Mortals! Just a quick weekend throw-together to study how industrial piping might work. Though this model is non-specific (especially as regards color), the ideas explored seemed useful in a number of applications. If you're (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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This MOC represents two firsts for me. My first post to lugnet.town. My first MOCPages page. Hope you find it useful when furnishing your town interiors. (URL) (21 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Nice work Jonathan :-) Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (21 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, FTX)
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This is a combination of an evidence storeroom and a communications center. Its used to store valuables like gold, gems/jewels, money etc. The safes around the walls hold gold and money. There is also a few controls for all the comms gear on the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks for the comments on the library. Actually, the library was more of a test building, as I plan on building a large courthouse using the library 'format' for the most part, with some different column heads, 2 floors at least, etc. I'll (...) (21 years ago, 21-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Brickshelf MOCs page
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Whoa, John! Fancy-schmancy library! (URL) like it a lot. The "curls" around the lion heads are particularly nice: (URL) does strike me though, is that whereas usually it takes some work to add *enough* detail to a plain-walled building to make it (...) (21 years ago, 20-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.town)
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| | Brickshelf MOCs page
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Hi folks! I only signed up to Lugnet couple months or so ago, but I finally got a digital camera and have posted pictures of my various MOCs on my brickshelf page: <www.brickshelf.com/...=Earthman> There's a variety of different ones, even ones made (...) (21 years ago, 20-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Last weekend, COLTC displayed at the Greenberg Toy, Train, and Hobby show, in Columbus, Ohio. We had one of our largest displays to date in our young life (we just turned 1 year old). We had an L-shaped, 30 x 30 foot display, with a total of 4 (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
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| | Our honor defend...
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...We will fight to the end for (URL) thing I've built in 2 years.. It's not 100% accurate, but I began running out of pieces. (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.town, lugnet.sports)
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| | Re: Tower 1 now completed.
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(...) That's an ex-cellent question!!! mark (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Very cool John, I saw this on Brickshelf earlier today and really liked the look of it. I can't wait till we get to see more of the layout. jt (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Ever since Ross built these a few years back: (2 URLs) I decided> that they needed to be a part of the TCLTC layout. Here is the result: (URL) More pics (URL) HERE> TCLTC page (URL) HERE> JOHN (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | New Pics of Matt's Roller Coaster
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Well, I have finally got updated roller coaster pictures on line. These are pictures of the coaster in its latest rendition, as shown at BrickFest PDX last month. Check www.insidethevault.c...ercoaster. I am still looking for a good video of the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.market.auction) !!
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You listed this white skyscraper as "Tower 1." Does that mean that you're planning on making more? (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Need Your Opinion, Town Folks!
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(...) The first one looks most natural to me, although none of them look much like UK lamp posts. (...) off. Unless it looks out of place, I'd go with it. (...) Take a look at the traffic lights here: (URL) fine work! Thanks, Quboid (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Need Your Opinion, Town Folks!
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In lugnet.town, William P. (Pat) Hough wrote: (snip) (...) time... these aren't yet public. Hope that helps. I can't comment on the actual designs till they are. But I would say you may be asking for feedback too much... Use what you like or what (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Need Your Opinion, Town Folks!
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TexLUG is holding their 2004 Spring Meet in two weeks. That said, I have been running amok, busy on BrickLink and trying to piece together some city-like objects. I would like you (that's you) to look at each of these small MOCs and give me your (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Tower 1 now completed.
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A beautiful design. I like the idea that it spans a road section, this gives it real character. Overall a fantastic model and I can't wait to see it in person. Once again the bar is raised a lil' higher :) Brian D (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Tower 1 now completed.
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The newest building is now finished. Standing at over 4 feet tall Tower 1 is a 17 story skyscraper that traverses a road. Here are a couple of preview pictures: (3 URLs) After moderation see all the pictures at (URL) LMKWYT mark (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Several New MOCs (AGAIN)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jeff Szklennik wrote: SNIP after i posted the previous MOCs last nite, I made more. first, a little anime style ship from the yellow X-pod set: (6 URLs) next, I tried making the largest vehicle i could & use all the pieces in (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | GtwLUG to show at GATS on 20-21 March
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This weekend March 20th and 21st GtwLUG (Gateway LEGO® Users Group) will be at the GATS show in Collinsville, IL (URL) GATS Calendar page> from 11:00 to 5:00 both days. Admission is $7 for adults, kids under 12 are free. Our layout is the same size (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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