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Hello, Does anyone have any information or pictures of the pavement tiles included in this set? To me, they appear to be 8x12 or 8x16. I am wondering if they are all flat or if they have a border of studs? Are they typical abs or softer? For uses, I (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-04, to lugnet.inv, lugnet.sports, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Let there be light
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(...) Thanks Joe! They are standard LEGO 9v lights, running off a train regulator. BTW...does anyone know how many lights you can safely run off a single regulator? I still have the other building to light up Tom D (20 years ago, 22-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Let there be light
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(...) Best, - Joe (20 years ago, 21-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Let there be light
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Hi all, I just recently finished adding some lights, and interiors to a few of my buildings. you can see them here (URL) D www.geocities.com/le...egofd.html (20 years ago, 21-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: UPDATE: New locomotive pricing
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(...) 25% is a far higher rate of VAT than you actually pay anywhere in Europe. Tax considerations do narrow the price difference, but there's still a difference. There's also the problem that the dollar is pretty weak compared to the Euro, so if (...) (20 years ago, 20-Aug-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.general) !
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(...) True, true. But, I did (retroactively via a spamcake time portal) point out the complete lack of any sort of hair clog removal from that there fancy dancy bath tub! If it's the people's bathtub, and half of them are as hairy as the Jr. (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Avery, If and when I meet you in person, remind me to twist your ear lobes off. But this is a good point. But what you didn't point out was the complete lack of airlocks in any of my creations, spaceship or moonbase. HA! I winz! (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) A thought just occurred to me, (pause for applause) What are the effects of vacuum on a sandwich? And, how does a person eat said sandwich through the faceplate of a space suit? Is there a special pouch that a space person slips the sandwich (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Which is why it is always a good idea to have proper ventilation when painting... -- Thomas Main thomasmain@myrealbox.com (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) note to self: go find todd's bathtub and poop in it. but really todd what i dont understand is you spent so much time figuring your amazing eating algorythm and you post to my subway moonbase and you dont even apply the algorythm to the most (...) (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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I've just spent the day painting a room and came online to check out a few things. Saw the subject line of this message and thought for a split-second that it said "Pooping in Bathtubs and People's Moonbases." --Todd (20 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | 2 movies: Star Wars Game & Arla Ekspres commercial
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Hi, with permission of Jan Beyer (LEGO Direct), I've uploaded two official LEGO movies: 1) Trailer of a new Star Wars Game: (URL) (8 MB) 2) commercial of "Arla Ekspres", a danish milk: (URL) (4 MB) Leg Godt! René (20 years ago, 17-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town)
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| | Storage/Travel box for large base plate MOCs
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A few folks at BrickFest had asked about the storage boxes that I used to transport my buildings, so here is the scoop. These boxes are just right for MOCs built on the large grey base plates, they fit perfect in the bottom with about 1 studs to (...) (20 years ago, 17-Aug-04, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: first MOC: house with loft
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(...) I like it. I could see building several copies of this or something similar for a row of houses (perhaps with David Kohrman's two story beauties across the street for the higher rent district) at a show Thanks for sharing. (20 years ago, 17-Aug-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Great use of a not-so-great part. And the MOC is really nice too! Terry (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) At last! Someone to beat Michael Schumacher and the Ferrari! With and aerodynamic helmet splitter, no less. Go Mr. Sheybal! -->Bruce<-- (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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I picked up one of the new Knights Kingdom bigfigs a week or so ago. As soon as I saw the torso piece I knew how I was going to have to use it. And so I present the Vladek F1 racer, with Pull Back motor Action! (2 URLs) folder after moderation> (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: Interesting idea for boats/towns/train layouts: Falkirk Wheel
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(...) The wheel is amazing, but canal tunnels have been around for centuries. To get through them you had to un-hitch the (URL) horse> or turn off your steam engine. You then had to have two people lie on their side on a plank across the middle of (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Interesting idea for boats/towns/train layouts: Falkirk Wheel
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(...) Insane, but very very cool. (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Interesting idea for boats/towns/train layouts: Falkirk Wheel
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(...) That's insane! The website also mentioned that to get boats to the wheel they also had to build the aqueduct and a tunnel. A canal tunnel. Wow. Rick Clark (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | 1:20 scale MOCs: an Audi TT, a Chevy Suburban, and a cubicle...
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All: Hi everybody! I know it's been a really long time since I've posted something new. I moved from New York to Austin this past winter, and it took forever before my LEGO workshop was finally set up and sorted out. I've also just finished working (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Interesting idea for boats/towns/train layouts: Falkirk Wheel
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The Union Canal in Scotland has a pretty interesting lock mechanism for moving boats between two levels, called the Falkirk Wheel. Here's an animation to show it off: (URL) Boats move between the top and bottom levels via the wheel. More images are (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest 2004 Xinjiang Border Battle preview
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Fantastic tank John-Paul! I salute you from the graveyard of my many failed attemts. -Joseph (20 years ago, 8-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.town, lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | Blue Tubs Set #4107
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I need several of the tubs from the Creator set #4107 in ok condition with lids. I would like to pick them up at BrickFest. I will pay a resonable price. If you have some and are willing to part, please email me. Thanks... Don Lugnet #1239 GtwLUG (...) (20 years ago, 8-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: BrickFest 2004 Xinjiang Border Battle preview
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(...) Here are the players!! G.I.L.F. (URL) here is the folder's "logo picture" for the upcoming battle scene. (URL) (20 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.town, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: motorized cars?
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(...) direction (...) car-system (...) I would imagine they have some sort of switching "track" just like a train layout so the magnet won't get "confused" and start making the car do weird things. Just an absolute guess though. Maybe I'll try my (...) (20 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) That covers guidance, yes, but not how they stop and start and change direction at junctions. (if they do... The original layout reference talks of a car-system marshalling yard IIRC.) Good digging, though, Thanks! (20 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) (URL) here I thought you guys were googlephiles... (20 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | BrickFest 2004 Xinjiang Border Battle preview
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Just a little preview of what I'll be bringing to BrickFest 2004. The Xinjiang Border Battle scene from my Conflict Zone - Global Crisis story set in June 7, 2015 in the western steppe province of China called the Xinjiang Autonomous Region. A small (...) (20 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.town, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: 4032 - EL AL Promo Airplane
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(...) I would pay up to $40 plus shipping. Send me an e-mail if any of you want to sell. Thanks, Benjamin Medinets (20 years ago, 6-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: motorized cars?
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(...) if you're good with babelfish you might be able to puzzle out www.faller.de (go to HO, then to car-system) to figure out how they work. I'm guessing but I think they have internal batteries, they go to spots and stop because their magnet (...) (20 years ago, 6-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: motorized cars?
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(...) ,---...---. | Joseph J. Strout Check out the Mac Web Directory: | | joe@strout.net (URL) | `---...---' (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Not LEGO, but there is a huge HO-scale train layout in Germany that has thousands of computer controlled cars driving around the layout: (URL) to Pictures, then Carsystem-gallery. Very amazing stuff. Russell BayLTC (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: 4032 - EL AL Promo Airplane
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(...) hello Maybe I will get some of this set. what you all think will be fair price (it cost 19$ on the airline). thanks Gil (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: motorized cars?
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(...) Here is an example with a motorized bus drives itself. (URL) Schickele (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Cool? Yes (there was certainly a lot of excited chatter on the MichLUG list after Steve posted a video of the cars "driving" past each other). Simple? Sure, on paper, maybe, but in practical application its a bit more complicated. There are a (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: motorized cars?
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(...) I forgot this one: (URL) (and other pictures in the same folder) where Ross Neal used pneumatic tubing around pulleys to make a 2-wide train move. I've seen this one in person, it's pretty slick! Everyone in the GMLTC wonders where Ross gets (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: motorized cars?
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(...) JT already spoke of MichLTC's (actually, our resident wizard, Steve Ringe's) work. GMLTC had mine trucks that followed a chain drive underneath a baseplate/tile layer, Magnets provided the connectivity. Eric Brok had this same thing for (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.legoworld)
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| | Re: motorized cars?
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(...) The GMLTC did this on our previous layout. You can just see our 'quarry' dump truck to the right of the famous blue locomotive: (URL) had a technic chain set up around several gears, with a magnet that pulled the truck around the circle. It (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: motorized cars?
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(...) I think the MichLTC folks had a car that ran around with a magnet under the road attached to a train engine on a loop. Seemed like a very cool and simple solution to making cars move. jt (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | motorized cars?
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Has anyone done anything with motorized cars that drive around the town? (I mean, anyone besides LegoLand!) I've thought of a couple of vague ideas: - magnets under the street that pull the cars along - a slotted street that guides motorized cars - (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: People's Bathtub and Subway Moonbase
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Hello! (...) Hey, that's a cool little MOC (with hopefully not so cool water)! Though I'm little astonished the girl enters the bath tube with a bikini top.... (Well, otherwise we would never have been allowed to see the pics, but still...) Bye Jojo (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Water Wheel
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A (URL) water wheel> made from the catapults (URL) 30275> of the Ewok Attack set and Bulls attack. (2 URLs) Similar construction design with the hinges could probably be used for ferris wheels, excavators, etc. AC (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Leguma Thurman will KILL BILL!!!1!
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(...) Hey! Great Job! Sucks though, because I have been working on a version of this very scene myself! I have only completed the floor and the minifigs.... I gave the guys from LUGOLA a sneak peek a couple of months back, guess I just need to build (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: People's Bathtub and Subway Moonbase
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(...) Boy howdy, I wish I was as prolific as you! Some neat stuff you've been producing lately. I am a little dissapointed that you've opted to include inferior subs on the moonbase, but I guess that's typical EB thinking. -Dan Rubin Chair of the (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: People's Bathtub and Subway Moonbase
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Is that the only bathtub that was captured and preserved for the people in the Eastern Block? If so, I'd say the people are just about preserved... uugghh Otherwise, good work there Jr. Marshal; show 'em why Jr. is only a rank, not a attribute. heh (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: 4032 - EL AL Promo Airplane
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(...) Wrong Dori, JM! :D Shiri hasn't participated on Lugnet for a while... :( even though she is still in Israel. If anyone gets dibs on this excellent plane from Israel, it should be me (tongue-in-cheek). ;) Benjamin Medinets (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | People's Bathtub and Subway Moonbase
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A doubleshot of MOC. Just for you: THE PEOPLE"S BATHTUB When the Glorious Revolution came, the early heros of the Eastern Block captured this BATHTUB from the evil cluthes of the bureaucratic-capital...-bourgeois elite and kept it safe for the (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: 4032 - EL AL Promo Airplane
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(...) Hi Shiri, T'is the 1st time I see one. Can you tell me how it is possible to get one? I know, ordinary question, but I'm not travelling with one of these airline sooo... And it's a cool airplane! Thanks in advance, JM (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 4032 - EL AL Promo Airplane
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(URL) Apparently, Timmy has find himself a job as security officer :-) With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 4032 - EL AL Promo Airplane
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(...) Thanks for the information and for posting! JOHN (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 4032 - EL AL Promo Airplane
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(...) Hi As far as I know the only place you can buy them is on the El Al airplane itself (or the other airlines Iberia and SAS). Unfortunataly they had a very small limited quantity so I couldn't get my hand on more then 4 (and I already gave 2). (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Wow! That is cool! I'd love to get some of those. Yaron, did you actually buy this set at the airport or is it available retail or online somewhere? JOHN (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 4032 - EL AL Promo Airplane
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(...) some (...) (URL) Neat... How many airlines has this set been found on? I can name only three: SAS, Iberia and now El Al. Huw (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general)
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| | 4032 - EL AL Promo Airplane
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OK, maybe an old news though I've just purchased the EL AL (Israel) version of 4032 and wanted to share some pictures (URL) Yaron Dori (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Leguma Thurman will KILL BILL!!!1!
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(...) Bwahahahah. You are insane and awesome. Soren (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Leguma Thurman will KILL BILL!!!1!
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(...) Never thought of it that way, but now that my eyes have been opened, I hate Lenny even more. In a loving way, of course. (...) Or Plate, and he likes to Mate... Okay, I'll shut up. (2 URLs) (Bruce) (URL) LEGO @ Bruce's Homepage> (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Dude, the peach colored Uma against yellow Crazy 88's is the most wrong, funny thing I've seen in a long time. (...) Oh, I thought his name was Brick, and he liked to Frick... Derek (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Leguma Thurman will KILL BILL!!!1!
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Leguma? I thought she was gonna be a vegetable or something... Just kidding. It looks good. Daniel (20 years ago, 1-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Leguma Thurman will KILL BILL!!!1!
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(URL) This is a depiction of the fight at the House of Blue Leaves, where the Bride takes down O-ren Ishii, one of the Deadly Viper Squad, who now resides in Tokyo. (URL) Here is a hover version of the Bride's truck, the Possy Wagon, which she took (...) (20 years ago, 1-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Re: Brick Scout camp
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(...) Hi Russell, I like your Scouts. Someone else had suggested that I forgot the neckerchiefs, so it is good to see how good they look. Hmm, it looks like the red ones are $.45 each on Bricklink. Bruce (20 years ago, 1-Aug-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) This is great! Now I need to build a camp for my Scouts: (URL) (20 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Hi all, A couple of people asked how the tents went together, so here's an exploded view: (URL) Bruce (20 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Bruce. (...) Actually, the Ron Weasley head is Pippin in my LotR story. None of the other Brick Scouts are hobbits (yet--I still have to do all of the scenes in the Shire). Bruce (20 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Hey Janey, Thanks. I love the song! Actually, When I first started this I considered using the original Camp Granada song as the narrative. I was just tearing this apart last night and found the little minifig compass: (URL) when I was taking the (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Bruce Hietbrink wrote: (URL) Really neat idea, Bruce, and nicely executed. The scenery's amazing. Good job. One thing though; I don't remember Frodo and Sam doing that... ;) (2 URLs) (Bruce) (URL) LEGO @ Bruce's Homepage> (20 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Brick Scout camp
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(...) <snip song> LOL Janey, I can smell the marshmallows already.... ROSCO (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Brick Scout camp
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(...) Bruce, I think it's wonderful. The scenery is great, the details well done, but man, those pics bring back some memories. I was so impressed, I felt compelled to sing, messing with the lyrics (as all good scouts do). Nothing like singing (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Brick Scout camp
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Dear mom, I'm having a great time at Brick Scout camp. (URL) See the rest here: (URL) PLMKWYT, Bruce (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Town News subgroup: Planes
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Hi Is there sufficient interest within the LUGNET community to create a sub news group for "Planes" or "Aircraft"? This sub group could branch off the Town news group just as Boats and Trains do, for example. If so, how does one go about requesting (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New MOC - The Paramount Theatre
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(...) It definitely works from what I can seen in the photo. Use of only black, white and neon trim seems to dull down the blue quite nicely. A dash of yellow or even red would probably ruin the effect. (20 years ago, 27-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Jan, You review is very kind. To be honest, I'm not sure about the original, because unfortunately it was torn down 15 or so years ago. I made it from memory, and it probably could use a bit more detail. I am thinking about bringing it (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Jonathan, The interior is a bit cramped but it was fun building those details. Yeah, I know.... the blue .... well a bit questionable at best, but no red?? OUCH! Janey "RED Brick" (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) (URL) (...) Thanks Rosco, Thankfully, I can not be held responsible for anything that the figs do in the balcony, those smiling faces have strange powers of mind control over me. Janey "Red Brick" (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) (URL) (...) Incredible! I love the entrance, with the rotating doors and the curved signs. But best of all is the name sign, great work! Ofcourse I don't know the original, but I'd put a bit more detail to the roofline, it looks a bit "flat" (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Hi Janey, Very nice. I really like the marquee. The neon touch adds a lot to it. Interiors get overlooked in my buildings (ie: I don't make them), your's looks great. The curtains are thoughful too. Excellent. Great, all around. The blue, (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Beechcraft Starship
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(...) You're quite welcome. I hope you choose to post some post modification pics too... it will be interesting to see if all the changes actually helped or if some detracted... :-) (...) Raytheon seems to be actively trying to get the aircraft out (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Very nice, Janey. I hope you don't let the figs make out in the balcony too much. (...) LOL with friends like that who needs enemies? ROSCO (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | New MOC - The Paramount Theatre
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Good day all, (URL) Just a quick post to share some pictures of my latest MOC, (URL) Bricton's Paramount Theatre.> This theatre is based on the one I frequented as a child and teen. It is also an attempt to prove to an AFOL friend of mine that town (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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(...) I agree. Although I do like the overall delta-like shape that you see from underneath, something very distinctive about the Starship. I have now "installed" seats, and just like the SYSTEM planes, there ain't a lot of room in there! (...) I (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) It's great by itself, but it'll probably need to be a bit isolated in a MichLUG show, since most of the cars are 4-wide. (...) What now? Road...way? I think the closest thing I've ever owned is the grey space landing pad, and I'm not sure (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) I liked the look of this ship. My few (minor nits really) comments are: 1. I think the wings may be too large for a "minifig compressed scale" ship that's in scale with airport set ships. Those all are 4 wide fuselages but have pretty small (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jul-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Dave, This is a sweet interpretation of a Prowler. I think the overall form is right on and the size is fine. As to the "x-wide" question, that's a tough one. One way of determining the issue is to look at the roadway for which this vehicle (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Hi everyone I have just finished a MOC of the Beechcraft Starship, recently seen escorting Spaceship One on the scaled composites website ((URL)). I have tried to build it so that it fits with the SYSTEM Airport sets, with a little success I think. (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Hi Chris, Thanks you for your comments on my MOCs. I’m glad that you were inspired by my library. Your private library is a great creation and I like all the details. The knickknacks scattered around really make it look like an Adventurers (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Leah, Very nice work, I especially enjoyed touring the Public Gardens. The pool with the statue and the greenhouse building are well done. What a beautiful place for the minifigs to visit. While browsing your folder I came across the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Hi Leah I think the town house is "cute" for want of a better word. I like the colour scheme and how narrow the building is. The interior is very "tidy" too. However, I recently came across your library. (URL) I wanted to build my own and a (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Certainly worth a try. It always surprises me how memory-frugle povray is, considering what it has to do. ROSCO (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Whoops, looks like that part has already been added. Still not sure about my computer's ability to do the job, but maybe I'll download a copy to play around with. (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) I care to the extent that I'd like to be able to say, "Hey, I made an X-wide Prowler," and expect that the other person could glean enough from that to infer relative size before actually seeing what it looks like. (...) Why, thank you. I (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) After carefully and thoroughly considering the question, I am of the opinion that it doesn't matter. Coolness trumps wideness, and this is pretty dern cool. I want one for my own fantasy minifig-me. (...) All I know is it wouldn't be a Purple (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(URL) I haven't ever seen a minifig-compatible Prowler MOC, so I made my own, and I figured it'd be as good a place as any to put a minifig version of myself* (wishful thinking, on my part, but what the heck?). I'm interested in hearing opinions on (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.people, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX)
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Hello, After way to much ranting, I decided to take some of Spencer R's advice and work on some building. While I do have a new building that I am working on (and several bricklink sellers know that it is full of tan and technic gears) this note (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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Personally, I am happy to get the 1x2 with groove since I always need more of that part, especially in black/dark grey/other dark neutral colors. (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.town)
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Oops, I guess I answered part of this. The 2x2 brick with pin has a hole that they can put this technic axel in that runs through the 2x2 round bricks. Quite unnecessary, IMO, since those hold together very well without the extra support, but again, (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.town)
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Hi all, I just picked up set 4851, Spider-Man Origins, and it's a great set. I found a couple of interesting piece choices that didn't make a lot of sense, and wondered if anyone had any idea why they did this. On step 9 of the instructions for the (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.town)
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Greetings John Paul. I'm glad to finally put a name to the folder. I think your project is great and I look forward to seeing more. You're not alone as far as army collecting. My genre is military sci-fi however. See you at Brickfest. (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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(...) Although I never saw that post of his, I did get the feeling that there was no way a sane person would try to make an army that big... with exception of megalomaniac-ish army builders like myself. :-D Anyhow, I saw that other pic with the (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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(...) Heh. Did you miss where he admitted it was all just an April Fools joke? He does still have a pretty impressive force built up, but the photo he posted was photoshopped from somewhere between 10-20 different reposed shots. (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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My alternate timeline and near-future military theme called: "Conflict Zone - Global Crisis" is slowly being built and put together. With this many factions, its no wonder why. (URL) I've just gotten up pics of my G.I.L.F. (Global Islamic Liberation (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.town, lugnet.space)
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