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(...) Thanks! How much trial & error? Well, way too much -- but still not enough! :) In retrospect, there were a few things that I could have planned better to make it much less of a pain: For example, the paths of the minifigs cross each other. I (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Wow that is amazing! I can only imagine how much trial and error was required to get the whole minifig-walking aspect right. Your LEGO studio is to-die-for - having foam playmats on the floor is an excellent idea. Did you glue the entire (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) It was more than amusing; it was hilarious. I especially recommend watching it at some point where you're not supposed to be giggling at your desk, such as at work. Just make sure you won't get into TOO much trouble when you bust up. Seriously (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Hi everyone! (Alternate subject for this post: "Why has Sean been so quiet for the last few months?") I was comissioned by a Dallas-area company called Healthvision to build a large LEGO model for their booth at a trade show, also in Dallas. The (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX) !!
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(...) while i will say a gracious thank you, i don't think i can take credit for any unique design here. i was inspired to turn the tree pieces upside down for the "apples" to hang after seeing these trees by brickshelf user (URL) heiner berg>. as (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Here's a three-trunk tree that I built for my railway layout: (URL) I used 2L black technic liftarms to attach more flex tubes to the central one. The white blobs underneath are geese! Also a tall thin tree next to an office block: (URL) tree uses a (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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| | Re: Toys and Golf
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(...) And you can't really dust for vomit. Are you going to LaCrosse? I have a little Tap gift for you for that comment.... (20 years ago, 13-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) It's such a fine line between stupid and clever. (20 years ago, 13-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Mitch Hiveley wrote: (URL) "It's better in a hell hole You know where you stand in a hell hole Folks lend a hand in a hell hole Girl get me back to my hell hole." (20 years ago, 13-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Toys (2 URLs) Brickshelf Folder> / (URL) MOCpage> Golf (2 URLs) Brickshelf Folder> / (URL) MOCpage> (20 years ago, 13-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Today's offer from JJ's furniture store: Spanish Wall
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Hey Jojo, Very nice. I always thought of these screens as Japanese for some reason. This MOC makes me think of that Monty Python sketch in the marriage counselor's office. Bruce (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) I don't think so; look closely and it's not too hard to make out a spec of white. My guess is that the hip piece (the part that the seperate legs hinge onto) is white. So, she's got panties on. Not that I care...or anything. --Josh (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Hello! (...) That's up to your imagination... Lar, however, had a point. "Chinese screens" sounds plausible. Thanks! Bye Jojo (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(2 URLs) This was our second year at the Southeastern Michigan Model Train show. Our display featured creations by Jim Garrett, Justin Pankey, Chris Leach and Lester Witter. From Art museums, to ambassador residences, to movie theaters and (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: Town/Train/Space Pictures - Toy&Hobby Expo & January Meeting Reports
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(...) Argh, thanks for the correction Rick. That's what I get for copying the format from a different announcement. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> | (URL) CLB> (1) Re-posted to the various groups to show the corrected link. (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.events, FTX)
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(4 URLs) MichLTC displayed for the third year running at the Toy & Hobby Expo in Novi, MI. We had a town/train layout, a space layout, and some mirco skyscrapers. We were also interviewed by Fox channel 2. (URL) Show Report and More Pictures> (2 (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.events, FTX) !
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I like it. Neat! (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) One can never have enough 1x2 plates :-) The tiles are supported on the outside edge, behind the part that sticks out on the curve. Then they're pushed into the plates on the inside corner so that they stack at one end. They're not actually (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) The eventual aim was to incorporate this one and a mirror image one as part of a station entrance, along with a ramp for disabled passengers (At shows I have a minifigure in a wheelchair on the platform, with a helpful porter!) Having seen the (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Good call on the garbage cans. I'm not sure where else I could put them, though, and having those kinds of details (even misplaced) adds a lot to the store. And the tan thing? When a 7 year old helps decorate the interior, things get a bit (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.town)
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