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sorry I got clicker happy with the mouse. -Jeremy (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Hi everybody... I just finished my version of a Bobcat tractor. You can see the LDraw model at (URL) bad thing about it is the roof, I need to re-design it. I don't have the bucket in my LDraw files but I used the middle sized bucket. Maybe some (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Hi everybody... I just finished my version of a Bobcat tractor. You can see the LDraw model at (URL) bad thing about it is the roof, I need to re-design it. I don't have the bucket in my LDraw files but I used the middle sized bucket. Maybe some (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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In lugnet.town, Brad Hamilton writes: <SNIP> (...) Now that you've opened that door, Let this Aussie carry it on! As if we make fun of Kiwi's, They're Just baseless accusations. Baaaaa Baaaaaaa What do Ewe think? Actually while I'm here. I'm doing (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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I know nothing! These are baseless accusations, especially in a FAMILY forum! However, if one of the testers WERE intoxicated, then I maintain that it might have improved their testing. An intoxicated tester is likely to try (stupid) things that a (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Well.........actually.....one of them happened to be mildly intoxicated when undertaking the testing ;-) I won't say who it was except that his first name begins with "B" and his last name ends with "ton". You may or may not know him. <grin> Sanjay (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Looks good - you must have GREAT testers! I'm looking forward to the city gallery! Brad (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Ummm...you're just a little too quick for me Alan ;-) I was kinda hoping no one would notice until I corrected the mistake. The correct name is Stamford Plaza but it ended up Stanford Plaza on the City Map. Not sure where Standford came from. If (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) That plaza is alternately called Stamford Plaza, Standford Plaza, and Stanford Plaza. Which is its true name? Alan Random set: <set:8300> (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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A new section has been added to the City Tours page on the Millennium City Webpage (1) at (URL) "Transport Network Tour" allows you to see the city from both the monorail and bus networks. Special thanks to Brad Hamilton, Jonas Marcho and Thomas (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) ...the engines don't need to work anyway, the pilot just sits in the plane until the Hand Of God moves the plane, instant acceleration at any direction regardless of how the engines point... course, this brings up the question of how the pilot (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) <snip> (...) Sure they can...just snap the jet pieces on the other way 'round :) -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) website with a 25, 23 and 18 story office buildings (using classic LEGO windows): (URL) Istok (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Once. The second time, you'll probably get booted off of Lugnet, per the posting agreement that you signed. (URL) folks, most of us fell in love with Lego as kids. Therefore, kids visit Lugnet. Let's keep Lugnet a kid-friendly site. Followups (...) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) this will work better: (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) You mean this: (URL) ? Alan Random set: <set:7760> (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Try www.brickshelf.com It contains many scanned instructions of older LEGO sets. George (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Could someone tell me where I can find online instructions for an office building? I remember seeing one a few months ago, but now I can't find it. Thanks, Erin -- (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote in message ... (...) Will that's the thing. All the Airport sets have come with pretty short runways. Perhaps it's because the LEGO jets can operate like VTOL craft? Sanjay -- Millennium City @ (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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I'm personally still planning on building a 747-400 to MF scale... I've figured out the dimentions (6' X 5') and while i'm not anywhere near close to starting.... i'm finding that the windows (!!) and 500 chairs will be hard to come by :) especially (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) Happy belated birthday! I hope many of your presents made that special rattling noise. Steve (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Sanjay: (...) That sounds like you only accept helicopters and VTOL craft. It's roughtly equal to 64 m. (...) Something like 6400 studs (200 roadplates) would be reasonable. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Exactly. I don't represent lugnet or Todd's opinion. Sorry if it came out that way, Todd made this clear just now. -Shiri (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.council)
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(...) Hi, You should know that you're not in any kind of 'trouble' etc, the only authority on LUGNET is Todd, so those who responed to you were expressing their own opinions, *not* those of LUGNET. Of course, as a result, I may be talking rubbish.. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.council)
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Understood. And, to clarify, my word usage was just figuratively, not something offensive. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.council)
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Here is an ample supply of pictures for your project. (URL) Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Windross" <dwindross@pacificcoast.net> wrote in message news:FrBxzy.A3G@lugnet.com... (...) figured (...) wings!) (...) counting (...) length. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) All with basic bricks and plates! I just build as I go...I almost never draw up plans when I'm building (That might be because I'm still a kid...no, wait I'm not, it's my Birthday today and I'm a teenager!) Erin -- (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) A friend of mine is actually cropping, designing, layering the pics to get a more realistic effect, but he has been busy for a several weeks and progress has been slow. If you want, I could email you a REALLY rough picture of the ship, so you (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) From the looks of that book, I bet the poster is the same or very similar to what I am looking for... Thanks, Chet (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I (...) page: (...) I _think_ I have a copy of this, but it is from a newspaper (the Toronto Star) with a Simpsons ad on it. Methinks it is likely from the "Lego World In Space" tour, and dates back to at least '88, if not before. I have the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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In lugnet.town, Brendan Coughlin writes: [SNIP] (...) Don't forget the Space Shuttle poster (P1). I have been trying to get one of these for the past few years. Anybody, anybody?????? If you don't know what I am talking about, I posted a picture of (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) wings!) (...) Go to (URL) click on models by LEGO, click on "airport". It also has a minifig scale 747. (...) Here's a page with a ship longer than Seaborn Brick(when are pics coming?), a DC-9 and a 757: (URL) set: <set:6601> (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Erin Windross wrote in message ... (...) wings!) (...) counting (...) Sorry Erin but a plane with those dimensions would NOT be welcome at Millennium City Airport. ;-) Why? Because the main runway is only 192 studs long and a paltry 18 studs wide. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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In lugnet.build, Kela Akira Kitkowski writes: <snip> (...) <snip> Not really. This is a family NG and the Terms & Conditions explicitly state: "5. (do not) Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.council)
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(...) No, not really. (...) That would be really cool! See if you can find it. :D eric (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.council)
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(...) Well, don't buy sets just to get the posters. I have a second copy of the same Divers set, and it didn't come with a poster. eric (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) got (...) Yeah, the one sheet posters are the ones that I'm talking about. I'm wondering if I would even bother to get the Star Wars Lego Posters if I don't even have Star Wars sets....same with the Fright Knights. But since they are Lego, it (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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One problem with double sided tape someone at the local Model Railroading Club told me; it rips off the paint on the table sometimes!! (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Don't feel too bad; my Father once built outta my legos (as a kid) a big-ass (can I say ass on here?) plane that almost looked like one of those cargo planes with propellers. I think I have a photo of the model stuffed into my boxes, so if I can dig (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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I was planning to build a realistic minifig scale Jumbo 747, then I figured out the dimensions of it, consequently I quit the whole project, because: A: It would be near 30 studs wide(God knows what that would be with the wings!) B: It would also be (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) There are lots of one-sheet posters inserted in some of the larger sets. I got a Fright Knights poster in the big Fright Knights castle (which I ordered from ETS DYA) and a Divers poster that I discovered last night in a set I was given as a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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There are two Star Wars Lego posters that I have, one with Darth Vader and the other with Darth Maul, with their hands outstretched and Lego pieces flying between them. I bought them at the Lego Imagination Center at Disney World, and they may still (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Good afternoon everyone. So I have been working on my Lego room basically all day now and I have some posters that I taped to the wall. This won't work very well so I'm getting them framed. I have 5 of these posters at the moment and I'm not sure (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) My experence in gluing came from attaching _heavy_ bridges to my bookshelves, and I didn't want them to move...so, I glued a 1x8 to the top of my bookshelves, and then attached the bridge to that. Double sided tape would be a better solution (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Well, still have to fiddle here and there... I'll figure it somehow...maybe a little testing aand experementation... (...) (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) How about double-sided sticky tape (or foam mounting pads) to hold the baseplates to teh table. Quick and easy. Kevin (25 years ago, 12-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) How about gluing "sacrificial" pieces onto the table. Green 1x6 plates, or such like (now that they are more common!) could be glued onto the table where you want to locate a baseplate. Then, take a 2x4 plate, and attach it on top of the 1x6 (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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I have thought about the possibility of building such a table. Being an ex-model railroader myself, I would probably build the landscape out of plaster-coated mesh (adding paint and grass afterwards). I thought it would be a good idea to embed green (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Erik: (...) Really nice. - And I like the "slide in apartments". Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Body parts are a worthwhile trade for monorail parts! (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Kela Akira Kitkowski <> wrote in message news:Fr708q.MKB@lugnet.com... (...) scence!! (...) I pretty much use any excuse possible to add a train (or some other tracked vehicle) to any LEGO model irrespective of how rediculous it might be. They have (...) (25 years ago, 11-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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I'd say forget the math and find the guy who did that elaborate pneumatics test with Mindstorms. He'd probably tell you to create a car that housed the RIS and hook the rotation sensor up to a wheel that rested on the track. Then you could keep (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Unfortunatly portions of your plot aren't of a 'family' nature- but the architecture of the house looks good! (...) I would welcome further input.- After all at the moment it looks like I'll have to build something of Haunted House myself. (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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Thanks, and who said about attaching a train? This is a countryside scence!! Just some Town and Paradisa Sets put on a tabletop and arranged to be abit spread apart. I think my comment on saying i'm using my Model Railroading Skills kinda threw you (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) It sits by the front door. Four pieces. (URL) The 2 orange pieces are from the Mos Espa Pos Race set. They're linked together by a technic half pin and topped with a round black plate. Brian (retreating back to the shadows) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) I...yes, I'm going to tell a story, I used to be into monorails ever since I was a little kid. I got to ride on the one in Seatle when I was eight. I thought it was awesome, so when the Futuron monorail came out, I HAD to have it. It's still (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks guys, glad you like it. As for me, this is the last time I try building on an incline! The rise is 1 plate per stud, and I have a staircase of black 6x12 plates overlapping by 1, with 4 plates in between making the step up. It takes 6 (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Urrp, I misspoke. Not quite -- not the way the monorail engine reverses direction. It depends which way you place the engine onto the track -- the gold teeth on the motor on one side or the other of the rail. --Todd (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Well, the curved monorail tracks aren't actually perfect circle segments, because the stanchion holes in the middle don't fit into an irrational point on the lattice, but they're not so far deformed from a perfect circle as to give a value of (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) A 1x1 round plate will fit in a 1/4" diameter hole nicely. This will allow trees and flowers to be placed on the board in various places for a more natural look. Just drill holes where you want to place your items. You could also use peg (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Brad Hamilton wrote in message ... (...) like (...) You probably can't see but I'm missing an arm and a leg. Reason? That's what it cost me to purchase the complete range of Monorail sets over the last couple of years. I missed out when the sets (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) computation? I read somewhere that the curved was 36cm's long. With each stud being about 7.8mm (7.8mm x 32 = 250cm (same size as a straight track)), therefore 46 studs = 36 cms. Sanjay -- Millennium City @ (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Monorail motors, however, use battery. My monorail motors have been running strong since 1993 and 1996. As the battery is used up more, than power weakens, but when you put in a new battery, its back to full speed. No idea on the speed though. (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I get 43.98... What value are you using for as a radius in the computation? --Todd (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Thats really neat. I like the idea of building on an incline. So far, my layouts have all been flat. Erik Olson <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:Fr52o5.F9q@lugnet.com... (...) earlier (...) hill! (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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You should feel HONORED that you even have a monorail! Some poor folks like me missed out on the whole monorail era. Hmm - I probably already complained about this to you. I've noticed that train engines definitely slow down over time. I bet the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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I have a couple of potential ideas. I'm assuming that it is ok to "modify" the table top, but you'd prefer not to mess up the LEGO sets. If you have a large flat piece (like a base plate with a building, trees, or horses), then you can put screws in (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) world (...) my (...) Yikes! I'd have run a mile...I mean, what would happen if they couldn't bring you back to normal at the end of it? Actualy DL Paris is running "Honey I Shrunk the Audience" at the momemt on a similar theme, all 3D glasses (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Does anyone know what the maximum speed the Airport monorail travels at (using a reasonably fresh battery). I'd appreciate it if the speed can be measured as studs per second (sps). I'd be interested to know if there is any difference between the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) earlier (...) Wonderful job. I'd love to get our folks, (WAMALUG) to do something inspiriringly simular. Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. Schamus)... (No, I don't work for TLC, but I want to...) Card carrying (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Currently, I am trying to find some Horse=related sets in LUGNET Marketplace. But, this post is not about that. Rather, I have a plan with those sets. I'm thinking of assembling the sets (or any open, loose, complete ones I can find) into a (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(URL) is the first installment of what I described under "Ponte Vecchio" earlier this year. It's a row of shops and apartments built on a steeply sloping hill! Much more to come, with a better camera I hope. (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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In lugnet.town, Jonathan Reynolds & Mark Herzberg say EuroDisney a success OK, no more Disney grumbling from me. I went to Epcot Center--my first dose of DisneyWorld since I was a wee one (when I was actually scared by the "Microscope" ride--your (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Farlie A wrote in message ... (...) conclusion (...) never (...) (URL) the models button and go Dark Hold Manor. (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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Erik said: (...) Ooo... That'd come with lots of brown pieces:). Alan Random set: <set:952> (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I'd go along with that Erik. I went to Euro-Disney 2 weeks ago "for the kids" and although we had had enough of the tacky pretence by the third day, it is obviously a massive success story. Even in February with temperatures just above (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks - Thpught they might have been LDrawn- POVed. (...) URL? Alex (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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The pumpkin graphics used in the contest site were made with Photoshop trickery. No minifig head were painted to make the contest graphics. I think Brian Nelson's entry had a pumpkin he made that was fairly elegant. Two side notes..... One: I built (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) I would say so. There are four theme parks in Florida, and one each in California, Paris, and Tokyo. Plus, in 2001 new theme parks in California and Tokyo, another theme park in Paris in 2002 and a duo of theme parks for Hong Kong and Florida (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Mark Herzberg wrote in message ... (...) can't (...) This coming Tuesday 14/3. It'll either be the Delux Tour or the Economy Tour depending on time. Sanjay -- Millennium City @ (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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How about a Community Center or a Government Office. Remember there has to be a public sector to your city and most of the Lego Cities that I have seen neglect the public sector! (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Let's form a trains-to-nowhere club. My train track goes under a bridge. The bridge is part of an important road that goes the breadth of my desk. Naturally the train track gets the short dimension. (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Ar! Pirates of the Carribean returning under guise of the Town lineup! But is Disney World marketable worldwide? (Euro-Disney is a byword among US comics.) Imagine if Lego were working with Disney to do a just-in-time deluxe movie special (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) tyres) on (...) Touche Kyle Henneberque P.S. how do you put the little accent on the "e" in touche. (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) No, not yet. It will be though. Every week I tell myself that this weekend I am going to take out the video camera and take some stills and upload them, and every weekend I get to lazy. This weekend I am way too busy, but I will hopefully have (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Mark, is this posted on the web some place? I'm always hot to see new town expansions. Mark Herzberg <carorvan@aol.com> wrote in message news:Fr140M.I4o@lugnet.com... (...) around (...) lt- (...) LEGO (...) sets, (...) room (...) it (...) order (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Today my nephew and I made a few updates to my city. Mainly circulating around Anthony B. Plaza, inspired by Sanjay's Sanford Plaza. I have begun placing lt- grey tiles all arounds. I obviously have a lot left, and am waiting for LEGO Direct to (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) (which I think is the funnest part about planning a LEGO city), I would like to place my 2150 and 4555 along the city edges. With track leading to nowhere. I will be dealing mainly with a monorail. There will be four stops. Airport, Downtown, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) $51. (...) No hard feelings at all. It is not your fault at all, all you did was place a bid. It is a neat little set, though. However, I was sort of disapointed to open the box and see the set come assembled! I assume people ship LEGO sets (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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<snip> (...) I would pay for that--but only if the included Mr. Toad's Wilds Ride. One of the more interesting ideas I've heard in awhile. Brian (bbq) Sauls (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) The Disney line-up, arriving in July, will cover Mickey, Minnie and Friends. Although it uses SYSTEM/FABULAND elements, it is being marketed, at least in the US, as DUPLO. Older kids don't go for Mickey & Friends. And while Disney does have (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Um, here's a lot of ideas from last year's halloween design contest (URL) "Horror" section's 2nd entry is a haunted house by Robert Phillip (...) -- dave (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) As I remeber, the halloween contest had some very well thought out entries, try visiting their site. The address escapes me now, but there is a link on craig's page. -John Rudy (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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Hello, My name is Alex Farlie. I DO NOT WORK FOR TLG/TLC. I am however working on developing a haunted house concept to send to them. I am preparing a Director presentation to show off the idea. Problem is I need graphics-Preferably JPG. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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(...) There is also the full range of Disney properties to negotiate and license... (Shudder!) Lego has not yet done a superheroes line. (Hmm.. please bring out a bullet train for Superman to pick up..) I wonder if some kind of cyber-themed clone of (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Why don't you think they will do indian/persian/etc or Greco Roman? Also what about an oriental theme? They could do that (Oh wait a minute, they already did. it was called ninja and it sucked). -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) It actually all has to do with the market. The US City Centre range is 21 sets, and S@H still carries many discontinued models, bringing the total to over 30, probably because of lack of sales. The US train range continues with 11 sets, plus (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I assume that you are refering to the wheels that were also used (without tyres) on the pirate cannon bases? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Brad Hamilton wrote in message ... (...) When I left my previous job I got a chocolate cake with a Belville set on it. Not sure of the set number but it was the one with the girl on the beach scene. Looked quite cool, but I was careful to remove it (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.town)
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Let's not forget, they also made those wheels in white, and I love those wheels! They are one of the hallmarks of the era, when all the really nice sets came out. The wheels they introduced in the late '80s that snap on were ok. The nice thing was (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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