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(...) (snip) (...) Thank you Steve! :-) With the price of gas these days, I'm not sure I'll attend each and every ParLUGment meeting. But I'll try to go to Railfair, and if I do I'll bring some MOCs for sure. Pierre (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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(...) (snip) (...) Thanks! Sorry, no instructions available at the moment. Pierre (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) (snip) (...) (snip) (...) Thank you Jonathan! As you can see on my cement mixer folder, the shape of the "mixing section" is an idea from (URL) Doug Eaton>. I just made it longer and motorized it. It is powered with a train speed regulator at (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thank you Brian. :-) I always try to build at minifig scale and realistically as much as possible. Pierre (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) (snip) (...) Merci! :-) Pierre (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Bonjour Pierre, J'ai pas grand chose à rajouter à ce que je t'ai dit depuis le début, depuis le jour ou j'ai fait (URL) cet article> il y a maintenant 2 ans presque jour pour jour. J'avais "flashé" sur tes modèles, et j'en suis toujours pas (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Wow! Your town vehicles are simply amazing. You've managed to keep them minifig-scaled, AND make them so realistic! They really put LEGO-designed vehicles to shame. Like many others, I would also buy a bunch of your MOCs if the mother company (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Pierre, As far as I am concerned, when it comes to realistic town vehicles, you are the man. You build them on a continual and consistant basis and do it incredibly well. Your eye for the right details and color is first rate. My favorite here (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) I love this! I also love the camping trailer: (URL) Camping Trailer> These are just dying for a landscape. I can see the campers parked in a wooded campground with minifigs gathered around a campfire roasting marshmallows. Jeff (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) SNIP (...) Wonderful MOCs, do you have ldraw or instructions? Lester (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Dear LEGO, You would save me a great deal of trouble if you made some or all of Pierre's MOCs into sets. This would save me having to buy all those pieces on Bricklink. Your choice, I either pay some vendor(s) on Bricklink for the parts or I (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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Cool! (...) (19 years ago, 18-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) No kidding! Dear LEGO, in the My Own Creation line you have now done Castle (Blacksmith Shop), Trains (Santa Fe Cars), and microscale (new factory line sets). It's time for Town, and you should start with something from Pierre's folder. Bruce (19 years ago, 17-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Dear Lego, Pierre's MOCs are an outstanding example of what the future of the Lego city lineup could be. This folder represents the diversity of themes, the realism and the quality that Lego town fans (both old AND young) would love to see on (...) (19 years ago, 17-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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Hi all, It's been a long time since I updated my folder on Brickshelf with new stuff. I just added quite a few pictures. Some are new mocs, some are old mocs with new pictures, and some are pictures of mocs built for some time now but never shown (...) (19 years ago, 17-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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The citizens of my tiny little Sierra Nevada town needed to tend to their spiritual needs. So a preacher moved in and soon a nice little church, complete with cemetary, was seen on the street: (URL) The whole spiritual gallery: (URL) Steve (19 years ago, 15-Sep-05, to lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wierd. I get similar results on both URLs: % lynx -dump -head (URL) Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:33:36 GMT Server: Apache/2.0.54 (Debian GNU/Linux) Content-Location: index.en.html Vary: negotiate,accept,acc...t-language TCN: choice Last-Modified: Mon, (...) (19 years ago, 14-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(URL) Not much to it yet. I modified the blue building a bit since the last time I posted it. Neither of them open. I didn't have the tiles or the plates to make floors and roofs that could lift off. Maybe some of the other ones will be able to. (...) (19 years ago, 14-Sep-05, to lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Hi Adrian (...) It is an extraordinaryily useful substance, isn't it? :) If you haven't seem my discussion on making custom elements, have a look here for lots more techniques and suchlike: (URL) When painting that small, do you use stencils or (...) (19 years ago, 14-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.town)
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No this one is weird: (...) For some reason in Safari, that or (URL) to a file, though if I open the file it is fine. Your server doesn't seem to return a header like "Content-Type: text/html" in response to plain GET (URL) or anything else but it's (...) (19 years ago, 14-Sep-05, to lugnet.town)
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(...) [ (URL) ] (...) Better like this? (URL) When you say Litir is built different from the other parts of Bregnerod (...) Not only the vertical plates. With "Litir" I also experimented with a combination of uniform columns and beams with square (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I can't follow this link... When you say Litir is built different from the other parts of Bregnerod do you mean the vertical plate style? Yet the warehouse is a little bit like that too. On your zoning project, I liked the corner entrance and (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.town)
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Excellent work! I've never thought of using epoxy putty to build up a custom lego element, but it seems perfectly suited to the job - I do use it for all sorts of other household repairs. Love that stuff. When painting that small, do you use (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.town)
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There's a new cafe on a corner in Bregnerod: (URL) construction is based on the ideas I earlier experimented with when I built Litir, (URL). On the ground floor you find the "Square Ghost Cafe" and on the top floor an apartment. To ease access to (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc)
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Well, after 5 years and almost 2 million page views, I decided that brickfrenzy.com's late 1990's design had worn out its welcome. So I set out to design a new one. But since I am no good with PHP and CSS, I needed help. So with the assistance of a (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.publish, FTX) !!
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(...) Thanks. I have uploaded some more images now. Comments and explanations will follow later. Play well, Jacob (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Lego Factory is not available in Europe, yet. I heard it will not be introduced in Europe before the end of this year, so you either have to wait until next year, or have someone in America order it for you and ship it to you. Regards, Niels (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) I like the construction waste bin on site. (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.town)
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Yesterday Katrine asked me to come up with a construction task for her. The task I came up with was to construct a building at an intersection of two streets in a town with strict local zoning regulations, which require shops, cafés or similar (...) (19 years ago, 9-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc)
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(...) *blush* Thank you for your kind words. (...) You're looking at the one and only. :) (...) Thanks. I think it came out pretty well. A fair amount of work to do, but not especially _hard_ work once you've cracked the trick of how to do the (...) (19 years ago, 7-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.town)
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(...) This IS a fine art work! I love it! How many hundreds did you make so far??? ;~D I really like the hat. Congrats, JM (lugnet#98) (...) (19 years ago, 7-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.town)
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A familiar uniform on a minifig MOC ===...=== Hi everyone. I thought that some of you might be interested in a recently completed custom minifig of mine - a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in dismounted full dress scarlet. Thanks to (...) (19 years ago, 7-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.town) !!
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This is fantastic, Ria. You've really captured the curvy-licious essence of my favorite building in the whole wide world. Your low-angle camera shots are particularly yummy. Oh, dear. Now I'm hungry. (...) Get thee! I could sit across the street (...) (19 years ago, 7-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) The helix is just a 7-foot long wall of 1x2s wrapped around a technic frame. I couldn't do an interior because of all the supports and framework I had to build in; I considered building an interior just where there were windows, but never (...) (19 years ago, 7-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thank you! I debated about putting the rhino up, as I was hoping to get one of the new Viking horns first to use instead of the dual-horn I have now. And there's no need to apologize; up until this summer my name was Reed Anderson. (19 years ago, 7-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! I'd love to see it in an SCLTC layout, too, but I doubt it would survive the trip... Ria (19 years ago, 7-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Simply amazing. How did you handle the helix? Is there any interior? I love how all your projects deal with "nonstandard" part connections to make curved shapes. Your animal folder is particularly inspiring and fun. Great work! Darrell (19 years ago, 6-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Ria, This is outstanding! I love the number of ways you've made curved shapes, especially (URL) this one> built of stacked plates. Btw, your other recent creations are great as well. That rhino is especially cute. "Gingivere" = Ria Anderson? I have (...) (19 years ago, 6-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Ria- Exceedingly well done! You have taken on a iconic structure that is very difficult to render in bricks and done a very beautiful job. I'd love to get that into an SCLTC layout! You've added more proof to the maxim that there's nothing (...) (19 years ago, 6-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(URL) Inspired by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Built from photographs, as I've never been to the real thing. (URL) PLMKWYT, Ria (URL) Brickshelf Gallery> (19 years ago, 6-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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(...) Brilliant! I've done an Art-Deco stlye office building (The Offset Building, so called because of extensive use of jumper plates) seen at some UK train displays. I'd really like to do more Art-Deco. A good respurce is (URL) (19 years ago, 6-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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"It was a singular sight which met our eyes. On the table stood a dark-lantern with the shutter half open, throwing a brilliant beam of light upon the iron safe, the door of which was ajar. Beside this table, on the wooden chair, sat Dr. Grimesby (...) (19 years ago, 6-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town, lugnet.adventurers) !
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(...) That's the best...actually make that the only snowthrower I've seen in LEGO - minifig scale or otherwise. Nice Job! David Gregory (19 years ago, 6-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town, FTX)
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"I find that before the terrible event occurred several people had seen a creature upon the moor which corresponds with this Baskerville demon, and which could not possibly be any animal known to science. They all agreed that it was a huge creature, (...) (19 years ago, 5-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town)
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(...) Jim has a good eye for design realism. I had the pleasure of meeting him on August 13 during the Downtown Detroit Historic Theatre Tours, where I was a guide and he a visitor. Jim did a wonderful job on building Detroit's famous 1928 Fisher (...) (19 years ago, 5-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Very nice building, Jim. Glad to know someone is on the case of bringing more art deco architecture to LEGO towns. :) Hope to see more! (...) WOW! Your Fisher building is incredible! Holy moley! Absolutely inspirational. I'm dumbfounded both by the (...) (19 years ago, 5-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, this will become a familiar site in just a few months.... (URL) Folder after moderation: (URL) -Elroy (19 years ago, 5-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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(...) Thanks, Ludo I am not sure but my link may be bringing you directly to the US store. You may need to go to the LEGO Factory site and find the model and select it from there. Maybe that is worth a try. If you put my "ekingsley" in the search (...) (19 years ago, 4-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Hi Eric, Verry nice model, but there's one problem for me IF i would like to order a copy of it. I can't add it to my cart! I live in Belgium and it's impossible to add to the cart. If i change the country to 'United States', then is it (...) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thanks... First, you would need to buy 3 Building Bonanza sets to build this, mainly because of the windows. I suppose this is one of the good points in terms of LEGO Factory because it would cost me just under $90 to buy it that way were it (...) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Hey, This looks really good. It looks as if it would be an alternate model for set (URL) 4886, Building Bonanza>. Did you have that in mind? (Maybe there are more bricks or windows in your MOC than in 4886, though.) Are there floors on the interior (...) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Below is an image with a link to a short artcle and link to a larger image of my first LDD MOC. The article has a link to the model on the LEGO site if you are interested in how much it would cost to order it. (URL) LMKWYT, Eric Kingsley (URL) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) I kept meaning to post a reply to this and I've finally got around to it. I really love this building! I've made a couple of art-deco buildings myself but never even close to this one. Thank you for sharing it! Tim (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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"...a personal contest between the two men ended, as it could hardly fail to end in such a situation, in their reeling over, locked in each other's arms. Any attempt at recovering the bodies was absolutely hopeless, and there, deep down in that (...) (19 years ago, 2-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town, lugnet.adventurers)
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I've made a minifig-scale air hockey table, as well as I could given the LEGO Factory constraints and the desire to keep the price as close to reasonable as I could (which is to say, I built it from a single kit — this was before the bag inventories (...) (19 years ago, 1-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) lower cost. ondrew (19 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Hmmm... they look like dark bluish gray to me. Black would be nice, though! Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (19 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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"Jim Garrett" <jsgarrett@twmi.rr.com> wrote in message news:IM0on4.1oGG@lugnet.com... (...) Very nice Jim! I like the graduated stripes at the corners especially, and the way you've dealt with the newer style roadplates. Good use of train windows (...) (19 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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I notice in the latest S@H catalog that the roadplates seem to have changed again. They are now all black with white printing, and come in packages containing either a straight with an X, or a curve with a T. I can see there being an awful lot of (...) (19 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.town)
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Greetings: Here is my attempt to address a major problem: the near total absence of Art Deco architecture in the Lego townscape. This is a minifig scale version of a typical Miami Art Deco hotel from around 1930. Check out the (URL) MOC pages> for (...) (19 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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(...) This looks like a decent MOC that *could* be available as a "MINI" scale item or a simple micro offering. I think this is a good example of one of the main drawbacks with this current setup. Has anyone put out a parts' pallete listing yet? (19 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I know he's supposed to be getting a tattoo on his rear end, but (URL) just looks so effing wrong. RWGPKU (19 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Matt, I could not agree with you more on this point. I have the past three Playmobil catalogs and they are a fantastic source of inspiration. Playmobil puts out a product line that really resembles LEGO of the late 80's & 90's. Strong themes and (...) (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.town)
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| | De Plane Boss, De Plane! And a Joe Vig Vignette (not risque this time, but a little off color)
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Heres a vig to celebrate freak's new profession: (URL) Joe Vig has a bad reaction to a candy bar: (URL) My entire vignette gallery: (URL) Steve (19 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town)
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(...) Having a MOC that you were right next to at BF, thanks. ;-) I thought it was a great re-creation of the Playmobile set. During the summer we did a gift exchange in my LUG and one of the gifts was a re-creation of a Playmobile showjumping set. (...) (19 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) something to build out of Lego. I picked up a playmobile catalog about a month ago and overall, it is everything that Lego _should_ be and isn't. - They have a wide variety of themes that continue for years - All minifigures are happy, even (...) (19 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.town)
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Hi there, I have some old sets, without the stickers, long lost since my childhood. I tried to search on internet, but I haven't found good quality scans (printable). Anyone can help me? I need the scans of the stickers in sets 6363 or 374, for (...) (19 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Joe Vig Meets a Lady (A Little Risque)
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(...) It's a little off-color, but I don't think it's too bad. I mean, the violent mishaps to which poor Joe has been subjected might likewise garner more than a PG-rating, so Stephen is just pushing the envelope in another direction. For that (...) (19 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town)
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Nathan, cap yourself. I love it. It's a prime example of the sort of truly warped mindset Lugnet is all too short on. Good choice of faces and a good presentation - it goes from merely sleazy to disturbing very nicely :D. Soren (19 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town) !
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(...) I...honestly...don't like it. I just don't like the idea of putting innocent Joe into "adult" situations like this. I prefer G and at the most PG rated humor for vignettes. -- Nathan Wells (19 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town)
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This one is a little risque... (URL) (19 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town) !
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(...) Looks great! I hope to see this on LEGO Factory soon... it's the sort of model I would most likely buy for our town layout. Best, – Joe (19 years ago, 22-Aug-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Two Joe Vig Vignettes
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Two Joe Vig Vignettes First, I had this idea to make a pool table. I wanted to do a pub scene, but the pool table was too big. So I changed it to Joe Vig. So I present Joe Vig getting hustled at pool: (URL) Second, Joe Vig takes a very wrong turn on (...) (19 years ago, 22-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town)
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| | Viva Las Vegas!
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"Bright light city gonna set my soul Gonna set my soul on fire Got a whole lot of money that’s ready to burn, So get those stakes up higher There’s a thousand pretty women waitin’ out there And they’re all livin’ devil may care And I’m just the (...) (19 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town)
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| | new moc: beach house
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this latest moc, a luxury beach house, (2 URLs) was designed to accommodate the friends and aquaintances who can always find their way to someone's beach house. the house is completely symetrical and modular to allow for compact packing. the main (...) (19 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX) !
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The eating pizza in turnout gear bit is interestingly accurate - it is against the rules in many fire departments, because it dirties building floors, but its a rule that people can break freely. It really depends on the type of gear the FD uses - (...) (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.town)
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NWBrickCon 2005 is coming up on October 7--9 in Seattle. Registration is possible at (URL) September 9. If you plan to display MOCs or other displays, or have any related questions, please contact the appropriate coordinator (preferably by October (...) (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.western) !!
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(...) Actually, if their speed is anything like the Navy (probably faster) then they don a full ensemble in less than 2 min. -Orion (19 years ago, 11-Aug-05, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I dont know about the hats but I would think that if they are "on duty", they would be wearing as close to full kit as is comfortable/possible so that when the alarm goes off, they dont need to spend 10 minutes getting ready (which would mean (...) (19 years ago, 11-Aug-05, to lugnet.town)
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Hey, Very nice! All smooth and tile-y. Perhaps my favorite details are the helicopter landing pad and the numbers on the garage doors. The cliff in back is very well landscaped, and it's good to see interior spaces for their off-time. One critique, (...) (19 years ago, 10-Aug-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: You can't fight in here! Its the War Room!
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"Leonard Hoffman" <lahoffma@mailer.fsu.edu> wrote in message news:IL0rxF.17xy@lugnet.com... (...) Well, duh, Lenny. It's OBVIOUSLY on another planet and you have to get to another planet through SPACE! :P Rob (19 years ago, 10-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space)
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(...) It's an interesting Vignette. I kinda expected a diorama from Dr.Stranglove, tho :( But a question - how is this space? Tan uniforms, the maps, and the battleground thingee all make me think WW2 at the latest - more like a Victorian era (...) (19 years ago, 10-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space)
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Hi, have a look at my large fire station. It's purely fictitious - I've never been to the real fire station, so there may be things which are illogical :) (URL) the vehicles are LEGO, except for the large 'tank' car (I'm lacking the terminology (...) (19 years ago, 10-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !
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| | Re: North to Alaska, We're Going North, The Rush is On!
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(...) Have you ever heard the Dwight Yoakum version? It's pretty good. Nice little vig - it'd be neat to see a series of these. Too bad those dogs don't come in real gray. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (19 years ago, 10-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | North to Alaska, We're Going North, The Rush is On!
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"Sam crossed the majestic mountains, To the valleys far below, He talked to his team of huskies, As he mushed 'em through the snow, With the northern lights a-running wild, In the land of the midnight sun, Yes,Sam McCord was a mighty man, In the (...) (19 years ago, 10-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.western, lugnet.town)
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(URL) The whole gallery (also containing other vignettes): (URL) Steve (19 years ago, 10-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.western, lugnet.town, lugnet.space)
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I didn't have the pleasure to attend the NMRA National Train Show in Cincinnati, but many MichLUG members did. I've interview a few of those members to create an intriguing report. (URL) Read the Interviews/Report>. Also lots of pictures from Jim (...) (19 years ago, 9-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Re: This van is more than meets the eye...
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(...) Hello Stephen, allthouh I'm not a transformer fan I see the difficulties you run in when you try to build one. Most of them just look good in one mode and totally off in the other. Your camshaft is a well done van which would fit into every (...) (19 years ago, 9-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | "We're not sinking! We're crashing!"
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Another in my series on Indy inspired vignettes: (URL) Indy Gallery: (URL) Vignette Gallery: (URL) (19 years ago, 8-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town)
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In lugnet.space, Stephen Pakbaz wrote: snip Cool Transformers, all three. It's hard enough to make a posable mech out of Lego, but then figuring out how to fold it up into a vehicle? Amazing skills, man. (19 years ago, 8-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Looking for a few good figs (Jack Stone) for BrickFest
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Hi All, I inadvertently built a MOC for the "Building the Trust" historic building contest in Jack Stone scale and now I need some figs! I was wondering if any one had some Firemen figs that they want to get rid of. That they can bring to BrickFest. (...) (19 years ago, 6-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.town)
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(...) Wow cool! I've never been highlighted before. Thanks. Glad you like my stuff. I'm still tinkering with a few more ideas. I'll let you know if anything comes of it. - Stephen Pakbaz (19 years ago, 6-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.town)
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Wow, that is so cool! ....and it fits so well together in vehicle mode. Thanks for all the pictures too. YAY! (Highlighted!) e (19 years ago, 6-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.town)
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Thanks for the comments! I recently picked up Adobe GoLive and hope to start working on a website soon. -Steven (19 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.town)
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Hello everyone, I have updated my site with a new original Transformer! The newest member of the Autobots is called Camshaft. He is a transforming black surveillance van. This model is very articulate and well disguised. It also looks great in robot (...) (19 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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I posted these pics to brickshelf a while ago, but never got around to mentioning it. Every Lego Town set up should have some bike messengers. -D (URL) (19 years ago, 4-Aug-05, to lugnet.town)
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(...) You are lucky! The only thing I've ever found at a flea market is a mint 9604 for $2. -Brandon (19 years ago, 4-Aug-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) I'm lucky there's A HUGE flea market every sunday a few towns over from me and I almost always find Lego there. (19 years ago, 4-Aug-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: COLTC Display at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus, Ohio
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for those of you that do not know John: (URL) He is the one that started the COLTC skyscraper thingie with his LeVeque tower about 2 years ago. I also know he did NOT say LEGOs, that's the acuracy of the press for ya! Last year the fair drew over 1 (...) (19 years ago, 4-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.events, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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| | Re: COLTC Display at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus, Ohio
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(...) Here are some pictures of the display... (URL) John (19 years ago, 4-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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