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(...) Yeah, that's not fun :( It might be violating copyright, but look for a gift in your inbox :) (...) Well that seems like a big problem, I've cross-posted to .lego.direct, to let them know about it. ROSCO (19 years ago, 25-Dec-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Thanks Rosco, I will, but that does not really help me with the semi assembled set standing around in the living room. It also seems to be a bigger problem since in the 1000Steine Forum in Germany other people had the same problem. Regards, Henk (19 years ago, 25-Dec-05, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Hi Henk, You should contact LEGO customer service - it might be a bit slow due to holidays, but they should replace the instructions for you. ROSCO (19 years ago, 25-Dec-05, to lugnet.town)
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Amado, I really like the windows, and the ability to remove the roof. I've always been a fan of horseshoe shaped inn's myself. Jon Furman lugnet #1123 Ps, the ox in the back is cool, I'd love to build one, is there another picture of it. (19 years ago, 25-Dec-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Hi, I need help with my christmas present. My 7249 is missing the instruction for bag number 2, so the front motor element. If anybody could send me a scan of that so I could finish the set I would be very happy. Regards and merry christmas, Henk (19 years ago, 25-Dec-05, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Christmas 2005 MOC
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(...) Hi John, I love the small details of this moc and the action. The man holding presents really looks like he is falling. The curved snow, and snow patches (perhaps ice patches would be more convincing for slipping) at angles are great. I also (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-05, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Merry Christmas, All! For this holiday, I present to you a slice of a winter wonderland... (URL) (Click pic for MOCpages, or (URL) here> if you prefer Brickshelf!) Enjoy, and please let me know what you think! -John "J1A3L5" Langrish. (19 years ago, 24-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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(URL) An entry for the Medieval Life category.> (URL) AC (19 years ago, 23-Dec-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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I've added a new train and monorail station to the BrickTopia Airport. Click on the picture below to see it: (URL) Also, the monorail has been upgraded to a new, all-glass model (again, click on the image to see more): (URL) Finally, I've cleaned up (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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| | "St. Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go..."
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Gather 'round ladies and gentlemen and we take another look to the world beyond the grave... The realm of the spirits... where the dead don't rest quietly... (URL) OK, so it didn't need the dramatic introduction... but guess Joe Vig never heard, you (...) (19 years ago, 22-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Can't See The Forest For The Trees?
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(...) Thanks for the kind words, Ondrew. The rods I used were purchased at a hobby store and were manufactured by K&S Engineering Chicago, IL. They are 1/8" diameter. But don't take my word for it-- do as I did and take a few 2x2 round bricks to ye (...) (19 years ago, 19-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Poor, poor Santa (nobody beats the wizz)
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Holiday greetings to everyone. I'm just back from a monthlong trip to India and now catching up on all the new MOCs I missed while away from the internet. I came across these MOCs on (URL) Golden Shpleem> and thought they were great. I assumed (...) (19 years ago, 19-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Classic Castle Winter Outpost
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(URL) An entry for the Classic Castle category.> (URL) AC (19 years ago, 17-Dec-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Christmas Greetings
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Its time for my annual virtual Christmas Card: (URL) (19 years ago, 17-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town, lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Need building tips for a church
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(...) It is a very nice church, but not one I made. The builder is actually Amy Hughes of the (URL) MichLUG> (Although my sigfig attends that church on occasion ((URL) 8 wide in the front row>:-) JOHN (19 years ago, 16-Dec-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Need building tips for a church
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"John" <John@TCLTC.org> skrev i melding news:IrLpzz.208s@lugnet.com... (...) Ouups :) (...) to (...) schematics, (...) film to (...) Actually I built most of the church (finaly got the spelling correct?) just from memory, and the pictures I found (...) (19 years ago, 16-Dec-05, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Yes, it is (crossposting to .building and .general would be appropriate as well) (...) Wow, that is a beautiful church (note the spelling:-) (...) Well, when I build from real life, I use anything and everything I can to help me recreate my (...) (19 years ago, 16-Dec-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Hi Øyvind, (...) Seems a good group to me. Just to let you know, the English word is spelt "church". (...) I don't build much town straight from photos but when I do I take the approach of finding the features that I most want to concentrate on and (...) (19 years ago, 16-Dec-05, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Can't See The Forest For The Trees?
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(...) ("thumbed" the pic above) (...) No, Adrian, that's about as close as I got to those and, unfortunately, those trees gave their lives to help produce the new ones;-) Fortunately, though, those trees are quite easy to recreate-- they are merely (...) (19 years ago, 16-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Need building tips for a curch
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Hello people, I'm not sure if this is the right group to ask for those questions, but I try anyway :) I have set my mind to make a model of a curch from my home-town. How do you aproach such a task? Do you use only photos or do you use drawings from (...) (19 years ago, 16-Dec-05, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Can't See The Forest For The Trees?
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(...) You just might see them in a scene in '06 ;-) But looking over other photos in the folder, I caught sight of some offerings I really like esp. the trees in the lower left (kinda look like trees in my neighborhood): (URL) Do you have some more (...) (19 years ago, 16-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Can't See The Forest For The Trees?
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(...) Well John, you've done it again. You and your son Ross never cease to amaze me with your creative thinking. Fortunately I had the forethought to pickup a sizeable amount of the castle foliage last year so I’ll have to try this out. I may (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: John Neal: Have you finished this building?
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(...) Nothing against the lego version or its creator, but I knew you'd fix the colors. :o) I was thinking reddish brown, but I think you're right with the dark green. Save the reddish brown for the bar. I am really looking forward to this, John. (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: John Neal: Have you finished this building?
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(...) You know, as I look at these two: (2 URLs) I think dark green is definitely in order, as well as perhaps light yellow for the interior walls. And yes, I agree, it is a great work. It had a profound affect on me when I first saw it as an art (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) That IS cool. What an amazing painter Hopper was. . . Thanks, Tim. Jonathan (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, kinda like that;-) Kewl. Looks like I've got a headstart on that project! Thanks for the link, Tim! JOHN (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: John Neal: Have you finished this building?
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--SNIP-- (...) You mean like this ;) (URL) (not my model) Tim (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Steampunk diorama
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Hi all, Recently I was looking through the CSF stampunk inspirations galleries and found (URL) this picture>. I thought this was pretty cool since it combined a train, some town and some pipes. Rather than using it for inspiration, I decided to (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: John Neal: Have you finished this building?
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(...) Thanks for those additional links. I understand what you're saying. I am so hungry for dark red bricks in bulk that it is not funny. (...) Hmm, could be. I may experiment with this technique tonight or tomorrow. (...) That will be great! I (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Can't See The Forest For The Trees?
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(...) This is easier said than done (tried it-- one time). The other method was safer, quicker, and more efficient. JOHN (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: John Neal: Have you finished this building?
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(...) Personally, I don't think that they are too thick and bulky looking. When creating such a structure, the builders would simply flip up on end the bricks with which they are building to create the lintel. That pic you've selected is actually a (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Can't See The Forest For The Trees?
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(...) D'oh! Insert the tube first- then trim it with something... (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | John Neal: Have you finished this building?
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(URL) I was poking through your Brickshelf gallery yesterday and noticed this. I have long been thinking about a similar approach to the lintels. I am interested in seeing how it came out. I am not really getting a good idea of whether or not they (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Can't See The Forest For The Trees?
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(...) Hey, Chris- Ha, thought you were stuck with a bunch of Simpsons individual stringettes, eh? (sorry; obscure python reference) Yeah, recycle those babies! They need be only 3 mm long! But mind you: My "***Mutilation Alert***" also applied to my (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Can't See The Forest For The Trees?
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(...) Don't forget yellow, orange and red for trees in autumn. David (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) They'd look really *bleeping*'n good in a scene with any one of (URL) these>! :-) Thanks, Adrian! JOHN (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, J-1! Well, we're working on it:-) It has always been my dream to build trees like these since I got inspired by seeing yours so many years ago: (URL) Wow. They seemed huge at the time! JOHN (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Can't See The Forest For The Trees?
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(...) snipped (...) Dude! Those are too *bleep*'n good! For a while I was asking myself what I should be looking for at PAB (the old gray is all but gone these days). Now I know what I should be looking for. Adr. (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Can't See The Forest For The Trees?
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(...) Oh yea, sign me up for a few thousand of those if they ever show up in bulk. And maybe (ok, I admit - I'm dreaming now!) in a few other shades of green? Nice trees! Now, you'll need a bigger layout! ;-) JohnG, GMLTC (19 years ago, 14-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Can't See The Forest For The Trees?
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(...) John..very cool.As for cutting the tubing MichLTC guys will tell ya a couple of years back I cut alot of that black tubing for my trees before I changed the design(now I'm stuck with alot of those cut up tubing)...but looks like I may have (...) (19 years ago, 14-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Factory Building
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I tried to distinguish the top floor by changing the window pattern. It is really subtle when you look square on to the face of the building but when you're at 3/4 view they get rather exaggerated. Maybe I'll go back to the same pattern as below and (...) (19 years ago, 14-Dec-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Factory Building
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(...) Looks good. Looks like an industrial type building: "nothing fancy" is the way it should be in my book. I love the color. The pattern on the top floor windows kind of hurt my eyes, though. Have you considered putting lattice fences over the (...) (19 years ago, 14-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Factory Building
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Hi All, Jeremy Rear and I (GPLR) got together last night and finished up this new factory building. Nothing too fancy, built with a bunch of airplane windows from Pick-a-Brick. It's bley and dark bley with a couple red embelishments. I need to add a (...) (19 years ago, 14-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Fun With LEGO® "Hot Wheels" (Pics)
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(...) Probably "tuned" since the current term for such a car is an import tuner. Currently, I'm working on a (real life) Honda Accord 2dr EX coupe myself... Back on topic, though, I like the red one Ross! -Rob www.brickmodder.net (19 years ago, 14-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Fun With LEGO® "Hot Wheels" (Pics)
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(...) Coolness. Long low and mean looking. J2 builds big, but Ross builds well! (unless, tell us, did Ross build those big trees too??) (19 years ago, 14-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Fun With LEGO® "Hot Wheels" (Pics)
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(...) Indeed. The came out very nice. I just love most of the little racers sets and throw a few in the cart whenever I am shopping for other things at Target. One of the pictures reminds me of Fridays and Saturdays in desolate areas of Brooklyn and (...) (19 years ago, 14-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Fun With LEGO® "Hot Wheels" (Pics)
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I bought a bunch of the new little Racer sets (I affectionately call them "LEGO Hot Wheels":-) because they contain so many of the fun new elements, and my son Ross started playing around with them, and (URL) voila>. Some good schleiming going on in (...) (19 years ago, 14-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Can't See The Forest For The Trees?
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Perhaps it is because the forest is blocked by (URL) these>:-) No, these aren't from James Whitmore's garden [1], they are part of the TCLTC's next building phase! There isn't much to them in terms of building complexity, but I think that they have (...) (19 years ago, 14-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Bulls Ice Peak Castle
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(...) I like the use of brown in the castle; it fits in with the Bulls faction very well. Not sure why there's a Star Wars disclaimer at the bottom of the page though. David (19 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Bulls Ice Peak Castle
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(URL) An entry for the Castle category.> (URL) AC (19 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | New Truck with Train Trestle?
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This is intriguing: (URL) I am interested in seeing how that trestle works. I'd imagine the width could be changed. Looks like it is set up as 8 wide here. Jonathan (19 years ago, 12-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Apartment Block model: new pictures, new kit coming
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(...) Nearly forgot to post here, that the Apartment Block kit is now ready for ordering! If you're interested, please take a look here: (URL) I set the ordering cutoff for the first run to Friday, since that's today, I will extend the cutoff to (...) (19 years ago, 9-Dec-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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| | Oh Tannenbaum, Oh Tannenbaum...
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This little guy is coming with me to sit on my desk at work: (URL) (19 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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| | several new MOCs
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First I'll just link to a post about using paper attached to studs for decoration. I forgot to post it to announce.moc, so here it is: (URL) I got the new white (4416) & blue (4417) Xpods over the weekend & here's the results: (4 URLs) heres a ship (...) (19 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Vikings Skull Island
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An entry to the Viking category; (URL) AC (19 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | First Night Columbus teaser mini display
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On December 31, from 7 PM - sometime after midnight (happy new year!), COLTC will display at the First Night Columbus celebration. (2 URLs) This is a city-wide event, with many bands and artists performing. We will have a beautiful room to ourselves (...) (19 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Pictures from Legoworld
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I've finally organised my pictures from Legoworld, back in October. Brikshelf link is this once moderated: (URL) Some previews, starting with my model of the actual Royal Train - the train and the windmill layout all had to fit in airline luggage: (...) (19 years ago, 4-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.legoworld, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX) !
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| | did anyone ever post pictures of The LEGO® Millyard Project phase 4?
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Hey guys, I was looking through some pictures tonight, looking for ideas and it dawned on me that I don't recall anyone posting pictures of The LEGO® Millyard Project phase 4. Did anyone post pictures/ a summery of what happened that weekend? The (...) (19 years ago, 3-Dec-05, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Apartment Block model: new pictures, new kit coming
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(...) to do the same layout for each. You have very nice models (...) Thanks Janey. My rationale was that this is an older building, pre-war, and so the interiors would have been remodeled, probably at different times by different people, and would (...) (19 years ago, 27-Nov-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Apartment Block model: new pictures, new kit coming
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(...) LOL, Hi Kev. (...) Janey "Red Brick" (19 years ago, 27-Nov-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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| | custom track on SALE!!!
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Hey all, Well the holidays are here again so this can only mean 1 thing. YEP it’s time for a SALE!! Starting today and running until Christmas “Dec. 25th” anyone ordering track will receive 10% off all labor. To top that I have also decided to knock (...) (19 years ago, 27-Nov-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Apartment Block model: new pictures, new kit coming
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Some people here may remember that I built a 3story "red brick" (hi Janey) apartment block model a few years ago and posted pictures. I recently finished rebuilding it with a view to turning it into a custom kit, and I just posted a lot of new (...) (19 years ago, 26-Nov-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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| | A double crossover
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Hey all, About 2 months ago now I was challenged/ asked to make a double crossover. While I thought this project would be difficult I had no idea how long it would take me. In total I have between 20-40 hours of time invested in the double (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | SCLTC fourth annual winter show at SDMRRM starts Tuesday
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SCLTC returns to the San Diego Model Railroad Museum for club's fourth annual winter show starting the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and running through Saturday January 14, 2006. The show will feature: A double tracked under and over cloverleaf Over (...) (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Excalibur's Shrine
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Great concept, the knights are intimidating and the sword 'in' the stone is ingenious... God Bless, Nathan Visit my brickshelf gallery: (URL) (pic=link) (19 years ago, 15-Nov-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC: Minifig-scale mobile crane
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(...) announce the availability of a new boom option for our popular BRE-550M movile crane. Already used extensively with the many lattice boom options, we are now pleased to make available our 3-section telescopic boom with optional SSL. Now you (...) (19 years ago, 15-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Excalibur's Shrine
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Submitted as an entry to the Castle Room Interior category of the CCC III. (URL) AC (19 years ago, 15-Nov-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | 3x1 curved slope available in dark bluish gray
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I bought one of the new $3.99 level racers this weekend and happily discovered that it come with two of these parts in dark bluish gray: (URL) I believe one of the $9.99 level racers sets comes with two as well. I am glad my patience paid off. (...) (19 years ago, 14-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.parts)
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| | SCLTC models at LEGOLAND this weekend!
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Members of the Southern California LEGO Train Club (SCLTC) will display a large cityscape at LEGOLAND California on Friday November 12, 2005 during the finals of the 2005 Brick to the Future Contest. The contest is cosponsored by The LEGO Company (...) (19 years ago, 11-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Castle Guard & Bulls Stables
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Hey, I like the castle guard rendition...very interesting especially in your trademark bull theme... God Bless, Nathan Visit my brickshelf gallery: (URL) (pic=link) (19 years ago, 11-Nov-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Castle Guard & Bulls Stables
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(URL) Castle Guard> (2 URLs) Bulls Stables> (URL) AC (19 years ago, 11-Nov-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Sears Tower: Supersize Me
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After building a (URL) microscale Sears Tower>, I decided to do a larger compressed version for use in our train layouts. The resulting (URL) model> debuted at MichLUG's GATS 2005 display in March. However, I still wasn't satisfied with the size and (...) (19 years ago, 9-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Knight's Tent
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Great MOC! I like the over-all scale of the tent, a hard thing to get right! My only question would be why he still has armour after a loss? ; ) God Bless, Nathan Visit my brickshelf gallery: (URL) (pic=link) (19 years ago, 6-Nov-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Knight's Tent
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The knight and his squire drink the night away by his tent after an uninspiring loss in the grand tournament. (URL) AC (19 years ago, 6-Nov-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Rosa Parks 1913-2005
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Hi all, Fifty years ago in a quiet act of bravery, Rosa Parks stood up for her rights by sitting down. (3 URLs) Gallery> (I'll take more pictures later and put them on my website; I just wanted to get this posted today.) Bruce (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !!
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| | New MOC: In The Archives
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(2 URLs) Please let me know what you think! -- Nathan Wells (19 years ago, 2-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | beach layout at parlugment's railfair
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as you may have seen in previous posts, parlugment, ottawa's lug, participated in railfair on october 15-16. as part of the group, my contribution to the layout was mostly restricted to a beach area opposite the port. it's all right, i didn't mind (...) (19 years ago, 1-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX) !
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| | new moc: sand green beach house
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another beach house created for parlugment's layout at railfair in ottawa this past october. (2 URLs) modeled after a house in wells beach, maine, this large traditional new england beach house features a wrap around porch with a large front (...) (19 years ago, 1-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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| | new moc: dark tan beach house
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as part of parlugment's participation in railfair, i was given real estate at the end of town because i had already created one beach house which i wanted to incorporate into the layout. as a result i was able to build a full beach display with 4 (...) (19 years ago, 1-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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| | Re: Major update to my vehicle folder.
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(...) That is a shame. I've been trying to build your yellow prime mover,and keep having problems with the under carrage. Keep up the great work. Aaron (19 years ago, 1-Nov-05, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Gottwald AMK 1000t mobile crane
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I Disagree. Many models *require* a high resolution pic to properly view all of the details. If hi-res and low-res are available that's fine, but I for one am tired of seeing great models and layouts ruined by low-res junk pics. "Ross Crawford" (...) (19 years ago, 30-Oct-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Blacked-out truck
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Hello all, Here is my version of the truck from set 7032. (URL) Here is the brickshelf gallery... (URL) I've always wanted to put cow horns on a truck and the new Viking sets have made it possible! After all, every town needs a redneck! Scott Member (...) (19 years ago, 29-Oct-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Gottwald AMK 1000t mobile crane
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(...) Hi Ross, sorry about the picture size, I did not even think about this problem. I will look at resizing them. Sorry everyone. My father in law is a machinist, so he fixed the Bushing issue. He also made a metal shaft that fit the size of the (...) (19 years ago, 27-Oct-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Gottwald AMK 1000t mobile crane
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(...) Hi Jacub, that's a really nice crane! I especially like the support vehicles you built for it, really makes it complete. Is the jib held on with rubber bands? Nice simple idea! Did you drill out the centre of the 1/2 bushes so they rotate (...) (19 years ago, 27-Oct-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Gottwald AMK 1000t mobile crane
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Here is a mini fig scale Gottwald AMK 1000t mobile crane. There was only one of these ever built. This Lego crane uses 2 micro motors, one running the main hook, and the second running the hold back line for the jib. The counter weight is made up of (...) (19 years ago, 26-Oct-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Fire Station
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(...) > and it's cheap, easy to build and ready for 6/8-studders. I've uploaded detailed photos of the doors to my Brickshelf folder. (URL) free to ask for details. (19 years ago, 24-Oct-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Excellent furniture models on Brickshelf
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Check out these very cute furniture designs! Not mine, probably someone German from the names... (URL) (19 years ago, 15-Oct-05, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: 2006 New Town Sets Sneak Peek
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(...) Things I noticed ... Ambulance This might be the best Lego ambulance ever. I want one! Lots of detail. And we get 1x3x4 doors in white! Hospital At first I was a little disappointed, but it's probably a good starter set for kids. Why the (...) (19 years ago, 8-Oct-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: 2006 sets
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(...) I agree. When I saw these new planes I felt thoroughly disappointed and uninspired. My hunch is that they're looking to put a 5+ age rating on the box. And if that's the case, I can't blame them for thinking they have to juniorize something. (...) (19 years ago, 7-Oct-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: 2006 sets
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(...) Agreed. But is there a point where the pieces are so large and so specialized that it loses the creativity? That plane nose reminds me more of Playmobil than an open-ended building toy. (URL) -Steven (19 years ago, 7-Oct-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: 2006 sets
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(...) Wouldn't this be where the "creativity" comes in? If I'ma kid, and I see how I can build a 4-wide plane, wouldn't I recognize that a wider plane would be better, so I'll look at all my parts and figure out how to make a wider plane? (plates & (...) (19 years ago, 7-Oct-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: 2006 sets
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(...) They seem to be moving toward a more realistic scale for their vehicles. (A good move in my opinion.) The problem is that in doing so, Lego added a lot of "juniorization" in the process. Lego, why do we have to choose between having to choose (...) (19 years ago, 7-Oct-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | 2006 New Town Sets Sneak Peek
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Hey everyone. While perusing Brickshelf, I came across this gallery: (URL) The buildings are pretty ho-hum, but the vehicles look great. I really like that Lego concentrated on the little details, like an IV of sorts on the ambulance stretcher. The (...) (19 years ago, 6-Oct-05, to lugnet.town)
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| | Model Team Fomula 1 Racer.
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(2 URLs) MOCpage> (URL) Brickshelf Folder> Well, most of the info is already on the MOCpage so repeating it here would be kind of redundant. In a nutshell: 1:17 scale (give or take) -motorized intelligent (yeah, right) steering and propulsion (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Micro Tractor
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(2 URLs) Micro Tractor> This was a fun little last minute MOC I built for the micro farm I brought to Brickfest. It took about an hour to build, which included a lot of failed attempts using other building techniques. I was starting to think it (...) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !!
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| | Re: "Square Ghost Cafe"
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(...) I think I've finally found out what was wrong (see RTL for a detailed description, if you're curious). Now even MSIE should have access to the web-pages. Play well, Jacob (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Town & Train at NWBrickCon 2005
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This is your friendly neighborhood NWBC Town/Train Coordinator. I need to know about Town and Train MOCs you are bringing to NWBrickCon 2005. (Haven't signed up yet? (URL) ) Large stuff (i.e., whole modules) I need to know about this week; smaller (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon) !
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| | Re: Major update to my vehicle folder.
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Indeed! I will consider it an immense blunder on the part of the TLG hiring department if Pierre is not being interviewed (merely as a formality!) by the end of the coming week. Surely these are some of the best Town vehicles I've ever seen. A (...) (19 years ago, 24-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Q: What time do you go to the Dentist? A: 2:30 (ah ha ha ha ha!)
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(URL) The gallery: (URL) Steve (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Major update to my vehicle folder.
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(...) Pierre- I remember seeing some of your stuff at BrickFest PDX. It still totally rocks. As I think I told you there - the best town vehicle MOC's I have ever seen. You are awesome! -Matt :) (19 years ago, 20-Sep-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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