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(...) It sounds like you have the decorated slope element from set 6434 Roadside Repair from 1999. I think that this is the only set ever to have a decorated 2x4 Yellow bevel brick. (URL) Salm__ (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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I can't wait to see pictures! Tobias Möller <tobias.moller@telia.com> wrote in message news:Fst54I.793@lugnet.com... (...) suggestions (...) use (...) plate 30- (...) have a (...) another (...) that it (...) from (...) and (...) statues as (...) (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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I'm building a small town, 4*5 plates big. I have some pretty good suggestions for activities to add to a town, I'm using some of them and am planning to use all. Forestmen's Target Range: Build a small tower or similar, add the big green leaves, (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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LRNewswire-8 April 2000/"Fun World Adventure Park announces new attraction" Today Fun World announced plans for new attractions at it's exisiting lands. Coming up first is "Harry Cane's Flyers" in Adventureland. The attraction features small (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks! (...) I'd love to see other people take a shot at it! (I wonder if all those pieces exist in pink? It looks fine in white, too, which is the RL color of the model) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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this is quite cool, bram. i particularly like the use of pink elements and the bubble over the cockpit/driver's seat. it opens up a whole new range of possibilities (flying versions of classic cars). good stuff! ..joseph g (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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I didn't know that about POV-ray. The only things I've rendered in it have been floating in space, so I've never tried something hovering over a reflective surface. Is the POV file available for download somewhere? I need a 1024x768 version for my (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Some more changes to the LBFR website for your perusal. They are: - New pictures of most apparatus (courtesy of Bram Lambrecht's highway.pov files) - Squad 22 added (should be of interest to sixby fans too :-) - DAT files removed, to be replaced by (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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Great buildings Adrian! I really like how you have created such a variety on the theme (I think number four is my favourite). I have experimented with the same style myself. If you are interested, see (URL) I like your web page design as well. Silas (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks. (...) It's an optical illusion--well, actually, it's probably just a limitation of POV-Ray. AFAIK, reflective surfaces in POV don't actually reflect the light rays that bounce off of them, so no light reaches the bottom of the car, so (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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I found this site & I thought some Town builders would like some Road Signs. I haven't printed them out yet but I think they'll be about the right size. (URL) -Jeremy Visit my NEW & IMPROVED city site. www.geocities.com/spincity999 (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Probably he just omitted the round things to save rendering time. Alan (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Here's the BrickShelf.com folder for Adrian's houses... (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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Very cool! Did you do anything special to the bottom of the car in the ray-trace? In the reflection, it looks almost like you have placed tiles there upside down, but the MPD has plates for the bottom. Or is it an optical illusion? James (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) LOL -- Matthew Brickard's job was to hunt down and eliminate Tycocants... (...) I started that kinda thing, it's at: (URL) have more plans for it; I might even *do* them...eventually... :-, But I love the whole idea. Can't wait to see yours! (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I'll have to show you my Perky Pat layout sometime... --Richard (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Oh yes. I remember this from the German LEGO forum. What nice houses. Alan (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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...to paraphrase Phil Dick. I was creating a web-page to introduce my LEGO-minifig alter-ego; when trying to decide on his hobbies, I figured he should be a photographer. It seems odd, though, to put pictures up of real life as if they're being (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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Dan Boger and I just completed another test animation over the weekend. This weeks subject is planting flowers at the Velux House. Here are some quicktime and mpeg movies of it. The two quicktimes only differ in frame rate(2 and 4 frames/sec). Let's (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.town) !
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Hi Legomaniacs ! It's done, I published my first Lego-Buildings on web, some german half- timbered houses. If you like to have a look, please check: (URL) Or you could have a look @ brickshelf (Adrian Rohnfelder) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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Check out my Latest News page for pictures from my recent buildathon. URL below. ( Also showing at the BrickShelf.com Gallery) 1/ Light and dark pink bus stop. 2/ I washed my new work van and it shrunk :) 3/ Aquarium (unfinished as I can't find one (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.town)
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(...) Wasn't quite done, but when you asked, I decided to post it. For the doors, you could just replace some of those tiles on the side with a hinge. Alan (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) ...That would be almost as heavy as concrete (tho easier to work with). U could also use either foam insulation sheets (those big pink rigid foam sheets u can find at home deopt), or find a can of spray foam. That stuff is fun, u spray it and (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I built my moonscape like a pinata, but it has it's downsides. The moonscape is now under repair, after the famous "foot" accident ;-) Not to mention all the tiny fragments of plaster that decorated my room after that... Perhaps I'd make it (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) That's prolly the most appropriate windshield... maybe needs to be tilted a bit. I think maybe you should have gone for the smaller tires for those wheels...Glad you liked the model enough to play with it! Next challenge: regular doors and a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) I have: (URL) I'm not sure if the windshield is right. Alan (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Thanks! Does anyone want to take a shot at converting this to a "regular" Caddy? --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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This is the coolest thing I have seen this week! (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) What kind of texture did you use for the chrome pieces, BTW? In my opinion, it has a tad bit too much reflection. I can't see that the parts are silver, I only see the reflection of the environment in them. Also, did you try to add a (low key) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Thanks! (...) I wish...(well, not really. The only thing I could build with pink bricks is Cadillacs :) They really can't be any other color...) You'll notice that the MPD file is in the colors I actually built the model--white. --Bram (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Wow, a blast from the Future that Never Was. Very cool. Where's the robot Elvis, though? Oh, and how do you get your models to float? <grins, ducks and runs> ++Lar (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) front down to the huge trunk. Now, where can get that many pink bricks? ;-) Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Here are some pics of my hovercar: (URL) LMKWYT! --Bram (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Funny...I was just in St. Louis this morning for about an hour and a half, connecting from San Francisco to Chicago. But...I probably won't have the $$ to make it down for meets :( -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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(...) It was Hong Kong, and the guy has scans of the boxes, data of what's in it, and no negative and one neutral feedback of two-hundred-something, so it probably be be legit. I like the theory that it was acquired at a trade show. Alan (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Hello everyone! Okay, I see on eBay that the NEW 2000 Soccer sets are on eBay. The guy that is selling them lives in Japan or someplace like that. Is this a true auction? Are they sold over there already? Brendan (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Well, you're really going to get two different looking designs if you make a mountain out of Lego's, and a mountain out of plaster. First of all, with Lego bricks, you will get a lot of jagged edges which is perfect for a mountain. You can (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Paul, I haven't seen this set in my travels around New South Wales and Victoria, so maybe we didn't get 6199(1998) in Australia, but my dark ages only ended last year,so maybe I missed it when it was available. But you can still find other (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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Brad Hamilton wrote in message ... (...) Certainly, but if I'm looking for a dome piece that's probably in a base, but could be in one of many themes, Pause doesn't really allow the appropriate search criteria, whereas Fibblesnork does. I probably (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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The Lugnet set search finds it. Paul Baulch <paul@vic.bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:Fs2tJy.8qt@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) apparently (...) in (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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Damon Padovano has a great looking town that you can see at (URL) . Alan (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.town) !
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(...) No idea yet. Alan (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Ralph, I am creating my Classic scale LEGO town with an HO Train and track. My old yellow train station originally had a 3 track covered train shed (on my website). The shed opening originally had 1x8x2 yellow arches for the train and tracks. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) No, Todd stopped updating it after a point. (After 1997 I think.) HTH, -Shiri (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) Yes, and I wouldn't mind generating one to whatever specs you have - even flat tops and vertical surfaces for "drilling" tunnels. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Brendan: [ Building a LEGO mountain? ] (...) What about using technic beams and plates for the main part of the mountain? You will probably want to use hinges, slopes, and other stuff to add details - and thus realism. I think you will have to build (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Well, that explains it! Set 6199 wasn't in Fibblesnork! Gee, I was under the impression that Fibblesnork would have all of a theme's sets, but apparently I was mistaken.... :-( Paul LUGNET member 164 Shiri Dori wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) Bring 'em on! The ones you did so far are great. Thanks for sharing. ++Lar (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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Thanks a lot Bram! Glad you like it. Come back often, I'll upload others soon... Pierre (...) little (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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For anyone who hasn't seen them, Pierre Normandin has some well designed little Town vehicles on BrickShelf: (URL) up the great work! --Bram (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.town) !
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(...) It looks great but how do you intend to handle corners - I know Maglev does curve much but in real life it does have a guide rail. Basically I'm trying to make a train like this: (URL) of LEGO for ten years and still haven't got a perfect (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) them (...) it. (...) You know, I was actually thinking about making one out of plaster! I've worked with plaster before so I know how to work with it. I'm not too sure how I could get the texture. The paint is the same way. I guess I would (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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The Aquanaut Hydro-Crystalization set ( 6199) has the 2 domes and two of the green tinted, arched, clear panels. I bought two of them at their full price of about $90! You can now get them at various places (including www.zainybrainy.com ) for only (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) Prolly from <set:6199>... HTH! -Shiri (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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That's VERY cool. Not being privy to a monorail set, I've been trying to build an elevated railway for a long time now. I never thought about the possibility of using the toothed rails as the driving mechanism. Alan Gerber (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Bram Lambrecht wrote in message ... (...) I (...) great (...) The police building is a truly fantastic looking building, but......... .......OK Brad, I give up - where on earth did you get the space domes in transparent green? :-) Paul LUGNET member (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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You can build your own mountain, that way you can have it flat at the top and have caves and other things. If you build it with newspapers and then cover them with a thivk layer of plaster, you can then file the plaster flat and paint it. Perhaps (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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I've made a maglev train in LDraw and you can see it at (URL) set: <set:2847> (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) At PNLTC there's a mountain that's kinda like you want: (URL) . And Jacob Sparre Andersen made a dat file of a big mountain: (URL) . Alan (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.town) !
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Hi everyone. Well, there are no houses on eBay right now that I can bid on so I am going to start planning for the next section of my suburb...the mountain. I was thinking I could make the mountain out of non-Lego elements. Thus, getting a model (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) The police station is amazing! That is one of the most original buildings I have ever seen built out of LEGO. It's sort of Emerald-City like... The entire city has a fantastical feel to it--perfect for LEGO. Continue the great work! --Bram (25 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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I think you got it right there Dean. I would said the same thing, but, um, I didn't. Build On! John Matthews Dean Husby <nntp@akasa.bc.ca> wrote in message news:38DAD121.7FC802...a.bc.ca... (...) hold my (...) Panther (...) 1.35th (...) to a (...) (...) (25 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Frist Meeting in the St. Louis Area.
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Any interested people in Saint Louis, Missouri, Illinois area and any others in the area wanting to start a Lego Club Wayne Green and I are meeting at the Steak and Shake at Saint Charles Rock Rd. Off I270 and I70 at 6:00 on Saturday 25 Mar 00. This (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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(...) bodies... (...) * (...) They are clearer here : (URL) the rigid ones not used before that?? Scott A (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Actually, I think that those two minifigs are normal sized, but the big ones are some sort of giants who have captured them... (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | RE: Minifig What scale are they??
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(...) This fact was hammered home after I did a couple of thinkgs on the weekend. 1. Played with my kids and build another 4-stud wide big rig. Small, realistic, high vroomability factor. 2. Started sorting my kids LEGO and found selection of (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) The classic LEGO scale (1 door = 3 bricks high) used by LEGO from 1955-1972 is in almost perfect HO train scale. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Depends on what theme: Police and fireman have a graduated scale based on tenure. Medical staff have a similar but more progressive scale. Adventurers, Rock Raiders and Space work for a "finders fee". Castle only have scales on their mail. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) The thing that everyone is missing is this... This isn't Earth, they aren't humans. They are Legoans and they come from LegoLand. (I've seen proof!) It's a classic Xenophobe reaction. Shame on you all! They are perfect as they are! Back to (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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I have added many new buildings and rephotographed my entire LEGO City 2 section. Go to: (URL) check out the newly expanded and refurbished LEGO City 2 section. - The largest building is the expanded Police Station. It is now 12 stories (3 feet) (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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Ahh, the ageless question :) Dave Eaton and I, in the course of our AT-AT Marathon (I'm still recovering ...) e-mailed each other regularly on issues about scale. For the most part, I went by the minifig's height, and said that it was equal to 1.8 (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) You've never seen S4 then...since it had NO tolerances except those that were scaled from full size. (and it was not one person who built to it, there were a bunch of people who built to it). In larger "scales", I beleve the work of Leo Myers (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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I think the problem is here that Lego have contradicted themselves with their scaling in certain models. They produce trucks and cars at 4 stud wide, passenger planes at 4 stud wide, yet trains at 6 studs wide? I have seen trains on the back of (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Richard Schamus <legoman34@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:Frw36w.B2u@lugnet.com... (...) not 8 (...) I disagree with you. They can be to scale, just not with minifigs in them. Pick a scale and then calculate how many studs/bricks/plates (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Try 1:48, which is "O" scale in trains. Seems to work out okay for us Atewidians;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) (A quick peek behind the scenes at TLC design department... "OMG, he's figured it out! Quick let's leave work early before someone notices this post and we actually have to create something non-juniorized to the correct scale...") I've just (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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OMG...Was this the first Lego Ikea set? lol (...) bodies... (...) * (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Yep! Just check out: (URL) the parents' heads are still too big anyway :) DaveE (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Isn't it true that they were originally used as babies in sets with larger 'figs? eric (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Well, my standard for minifigs is 7mm = 1 minifig foot. This is based off of the fact that minifigs are typically about 42mm tall (you can adjust that with backpacks and hats), which should be roughly 6 feet. This translates roughly into a (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Minifigs are minifig scale. I know they don't scale up to human size: my head isn't as tall as my torso, and my legs are longer than both. Oh, and I have knees. I suspect TLG designed them to be somewhat childlike. Large round heads, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) The problem is that minifigs don't actually have human proportions. Therefore, "minifig scale" is actually kind of wonky too. ericc (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) They're not to any particular scale... depending on the dimension you use you get different scales. They are either extremely fat normal height people, or extremely stunted normal thickness people. Lego was just predicting what we all will (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Ok, I have not managed to read many posts in the last 4 weeks or so(I hold my head in shame) due to work comitments.I have recently purchased a Panther radio controlled model tank, 1.25th scale. As a teenager I used to have 1.35th scale tanks etc. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Mark: (...) It's mostly design and construction companies. Here's a "short" list: Bregnerod Bybane Monorail service. The Builders One of two competing constrution companies. The Builders work clothes have a slight resemblance with the second edition (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I just demolished my latest town. I have many businesses that I have used repeatedly; here are a few of them 1. PetroJet. Colors - Gray, Blue & Black. Another brand of fuel for my towns as I already have Exxon, Shell, and Octan. But PetroJet (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Here's a few pics of one of my buses: (URL) I am building vehicles, I decided to determine the width by how "big" or "massive" it has to be. Buses are typically large things that need should be much longer than a standard car. A 4-wide twenty (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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I thought the way you were mixing 6 wide busses with 4 wide trucks and containers was interesting. It certainly has me thinking about this whole 4, 6, 8-wide thing. Hmmm does that mean I should make my Honda Civic 3 wide since my wife's minivan is 4 (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) I'm building a Serpent-Eleven for my new town of Mini Gardens. It's an all-nite convenience store with the Mummy's Tomb aten/serpent logo. After that I will need a second quicky place - maybe a BrickWay - but I think it won't be a brand name, (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I used stickers on the front nose, but the rest of the stripe is bricks and plates. I just couldn't get the nose right with parts. Not the way most of you would of done it, but it works for me. (...) More pictures of the bus coming soon. I (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Firstly may I congratulate you on quite a brilliant layout, I love the station. I really think that the Amtrak diesel in gats00fm11.jpg (a P42?) is impressive. How did you the continuation of the tricolour lines on to the nose of the locomotive? (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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I got my hands on that poster back when I was a kid. I will see if I can dig it up at my parent's place. I hope they did not pitch it ! :~) Chet Corbin wrote in message ... (...) Pause (...) of (...) what I (...) page: (...) (25 years ago, 19-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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All of my stores have silly names. Meta Crab's Electrode Hut (the same Meta Crab of Slapstick/Robotrek fame), SDF-1 Fashions (the store looks like the SDF- 1 from Macross), Special Gun Shop, and so on. I have two construction companies, Blue Collar (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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[This followup was posted to lugnet.town and a copy was sent to the cited author.] In article <Fr52K0.E7F@lugnet.com>, olsone@spamcop.net says... (...) The Shell Select Shop, dude...I've got three. :-) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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I'm very into advertising and such, so my city is full of various companies, real and made up. What does everyone else have? Here is mine: DaimlerChrysler InterLEGO AG Importer and distributor of DaimlerChrysler vehicles. Including Chrysler, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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[This followup was posted to lugnet.town and a copy was sent to the cited author.] In article <FqIt4t.Is9@lugnet.com>, bolahead@bellsouth.net says... (...) My wife just made a bunch of neat "Sponsor's Logo"-type signs to line my fledgeling race (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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After watching Black Mask for like the 100th time, I got an inspiration to build those Hong Kong Ambulances in the movie. After checking the records, the obvious starting point to build one is with #6676 Mobile Comamnd Unit. But, coverting the unit (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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Thanks. I'll use skidsteer loader on my page instead of a Bobcat. -Jeremy New & semi improved HTML Coded site www.geocities.com/spincity999 (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Maybe i'm just being picky but technicly it is a skidsteer loader. Bocat is simply a brand of skidsteer. But i do think its a great model. About the roof. I would keep it. It resembles older style models. Forks would be nice. Perfect for (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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