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(...) That would be true, if LD had listed bogie plates for sale, but they haven't. They have listed boogie plates though, and the picture, I admit, looks suspiciously like a bogie plate. ;) Maybe dancing trains is what you guys aren't allowed to (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What is a boogie plate?(is Lego making dancing bricks?)
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No, but they are making elements representing famous Hollywood actors....;-) I think you mean "bogie" plates. Bogie is another term for truck, or simply the wheels. The 4x6 plate with a pin that holds the truck to the train plate is called the bogie (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | What is a boogie plate?(is Lego making dancing bricks?)
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I ask because I saw it as an item in the Lego Bulk S@H. Not being a train person forgive me if the answer is obvious. But c'mon, the name is really funny. :^) Jonathan (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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A couple weeks ago, I snapped a few new images of my 4-6-2 Steam Engine, and posted them to Brickshelf. I thought you all might like to see them. :) Some of you may remember it from the Legoland California Legofest held opening day. :) (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ya, but I thought that the entire layout was only about 16'x16'. That means, that your smallest building is about 2x the size of the layout :) (no, a 26x50 building is not all that big. I tend towards 32x32 as a max size for normal buildings, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) You can to the the PNLTC site and look under the engine gallery section. Someone made a Union Pacific F-7 unit using those round yellow submarine windows. John Warren (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) <sound of crickets chirping> ;-) JohnG, GMLTC (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Argh!!! Three times in a row I agree with Larry! The sky is falling... the sky is falling!!! -john (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Okay, here's a for instance. Three of my buildings' footprints are: 28 x 44, 26 x 50, and 30 x 42. Surely those aren't "monstrosities"! Who's with me here? -John (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Warning, a bit rambly post on the theory of realistic building scenes. (...) They (the MichLUG buildings) were stunning buildings but I think they suffered from not being close enough together. Anything 5 stories or more ought to be cheek to jowl (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Technic Tank Treads/Coveyer belt!
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(...) I'm sorry for the misspelled link, better make that: (URL) M. Moolhuysen, (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I did. For a partly horizontal / partly low sloped section that I used to transport the goods away from unther the track and out of the dumping bin, I've made a kind of track from pairs of the old 4,5V/12V rails with a 2 studs wide gap between (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Steve & All, (...) Indeed. At our show at GATS here in Michigan, we had some interestig things, huge buildings by Chris Leach, and some LEGO scale buildings as well. We were fortunate that we had a lot of room, but it is something to consider for (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Tall isn't the problem (although transportion is an issue). Footprint is the issue. And one big building might be okay but we can't cram a dozen of 'em in there. So overall we need to shoot for something between "Lego corporate" scale and (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) People say *I'm* loud... til they meet J2. My ears STILL hurt from that limo ride 9 days ago and that was *after* he lost his voice. Did you guys get all that sound deadening paneling up in Conan's basement yet? Does it help any? I've got some (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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<snipped a whole bunch> We'd only argue with you about black being black because you would most certainly argue that to be black it had to be the size of a 2001 monolith. <grin> I like mini-land too, but that's not what we're aiming for. I know we (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Bulk pack 3737
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(...) Send the plates back. One way to make the LEGO Company realize that quality is slipping is to return defective items to them. Is there a consumer services phone number? (I think there is, but I cannot remember.) Chris (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I could say that black is black, and I'd get an argument from you guys:-) (...) Good luck squeezing 20 into the space of my 6. They will all have to be Pizza Shacks;-) (...) Exactly. That's the great thing about skyscrapers-- they are very (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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John proportionality is important, but I don't think your buildings are too large. Perhaps their layout is too small??? :-) Actually the best look is what I call the "cluster look". It looks better if you have large structures in groupings. Say 3 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Yes John, we're "listening". Since your 'inside voice' is approximately the same volume level as a jackhammer, it's hard NOT to listen to you. Of course we still don't agree with you... Would you rather have a town of 20+ smaller buildings, or (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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