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Matthew, If you are reading this please give indication. Everyone else, Any news on Matthews activities? His website (URL) undoubtably the finest reference source for LEGO Trains. I'm just wondering why we have not heard from him through such (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Silver Metroliner Pics
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Kevin, Very nice model. Especially considering the limited variety of silver piece types. Simple, yet elegant. later, James Mathis (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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In addition to being very creative, you are also very sneaky. Nice car. Chris (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) ...or you could simply buy a 6958 Android Base, which comes with one. ;) (Actually, have any recent sets come with a 32x32 grey baseplate?) best Lindsay (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) The set is 9453. Check (URL) under DACTA, 5+ sets. It also has 4 white 2x2 classic windows and a 16x32 grey baseplate (course you can always make your own using scissors.) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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There was also *one* available in 316 Fire Fighting Launch. If you look at the Brickshelf scan of the instructions (URL) the part in question is visible at the bottom of step 6 and the top of step 7. -Cheese (...) out (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Silver Metroliner Pics
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(...) For now one side is silver and one side is black. This is more due to a lack of another 40 silver macaroni curves than another 40 silver 2x4's. KL (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Cool, that is one of those projects that everyone says wouldn't it be cool if I could make a siver car, but I can't. Well, you showed us! By the way, I am not only impressed with the train, but look at the baseboard. Ther is NO cat hair there! What, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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Yes, yellow is extremely rare today. Luckily, The Construction Site has (had?) a Dacta set that has EIGHT of them in it, so I finally have some. Though buying a $70-80 set for 8 pieces is a bit extreme in my book, I HAD to have them ;-) (NO, I CAN'T (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | NGLTC at NMRA show pics up on the web site
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Well believe it or not I actually found time to post some pictures from last weekends show on the North Georgia LEGO Train Club site (www.ngltc.org). You can the "seamless" 4561 and my blue and white 4564 with the club logo on the door. Also a first (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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(...) As a kid growing up in Detroit in the early 1960's, whenever I got 50 cents or a dollar together I used to go up to the neighborhood bicycle shop, which also carried LEGO. I ended up buying the macaroni brick parts packs in every color (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Town (...) had (...) USA, (...) Master (...) As Gary has said, yes they do exist. I used to be able to (once in a while) play with my Uncle's collection, which included clear macaroni bricks, and a neighbor friend of mine was lucky enough to (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Cool! Thanks for the info.! (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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Yes clear do exist. I have "several". If you want to know which set had the most, here it is (thanks to Horst Lehner's cool catalog website). This is the reverse side to the 1961-62 USA Samsonite Catalog, where the parts packs are located. Check out (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Ben, Funny you should talk about the half circle bricks..... I just found my October 29,1999 post here in lugnet.general where I talked about the rarest LEGO bricks. Rather than cross referencing it, I just copied/pasted it below. Enjoy! (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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<SNIP> (...) out (...) Yes, I believe I have ONE clear macaroni brick in my collection...unless I traded it already. I think Zonker got a couple clear bricks in trade when I wasn't paying much attention. =) Of course I got a Majisto and Dragon (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well yes and no. Macaroni Bricks have always been rather scarce, but I still think they make yellow ones in recent sets. The 396 also has blue macaroni bricks. But the scarce stuff are the red 6 large and 4 small spoked wheels (I think the (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| | Expand you RCX Train layout gadgets with this thing...
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Below is something I posted to lugnet.robotics a week or so ago. I realized for us train people it could be useful as well for controlling many track systems like drawbridges, road crossings etc... ... Finally! I have finished the web site for (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Do clear macaroni bricks really exist!!??? What set? I'd like to check it out on Brickshelf. (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) rare, (...) I have not as many in yellow as I have in white, red and black, but I think blue ones have been more rare in the past (now you could find them in some sets during the last years. But Rarest macaroni bricks are the transparent ones. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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