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(...) In a way, I wish you hadn't shown me that. :-) Now I'm going to have to create it with LEGO... SRC LEGOArches and other StRuCtures (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
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I agree with John that outdoor lighting is the best, this is my favorite shot from the Outlet Store show: (URL) know it's not an impressive MOC or anything but I just like the shot, simple foreground subject, nice mini-fig working in the back, then (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) There is (kind of;) (URL) were just experimental, hurried together shots. For final "keeper" shots, I'd manage the background more carefully, add figs, etc. I am divided about photographing MOCs in either "real" or LEGO created scenes. Pics (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, but 4562 is still open, but 4561 is blocked by the Railway Express. Oh, well, at least it's train. I really hope that racers(they look like Duplo in my opinion) don't make the 9V line extinct. Kevin McMillin ---...--- "We should be (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) In fact those are COOL models! The gray roof on a tan building really is an eye-catcher. Regards, Ben BTW: Why is there no 8-wide in front of that building? (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) numbers. Yes indeed. This could be understood as hint that the 9V train line (as it is now) will not be continued. So far there have been three goods trains with numbers: 4563 4564 4565 but 4566 is now blocked by a new none-train-set. Kind (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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That looks good! I think the last one is the best (interlockingtower3.jpg) For some time I have tought of making a lego train calendar. A friend of mine has a printing facility, so it is possible. And with these faboulus pictures we see today, it (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) lol, Yeah, it was cold, but I like the natural light:-) The indoor ones I took (but didn't post) were boring:-/ (...) Thanks, but it would look much better (and more prototypical) if the slopes were 33° instead of 45° (I have an alternate (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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James Mathis <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:G4GBz2.8xI@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) Yeah the snow is a nice touch, as long as it's in your back yard and not mine. I'm sorry, but if it's cold enough to be forming icicles in the short time (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) These photos are very cool. ;-) Ben Beneke has inspired a new world of LEGO photography for us. I like it. As I don't have a LEGO town built up, nor a large LEGO train layout, it is a nice variation to photograph our models in the out of (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) As to the first question, there are 2 Duplo train sets currently available at Zany Brainy around here. They carry both of the brand-new Duplo trains: (2 URLs) train set I have is this one, the old freight train: (URL) isn't in the catalogs any (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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"Tony Hafner" <hafhead@PANTSplanetquake.com> wrote in message news:G4G2Et.5Jt@lugnet.com... (...) (at (...) around (...) I've been looking online; are DUPLO trains still available in stores? I think that engine is *so cute*. When you touch the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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I decided to finally take some pics of a couple of train buildings I have built-- in the snow:-) Didn't take too much time to set them up, but I think they turned out fun just the same. (URL) favorite is the shot of the icicles that actually formed (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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And they call it the "blinking bridge". See (URL). Cheers, Hao-yang Wang (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not at all- it really is pretty cool. And the track is extremely cheap (at least compared to 9v). If you are looking for a train that will run around a Christmas tree and be able to handle prying little fingers, this is the way to go. And even (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks- I had thought about doing this with Mindstorms instead, using a light sensor to detect the train. I was very happy to be able to come up with a *much* simpler and cheaper solution. Now I have to work on powered points! (...) (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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"Tony Hafner" <hafhead@PANTSplanetquake.com> wrote in message news:G4EnC7.4Et@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Znap (...) from Germany in about 1994; it had an image of the "New" at the time DUPLO trains, and I remember thinking how cute they were. Is (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.technic, lugnet.znap, lugnet.build)
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(...) So we have a trekkie eh? (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Tony, This is pretty ingenious! I really like how the train moving the lever makes the button on the battery box get pressed. :-) A neat mechanical solution. -Andy Lynch In lugnet.trains, Tony Hafner writes: <snip> (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.technic, lugnet.znap, lugnet.build)
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Hello again experienced train heads: Two months after our (NALUG) first train show we have received a cheque for almost $350 canadian. This was totally unexpected, they didn't even give us a hint that they would pay, let alone give us a formula for (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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