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(...) <lovely buildings snipped> (...) Can I put in a request for a Best Buy instead of CC? <grin> JohnG, GMLTC (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm not a steamer guy. I like throbbing and turbine whine better than hissing and cinders. There are a number of people who have shown an interest and a flair for steam. For instance: (URL) my sand tower in the background, of course, but (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Because it was an excellent use of orange bricks, especially the slopes. Amazing what you can do with pumpkins and Star Wars sets. junior (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wow! People are relpicating my McDonald's! I'm honored... Larry's pix don't show it, but mine does have a drive-thru--you can kinda see it on the left side at (URL) of table unevenness at the GATS, we didn't actually have cars at the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) I presume that refers to the whole catalogue, not just trains? If so there could be an even longer wait. (...) Exactly. It doesn't mean that new trains will be arriving in July. But, I hope that they do. Having got back in to Lego over the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Highlight bit you want to appear in picture, ctrl-c, open a bmp format program (paint, paintbrush image-edit etc.), ctrl-v, Magic! image appears. Save as bmp (or otherwise) and hooray, done. James (who apolgises for the excitement, he's up (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Wow. Ditto. How fitting to pay homage to Target, source of much discounted LEGO. And to MickeyDees, source of many empty calories to fuel building runs, and of purple slopes. But why Home Depot? :-) Modular Table supplies was all I could come (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Those are beautiful! I love them all. Leg Godt! Ben (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Could you tell me if you need a metal condenser before LEGO lamp? Zhengrong (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Here's some new pics of building slated for the PDX GATS... Target: (URL) Depot: (3 URLs) (copied from the pics of the MICHLTC show, a nice rendition: (URL) working on Circuit City, Hollywood Video and more! SteveB I'd rather be building trains P N (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains) !!
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Does anyone have a good process of exporting images (for the web) out of Track Designer? Short of doing a screen capture and some work in PhotoDraw (or another image editing program) I can't think of anything. Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Yes, this was a shot from the first ever PNLTC event, 1997 Portland GATS. Ben Fleskes' Metroliner is rumbling across my red viaduct while Thomas the Tank Engine leads a string of mischievious freightcars through a mountain tunnel. The upper (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Baseplate vs Brick landscape (was: Re: Show report)
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(...) Right. That drawn track (and glowing cave, etc) have been there since the start of 9V. Mayhaps J2 is referring to catalog illustrations, though? PS, I heard I left my vitamins at Chris's, did you happen to get those? I wouldn't want to have to (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Baseplate vs Brick landscape (was: Re: Show report)
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(...) I assumed that TLC uses drawn/computerized backgrounds so that no one can claim they are being misleading about the contents of the package. For instance, on the 3225 Classic Train, they used drawn-in track instead of real track, because there (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Most of the time a company will run a contest to gauge or spark interest in a product. I seriously doubt that they are trying to “steal” designs. They are probably trying see what people are doing with what’s currently available to help them market (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm new here. I was not aware there was a seperate newsgroup for auction postings. Please accept my apologies, it will not happen again LEGO BLOCK (24 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | FA about 75 blue rails, switches, ...old but looks as new
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FA on EBAY: #375 yellow castle / #918 & #928 Space sets AS NEW IN BOX ! Also got tons of other stuff FA: '60ties and '70 sets, Legoland sets, tons of rails, windows, bricks with printings on it,... follow this link (URL) look up seller 'Anti-Yoda' (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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We're progressing well with entries for the Town building contest. There are many buildings and vehicles so far, but we could do with more entries in the large and small boats and ships, dioramas, structures, aircraft, microfig, and macro scale (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.trains, lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Warning: Train Motor Stress Cracking
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(...) Ouch! I use this all the time and it's a potential issue! Thanks for bringing this up. ++Lar (24 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Huw, I just have to say that this is fantastic. I love the detail. Just something as simple as two 1x1 two-sided thin wall bricks to make a tiny sink in the kitchen is genius. The fact that every inch of the model has detail like this is (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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