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YEESH! Looking good guys! (URL) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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~Jus' two more things: (URL) anyone get a good look @ the 'dark-cloaked' figure in the background between the train and the minifig on the right…nice! (URL) and here’s yet another set with a train in it that shows TLG’s commitment to the Rail-heads (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not rumors anymore...two of the seven sets (Street Chase and Cafe Attack) appear to have Jack Stone-like characters. Luckily just those two. Doug (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Ever since the GMLTC became one of the first clubs to build our trains 8-wide, we've run into problems trying to run long trains. Simply, the LEGO magnets aren't strong enough! Try to pull several 8-wide cars around a 180degree corner, and we'd (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hiya Lyndsay! Great to hear from you ... in answer to your question, I'm not exactly sure. I only had it set up on a relatively small loop (exactly one dining-room-table in size), so I'd suspect it will have many of the same problems when it (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Aw, man. That's really spiffy. And from experience with the Hudson, I know it looks even better in person than it does in photographs (black being the hard to photograph hue it is). Not to worry about the scale--the locomotive is a work of art (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Looks like this piece: (URL) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hey Shaun, Sorry but I don't know of any software/freeware that will do that. Anyway...I wouldn't worry about the file being .mov (quicktime) because most people can veiw them (including me) so just put a link to the file so we can download (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Erik, I can certainly take some video files of the engine running ... unfortunately, my digital camera only captures them in .mov format. Is there a freeware program for converting from .mov (quicktime) to .mpg or .avi? Alternatively, does (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Mattias, The pins behind the smokestack are this piece, in black: (URL) To connect the wheels to the piston rods, the axles are extended slightly to each side, and attached to one end of these: (URL) The piston rods are then connected via (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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This is a new, Baroque-Styled train station for the "Greed Square" area of BrickTopia: (URL) is traditional, there is much corrupt behavior going on inside: (URL) BrickTopia Page: (URL) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) If you click the image it enlarges a bit. I have a feeling it uses the small train wheels like the (URL) just wait what the train guys have in store... Jeroen (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi again Shaun After studing the fantastic pictures in more detail I have two small qustions Just behind the main smokestack there are two pins standing up side by side, How are these made? How have you connected the piston rods to the wheels? (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Some of the parts might have been cool if they wern't bley. It's sitting on 4.5V track hard to tell from the small pict what it would take to make it 9v compatible.-Ken (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm leaning towards saying Dark Grey Train window, with, ummm BLACK glass? Maybe trans black? Measure it by eyesight, its 3 bricks tall, the opening matches a 1x2x3 train window... Josh (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My thoughts were Plue, then I looked, then thought PURPLE! But its more reminicant of Violet really... Look at the SAD reissue of the Hogwarts express too;-) Josh (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's fully navigable from the main site, and in fact they're taking pre-orders based on the visible numbers and pictures. So it's a seller. Whether or not they're OK with TLC in using these pictures and taking pre-orders so far in advance is (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Is that bus purple, or blue under funny color distortion? Even blue makes for a nifty model but purple (train?... they look train given the rounded corners) windows would get a lot of people quite excited I expect, even if it doesn't have (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) spidey sets. Are those pics OK to distribute? what's the provenance there? (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think a few of the Beta Testers have posted some pics. Here are a few links (2 URLs) Jason's Rocket> (2 URLs) my not nearly as good 1830 loco> (2 URLs) my totally cruddy 1920 electric> (2 URLs) John Gerlach's gorgeous Challenger> (...) Ah (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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