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(...) I'm including images of the buffers: (2 URLs) Well these parts are horrible, I model mostly US trains. And I'm not interested in having my coupler combined with a buffer. I mosly use this part (URL) or this (URL) and toss the regular buffers (...) (17 years ago, 4-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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----- Original Message ---- From: Jeramy Spurgeon <beatnik303@hotmail.com> To: lugnet.trains@lugnet.com Sent: Friday, April 4, 2008 2:59:04 PM Subject: Re: New Elements on Factory? (...) --snip-- (...) Anybody else notice that the train baseplates (...) (17 years ago, 4-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) --snip-- (...) Anybody else notice that the train baseplates jumped up to $20.00 and $25.00!!!???? -Jeramy (17 years ago, 4-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I used a similar technique in the past, though I can't find a hyperlink to the solution (which was not mine, I think Chris Masi's). It worked rather well, though the main problem that I encountered was the frictionless pins slipping out of the (...) (17 years ago, 4-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Well... here's a technic coupler which has the same range of movement, almost the same dimensions and is rotationally symmetric. (URL) I've cross-posted this to .technic in case the good people there can come up with something smaller and/or (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Or indeed the LEGO problem, back in the good old days of 4.5V trains. (At least LEGO had the magnets in colour coded mounts, though). Cheers Richie Dulin (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) This is my guess. The magnet looks like it might spin and pivot so it might still work. My guess is that it will have to work otherwise they would have to have 2 different buffers, one front and one Back. -Eric (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) <>> (...) Could it be for this reason? (URL) link> (warning Stajinaria link, may contain swearing, rudeness and other behaviour unallowed on LUGNET). Tim (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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It looks like all, or most of the expanded palette including the space palette is online. Lots of new parts up there. Grey minifigs, police and viking torsos, crossbows, suitcases, skulls, armor, skeletons, cupboards, new heads, new colors of chairs (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I see what you mean about the buffers, although I assume you mean the magnet that is hard mounted. The ability to pivot to allow the correct polarity to face outwards if vital really, otherwise you end up with the Brio problem of having to (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I see what you mean about the buffers, although I assume you mean the magnet that is hard mounted. The ability to pivot to allow the correct polarity to face outwards if vital really, otherwise you end up with the Brio problem of having to (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I'm usually not on Factory/Pick-a-Brick, but have been this week. In just the past couple of days, it looks like they've made some changes to the train elements: Added Train Buffer 2 (Design ID: 64422, Category: Transportation Means, Trains) Prepack (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi all, I don't know how many of you use Flickr for train MOC pictures but I'm just reminding/alerting you to the LEGO Trains group over there ((URL) so that you can join and add photos if you are a user. I think there's a few users there who don't (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That would have been a heck of a book. Benn (17 years ago, 2-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) (URL) was featured in a graphic on the LEGO trains website for a while, in the section where it featured ideas on building your own trackside structures. This website seems to have been superseded by the LEGO Hobby Trains website. By the way, (...) (17 years ago, 31-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(URL) RAILBRICKS is now accepting instructions submissions for inclusion on the (URL) RAILBRICKS website>. We hope to eventually provide the largest repository of train related LEGO build instructions available for free on the web. Each submission (...) (17 years ago, 31-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish.railbricks, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.inst, FTX) !
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We've gathered a lot of steam for this year's train presence at Brickworld! The following clubs will be represented this year with many other individual layouts as well TCLTC - Twin Cities LEGO Train Club MichianaLTC - Michiana LEGO Train Club (...) (17 years ago, 31-Mar-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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(...) Thanks Mike. I'd love to use your PHP snippet, in case the solution I am currently using doesn't work. I stumbled upon this website:(URL) that allows you to generate a feed from any dynamic page. It seems to be working fine, though the 'free' (...) (17 years ago, 31-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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"Tim David" <talltim@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:JyHr8H.J7M@lugnet.com... (...) Jake McKee could give you the complete story on them but here is what I know. These models were built for a never produced LEGO Train Catalog. At some point they (...) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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"Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:JyCtqy.459@lugnet.com... (...) 4 - 5 years ago when Steve B., Huw M., HoMA, and I were asked to comment on the forthing coming RC train we had a conversation with the LEGO technical people (...) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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