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| Look at that big Ogel base set. Doesn't it just scream "Dr. Claw"? I'm talking about the original excellent Inspector Gadget animated series, not the recent Disney rubbish. Change that skull on the fortress to look more like the MAD cat logo, and (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
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| (...) This will become a FAQ anyway: what's verdigris? or, what do you call that pale doctor's office green color? will pop up regularly. I don't consider myself illiterate, but when we started the naming discussion, I immediately thought of (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
| | | | | Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
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| Tom Stangl, VFAQman <talonts@vfaq.com> wrote in message news:3A05C764.F18F44...faq.com... (...) age-darkened finish (...) etc. (...) it is a (...) "Verdigris" is pretty obvious in meaning, I think. You'd have to be (almost) illiterate not to make (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
| | | | | Re: here comes the next wave of 2001 sets...
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| (...) Me too. (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: here comes the next wave of 2001 sets...
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| (...) No. They aren't. LEGO is going down. ;( Where are trains ????? Where are CITY models like shops, post offices, police stations, hospitals, fire stations, airports... etc. ? Where are Model Teams or UCS sets ? Where are detailed Technic models (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
| | | | | My Favourite 2001 Sets
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| 6774 Alpha Team ATV You get the funny minifig with the big mouth, the other minifig with the shoulder-length red hair, and the sub is kind of neat. 6776 Ogel Command Centre Interesting return to Pirates, Time Twisters, and Trans-red! 7126 Battle (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
| | | | | Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
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| (...) OED2 says: 1. A green or greenish blue substance obtained artificially by the action of dilute acetic acid on thin plates of copper (or a green rust naturally forming on copper and brass), and much used as a pigment, in dyeing, the arts, and (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
| | | | | Re: Star Wars part in Life on Mars set?
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| Well, actually 7159 (the Pod Bucket) also comes with these Battle Droid Elements used for a different function. And nearly everyone will admit that the 'thing' (it's no minifig) I am talking about looks totally crap. A new use of an element is not (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)
| | | | | Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
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| Webster is out of date - patina simply means a weathered and/or age-darkened finish to antiquers, and can apply to copper, bronze, nickel, wood, etc, etc, etc. Weathered GREEN would make the most sense, as people would instantly know it is a shade (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
| | | | | Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
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| (...) verdigris, according to www.webster.com, can be greenish or bluish, and is only secondarily associated with copper. patina, again according to Webster, is exactly the name of greenish, weather-aged copper. (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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