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    Presenting my PTV large: Plunder At Sea Ye be warned! Contents may be disturbing to some. Contains physical and psychological violence and abuse. Viewer discretion is well advised. Our pirates sailed the high seas for booty. Fate had them encountered the Commodore's ship and a battle ensued. The Redcoats had some difficulty shooting straight (maybe they were trained at the Imperial Stormtrooper Academy). They lost the cannon battle and major pieces of their ship. The pirates boarded and went amuck. They found boozes and gold treasure chest. There was no Geneva Convention back then so things weren't so fortunate for the defeated crew. Although, one lucky Redcoat managed to escape. Removing the booty... Female pirate got horny with her prisoner... No, monkey, that rigor mortis is not a banana... The losing commander gets to be fish food... Planking by dr_spock_888, on Flickr That's all in a day's work in the insane life of a healthy pirate. Happy pirating.
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    Being able to build fast can be useful for the speed build contests held at AFOL conventions. One year I got lucky when the organisers thought it would be fun to have Technic as the set for competition, knowing most of the attendees are system builders. It was fun for me.
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    I would suggest searching Brickshelf. Go there and search on "crane". Many AFOLs have done monster size cranes in the past. Some have posted good detailed pictures of structures and mechanisms.
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    It can depends if you're young or old. When I was young, I like to build as fast as I can. Now I am old, I go slower and enjoy the moment. Kind of like chuggling pitchers of beer while in college versus savoring a fine wine. I think it took me over 6 hours to finish 42030.
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    ^Haha. You can also do "Mine is straighter than yours." If you have them in a diagonal, then they can battle it out using the Schwartz.
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    Searched for my black rims and could find one of four. Design change time...
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    That looks like a good starting point for one of those rubber tired trains like the Paris or Montreal Metro.
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    More like four shades of grey: light grey, dark grey, bley and dark bley. The whipping will stop when you can see white. Day 065 of 365: Four Shades of Grey by dr_spock_888, on Flickr
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    procedure
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    You can attach those bogies to Technic plates (with holes) at the end of the car. I use tan pin to axle connector instead of a 2L axle for my MPM train. It keeps the bogie from falling off when I lift the unit off the rails.
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    haha, clever.
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    Welcome aboard, Kurt.
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    The dark studio shot has some strong spot lights shining on the set Falcon, those sections may have been overexposed to white. The other parts of the ship like the cockpit not directly under the strong light look greyish... There is also movie magic. Since they overlay a model Falcon in the final product, they may not put the effort detailing sections that won't be in the shot with actors.
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    Thanks. He prefers to steal the LEGO balls out of my Great Ball Contraptions than chasing trains. Then I'm finding balls all over the house. It's not bad for doing other things with Arduino. It has LEDs you can use for signals but only yellow and red it seems. The servo motor can be use to control a turn out. But to control LEGO PF trains, you'll need a infrared LED in the 980nm range which the start kit doesn't have but they are easy enough to order off Ebay. If you want to detect the train, then you'll need some detection devices like reed switches, photodiodes, etc.
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    Great job! It's fun to watch it snake around curves.
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    Neat idea. Do you have the Constitution train too?
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    They probably could if there is a strong enough business case. It has been 6 years since Space Police III. Pirates came back after a 5-6 years hiatus.
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    Perhaps, Queen Amidala likes him a bit too much. Day 289 of 365: Jealousy by dr_spock_888, on Flickr
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    maple
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    Or they want to snuggle with the video camera.
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    It's a matter of taste. Since we do not know your daughter, I can't say which one she'll enjoy more or if it even matters.
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    Funny thing is boys and girls wore pink uniforms in 19th century England. It wasn't until the 20th century did pink became more associated with female in western culture. We tried gender neutral, no pink, with our daughter. It kind of worked from the time she were born to kindergarten. Then overnight, everything had to be pink and Barbie. I got her some Technic sets to compliment the pink. She built them but Technic wasn't her thing so they just sat around. She was more interested in ninjas and martial arts. She's now taking AP advanced calculus and prefers to drive a manual transmission car and not a fan of pink. So maybe the Technic worked after all. I like the 1980's simple pig tails hair piece with generic smiley head to distinguish gender on minifigs. It was less complicated back then. Some times I wonder if we are making things too complicated for kids these days. Let's not forget children are much better at imaginary pretending type of playing than we are. At the end of the day, it is really up to you, the parent, to choose the toys you believe are good for your child. Your child may have other ideas of what's good for them. Can't please everyone, you know. I am not sure how realistic is to expect that a for profit corporation to cover everyone's need or values.
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    On Her Majesty's Secret Service Day 288 of 365: Agent 000 by dr_spock_888, on Flickr
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    Welcome aboard.
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    How much are they worth? I was pawing through someone else's LEGO the other day and found a few SHELL printed bricks.
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