|
|
| |
HEY All,
<3 LEGO <3
We are two flourishing LEGO FANS who have decided to dedicate our Thesis
research to an extensive study of the LEGO user's impressions on the LEGO Ideas
platform and the fan contribution to TLG - basically on all of you!! :)
SO, we would like to ask you 3 brief questions, which will be used as
qualitative data in our thesis.
1. How and why has the LEGO Ideas changed your perception on LEGO?
2. What would it take for you to feel alienated by LEGO in terms of their new
ideas for co-creation? Or can LEGO do no wrong?
3. Would you say that LEGO co-creation with fans have made you more loyal to the
brand? How?
THANK YOU for any comments and responses!
AND if ANY of you would like to help us even more - we would like to set up a
skype-chat / informal interview with you, it will take no more than 10-15
minutes of your time! THANK YOU
|
|
| |
In lugnet.robotics, "Tom Lohre Jr" <Tom@tomlohre.com> wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, "Alberto Santos" <jarsantos5@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > This is an old topic but I need your help.
> >
> > I acquired the set 9731 LM Vision Command without the original software and I
> > can't found the English version for WinXP nowhere. At BrickLink, only other
> > languages are on sale for WinXP.
> >
> > Can someone share the installation CD in English of LEGO Mindstorms Vision
> > Command for Windows XP or where can I download the software in English??
> >
> > Any help appreciated...
> >
> > Alberto Santos
>
> I have it. Will duplicate it and post it on Drop Box.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pwpghomzpwbk6pk/AABZZTeKWYiFzlkWoI6EN4Vda?dl=0
|
|
| |
In lugnet.robotics, "Alberto Santos" <jarsantos5@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> This is an old topic but I need your help.
>
> I acquired the set 9731 LM Vision Command without the original software and I
> can't found the English version for WinXP nowhere. At BrickLink, only other
> languages are on sale for WinXP.
>
> Can someone share the installation CD in English of LEGO Mindstorms Vision
> Command for Windows XP or where can I download the software in English??
>
> Any help appreciated...
>
> Alberto Santos
I have it. Will duplicate it and post it on Drop Box.
|
|
| |
Good Friday?
Easter Long Weekend?
Going to Open your Cottage?
NOPE!!!! You are going to be at the monthly rtl Dinner this Friday
April 14th
7pm
Swiss Chalet -
Dundas St Etobicoke
Be there! I will. Jeff said he would. And while I can't be sure if it was a
joke, I think the PMO and Mr. J. Trudeau will be in attendance as well.
#truth #hashtag
Regards
|
|
| |
Well I can announce it finally.... :-)
This thread....
http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=56284
I am writing a 9 volume LEGO Encyclopedia that involves 6 Volumes (450 pages
each) on LEGO sets from day 1 of 1949 thru 2017. Most of this info for the
earlier years is from my 2800 page LEGO Collectors Guide (2800 pages available
formerly as a DVD and now only as a computer desktop download).
Also included will be 3 additional 350 page volumes that I label A, B and C...
which have rare LEGO parts (A), LEGO early toys (B), and LEGO retailer display
and glued display models (C).
There's good news and bad news about this though... the bad news is that the
first country to get the 9 volume books will be China... they are currently
gettting translated into Chinese as I finish the volumes (1-3 are completed, and
of the remaining 6... 2 1/2 are already done).
The good news is that I am updating my online version (available as a computer
desktop download)... and that will probably go to over 3500 pages when
completed. The online version of my guide will only be a fraction of the cost
of the paper volumes when completed. As I said, right now China is working on
translating it to simplified Chinese... and other countries are currently
negotiating for translations. The English version won't require translations,
since it was written in that language. But that is still a ways away from being
produced.
But anyway... for those of you who have my online guide... you will be getting
all future updates found in the 9 volumes... for FREE. :) And I can still
offer the current guide (with future free updates) for those who will be
interested in a desktop version (only $29.95, a fraction of the book costs).
Here are the Encyclopedia volumes... (note 5 and 6 are still not firm for
start/end dates)....
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2887/33484209630_c3621f40fd_b.jpg
Volume 1...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2850/33131771723_1e4be6852a_b.jpg
Volume 2...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2854/33559662290_36de1fccc3_b.jpg
Volume 3...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2917/33787387792_ddbdf9bae5_b.jpg
Volume 4...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2826/33814882361_bd4a9c7cda_b.jpg
Volume 5...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2904/33101427074_b440d2f8f6_b.jpg
Volume 6... (start/end years not yet set)
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2811/33101420944_279a527389_b.jpg
Volume "A"...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2942/33814839311_4156ef109f_b.jpg
Volume "B"...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2827/33787341382_a3830d340e_b.jpg
Volume "C"...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2816/33131716683_0545b4fc65_b.jpg
As I had mentioned, my online version of these guides will be free for those who
already bought my online guide (10-15 min. to download)... with free future
updates to add the remaining volumes of data to the 73 chapters already done).
For info on that, see Lugnet.Marketplace for price and link.
My publicists is already telling me to stop selling the online guide to current
collectors, but I'm holding off a bit... But once it's a closed edition, the
online guide with future updates will only be available to current owners of the
guide, even though it will be a closed edition.
Thanks to all my friends! :)
Gary Istok
|
|
| |
In lugnet.robotics.vc, Jon Hauris wrote:
> Hi, Does anybody know of any books on Vision Command at all. Especially any
> books at the level of David Baum's or Bagnall's on Mindstorms. I am really
> interested in detailed image processing with VC.
>
> Thanks, Jon
I am working on a program that posterizes an image. Can you do this with
theThreshold, MorphOpen, MorphClose, MorphProperOpen, MorphProperClose,
MorphThin and Invert commands in RoboLab?
|
|
| |
Using RCX bricks and RoboLab 2.94, in many ways is like being stranded on Mars
and this is all there is, which is everything. There is plenty of time until the
next spaceship arrives since contacting Earth depends on making this software
and hardware work. The first space shuttle used a software and hardware that was
more primitive than RCX bricks and RoboLab 2.94. The goal is to surf the
Internet for a paintable image, change it into nine colors of blobs and print it
by melting oil pastels on metal.
|
|
| |
Having to trouble shoot a Dell Inspiron 1100 not booting up cleanly. An alarm
goes off and it goes to safe boot mode. I am running the original Home version
of XP without updates and RoboLab 2.94. Keeping the 2007 working original
program until new application arm is working. Side arm needs to come in and heat
up surface where oil pastel dot is applied and move aside for the application
wheel to rotate to the color and move down to apply the dot. Thinking it will be
a side arm where the heating box flips down, moves into dot area for allotted
time then out. http://tomlohre.com/lego.htm
|
|
| |
I posted my MK II Viper a few years
back. I finally got around to doing the MK VII version in LDD and rendered in
Bluerender.
It is built in the ~1 stud = 1 foot scale I have built my other models to. It
is slightly longer than scale, but that is to compensate for the extra width
that our overly obese minifigs require.
brickshelf gallery
when moderated
In my research, I realized that there are two subtly different versions out
there. The original has the wings blending into the fuselage all the way out
toward the nose and has different shaped wings. The “MK VIIB” has the wings
blending into the fuselage about the midpoint of the nose (and remind me a lot
of how the wings on an F-18 blend into the forward fuselage). I chose to try to
model the “B” model and used this
site put up by one
of the VFX modelers for the show as a reference.
This was a difficult build to try to make all the angles come together and look
“right” at this scale. The core is a 2x2 structure using the many bricks with
studs on their sides that are now available. The model literally has “studs up”
in all 6 directions to achieve the form.
I did look at this excellent
MOC of the MKVIIA by
atomictoaster85 somewhat in the build process as it appeared much smaller and
“true to scale” than other MK VII MOCs I have seen online. Given the shape of
the rear fuselage behind the cockpit, there are only so many ways to achieve the
“stepped” look with LEGO bricks at this size.and that portion of my model does
look very similar. I don’t know if I am satisfied with the large sloped wedges
on the sides of the rear of the fuselage relative to the MK VII reference I was
using and may continue to twiddle with it in the future.
A minifig does barely fit into the cockpit, but as a result, the controls and
instrumentation are not as detailed as I would normally like. Yet another
compromise when trying to build at a smaller scale.
I have been challenging myself to include fully retractable landing gear in
these Viper models that closes cleanly. On the nose gear, I didn’t quite
achieve the effect I wanted. I had another nose gear design planned (similar to
my LL919 model) but the nose structure became too compromised when I started
deleting bricks to make room for the nose gear assembly. So I ended up using a
simple hinge piece with a 1x2 brick. It works, but does interrupt the clean
lines of the bottom of the craft.
Lastly, I’m not sure I like the minifig surfboards for the wing/tail tips. I
thought they would look cool, but are too wide for the scale I’m working at. I
would also like to eliminate the gaps on the wing/tail cannons. Again, these
are some things I might continue to experiment with. But overall, I believe the
design is 90% there, and I am happy with it for now.
Thanks for looking,
drc
|
|
| |
Was having fun lately putting a blase space layout on hold to build Technic
again.
To start, a video--
https://youtu.be/OTMT26zqXhg
And, if you have dome old technic parts laying around and feel like making this
build, I just finished LDrawing it here--
https://flic.kr/s/aHskVpc6wN
Anyway, wanted to post something here considering I haven't been in a while...
Hi everyone! :)
Dave K
|
|
Skipped 143 messages in
groups
lugnet.admin.statistics, lugnet.off-topic.test (Skip-filter settings)
|
