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Here it is! https://youtu.be/zEYWym2gCck My friend (who works in 'the biz') got some 'studio time' booked at his shop and we set up the #OBBCSL. He set up the lighting and the screens and I set up the layout. He originally thought about 'green (...) (2 years ago, 13-Jun-22, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.space)
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| | #OBBCSL lit up and filmed with studio equipment
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I had the opportunity to set up the #OBBCSL in a studio environment and get it professionally filmed today. This is a quick vid I made with my cell phone at one point. https://youtu.be/TQ5PPKOv7SA Hope you like it! Dave K (2 years ago, 5-Jun-22, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.space)
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| | I'm doing a show!
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It's been so long since I've done an actual show! I'll be setting up the #OBBCSL at the Canadian Toy Collector's Society's show! Location and time information - May 22, 2022 Etobicoke Olympium 590 Rathburn Rd. Etobicoke, (Toronto) Ontario, Canada (...) (3 years ago, 17-May-22, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | My Living Room Classic Space layout - Using LifeLites
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I 'finished' (is it ever done?) lighting up my Classic Space Layout and decided to set it up in my living room. I took some pics and posted them on my Flickr channel - <https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzD1sW> Also took a few vids and put them on my YouTube (...) (3 years ago, 24-Feb-22, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | LUGNET is moving servers once more
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Dear LUGNET Users, after quite some time we have decided to move LUGNET to a more modern cloud-based server platform to improve bandwidth and reliability of the service. While we are aware that technology has advanced and the LUGNET discussion (...) (5 years ago, 2-May-20, to lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO Display over the Family Day Weekend at the International Centre, Toronto
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We will be setting up a small display at the International Centre over the Family Day Weekend-- (URL) Feb. 15th Sun., Feb. 16th Mon., Feb. 17th 10:00am – 6:00pm International Centre 6900 Airport Road Mississauga, ON I'll be bringing some sort of (...) (5 years ago, 22-Jan-20, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | LUGNET experiencing minor technical issues
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Hi all, as some of you may have noticed, we have upgraded LUGNET to use SSL encryption across all pages. As a downside, we are currently experiencing a couple of minor issues because some pages are getting delivered as "mixed content" (which you (...) (7 years ago, 28-Feb-18, to lugnet.announce)
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| | New LEGO ENCYCLOPEDIA SERIES
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Well I can announce it finally.... :-) This thread.... (URL) 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 (...) (8 years ago, 10-Apr-17, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Software upgrade on LUGNET server
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All, we have recently upgraded the operating system of the main LUGNET server - so far we have not identified any immediate issues, but knowing that the LUGNET framework has been struck by changes in the OS in the past, please let us know if you hit (...) (8 years ago, 2-Aug-16, to lugnet.announce)
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| | HispaBrick Magazein 024
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The latest issue of HispaBrick Magazine is now available. I could of course mention all of the great articles in this issue, but you can read the full announcement here: (URL) biggest reason why you should download it immediately is of course that (...) (9 years ago, 3-Feb-16, to lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO Patreon Site
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Hello fellow AFOLS! My name is John Henry and I worked at LEGO ago as a designer for 5 years. You may remember a designer video I did once on the VW Camper that I worked on, not to mention a bunch of other fun Creator webtips....? Well, since (...) (9 years ago, 20-Nov-15, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: LUGNET Reunion group on Facebook
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(...) Doesn't this post need its FUT set properly? No discussion in Announce! :) (9 years ago, 6-Oct-15, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | Re: LUGNET Reunion group on Facebook
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(...) (URL) JOHN (9 years ago, 6-Oct-15, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | LUGNET Reunion group on Facebook
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Those of us that book face are having a reunion rehashing the old days here on LUGNET. Check it out if you too book the face: https://www.facebook...459784471/ (9 years ago, 6-Oct-15, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Brickaboodle now available for Mac users
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Greetings, For anyone who uses a Macintosh computer, you may want to check out an app that I have created called (URL) Brickaboodle>. It is an app for keeping track of your LEGO kits as well as your own brick creations. It is available through the (...) (9 years ago, 17-Aug-15, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Brickfete - LEGO Fan Fest - July 4 & 5
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LEGO fans, join us for our 5th Birthday! July 4 & 5 (10 am to 3 pm) at Delta Toronto East ((URL) for more info Tickets (URL) are on sale online until midnight Thursday, after that tickets must be bought at the door (cash only). VIP and Exclusive (...) (9 years ago, 30-Jun-15, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.org.ca.novalug, lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.quelug, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Europe court rules LEGO figures are 'protected shape'
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Europe court rules LEGO figures are 'protected shape' June 16, 2015. From European Union (EU) court. LEGO registered the trademark in 2000 but it has been challenged by it competitors The shape of LEGO's figures (minifigures) is a protected (...) (9 years ago, 16-Jun-15, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Europe court rules LEGO figures are 'protected shape'
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Europe court rules LEGO figures are 'protected shape' June 16, 2015. From European Union (EU) Court. LEGO registered the trademark in 2000 but it has been challenged by it competitors The shape of LEGO's figures is a protected trademark and (...) (9 years ago, 16-Jun-15, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Europe court rules LEGO figures are 'protected shape'
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Europe court rules LEGO figures are 'protected shape' June, 16, 2015 from BBC.com and European Union (EU) Court. The shape of LEGO's figures (minifigures) is a protected trademark and therefore cannot be copied, an EU court has ruled. Competitor (...) (9 years ago, 16-Jun-15, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Mosaic Maker fixed
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All, unfortunately with the recent server move I did not realize that the Mosaic Maker ((URL) was broken in the process. Luckily there are folks out there who eventually let me know - so I was able to identify the missing pieces of software and get (...) (9 years ago, 31-May-15, to lugnet.announce)
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| | FAO SCHWARZ - USA Luxury Toy Store closing their last (famous flagship) Toy Store
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FAO Schwarz has been an American luxury toy store tradition since they first opened up in NYC in 1862. Their Fifth Ave. flagship store was the equivalent of Harrod's of London's toy department. Very up market and exclusive. The went thru way too (...) (10 years ago, 16-May-15, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Intermittent Outage Notification: Lugnet Server Move
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Dear Lugnet Community, after roughly 8 years of residing on the same server platform, it has become inevitable to move Lugnet contents to a new server. We have had the odd intermittent outage because of server components failing, but much worse is (...) (10 years ago, 6-Mar-15, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | LEGO Matriarch EDITH KIRK CHRISTIANSEN 90th Birthday today!!
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The Dowager LEGO Lady herself, Edith Kirk Christiansen turns 90 years old today, May 29, 2014. Edith was born on May 29, 1924, is the daughter-in-law of LEGO founder Ole Kirk Christiansen, widow of LEGO chief Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, and mother (...) (10 years ago, 29-May-14, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | A Lego puzzle
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The explanation is on the web page, but briefly: we wanted some different kinds of stairs, etc. It took us a while, but we got what we needed. The puzzle is: how did we do it? Don't post your solutions - just email them to me (cg@graysage.com), and (...) (11 years ago, 29-Mar-14, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Change in News Display
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All, following an increasing number of requests, I have today disabled display of the "From:" field on the News article pages. This means, while the author's name will continue to be visible, the From: header line containing the author's email (...) (11 years ago, 28-Aug-13, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | Ladies and Gentleman, LEGO fans of all ages...
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Ladies and Gentleman, LEGO fans of all ages... Don't miss a great LEGO festival in Toronto, Canada. July 13th & 14th, 2013 10am until 3pm www.brickfete.com (URL) The public is invited to view the awesome LEGO Creations on display and we can not wait (...) (11 years ago, 3-Jul-13, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Act by the end of the weekend...
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...or this message will self destruct. Looking for a AFOL Convention in Toronto, Canada? Brickfête is only one month away, on July 11 - 14, 2013. Regular exhibitor/AFOL registration for Brickfête ends this weekend. By Sunday night at midnight we (...) (11 years ago, 14-Jun-13, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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| | Journey to the Moon - repremiere after 40 years (w/link)
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Back in 1973 when I was 12, together with my younger cousin I made a 6 minutes Lego film in Super 8, half of it using stop motion animation. Inspired by the popular Apollo program, we built a rocket with several stages and room for the LM, a launch (...) (12 years ago, 16-May-13, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.animation) !
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| | Journey to the Moon - repremiere after 40 years
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Back in 1973 when I was 12, together with my younger cousin I made a 6 minutes Lego film in Super 8, half of it using stop motion animation. Inspired by the popular Apollo program, we built a rocket with several stages and room for the LM, a launch (...) (12 years ago, 16-May-13, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.animation)
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| | Barbie's Apocryphal Dream Mech
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Mobile infantry combat just got a whole lot more fabulous! This mighty mech can duke it out in style, standing up to anything that the enemy can throw at it. Twin shoulder-mounted rocket launchers can lead the assault from a distance, while the (...) (12 years ago, 6-Apr-13, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Brickworld 2013
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Good afternoon everyone, If you have not heard, Brickworld 2013 will be held at a new home - The Renaissance Hotel & Convention Center in Shaumburg, IL. This move is in response to the attendees desire to hold the event in a single room. We will be (...) (12 years ago, 15-Feb-13, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | LEGO announces latest MINDSTORMS verion: EV3
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In case no one has noticed, earlier today LEGO announced their newest MINDSTORMS version at CES. This version is called the EV3, and will be released later this year. I'll let you do your own web searches for official announcements, pictures, and (...) (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce)
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| | PennLUG at the Greenberg Train Show in York, Pennsylvania January 12th and 13th
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The (URL) Pennsylvania LEGO Users Group> is going to be displaying at the Greenberg Train Show in York PA on the 12th and 13th at the York Expo Center. Our layout will be featuring our (URL) class LEGO trains> including many (URL) steam engines> and (...) (12 years ago, 1-Jan-13, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | HispaBrick Magazine 015 available
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(URL) little later than usual, but here we are again. This issue has had to wait for our annual event to finish, images of which you will find inside, but be assured that it has not affected the work we have put into HBM 015. In this issue you will (...) (12 years ago, 17-Dec-12, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | TRU Bricktober Minifig Series
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Got them all! (5 URLs) AC (12 years ago, 6-Oct-12, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us, FTX)
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| | altBricks.com website ready for order with new stock
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Hi All, The www.altBricks.com website is ready for orders!!! It took way longer than planned to get the site all up and running. And we have been so burried in "side" orders that we keep running out! But we just received a large shipment so there (...) (12 years ago, 9-Sep-12, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.town)
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| | HispaBrick Magazine 014 is out
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Number 014 of (URL) HispaBrick Magazine®>, the magazine for fans of LEGO® constructions, is now available. In this new edition Gary King presents his fleet of Battlestar Galactica ships, Akiyuki Kawaguchi amazes with his GBC modules, Katie Walker (...) (12 years ago, 31-Jul-12, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | LEGO Fan Survey results & feedback (2012)
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Dear LEGO® Fan community, We hereby share top line, aggregated results of the LEGO Fan Survey which was conducted in May 2012. Over 6.000 LEGO fans over the age of 13 participated in the survey. A majority of you who participated in the survey were (...) (12 years ago, 6-Jul-12, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | AltBricks Fall Leaf Collection :)
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Hi All, AltBricks (Brick Link Store) has released the "Fall Leaf Collection"... • 100 Mixed Leaves (20 of each color): Brown, Dark Tan, Dark Red, Yellow, & Orange. $20.00 ea • 100 Brown leaves • 100 Dark Tan leaves • 100 Dark Red leaves • 100 Orange (...) (13 years ago, 16-Apr-12, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | LEGO DINO movie
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The LEGO® Group offered three North American LUGs the opportunity of displaying three complete collections of the LEGO DINO theme sets in an innovative way for spring 2012. QuéLUG (Québec LEGO® Users Group) was one of the three LUGs selected for (...) (13 years ago, 9-Apr-12, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.org.ca.quelug)
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| | RAILBRICKS Issue #11 Available for Download
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Nice to see some traffic in .trains again. For those who are interested, RAILBRICKS Issue #11 was released this morning. It is available for free download at (URL). Print copies may also be purchased at (URL). Please enjoy the latest issue. -Elroy (13 years ago, 17-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish.railbricks, lugnet.publish) !
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| | Alt Bricks
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Hi All, “Alt Bricks” (my new BrickLink.com store) is proud to announce its first custom product. Green Plant Leaves 6 x 5. This element is similar to the LEGO 6 x 5 plant leaf. This is NOT manufactured by LEGO. It is a custom element made for Alt (...) (13 years ago, 10-Mar-12, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Attempting to replace LUGNET server(s) (again)
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Dear LUGNET Community, as you may or may not have noticed we have had a few issues with out main LUGNET server recently. During the last outage we tried to move everything over to new hardware but failed due to architectural incompatibilities of the (...) (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | Monorail Record
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NELUG recently held an event dedicated to setting the world record for the longest LEGO monorail track. From everything we had seen, the previous record was somewhere around 200-300 linear feet of monorail track, depending on how you counted it, (...) (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug) !
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| | LEGO arm and hand
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Check out this life-size LEGO arm and hand. It's pretty amazing. (URL) (13 years ago, 23-Feb-12, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce)
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| | LUGNET Outage 17/18 Feb 2012
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Dear LUGNET Users, as you will have noticed, LUGNET experienced an outage on 17 and 18 Feb 2012. This was due to the main server having gone down under heavy load during a backup cycle. Since this issue has been haunting us for a while, I have (...) (13 years ago, 18-Feb-12, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Bricks by the Bay 2012 Call For Presentations
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Bricks By The Bay 2012 is looking for LEGO-related talks, roundtables, and special activities for the Convention, taking place March 16 -18 in Santa Clara, CA. Going to and putting on sessions are one of the things that makes a Lego convention fun. (...) (13 years ago, 9-Feb-12, to lugnet.events.bricksbythebay, lugnet.announce)
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| | Please join us, for Brickfete 2012 - Mark your calendars!!!
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Ladies and Gentlemen, builders of all ages... Mark your calendars for (URL) Brickfête 2012!!!> AFOL Convention starts Thursday, July 12th to Sunday, July 15st Public Exhibition on Sat, July 14th and Sunday, July 15th Located at the Hilton on Airport (...) (13 years ago, 5-Jan-12, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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| | Bricks by the Bay 2012 - March 16-18 - Santa Clara, California
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The third annual Bricks by the Bay LEGO® fan convention will be held Friday-Sunday, March 16-18, 2012. All serious LEGO® builders are welcome to attend and participate. See (URL) for more information. The Convention will run all three days and be (...) (13 years ago, 31-Dec-11, to lugnet.events.bricksbythebay, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org 2011-02 Parts Update Now Available
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The 2011-02 LDraw parts update has been now been released. This update includes 786 files in the core library, including 474 new parts. A further 19 parts have been redeveloped by authors who have affirmed the Contributor Agreement, replacing files (...) (13 years ago, 29-Dec-11, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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| | GETS 2011 & Red Deer shows
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The web pages for NALUG's display at the 2011 Great Edmonton Train Show are now finished. This year we had many new creations based on well-known business chains, as well as a variety of other MOCs. Also back for another appearance were the High (...) (13 years ago, 5-Dec-11, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | HBM 012 IS OUT!!!
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The 12th issue of HispaBrick Magazine is available now (URL) In this issue you will have the opportunity to learn more about Mike Doyle and his abandoned houses, trains created by Anthony Sava, the robots of Simon Burfield and the game Super Robo (...) (13 years ago, 30-Nov-11, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish, FTX) !
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| | BrickCon Presentation and Sessions Proposals Due by September 7
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The deadline to submit proposals for sessions at BrickCon 2011 is Wednesday, September 7. Earlier submissions are better and more likely to be scheduled at a preferred time (for example, not during the scheduled meal breaks 12-1 and 6-7:30 each (...) (13 years ago, 28-Aug-11, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.bc)
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| | LDraw.org 2011-01 Parts Update Now Available
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The 2011-01 LDraw parts update has been now been released. This update includes 904 files in the core library, including 486 new parts. A further 4 parts have been redeveloped by authors who have affirmed the Contributor Agreement, replacing files (...) (13 years ago, 25-Jul-11, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad) !!
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| | LETGUI Update (1.6.1.1)
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I just released a new version of LETGUI. Added support for stl2dat (now version 1.22). Added support for dat2qp (now version 1.3). Added support for coverer (now version 1.3). You can download like usually from (URL) you run into any trouble, please (...) (13 years ago, 24-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
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| | DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 3.0.9.0
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Hi guys, like already posted on (URL) it has been time to update DATHeader. Download version 3.0.9.0 from (URL) comments are welcome at (URL) (13 years ago, 24-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
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| | 2011/2012 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Nominations closing tomorrow
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Hi folks, As outlined here: (URL) for the 2011/2012 LDraw.org Steering Committee election will close tomorrow, at 11:59 PM GMT on 15.07.2011 and elections will start on 16.07.2011. Only those candidates that have been nominated, seconded, and have (...) (13 years ago, 14-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | 2011/2012 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
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Per the LDraw.org Bylaws at (URL) Subsection 6.03(a), the 2010/2011 Steering Committee should have called sometimes in January for the community to nominate individuals as candidates for the 2011/2012 Steering Committee[1]. But ... it's never to (...) (13 years ago, 2-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | New North American Community Coordinator
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Published in the LEGO ambassadors forums on June 24th, 2011 : Well, it’s finally been finalized, stamped, and approved and everything is official. The newly appointed North American Community Coordinator is Kevin Hinkle. Kevin comes to us from Texas (...) (13 years ago, 1-Jul-11, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Fana'briques 2011, 24th, 25th and 26th June
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Fana’briques, that’s LEGO in all its forms, meeting fans like you, sharing experiences, shopping parts and sets, enjoying your time, snacking and more! This event takes place in Rosheim, Alsace, East of France, the 24th, 25th and 26th June of June. (...) (13 years ago, 23-Jun-11, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.be, lugnet.loc.ch, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.es, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | The LEGO Minifigure Catalog
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"This catalog presents high quality photographs of all LEGO® Minifigures released between 1970s and 2010. The 3600 plus Minifigures® are organized by an innovative nomenclature that makes it easy to identify Minifigures®. Several indexes make it (...) (13 years ago, 23-Jun-11, to lugnet.inv, lugnet.announce) !
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| | New buildinginstruction on the LPub Manual Site
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Howdy folks! Check out my new buildinginstructions on the LPub Manual Site! https://sites.google...ons/cowboy I Love Building too... digitally... :-) Cheers! Jaco (14 years ago, 19-May-11, to lugnet.announce)
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| | LDraw.org File Encoding Standard Ratified
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Hello, The LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) has unanimously ratified changes to the text encoding requirements of the LDraw.org File Format. The Text Encoding section now reads as follows: (...) The LDraw 1.0.0 specification has been updated (...) (14 years ago, 30-Apr-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Bricksmith 2.5: More performance improvements
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(2 URLs) Bricksmith 2.5> adds the following features: Multi-threaded file parser (10.6 64-bit only) Inlined primitives drawn with faster optimized structures Direct primitive vertex interaction Cursor-centric zooming Supports 3DConnexion mice for (...) (14 years ago, 30-Apr-11, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Brickfête - Events List
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Well, As my fried Vince from Slap Chop fame says, Martini, Bikini, No Wienie's. ummm, no sorry I think I should have said, Fête!!!! (1)(2) The Brickfête team has not stopped plugging away since the first announcement a month ago. In that time the (...) (14 years ago, 16-Apr-11, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | Hispabrick Magazine 010
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Hispabrick Magazine 010 is ready for download from our website (URL) In this new edition you will be able to enjoy our regular features, reviews, MINDSTORMS, LDraw, building trees... Articles on LEGO Sports, Sphere building... Interviews with Mads (...) (14 years ago, 6-Apr-11, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish) !
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| | NO LUG
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NO LUG Clearly we need a better name A number of AFOL’s in the area (Arthur, Ken, Troy, Adrian,Todd etc.) are interested in forming a new Lego Users Group for the Northern Ohio region (Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Youngstown, etc.). The first meeting (...) (14 years ago, 26-Mar-11, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Brickfête - Canadian Lego Fan Event
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(URL) The baseplates are laid, the studs have been covered and the last brick has been snapped into place. Only one piece is missing (in this moc): you! obb is proud to present the inaugural Canadian LEGO fan event. Join us for Brickfête July (...) (14 years ago, 10-Mar-11, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX) !!
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| | DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 3.0.7.1
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This is just a little bugfix version. Download as usual from (URL) (14 years ago, 27-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | LETGUI Update (1.6.1.0)
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I just released a new version of LETGUI. Added support for stl2dat (now version 1.20). Added support for rectifier (now version 1.5). Added support for windz You can download like usually from (URL) you run into any trouble, please do not hesitate (...) (14 years ago, 23-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
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| | Win $1000 and a LEGOLand Annual Pass in the BrickMagic Challenge!
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The BrickMagic LEGO Festival (May 5-8, 2011 in Raleigh, NC) is proud to announce the first-ever BrickMagic Challenge! All BrickMagic exhibitors will have their LEGO creations automatically entered, and the best overall creation will receive $1000 (...) (14 years ago, 17-Feb-11, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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| | Updated My Website with New Models
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Hey all, After teaching LEGO building to kids for 13 years I found I have a LOT of models I've made over the years. I updated my website with all the models, including instructions for models that I've never released before, such as the life-size (...) (14 years ago, 14-Feb-11, to lugnet.announce)
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| | LETGUI Update (1.6.0.1)
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I just released a new version of LETGUI. Added support for stl2dat (now version 1.19). Had to fix some bugs related to usage with drag'n drop and commandline. You can download like usually from (URL) you run into any trouble, please do not hesitate (...) (14 years ago, 9-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
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| | LDConfig Manager Update (1.0.3.0)
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I just released another update on LDConfig Manager. Now I feel that the LDConfig Manager is nearly finished and can be used to generate exact the same LDconfig as it has been done by hand so far. LDConfig.ldr will be saved with 'UTF-8 without BOM' (...) (14 years ago, 4-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | LDConfig Manager Update (1.0.2.0)
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I just released an update on LDConfig Manager. Now ldconfig.ldr will be saved with 'UTF-8 without BOM' encoding. You can download as always at (URL) (14 years ago, 30-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Primitive Generator 2 Update (1.0.4.0)
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I just released another update on Primitive Generator 2. Now you can create rings and cones with another width than 1. This is only useful if you need to cover surfaces that can not be created with official primitives. The files generated with a (...) (14 years ago, 30-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Primitive Generator 2 Update (1.0.3.0)
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I just released an update on Primitive Generator 2. Now it writes only UTF-8 without BOM encoded files. There were problems in creating tori with double lines. This should now be fixed. Also the title for the cone and ring had not the correct (...) (14 years ago, 30-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 3.0.7.0
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Hi guys, it has been time to update DATHeader again. Reasons: 1) !CATEGORY and !KEYWORDS are now also allowed in subparts. 2) Question for special characters has to be solved. For item no. 2 please see (URL) for example. Download from (URL) comments (...) (14 years ago, 30-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | MLCad.ini 2010-03 Update Now Available
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Hi, I just updated the MLCad.ini file accordingly to the latest LDraw.org parts update 2010-03. The .ini file defines (among other things) the parts available in MLCad's minifigure generator. Download the file from my website: (URL) w. (14 years ago, 27-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.announce)
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| | LETGUI Update (1.6.0.0)
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I just released the new version of LETGUI. Added support for stl2dat (current version). Added support for new tool Unificator. You can download like usually from (URL) you run into any trouble, please do not hesitate to contact me. cu mikeheide (14 years ago, 24-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
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| | New LDraw tool for parts authors: Unificator
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(2 URLs) Unificator> merges together nearby vertices in LDraw files, and snaps triangle/quads onto primitives/subfiles.. Program, source files, examples and documentation are available (URL) here>. Enjoy! (URL) Philo> (14 years ago, 24-Jan-11, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Call for Presentations: Bricks by the Bay 2011, SF Bay Area, CA USA
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Bricks by the Bay 2011 For Immediate Release January 12, 2011 Contact: Paul Sinasohn Program Chair singlow @ gmail .com Bricks by the Bay Call For Presentations Bricks By The Bay 2011 is looking for any talks, roundtables, and special activities you (...) (14 years ago, 13-Jan-11, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce)
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| | Motors comparison page updated
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My (URL) motors comparison page> now includes tests of the E-motor from (URL) Energy Add-On Set (9688)>. (URL) Enjoy! (URL) Philo> (14 years ago, 12-Jan-11, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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| | Brick Fiesta
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(2 URLs) Brick Fiesta!> Mark your calendars and get ready to attend the most unique LEGO fan event in the central United States (south of Chicago!). The first Brick Fiesta is being held in Austin, Texas from June 30th to July 3rd, 2011. Since 2003 (...) (14 years ago, 7-Jan-11, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Brickworld 2011 - Registration Open
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Hello everyone, We are happy to announce that Brickworld registration is now open. We have been hard at work performing a complete overhaul on the registration process. In response to your feedback in the survey after last year's event, we have done (...) (14 years ago, 7-Jan-11, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !
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| | DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 3.0.6.3
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Hi guys, just a small bugfix for the following error: If a subpart has been saved with another name then the autocorrect method did not work correct (no separator between 's' and the filename). Download from (URL) comments are welcome. cu mikeheide (14 years ago, 2-Jan-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Unofficial MLCad .ini
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LDraw author J.C. Tchang has updated his unofficial MLCad.ini, including unofficial parts as of 2010-12-31. It is available here: (URL) (14 years ago, 1-Jan-11, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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| | LDraw.org 2010-03 Parts Update Now Available
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The 2010-03 LDraw parts update has been now been released. This update includes 794 files in the core library, including 456 new parts, and many more files updated with improvements for Back Face Culling support. A further 3 parts have been (...) (14 years ago, 31-Dec-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad) !
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| | MOC: Viking Village
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(URL) Here's a viking village I made recently for Hartford KidsFest 2010. The inspiration actually came from doing a mock-up thatched roof design following a trip to Plimoth Plantation. The scale is a little wonky-- the houses are pretty small (...) (14 years ago, 13-Dec-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, FTX) !
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| | Technic Figure LDraw model
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(URL) This (URL) post> pushed me to complete the hard work of Donal Sutter and Orion Pobursky and model the missing parts of Technic Figure. Posing the figure may be quite tricky, but thanks to the advanced rotations features of LeoCAD, it's (...) (14 years ago, 3-Dec-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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| | Hispabrick Magazine 009
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It is our pleasure to announce the release of (URL) Hispabrick Magazine 009>. In this issue you you will find a wide variety of articles and interviews. Among other items, there is an interview with LDD Development Manager Claus Matthiesen by (...) (14 years ago, 30-Nov-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | 3D laser scanning
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(URL) A simple addition: Focusable line laser + NXT sweeping mechanism + webcam + DAVID Laser scanner software + Sculptris + Meshlab + Stl2Dat + a lot of time = LDraw parts ! (URL) A few more details> on the process I use to create organic shaped (...) (14 years ago, 17-Nov-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
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| | North America LEGO Coordinator
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On behalf of the LEGO Community Team: (...) Ben Ellermann LEGO Ambassador (14 years ago, 10-Nov-10, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | AFOLCON - New UK event
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Hi, We're proud to announce the start of a new UK event, AFOLCON, to be held in Manchester, UK from April 28th to May 2nd 2011 in the Museum of Science and Industry! Here's a full press release: (URL) You get two private days including talks, (...) (14 years ago, 5-Nov-10, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | The passing of Dan Jezek, BrickLink Founder
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(URL) regret to announce the sudden and unexpected passing of Dan Jezek, owner and founder of BrickLink.com. Dan will be greatly missed by all of his family and many friends at Bricklink and around the world. A memorial fund is being set up and will (...) (14 years ago, 27-Oct-10, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | RAILBRICKS Issue 7 is Out!
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A new issue RAILBRICKS is here! Inside you'll find articles for beginners, lessons on how to photograph your trains, more RCX/PF train experimentation, new ideas for smooth curves, instructions, and more! To download the new issue, go to: (URL) Big (...) (14 years ago, 13-Oct-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish.railbricks, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 3.0.6.2
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Hi guys, just a small update. I hope you like the small changes. Download from (URL) comments are welcome. cu mikeheide (14 years ago, 10-Oct-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | BrickCon LSculpt presentation
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I have uploaded the slides I presented at BrickCon 2010. The slides go through a complex example which includes two different ways of creating 3D models, combining them together, and building the sculpture. (URL) resolution PDF and Powerpoint are (...) (14 years ago, 9-Oct-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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| | BrickFest 2011
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(URL) Hi All, We are happy to announce that BrickFest(TM) and BricKids(TM) will be held on March 24-27, 2011 at the Oregon Convention Center - Portland, OR. The hotel is same last time, the Red Lion at the Convention Center. Steve & Christina (14 years ago, 5-Oct-10, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Announcing LSculpt 0.5.0
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(URL) At Bricks by the Bay 2010 in Fremont, CA, I gave a (URL) presentation> on LSculpt, a program I wrote a few years ago to convert 3D models into Lego surfaces. After the presentation, (URL) Remi Gagne> offered to help me create a graphical (...) (14 years ago, 29-Sep-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX) !
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