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Hi everyone, I've done this before, but only bloody chunks at a time. I would like to get out from under my Gi-gundo Space-complete & Star Wars-complete Lego collection. It's taking up too much time and space (no pun intended), I haven't built (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Cats and Lego
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(...) My cats do a similar thing. They also like to sit on the remotes to my TV!! Evil felines!!!!!! Matt (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Brick 1 x 6 x 5 with Rocket Launch Pattern – RELOADED
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Don Heyse wrote: (switched to plain text for clarity) Don, I don't think your FTX image embed worked. Did it work when you used preview (you DID use preview, I am sure)? If it did, there's a technical problem somewhere... (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Brick 1 x 6 x 5 with Rocket Launch Pattern – RELOADED
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(...) Sorry I'm a bit late to the party (been on vacation) but I think you should submit it. It looks good enough for me. Actually I think it's too good not to submit. Compare your part (as seen in LDRAW): (URL) And this official part (as seen in (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Wiii...iiilly.........
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(...) per me ha avuto c*lo...... a trovarlo. Ciauz GAetano (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: A Miner Problem (Pun Intended)
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(...) Not without WAY too much effort. With a decreasing radius, each "link" has to be manually rotated and realigned in MLCAD. Try it out, see what you get. James (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Good Grief! It's Snoopy
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(...) Nice Work Anne! Have you seen this at Brickshelf? (URL) who's going to do the "Sopwith Camel" and Snoopy and the Red Baron? Hm.... :-) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | Why I have been posting all this stuff to Starship lately.
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Hey all you Starshippers, Some of you might have been wondering why I have been posting bikes and robits and shuttles for sale to Starship. Well, my fullest intention was to not only share those things with the community, but, if other players were (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.gaming.starship)
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| | Re: Make gears quieter
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote: <snip> (...) Ummm, who;s this Dave guy to whom you refer? No one out here but us scarecrows... (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Cats and Lego
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SNIPPY Whats the deal with cat's bieng EVIL? not true. it's just the eyes. Lookie, it's MR BOO-BOO KITTY!: (URL) you think about it, it sounds a lot like something Dr. Evil would say, fooden levitation, humon, ... you get the idea.) I have a cat (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Cats and Lego
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(...) ppprrr, meow? I'm not gonna say. Where's my catnip? Mark aka, Snow Daddy aka, head of the Snowleopard clan (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Worlds Greatest Hobby Show St. Louis, MO
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The Gateway LEGO® User Group (GtwLUG) is going to be at the Worlds Greatest Hobby Show here in downtown Saint Louis, MO at the Americas Center from 10:00am to 8:00pm on the 8th and 10:00am to 5:00pm on the 9th of January. The show features vendors (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.mo, FTX)
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| | Re: Cats and Lego
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Please help me reconcile these two statements: (...) I mean, if you KNOW they are evil, why have them around? (*I* know they're evil, and we have three, but it's not my idea, that impetus comes from elsewhere in our family) Unless you're evil (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Re: Cats and Lego
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(...) You are so incredibly right on there, Mark. I lost my entire childhood collection of bricks (stored in one big plastic treasure chest in my mother's house) to a single cat with a weak bladder and an evil disposition. It's impossible to get cat (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND is NOT closing
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(...) Too bad I couldn't likely convince EDS to take over the management and make me a sys admin out there... that'd be schwing... (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: Cats and Lego
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(...) Perhaps, I've got three. All of them are black. (...) NO! Cats are aware of your affinity for Lego and will mess with your brick to torture you. Always remember, cats are evil at heart. Always. Especially the ones that pretend to be nice. They (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.people, FTX)
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(...) I have both cats and dogs, but only the cats have shown any interest. I think they're intrigued by the sound as I sift through buckets. They also like to play hockey with the occasional piece that hits floor. We have hardwood floors, so it is (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Wiii...iiilly.........
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per me è un fake ;-) "Gianluca Morelli" <poldoshop@yahoo.it> ha scritto nel messaggio news:20041217123732....hoo.com... (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Cats and Lego
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(...) I'll see what I can do; it might take a couple of days to get cooperation from the bird. Not to mention the massive Christmas baking we're doing in the next couple of days. Steve (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: F1 with transmission (was: Ferrari)
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(...) Hehhe, I noticed your clever solution some time ago, but I sad it would be a little hard for TLC :) This also due to the fact that they want a clean solution... (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Job Openings at LLC
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(...) Rob, call your office! (...) It will need to be a BIG collection, that place ain't cheap from what I've heard. (...) Except for the "be able to read" part... (...) Prolly a good thing. (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Memories..la...di...da (a finer point)
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(...) It would seem so. To pick a nit further, 462 Rocket Launcher, 483 Space Cruiser, 493 Space Command Center, 885 Space Scooter, and the minifig packs from 1978 weren't officially "Space" until they were grouped into that theme. I would probably (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: A Miner Problem (Pun Intended)
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(...) Could you perhaps post a picture waht these would look like altoghter? (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Cats and Lego
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(...) I HAVE to see pictures! Matt (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Job Openings at LLC
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(...) I'll be taking up a collection from all of you so I can move to CA and fulfill my life's dream by taking this job at LLC. This job description describes me almost to the "T", but I see no mention of a Dremel! ;P Rob (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: My first MOC in "bley"....
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(...) <snip> That's an amazing story, Ben, and congratulations on becoming a new homeowner! And a fine looking house it is! Now, are you sure that it was blay that was totally responsible for this new home-- a new bride didn't have anything to do (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: A Miner Problem (Pun Intended)
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Aside from using the Rock Raiders drill piece (or several?), you might be able to make a conical helix out of a chain of a construction such as this: (URL) (colors for clarity - heaven forbid you use such bright colors in a .space MOC!) I haven't (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: LXF File Format
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(...) MODEL is relatively easy to crack but since they use a bit different coordinate system and their part have different rotation/center points, the conversion between LXF <-> LDR would be a pain which would need a compatibility layer library with (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Job Openings at LLC
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One of my colleagues from the LEGOLAND California park passed along some news that they're looking to fill some job openings: Model Animation Technician LEGOLAND California is currently searching for a Model Animation Technician to join our team. In (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Cats and Lego
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(...) There do seem to be a lot cat people around here, eh? Maybe it's because cats require less time/care than other types of pets, but are still reasonably amenable to attention. Our cat never paid much attention to our lego, but she was fairly (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Memories..la...di...da
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(...) (URL) This was my first set. I love the rotating control/tracking platform in its elegant simplicity. It totally sucked me in. I bought another one before I bought a different Lego space set. At the end of 1978, I was (for the only time ever (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Grade Crossing Signal Thingy...
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(...) Check the previous posts on (URL) the motorized cows. These use optical sensors to trigger cow head moooovement...I'm sure they could activate a level crossing using the same RCX optical detection scheme. -Rob A. (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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| | A Miner Problem (Pun Intended)
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Hey all, I am currently working on a asteroid mining ship. The aft section of the craft consist of the engineering, living, and processing facilities. the foward section is basically a large shroud in which I hope to put a large drill like piece of (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: MOC: Half-timbered house
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(...) Wow. The scale of this project is amazing. You really nailed the real life building as well. I like the layered arches and the turrets. I'm jealous of your window collection, some of those sizes are near impossible to find. The sheep in the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Pinguim: Some very interesting techniques
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I hope this builder will pop in here and discuss some of his or her work. (URL) don't think I've ever seen anyone try a BL2 before! That engine has a lot of curves and slants and is a very hard engine to model in LEGO. Although I'm not an 8 wide (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Good Grief! It's Snoopy
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(...) Nicely done. I like the use of hinges for the eyes. How stable is the head? Did you use a 4x4 turntable there as well? Just an idea, would tiles on the top part of his collar help keep the head stable? Now you need his red dog house to go (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC: Half-timbered house
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(...) Right, 3 layers but only 2 radii since you use the 2x1x5x4 in both the smaller layers. That's what I thought but I wasn't quite sure from that vantage point. Another key point is that you offset the layers by only one. Many other people do a (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC: Half-timbered house
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Hi Larry, once more: (...) Perhaps that is helping: (URL) Andreas Böker (abhf) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC: Half-timbered house
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Hi Larry, (...) the arches are quite simpel: 1.layer: arch 1x12x3 (#6108) width 12 studs 2.layer: 2x arch 1x5x4 (#2339) with one stud distance between the two arches -> width= 5+1+5 = 11 studs 3.layer: 2x arch 1x5x4 (#2339) with no stud distance (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Memories..la...di...da
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(...) Man - what a scoop. -G (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: New Ideas
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(...) I saw that same idea and have been thinking how great it would be for a large escape pod. Just continue the design until a full circle, and add some thrusters and fins, and well you got and escape pod. This is king of inspired from the escape (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Cats and Lego
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A bit of a random mad post so stay with me. Ok, so scanning through Brickshelf, I've noticed a lot of pics of Lego MOCs and cats. If I took the pictures I'd have the same, except my cats would be kicking the crap out of my stuff. But are Lugnetters (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: MOC: Half-timbered house
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Andreas Böker wrote: (snip) Whoa! MAJORLY cool. It's like CCC on steroids! LOTS to like in that model. Spotlighted. Can you provide a shot of the arches looking up? I always like those gothic nested arches and I am curious (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Last time for this, then post whining elsewhere (was: Re: I must leave...)
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(...) Well, that's very good Kevin, you found what happened here on Lugnet. And, that is where it started. If I had not deleted the e-mails, I would post some words from them. Those e-mails are not here on Lugnet, but were in my e-mail account. I am (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | MOC: Half-timbered house
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Hi Lego-friends, this is my second big town-MOC. It is a half-timbered house, built after a real model from Germany. The model is located in Alsfeld/Germany. This building gripped me because of his details and his roof with all the towers. Here are (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Wiii...iiilly.........
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.......io ce l'ho e tu non ce l'haaa...aaaiiiiii..... (URL) Nuovo Yahoo! Messenger: E' molto più divertente: Audibles, Avatar, Webcam, Giochi, Rubrica… Scaricalo ora! (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | VLL for RCX and Robolab
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Greetings All, I've written a few Robolab .vi's that let the RCX speak VLL. There are three .vi's. The first, rcxVLL.vi, sends a number (0-127) via VLL. The other two are specific to the CodePilot and the MicroScout. These .vi's only send the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Red Track (was: Say What???)
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(...) Already done. :) (URL) Garrison (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Happy Christmas! from The Brick Testament
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(...) It will be a very "Brick Testament" Xmas at our house this year - we'll be opening our family's "Holy Trinity" boxed set. And a A Brick Testament greeting card will just be icing on the cake. Maybe you should do an advent calendar next year - (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX)
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| | Re: Johnny Thunder and Blackheart's Gold (Update 12/16)
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Well after eleven days, I've finally got around to doing four more scenes for you... Yes, part IV is now available for your viewing pleasure: (5 URLs) And, as usual, the whole gallery (when moderated): (URL) Hope you like it. Comments are welcome, (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| | Re: Candle
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(...) Eddy, this is really neat! You sould crosspost this stuff to lugnet.build.sculpture, even though it's animated. I love it :), very innovative. (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: Taz
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(...) Nice work Bill :) I love yer work. You do an awesome job. (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Good Grief! It's Snoopy
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Finally, I did something for 2004. :) I have been working on a Snoopy sculpture. This is the "base" model, as I have to build a bride and groom Snoopy (let's not get into the logistics of this) for a friend's wedding. I needed something to work (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !!
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| | LXF File Format
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(...) Has anyone tried to decipher the binary .CHUNK or .MODEL files? In this message from last year (URL), Jake McKee wrote "LXF is an open, (and soon to be) well documented format" but I've never seen any details on this, and can't find any (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: MicroMOC: Hot pursuit in the city
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"Tore Eriksson" <tore.eriksson@mbox3...wipnet.se> wrote in message news:I8u8CB.212s@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) "insufficient". If (...) Mb(!) Now, (...) with (...) PC (...) I struggle with this as well. I work in the CAD industry. My (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Steel Falcon racer
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(...) Hey, thanks a bunch! I'll try that next time. (...) Unfortunately, I'm not really sure how to make the pics smaller. My photo program is only a trial run, and doesn't give me all the fancy-pants gizmos that I would love to use on my pics. Not (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: PCS: The Next Space Theme?
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Dude, thanks. I appreciate the vote of confidence in the PCS theme from you guys. I dunno what to say but seriously, thanks! Thanks for lookin' at my creations when I post em, and thanks for not being bored when "yet another PCS ship" comes on the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND is NOT closing
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(...) A correction was aired on the show about a week ago with the deepest apologies of Marketplace. I guess LEGO is just looking for an outside company to run/manage the parks. Marketplace confirmed that there is no plan from the LEGO Company to (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: Memories..la...di...da
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(...) Hmmm. My mom says that my first set was either a duplo or a basic bricks pack with the standard red/yellow/blue bricks in it. The first set I DISTINCLTY remember having was one of the briefcase sets. My first space set was probably the spyrius (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | two free tickets to Legoland California
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Hello, If you live in the Edmonton, Vancouver, or Victoria areas and plan to go to San Diego over the holidays, and if you would like two free tickets to Legoland California, please drop me a line at bendyarm but please use gmail (dot com) instead (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.ab.edm, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic)
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| | Re: It might be necessary to regroup elsewhere (was: Re: I must leave...)
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(...) Sounds like you are trying to rewrite history. (URL) Here> is what actually occured. Doesn't seem like snobbish, elitist, ill manners to me. What did happen was this: you posted in an inappropriate forum(s)(1), and were corrected. Plain and (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: I must leave...
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In lugnet.space, Tony Hafner wrote: (some very good advice) Thanks Tony! That post made this thread worthwhile, in my view. That and the pics... (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Happy Christmas! from The Brick Testament
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It's been a crazy day of signing and addressing cards, but I have now sent out over a hundred Brick Testament Christmas cards to people in seven countries on four continents. Every person who wrote me with their address and LUGNET member number (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego kiosks in malls?
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(...) If you mail/phone/Internet order something from out of state you do not pay tax unless that company is located in the same state you are. That's true for most if not all states, including California. Trouble is I think different states have (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | On Ebay: HP 4708 4728 Soccer 3426 3402 Mars 7311 7312
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Hi, Up for auction ending in time for Christmas, etc. are: 4708 Harry Potter Hogwarts Express, & 4728 Escape from Privet Dr 3426 Soccer Team Transport & 3402 Small Grandstand w/ Lights 7311 Life on Mars T3 Trike & 7312 Red Planet Cruiser also older (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: I must leave...
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(...) Tips for enjoying lugnet: Post as often as possible to MOCs. Never post a MOC comment that doesn't include at least something positive. If those two statements conflict, dig deeper for something nice to say. Give and receive criticism with a (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Re: A Monumental Task
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(...) Thanks for all the suggestions, but I have gone ahead and purchsed 100 boxes from Michigan Box Company in Detroit. My company has an account with them, so I can just write a check to my company. Total cost $80.00. But worth the elimination of (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: I must leave...
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Here's an example : If this thread never existed I'd never have seen these : (URL) *ARE* worth it :) (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: I must leave... 'but ohh stay and build'
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(...) This is all very interesting. I get the feeling that most everything will work out just fine. The original author of this thread has acted like a catalyst to promote understanding. cool. space on. e (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Lego Models of Fenway Park, Wally the Green Monster to be Auctioned at MLB.com
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(...) Ah, between using Mozilla and a double firewall, I didn't have that problem. :) I know someone else has posted a picture link already, but in case anyone wants to see how the bidding is going, here's the link to the auction page for Wally: (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego kiosks in malls?
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(...) Now everyone knows my pain. I live in Phoenix and we don't have a Lego Store yet. So shipping is a real killer. However I would rather pay shipping then paying tax. If you order from out of state (all except for California) you do not have to (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: I must leave...
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That'd be me : ( I still don't know the entire deal and I wish I didn't know some of it. It was a rash decision on my part but, I did learn some things from it. Which brings me to my point: Bickering is not all bad. Disagreements happen. Any (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Memories..la...di...da
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(...) Thanks everyone, it was great to read about your memories. When I was younger, my mother and father were seperated. Since I moved to California with my father, my younger brother and I sometimes did not see my mother for long periods of time. (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Biomechancial Bricks @ Philcon 2004
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(...) Your right, and that did occur to me later. I'm such a transcluding bandit. The post will fade with time. Still, I'll keep that in mind for errrr, ummm 2005! (...) LOL, too funny. Either way, you did a great job and you made me feel very (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi)
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| | Re: Report on LEGO events at Philcon 2004
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Great write up Phil, thank you! FYI- the GardenSLUG website located on a sub directory of Biomechanical Bricks is not currently online. Please refer to the GardenSLUG newsgroup: (URL) GardenSLUG> P.S. Thank you for all your hard work! e (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org.us.delvalug, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi, FTX)
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| | Re: PCS: The Next Space Theme?
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(...) You forgot to replace all hinges: (2 URLs) ...with clicky ones whose geometry doesn't line up with anything. (2 URLs) AndroDan>> Tony Hafner (URL) www.hafhead.com> (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Brick Masters Launches!
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(...) The website says Mac OS X coming soon. When it comes, is there any chance we will ever see a Mac version of any Lego software? Or can you comment on that? -- James Reynolds (URL) - james@scl.utah.edu (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: 2005 Fire Pics
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Any one tried to reformat the fire truck to 4-wide yet? Is it possible? The set looks incredible, but I don't know if I can bring myself to buy one if it won't reproduce in 4-wide. (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Yes, I have the same limitation. (...) Indeed, the Ldraw suite of tools can produce results of similar quality with much lower system requirements. ROSCO (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) In fact for realistic operation (if you really want that!) you'd need 4 sensors, because the "exit" sensor is much closer to the crossing than the "entry" sensor in real life. But who wants realistic? This is LEGO! ROSCO (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Discussion of Train Table Sizes
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(...) At a UK model railway exhibition the layouts are what draw the public in, making gate money, so layout exhibitors are paid van hire and fuel expenses (reimbursed on production of receipts) and are provided with lunch each day (usually (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) ---8<--- (...) I really agree on that. For me, it's the graphics card that "insufficient". If my memory serves me well, my largest GCA has 4 Mb and LDD requires 16 Mb(!) Now, I don't know what LDD does, but I really doubt that it's really (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: PCS: The Next Space Theme?
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It'll never happen, but wouldn't it be cool if we got... (URL) THIS, as out next lego set?! Just let the grays be normal, and badda bing, we got a winner! I'm not sure, though, that they'll put out such a huge set, even if they did put out PCS. Oh (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Models of Fenway Park, Wally the Green Monster to be Auctioned at MLB.com
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(...) (URL) "Red Brick" (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I always figured it was because they didn't have "real" momentum to begin with. I figured hyperspace was sort of "bending space" similar to "warp drive" in Star Trek. So coming out of hyperspace probably puts you at a dead-stop. Or whatever (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Models of Fenway Park, Wally the Green Monster to be Auctioned at MLB.com
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(...) anyone have links to the actual model section of the site? I went to mlb.com and since it started playing some sort of sound file I bailed rather quickly without digging much. Thanks! (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Idea Crunching
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(...) I had a design with directional flaps once. This meant that theoretically, one engine could be use for all sorts of directions, or that was the idea. Unfortunately, I made it shortly after the civilian MOC contest, and I've scrapped it (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Biomechancial Bricks @ Philcon 2004
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(...) Oy, Eric! No trans-loading, please. We wouldn't want Philcon's host to get thrashed with all the, err, oodles of hits this will produce. Dozens and dozens, at least. (...) Aieee. Those forehead blemishes look even worse in a photo than a (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi)
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| | Re: Memories..la...di...da
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(...) So, um, would that make it pre-Classic Space? (not PCS) I just realized that I've never owned any Classic Space sets. Other than a few pieces in some used lots I bought a long time ago. Dang. Even our own Major Tom has been lying to us about (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND is NOT closing
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Why is it that some people just love to pass along bad news about TLC -- whether true or false (I think it's related to their jealousy that we obtain so much joy from the bricks and they cannot bear to see such happiness)? I'm not talking about the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.legoland, FTX) !
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| | Re: Red Track (was: Say What???)
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(...) That's like it ! Perfect for the legendary Crystal from Japan. (URL) Part way down the page. pete.w (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Misunderstanding
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One problem with communicating on the internet is that it is easy to take what people say out of context. No one has said anything bad about Crowkillers. They just wondered if the Ferrari was a joke he made up. If someone asked me if I was playing a (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: MicroMOC: Hot pursuit in the city
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(...) That scene rocks! I'm glad you put more pics on Brickshelf, because one picture doesn't do this scene justice. The details are amazing. The monorail terminal is a very nice touch. From the side you can also see the street light hanging from (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Grade Crossing Signal Thingy...
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(...) I know Lego doesn't make those sensors. The first post in that thread though is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks! I'm not too crazy about modding Lego so I'll go with the pure version. (...) Right, I'd think you'd need a lead time of (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, it's an evolution thing. But if we're going for *actual* classic space sets, my first was: Space Shuttle ((URL) Which was always so lonely for one little spaceman, but confusing for there to be two steering wheels. I mean, that's just a (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I don't have *computer* problems, all our computers work fine for all the other things I and the rest of my family want to do. I have a *software* problem with LDD, in that it has unreasonable system requirements, in my view. (...) I would (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Cool new stuff there. Now we just have to puzzle out how it comes together to be a ship... But whilst perusing your gallery, I happened upon one of your (URL) old ideas> that happened to be just what I needed for my current project! Even if it (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) BZZZZT Incorrect. You're not that much older than me. :P And that's not a Space set. Space didn't begin until 1979. -Grand Admiral .space Curator (URL) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Wow!! Larry with... er... computer problems. Something MUST be messed up. ;) I haven't tried installing the program on my computer, despite having a subscription to the master builders program. BTW, nice job on the display. I agree that (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: PCS: The Next Space Theme?
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(...) Yep. Only replace all the gray with new grays. Remove 90% of the parts. Remove all the greebles. Replace all antenna-ish elements with Star Wars cannons Replace Paradisa windows with the new SPUD windows from Alpha Team Whee! -Grand Admiral (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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