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Something... It's been about 2 (two) dayz since the color scandal took over, and still .castle is quiet on all fronts. Surely we've got somethin' interesting going-on up in here. The Vikings are on their way, a few of the KK2 sets are not so bad, (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Vikings?
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(...) So, is it a hoax or not? Any idea when these may be coming out? John R. Beck (returning fan) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: need help with instructions
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(...) Do you have Adobe Acrobat or Macromedia Fireworks? These are NOT freeware or shareware programs, but can get a trial version of Macromedia Fireworks to use for 30 days by going to the Macromedia Website. Macromedia Fireworks is a graphical (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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I wholeheartedly agree. Chris McNamee (18) Portland, OR (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: RCX3 - Can extra hardware functionality be added?
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(...) Having built a number of prototype "clone" bricks, I feel reasonably certain that the RCX's internal space is not the limiting factor. The surface area occupied by 2x2 I/O connectors is the true limit. (Assuming you dedicate a board to hosting (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: No Comment
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(...) Hey, The monitor is a bit huge, but the shape is really nice. I like your mouse solution particularly. Bruce (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Interesting roof idea...
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on a very nice model (URL) hope I'm not stealing anyone's thunder but I saw this train in the new folders on Brickshelf and had to post. As well as simple but clever tilt technique it looks really good, with a complicated front well rendered in the (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains) !
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| | Re: No Comment
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(...) Yea, new rule. If you want to express something controversial on lugnet, then do it using bricks, rather than words. :) -Alfred (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: need help with instructions
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I have used LPub in setting up the instructions. Could you tell me how you have used these other programs (Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Fireworks) to create the backgrounds and arrows and how you create the box call out things? I am not very well (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Parts editing made easy, anyone?
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(...) No DAT part can provide a perfect render without using some substitutions - flat polygons just can't do perfect curved surfaces. But that's another issue. I have recently finished re-authoring Ben's wheels (URL) (waiting for his OK before I (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: RCX3 - Can extra hardware functionality be added?
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I've seen this topic come up several times, and am curious why no one suggests that the input and output ports be extended from the RCX to pods. Using the same form factor constraints limits the possibilities. Using a more condensed cable connection (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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I pretty much love LEGO unconditional. But the supply of the old colours will eventually run out. A lot of parts will not be available in the new colours for quite a while, so it is a problem for Moccers. How would you feel, if you had a car (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: LEG007 – James Bond Models
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(...) (snipped image) Evan, great MOCs. The Rolls is my favorite. KR (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Parts editing made easy, anyone?
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(...) I should probably find then for what is LDraw library aimed at. If it's something like as perfect as possible renders or some quick mockup prototyping. (...) Wouldn't it be possible to be the parts as accurate as possible and then (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Cross platform GUI
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Well I'm kind of of pissed. ** begin rant ** Curious to find an acceptible substitute for Java, I was looking into cross platform GUI toolkits. GTK+ came to mind but alas no Mac support for the latest version. Then I thought of Qt. I visited the Qt (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: No Comment
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(...) Tim, That is great. And I know exactly what that feels like. Last week, a coworker and I got buried in 6 feet of code vomit. The monitor is a little big for MF scale but that's OK, it's very nicely made and believable. KR (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Sorting Bley and Chocolate Brown
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(...) Me too! Light grey is light grey. Occasionally a new color piece really stands out so I simply discard it back into the tub and grab for another. My collection is still mainly old, so that procedure works well. The only real problem is my (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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(URL) Every cloud has a silver lining. ...Oh wait I guess that's a comment isn't it ;) Cheers Tim (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Space Shuttle at Zellers
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Guys (and Janey) This is probably old news, but my local Zellers has the Space Shuttle (URL) On for $29.99!! I hope it's not a local misprint, but I got the last two here for Christmas/Easter/Bday gifts for my nephews this year. Cheers, Ralph (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Sorting Bley and Chocolate Brown
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(...) I too mix all my greys. Having a mostly technic collection, I don't have much new brown, but it will be mixed in too. I have already built MOCs that mix the greys, and have no problem with it. If I build something that just has to be (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: New Train Moc - Simple Red Caboose
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THANKS EVERYONE! Not only for the compliments but for the courteous exchange! I have to admit that it feels good too! :) It was just one of those MOCs that just came together. I guess I have been so obsessed with building in rare colors that I (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEG007 – James Bond Models
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(...) Silly me, I missed your post. Thanks for the Link. Shame you don't have a S.P.E.C.T.R.E. website to back it up like Evan does with is LEGO07 site though. You super-villian-wannabe you. You probably don't even like persian cats. That's why (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Sorting Bley and Chocolate Brown
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(...) Hi there, good question! I have most of my parts sorted by type and then also by colour for the most common types. I have most of it (what is not kept in the original box, of course) in storage boxes with many (four types: 13, 17, 15-23 or (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage, FTX)
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| | Re: my first post :)
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(...) All three of these are good, but Tapatio is my favorite. It's got the visual impact of an all-red color scheme, the proportions are good and "beefy", articulation and posability are excellent, and it's got character. I'm especially impressed (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: 2005 Sets
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(...) One of our Sears in Ottawa has a few new Technic, X-Pod and City sets, and since they have 25% off this weekend I got a few sets. It is a bit disappointing that the turn table in 8419 is a new stud-less version. (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Johnny five IS alive - first MOC
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(...) Compressed air can either be expensive (from the little cans) or sometimes has traces of oil in it from the compressor. What I have had good luck with are camelhair brushes. If you buy makeup brushes it is sometimes possible to get rounded (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Congratulations, this is an amazing achievement! I've been seeing "Johnny's" progress on Brickshelf from time to time. It would be cool to see this one in person, to get the full effect of the massive scale. I even picked up some good (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Parts editing made easy, anyone?
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(...) Well, rendering time gets affected too, right? It's harder to build a model if it takes MLCad 20 seconds to redraw once... Oh, you mean for the rendering in POV when doing the animation? Well, file loading time, memory consumption, etc. etc. (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: need help with instructions
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(...) <<Talking as the LDraw Help Desk Coordinator>> Are you using LPub to create your building instructions (BIs). LPub has some functionality to make your BIs look more like LEGO Offical BIs with the call outs and such. I would suggest you start (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 2005 Sets
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(...) We noticed this set in TRU in Toronto plus a few others. (URL) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: l3p as open source
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(...) A nice thing about open source would be that it would be possible for other people to work on ports to different architectures other than the microsoft-based platform. While emulators may exist to allow people to get by for the time being, (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Aste lego...
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Ciao a tutti, giusto due righe per dirvi che domani, lunedì e martedì finiscono le mie aste su ebay: (URL) il link non funziona, andate su ebay, cliccate compra, poi ricerca avanzata, poi per venditore ed infine scrivete gianpoldo. Ciao Gianluca (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: Parts editing made easy, anyone?
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(...) If for nothing else, to permit them to be used as the basis for the manual creation of similar parts, and abstraction into resuable sub-components. Not a strong reason, but worth considering. (...) To use just one example - the STUD primitive (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts editing made easy, anyone?
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(...) Yes, since it is text based. Also, a most new authors learn by examining the code. (...) Unneccessary memory usage and file size. (...) L3P (and other converters/viewers) detect these primitives and convert them to smooth objects (e.g. L3P (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Sorting Bley and Chocolate Brown
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(...) The newer 'Stone' colors tend to have a more obvious blue component, while the older classic shades of gray tend more towards a yellow shift. For the browns, the original shade is the darker of the two. The new shade of brown has more red. I (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage, FTX)
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| | Re: l3p as open source (was: Re: Anatomy of a POV file (e.g. L3P suggestions))
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(...) Why don't you create your main scene file that never changes and then just include the l3p output file into your scene file. I believe Lars is working on options that leave out the povray code that is required to be in the main file (like (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Paul's Ferrari
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Congrats Paul!! You did a fantastic job! This Enzo is the real deal. You certainly did prove a point! You say the car has still some flaws, but don't be so hard, enjoy this moment of what you did achieve! Because you two (Paul and Misha) make these (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I agree with DkStone<->DkGray and RedBrown<->Brown cases. But I can't make a difference between MdStone and Gray without some serious staring. But I still have them mixed, because I have the parts sorted only by type, I don't have enough space (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Paul's Ferrari
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Hey Paul, Like I said before, so far the best supercar made! It beats the shit out of my viper, but I hope to catch up with my Mazda RX-8 ;-) Still, I'm quite a busy guy lately, due to my study, so it won't be finished soon. 2500 parts!!?!? is that (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: LEG007 – James Bond Models
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(...) That Rolls is awesome! The building instructions are very nice. Cross posted to .Adventurers. -Elroy (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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