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BMW has used I-6's in many of it's cars for decades. I'm nearly positive the 3-series still uses an I-6 today. Kyle (21 years ago, 27-Feb-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Legos V6's
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(...) In the US almost all tractor trailers use inline 6's. Freightliner, one of the largest truck manufactures in the US which is owned by DaimlerChrysler uses a few European Mercedes engines and they are all inline 6's. Some large trucks and (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Rights to Spiderman..
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(...) You make a good distinction between film-character and comic-character rights, but it might not apply across the board in this case. Although LEGO did indeed have the tie-in rights for the Spiderman films, it appears that MEGABLOKS has (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: GBC does nothing for me
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(...) I have nothing against GBC, having experimented myself, but I specialise in other stuff. I have an idea that would satisfy most of your requirements: Linear If not entirely random, then complex, with some degrees of movement repeating more (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Legos V6's
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Nate- The mobile cranes I know that use V6 engines are: 1)Terex-Demag 2)Grove These two both use a Daimler Chrysler OM 906 LA V6 in the crane operator's section, and both use a Daimler Chrylser OM 502 LA V8 for the main drive. If you want to find (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Journey to the American Museum of Natural History
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SPACE! ==== (URL) Biomechanical Bricks - PS 37 and a representative from the Insectoids Hive journey to the American Museum of Natural History - NYC - 2-26-05. e (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Re: Legos V6's
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I was only talking about big rigs. Do European tractor trailers actually have V6's? Do their mobile cranes actually have V6's? I just wondered because it seems that TLC uses a V6 in every truck design. The Airtech Rig in 1994 had one. The New crane (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Tieran Marine Core Gear
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(...) Really? Is it coming apart? I played around with the parts so that I got a pretty stable MOC. I used new parts also. I shake it around, poke it, and drop it on my desk with no probs :). David. (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: TrueType font converter?
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(...) Thanks Stefan, I have already written the basic code to export the glyph using the FreeType library. (...) Thanks for that info too - I have now found some refs on the net. (...) the hardest part of the problem, your references will help (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Minifig hair and hats
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Irregular pieces with limited need for subpart structure and primitives, like minfig accessories and headgear, strike me as the perfect thing to create with an interactive 3D modeling tool like 3dsmax, Maya, Rhino, Milkshape3D or whatever people (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Some of my older Mecha
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I finally found time to review some of my older pictures taken during the last year. Here are some excerpts I'd like to share... (2 URLs) When I started with Scout I had the picture of an agressive fast animal in my mind. Something like a raptor. (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Razor
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(...) Thanks Mark, the link is very helpfull. BTW, I should have said that I'm not native english speaking. Would have been better english I think... (URL) Marco> (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Lego on the Late Show With David Letterman!
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I figured someone would have posted this already. On the Late Show last night (Feb 25th), Nathan Sawaya did a real time mosaic of Biff Henderson during the show. He did a really nice job in capturing Biff and it was a nice plug for Lego in general. (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGOfactory.com launches... and it's... ridiculous!
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(...) I think, (and hope) they have read my (and your) post about the contest and they are doing some controls about all the entries in order to find the real number of different votes (if would be simple if they check the IP number... even if you (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Big Bionicle Model - "The Rack"
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(...) His name is Giger and he isn't German - he's Swiss. It's a little European country between France, Germany, Austria and Italy. -- shgg. (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: No mention of scale in file format doc
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(...) You're probably right. The strictest definition is 1 LDU equals 1/20 the width of a 1x1 brick (whatever that measurement turns out to be). -Orion (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 5 new vignettes
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(...) Thanks for sharing and making me smile! Weapons-Testing is my favorite of the batch. (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.sports, FTX)
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| | ISD Build Record Attempt - LEGOLAND Windsor 9 April
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Legoland Windsor are holding a Legoland After Dark event on 8 and 9 April 2005 (URL) The park have invited the Brickish Association to field a 10-person team to attempt to beat the Imperial Star Destroyer build record. Please come and watch if you (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.legoland.windsor, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: No mention of scale in file format doc
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(...) I was wondering about this number in that otherwise very explanatory and very clear figure when I saw it in the Brickfest presentation. I would strongly argue that Lego, being a Danish creation, is in fact metric by design, and that 1 LDU is (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | GBC does nothing for me
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This whole GBC hasn't really inspired me at all. But thats what's so good about Lugnet, differing opinions are, if anything, encouraged. Theirs nothing wrong with GBC, but I've found the few posts offering alternatives far more intriguing, (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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