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  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Well, go to 1000steineland in Berlin this summer, and you'll get more than enough European train designs for a start. HTH, Christian (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: LEGOFan.org 2.0 is now online!
 
"Anders Isaksson" <isaksson.etuna@REMO...telia.com> wrote in message news:IFxJ5E.uyn@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks Anders, I have corrected your link and we are working on getting proper contact pages up soon complete with legofan email addresses for (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Melpomene
 
(...) Awesome, you finished her! I vividly recall ogling the ship during NWBC, and listening to your description. I'm glad you finished her and posted. Great work! Kelly (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
 
  Re: Lego Buildings with 4 Walls
 
(...) Yep, one of the Spiderman sets uses them - 4857. And it even has black panes for them. (...) I'm not going to dispute this, but I do wonder *why* that is. I doubt a 1x4x3 window has that much more ABS in it than a 2x4. The only thing I can (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: A Grest Star Wars Weekend!
 
Hi everyone! It was a great weekend at Legoland. It was my son's first time. He's 5 and hasn't really been bitten by the LEGO bug. He loves Star Wars, so I thought this might be a good tie-in. It was! He's eat, sleeping and breathing LEGOs. The ISD (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.starwars)
 
  Bricks for Brains at House of Bricks
 
Greetings, all. As "Bricks for Brains" I present educational, hands-on LEGO(r) building exhibits at schools, museums, and special events. I will be attending Chicago House of Bricks this weekend, where I will display my two scale models (a bridge (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, lugnet.edu, lugnet.announce)  
 
  Re: PreNMRA shindig
 
(...) Who needs a laser level when a belt sander can fix rtl's uneven table woes? Someone go find out where how we're interconnecting to the rest of NMRA. Calum (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
 
  Re: Spider Tank
 
(...) I like 'em! They've got a lot of strength for the size, and the technic holes in the side make snot-ting easier. I just wish they had three axes of rotation, I wouldn't have thought that would be hard to accomplish. (...) They could maybe (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
 
  Re: Melpomene
 
Now that is a NICE ship. If only I had the time, inspiration and greebly bits to build such a beast :) hmmm, mabie I can do one in Black and Trans-Dark-Blue with Grey and Dark Grey (not Bley and Dark Bley :) highlights... (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.space)
 
  Re: SWATBot
 
(...) Oh my goodness! Look at the way you used those parts! WOW! Highlighted! e (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) I think that certainly helps, but I'd be interested in your sources. Mine are just what I vaguely remember from articles in TRAINS magazine all these years (coming up on my 35th anniversary as a subscriber)... (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Ummm guys, if you're gonna keep going down this thread, you might wanna take it to o-t.fun or somewhere - I think it's been way off topic for trains for quite a while now... ROSCO (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Hmmm, just maybe I'm clever enough to hang out in CSF......nah! :-) JOHN (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  TexLUG Austin meeting Sunday 5/8
 
Folks, Come on by the next Austin TexLUG meeting this coming Sunday. (And yes, it *is* on Mother's Day. Show your Mom you love her by getting out of the house for a couple hours!) Particulars are below. If you have a creation to show, bring it. We (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) It has always been my understanding that the FIRST reason for shared trucks is to reduce Rolling Resistance. Fewer wheels means less rolling resistance. But, I could be wrong on this. . (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Ah yes, the blind leading the blind. You two make quite the pair. Charming, really. Now run along. The grownups have important stuff to talk about. :-) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Actually, Kevoh nailed it. You've been had. JOHN (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: txt2dat - Create LDraw files from text
 
(...) That's odd. I always set explorer that way myself, but I have the same desktop.ini file and the same behavior in the fonts directory on both XP and 95. Apparently you can modify all sorts of folder behavior with these magic options in (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Ya, every time someone trashes Jake for not looking out for us, I remember that set. Pretty slick move. So slick, I'm willing to forgive Jake for finagling his own minifig. (URL) or (URL) WHO can POSSIBLY say that isn't a minifig Jake??? (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Stick to that line of thought, Kevoh... it might even work for you, over with the spacers. (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: SWATBot
 
(...) OMG, I'll say. That's cool Tony. Crossposted to .mecha. (I'll update the sidebar too.) That's pretty hip, I'm mostly impressed by the fact you got two levers that'll hold the bot up. More impressed that the levers hold all the weight. Cool. (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
In lugnet.trains, James Seibert wrote: <snip> (...) Actually, Jake already delivered on this request, although in a sneaky way. It was Jake who (strongly?) suggested to the set designers that set #7045, Hovercraft Hideout (URL) would greatly benefit (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) No, I think his move was a good one. The classic "I know I made a mistake, but through word play I will make it seem like you are the one with the mistake" You just didn't get the joke. ~Kevoh what's this thread even about? some new train? (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Nice try there, J2... Well played, in fact, but no. You lose. (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: Lego Buildings with 4 Walls
 
(...) I would guess that it isn't the AFOL's that would disparage the "doll house" comparison, but I bet the 8-10 year old boys might have a problem with it. (...) Those lucky enough to live near a pick-a-brick location know that 1x4x3's aren't that (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Might not have occurred to you that I was kidding; perhaps a bit too subtle. Sorry for any confusion on your end:-) JOHN (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed those... I think the part in question is this (URL) one>. Which unfortunately was only shipped in one set (the rather rare 3800). It would be very nice if those were available at PaB. It would be great if (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) This is what is called pointing out that YOU were wrong, within the framework of apology. Sorry if it was a bit too subtle for you! How about this?? "You're wrong! Twice in one thread tree, no less!" (some snippage) (...) Ya, that pretty much (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  GBC module screw and stepper
 
Hi, Both of my modules are complete. You can find pictures at (URL) thanks to philo a movie at (URL) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Marginally, yes. But much more important is the significant reduction in tare(1) weight, and the reduction in length. Since TOFC/COFC(2) is operated at high speeds, in long trains, less tare means more payload per horsepower used, and less (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Lost Castles?
 
Hey all, seeing this in Lugnet .space : (URL) me wonder whether anyone has ever collected all the lego MOC castles of large dimensions into one place... I can remember a few from Lugnet lore but I'm sure there were more before I got online in the (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)  
 
  Re: txt2dat - Create LDraw files from text
 
(...) Well, apart from the difficulty of converting a Windows face name to a filename as identified here, I always intended it to be relatively easy to port to other platforms. And the most non-platform specific way I could think to do that was to (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  8653 Technic Enzo available at U.S. S@H
 
Made my day! (URL) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
 
  Re: Brickfest dark room
 
(...) Hey, I'm glad I at least got people talking about the idea. I'm thinking that on the side of the room with the lighted mocs, that if we get enough lighted mocs in a somewhat confined area that the lights from the mocs themselves should light (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.events)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Yeah it will be interesting to see how that goes. From this pic it seems the axle will only protrude about 2 plates or less into the decking, uneven tracks may well work it loose. (URL) ROSCO (21 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  SWATBot
 
Little bot, big gun: (2 URLs) SWATBot> (2 URLs) Tony Hafner (URL) www.hafhead.com> (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !! 
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Yeah, I cringe a little at the thought of doing something for a show that size... (...) Yep, pretty much. And it would be nice to have a specifically AU set (maybe Ghan or Southern Aurora), but I'm not sure it would be a hit anyway. I was (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: txt2dat - Create LDraw files from text
 
(...) Or... HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\S...ft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts This brought to my attention that not all the files listed are "single font" files (look for ttc files). Is there any reason that txt2dat can't handle font face names? (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Apology accepted. Just don't get it happen again. (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  (canceled)
 
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Train shows in the UK are many and have up to 20,000 visitors. I've done a 17,500 2-day show at the NEC in Brimingham as well as several 2-3000 shows and a few 500-1000 shows. I have a 14,000 show lined up for September. There are a lot of (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Once more, slowly. I was talking about a 5 unit car. I agree that a 3 unit should work from 2 copies. But a 5 unit MAY or MAY NOT be buildable from 3 copies. It requires 4 center bogies, and 4 pairs of pivot connections. In 3 copies, you get 3 (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) OK, this is only marginally LEGO, but... why the shared bogie? As a non-train type, I've certainly seen these on the tracks, but I'm not sure I understand why it's prefered over seperate cars. Is it just cheaper to produce two cars and three (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Boo Hoo! And speak with reverence when you mention the first 9 volt 8 wide train set produced by TLG! ;-D JOHN (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
In lugnet.trains, Mark Bellis wrote: (URL) (...) Doing a halfway decent intermodal terminal (portside or just a flatyard like the ones around Chicago) will chew up a LOT of copies of this set even after you selectively compress down from 50 tracks (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Well, lessee. Each set comes with 1 pivot truck and 2 end trucks. With 2 sets, we get 2 pivots and 4 end trucks. A 3 well requires 2 pivots and 2 end trucks, and the single requires 2 end trucks. That seems to work for me. The ends require (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek wrote: (snip idle speculation) And that reminds me, I wonder if a 5 unit version of this car will have the same minor problem mine does (and that many TGV and Talgo models do as well)? It tends to come loose at the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) I think what he means (and what I'd also like to know) is: Are there enough spare parts in the set to turn the two end bogies into another middle bogie, so that one set can be re-arranged to extend a consist by two pockets. Then two sets could (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Wheels wise, sure. But unless we know how the pivots are designed, maybe not. (for example if I had kitted out my articulated design and made it a 2 unit car, you wouldn't have enough parts with 3 copies to make a 5 unit car as you'd only have (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: LEGOFan.org 2.0 is now online!
 
(...) Hmm, we could add related sites to lugnet.org (lugnet.org.legofan) or we could create a new hierarchy lugnet.site, so it would be lugnset.site.legofan. If we do that, it would at least give people a place for all the "what's wrong with (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) It seems to me that 2 sets would allow one to build one 3 well car and 1 single well car, and that 3 sets would allow you to build one 5 well car and 1 single well car (in both cases with parts left over). JOHN (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Well that's precisely what I was driving at! You're no fun. (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: Paypal och E-visa
 
...ok har försökt att testa lite själv. Fixade att registrera e-visa (frun visade mig...det står på henne) Var inne i paypal och reggade det...men ändå funkar det inte... man måste tydligen betala $1,95 för att gå med i Expanded use programe...och (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) That's because a lot of it starts off as US: (URL) Dash 8> (URL) Roster list of the BHPBilliton IRON ORE ROAD> JOHN (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) I think what Matthew was asking was, is it possible to buy multiple sets and chain them together, or aren't there enough parts to make more mid-cars and mid-bogies? Jason R (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) 100K is not too shabby at all. Bigger than most shows we do in the US actually. (...) Question: My read of AU prototype stuff (from the smattering I've seen mostly thanks to the good offices of AU AFOLS sharing their knowledge) is that while (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Brickfest dark room
 
(...) If we lower the lights by say 20 to 40%, you'll be able to see the MOCs and the parts that compose them. Perhaps. We just need the lights in the MOCs to be visible. Lowering the overhead lights or having a light source that permits the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.events)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) This one looks pretty big (URL) (I must try to check it out one year). And there are many smaller shows across Australia each year. (...) Well, that's another good question. From the feedback we received at our first small show, I'd say (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Brickfest dark room
 
(...) I thought the dark room idea was that the models would be in darkness SOME of the time... to see the other details, come back when the lights are on? But maybe I wasn't quite following the concept. (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.events)
 
  Re: LEGO On Defamer
 
(...) This story was also just mentioned on MSNBC's "(URL) Connected Coast to Coast>" blog roundup. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland.california, FTX)
 
  Re: Giochi Sforzeschi 2005
 
(...) Ai Giochi Sforzeschi trovi fan di praticamente tutte le serie TV, GdR, wargames, giochi di carte, scacchi, miniature, ecc. ecc. ecc. ecc., da 0 a 99 anni, più o meno sani di mente (quando vedo gente vestita da preti-cyborg armati di spade (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
 
  Re: txt2dat - Create LDraw files from text
 
(...) ?? I have WinXP, SP2 and don't see this. But I have set Explorer to not hide anything and show all extensions. I haven't done anything special to the Fonts directory (as I remember), and it shows just like any other. (...) I have a nice little (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LEGOFan.org 2.0 is now online!
 
(...) Yeah, I could - but I shouldn't have to, IMO. (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: LEGOFan.org 2.0 is now online!
 
(...) More than soon enough for me! I've been waiting for over two weeks here at home to have a painter come look at a job I have for him... (...) Thank you! (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Marvin the Paranoid Android
 
(...) Either way, space is more fun! I really like it Lenny, but all the black should be switched with dark gray. Then exchange the light gray with white that you'll buy from stores. Then write a comic about his adventures. ~Kevoh (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
 
  Re: Sökes: Kvinnliga minifiggar...
 
(...) Det vore jättevälkommet! Vad vill du ha i utbyte? Vi kan fortsätta i email om du tycker det, blockcad at gmail dot com (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
 
  Re: Brickfest dark room
 
(...) Also, total darkness means it's hard to see OTHER details of the MOCs, which from my experience at BF, are generally more in number, and almost as much (sometimes more) in WOW! factor. ROSCO (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.events)
 
  Re: PreNMRA shindig
 
(...) I'm fine with that. Let me know when. Jeremy. (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
 
  BrickFest™ Registration now online
 
BrickFest™ Registration is now available via the website. BrickFest 2005 August 12-14th Washington, DC (URL) first step is to set up your Account. Or you may have one already from last year. The account allows access to resources as well as your (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX) !! 
 
  Re: Mythic creatures by Micah Berger
 
Thanks for posting this Bruce : ) I like the sphinx, though the myth area is normally not my fav... God Bless, Nathan (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
 
  Re: Brickfest dark room
 
(...) -snip- (...) Hey I had this idea and I wanted to toss it out there: You know the large meeting room on the 3rd floor of the GMU, the one where we hold the Key Note and other programs where we all gather..... Just a thought, but if you used (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.events)
 
  Re: Sökes: Kvinnliga minifiggar...
 
Då jag grävde i en självplockningslåda för ett tag sen plockade jag på mig mer tjejhår än jag räknar med att nånsin komma lyckas använda mig av. Jag skulle kunna skicka över ett tjog med hår eller så, så era legogubbar kan utföra könsbyten. :) Det (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
 
  Re: Build with Legos, be a part of history
 
(...) Which... Hm. I suppose you can use the solar panels to get a charge going, that'd be Lego. Or potentially store up charge in a capacitor. OR even get it going from turning a 9V motor. Not useful for running an RCX or scout, but it would (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) They don't know about it? (...) If there were a web page we could point retailers to (or a onesheet we could print out and give them???) that might help. (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: Melpomene
 
Hi, A really nice MOC... I loved your use of the aquazone dk blue transparents for the front. Especially the SOB use. This MOC inspires even me to comtemplate a space model (not easy for a hard core Castle fan like myself... Great Work and God (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
 
  Re: LEGOFan.org 2.0 is now online!
 
(...) Hi Anders, I apologize for not catching this sooner. I have been busy and haven't been able to watch the thread as I should be. Anyways, your changes will be done in the site, and you are right, this should be an easy thing to take care of. (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) If those are the only restrictions, I wonder why more shops don't use this program? There are some anecdotes that suggest that the old retailer program was designed for the big box stores, and thus many small retailers swore off Lego. If (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
 
  ------( Terms of use for lugnet.com )------
 
TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains.org.spltc)
 
  ------( Welcome to lugnet.trains.org.spltc )------
 
Welcome to lugnet.trains.org.spltc, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.trains.org.spltc (group): SPLTC: South Pacific LEGO Train Club (U.S.A.) lugnet.trains.org (group and hierarchy): National and local train clubs/organizations for (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains.org.spltc)
 
  Re: Build with Legos, be a part of history
 
(...) Steve's not competitive AT ALL... I can hear him now: "Mine's bigger!" (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: txt2dat - Create LDraw files from text
 
(...) No, I figured it out. XP seems to come with a special Hidden System desktop.ini file in the font directory with this in it. [.ShellClassInfo] UICLSID={BD84B380-8C...00948F534} It makes the standard Windows open file dialog behave in a way that (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) The Small Retailer Program does exist, and retailers can get access to a subset of the LDMI item list. People at LEGO's SRP are very willing to work with retailers, but there are still S@H exclusives, I believe, that small retailers can't (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: Marvin the Paranoid Android
 
Hey Lenny, I suspect you missed the joke and that, like Mark's post downthread, Steve was mimicking Marvin's version of high praise. That said, you can't imagine how many "but Orthanc doesn't really look like that, because Peter Jackson says so" (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
 
  Paypal och E-visa
 
Hej...vet att det varit uppe här innan men iaf... Har innan betalt till ett plusgiro och sedan väntat och väntat och sedan haft pengarna på mitt paypal. Tänkte försöka med nått snabbare...funkar det att registrera e-visakort på paypal och sedan bara (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
 
  Re: Build with Legos, be a part of history
 
On Tue, May 3, 2005 2:48 pm, Brian Davis said: (...) Try this: (URL) suspect it will be VERY hard to set it up. Given that each module only has 1 input (in any of three locations), there is only one possible path for the ball to "flow" through the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) You are correct, sir. Typically these are configed in 1, 3, and 5 car consists. (Yes, I've seen one car running standalone on occasion, but not often) Honestly, this came down to a design decision on why we went with two cars. Three would have (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: NovaFlare GTX
 
That is by far the best and most unusual and yet totally cool usage (...) While I appreciate the pat on the back, I've seen far better usage of those pieces. I believe Mark Sandlin may have been the first one to use them as anything other than a (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.space)
 
  Re: Marvin the Paranoid Android
 
(...) I could swear you just said "spacers have it easy compared to those who model things grounded in reality"... But maybe I misread??? (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
 
  Re: LEGOFan.org 2.0 is now online!
 
(...) Now you're just working him... Go Dremel something or something. (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: LEGOFan.org 2.0 is now online!
 
(...) Me either actually. (...) nod. You could mail Richard Morton directly, IF you knew that's who you would want to mail... but as you point out elsethread and above, that info's not readily available if you don't already know. (...) Ya'd think. (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: LEGOFan.org 2.0 is now online!
 
"Anders Isaksson" <isaksson.etuna@REMO...telia.com> wrote in message news:IFxJ8M.vq2@lugnet.com... (...) I bet you could register and then post it as a topic in the suggestions forum. :) Rob (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Marvin the Paranoid Android
 
Hey wow, that is so cool. I really like the way you built that! The proportions are good and I think the entire Bot looks great. Thanks for sharring! e (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: Marvin the Paranoid Android
 
(...) Once again you expose yourself as an fool, Mr.Schin. Something that is "the hardest thing to do" and requiring "cunning use of bricks" is usually not very much fun. All this and that I am hardly a "master" by any sense of the word. Therefore (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
 
  Re: txt2dat - Create LDraw files from text
 
(...) ?? I don't understand exactly what you're saying here. Are you trying to copy the full file path to the Clipboard? If so, don't try in the dialog, select a file instead and copy the full path from the input field 'Font file' on the main screen (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
 
  Re: LEGOFan.org 2.0 is now online!
 
(...) ... personally, I don't like it very much if I must register to be able to contact a website concerning problems with the site. I was just trying to help them have the correct link(s). (...) Well, if it doesn't fit in anywhere, then it must be (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: LEGOFan.org 2.0 is now online!
 
(...) But my point was that I just wanted to correct a 'reviwed and approved' link, and the whole site is completely free of contact info. Not even in the bottom fine print is there a mailto-link for reporting problems. (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Sökes: Kvinnliga minifiggar...
 
(...) Bump-en var mest för att skaka liv i alla dom andra tröga svenskarna :-) Det är klart att ni sitter på en massa minfiggar som ni aldrig använder till något! Kom loss nu, och hjälp mig glädja en mycket bestämd sexåring. Ni som träffat henne vet (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
 
  Re: Build with Legos, be a part of history
 
In lugnet.mediawatch, Duane Hess forwarded: (...) Yes - in fact, I think I've seen something similar posted about in this forum ;-). I already know of at least a 12+ step recycling "cascading" machine that will be on display at HoB this weekend in (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: Spider Tank
 
Doooood! Duuuuude, dewww...wwwd. Oh dang sorry for the late reply. Hang on, here it comes: I REALLY LIKE THIS QUAD! Come on! The feet, the canopy, the stocky leg joints, the color, the shooty things, the rear mounted optional missle racks! DANG. I (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
 
  Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
 
(...) Jake would know for sure, but I do believe there is a North American LEGO fullfillment option called the Small Retailer Program. I don't know anything about it but I suspect that product actually comes from LDMI (Shop At Home). Perhaps the (...) (21 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.market.theory)

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