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(...) That's funny Wayne - Ivan showed me Live for Speed well over a year ago, and he's been playing it ever since (Ivan, are you there?) - somehow I couldn't really get into it myself. Maybe my 900Mhz Athlon has something to do with it. If I (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Is there any age limit? Not that I could apply right now, being busy with work, school, etc, but can someone under the age of 18 apply? Thanks, Nathan Wells (who won't techically be an Adult Fan Of LEGO for a year and a half) (21 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Well, you may want to go back. I just started an account, and it asked for both my real name and an email address. No nickname. They must have realized what you realized. John (21 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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One of the ways I waste my time is by playing Live For Speed, a racing sim for the PC. On the LFS forums, a company named Force Dynamics (www.force-dynamics.com) was mentioned -- they make a "motion system" for race sims. It's got 3 degrees of (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hey all, I'm not too familiar with Brickshelf and how to contact members who post there. Many of you remember this amazing creation: (URL) friend of mine would love to feature this uber-creepy Giger-esque of yours in a magazine that he is (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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What interests me most is what became of the website Jason J. Railton had - unfortunately, that link is broken or has been removed. It's mentioned on this link here: (URL) was on this link here: (URL) wayback machine can take me to the index page (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.build)
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(...) LPub 2.3.0.2 is available. It fixes the problem Philo discovered with transparency and layouts. Kevin (21 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) white tire with a huge chunk missing. Gary Istok (21 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland)
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(...) Any chance you made instructions before you took it apart? I'd love to have a squad of those running around my personal LEGOland. David Gregory (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) I totally disagree. The term Affiliate to my mind suggests something that's open to anyone, the prototypical example being Amazon.com' affiliate program. When I saw the subject of Jake's email, I thought they were introducing some kind of deal (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) My bad. It has those curved brown corners but I think the smaller ones... I still feel it has a 'square feel' but that's lego : ) God Bless, Nathan (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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"Andy Cross" <ajcross123@att.net> wrote in message news:IGG3r5.1My6@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks, man! Glad you like 'em! (...) pattern (...) Wish I could oblige you, but the whole theme has been dismantled for quite awhile. I've got a yen to do (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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(...) this (...) Wow, thanks Dave K! High praise indeed! *blush, shuffles feet* (...) Yeah, that one was LOTS of fun to play with. The kids LOVED driving it around and crashing it into things (mainly their parents' feet, the little devils!). Without (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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(...) It's still there, under "Links and Resources" about half way down the page (Hyperlinked by a "Click HERE") (...) Hmm. Worked for me, so I'm no help there. JOHN (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Fair enough. I guess what I don't understand is how Thomas could have remained a relative unknown here in the US up until the late 80's. JOHN (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | What happened to the Train links, and ILTCO is broke
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What happened to the cool set of train links in the sidebar? That was my main source of research links for train stuff, and now I see none of them. I liked the links to Ben's pages, and others that were helpful. Also, the ILTCO page link is broke (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Your chance to win a Death Star
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(...) How exactly are you going to do that? To take the survey, I had to pick a nickname and a password. That's it. No email address, no snailmail address, I wasn't even asked for my real name! So how, exactly, are you going to ship me my prize if I (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I over-reacted. + Some thoughts on the curatorship
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I really don't see what was so bad about the MOC Highlight being from other places, I believed it allowed builders here to see really good MOCs they would normally not see. So there are my 2 bricks. ~Chappie (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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(...) If it's not a whole lot of trouble, I would recommend it. (The conversion can be made automatic, as long as the individual files clearly state CW or CCW correctly.) Speaking as a computer graphics professional, I can say for sure that being (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, FTX)
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(...) Ummmmm does it matter? They were very popular in countries other than the UK, so they (the characters/stories) were propelled to the world stage many years before anyone thought of a Brio Thomas or TV series. (...) Sure, but it had already (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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Those are cool designs and very cohesive. I'd like a pic of the M.A.W. where the wings folded around in a diamond pattern separate just enough to land and open the cockpit. I'd be scared of riding in a stretcher exposed under the ERT ship because of (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Advice wanted on selling Lego collection in Australia...
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(...) Lots of good advice there -- many thanks. Stu (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Kelly McKiernan wrote in message ... (...) found (...) Wow. Apart from the greatness of the model, that is a truly mind-boggling number of minifigs. When I did my (by comparison tiny, but 40" x 30") stadium it was amazing how many figs it took to (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland)
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(...) Just to add another Dave to this thread, here's the link: (URL) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Um, you'd more likely be a Certified Nutcase with a bonus eligibility to receive a monthly check... :P Rob (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Your chance to win a Death Star
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BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO GET THE DEATH STAR (#10143) AND THE NEW TECHNIC PNEUMATIC CRANE XXL (#8421) In 2004, as you may remember, LEGO and a PhD student working on community research (Yun Mi for those of you who have met her at one of the AFOL (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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(...) Out of all of us I'd say you're the one that's closest to 'certifiable', Eric ;) Dave K (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) If LEGO were to request fan-based input for future series of space sets, this one gets my vote! I love the mana motor in the Asteroid Excavator! Nicely done! Now CAD all of 'em so we can start building 'em! :) Dave K (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I'd like to like it, but I don't like the link. Can you double check it? Dave! (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | MOC: Futuron II - Asteroid Excavator added
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Hey all, Some of you may remember when I posted this theme many moons ago and that the page was missing an important vehicle. Well, I've finally finished it. I've also broken down the pages of all the vehicles and buildings so the pictures are on (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Trade wanted: Female minifigs, heads, hairpieces, torsos
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My six year old daughter Jenny wants more girls for the Lego collection! I'm interested in female minifig heads, hairpieces and torsos. I can offer male minifigs (blue/white football team), and I am open for discussions about other pieces, although (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Knights of the Round Table Vignettes
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(...) ? It looked roundish to me, it just slices up into pieces along right angled lines. And I gotta say, composite vignettes rock! Spotlighted. (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Introducing the LEGO Affiliate Program
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(...) Certify me baby! e (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: User Forum
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(...) Hi Ted, I think having a local and international presence are important to keep us connected. I am currently a member of LUGNET if that is of any use. If we choose to use a local forum we can post important info to LUGNET. But if something (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.viclug, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic)
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In lugnet.org.ca.viclug, George Edward Godwin wrote: <snip> (...) Anything that gets more Canadians posting on LUGNET is good in my books. And besides, if you get a great presence here, you'll knock those rtlToronto people off their pedestal... (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.viclug)
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| | Re: Lego Star Wars on Cartoon Network
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(...) Thank you Kelly!!! I have been frantically looking for the BTS file! I've posted these files on my site as well. (URL) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: lookinf for info on 1/16th offset building techniques.
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(...) Try here for 1/10 offset (URL) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Modulotto, ovvero il modulo del viadotto...
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(...) L'idea piace molto anche a me e sono in attesa di ricevere da Gianluca tutte le informazioni (per standardizzare ed interfacciare i moduli tra di loro) da inserire sul sito del Legofest di Torino, perché questa proposta, sebbene possa essere (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug, FTX)
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Hi! Joseph (one of the "new" guys at last Tuesdays Meetup) has offered to create a web-based discussion forum for VicLUG which he can create and host. First: Thank you Joseph for coming on Tuesday! Second: Thank you Joseph for the great offer. (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.viclug, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic)
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| | modulo città per Milano
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ciao! volevo chiedere come eravamo messi per Milano per quanto riguarda il plastico città o treni..così mi facevo un idea di cosa portare. Personalmente mi piacerebbe portare i miei due piccoli treni monorotaie, così per una volta li vedo andare! (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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Was at my local Zellers in Burlington--they had a display by the front with all the Star Wars toys and such (Mr 'Darth Vader' Potatoe head... nice!) Anyway, they had 7113 and 4475 for $2.97 and there were loads of them. As well, in the LEGO aisle, (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I’m working on some multi level displays with members of COLTC. Here is some ideas that I have come up with. The main thing was cost then sturdiness. I use 8x16 soccer bricks that were real cheap. Then place our Base plates on them. I have (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Nice work! I particularly like the trumpets and the flags attached as banners without conventional clips... Is it just me or is the round table,well, square? ) I am also not sure about celebrating KK2... though that is probably best left to another (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Modulotto, ovvero il modulo del viadotto...
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(...) L'idea mi piace parecchio! Però non posso dare la mia adesione sicura e a breve termine perchè sono molto impegnato e poi sto lavorando ad altri piccoli progetti..fatemi sapere lo stesso come si sviluppa! ciao! matteo (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug, FTX)
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| | Re: The pirate sloop Revenge
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(...) A nice little ship! I look forward to seeing better pics... What it will do against some of the more powerful ships from the same port I don't know... Though with the craftiness employed in taking her I am sure some loot can be 'obtained'. (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Star Wars on Cartoon Network
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(...) I snagged the 26MB version and also the Stormtrooper Orchestra, as well as the Behind the Scenes with Mark Hamill as .mov files: (URL) <- Movie (26.6MB) (URL) <- Stormtrooper Orchestra (6MB) (URL) <- Behind the Scenes (33MB) - Kelly (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I'd seen earlier pix and was duly impressed, this is pretty spectacular. I found some images and closeups on a German web site, try this: (URL) are image gallery links about halfway down, where it says "Fotogalerie zur Stadioneröffnung am (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland) !
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| | Re: Lego Star Wars video game mini models
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I thought I would grow tired of it, but this little game actually had me hooked until the end. I have now finished it and completed all models, and I took reasonably good screenshots of them all: (URL) last canister on the last level of episode III (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Train design (roof)
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I am going to build a new car, and got an idea. Using the parts: (URL) the roof. My car will probably be 7 wide, and I was thinking of using those for the roof. My concern is that it will be 5 wide and the end using those parts. I am not to found of (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics)
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(...) I must admit that I have lost touch with the show and all of the newer characters (although Ross and I did go to see the motion picture, for the sake of nostalgia:-) I heard that Alec Baldwin took over for Carlin (AB was in the movie)-- I (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, David Koudys wrote: <snip> (...) Didn't realize that it was 'that long ago'-- (URL) Carlin .... Mr. Conductor (1991-1993) " and the synopsis-- " Plot Summary for "Shining Time Station" (1990) An American version of the popular (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote: <snip> (...) I dunno, I'm kinda partial to George Carlin doing it now--Carlin shaping the young minds of the 'next generation'--that's how I like my irony... Dave K (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) I've been searching for a long time--originally it was in temporary internet files--I could always go there to get the viewed movies. Not so much anymore--these guys serving out movies and clips are getting smarter. Dave K -just FUT (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Lego Star Wars on Cartoon Network
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(...) The newer (or not so newer, as the case may be) versions of QT give the source sites the option of caching or not..it's a lame copy protection thing. Joe Meno .space paparazzi! (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Lego Star Wars on Cartoon Network
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(...) If you play it directly, then you don't have it saved? Meaning when you want to play it again because you want to show a friend or whatever, you have to hit the webserver for it again? Meaning extra load? I haven't been able to find where QT (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.publish)
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| | LEGO Stadium in Guenzburg, Germany
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Just saw this photo: (URL) million pieces+ Wow. If anyone has seen links to higher res photos/details I'd love to see them. Eric (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Huh - I'd be surprised if that is the case. And yes, I usually save stuff locally too. (...) Both ends work together here. Apache tells the client that the file has a content-type of video/quicktime, then the client decides if it knows how to (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.publish)
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(...) This is going a little back, but I read that streaming media from a webserver takes up more bandwidth than just downloading and viewing locally. Things may have changed. And, for myself, I like keeping these things anyway, so I save where I (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics)
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(...) Sort of. It was set in a train station, with human characters. One character (Ringo, initially), would tell a story (about Thomas et al) every now and then to some kids, and the show would cut to the large scale Thomas characters with the (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Star Wars on Cartoon Network
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(...) I'm confused - from the webserver's perspective, what's the difference? (...) With apache, it should be doable - basically override the mime-type for .mov files in that directory, maybe even for that particular file. For IIS, I'm not the guy (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Introducing the LEGO Affiliate Program
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Hello! (...) Anyway... (...) This doesn't mean only people who are officially approved LEGO Affiliates are allowed to promote (even on an economical basis) their LEGO art, does it? Bye Jojo (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics)
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(...) Yeah, well, I'm all for pendantries and all, but here is what meant. I know that Learning Curve has the Thomas license (I bought enough of them-- I oughta know!) What I didn't know is that Brio has a license in (Sweden?). Even if Brio hasn't a (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Star Wars on Cartoon Network
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In lugnet.mediawatch, David Koudys wrote: ott (...) Hm.. is there a way to force that behaviour (short of renaming the extension to not be .mov?) That would be a nifty trick. It seems like there is a way to force the reverse, that is, there are (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Lego Star Wars on Cartoon Network
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(...) I've uploaded the movie to my webserver-- see it here-- (URL) the 26 meg .mov version (if you could be nice to my little web server and save this on your local system before viewing, it'd be appreciated) Dave K (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Vendo lotto lego misto pirati e castello
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(...) Ciao, purtroppo non so allegare le foto e senza queste mi da fastidio mettere il prezzo! Per me sarebbe più economico in quanto non ho l'adsl e ci metto molto tempo e ad inviare le foto. Ciao Marco (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market, FTX)
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| | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics)
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(...) I'm going to be a pedant here and argue that there is no Thomas BRIO now, either. At least not in the US. It's a clone, not real BRIO. This site suggests that one company that makes BRIO **compatible** Thomas stuff is Learning Curve. (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: LPub 2.3 available
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(...) Hi Kevin, Is this really a problem? It strikes me that this is the 'proper' behaviour for a 24bit raytraced image. I would prefer an option to switch off the alpha as sometimes I may wish to use this feature (eg. if I had a white background (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Lego Star Wars on Cartoon Network
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(...) Not sure if LEGO and/or Cartoon Network have gotten a lot of calls about the animation, but I just saw an ad on Cartoon Network done by LEGO to go to www.lego.com to see Revenge of the Brick. Either way, I just thought it was cool. Scott (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Anyone out there?
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(...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.loc.za)
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| | Re: The pirate sloop Revenge
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(...) Mmmmmm. I like it. A very stylish ship as always. Must keep an eye out for one of these pirate ships on sale. I look forward to your review in the hope that other bits are useful - have to say I kinda passed it over on my first look at the (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Minifig Scale HUMMER H2 SUT
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Hey all. This is one of my creations I will not be modding again, (as it is demolished) so it's time for LUGNET! Brickshelf thread is: (URL) I would give the MOCpage, but Sean has the site down at the moment. Please post anything that pops into your (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: House of Bricks Report
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(...) I just think you were being um... "trained"... haha (excuse the bad pun...) as for Lar..well, I'll just keep my mouth shut! Scott (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, FTX)
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| | Re: MOCpages Down for the Count?
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In lugnet.general, Jason Spears wrote: SNIP I just went (URL) here>, and interestingly, the MOCPages logo has changed. Maybe the sites getting a makeover? Either that or that's the original version of the logo, and I'm confused. Legoswami (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| | Svendo lego 7317 Misb
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Ciao ragazzi, ne avevo 5 ma sono andate tutte vie, mi è rimasta l'ultima che svendo a 55 euro più spedizione! Chi prima arriva se la prende! L'oggetto è: (URL) più di 700 pezzi! Scrivetemi! Ciao Marco (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | lookinf for info on 1/16th offset building techniques.
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I seem to recall a post on Lugnet that had bricks which went in offset increments of 1/16th sized steps, but I can't find the link on lugnet. Does anyone have information and pictures of such offset step building sizes? Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Are these sets real?
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(...) I would love to see a General Lee! There could also be some easy revenue for Lego if they get the set designed by August for the release of the new "The Dukes of Hazzard" film. Do you think the Confederate flag on top the car would pose a (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics)
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(...) I'm curious as to what this show consisted off. We had a TV series called 'Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'. It started with a theme tune featuring shots including a side view of Thomas+Annie+Clarabel passing a windmill at the moment the (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | Re: best way to support elevated plates?
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(...) For 1000Steineland 2003 Klaas Meijaard and myself built a huge pirate layout, that had to cover up 3 train tracks. We used a combination of brick+technic framework (all 2*4 and 2*8 bricks, and technic 1*16's for long beams across) with loads (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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I neglected to include the fuzzy pic that best shows the sterncastle from 7075... (URL) Adieu Richie Dulin (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Knights of the Round Table Vignettes
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(URL) Presenting the (URL) Knights of the Round Table Vignettes>! Four 8 x 8 vignettes that when assembled form a large 16x16 vignette depicting the Round Table of Arthurian Legend. These vignettes were made using minifigs and shields representing (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
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| | 10030 ISD in David Jones
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Hi Folks, Just came back from a browse of the Melbourne CBD David Jones and was surprised to find a solitary 10030 Imperial Star Destroyer. Price was 399.95 but with LEGO currently 20% off, I picked it up for $319.96. I didn't ask if they had (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) What happened since? (...) Well, the success of the series prompted the major motion picture release, which could rightly be called a "world stage". I realize that the books have been around a looong time. But as actual toys, Thomas, it seems (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | Re: best way to support elevated plates?
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(...) If you have lots of spare 2x4 bricks, then you can use the same technique we used at the 2002 GETS show: (URL) does use *lots* of 2x4 brick, and a few others, and you have to be quite careful to not leave large fractures in the structure, but (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) Oooops, just realised the catalog is probably colour, and all colour copiers are digital (AFAIK). So yes, you can probably tell with enough magnification. ROSCO (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Depends on the copier. Most cheaper modern copiers use a digital printer-style engine to generate the copies, so you will see the pixelation at high magnification. However older ones transferred the image non-digitally, and many newer (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Original vs. Copy: Printed Lego Items
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I received a 1964 Danish catalog from a European collector recently. Since I got if for free (after buying some other items), I thought it was great. The one sheet (two sided) catalog is in such great condition, I was wondering if it wasn't a (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | The pirate sloop Revenge
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The Revenge ===...=== Long time readers of .pirates may recall the pirate sloop (URL) Revenge> (formerly the chasse maree Azelma), which was, for a time, the only pirate presence in the waters surrounding Port Brique. The old revenge was a simple (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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(...) Hey, great job guys! Looks like it was a lot of fun. I am a huge fan of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the wonderful work they do! Lego and architecture go hand in hand. I am even working on a mini-fig version of an old (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.events)
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(...) Hehe, was wondering how long it would be before you pointed that out! (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | Re: House of Bricks Report
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Thanks for sharing this... wish I could have been there : ) God Bless, Nathan (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, FTX)
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| | Re: 8 Wide LEGO Thomas! (pics)
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(...) Ahem. Thomas the Tank Engine books and records (7" 45 RPM!) were very popular in Australia in the early 70s. So while the TV series may have propelled it onto the North American stage, that is not necessarily the world stage. ROSCO (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | Re: Little off-topic but still pretty cool! Self-Replicating robots.
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(...) created a plane rotated through 45 degrees. This enabled me too create 3D objects. I wrote two programs within the larger program. One created replicating robots from a pile of atoms(pixels) which then went on to build somthing else. The other (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Granule bushes
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But they aren't making them. At least, not the ones you linked to on BL. Note the one on Brickshelf is placed into a palmtree base, whereas the older ones had their own bases. The one on Brickshelf is most likely handmade. I'd believe that, (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | TRU sale May 14th to 27th
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TRU has a little bit of LEGO on sale in their new two week flyer (May 14th -27th). Buy one get one free on the four tiny turbo sets (8641, 8642, 8643, and 8644). Great piece selections in some of those. Get a free exclusive mini jedi starfighter (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | BrickFest Hotel info
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I’m please to announce that arrangements have been finalized with the Hilton Arlington & Towers. 950 N. Stafford Street, Arlington VA 22203 located just 0.6 Miles from GMU. Hilton Arlington & Towers has a block of guestrooms reserved for BrickFest (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | Show Saturday May 14th
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NovaLUG will be participating in the MFMR convention at the Wandlyn Inn Motor Inn Coldbrook, near Kentville, on May 14th. Public show is 9 am – 1 pm. Adults $3, family $8, kids under 5 free. As the show is in the Valley, we have a large farm area, (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.novalug)
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| | Re: color and number
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Alright. (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Advice wanted on selling Lego collection in Australia...
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(...) Yes, I would think so. Not knowing exactly how much stuff you have in total, but if it's huge amounts, then split it again into smaller groups. This is because a lot of people on ebay have only small amounts of cash to spend, and therefore (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: best way to support elevated plates?
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(...) I will say that, although we still have 4 modules with this kind of construction that we will keep together for the forseeable future, we have abandoned that building style. Those GMLTC-style modules of ours are/were 30" x 45" (2X3 large gray (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Swarm?
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(...) Thanks, but I was asking because the school has hundreds of RCX's , motors, and sensors. I had in mind a RCX-based swarm, possibly linking together to cross a table gap, or some similar task. Thanks for the input, though. Andrew Meyer (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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