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(...) Dave wondered why we didn't start with LEGO's CAD. I responded that I doubted LEGO would have let us at the time. LEGO has hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in their CAD system, and that it would be foolish to give that away, allowing (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Hello again! Here is another MOC, a mosaic of a motorcycle. (URL) This was done for a client who wanted some glued models for her kids Lego themed playroom. This model measures 2 1/2 feet long, and 1 1/2 foot tall. It is built in the shape of the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX) !!
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Hello! Thought I would post a pic of one of my latest creations, PT 109. This is the same torpedo boat made famous during WWII by being piloted by John F. Kennedy, and it's subsequent sinking and heroic actions by it's crew. (URL) This is my first (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.military, FTX) !!
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(...) Yep, the main thing that appeals to me about micro is that (I imagine) it requires less time and parts than building at minifig scale. Trust me, I don't plan to put more than a few hours into it, and the result will probably suck, but I trust (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.us.co, FTX)
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(...) Brickshelf folder of my photos from BrickFest2005: (URL) -dw (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) That sounds like fun! I've been looking for a small project to work on recently, and this looks like a good one. I'm at least going to start working on one, even if I don't end up being able to attend. -Joel (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.us.co, FTX)
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(...) XPosted to .jp as I think that is a shortened form Japanese name. Tim (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.loc.jp, FTX)
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(...) Hey Dave, I don't have that catalog, but I think I know what you have. You probably have a British or Australian Lego catalog. In the earlier days of Lego, most catalogs were printed in either Denmark or Germany. The "storey" and "centre" are (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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Hey all, Does anyone know who hitahita-05 is? I don't see any sign of them on Lugnet. Check out their great (URL) train>. (3 URLs) While you're there, check out their other galleries for more great creations, including this (URL) freighter>. (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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(...) ...aaaaaaand once more, this time as I wipe the egg off my face... I've just been informed that my ISP has throttled the max size of email attachments to 8MB - that's new and unexpected. Anyone who has sent a large email attachment that (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: seems like calum had a good idea....
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(...) Also a fine example of a classic Janey expression. :-) Derek (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ooohhh Calum, make me next: (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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(...) AARRRGGHHHH!!! whew! that scared the cr@p out of me! 2856x2142 is NOT a nice resolution for web viewing. That is why brickshelf should auto-resize images :) (No offense Janey...It's the size of the images that offends me, not the subject :) On (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) A lego display? I know we've had people show up informally and show such off, but we might. Let me email Rose and see what's possible. Which would you prefer: a) An area, like a hall table, where people would walk by and see it? b) An event on (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.us.co)
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(...) Ehmm to put things into perspective : LEGO track : 21 Euro/meter Peco code 75 h0 track : 6 Euro/meter (about as "finescale" as it gets in Europe in h0 wrt factory track) Roco Line track with bedding : 9 Euro/meter So even for model (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) dont go there steve. Chris (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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(...) For ordens skyld... Jeg har fått svar fra Modellmessen og det er plass til oss. :) Nå må vi bare finne ut hvor mye plass vi trenger. Er to bord av 120x240 OK? Ett til tog og ett til andre modeller? Hvem stiller helt sikkert med andre modeller? (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.no)
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(...) Hi Rob, That would be mine... I was so rushed getting everything ready for BF that I didn't get a chance to put it up on BrickShelf or MOCPages yet, but hope to in the next week or so. In the meantime, here's a bit of info about it: About 2.5 (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) If you count the Technic, Mindstorms, and Great Ball Contraption rooms, plus the Mindstorm/Technic competitions at the largest gathering of adult LEGO fans in North America last weekend, you'll note there were close to 100 Technic/Mindstorms (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: The Great Ball Contraption at BrickFest
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(...) I taped the entire loop Saturday starting from my pirate ship. I forgot to tape Gus (sorry, Brian!) and the train unloading itself into the module just after Gus. The module layout on the high-maintenance side of the table changed after my (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Sitter akkurat og lager noen forslag. :) Har lagt de ut her: (URL) kan stille med alt av skinner og evt alle plater i bunn. Tror også jeg har så jeg kan lage perronger på stasjonen. Satser på at vi får tak på et 120x240 bord. Jeg skal om ikke (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.no)
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| | Re: BrickFest in the Washington Post
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Article in Businesswire: (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I think Larry summed it up nicely. Little kids want to follow the train where ever it goes, so line-of-sight and very short range would be just fine. Remote control from one spot is more of an adult appeal thing and only becomes necessary when (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Engineering 'Bot
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Semi-Autonomous Mobile Engineering Interface (SAMEI; usually pronounced "Sammy") Pics: (URL) file: (URL) Inventory: * 1x1 plate w/ eyehole * 1x1 round plate ("trans" color) * 1x1 tile w/ top-clip * 1x1 kitchen tap, x2 * droid arms, x4 The tile w/ (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.cad.dat.ideas, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: Small insight into LEGO CAD system
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On 17/08/05, Kevin L. Clague <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> So did you get any reaction to suggest we might be able to use theirs? And is theirs vastly in advance of LDraw with MLCad or LeoCAD. It is possible that they just use (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: seems like calum had a good idea....
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(...) (since i am in fine form.... rob, you HAVE to see this: (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: The Great Ball Contraption at BrickFest
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(...) ... (...) I didn't know you cared. :) Actually, it went very, very well. It was more successful than we expected. I hope to write something up, but right now I'm just trying to relax. If anyone has good video, I'd like to take a look at it. I (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) how does that song go??? sca-la-la-la-la-laaaaaaa :) Chris (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) dan, your so screwed. Calum holds a grudge FOREVER. and if he REALLY is mad at you. he'll do a mosaic of you. I'm still paying for the time i made fun of his rice cooker: (URL) here: (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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(...) thanks, dan. i'll take the opportunity to put in here that it was also a great pleasure (no asterisks) to meet you and jen. but worrying about calum was the last thing i was doing! he might start to worry because the female presence at the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, FTX)
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(...) no, you were right the FIRST time. that small ragtag lot you saw in NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, represent rtlToronto. your gut instinct is right. we are robot freaks. (...) yes its all true. we are a bunch of xenophobes, who will suck your love of (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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(...) They wouldn't by any chance be interested in having a Lego display would they? We were just discussing something like that at the last get-together.... As to the mini-moonbase, I think it's cool but I'm not sure I'll have anything together by (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.us.co)
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(...) time. I also cannot take credit for this, I suspect someone smart may have come up with it like JeffE or something. Calum (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I wouldn't worry, Deborah - firstly, you obviously can use the shift key (*!*, etc :). And secondly, who cares about Calum?! He didn't even bother to stick around for the whole fest! -- Dan (counting on the fact that by next year he'll forgive (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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I see someone made a stargate: (URL) Any more details on this? Scale? Design? It looks powered, even..Does the ring turn? -Rob A> (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Gee, Thanks for pointing out that folder. Now I have to live with this mental image: (URL) A> (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Retailers stock fan-created designs? (was: Re: All plastic track)
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(...) All good questions - all of which I can't really dive into at this time. More info coming as soon as I'm able to discuss. I am listening, even if I can't respond at the moment. Jake --- Jake Mckee Community Liaison LEGO Community Team (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) hello rtl. i had the *pleasure* of meeting a few rtl members @ bf. i had the *pleasure* of meeting calum whom i found out takes exception to people who don't *know* where the shift key is. apparently these people who don't know how to use the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, FTX)
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hey guys... after all the whining i do about that messed up chart we use for all our robot games and scoring..... it would seem that other people use that idea as well. hummm (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) well, ~if~ we get the play area (and quite possibly the EASIEST thing we can ask of "lego cooperate") then i think we need to get a chick to "supervise" it. hummmmm chick.... chick.... hummm, do we have any dames coming to the hobby show???? (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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