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(...) Kevin- I believe that was David Michon. He said he enjoyed working with you and will email you directly (he's too busy building one of your self triggering pneumatic assemblies right now). -Ted (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | 60 Grand Tournaments Parted Out
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I have just parted out 60 copies of the Knights Kingdom II set 8779 Grand Tournament to my store. Lots of great parts as well as Vladek, Jayko and King Mathais minifigs. Newly added items can be seen here: (URL) Surplus LEGO (URL) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Vikings
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Here's the full answer: Erik Olson: Why did Lego wait until 2005 to explore a Scandinavian theme with Vikings? Jørgen Vig Knudstorp: There's several answers to that. One is I think there's some Scandinavian humbleness-- we did not think anybody (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: I am not a nazi.
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Excellent story. I'm going to make a spiffcraft and christen it Diego de Landa and see if I get hate mail. P.S. Frank Lloyd Wright-a-tron! (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: I am not a nazi.
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Richie, I believe you're not a nazy. Can I try a little story? I am French, living in Taiwan. The first time I went to China, I brought back a cheap watch, on which you can see Mao waving his hand, as seconds pass. I thought it would make a nice (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | AudioBrick - Episode 2
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AudioBrick is the official podcast of GeekBrick.com. In this episode, I welcome our new administrator, Erik Dahl, and discuss a few of the announcements from the keynote session at BrickFest 2005. I also briefly talk about cycle two of the LEGO (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Announcing the first BrickJournal Contest...
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BrickFest™ has become a major event in the AFOL community, with hundreds of attendees coming each year and the number of visitors growing each year. BrickJournal will be celebrating BrickFest 2005 with articles and photos from the displays and the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX) !!
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| | Viva Las Vegas!
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"Bright light city gonna set my soul Gonna set my soul on fire Got a whole lot of money that’s ready to burn, So get those stakes up higher There’s a thousand pretty women waitin’ out there And they’re all livin’ devil may care And I’m just the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: An 8475-based 4WD car
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(...) Iain (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] August Monthly Dinner
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(...) I will be square yet again :( Too much stuff going on in a short period of time. Sorry... I miss you guys! Iain (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto19 Robotics Contest Rules and Date Finalized
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(...) Okay, so it just has to be 12" in one dimension then basically? Like fit between two parallel planes, 12" spacing? Looking forward to the contest! At my new work there is a guy who is interested in Mindstorms, I'm going to see if I can (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: The box the Smart car came in...
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(...) :: ordered 2006 fortwo cdi pulse on Saturday :: Iain (shifter paddles omg!!) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: MegaBloks
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(...) Heh. Actually, they had a handout at BrickFest created especially for TRU having Vikings in October. It was a pretty cool ad with some neat graphics. If I was really cool, I'd post pics of it. But I am not cool. I am lame. ;o) Vikings ROOL!! (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: MegaBloks
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(...) I'm not positive about this but I heard the other day that LEGO Viking Sets could be found exclusively at Toy's R Us.... ah here it is Eric Olsen: Q:Why did LEGO wait till 2005 to make vikings? A: scandinamvian humbleness... we did not think (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: 50th anniversary bucket
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(...) Not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere but... Looks like these are now available on Shop At Home: (URL) B. (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: micro moc: santorini
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(...) thank you. i never thought i'd like building a mode of transportation so much, it's my very first! and that is a clikits ring for the flotation device. -§ deborah §- (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: micro moc: santorini
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(...) Hi Deborah that is a sweet micro. And that fishing boat is seriously cute! What part is that you used for the flotation ring? Is it Clikits or something? ROSCO (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: micro moc: santorini
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(...) glad you enjoyed it. i've not yet been to greece, but i would imagine it to be a hair-raising experience to manoeuver through these hairpin bends! a higher cliff would have been nice, but i've heard i have a problem with size and manageable (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: micro moc: santorini
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(...) thank you. micro cats, now there's a challenge. -§ deborah §- (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: micro moc: santorini
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(...) I love it! Having been to Thera (now the modern island Santorini), I have to say that your model really has the right look. Nicely captured with the blue tile roofs and white domes. But you could have made the cliff a little higher. Perhaps 20 (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcing LEGO Ambassador 2nd cycle
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(...) So should the folks that got the old auto-reply re-email their applications? ~Kevoh (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: micro moc: santorini
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(...) Maybe they didn't recognize it without the (URL) cats>. Beautiful stuff! Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: attn Jake/TLC/whoever, about Lego Digital Designer file format/SDK
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(...) Yes I did. As usual Jake was thinking about 10 steps ahead of me and gave me a lot of food for thought. The Steering Committee will be discussing these thoughts and will keeep you posted (this will however be delayed a bit due to my in (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: I am not a nazi.
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(...) I wholeheartedly agree. Especially point 5. Cheers, Allister (21 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | [OT] XCOR Steam Engine Contest
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Please forgive the off-topic post, but seeing the ingenuity of technic & pneumatic builders here, I suspect that some of you may be interested in this: XCOR Aerospace is having a contest to build a steam- or gas-driven pump to certain specs. Details (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | micro moc: santorini
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it seems greece is not as recognizable as i thought, or perhaps i've been to my local greek restaurant more often than i should. the walls are plastered with prints of "traditional" greek architecture, most of which appear to be santorini blue (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Flex tube (was: Brickfest Pneumatic Master ...)
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(...) I got a bag of 8x24" for around au$7, which seems a fair bit cheaper than your price, but that may be due to other factors. The brand I use is (URL) have a bulk price there, but I don't know where you can get that, the hobby store I buy mine (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Where do we go from here...
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(...) Awesome idea. (...) I really like the pumpkin idea. The show is about a week after Halloween, but still around that season, so I think it would be a cool model. Allan (21 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Where do we go from here...
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(...) No, that is definitely NOT what I am making. (...) Retract, as in 'retractable' landing gear maybe? AB (21 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Where do we go from here...
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(...) Seriously? Is that really what you're building? Or are you just mocking my MOC? :) I hope you're serious, as I think that would make a nice pair of models from the same general theme. Allan (21 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | BBC Caption Comp: Little Artists
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Hi all, If you're interested (and quick as it will disappear) check out or even participate in this weeks BBC online caption competition. (URL) picture is from the Little Artist exhibition in Liverpool which I previously mentioned in this post (URL) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: All plastic track
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(...) I'm eager to see it too. Being able to put a remote controlled battery train on the same track as a 9V one sounds like fun. Though not if Jon Reynolds is doing it... I think best would be an IR start/stop control, so that the train keeps (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | NWBrickCon is Coming! Vendors are Needed!
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I'm in charge of the Brick Bazaar at NWBrickCon again this year, and it is comming up fast! This year NWBrickCon will be held October 7th-9th at the Seattle Center. The Brick Bazaar will be a much better location this year (the Olympic Room) than (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.sealug) !!
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| | Re: BrickSpace now available for download.
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Yes, I know, double posting yada yada. :D Well partially to bump the first post, but also, I've put up some vids, for people who don't have Homeworld but want to see what it looks like when Lego ships are able to blow things up (no "pshoo pshoo" (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickfest Pneumatic Master and new Pneumatic Gate Circuits
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(...) (SNIP) Oops! I forgot to post the jpg links rather than the item links, since it's a while since I posted stuff! That's what comes of doing too many exhibitions! The AND etc... gates are dual no-leak bidirectional gates that perform the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Flex tube (was: Brickfest Pneumatic Master ...)
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(...) I've seen the white "Plastruct" tubing at model railway shows and in hobby shops, but it costs 35p for about 12", which is too short and too expensive (considering my 5.5p/piece average Lego price, including railway stuff), even when bought in (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: I am not a nazi.
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(...) I would agree. I was VERY disappointed at the pelting Richie got. But then again, I know that Richie is a great pirate builder and was reminded here. As a result, I asked him to write up an article on his ships in BrickJournal. Because he's a (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | My Thank You's (long)
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This is my list of friends who I'd like to thank for making my trip to BrickFest a joy again this year. This is not a complete list and there are no favorites. If you didn't make the list, dummy me either forgot to add you or forgot your name (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest) !
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| | Re: Finally...
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What a triumph! There is so much to look at here. Excellent Build! (still looking) Wow, very very well done, LOOK at that tree and landscape. Terrific. e (21 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: EMD F7 Mt. Newman Mining Company
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(...) Hi Beat, While I don't have any pictures if you search for Peter Parsons in .loc.au you might ask him. He actually works for the Qld state railway and has a great deal of knowledge. And I agree that the Ghan needs cars. They may yet come... (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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