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Just wanted to send out a big word of thanks to Jeff for coordinating the Mecha room at Brickfest 2005! This was my first Lego event of any kind, and I was absolutely amazed at how cool it was. Jeff had the Mecha room set up with a video screen, (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | [rtlToronto] rtlToronto at BrickFest 2005
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Hi guys, Here's a people oriented photo gallery of pictures from BrickFest 2005. (URL) hope you like them. They were from the one day I was in DC for BrickFest. Calum (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Who *is* this?
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(...) OMG, its the Mecha Hall of Famer! Ben Vaughan! All Hail! I see that the Hunter is Adam Silcott's ALM-011 Mecha. Hmmm, perhaps that is his alternate MOC'er persona. The render is MLCAD and then opened in LDlite or something to get the (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Brickfest Pneumatic Master and new Pneumatic Gate Circuits
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(...) Mark, I did a lot of thinking about pneumatics in my long drive home over the last few days, and am going to try to share them here (yah, Steve, there I go giving away my competitive edge ;^). I started thinking about a piston and its ports. (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | We are back in France
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Hi, It is the first time that I attended BF. I thought that BF is great. Now, I know that BF is huge. BF is not only a marvelous show at GMU but also a great opportunity to meet friendly people at Rocklands. Of course, it has been great pleasure for (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: LUGNET to change hands while continuing normal operation
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(...) Tim (member 626) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: pneumatic cat 343
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(...) hi kevin, how was it at brickfest?.....do you have inspiration for new MOC's? (...) thanks kevin:) only it needs a head to be real organic :p and i wanne make it walk in various direction's (non pneumatic i think) so it can walk in any (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Shadow : scout mech
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(...) Chris, I really enjoyed the action poses the "Shadow" can do. You kept it pretty light for a large mech, and your joint tech lets you show off all the cool stuff a real long-legged chicken mech could do. Great MOC! (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: I am not a nazi.
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Richie, I never accused you of being a Nazi, nor do I think you one. I want to be clear on that. I simply found your MOC tasteless and not funny. It spurred my hasty post calling for deletion. I regret that post, but I still feel you MOC was very (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Who *is* this?
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(...) I am looking for him too! Greetz, Anton (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: pneumatic cat 343
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(...) Hi Sigurd, I just made it back from BrickFest and got everything unpacked. I also got to watch cat343 walk! It is absolutly brilliant! It is even more organic than my inchworm! Fantastic work! Kevin (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Liebherr LG 1750
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This model incorporates geared steering (I don't need to tell you how difficult it is to turn the darn thing! If you are to build something as complex and big as this, DO NOT go for geared steering. (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Modellmessen 2005
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(...) Da har jeg lagt ut noen bilder av sånn omtrent Ljan stasjon + el17 blir seende ut! Kommer fortsatt til å jobbe med noen småting og vogner til togsettet. (URL) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.no)
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| | Re: Liebherr LG 1750
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(...) For a while now I've been wanting to build a vehicle with multiple evenly spaced steered axles. The difference this time being that instead of using gearing to generate the different steering angles required I'd like to use fixed links (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: When will the Vikings raid the US?
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(...) I've also heard they will be showing up at the LEGO brand stores, hopefully before Christmas. I think the Vikings sets look just great, I can't wait to buy a bunch of them! JohnG, GMLTC (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LRW ett måste!!!
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(...) sakerna som jag hellst vill ha med är: 1: LRW 2: blind bygge 3: mini borg 4: ja suttit nu ett tag å tänkt men kommer inte på nått mer spec. sen över till nått anatt, jag har en gammal LEGO kartong det står nr 20 på den är det nån som är (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: micro moc: santorini
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(...) well, thank you. kind words from the new master of micro. must admit that boat added the eureka factor we've talked about. please post about your micro farm. it must be seen by one and all. -§ deborah §- (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: pneumatic cat 343
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(...) Yes i know but i just can't come up whit a nice head :( but this is just a prototype maby i ajust this one or i make a total new one :) (maby whit a head this time) (...) thanks :D (...) if jou like this alredy...... you need to look at the (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Finally...
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(...) Amazing work Christian! I'm a huge fan of realistic layouts and this is so full of incredible details that really bring it to life. The more I look the more I see. Fantastic. I have to say at first glance I thought the house under construction (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: micro moc: santorini
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(...) Well done Deborah! I still think my favourite part is the boat. Throw a little SNOT into a MOC and it gets me all excited. I especially like the Clickits stud joiner as life preserver. You know how much I love Clickits. ;) J (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: Liebherr LG 1750
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Hey nice chasis, I like the underside shot where you can see all the steered wheels. Hmmm, what are your thoughts on the strength of the center of the chasis? Looks like some more latice work will come in to play when you keep building to keep it (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Space Garbage Freighter
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This is a micro-scale space Garbage Freighter. It can carry a maximum of up to 15 Tons of garbage and junk. As with my Duel-Arm Spsce Fighter, I used some SNOT. One of the things I particularly like in this model are the twin engiges. (URL) You can (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: I am not a nazi.
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(...) Richie, You are not a nazi. This I believe. You meant to show something other than the impression many people got from your MOC - this too I believe, especially so after this last post. Before going further, please let me state that I've (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Tripping a relay.
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Quoting Dan Novy <dan@flashfilmworks.com>: Here's a page of light triggered circuits: (URL) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Tripping a relay.
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Quoting Dan Novy <dan@flashfilmworks.com>: (...) There are simpler and less power comsumptive ways to do this (a CdS photocell and a simple transistor circuit or comparator - you will probably see something in IC "cookbooks" or with Google), but the (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Clifftop keep
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Hey Matthew, Nice keep. We've actually had some discussion of this keep in (URL) this thread> on classic-castle. Bruce (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: When will the Vikings raid the US?
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(...) Brendan, As others have mentioned, the Vikings will be a TRU exclusive in October. Someone from Lego (I'm pretty sure it was Jake) said, during his presentation, that the Vikings would be available from S@H "by the end of the year". So I guess (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Finally...
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(...) Christian, That is an incredible MOC. From the landscaping to the buildings and on to the story. I love it how it all comes together so nicely. I had admired that tree in the past and plan on redoing some of my trees hopfully half as good as (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: several questions about NWBC
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(...) Your welcome. (...) Yes there will be a silent auction, not sure about a live auction I'll let Matt Chiles answer that one. Sorry I don't have an answer for your second question. Thomas (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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| | Re: Dual Hex small piston compressor (repost)
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(...) Hi Steve, I literally mean broken. I changed some of the beams to get a different color, and in thbe process created a hose cutter (not unlike a paper cutter) and unwittingly sliced hoses. Once fixed, I never had problems with hoses popping (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Clifftop keep
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G'day all, For my latest MOC, I decided to branch out a little bit. For the most part, I build Space, but since I bought a couple of BFF's a couple of years ago, I've been wanting to see what I could build with the parts. I built this: (URL) A small (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego competition at the Puyallup Fair
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(...) David, I've been meaning to enter this year after year and never seem to get around to it. It's not looking any better this year. I've got a Castle display I'm putting on this weekend with Dan Parker and then NWBrickCon just around the corner. (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.us.wa, FTX)
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| | Tripping a relay.
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I'm constructing something similar those "solar lanterns" you see in people's gardens, except on a larger scale. It charges up during the day, and automatically turns on at night. I'll be using a photvoltaic panel to charge a 12v 12Ah battery. The (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: When will the Vikings raid the US?
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(...) Hey Brendan, I've got no official word, but the word from Brickfest (which I was not at, so this is second-hand) was that these will be in TRU stores in October. I still think they will also be available through S@H, so I think "TRU exclusive" (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: MegaBloks
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(...) All of this information is correct. Please note than when I posted on this thread in early July we did not know when the sets would be released in North America and I was pestering Jake for more information (which he did not have yet). Check (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: When will the Vikings raid the US?
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(...) I read somehwere, I thought here but maybe it was over at Classic Castle, that Vikings will be in TRU in October. Thomas (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: When will the Vikings raid the US?
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(...) Hi Brendan, The Viking sets will be available on SAH and at Toys R Us beginning in October. At fest we all got a small leaflet advertising the sets at TRU in October. This was confirmed in Jorgen Vig's speech and when the Classic-Castle admins (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | When will the Vikings raid the US?
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I've been away on vacation for a couple weeks and a little out of the loop. Does anyone know if/when the Viking line will be available in the US? I searched for info on Lugnet but didn't find much. The Brickfest 2005 keynote speech mentions the line (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: I am not a nazi.
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Hey Richie, I'm still a bit confused on one question: are you, or are you not, a Nazi? ;) More seriously, I did think the reception you got was over-harsh. This area of humor is always a very tricky thing--Mel Brooks, Monty Python, Charlie Chaplin, (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Re: What a fest!!!!
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(snip) (...) I can echo the feeling over on the Train layout. I was talking to a family about my red train station, when the mom made a gesture and accidentially knocked the stairway roof off. (no big deal, since it just sits on top of the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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