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(...) Superstrada Milano - Lecco, uscita Seregno "San Salvatore", prosegui a fianco della superstrada per 200/300 metri e te lo trovi sulla destra con una fiammante insegna "Lego". Ciao (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | light the night
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hey all, i was sitting around the house the other night looking to build something other than a train so i started playing with a pile of clear bricks and came up with this: (URL) additional photos after mod: (URL) thoughts? ondrew p.s. yes it's lit (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: VIKINGS at K-Mart
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(...) No, you don't have to, you mean you choose to. You're getting confused ;-) Cheers, Paul (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
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Seriously? I've never gotten the hang of any Lego CAD system, including LDD, MLCAD etc...I can't figure out how to do depth control with LDD for example. I've spent the last fifteen minutes trying to make bricks stick to the virtual baseplate...I (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) !
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| | Re: My humble opinion about LDraw animation
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(...) How are keyframes internally structured and saved to disk? Are they arrays, hashes, and how is the interpolation between keyframes usually handled? I haven't had time to research it myself, and I'm not sure I would even be able to find the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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| | Art Deco Miami Hotel
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Greetings: Here is my attempt to address a major problem: the near total absence of Art Deco architecture in the Lego townscape. This is a minifig scale version of a typical Miami Art Deco hotel from around 1930. Check out the (URL) MOC pages> for (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Re: LDraw Animation - Why MPD?
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I wonder if anyone remembers the 80s game "Story Machine" from Spinnaker Software (publishers of "Face Maker" and other silly products.) This program acted out the sentences you typed in. It was a kind of self-illustrating text adventure. For (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw Animation - Why MPD?
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Why not develop something abstract. If you come up with a way to notate an animation in any langauge, perhaps it will catch on. James (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Big Box with the Yellow Sticker of Joy
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(...) Well the one thing I was mildly interested in was how those boat steering wheels were used...like a photo of how they are used in the instructions? Calum (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: How do I get these new applications working?
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(...) Short Answer: That's how it's programmed. In order to really display a model made with references to parts in its enclosing folder, we have to make a number of decidedly unpleasant assumptions. Firstly, we have to assume the referenced parts (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: How do I get these new applications working?
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(...) I thought the "~" looked out of place when I was looking at the environment.plist file, but didn't know why. (...) Typed pico, got nano. So, I guess Mac OS X must fit into the "most *nix systems" category. (...) Indeed it does. Thanks for (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | R.I.P. Piggy from Voivod
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Sad weekend. One of my favorite guitarists of all time from my most beloved band EVER, (URL) Denis "Piggy" D'amour of VOIVOD passed away Friday>. (URL) courtesy Voivod.com>> Voivod has been described as "Futuristic Sci-Fi Metal" amoung many other (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.people, FTX) !
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| | Re: Overview of LEGO Factory suggestions
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(...) -snip- (...) -snip- EXAMPLE: Food for thought Like how much would something like this cost? (URL) Fantastic Town creations by: jdavis Just the price alone for the real model if broken down in retail terms would be emense! I do wonder how it (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: August 28th SanDLUG meeting
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(...) The meeting went well. We still have a small turnout, but it's growing. Attending we had Bill V (his home) and partner, John Cooper, (URL) Joyce (the LEGOLANDLADY parts madem)>, Adrian, Aaron Sneary, Eric Hunter and myself. Wow, 3 master (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.us.sandlug, FTX)
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| | FischerTechnik
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(...) I used to have fischertechnik but sold it and bought lego. My objections to fischertechnik were: It's bigger and heavier for the same mechanical functionality. So you need bigger motors, batteries, etc. The bricks don't click into "integer" (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Big Box with the Yellow Sticker of Joy
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(...) I finally got a good look in the box. It sucks to get a package then have to wait 5 days to open it. And unlike Chris I don't have kids as an excuse, or cause, whichever is more appropriate. :-) So the box is big, but I think is the same size (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: VIKINGS at K-Mart
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(...) At Kmart Caloundra they came in the day after the 20% off toys sale.... Although (and this is probably common knowledge) Toyworld has the dates the Dino's are coming in (well the lady showed me a sheet with dates that they should be coming in, (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Bulk Parts Listed @ Troy's Surplus LEGO
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I have just listed a ton of bulk parts in my store. You can see them all here: (URL) added about 100,000 pieces to my inventory, so hopefully there will be something there for everyone! Thanks, Troy (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: VIKINGS at K-Mart
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(...) Thanks for the heads up. Spotlighted. Now we just have to wait for a 20% off sale ;-) Cheers Richie Dulin (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw Animation - Why MPD?
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(...) (* off-topic discussion *) Design and implementation are not as independant as i wish. As part of the design requirements, i pointed moves should be functions and be as composable as functions are. Practically that means the language must (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: My humble opinion about LDraw animation
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In lugnet.cad, danny staple <orionrobots@gmail.com> wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Wow, that really hurts. Especially the last sentence. Thanksfully i know you play role reversal: what you mean is users would immediatly exclude my tool from their choice (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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| | NWBrickCon™ 2005 Haunted Mansion Module Contest!
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NWBrickCon™ 2005 Haunted Mansion Module Contest!! Once more, NWBrickCon is happening near Halloween. So, once again, we are going to have the Haunted Mansion Module Contest. Using the techniqes of Moonbase and Castle, we are going to build a modular (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Re: The NMRA Trestle Bridge
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(...) Anywhere from 2-3 hours, but that's not entirely the bridge set-up, I'm including detailing the countryside as well. Each stanchion is setup then the track bed attached to the top. The most time consuming part is attaching the tiles onto the (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | NWBrickCon™ 2005 Draft
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As hinted at earlier, we are going to have a Draft! Okay, so what IS a Draft? It is an event where everyone brings one copy of the same (unopened) set. We open the sets, sort the pieces into piles and take turns Drafting the piles of pieces. The (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Overview of LEGO Factory suggestions
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(...) LET'S DO IT!!!!! (...) otay (...) Just like real life -minus, Brick Link, ebay, etc,..... but yes your right. I have always said, LEGO is smart about making their sets and parts collectible. They ussually don't open the flood gate to full. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Pics Posted including GBC Video
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(...) of the FLL competition on Saturday. Sadly Team Hassenplug did not win :-( Thank you Steve for not having a team cadence. Our goals were different, than in previous years. NONE of them involved a team cadence. This year, it was more about "The (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | NWBrickCon™ 2005 Speed and Master Build Contests
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Due to the tremendous popularity of our Speed and Master Builder Competition last year, We will again be presenting an opportunity for you to compete to become the Fastest Builder, or the Most Masterful Builder, in the Northwest! There will be open (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.events) !!
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| | NWBrickCon™ 2005 Pre-Registration Ending Soon!
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There is just over ONE WEEK left for pre-registration! We'll be closing Pre-Registration next week for our Fourth Annual NWBrickCon! This may be your last chance to save money and get exclusive goodies! If you register (and pay) by September 7th - (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | U2's Numb video done in LEGO
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Didn't see this posted so maybe I am the first. U2's video for the song Numb was re-done in LEGO: (URL) you are not familiar with the original video, it can be found here: (URL) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.animation)
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| | Vendo lego 6607 e 6608 MISB
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Come da oggetto. I set sono in perfettissime condizioni! Per informazioni scrivetemi! Ciao Marco (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: Whose angel sculpture was that?
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(...) (URL) NP-complete> is a class of difficult problems in Computer Science. In general it's a problem too difficult to be solved exactly. A well-known example is the (URL) traveling salesman problem>. In my talk I sort of glossed over this. While (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Overview of LEGO Factory suggestions
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OK, we've all had some time to play with LF and the new LDD now. I think it's time to try and compose a clear, well-thought-ought "dear LEGO" letter explaining whatever seems to be in the way of this being a successful program. It may be that LEGO (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX) !
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| | Re: Panels to offer a 5-wide space in a 6-wide MOC
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(...) Very nice and well done ! Thank you for the link, I would have probably missed that. Didier (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | City of Heroes movie awards goes to LEGO animation
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Purists be warned, the film makers here definately take several liberties with the brick. However, The best overall film in the contest put on by the wildly successful MMORPG City of Heroes was LEGO animation. Check out the page: (URL) directly (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: More for the Hobby Show...
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(...) While I'm still waiting for the official word, I'm pretty sure your idea DID set a new world record. Steve (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Crazy idea for third-party Factory-like service
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(...) Heh...yeah, clearly it needs some updating. Honestly, I sorta lost interest when I couldn't get any feedback or help from Bricklink - that was the lynchpin in the system and without it, it was tough to make much more happen. Of course, that (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst, FTX)
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| | Re: Panels to offer a 5-wide space in a 6-wide MOC
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(...) ... (...) Nice ! (...) Unfortunately I will certainly not attend LW this year :(...but I've heard a lot of FreeLUG members will :-). (...) Thanks for sharing Ludo, Didier (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Any FPS or RTS AFOL modders out there?
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I was wondering what happened to y'all. Glad to see you're still around. :) Sounds quite ambitious - I've reg'd on the forums, and y'all might see me over there. I'll be more than happy to share the source meshes for the CS weapons and minifigs from (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | Re: Newbie questions about Lego CAD
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(...) I recommend that you put the chassis as a sub-model relative to the main model. You can either do this using separate files, or you could use MPD. Use Multipart ->New model to start on the superstructure. Also make sure the superstructure (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Crazy idea for third-party Factory-like service
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(...) I just tried this, but with mixed success. For example, I tried to buy parts for your Intermodal Spine Car. This produces "Oops! There was a problem processing your request: 1. Item #21: Item Not Found in Catalog." (You'd think it would then (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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