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(...) Overhead crane--check Movable catwalks--check Robotic tool armatures--check Yes, any day someone finds a good use for those giant Insectoid legs is a good day, even if it's a snow day (I think Jersey City has gotten more snow than Minneapolis (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Linestreamed racing zephyr
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It's a cool looking MOC Tim. It has something of these old racing cars, in shape of cigars, rockets, etc... The fish design has something of the water drop perfect shape for aerdynamics - great feel of speeeeeeeed! Thanks for sharing, JP. (20 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| | Re: Big Boys Toys
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(...) Wow, very well done. Especially admire the level of detail exposed when the various modular parts go their separate ways: it all looks well-thought-out & well-placed. (20 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | LEGO in Bizarro Comic
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The February 24 Bizarro comic features a LEGO scene: (URL) C. (20 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Super Chief wheel question
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(...) Thanks for all the info Ben! I apologize if this question had been discussed ad naseum already, but I've done several unsuccessful searches for the info. I've been a castle fan my entire AFOL career, but I've always been interested in trains, (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.color, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LDA2006 Progress Report
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(...) Thanks for the input, Tim. I agree. Exponential functions for acceleration or fall would be nice to have. Sinus and Cosinus functions will make smoother walks. The best would probably be support for splines or maps, but that's way beyond my (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Featured Artist - FJS Online Chronicles
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Check out my Feature Article on the FJS Online Chronicles! (URL) e (20 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Matt's Mushroom Bins for Parts Storage
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Annoucing Matt's Mushroom Bins (3 URLs) Have you ever wanted a better way to sort or store your Lego? I have found a way, and if you were lucky enough to be at NWBrickCon the last couple of years you have probably seen it. Now the rest of you can! I (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.storage, FTX) !
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| | Re: Santa Fe Super Chief wheel question
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--SNIP-- (...) Apology accepted in advance ;) (...) Thanks for your compliments. Of course mostly working virtually means I don't have to worry about the colour change although I did set up bley to render properly for some of my stuff which was a (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.color, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yeah, I thought that was the case . I'm not famous for my tact. Thanks for understanding us on the color issue and letting us talk! :) And apologies in case the tears short circuit your keyboard. ;-) BTW, your recent train mocs have been (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.color, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Super Chief wheel question
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--SNIP-- (...) I knew that but I was being tactful ;) I have no problem with the colour change and the subject bores me to tears but I have nothing against arguments raging on in .trains, .colour or anywhere else for that matter. Tim --SNIP-- (20 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.color, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LDA2006 Progress Report
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(...) --SNIP-- (...) --SNIP-- (...) This all sounds very cool Tore. I may have to give it a go sometime. One suggestion to you is to allow for different tweening systems. Sometimes you may want something other than a linear tweening and it would be (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Super Chief wheel question
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(...) I caught that irony, Ben. It wasn't harshness at all, and it wasn't directed at Anthony. It was partly directed at TLC, but I think it was mostly directed at the LUGNET community, who seem to want absolutely all color talk banished to (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.color, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Shiny new things.
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(...) I drooled over these puppies like a grizzly bear staring at a display case full o' porterhouse steaks (mmmmmmmm, porterhouse)--especially the fully-armored Nemo II. I love the idea of taking a standard mecha frame and arming/armoring it up to (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Super Chief wheel question
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(...) I don't think Ben was being harsh on Anthony, I think it was directed at TLC in the main. Tim (20 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.color, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Super Chief wheel question
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(...) Not sure why Ben was so overly harsh on you there Sava, but any replacement wheels are bound to be new gray (which thankfully isn't as bad as the shift between the dk gray), since they're made for the BNSF Loco in that color. And I don't think (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.color, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Big Boys Toys
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Modularity to the hilt! Super cool factor mundo! wow. e (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.space)
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| | Automated Backhoe - private folder
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My apologies, I expected the brickshelf folder to go public much sooner. You can see a few pictures and a shorter video in my Supertrain 2006 folder: (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Big Boys Toys
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SNIP (...) SNIP (...) This is AWESOME! Looks like it cane kick ABS clear across .space! Great multifunctional beefiness! Jeff (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Super Chief wheel question
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In lugnet.trains, Anthony Sava wrote: Dear Anthony, you are asking a lot of questions and not all of them can be anwered, but I will try with some of the most important. (...) Definitely these had too high friction due to mismoulded parts done by a (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.color)
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| | Re: LUGFinder (aka LUGMap redux)
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(...) Thanks Eric! I just Frappred our LUG RichLug. I became familliar with Frappr after joining the BimpCast Listenters Frappr. (URL) Can't get enough Frappring Bert (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: Linestreamed racing zephyr
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That's a cute little sucker. Unlike a lot of steampunk stuff I think it captures the retro-tech vibe perfectly, especially the engine. Soren (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| | Re: The NXT bit of information...
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(...) The 38kHz receiver module in the RCX is also encased in IR filter material :( However, the real trick will be getting the sensor's LED to turn on and off at 38kHz. You will have to change the LED state every 13uS with good accuracy in order to (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Question for builders
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(...) I don't particularly like the treads, because they don't run as smoothly, so I don't use them much. I tried my robot with the synchro drive and its not working out for me either, so i think I'm gonna try out the adder/subtractor drive system (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: One more rule verification
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(...) Okay, if you split in two, then your total score should the same as if you stayed as one. Fine by me. As long as we don't add the two together as if you had two separate robots and got to keep the sum of two unique machines. (...) I'm okay (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: LUGFinder (aka LUGMap redux)
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(...) Setting up a Map at (URL) frappr> is easy I suggest you try it. There are maps for just about anything you can think of and if you can't find what you want you can make one. One issue is that Frappr maps (which use the Google Map API) are (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: The NXT bit of information...
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(...) I imagine there is a fair chance the RCX IR sensor can see the red LED, it just wouldn't register as brightly, so the range would be greatly reduced. LEDs can have a pretty narrow spectra, but sensors generally just have more of an "optimum" (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LUGFinder (aka LUGMap redux)
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(...) Tim, This is a limitation of using Frappr. I suppose the old map handled club "areas of influance" a bit better. While comming up with this however I was told by some that having the single point was a good thing because most clubs cover a (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: LUGFinder (aka LUGMap redux)
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(...) What are the chances of making a AFOL, TFOL, KFOL map also? Would it have to be moderated? (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: British Trains Re: Hogwarts Express train
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(...) I would have thought so, although as I said it varied slightly from railway to railway so I wouldn't worry about it too much. The red light on the end is normally mounted just above one of the buffers, i.e. low down to one side. Tim PS I was (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Big Boys Toys
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I wish Lego would come out with some sets like this. This rocks. Well done all around. I especially like the Transport ship. though I think it looks even better on the front of the truck than as a standalone ship. (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: My First Attempt At Making A Mosiac
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(...) Mr. Sophie I was reading your post and when I came to your name at the end I felt like I had seen your name some else before. Well, it was about an hour ago when I was looking around your website that it hit me. You are the master builder of (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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| | Re: Big Boys Toys
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(...) This rocks. Well done all around. I especially like the Transport ship. though I think it looks even better on the front of the truck than as a standalone ship. (2 URLs) Tony Hafner (URL) www.hafhead.com> (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: British Trains Re: Hogwarts Express train
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(...) snipped (...) Tim, that was extremely useful, thank you. I'm assuming that Thomas with two coaches would be a B class, same for Toby with his coach and baggag car. Is the red end of train light mounted high or low? Mat (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Snowboarders are uncool
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Hi folks, I always wondered why our beloved toy manufacturer made a 3538 - Snowboard Boarder Cross Race but no alpine ski set? My answers is: No one explained them that borders are uncool No designer was capable creating a pair of carving ski + ski (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Snowboarders are uncool
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Hi folks, I always wondered why our beloved toy manufacturer made a 3538 - Snowboard Boarder Cross Race but no alpine ski set? My answers is: No one explained them that borders are uncool No designer was capable creating a pair of carving ski + ski (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | NEW LOGO!
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To better tie us to the LEGOFan site/community, we have a new logo on our website and will soon have a new iTunes/Podcast logo as well. You can view the new logo by visiting: (URL) simply captured a front view of an LDRAW minifig head model and then (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce.bimp)
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| | Re: LUGFinder (aka LUGMap redux)
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I have added my LUG, the Brickish Association, but had to choose a city. I chose a pretty central one as we aren't based in a city, but are a national club covering the whole of the British Isles (which is actually more than one country too! (UK and (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Linestreamed racing zephyr
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I hereby unveil the world's first Linestreamed racing zephyr, designed by the Guild of Gears. (URL) This model is based on a vehicle described in The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Stirling (considered to be one of the first books in (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Union Pacific M-10000 MOC
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(...) Thwarted by the color and part availability! The Ldraw render should look great, and the red and yellow just fine. (...) Indeed, a fine shape you found for the nose. I like the use of the classic windows on an older style train. (...) Great to (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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