 | | SCLTC Brings the Island of Sodor to LEGOLAND California
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SCLTC will bring the Island of Sodor to the first ever Thomas The Tank Engine/Bob the Builder weekend at LEGOLAND California this coming Saturday March 25 and Sunday March 26. Fans of Thomas and His Friends will see Thomas, Percy, Toby and other (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.town, lugnet.legoland.california, FTX) !!
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| | Re: New street
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--SNIP-- (...) I heard of someone (can't remember who) stocking up on low quality used bricks to use for that sort of thing. It's certainly a cheap way to add texturing. Another possibility would be to use stickers for graffiti but that depends on (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New street
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(...) Thanks! (...) This is precisely the feel I am going for. Excellent link! I just can't bring myself to paint the lego bricks though. (graffiti, burn/smoke marks etc.) I might give a shot at that Bronx auto building with a light yellow body and (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New street
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(...) Even more good work from you Jonathan. I really love where this city project is going. Grit and grime is an important part of real cities and definitely adds to model city projects IMO. Tim PS. X-posted to .trains PPS. Did I ever share this (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Flex parts (Was NSW Class 38 Streamlined steamer)
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(...) Dear Chris, since I have never managed to upload any parts at LDRAW.org, I gave up after a while. (...) Feel free to put your name on top of the file. I do not mind. I would just be happy to see it as a part of the community's work. I enjoyed (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Spedizione Legoland....
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(...) l'idea era di partire il 22 e tornare il 25 :-) andare a legoland il 23... e poi un giro a fussen (il castello del puzzle ravensburger per capirci) , monaco etc. negli altri giorni che ne pensi/ate? ciao Cristian (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: R21 - Tug of war ??
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(...) Why not? It seems like it would make all of the events more popular. Do you think it would take anything away from any of the events? (...) We've just been throwing around ideas for BrickFest events. The rules Dave posted actually sound pretty (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Tic Tac Toe Results
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(...) So to clarify, if the games were a draw and no touches were needed, the winner was the one with the lowest time. But if even one touch was needed, a slower robot that was better at block placement would win (because it didn't need a "touch"), (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: {rtlToronto 21} Tug 'O War
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(...) No, thin and flexible is good in my view--easier for people to build something to grip the rope. Spec'ing Crappy tire is fine by me--basically everyone has a Can Tire near them, so this should make it easier than to get them from Chris. I'd (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | New street
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Here is a folder with a new street that I have been working on for my layout. It leads to and from the burnt-out section of town, underneath a rising elevated subway line. (URL) I am pleased with the sparce, desoalte feel that the section with the (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build) !
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| | Tic Tac Toe Results
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So, we've been playing with Tic Tac Toe for a couple months. Of course, at the same time, several of us have been working on other stuff, as well. We finally had our Tic Tac Toe event yesterday. It was a very cooperative event. Every robot played (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Boeing 737 by "mpostma"
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Has a Technic passenger jet like this ever been made in this large of scale before? (URL) big! Oh, by the way, its very well done too. Studless beams place in that fashion are almost exactly like the skeleton of a real passenger jet. Heck, the (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.technic) !
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| | Re: {rtlToronto 21} Tug 'O War
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(...) Any thoughts on the actual rope? We were discussing something commonly/easily available (unlike the sash cord :) Something like (URL) Canadian Tire - 50 ft of 5/16" rope for ~$10. Is that too thin/flexible? Is a thicker/stiffer rope desired? (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: R21 - Tug of war ??
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(...) Wow, it's like I logged into lugnet.org.us.somegu...inindiana* :) I'm not really sure where we are on this one, other than we know we're starting a contest up here. As for unifying a ruleset for Brickfest, I'm not really that crazy about it, (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: R21 - Tug of war ??
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(...) My idea was to have teams of 3 or so robots, one of which could be an "anchor" robot (be allowed a firm connection of some type to the edge of the the table). But I admit, I only really liked this because of the possibility of one team (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | {rtlToronto 21} Tug 'O War
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('cause I can't use the square brackets, and besides, it's still tentative...) After many great ideas were thrown around, we decided to go with somethign that's visually exciting for the audience-- RCX Tug 'O War... The tentative rulesets thus far (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: Spedizione Legoland....
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(...) Ma proprio tra il 24 ed il 26 dovevano chiudere??? Non gliel'ha detto nessuno che in Italia è festa e che quindi era un ottimo periodo per gli spendacc... ehm, per i clienti di quella parte di mondo??? Non ci resta che andare il 22 ed il 23. (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: R21 - Tug of war ??
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(...) Chris, Funny you should bring this up. We were just talking about doing this (A) at BrickFest and (B) at our club (LafLRC). It would be really cool if we could come up with a common set of rules, then we could have events within our clubs, and (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto at the Toy, Train and Doll show, May 7th, 2006
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Well, I took a shot in the dark--this is the e-mail I sent to Doug and Frank-- We are still finalizing the details as to that size we need. The train layout is completely revamped so they are still trying to determine the size. But you need some (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Brickvention Accomadation
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(...) This place has been taken. ROSCO (20 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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