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(...) (URL) well, Jacob PS: Any chance we'll get a "lugnet.vikings" group? (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Re: Viking Longship
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(...) Here are some links for more info: Intact viking ship with data and links to other ships (Swedish site): (URL) (new and ancient) and pictures of newly made ships (also in Swedish, with part ot the text in english): (URL) collection with many (...) (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: POV animation of walking minifig
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(URL) In the past days, I have improved the possible gaits of my walking minifig algorithm. For practical reasons, it als has a name now: Johnny Walker (unrelated to Johnnie Walker, the drink :-) After I posted this first, I became aware that (...) (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation, FTX)
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| | Re: Tachikoma tank mecha - Ghost in the Shell
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that's very pretty. (...) do you mean grateful? anyway, I suggest a comb. oh, the comedy... but seriously, I don't know Ghost in the Shell - which part is the head?! What about the little 1x1x2/3 slopes? mo. (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Viking Longship
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(...) Fabulous! This is funny timing because I'm in the middle of researching Viking ships now for a BrikWars game. (In fact, If you could recommend good links to Viking info online, I'd really appreciate it.) (...) [snip] Really? cool. I was (...) (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Question for a BrickJournal article..
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(...) Joe The announcement of the first (2001) award, here (URL) a little detail on the rationale. Steve Bliss was the recipient. The 2005 award was given to Michael Lachmann, see (URL) award is currently handled by the LDraw SteerCo (which is in (...) (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Viking Longship
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(...) Thanks, Mark! I've done a few vessels with real cloth sails, and I have to say that the paper is better looking, easier to work with, and holds its shape better. (...) Absolutely! Probably not while under sail though. ;-) Cheers Richie Dulin (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | SMART display at Crossroads Shopping Center (April 22)
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In a week and a half SMART will be putting on a robot display at Crossroads Shopping Center. Everyone is welcome to come take a look, but we're especially interested in having people participate! There's going to be a Great Ball Contraption as part (...) (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Questions about fan involvement with TLC
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(...) Well then, I sit corrected on the "mis/dis" trust phrase. If you want to argue semantics, then might I suggest moving this to .debate. In the mean time, both YOU and Jeff, came out guns blazing, trying your darnedest to make sure you set "us" (...) (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Programming the RCX
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(...) While I've tinkered a tiny bit with alternate firmwares (legOS and the Swan firmware) I almost exclusively use NQC. Considering the types of robots you're likely to build, there really are few situations where you need more power and speed (...) (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Viking Longship
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(...) snip (...) Nice! And the parchment paper is a great idea... I'm already stealing one of your tricks for a boat I'm working on, and this makes two. One of those (URL) striped canopies> would look good - are those historically accurate? Marc (...) (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Request for info on the Control Lab Interface.
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(...) Thanks for your information! I was also sent via email a very helpful page: (URL) His (URL) Research Page> has source code, which was also helpful. In fact, his ActiveX control might be useful for NQC. I had trouble getting it to connect to my (...) (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: My Second Original Mech
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Hi Ken. If you are trying for the feminine look I've got a few suggestions. Taper the waist, maybe get rid of those two-sided slopes. You could also use those slopes to make the mecha breasts. Also you need to make slimmer hands. Maybe use droid (...) (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: My Second Original Mech
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Ok Let's try this again. (URL)Assassin406>> Since, as someone pointed out, the mech doesn't look very feminine I've decided to rename it and post some better pictures. I'll be doing some instructions soon as promised and I won't fool around with the (...) (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Modulex Pricing?
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If I decide to sell my Modulex bricks in "like new" condition, what would be a reasonable price? What would you be prepared to pay a piece? /Tore (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Question for a BrickJournal article..
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Hi all, does anyone have a list of all the recipients of the James Jessiman Memorial Award. Also, what is the criteria for the award? I'm working on an article and couldn't find the information online. Thanks, Joe Meno Editor/Publisher, BrickJournal (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Viking Longship
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Ahoy pirate fans and well met castle fans, The Vikings sets are vool, but after visiting the Vikings Exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum in January, I decided to experiment with building some more accurate (after a fashion), viking (...) (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.boats, FTX) !!
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| | Tachikoma tank mecha - Ghost in the Shell
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Hi all, Just a little fig-scale (URL) Tachikoma> tank mecha I whipped up tonight. (2 URLs) Side > (URL) If anyone can help with head smoothing I would be most gracious. Tim (20 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: MDP (was: Questions about fan involvement with TLC)
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(...) Hmmm, I don't. But hey, memory can play tricks sometimes. ROSCO (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I could easily be misremembering the application, it was a while ago, but I do seem to recall some questions about the time that would be spent doing various things. (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi, this is a very interesting discussion! Concerning the Ambassadors I have heard that they had 1500 emails in only one season. If you have to read (and partly answer) 1500 e-mails, this will keep you busy enough to stay out of other forums. (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MDP (was: Questions about fan involvement with TLC)
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(...) Well unfortunately there was no "What are your current personal commitments" question on the application, so LEGO had no way to evaluate that information. Surely it makes more sense, and is much easier for the applicant to evaluate it, and (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4888 Ocean Odyssey alternate MOCs
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(...) That's too bad that they are being frustrated over competing. With anything in life, there's always going to be someone who has more of something, it's just a general hangup your going to have to get over. Isn't it supposed to be not what you (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: MDP (was: Questions about fan involvement with TLC)
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(...) Berate you? Not me, at any rate, although I can't speak for anyone else. But I DO find it interesting how you hone in on just one point so often. I do think in this case it's an interesting point, though. To widen it out a bit, it certainly (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Questions about fan involvement with TLC
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(...) I think this is an interesting and valid set of questions. I think the answer to Q1 has two pieces. Yes, the NDA acts to silence people from making observations and suggestions because those comments may conflict with known facts. And yes, it (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MDP (was: Questions about fan involvement with TLC)
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(...) Well, I'm sorry, but I have to ask - if you have so many other commitments, why did you apply? I'm sure there's many others who would have loved to participate, and have more time to contribute. Note: Certain members of the community will (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4888 Ocean Odyssey alternate MOCs
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(...) Yep, you're right the arms are just on a 1x1 clip, but still surprisingly sturdy (though probably not up to being stomped around like my nephew would play with it!)the only real problem is because of the black tubing, it pulls the gun arm off (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Questions about fan involvement with TLC
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I'm under some NDA action and it hasn't affected my posting/building at all. The time commitments were always very minimal. My devotion is to the building-- the relationship with TLG was secondary. While I was an ambassador I was a bit more mindful (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 4888 Ocean Odyssey alternate MOCs
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(...) Nice work, and good call on alot of newer builders. I think its a convenient excuse to say that its impossible to build anything worthwhile with a small assortment of bricks. I grow tired of hearing people say that if they had a large (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: 4888 Ocean Odyssey alternate MOCs
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(...) Gorgeous! I love the wing-like shapes on the second model. The way they angle back and curve down at the same time is very sexy and surprising. On the first model, it looks like the right and left attachments are held on only by a 1x1 clip. If (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Request for info on the Control Lab Interface.
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(...) Yes, programs are executed on the PC. (...) Nothing is stored on the device. (...) It resides on the PC. (...) AFAIK, you will need a newer version of ROBOLAB. The older versions (forget which) did not support ControlLab. If you're up to the (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Help with converting voltage on circuit board
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(...) Hi Danny, If we supply +12V to the top of the transistors, the drive circuit will most likely not be able to block those transistors completely (unless said drive circuit has an open collector structure with a pull up to the emitter of the (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | 4888 Ocean Odyssey alternate MOCs
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Hi all, I recently went on a work trip and took the parts of set 4888 Ocean Odyssey with me. These two MOC's were the result. (4 URLs) All I added is a mini-fig. I wouldn't normally post about these MOCs, but I've seen a lot of posts from fairly new (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Re: Request for info on the Control Lab Interface.
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Just today I got one of these from an eBay auction, including the original cable in a sealed plastic bag. The ROBOLAB software wasn't included, however, so I imagine that I'll need a driver of some kind to use it. Does anyone have a driver? (This (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Class 91 Interceity 225
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(...) I'm impressed. Thank you :) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Joe Vig: Inside, Outside, Opened, Closed
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(...) Great Joe Vig vignette! I really appreciate the fact that you take the time to make the animated images of your vigs: that makes them all the more impressive. Joe vs. the Fleebnorks! Remember, our 2nd Annual Joe Vig contest is only a few (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: My Second Original Mech
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(...) Yeah, sorry about the ftx code. I was in a hurry to post those pics late last night. Thanks for providing a working link Mark. I should also have mentioned that your work has been a big inspiration to me too. In fact I have a picture of Shogun (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Joe Vig: Inside, Outside, Opened, Closed
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Here's my latest vignette: (3 URLs) Inside, Outside, Opened, Closed features Joe, a few fleebnorks, and doors that open and close. (2 URLs) Enjoy! (2 URLs) Tony Hafner (URL) www.hafhead.com> (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Questions about fan involvement with TLC
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In lugnet.general, C. L. GunningCook wrote: Let me start with the disclaimer that I am on the NXT MDP, though I'm probably the least active member due to personal commitments right now. I barely know how to spell NXT. (...) No, I don't think so. (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Sale at Abracadabrick
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Hi all, I am going to be moving at the end of the summer, and would like to reduce my BrickLink store inventory. I have started to mark down items, and will continue to do so in the coming weeks. Check out Abracadabrick at (URL) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.market.brickshops)
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