 | | Alternate Building Instructions for 7712 Supernova
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Dear Lego, Any idea when/if alternate building instructions for 7712 will be posted at exoforce.lego.com? My son and I have enjoyed the entire Exo-Force line and love some of the alternates pictured. All the other sets have alternate instructions (...) (20 years ago, 17-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: OT (was Questions about fan involvement with TLC)
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(...) Wasnt Tilda a Russell Myers cigar-smoking witch? Oh wait, that's Hilda, and you are right, this is FUN!!! Well as much fun as one can have while high on chocolate and stuffed from a huge turkey dinner. Janey "Red Brick" (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: OT (was Questions about fan involvement with TLC)
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(...) snipped greeky/geeky talk (...) Yes it does, thanks. I hope I can remember that in future. Janey "Oh I learned a new word today, Red Brick" (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: OT (was Questions about fan involvement with TLC)
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(...) snippity (...) Indeed it does Janey - the tilde (~) is used in FTX for formatting simple tables, you can read all about it (URL) here>. You can only use a tilde as the first charater on a line if you precede it with the backtick character (` - (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: OT (was Questions about fan involvement with TLC)
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(...) Tilda. I'm tempted to take this to off-topic.geek, but .fun seems appropriate enough. -Lenny (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for GUI part editor
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(...) Ah, but it's here it's becoming interesting :-) Now the point list must keep track of which points are 'free' and which are belonging to a primitive (and not only 'a' but 'which?'), because the points of the primitive may not be changed (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: OT (was Questions about fan involvement with TLC)
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Hmmm... that IS weird... part of my message doesn't appear... although its is still in the raw message. Wow, even the KARMA gods are murfling me. Chris why do I feel like blaming you?? I actually said... "WARNING TO LUGNET MEMBERS Please refrain (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | RCX remote jammer
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this is going to be short, b/c I only have a minute. Check out (URL) (after mod) for an NQC program that will allow you to jam almost any IR remote control signal. Direct prgm link: (URL) Instructions: (URL) Enjoy, and please give me feedback (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, FTX)
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| | Re: New layout taking shape
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(...) Wow, this new layout ~REALLY IS~ taking shape! I have always enjoyed the "unusual" things and bits of humour found on your layout. Looks like this layout well surely please in that department. I really enjoyed the pics, and you can really see (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains.org.mltc, FTX)
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| | Re: OT (was Questions about fan involvement with TLC)
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(...) Snipped most of Chris' melodrama (...) Rolls eyes Yeah, right, whatever! TO LUGNET MEMBERS~ Please refrain from ever saying Chris is "right". His ego alone is hard to take, with "proof" like this, he will never let us forget. He truly is darn (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Cleaning Lego
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(...) LOL, Chris, this happened to me too! Though in my case the pillowcase wore out after several uses for washing LEGO, and it was random used LEGO rather than a set (I dusted my Space Shuttle as I took it apart a few years ago... it's still in a (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Call for GUI part editor
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(...) Yes, primitives are important. In my program, you can add them just like any other part. I already implemented moving and I wanted to add scaling and rotating, but I did not understand the rotation matrix command. Could anyone explain that to (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: BricxCC Feedback Requested
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(...) I've never docked the current toolbars to the side. I wouldn't miss it. (...) I do normally rearrange them (normally to a single row). I'd be annoyed for a few minutes then forget all about it if it was removed :) (...) Personally, I hate the (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Brickvention news!
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Only a couple of months to go! (URL) Planning is going well, and we've already got lots of people bringing interesting and fun things to display. Displays will include: M>ltc train/town layout Separate area for town buildings Large Space display, (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.au, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Cleaning Lego
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(...) snip (...) This is my tale of woe from a few years ago with a old pillow case and a washing machine. Your milage may vary. (URL) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | New layout taking shape
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After a week of building, the new layout is starting to take shape. Another big session today saw the bulk of the main station completed, while the members got to see the progress of the various modules. Some highlights: (2 URLs) The mountain area, (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains.org.mltc, FTX) !
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| | Re: MOC: The Rabbit
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(...) Felix, I really like this, especially the paws, stomach and eyes. Judy M. (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | Re: Questions about fan involvement with TLC
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(sniff) YEARS!!!! I was around from the "old days" (wipes single tear from eye) (1) I have enudured lots, the growing pains, the mocking, the "others."(2) The rise and fall and rise again of nations and empires. After a while, you just give up. You (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for GUI part editor
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(...) Where do the primitives enter in this picture? It looks like both Kevin's ideas and your program are ignoring the primitives, working down on the bare polygons. Primitives are an essential part of part creation, aren't they? (Correct me if I'm (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Auguri di Pasqua!!
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Auguro a tutti voi una buona Pasqua, state attenti a quanto mangiate e non ubricatevi a Pasquetta!!!! se no le moc vi vengono tutte storte.... ciao GAetano (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Call for GUI part editor
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Hi Kevin, (...) You are completely right. Such a GUI editor is a program I was always looking for (and - unfortunately- I still am). But for two years I have been programming on a little editor to do things like that. My programming skills are not (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: MOC: The Rabbit
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Felix, yet again your non-space never fails to astound me. I look forward to seeing it at HoB. I wouldn't be surpised if you get more purchase offers again this year. F (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | [Ebay] Lego Technic 8094
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Ciao a tutti, un mio amico mi ha incaricato di vendere su Ebay un set Lego Technic 8094. E' completo di tutti i pezzi, ad eccezzione della penna, che non è originale. I due motori sono funzionanti come pure la centralina. C'è la scatola originale, i (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: MOC: The Rabbit
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(...) Eh, What's up Doc? Nice MOC...can't wait to see more of the pix. What else are you gonna pull out of your hat? ;) "Big Daddy" Nelson (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC: The Rabbit
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(...) OMG I LOVE IT!!!! How cute is that??? He is just devine, adorable, is he made of chocolate? Can I eat him... ;) He is completely sweet! I wish I could see the brickshelf pictures :( Thanks for sharing! Mel (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | MOC: The Rabbit
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(2 URLs) The Rabbit> (Post Mod) I've been out of the habit of posting MOCs, but thought this was timely. The idea was actually independent of the season. I've got some tricky SNOT going on here (notice the floating paws). I'll update the folder (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !!
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| | Re: LEGO Color Chart (the portable kind) available
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(...) Thanks. Change made. The web site made it should like I was stuck waiting for a 24-hour review of the results, but it looks here to be correct. -- joshua (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Color Chart (the portable kind) available
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(...) RGB - rainbow light spectrum, as a prism splits the light. Toss greyscale at either end or a separate sheet. (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Questions about fan involvement with TLC
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(...) Chris is right, this is a hypothetical dicussion... but I not naive enough to believe that every Lego ambassador's motive is purely altruistic in nature... Probably a more realistic example is, if the LAs knew that next year, Lego will release (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Cleaning Lego
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(...) All new lego to the collection that comes from second hand sources goes through the dishwasher here. I put them in a mesh laundry bag that zips up, and put it on the top rack away from the heating element. I've put things as small as technic (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: POV animation of walking minifig
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(...) These are great Eric. I've always taken note of minifig walkcycles, in independent brick films or Lego's own video games, and there are not to many successes on that front. Walk cycles are difficult to begin with to make a convincing sense of (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: BricxCC Feedback Requested
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(...) There are no functional differences between the planned toolbars and menus aside from the toolbar docking support. The difference is really just in appearance. I have spent the last several months in my real job working on a project to spruce (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, FTX)
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| | Re: Cleaning Lego
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Hello, my recomendation is to use a thick blush makeup brush. I use them for dusting off my models. They work well and do not scratch trans elements like canopies and windows. They also conform to the studs and clean them well. (URL) Like the one (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: BricxCC Feedback Requested
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(...) John, As other's have elluded to, I am not worried about changes to the IDE environment... I am hooked on this tool, so whatever you come up with, I will work with it.. Dave (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, FTX)
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| | Cleaning Lego
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I'm looking for suggestions on the best way to clean large amounts of lego bricks. I have a middling-large collection that has been set up for some time in my basement, and the cheap paint on the walls has started flaking off onto the assembled lego (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Call for a Group Train/Town Layout at BrickFest™ 2006
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(URL) Call for a Group Train/Town Layout at BrickFest™ 2006 It is time to start planning for one of the next great Train/Town display at BrickFest™. This will be a great way to show your 9v electric train pride and help save our way of model (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Re: BricxCC Feedback Requested
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(...) Me too- what he said, all of it. Mindstorms wouldn't be 1/16 as cool without BricxCC. But I just use it, I don't move stuff around. Tim (Smith) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, FTX)
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| | Re: BricxCC Feedback Requested
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(...) Nope. I leave stuff where it is. (...) Nope. I leave stuff where it is. (...) The whole BricxCC environment is the single most important feature making Mindstorms inherently usable for me. Thanks John, for all the work you've put into its (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, FTX)
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| | Re: Questions about fan involvement with TLC
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(...) I never criticized your post--I think your question is a good one to be asked. That said, what I did question was: (...) As for b) I don't think anything's really lost. It's not like we're preventing the next Nobel prize winning thesis on (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Questions about fan involvement with TLC
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Hi Ben, I believe the original germ of the idea of ~abuse~ was just a HYPOTHETICAL example. NO ONE has claimed that abuse has happened. In lugnet.general, Benjamin Ellermann wrote: snip (...) :) <--- notice this (cough) (cough) Swamberg(1) (cough) (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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