 | | Re: Large Tropical Hillside House
|
|
Aaaaah, I just got to the Lego room photos. Beautiful once again. But what is the top cupboard 2nd from the left? The thin red things? Frankfurts? Kerry (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.build)
|
| |
| | Re: Large Tropical Hillside House
|
|
Ah, Mel, so beautiful! I love the waterlily pond. Looking at it closely, you've got orange starfish (and other stuff?) under the clear plates to produce the underwater effect. And as always I wonder where on earth you find some of the array of (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.build)
|
| |
| | Re: Where are the Belville lovers..?
|
|
(...) I like them too, I think some of them are rather cute ;) I think you will find a few more who also like them, maybe they are only reading this and not joining in with their say or they simply do not read lugnet at all, or even have seen this (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.belville)
|
| |
| | Where are the Belville lovers..?
|
|
What has happened with the good old Belville theme? It isn’t even mentioned as a shortcut on the home page of Lugnet anymore. I like this figures simply because they have exact the right scale. And what is more, they have movable knees and elbows. (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.belville)
|
| |
| | Re: Kiddicraft by Hilary Page 1947
|
|
Yes, as we can see Kiddicraft was the pre-cursor to the Lego brick. Back in 1949-50 they had only 5 colors of Lego bricks, red, white, yellow, light green, and what can best be described as "peacock blue". By 1950 TLG was releasing to their Danish (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
|
| |
| | Re: Moonbase module teaser
|
|
(...) OMG! That Moonbase is the bing paddly ding ding dow!!!!!!! Check! Out! the bedelly pow ding dang with the Big connectordanggadangs and wit the OMG check the oh look at the wow the Then on the top it has oh cool OMG, check! the! sides with how (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Q*Bert
|
|
(...) LOL! I have no idea where Q*bert goes when he jumps off the side. But then again, since the game was designed around M.C. Escher's designs, which side is up? Thanks for the feedback everyone!! "Big Daddy" Nelson (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Large Tropical Hillside House
|
|
(...) I enjoyed it! Fabulous. I love the water effects with what appears to be plants and what-not underneath the clear "water" plates. The lushness reminds me of a recent trip to the Bronx Zoo where there are jungle type areas you can walk in. I (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Resale shops / whose been geting your brick buck this year?
|
|
(...) This would be a guess: 45% pick-a-brick/S@H Bulk/factory 50% Bricklink 5% New sets (usually small sets, ie: Racers, when I am at Target for other non lego items) I very rarely buy used bricks. I can't remember the last time. Maybe 3-4 years (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
|
| |
| | Re: Large Tropical Hillside House
|
|
Mel, I have something very short and to the point to say: I love it! OoOOooOOOOOOOOooooooooh, So much to see. So many details! I am going to enjoy looking at all the tenhiques and creativity you put in to this wonderful creation! WOW! Thank you! e (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.build)
|
| |
| | Re: Q*Bert
|
|
(...) Wait wait: Q*: Bert, where did you go when you jumped off the side!? LMAO e P.S. So ccol the way those 2z2 tiles look in this pattern. Great MOC. .....and how about that carrot as a nose thingie! ~Brilliant~. (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.vignette)
|
| |
| | Re: Ease up on marking folders Avatar
|
|
Rob when replying to this post, please refer to the subject line. Goodbye. Eric Sophie (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Z-fighter2
|
|
Hmm, I hope this link works: (URL) -NB (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
|
| |
| | Resale shops / whose been geting your brick buck this year?
|
|
Forgive me if this has been discussed already,(I did a search, but it's a topic with many possible names) but I was thinking recently about where I buy my LEGO, and I realized that this year a significant portion has been purchased at resale shops. (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
|
| |
| | Custom sensors on the cybermaster
|
|
I've managed to get communication up and running from labview to the cybermaster, and noticed as I was testing different resistors as sensors that the values returned is following a curve. This suggests to me that the inputs on the cybermaster are (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
|
| |
| | Re: LEGO CD Info on Streetlights - was: Old lamp post from the 60'ies
|
|
In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote: <snip> In a strange coincidence, my mother-in-law sent over a small box of Lego (the box was set 205 (URL)) as part of my birthday present, and there were 2 of these streetlights in the box. There were also (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Flexible hose generator enhancement
|
|
(...) Thank you very much Dean ! (20 years ago, 21-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
|
| |
| | Large Tropical Hillside House
|
|
G'day all, Been ages since I last posted any MOC stuff... I recently built a house for a competition (hence the size for mobility and we were only allowed to take one picture). The house has 5 levels and consists of a Master bedroom with Parents (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.au, FTX) !!
|
| |
| | Re: Ashrak class frigate, Cratha frigate
|
|
In lugnet.announce.moc, Avery Christy wrote: <snip> (...) I likes it! ...Actually I think your use of non-tire engines is impressive. I too love the tire-engine and hub-engine concept, but it has been used a lot. Another thing I like about this ship (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.gaming.starship, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: TUESDAY MORNING
|
|
69.99 They show the original price as 199 (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
|
| |
| | Re: Q*Bert
|
|
(...) I'll never tell! Q*Bert (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.vignette)
|
| |
| | Re: Kiddicraft by Hilary Page 1947
|
|
(...) For those who are interested, Pics of the toy can be seen here: (URL) is also a history of the Lego bricks themselves there. Danny (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
|
| |
| | Re: TUESDAY MORNING
|
|
(...) What is Tuesday Morning charging for these? I have seen them mark up the retail price and then take the discount off of the inflated price. (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
|
| |
| | Ashrak class frigate, Cratha frigate
|
|
Well, this project is a culmination of several things. First, I wanted to try out some ideas for some upcoming projects; Second, I finally got around to building a serious capital vessel for my Starship gaming characters (although she is only 70 (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.gaming.starship, FTX) !
|
| |
| | Re: // Empty model errors in POV-Ray
|
|
(...) Thought so. Your LDRAWDIR is probably just C:\LDRAW. You can confirm this, if these folders exist: C:\LDRAW\P C:\LDRAW\PARTS C:\LDRAW\MODELS LDRAWDIR is a way of telling LDraw related programs where to find the P, PARTS and MODEL folders. Now, (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
|
| |
| | Re: Non square stud groups?
|
|
(...) My girlfriend thinks I'm a non-squre stud. Sorry. Couldn't resist. It's a quarter till 2am. I don't know why I'm up. (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
|
| |
| | Non square stud groups?
|
|
Is there any support for non square stud groups? Some of of the obvious ones would be 1X4, 1X6, 1X8, and 1X16. (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
|
| |
| | Re: 10177: UCS Boeing 787 Dreamliner!
|
|
(...) In case anybody wants them, the instructions are available on the LEGO website, via my instructions cross ref page: (URL) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.lego)
|
| |
| | Re: New to the world of LDraw
|
|
(...) There's a little slider on the right side of MLCad's color dialog. If you scoll down one tick you'll see the transparent colors. -Orion (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
|
| |
| | Re: The Bomb Ketch Bloviator
|
|
(...) It's not historical. Too say that naval vessels didn't sometimes use (or have) aft davits might be going a bit to far, but it was be very, very unusual at least. Slinging boats on davits was popular for whalers, as they could be launched (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
|
| |
| | Ultimate Robolab
|
|
Where can I get (buy) the "Ultimate Robolab"? "Ultimate ROBOLAB v.150 now available soon", when and where? Jan Kromhout Hellevoetsluis-NL (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
|
| |
| | Re: 10177: UCS Boeing 787 Dreamliner!
|
|
(...) I just picked this set up at my local LEGO® store. Its a cool set and was fun to build. I do have some small grips with the nose and the fact that LEGO® removed the second color from the jet. (URL) is a link to some artist drawings of the 787 (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.lego)
|
| |
| | A new open air trolley car
|
|
I just almost finished this new trolley car. (URL) an open air trolley car that carries a small video camera that provides a minifig's eye view of the scenery as it rolls by. The trolley car also holds some "fancy" circuitry that feeds 9v power to (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc) !
|
| |
| | Re: Dirty Buildster question [was: BrickFest Event Schedule and Other News...]
|
|
(...) I have to say, I like these rules best. :-) I'm glad I hadn't packed yet. Thanks for clarification, Steve. I'm looking forward to this challenge! -Suz (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
|
| |
| | Re: New to the world of LDraw
|
|
(...) Don't know exactly what the problem was, but it was solved by a third re-install. Still getting used to the basic interface. Where are the transparent colors? I see the checkbox, but its always disabled Aaron (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
|
| |
| | NXT->PC Communication
|
|
I'm trying to figure out a way from a VB program to interact with the NXT, via USB or BlueTooth. I was hoping I could just open a serial COM port after a BlueTooth connection was established, and just read the message and parse it, but that doesn't (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Dirty Buildster question [was: BrickFest Event Schedule and Other News...]
|
|
WOW! I don't know how somwthing so simple got so screw up, but oh well. Somewhere months ago I posted the rules to Lugnet and I didn't bother to re-read Joe's discription so in a way this is my own fault. Originally there was to be only 100 pieces (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
|
| |
| | Re: // Empty model errors in POV-Ray
|
|
In looking in the C:\LDRAW\LEdit folder I find no other folders, just the LEDIT.exe and LEDIT.html files. Would this be causing the prob. I've decided that I'm going to keep all models on the C: drive from now on. As of this point, I still have not (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
|
| |
| | Re: Any Catan players at BF?
|
|
(...) I wanted to make the whole board but my wife only wanted a tray for the cards. (URL) card decks are each just under 7 studs wide, just over 10 deep and just under 1 brick high. (...) Always interested in a game of settlers. (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
|
| |
| | Kiddicraft by Hilary Page 1947
|
|
I have recently come into possesion of a set of Kiddicraft self-locking building bricks. It is complete and the box is intact, though the cardboard is in rough shape. Not surprising really, considering that this set predates the first Lego brick by (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
|
| |
| | Re: Ease up on marking folders Avatar
|
|
(...) I get it on the galleries I have that shouldn't go in recent changes like my temp gallery and misc (IIRC). I think once or twice it's happened to a gallery where the gallery thumbnail went odd but it's no big deal. If it happened repeatedly to (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Ease up on marking folders Avatar
|
|
(...) I've had that same thing happen to a few of my Brickshelf folders. I thought it was a fluke, but I guess I'm not the only one. David Gregory (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Ease up on marking folders Avatar
|
|
(...) Eric, I would be happy if you take these bitter, non-constructive replies to o-t.debate. Goodbye, Jude Beaudin Everyone else, Don't forget to checkout the game I created last spring. (URL) .o-t.debate (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
|
| |
| | Re: // Empty model errors in POV-Ray
|
|
(...) This is because L3P hasn't read any file having line type 3 or 4. (...) L3P is looking for DAT files in I:\LDraw\MODELS\OFFICIAL MODELS\4883-Designer Set\ C:\LDRAW\LEdit\P C:\LDRAW\LEdit\PARTS C:\LDRAW\LEdit\MODELS Is that what you expect ? (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
|
| |
| | Re: Ease up on marking folders Avatar
|
|
(...) -Snip- Jeff, I would be so happy if you did not EVER respond to anything I post. Goodbye. Eric Sophie (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Ease up on marking folders Avatar
|
|
(...) -snip- I thought you did not want to talk to me anymore. Perhaps you should do that. Goodbye. Eric Sophie (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: NXT and Phone Compatibility
|
|
In article <J4GvJt.oDA@lugnet.com>, David J. Perdue <david@davidjperdue.com> wrote (...) The phone must allow use of Bluetooth for devices beyond just hands free / headsets. The phone must support installable software of some form, (and the operator (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
|
| |
| | LEGO CD Info on Streetlights - was: Old lamp post from the 60'ies
|
|
Bricklink does have these street lamps, but under the "Other" heading: (URL) everything you ever wanted to know about the old street lamps (and then some!). This is a cut paste of my soon to be released Lego CD subchapter on Lego Streetlights (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Dirty Buildster question [was: BrickFest Event Schedule and Other News...]
|
|
(...) Uh-oh... I emailed Steve (the address at the bottom of the game info) yesterday and got this response: ... Wayne, everyone brings two bags. each bag contains 20 regular bricks and 80 pieces that are not standard bricks. players will draw two (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
|
| |
| | Re: Crucifixion Scene - Combined Vignette/Bignette model
|
|
(...) I thought you wanted the swish to represent the wounds... Cheers, Hao-yang (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: TUESDAY MORNING
|
|
(...) For those who live around the Houston or Austin area and are looking for these, the Tuesday morning in my town, College Station, still has 3 left after I bought two of them! If you live elsewhere, you might want to think about looking in (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
|
| |
| | NXT and Phone Compatibility
|
|
Does anyone know the technical requirements for a cell phone that will be communicating with an NXT? That information is not up yet on the MindStorms Bluetooth webpage. Will most phones with Bluetooth capability work with the NXT? Thanks, David (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
|
| |
| | Re: Old lamp post from the 60'ies
|
|
(...) Clicking on the link makes my computer crash, but searching for it works. (...) This looks like it, but then mine is broken - I only have the post, not the lamp on top. Studying showed, that it might be broken, or intended for something else (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Ease up on marking folders Avatar
|
|
snip Eric, Did you contact Izzo about this before posting? If you had you would have found that he doesn't care and would rather his stuff falls off the recent page as he prefers his work to be spotlighted on MechaHub and his own blog and website. (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: MOC Card generator not working??
|
|
(...) Looks like that PDF was created at about 3:30 a.m., when clicking the link it shows up for me, and I double-checked that it's on the server. Could be one of those weird PDF caching issues, one of the drawbacks of generating PDFs on the fly. I (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
|
| |
| | Z-fighter2
|
|
Heya Here's my latest moc: (URL) More pictures <www.l3go.bugge.com/.../71.shtml> Comments and questions are very welcome Cheers NB (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
|
| |
| | Re: MOC Card generator not working??
|
|
(...) Jude, I found the issue with your MOC card. It has to do with the end of the description, which had a smiley face ;-) in it. That end parenthesis apparently messed with the code that generated the PDF, and prevented it from finishing. That's (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
|
| |
| | Re: Ease up on marking folders Avatar
|
|
(...) The lugnet.announce.brickshelf group is postable to only by Kevin (and perhaps a few other authorized individuals), so he can make announcements pertaining to Brickshelf. Jeff Lugnet Member #150 Brickshelf User #5 (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Crucifixion Scene - Combined Vignette/Bignette model
|
|
(...) Ha Ha... yeah - I meant to turn the torso around, since the arms weren't connected anyways. oh well... Jeffery MacEachern (4 URLs) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Q*Bert
|
|
Dang that is sooooo cool. Great photos. Interesting construction. Ahh the memories. I never was good at that game. Where did Q*bert go when he jumped off the side!? Great MOC. e (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.vignette)
|
| |
| | Ease up on marking folders Avatar
|
|
Hello Kevin, you know I love the Brickshelf Gallery. I try my best to abide by the rules. However, I speak english and some of the users from around the world don't. I would like to ask you to please ease up on marking folders as "Avatar". Hear me (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, FTX) !
|
| |
| | Re: Q*Bert
|
|
(...) Kudos!! That's wonderful! Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Two new mechs
|
|
(...) Cool man, I used it too: (URL) Looking forward to your next MOCs. -snip- (...) e (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
|
| |
| | Contact numbers
|
|
Hey, another question - I always like to have some phone numbers I can call if something seriously goes awry with my travel. Anyone willing to share? Frank (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
|
| |
| | Re: TUESDAY MORNING
|
|
(...) Nice snag, Nate! Ed (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
|
| |
| | Re: Old lamp post from the 60'ies
|
|
(...) Do you mean the 'Streetlight Old' (URL) ? I have four of those, still intact, from my childhood, although the cars are long gone. I have no idea if they are worth anything, there are no (obvious) on sale at BrickLink. (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Q*Bert
|
|
(...) Oh no ... SNAKES on a PYRAMID! Nifty model! I love the studless look. -Tim (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Animation problem
|
|
Hello, when I assembled my small animations/motion blur pictures, I sometimes forgotten to clean the "trash" of previous povray runs. For example if you run 8 pictures with some lightning setup, frames file01... to file08... will be created. After (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Any Catan players at BF?
|
|
(...) I've seen that done somewhere, though I can't remember where at the moment. My daughter and I have played on the regular board using minifigs and accessories as the pieces. It's amazing how easily you can make a minifig resemble the picture on (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.gaming)
|
| |
| | Re: Any Catan players at BF?
|
|
(...) That's a good idea! I'll try to make it known if I do something like that. As for others' questions: I'm keeping details and pictures private until after the Fest. ;-) -Suz (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.gaming)
|
| |
| | Re: MOC Card generator not working??
|
|
(...) The MOC card generator seems to generate a 404 if no MOCs have their check boxes checked (should produce a more meaningful error message there). The MOC card generator seems to work if at least one MOC is checked. -dw (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
|
| |
| | Re: Two new mechs
|
|
(...) snip (...) Thanks, E. I really wanted to improve on this one ever since the new joints came out in 04' I love that particular canopy piece! (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
|
| |
| | Re: Any Catan players at BF?
|
|
I think Clue (or whatever its called) might look good in LEGO with a 3D mansion and minifig accessories for the weapons... (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.gaming)
|
| |
| | Re: The Bomb Ketch Bloviator
|
|
Really nice. I escpecially love the stern. One question though, while the boat looks cool and adds a a bit of desperately needed length is it historical? Of course I may just be reading too much of the Aubrey/Maturin series as historical fact but I (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Crucifixion Scene - Combined Vignette/Bignette model
|
|
In lugnet.announce.moc, Jeffery MacEachern wrote: (URL) Wow, Jesus had a cool tat! ;-) Jude (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Any Catan players at BF?
|
|
(...) That's totally awesome. I'm not going to be able to make it to BF this year, and Settlers isn't really my cup of tea, but I can't wait to see the pictures. How did you manage the resource cards? Are they lego or are you using the ones from the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Q*Bert
|
|
(...) Wow! That brings back a number of vague and frustrating (I was never very good at video games) memories.Well Done! Karl (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Any Catan players at BF?
|
|
(...) [snip] (...) I'd love to try it out! Count me in if you've got any openings. Did you make functional LEGO dice as well? (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
|
| |
| | Re: Any Catan players at BF?
|
|
(...) [snip] (...) I'd love to try it out! Count me in if you've got any openings. (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
|
| |
| | Re: Any Catan players at BF?
|
|
(...) <SNIP> (...) That sounds cool as all heck. It's been a long time since I've played, but I'd love to have a go! I should be good for any off-hours time, but it might be interesting to actually play during the public expo as well. -Scott (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
|
| |
| | Original Communications Protocol Documentation
|
|
Hello, I have just finished writing up my little project to discover the protocol for talking to/from the RCX. The finished document as a PDF is at: (URL) I wrote this up to facilitate communications to a PC from an RCX or Spybot with the standard (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
|
| |
| | Old lamp post from the 60'ies
|
|
Hi all! I got an old steer lamp post from the 60'ies, from the time when Lego made small cars too. I only have the post, no idea what has been on top of it. It is silver, but looks like red plastic under the colour, and is in good condition with a (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Up to 75% off many items at S@H
|
|
Summer clearance. Not much that interested me, but I am sure others might find something they like: (URL) Happy shopping! Jonathan (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
|
| |
| | bi-directional optical brick-to-brick communication
|
|
Connection NXT to the RCX is not obvious. Here is a simple idea that we first realized as an experimental setup with 2 RCXs that can easily be turned into a bi-directional connection between intelligent bricks using only one port on each brick. The (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Re: Any Catan players at BF?
|
|
(...) OMGoodness!! I was soooo planning on making a 'LEGO-ized' version of Settlers in the near future! I would love to see pics of your version, Suz! Dave K -who doesn't play Settlers as often as he would like (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
|
| |
| | Re: Animation problem
|
|
(...) Hi Jindrich, Did I briefly speak to you at 1000steine land about this? Try turning off radiosity and see if the problem goes away. The way that povray approximates radiosity could easily be to blame. Tim (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
|
| |
| | Security Certificate on Robotics
|
|
Every time I access the Robotics News page I am asked if I want to install an out-of-date security certificate for PayPal. Why is an out-of-date security certifacte for PayPal associated with the Robotics News page? TNX Joseph (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
|
| |
| | Have fun at Brickfest!
|
|
Greetings from the tropical paradise of Guam (OK, I'll admit that it's not much of a paradise for me). I just wanted to say that I envy eveyone who's attending Brickfest this year while I'm stuck here in Guam. I hear that we have 2 LDraw (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
|
| |
| | Re: TUESDAY MORNING
|
|
(...) After I got the one in Scottsdale I drove around to several other stores and bought three more. So yes I was the one who bought them all here. (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
|
| |
| | Re: new moc: Western Auto Building
|
|
(...) (URL) (...) Matt, Stunningly beautiful, and very realistic! I love the Western Auto building, and have thought about building it in Lego everytime I drive by it. You have captured it with Lego as well as I could have ever imagined it - and the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
|
| |
| | RE: New to the world of LDraw
|
|
Make sure there are no spaces in the installation path, eg "c:\Program Files\LDraw" -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...ugnet.com] On Behalf Of Aaron Sneary Sent: 23 August 2006 05:14 To: (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
|
| |
| | Re: // Empty model errors in POV-Ray
|
|
I was hoping to avoid doing that. Oh, well. Wish me luck. Thanks guys. (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
|
| |
| | Pictorial Review of 7706: Exo-Force Mobile Defense Tank
|
|
My first set review: 7706--Exo-Force Mobile Defense Tank. Check it out at BrickZone.net. I hope you enjoy it. (3 URLs) --Mark (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Dirty Buildster question [was: BrickFest Event Schedule and Other News...]
|
|
(...) hm, the info is really contradictory... so here's the deal: 120 common parts in one bag 80 whacked out parts in the other 200 parts total. The bags will be placed in separate pools and people will draw one bag from each, so they have 200 parts (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
|
| |
| | Re: New to the world of LDraw
|
|
(...) Hi Aaron, I have not used that CD, but if it creates a shortcut, check that the path in the shortcut is correct. If that is OK, open a command line window (start / run / cmd, OK) and check that the LDRAWDIR environment variable is set (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
|
| |
| | Dirty Buildster question [was: BrickFest Event Schedule and Other News...]
|
|
(...) I received my mailer. :-) Very cool. A friend and I have some questions about the rules of the Dirty Buildster. There's contradictory info in there, so I'll just ask for confirmation: Each paper bag contains a total of 200 pieces. yes? Each (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
|
| |
| | Re: Damage Sale at Potomac Mills Lego store ?
|
|
(...) No damage sale this year - inventory has gotten tightened up so there isn't damaged goods, unless you're *really* lucky. There will be hot buys, though - and there's a scoop sale at Potomac Mills too! What's that? Well.... More later:-) Joe (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
|
| |
| | Re: MOC Card generator not working??
|
|
(...) Odder. Mine works. Joe (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
|
| |
| | Re: MOC Card generator not working??
|
|
(...) Hm. Sent a note tothe webmaster - hopefully this will be resolved soon. Joe (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
|
| |
| | Re: Any Catan players at BF?
|
|
(...) It matches the German original to within 1 mm. :-D -Suz (20 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
|
