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(...) So does this mean that you are going to be working more with minifigs? If you have given up on that, maybe you can one day post using caps. Jude (20 years ago, 30-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Value of incomplete 6075-2 original yellow castle?
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I posted this on the rec.toys.lego newsgroup, and some folks kindly directed me here. I just got a bunch of stuff back from my parents that's been in storage for probably 12 years, which included a lot of LEGO blocks. On PICSL I was able to find a (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: new vignette: the grass is always greener, or is it?
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(...) thanks. is the sleep question in reference to brickfest? cause sleep, apparently, is highly overrated so i did some experiments at brickfest. i failed. i'm trying to catch up so that i can do it all over again next year. really enjoyed meeting (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: new vignette: the grass is always greener, or is it?
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(...) Nice new vig, Deborah. Do you ever sleep? -Teddy (20 years ago, 30-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | new vignette: the grass is always greener, or is it?
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while the grass may always appear to be greener on the other side of the fence, things are not always as they seem. a "dab" hand with the paintbrush works wonders. (2 URLs) enjoy> soon. -§ deborah higdon-leblond §- (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
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| | GAZ-M20 Pobeda
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So, after doing a Gallery (Klaus Dobisch as I've since been informed) style Soviet plane I've decided to move on and mimic another German builder. So here is my Pobeda in the style of (URL) misterzumbi>. Of course I also made it smaller... five-wide (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | New BricxCC test release
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I have uploaded a new test release of Bricx Command Center (BricxCC) today. It will be officially released, if all goes well, in the next week or so. But you can get it now if you'd like to be able to use several more tool windows with your NXT. (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 45 Degree Crossing Ready
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There are definitely improvements that need to be made. As it is right now this cross over is very hard on train wheels. What you suggest is one of two major improvements that could be made to this cross over. The other is to build up a base that (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | GBC Website going down for maintenance
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All, All that and no a/c either. This 98 degree heat has finally killed my central air unit, and we are running hot! We need a new one and the server will need to be taken off line for a short while. I'll post a follow up to this message after I (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 45 Degree Crossing Ready
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(...) Not bad for a first attempt! I do have one little quibble though - it really needs some guard rail sections opposite each frog. If you look at the LEGO points (switches) you'll see what I mean. Your crossover would probably need 8 such rails. (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | 30% ~ 50% SALE! Bricklink Shop DB's
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30% Off - Many Sets 30~50% Off - Most Parts (Most New Yellow Parts Dirt Cheap) 30% Off - All Minifigs 30~50% Off - All Instructions 50% Off - Some Gear (URL) Daniel (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Re: Missing: One moonbase module
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(...) It was located still at the venue. Looks like I just forgot it. oops. (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Upcoming SMART meetings
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At our last SMART meeting we decided that the next meeting (September 30th) will be held at Robothon, in the Centerhouse, Seattle Center. The meeting will be another BrickHeap Wars, and teams will need to sign up ahead of time. More details to (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Making parts: circles
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(...) This looks like it will work. Are the measurements in LDU's? I'm assuming they are, but I'd like to ask to be sure. How would I then turn it into a part sortable in MLCad? (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 45 Degree Crossing Ready
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I love the part. I can see it as a nice solution to make a double-crossover. (4 switches with the 45 Degree Crossing in the middle) - That way I won't have to cut expensive switches - its a small solution for a double-crossover. Do you think it will (...) (20 years ago, 27-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Moved back home and LSF Search
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(...) Gary....Gary..gary.....gh>...come to a meeting and you can meet your neighbors from MichLTC :-) Chris (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Help with a translation
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(...) I think reposting in .dk or .no would work better. Danish and Norwegian are a bit more close to Icelandic than Swedish is. Trying (URL) work very well :-) (...) Running verkstæðanna Primarily árin voru workshop - þrír. Trésmíðaverkstæði where (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: **10173** CHRISTMAS TRAIN! - Get it now! - 115cm long!
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<SNIP> (...) Hi Jason, We found the Christmas train at LEGO Brand Store in the "Blue Water Mall" (Dartforth - Upper Thames - Kent. Phone : 01322 427272) for the price of 50 Pound, thats allmost 75 Euro. Regards, Ludo (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Moved back home and LSF Search
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Steve, although I don't think we've ever met.... welcome home neighbor! Gary Istok St. Clair Shores (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Thanks...
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(...) I second that! Great job, Joe!! I had a wonderful time at BrickFest '06! The weekend was filled with great times and wonderful surprises. You did a very nice job organizing such a huge undertaking and seeing it through to the end! Billy's boss (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | RE: Making parts: circles
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Try the Spring generator (Extras -> Generators -> Spring) and set the number of revolutions (R) and the number of bottom turns (B) both to zero -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...ugnet.com] On Behalf Of (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: My Brickfest Report
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(...) Thomas, Thanks for writing this up. I'm sorry I wasn't able to attend this year due to financial difficulties, but I hope to be able to make it next year. I'm looking forward to hearing others' writeups as well, and I'll also be scouring (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: My Brickfest Report
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(...) Yay! I'm glad you had a great time at DirtyBrickster!! I thought it went very well and I had a BLAST, too! I'm still surprised no one took that Hans Christian Andersen Belville set from me. ;) Not that I am complaining... I love that set and (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Making parts: circles
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First I want to thank you all for helping. Second I need to clarify somethings in my original post: I'm looking to make MLCad usable rings of wire. What I was directed to was spot on, if I had asked for that sort of rings. That was my mistake, not (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Moved back home and LSF Search
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Hi all, My move to North Carolina last year was short lived. 18 months later I am back in Detroit where I belong and back at my previous employer. Things in North Carolina did not go as planned. The friend I went to help has worsening health (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: My Brickfest Report
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That's great Thomas! Quote --> "I never met a Lego Fan I didn't like" - Todd Lehman Bricks West 2003. :) e (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Some Pictures from BrickFest 2006
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(...) You're right, the picture quality is pretty weak- but for those who didn't go, every picture is like a gold nugget! Thank you for taking the time to share, Tim (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Help with a translation
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Hi: I am working on the history of Lego and currently researching Iceland. There is very little information about this and unfortunately it is in Icelandic. Could any of you possibly help translate this paragraph: Rekstur verkstæðanna Fyrstu árin (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.no)
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| | Help with a translation
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Hi: I am working on the history of Lego and currently researching Iceland. There is very little information about this and unfortunately it is in Icelandic. Cuold any of you possibly help translate this paragraph: Rekstur verkstæðanna Fyrstu árin (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: New MOCs
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(...) [...] Very nice. At 62 studs long, I'm guessing that you aren't compressing, right? They look cool, and I like the way you mix the different window styles to help capture the right look. (...) [...] The hoppers look cool and the fact that they (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Some Pictures from BrickFest 2006
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I'm (slowly) posting my pictures from BrickFest. Considering the poor quality of many of the photos (a combination of my shaky hand and the auto-focus on the camara being flaky), I'm taking the time to crop and downsize the images (and get rid of (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 3.1 Beta 1 Released ***
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(...) I think you are correct, as I have MLCad installed on a more or less removable hard drive and it works fine (except for asking me whether I want to associate files with MLCad). (20 years ago, 19-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | MLCad Parts Tree Project for download
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Hi all, Parts tree project thing is available for download go to: (URL) more info. I don’t have much time to work on this anymore so I leave it for yourselves to play with! Happy Legoing Ryan (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | My Brickfest Report
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Brickfest Report I noticed some people on LUGNET were wanting some news or information from Brickfest 2006. Below is a highly personalized account and impression of my Brickfest experience: The Venue ===...=== This was the first time that Brickfest (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !!
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| | Re: No Announcements from the Brickfest 2006 Folks....
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(...) Nothing on windows. They announced the new train box, for March of next year. Talked about whittling down 80 train MOCs made from the part selection in the box to 30 for inclusion in the box. No mention yet of what sort of instructions, there (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A questions for those attending
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(...) I was the "LEGO Art Monkey" set up in the LEGO Store area, and when I was setting up my display in the room Thursday night, hotel staff kept coming in to see the giant Batman statue! It seemed word was going round that this sculpture was (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | BrickFest in the news? / Public attendance?
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Has anyone seen any mention of BrickFest in the news? In past years, there have been stories in the Washington Post and even on national TV. My Google News searches turn up nothing for this year's event. On a somewhat related note, what was the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Thanks...
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(...) And on behalf of the other theme coordinators and all the attendees, I'd like to thank Joe for stepping up and taking on this rather monumental responsability. New venue, new regulations, new volunteers, and our largest attendance yet, not to (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | BrickFest pics
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Had a great time at BF. I liked the open venue and the traffic that we saw on Sat. It was funny seeing all the young kids have panic attacks as there were walking by different cool models. It was also nice to put a face to fellow MDP / MCP members. (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | knew i'd find it!!
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(URL) nicely done, Jeffy! Dave K (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Thanks...
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Hi all, I'm still recovering from BrickFest, and I will be posting more information and thoughts later. In the meantime, I would like to thank all those who participated and helped me out. This was an event that was truly outstanding on many levels, (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Sale at Missing Brick, usedd items 30% off
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All used items in my store (except sets) are 30% off. I rarely run sales, but my basement is too full, and I need to get rid of some items to make room for my Brickfest loot..... Sale will run 1-2 weeks. Many great and many rare items are on sale (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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| | Re: Would this be Legal to do?
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(...) Hi all, Many thanks for your replies. This project isn’t anything major. All it is an excel file that you can use as a template to update the parts tree list helping to arrange a display parts more neatly, categorised…. Then contents from the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Would this be Legal to do?
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(...) A very quick check with Google-- (URL) web page that isn't LDRAW.org (but has obvious links to same) that has it's own download package which includes the LDraw library. In my history with virtual LEGO bricks, I've stumbled across a few sites (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Making parts: circles
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(...) steve, you'll never get me to agree to this rounding - never ever ;-) (URL) daniel, 1 LDU = 0.015625 inch = 0.396875 mm or just use paul easter's lcad calculator at (URL) w. ps. I suggest to handle this over to the LSC. they can add it to the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Would this be Legal to do?
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(...) First, I am not a lawyer. Are you sure, I thought the Official parts were under the OPL: (URL) would be a real blow to know that the community effort on parts was then boxed up and the community denied the right to redistribute and modify (two (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | GPLR at Fun In The Park...
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The Greater Portland LEGO® Railroaders participated in the Fun In The Park event ( (URL) www.funinthepark.info> ) on August 5, 2006 in Wilsonville, Oregon with another fantastic LEGO railroad layout. We were selected, amongst a large crowd of local (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Re: Any Catan players at BF?
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(...) Indeed! I thought it would use part #2419 to depict the particular fields, but the actual implementing is fantastic, withot question. It looks brilliant! -Rene [LDrawPart 2419] (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | Re: **10173** CHRISTMAS TRAIN! - Get it now! - 115cm long!
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(...) Um, that was Melody Brown and I am Melody Caddick ;) Sorry, it was a mistake... I don't post in these regions so often... Mel.C (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Making parts: circles
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(...) See (URL) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Making parts: circles
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(...) The primitive generator ((URL) can also be used to create rings of any inner diameter. Generated rings (as opposed to edges) always have a width of 1LDU, so a ring with an inner diameter of 8LDU has an outer diameter of 9LDU. While this seems (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: **10173** CHRISTMAS TRAIN! - Get it now! - 115cm long!
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(...) [Regarding 10173 auction anouncement] Moin Mel, though the set information itself might be interesting to the train folks, please do not post any sale or auction announcements to a group outside lugnet.market in the future. THANK YOU! -Rene (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.trains)
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| | US S@H Phone Specials for Aug 23--Aug 29
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1-800-835-4386 (hit 1 when the recording starts, then hit 1 again when the S@H Specials recording starts, to skip the listings and get to a representative). 8877 Vladek's Dark Fortress 99.99 80.00 3496 2x2 Roof Tiles Steep Sloped Red 7.99 4.00 10059 (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | Boot to the Head
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Or Pool to the Face. I had a great time at BrickFest. I wouldn't call this the best BrickFest ever, I think that one is still to come, but it was a good one. The venue in and of it's self was great. I loved the idea of one big room for all the MOCs. (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Any Catan players at BF?
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Greetings Suz, Unfortunately I won't be there but I am a huge fan of the game. I couldn't stand the boring wooden pieces for the robber, barbarian, pirate, and merchant so I made some customized minifigs: (URL) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Billy Bones - Frigate
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Greetings, After two years and a current addiction to Sid Meier's Pirates I thought it was time to post pictures of "Billy Bones": (URL) Frigate (or whatever you want to class it as) is based on Red Beard's Runner 6289 with two additional hull (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Orlando LIC opening day misprint bricks
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The Orlando Lego Imagination Center is selling its supply of opening day "misprint" bricks. These are the yellow 2x2x2 Duplo bricks with the red Lego dinosaur on one side and the Lego logo on the other side. Under the dinosaur they're supposed to (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl)
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| | LEGO enthusiast required for part-time position in retail store in southwest Mississauga
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LEGO enthusiast required for part-time position in retail store in southwest Mississauga. Please send resume to jobs61@lastingtoys.com. (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: No Announcements from the Brickfest 2006 Folks....
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(...) Gary, Sorry, I don't recall any info on windows. Maybe you'll just have to break down and come to BF and corner some poor LEGO Group Executive, and force the truth out of him/her! Whatever that truth is... Have Fun, C-Ya! Richard Schamus (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Making parts: circles
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(...) I'm not sure there's one place to go for help. You should probably start by reading the LDraw file format spec on ldraw.org. After that, you pretty much need to dive in and start playing around with some files. However, I can tell you that 1 (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: No Announcements from the Brickfest 2006 Folks....
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Oh, and I think I forgot to mention the question of the week: "Where's Joe?" (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: No Announcements from the Brickfest 2006 Folks....
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(...) Because I got home at 4 AM, the kids were up at 7 AM, and I have to teach the first class of the term tomorrow afternoon. Sleep is for the weak. It was wonderful, from a bunch of great MOCs (my first Moonbase MOC), the NXT Q&A sessions were (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: No Announcements from the Brickfest 2006 Folks....
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(...) Well, I certainly didn't sign a NDA. What can I say. Same thing I say every year. Awesome spectacle by most of the best builders around! Wished that you could have been there Gary. And many more (you too Erik). Have Fun, C-Ya! Rich (Coming (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: *** SPAM *** MLCAD Mindstorm Category
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(...) Several months ago, I customized MLCAD on my computer specifically for the MindStorms NXT set. I placed the pieces included in the NXT set in the "Favorites" category within MLCAD, positioning them according to category (i.e., electronic (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Making parts: circles
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I apologize if this is a oft asked question: but where is the best place to learn how to create a non-official part? I'm specifically looking to make rings of specific inch/mm sizes. What I found on LDraw seemed to go over my head, nor can I figure (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: No Announcements from the Brickfest 2006 Folks....
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Maybe there is no news to tell... I detoured from BrickFest at the last minute to attend Playmobil World (funny scheduling, huh?) The awesome display there was a preview of the Roman theme Playmobil, which should be in the US in 2007. The German (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: **10173** CHRISTMAS TRAIN! - Get it now! - 115cm long!
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(...) Interesting to see how LEGO seem to be using the inverse of the generally accepted exchange rate. By that reasoning we can expect it to be around 150 quid by the time it reaches the UK... Jason R (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: **10173** CHRISTMAS TRAIN! - Get it now! - 115cm long!
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(...) Hi, the set made it to the shelves of the LEGO stores in Oberhausen and Hamburg (which is both located in Germany) in early August 2006. Then the shop manager where informed that the sets have to be kept in the backstore till october 18th... (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Would this be Legal to do?
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Well actually... You could legally include a copy of the ldraw parts archive that pre-dates the license that all the authors had to agree to and then have your install script look for newer parts, if it detects an Internet connection... (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Would this be Legal to do?
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(...) Hi Ryan, Sorry to tell you but it would not be legal. The only site that can deliver the parts is (URL) At present there is no way around this. Tim (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Would this be Legal to do?
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I am working on a project for MLCad, which makes viewing and finding parts easier. I would like my work to be available for people to download, but it requires Ldraw, MLCad and official Ldraw parts files to be downloaded in a package. I would like (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: A new open air trolley car
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(...) [...] (...) Hi Tim, Thanks, I like the way it turned out, and it wasn't even painful to make. It was one of those rare models that just came to me (I was, of course, basing the design on a trolley car that I have ridden on). Anyway, the camera (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: T93 Solaris - REFACTOR and DISSECTION
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(...) I'd like to see a few overall shots of the exterior. The shots you have are good, but how about side, top, front, back, perspective, and etc. views of the whole ship? Thanks, Jeff (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Re: No Announcements from the Brickfest 2006 Folks....
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(...) Was there any TLG comments or announcements about Lego windows??? One in particular? Gary Istok (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Any Catan players at BF?
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(...) This is what I found by snooping at Flickr-- (URL) pic... Looks totally awesome though!!!! Dave K (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) I was invited to a meeting Sunday morning about hobby train. The LEGO factory people and the community people (I don't remember all the names so I won't name specific people) totally understand that somehow 9v trains need to stay alive. We (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Missing: One moonbase module
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Last seen in a blue and white cardboard box normally used to hold reams of paper, is (URL) my spaceport>. It was last seen, I think, Sunday afternoon. It wasn't packed in the Freakmobile on Sunday, and wasn't seen under the table by Fradel during (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Looking for Star Wars Base Plate
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(...) If anyone has one of the cards that came with this baseplate/stand handy, would you mind posting the dimensions? I can't get to mine right now to measure, and I can't tell from bricklink just how tall they are. Thanks, Andy (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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Yes, another model again. Actually I built it from 2003 to 2005 but before I take pictures I first search for a suitable spot and good weather! Combining both isn't as easy as you might think but most times the weather doesn't cooperate. Fortunately (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Any Catan players at BF?
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(...) Now it IS "after the Fest"... I'm curious to such an extend, show us some pictures, PLEASE :-) -Rene (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: No Announcements from the Brickfest 2006 Folks....
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(...) We were also asked not to post pictures / video / audio of the new stuff :) Ken Cefaratti (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: T93 Solaris - REFACTOR and DISSECTION
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(...) snip (...) Thanks for the construction pics- those are always nice. But I want to see a picture of you swooshing it! If it can't be picked up in one piece, then an alternate Lenny shot would do... perhaps riding it and swinging a cowboy hat (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Re: No Announcements from the Brickfest 2006 Folks....
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(...) Sorry, we're not really at liberty to discuss details... ;) And there were enough LEGO people there to sign all the attendees into NDA's. I think someone said there were 30 employees there? I'm guessing that doesn't include the retail store (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: **10173** CHRISTMAS TRAIN! - Get it now! - 115cm long!
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DDD...DDD This just in, We take you live to a phone somewhere in the US. The Christmas Lego train should be in the Sept/Oct catalog. Previous reports showed that the set was only available in Europe and only 59 sets were made. These reports were (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Bubba wins BrickFest!
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Good news for technic fans! Alvin Brant won Best of Show at BrickFest Saturday night. His Terex Demag CC8800 was dubbed "the big crane", and won the Best Technic award as well. However, his big crane is the LR 11200, so one would have to guess that (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: No Announcements from the Brickfest 2006 Folks....
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Is there some sort of information embargo? Or is everyone simply too wiped out from brick excess? Please share! The only thing recent to pop-up has been this scan: (URL) like a promotional flyer for a train-based LEGO Factory. --- Bryan "Gerhard (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | No Announcements from the Brickfest 2006 Folks....
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My worst fears have come true..... all the folks attending the 2006 Brickfest have had to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement by TLG..... ;-) Why else has no one posted on Brickfest announcements?? Gary Istok (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Kiddicraft by Hilary Page 1947
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Hello! I would definately be interested in buying the set, as I am a very passionated collector of these old things:-) Please contact me if you are interested in selling it to me:-) Thanks! Best regards Henrik Thrane (20 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: XXIII LEGOFEST
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Riporto in evidenza questo messaggio. Le iscrizioni per gli espositori saranno aperte fino a lunedì 18 settembre, poi per motivi organizzativi saranno chiuse. Il numero di iscritti è già cospicuo ma gli spazi a disposizione ancora in buon numero. (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Thanks
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I would just like to thank everyone who helped with Brickfest 2006. My wife and I had a wonderful time and enjoyed every minute. Thanks again, for all the hard work and time. Brian (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: *** SPAM *** MLCAD Mindstrom Category
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(...) Tony you are correct that not all the "old or new" mindstorm set parts are in the lDraw library but something is better than nothing. =) Also Dave (last name espaces me right now) did provide a good way of "grouping" the parts. They can be (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Tupolev TU 104 Passenger plane
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Tim that plane looks awesome!!! I hope you create more planes like that. I am amazed at the amount and the diversity of LEGO models that you produce! - John "Tim Gould" <t.gould(AT@)lancast...c(DOT.)uk> wrote in message news:J4KCJC.IFF@lugnet.com... (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-06, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New MOCs
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(...) In the light of events in the UK in the last few years, with crashes caused by broken rails, I decided it would be fun to introduce a deliberate mistake and vary the SNOT letters a bit, to make "Railcrack" (bottom left) and "Failtrack" (bottom (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: **10173** CHRISTMAS TRAIN! - Get it now! - 115cm long!
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(...) Lugnet's set reference lsts it as a 2006 set, so (hopefully?) it'll be out in time for the Holidays this year. Here's the building instructions straight from TLG: (URL) Book 1> (URL) Book 2> The instruction books also contain an image of the (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A new open air trolley car
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(...) Hi Chris, This trolley is stunning and knowing it can take a camera makes it better still. Is the camera in there in these shots or do you have to remove stuff to add it? Tim (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Where are the Belville lovers..?
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(...) Some of these examples show us that Belville figures can be used in a non-pink and non-sissy way. The problem is that TLG has decided to make this theme only for girls. And almost automatically, boys don’t like them. But for the adult (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.belville, FTX)
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| | Re: Any Catan players at BF?
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On 2006-08-23 11:03:31 -0500, "Suz" <suz@baseplate.com> said: (...) So... now that Brickfest is over... ;) ::has been watching flickr for pics of it; but the many many people that have posted pics seem to have avoided you:: (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.gaming)
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| | RAH-105 "THUNDER-CHIEF" STEALTH HELICOPTER
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I spent about 10 hours of build time on this "Stealth" helicopter that I named, RAH-105 "Thunder-Chief". I incorporated a lot of S.N.O.T. on this moc and it features an electric lego motor powered by a 9 volt battery that spins the rotor with just (...) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Eerie...
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I check on like once a week to see what people are talking about... last week there were like a bajillion messages. I come on Sunday night... nothing... Where you all at foolz? Iain (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: RAH-105 "THUNDER-CHIEF" STEALTH HELICOPTER
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(...) Here is the link to my new moc: (URL) (20 years ago, 28-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.military)
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