 | | The 2nd Halloween Vignette Contest !!!
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Once again it is that time of the year, and so the curators of .vignette proudly announce: (2 URLs) THE 2ND HALLOWEEN VIGNETTE CONTEST!!> - (Click on the link or the image for the Contest rules.) To win, simply build the best “Halloween-themed (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
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| | Re: Aerotrain/hovertrain in Lego?
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(...) Looks like something from Thunderbirds :) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Aerotrain/hovertrain in Lego?
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(...) Forgive me for butting into the convestation, but have you ever considered building a pair of Mindstorm controlled round houses for your Aerotrain? You could build a pair of passenger stations (one on each end of the track) that were really (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: Aerotrain/hovertrain in Lego?
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(...) Hm. The monorail wheels are pretty smooth-- I wonder if you could use the big Lego fans to actually drive a little car forward... Hm. I'd guess the battery box would be WAY too heavy to make it move. And certainly not enough to make it go up (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | LEGO is recalling 358,000 toy trucks #
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LEGO® Recalling 358,000 toy trucks Sept. 20, 2006 ENFIELD, CT, United States (UPI) -- LEGO Systems Inc., of Enfield, Conn., said Wednesday it is recalling about 358,000 toy trucks. The plastic wheels on the LEGO EXPLORE Super Truck set #3509 can (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo, FTX) !!
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| | T-104 in Tundra Camo
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Hi all, Decided to have a play at tanks. It's far from perfect but I've learnt a lot (thanks Soren and Jas) so my next one should be better. Anyway, this is loosely based on a T-90 but I've tried to make it a little more futuristic so it's a T-104. (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: Aerotrain/hovertrain in Lego?
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(...) Mine goes only straight, that's right. As mine is 6 wide, I cannot use the "stop track". So I made a track without the gear rack. Don't forget to turn off the motor when it reach the end to preserv the battery ;) For the real one, hum, I (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: Finally, Our next mmeting will be held September 23rd
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Final Reminder, we hope to see you all there, and with plenty of stuff to show off, as the last meeting was nearly a year ago. Scott (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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| | Re: Aerotrain/hovertrain in Lego?
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Very Nice! I had not seen that on brickshelf before. I am asuming the real thing and the lego version both only go straight, correct? -Rob A> (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Aerotrain/hovertrain in Lego?
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(...) Hi Rob, I built it for one of our train shows, in Orleans, France, November 2004. Orleans is the native town of the aerotrain, so I tought we should show one with LEGO bricks ;). (URL) I used monorail base and motor to do it. I wanted to make (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: It's a Girl!!(Podagon) and a Beast
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(...) Thanks Josh, I'm glad you like my work! Smergle is one of my favs. too. The Nautalus was the 1st serrious MOC I built. He was quite a challange-I'm so ammazed by what lives in the sea-it is a diff. world. That's cool you were almost a marine (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: It's a Girl!!(Podagon) and a Beast
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(...) Hi Andreas, hehehe I guess she could go for a boyband or two-might do our ears a world of good...hehe Megan (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: It's a Girl!!(Podagon) and a Beast
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(...) Hi Didier- Cool she likes my work! (...) I came up with the term PODAGONS -yes xpod-dragons- I guess as far as rules go- The body must be an X-pod-and the head should not be larger then the pod. The pod should always be able to be opened or (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Aerotrain/hovertrain in Lego?
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I foud this curious picture: (URL) It is (poorly translated by google) a hovertrain, that runs on a monorail style track, with a jet(?) engine driving it forwards. they referred to it as a "plane without wings". Any ideas on how this could be (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: It's a Girl!!(Podagon) and a Beast
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(...) Thank you William, I do try and bring as much life to the LEGO bricks that I can-I think it has to do w/ my background in animation- I also like to build things/creatures that I have always enjoyed from nature-sometimes from my head as well. (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Problem, Utmaning och Eric Sofie..någon som har koll?
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(...) Nej, jag använder Outlook Express (eller XanaNews, eller någon annan news-läsare). Mycket bättre och eget arkiv av meddelandena (om man vill). (...) Varför inte en hävarmslösning ('sax')? Ingen motor ute i handen, och det gör ingenting om (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Problem, Utmaning och Eric Sofie..någon som har koll?
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Det låter som ett väldigt intressant projekt - de robotarna är ju en ikon för hela 70-talet! (Åtminstone för en nörd som mig..) Om jag förstått problemet med handleden rätt, så tänkte du ha en motor bakom handleden, som med en axel genom exempelvis (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Lincoln Logs with Ldraw : )
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Very interesting.... Italy's Luca Giannitti and I were just talking via EMAIL about a Minitalia Lego part produced from 1971-72 in certain Italian Minitalia Lego sets. It too was a green roof, but it was made of a single hinged piece of cardboard, (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Snowjet
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(...) Are you talking about the metal flooring/covering on many pickup trucks and rigs? That might be why the builder did it that way. (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Starsiege Herc called a Tyr
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Just completed (well mostly complete) this mech design last weekend. It's based on the Herculan (Starseige talk for a Mech) to be featured in the upcoming Starsiege 2845 game. This one is called a Tyr. (URL) It's a completely original lego design (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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