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Hi all, For quite some time I've rather fancied giving my minifigs scooters. There are a number of perfectly acceptable designs floating around Brickshelf but they all seemed a little too big to me. After trying to come up with ideas with alarming (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Red fighter plane from WoH
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(2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> Well I seem to have found a new fad (after some prodding by Mladen). This fighter is the major aeroplane for the 'good guys' in the final battle of the film. It's far from perfect and I've already started making some (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Armoured Personell Carrier from Wings of the Honneamise
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(...) Hi Magnus, Sorry I didn't answer you on flickr but you have more questions here so it's ok... I can't tell where the driver sits either (maybe under/next to the dome turret) but the front is the end without the mandibles/door. I'll be happy to (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Re: Best year
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(...) never getting one of those seaports pictured! (...) They look to be a mixture of AFOL building & early 90's set design. The Seaport & Gas Station aren't quite as exciting to me personally, but I still can't wait to see detail pictures. (...) (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Armoured Personell Carrier from Wings of the Honneamise
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Tim, (...) Thanks for sharing. What an interesting looking vehicle - I can't quite tell where the driver sits and it isn't completely apparent what the front and back are. I'd be happy to see more MOCs of vehicles from "Wings of the Honneamise." I (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Target Prices Plunging!
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If you haven't already checked out your local Target this year for the Christmas markdowns, you might want to run over there now. I don't remember prices being reduced this quickly before, but some are falling rapidly. I picked up a Mindstorms NXT (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | 'Train Roof 6 x 6 Double Slope 45 / Slope 33' in White!
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From the 2007 catalog scans on 1000 Steine, it looks like the 'Train Roof 6 x 6 Double Slope 45 / Slope 33' (2876) will be available in white. It has previously appeared in black and grey (new and old). For those of you who stocked up on the 4561 (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Seymour Papert - Status
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All, In some unrelated correspondence, I received news that Dr. Papert was badly injured in Hanoi: (URL) Many of you know that Dr. Papert coined the term Mindstorms and was a key player in the early development of what became the RCX at MIT. I'm (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Omni teaches physics.
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I've posted some project of mine, demonstrating how Steve Hassenplug's "Omni" can be used to teach some basic physics: (URL) Ziv NXTasy.org (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Missing R/C Trains on Lego.com and AFOL "Dream Train Set"
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"Jordan Schwarz" <jbschwarz@ThisIsRea...gmail.com> wrote in message news:JAx377.Ep0@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] The set is supposed to cost about $100. It doesn't contain a motor (it will need to be purchased (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mech Repair Facility
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(...) Jon, I love the idea of a sort of "generic" mecha bay. This one seems very well thought out. I really like the "roof" and the struts on the side holding it up. Somehow that really caught me eye. Also the idea of it being modular is rockin'. (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads
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(...) This reminds me of the modeling dilemma I faced when I first started building Thomas characters in LEGO-- do I model the prototype upon which the character was based, or do I try and faithfully model the character itself? I ended up deciding (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: vettura frigo
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ciao! set 147, vagone "Interfrigo" ((URL) me piace molto, e sto pian piano recuperando le porte con adesivo per poter costruire un treno merci con vagoni solo di quel tipo, come ne vedevo tanti da piccolo... saluti, luca (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: LEGO CD Mailings....
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(...) I was not first, but mine arrived right before the holiday (made for a nice surprise) and I must say, I am impressed as well. The amount of 'stuff' you got onto all of these is just great. Wonderful job and well worth the wait. Thanks, J- (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | vettura frigo
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Help me!! Nella seconda metà degli anni settanta i miei mi regalarono un portentoso set ferroviario di cui non riesco più a trovare la sigla. Si tratta di una vettura frigo (il carro è nero e le ruote rosse hanno l'asse in metallo), dei tempi in (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads
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(...) Exactly. Who now knows that Annie and Clarabel are bogie coaches? Tim (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO CD Mailings....
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(...) My 2/3 CD's arrived today in New York, 26 December 2006. So far I am utterly impressed. Even with 1/3 of the CD's missing. haha This is definitely a masterpiece to be proud of forever. Excellent work by all the collaborators on this fine (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Missing R/C Trains on Lego.com and AFOL "Dream Train Set"
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(...) ::snip:: (...) Clifton, You're right that battery trains are "missing" from the menus on the trains page at LEGO at the time being, though this seems to be little more than a website glitch. Right now, the items are out of stock, as were many (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Question for you knowledgeable Train-heads
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(...) I'd heard that "Ring a Ring of Roses" referred to the markings produced by bubonic plague :-) (...) The original books were based firmly on various railways in the UK (my daughter was ecstatic when we visited the Talyllyn Railway in 1991 and (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Links Fixed, Firefox 2.0.0.1 Downloaded
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(...) Looks fine now, thanks! ROSCO (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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