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(...) I lucked into finding 7707 Striking Venom on sale for 33% off, but the rest of the store had very little LEGO. Went back today and the regular shelves were better stocked with newer stuff at regular price. (19 years ago, 31-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Does anyone have some RCX code to make a simple differential drive (2 independent motor/wheel combinations) with 2 rotation sensors drive straight. I'm sure it's been done many, many times before and I don't want to reinvent the wheel here. NQC or (...) (19 years ago, 31-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Does anyone have some RCX code to make a simple differential drive (2 independent motor/wheel combinations) with 2 rotation sensors drive straight. I'm sure it's been done many, many times before and I don't want to reinvent the wheel here. NQC or (...) (19 years ago, 31-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Brickfetish - new version
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(...) resource for the community! Allan B. (19 years ago, 31-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) snipizzle (...) I checked out Target in Gig Harbor today and there wuz nothin on sale or clearance. It woulda been cool to get a Mindstorms set for ½ off. sjf (19 years ago, 31-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Brickfetish - new version
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Hi: To end the year I have just uploaded a completely new version of my Lego history site, Brick Fetish. The timeline now spans from 1891-1968. Even the older sections have been, in many cases, completely rewritten. The purpose of the project is to (...) (19 years ago, 31-Dec-06, to lugnet.general) !
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(...) Thanks for the comments. Yes, I don't really like the gaps too much either, but i do like it more than some of the other techniques i have used and seen in the past. I like how the tender appears more round than using slopes and the like. For (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I used mainly stacked plates and bricks... there's a bit of SNOT to get the Window row fall back ½ stud, the rows right of the window are jumper plates and plates, held by invisible technic bricks. (...) The building was pretty much 1:40 all (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) Since you did not do this by intention, there is no need for an excuse, Lewis. Thank you for your appreciation and the time you had to spend on over-working the pictures and uploading them again. I simply have the hope that others may follow (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Thanks, I gave BrickStore a try and I'm quite happy. I like the way it accounts for every part in a .mpd file when copies of sub-models are used. Only draw back is that you are limited on search options with the wanted list on BrickLink. I wish they (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thank you much for the nice words! -best, Wolf (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Blacktron Crater Crawler & Pal
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Hi all, I didn't think I had the parts, but I scrounged around and found the right elements to put together this Blacktron-I crater crawler (originally set 6826). This one goes well with my other two (blue and gray). Indeed, my daughter always has (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | New Contest Entries. Mongolians and a Troll.
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These are last minute entries in this contest (URL) here.> Pictures are (URL) here> once moderated. The first is a Battle scene featuring a mongolian army. The second is a Troll Demon. Comments, questions, flames? -Mike Petrucelli (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) I like this a lot. It's a great choice to build in Lego and you've pulled it off most admirably. I particularly like the way you've simulated the spiral using studs out tiles (unless my eyes decieve me). My only crits are that it's perhaps a (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Buon Anno!
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(...) Matteo (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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Hi Jan, I had asked this question of John Hansen a while back. His response follows. Note that this reduced my connection time in BricxCC from 17 seconds to 3 seconds. "First use NeXTTool.exe to create a nxt.dat file like so: nexttool -listbricks > (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Buon Anno!
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Buon 2007 a tutti anche da parte mia! Ciao (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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Hi David, For the motor block, did you choose "Unlimited" in the "Duration" field dropdown box? It defaults to 1 "Rotation". David Wallace "David List" <zerobuttons@gmail.com> wrote in message news:JB3A0n.2MH@lugnet.com... (...) block (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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Since the dawn of time, man has yearned to celebrate Christmas in space. Thank you for furthering that noble goal with this cheery holiday visualization. -Brendan (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | How to implement continuous drive with NXT motors?
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Can anyone here help me get continuous drive with NXT motors? I am using NXT-G now, while getting a feel for Mindstorms NXT. I experience that I am unable to get continuous drive with the motors when shifting from one block to another. The speed (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Sorry Ben (and to everyone else) To tell you te truth i did not think much of the resolution. I used to take all my pictures on a simple point and shoot camera, and thus did not have to do any resizing. We just got a new camera (Nikon D50for (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Buon Anno!
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Tanti auguri di un un felice 2007 a tutti! :) (URL) Salvatore Russo (URL) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: 4-8-8-2 Cab Forward
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(...) Dear Lewis, the picture you have presented here is very promising and I would like to have a closer view into the design features. But when I try to have a look at your brickshelf pictures, I see these are all photographed in utterly high (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO CD Mailings....
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Hi Gary, I still got no answer from my mail, did you receive (at least) my payment? I sent it from gb(at)biffuz.it Best regards, Gabriele -- gb(at)biffuz.it (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Brickshelf Find: Sandstorm by Alec44
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Welcome back folks, to another exciting installment of Mecha Brickshelf Find. This time I am pleased to showcase a black and tanniferous mecha by Alec44. It's a gel'in and Zinfandel'in infantry mech with a nice versatile weapons package to boot. (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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I probably should have clarified that I only had problems with the early antique finish LEGO CDs, and NOT the full color versions that can be ordered on: www.geminisystems.com/lego/ Gary Istok (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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I had a slight problem with a few of the LEGO CD's, so there was a delay in some mailings for folks who ordered in the middle of December. About 25 of the CDs had a faded image in the light scribe image. So rather than waiting longer for the (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Dear All, I send a program compiled (NBC) with the Bricx Command Center to my NXT with a Bluetooth connection. It takes a relative long time before my NXT is ready to run. Is this normal? Can I improve this time? Regards, Jan Kromhout (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Technique for building metal scaffolding?
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(...) snipped... Here are a few good examples as well... (4 URLs) I have seen some cool ones on water towers and things like that on club train layouts, but sadly they arent coming up in a search. Janey "Red Brick" (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO CD - Unique Lego Parts By Country List
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In the next week or so I will be coming up with a list for the LEGO CD folks that contains all the unique LEGO parts by country/region. What this means is that many LEGO items from 1949-80 were not sold in all locations. There were some items that (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Not at all, but it certainly is one option. In fact (URL) HoMa's boom> doesn't use Technic at all, but probably doesn't get the look you want. Another possibility is what I used in (URL) this trestle bridge>. Unfortunately I don't have any (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) I will try some of those search words. Hopefully it will help. But you seem to suggest that my options are technic - studless or otherwise? Aaron (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Guess you missed this one then ;) (URL) ROSCO (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: (MOC) The Black Pearl-lite a gaff-rigged sloop
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(...) Absolutely positive! I would not have figured out this style of sloop without your comments sending me down that path and and having a few free days to play with legos helps! (...) Thanks! I wish everyone could hold it in their hands for a (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: (MOC) 12-gun Top-Sail Schooner RTS REMEMBER the LEGAMO
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(...) I am replying to this old thread, show-off my white bucranium figure head. (URL) From Black-Pearl-lite! enjoy kurt (...) (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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Not really got time to look at it now, but I will tomorrow. Looks good tho, I'm suprised I've not seen a cab-forward in Lego before, from the other side of the pond it has always been an iconic US steamer, along with the Big-boy Tim (19 years ago, 30-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Finally online : Cafe De Unie
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I finally managed to post my last (may/june 2006) MOC online : Cafe De Unie, an architectural masterpiece by JJP Oud, built in 1925 (and rebuilt in 1986) (URL) Jan-Albert van Ree | (URL) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town) !
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(...) Hi Aaron, It depends a lot on the dimensions. You might wanna try searching for cranes with lattice booms, as various techniques have been used for those which may work for you. Here are some examples to get you started: (5 URLs) And the new (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
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(...) Since when does most of what LEGO does make any sense?? I gave up trying to make sense out of what they do many years ago. [1] (...) I consider the new skelton to be an IMPROVEMENT. The old floppy, fall-off skelton arms were not very good. (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Target Prices Plunging!
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"Randy Krakora" <rfkrakora@insightbb.com> wrote in message news:JB1EGs.F70@lugnet.com... (...) I visited two Target stores, one near my office and one near home yesterday. Both had very little LEGO and none of it was on clearance. In the Raleigh, (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Custom Buffy/Angel minifigs - revisited
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Hi Bianca (...) Well, I lurk, anyway. No new images of my work = nothing to post about. :) (...) Cool - any links? Your minifig site seems a bit isolated these days - no working link to other work that I could find. (...) Ewww... ;) (...) That's the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | 4-8-8-2 Cab Forward
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(2 URLs) Brickshelf (when modded)>. Here is my latest. It is a 4-8-8-2 Cab Forward. It is not modeled completely from a single train. But the most influential is the cab-forward(4294) that resides at California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. I (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Richiesta immagini
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(...) GIF animata dell'Ape: (URL) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug, FTX)
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| | Technique for building metal scaffolding?
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I have checked brickshelf, and none of my search terms bring results. I'm looking to build the scaffolding/frame similar to the photos (linked below), and would like to learn from other's attempts. If it has been attempted. Thanks in advance. (4 (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Richiesta immagini
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(...) La mia Tyrrell a 6 ruote è sempre disponibile: (URL) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
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(...) Ahh, good point. (...) Another good point. So, they retire the old arm mold and create a new one, reuse the droid arm and things come out more or less even. And that's with added playability. Sounds like a good business plan to me. (...) As (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | vendo o scambio set 6380 e 6077
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entrambi senza scatola 6380 (URL) vetro basculante 1parrucca per minifig marrone 2 rotelle per barella controllato su peeron 6077 (URL) scudo 1 minifig gli archi per minifig non ho potuto controllarlo perchè è montato cmq se a qualcuno interessa e (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: Red fighter plane from WoH
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(...) Hi Mladen, I pretty much agree with everything you say here. The canards are studs out mainly because the area they attach to is (neccesarily) studs out and there is a fairly limited selection of snot bricks in dark red. Along with other (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Re: OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
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--snip-- (...) Words to live by. Tim (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Except in this case, they'd be creating a new mold for the skeleton torso. If I remember correctly, the current skeleton torso has ball for the shoulder to fit the socket of the arm, where the one pictured appears to have a bar attachment for (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Richiesta immagini
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(...) prova a vedere se c'è qualcosa che ti può servire nelle mie gallerie di brickshelf (URL) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
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(...) The answer is clear to me-- saves TLG $$$. Anytime they can eliminate a mold and "shoot two birds with one stone", it cuts their production costs. It appears to me that droid arms have been getting a lot more use than as just as arms. As a (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
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(...) arms, then they'd be holding their weapons *sideways*. The "lead" skeleton there looks like he might have a droid arm for his *right* arm (because his flail is arguably sideways), but most of the rest of the skeletons are all holding their (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Richiesta immagini
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Ho bisogno due immagini di piccola dimensione di un auto e di un aereo. Ovviamente vostre MOC. Servono per il sito del Legofest. Grazie Ciao (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Target Prices Plunging!
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Targets here were pretty well cleaned out of lego ( according to employees - I only called them ). I did go to one store that had one Mindstorms NXT left - got it for 30% off - probably would have been 50% the next day, but it would have been gone, (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Berlin tram - class GT6N
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(...) Hi Mattias, Thanks. Here's the (URL) MPD>. Hopefully it all works out as it is in the CAD. It will give you a warning as it loads but just let it keep loading and it will be fine. MLCad can't understand its own meta-commands... Tim (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Berlin tram - class GT6N
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(...) Hi Tim Great work again! I am happy to see trams being built as I live in a town full of trolleys. For the moment I am collecting reference material and medium blue parts in order to model some myself. Is it possible that you will publish the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Gundam Mega Bloks questionnaire
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From Gunota Headlines Blog: Yet another Bandai merchandise questionnaire, this time on Gundam Perfect Web's Mega Bloks site ( (URL) ). Besides the usual set of questions, they ask what people want to see from the line in the future. Respondents can (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: .mpd to .xml
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(...) Try Brickstore: (URL) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | "Satyr" Infantry Drone
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Check out the "Satyr" infantry drone @ (URL) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | .mpd to .xml
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Hi, It's been almost a few years since I've had time to real world build any of the CAD models I've made. I figured it was time to get crackin' but have run into a snag. Previously I had used BRICKTRAK to covert .mpd files to .xml for easy Bricklink (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
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"David Simmons" <xenobuzz@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:JB0Luo.Bp1@lugnet.com... (...) Why do those skeleton arms look exactly like mechanical battle droid minifig arms? IE part (URL) wonder why TLG would suddenly drop manufacturing of the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | problemi con motori set 4094 la lego accetta ancora i resi?
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ciao a tutti e buone feste! ho queso problema: 2 anni fa ho comperato 2 set 4094 che stavano in offerta i due motori utilizzati si e no 2 volte(avevo fatto un mini fuoristrada con rcx portato al legofest a brescello nel 2004 mi pare) oggi hanno (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Legofest di Ballabio: on-line il nuovo sito
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(...) Suggerirei, se posso permettermi, di organizzare una gara robotica con concorrenti che non siano complicati da realizzare. Questo per permettere a partecipanti poco esperti (io per esempio) di poter partecipare. Magari suddividendo la gara (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: (MOC) The Black Pearl-lite a gaff-rigged sloop
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(...) Glad I said something that set someone off in a positive way! (...) This is one of the nicest small hulled vessels ever! The use of the dread 4+ pirates sails is very effective. (...) Magnificent! To be an effective pirate, she needs more (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | OMG, articulated skeleton arms?!!
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(...) brought to our attention? David Simmons xenobuzz@earthlink.net (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | lnp sending from rcx to pc problems
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hi, (1. PROBLEM) :o) i am trying to send something from my rcx to my pc(serial tower) via lnp. with my rcx program running i started lnpdump to see if anything arrives at my pc, but nothing seems to arrive. with my pc-side program i also cant (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: WW2 era Steam powered airship
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(...) Somewhere in between. I used Pro/Engineer (A 3D solid modeling CAD program) to create the general shape, and then created cross-sections at 20 stud intervals. I then used the cross sections as scale plans to shape the hull as I built it. I did (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| | NXT Optimized Array Handling
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There doesn't seem to be any information on the most memory-efficient or speed-effecient way to handle arrays in the NXT Executable File Specification. For example, if you want to create a multi-dimensional array, you use the opcode OP_ARRBUILD (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Berlin tram - class GT6N
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(4 URLs) BS> (when modded) (URL) Flickr> Hi all, Decided to have a play at with trams. This one is an (URL) ADtranz low floor> in Berlin city livery (class GT6N). The most challenging element of this was to incorporate the wheelsets properly given (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Convertitore per NXT
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Si, lo avevo gia notato... meno male che ogni tanto la LEGO pensa anche a progettare anche in "retro compatibile"!!! Ciao Luca Delcarro "Marco Chiappa" <chmar@nospam-chmar.it> ha scritto nel messaggio news:JAB72q.Dos@lugnet.com... (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Legofest di Ballabio: on-line il nuovo sito
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"Marco Chiappa" <chmar@nospam-chmar.it> ha scritto nel messaggio news:JAw8qp.3xB@lugnet.com... (...) Prego, (Inteso come ringraziamento e non come persona che prega... ok era una battuta del biiip, scusate) :-) (...) Io ero uno di quel "qualche (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: LEGO CD Mailings....
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Kevin, Clark was sort of a "consultant" to the project. I am very familiar with his website, and gave him a few heads up on images. He has the best collection of printed brick images anywhere. Ditto for the LEGO flags and everything else. Gary Istok (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: WW2 era Steam powered airship
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(...) Groundbreaking as usual Adrian. It seemed like no one at the fests took pics to do it justice. You seem to incorporate a lot more shapely sculpture these days. How do you go about doing that? Do you use any CAD or the like? Or is it all felt (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| | Re: Red fighter plane from WoH
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(...) That is a difficult plane to model, so I give you kudos for just attempting it. Despite a couple inaccuracies, I think this is a really good start. The engine and the main wings are superb. The main body could use a bit more trimming and (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Re: WW2 era Steam powered airship
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(...) Thanks. It's odd, but the nature of SHIPs are always that they appear much much larger in person than in pictures. This airship is over 6.5 feet long, but the pictures just don't show it. As for the inspiration, you're right. This is drawing (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO CD Mailings....
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I don't know if Gary is aware of this, but Clark Stephens has set up many photo galleries on Brickshelf that feature many old sets and bricks. I have used it on occasion to verify old stuff: (URL) takes a while to click thru everything to find all (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: WW2 era Steam powered airship
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Adrian, Wow, that looks amazing, and I can only imagine how much better it looks in person. It reminds me of all the Crimson Sky MOcs from a few years ago. I really liked the use of the hangar deck and elevator to get the planes off and on the (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| | FS: 8880 Super Car. 6339 Shuttle Launch Pad - NISB
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Due to over crowding in my LEGO room, I am going through my collection and have decided to let a few items go. These are sets which either have I have multiple copies of or don't ever expect to build. So with some reluctance, I have decided to part (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Blue Crater Crawler
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(...) Very cool re-paint. I may have to make some of these in other space color schemes. ColourSchemer Aaron (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | US S@H Phone Specials December 27--January 2
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1-800-835-4386 B194 Bionicle Adventures #7: Web of the Visorak 4.99 2.50 5481 Shape Sorter House 12.99 6.50 3495 2x2 Roof Tiles Steep Sloped Black 7.99 4.00 (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | LEGO CD - Little Hidden Secrets....
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Hey no problem Josh, I am glad you like the CD so much! When I first finished it and added all the PDF Bookmarks, I thought that it didn't seem that big??? But then I realized that with so many huge chapters, it all adds up! Did you guys like the (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general)
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| | WW2 era Steam powered airship
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(URL) This was shown at Brickfest DC 2006, but I hadn't finished it until now. More (URL) here>. Cheers Adrian (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !
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| | Re: Best year
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(...) Very impressive. Very impressive indeed. I totally was not expecting the change in quality, but I guess that's what I get from having low expectations. Would anyone happen to have pictures of any of the other new castle sets? I'd be interested (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Connect BT devices to the NXT without a passkey?
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Is it possible to connect BT devices to an NXT without using a passkey? The device I'm trying to use (a Nintendo Wii remote) doesn't use passkeys, AFAIK, since when I connect it to my PC I skip the pairing process. (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LEGO CD Mailings....
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Hey Gary, I got my CDs today and they are awesome! I spent about 45 minutes just browsing and I learned a bunch of things I didn't know. Can't wait until I can spend some serious time going through this. Thanks for all hard work you've put into this (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Mech Repair Facility
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(...) snip (...) Thanks, Bryce. I have so many Mechs built, that I couldn't possibly make a decent repair bay for each one, so the "generic" Mech bay seemed to be the best thing to do. As I read what was being planned for the MCP, it occurred to me (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Winter Tree
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(URL) All in all it uses 31 green large leaves and 64 white large leaves. I'm rather please that, though I didn't use any small leaves, I was still able to get a conifer-like shape. If you'd like to know why I used green to begin with, I did it for (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO CD Mailings....
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Thanks Jason and Kevin (and all)! It's amazing at how complex early LEGO really is. If you look at how even today old gray and old brown elements still show up in new sets mixed in with the old... I call that an anomaly (something that is not what (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Minifig Scooter
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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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