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(...) this particular plane at least twice! I remember how I thought that it was just so awesome that the skull & crossbones logo was sported on the tailfins. Your appreciation for the decals in plastic model kits is very evident here, and gives me (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military)
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BrickFest™ PDX 2007 LEGO Mindstorms Robot Competition Robotic Easter Egg Hunt ===...=== The Challenge: Build a robot that will look for chocolate Easter eggs, and deposit them over the edges of the arena. The Rules: A judge will tell each contestant (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
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(...) Yes, it seems all the personal pages are broken, luckily the pages under newsgroups seem to be ok. FUT: .admin.general ROSCO (19 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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| | Request: 1/19 scale tank/heavy machinery for PDX
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Hi I've usually a lurker on lugnet, but as Brickfest PDX nears I figure its time to speak up. I'm hoping to bring a 14-wide model semi with lowboy in the Model Team style to this brickfest. I've been building it for almost a year, and should have it (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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(URL) BrickFest PDX 2007 is coming! Where: Portland, Oregon When: March 30th - April 1st 2007 Public Hours: April 1st 2007, 10am – 4pm There will be plenty of Mindstorms at BrickFest! Here is a list of just three of these events. Robot Easter Egg (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
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(URL) ANY numa numa video is funny. I wonder if the OK GO guys(1) could choreograph to the NUMA NUMA song(3). now, if only someone would mash up a song by David hasselhoff and shakira. Chris if only... (2 URLs) (2) 2. just to make this LEGO and on (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | RE: new format
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Hi-- Okay, now I feel silly. My LUGnet webpage has...vanished. I can't get to where it was; there's a whole bunch of neat, nifty stuff residing there. I like it--but I am now curious as to where my page went. I like the new layout, though. If I have (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Bridging Sydney - Complete!
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(URL) Well, after months of planning and 2 weeks of building, the project is finally complete! With lots of help from Anna (LEGO Aus), Carmel (HHT), Richie & Steve (STUDS) and the bunch at the Museum of Sydney, it all came together relatively (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.au, FTX) !!
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In lugnet.build.military, Magnus Lauglo wrote: -snip- (...) That is really cool. I looked around on YouTube and found (URL) this video> of the AMOS in action. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. I haven't really followed AFV-related news in a (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Re: Spawning threads in NBC
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(...) I stop a thread the manual way: #define STOP_OTHER_THREAD() \ set bOtherThreadEnable, FALSE dseg segment bOtherThreadEnable byte TRUE ends thread main start OtherThread // John's great invention //... STOP_OTHER_THREAD() // ... endt thread (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I'm trying to leave you alone John, but I haven't been too successful :). (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) That's a creative way to aviod the stud notch look of the 2X2 round bricks. I like it. David "Fuzzy" Gregory (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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Jon, Damn that Sh** is dope!!! Really. I've been playing with the idea of using the Spiral staircases to make wall sections for some of my Belville-scale stuff, but this is by far a more innovative and useful application. Also, the elevated line is (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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| | 83, 994 part collection for sale ($1750)
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A few months ago, I posted my entire collection up for sale: (URL) am once again offering this collection for sale...only on better terms: It is now an 83,994 piece collection (it has grown!!) and instead of $3000, I am now offering it for $1750. (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Introducing RACHAL - the Raytracing Challenge
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Hi all, If you keep an eye on new articles on LDraw.org you may have noticed two new ones with the title RACHAL. Well, we haven't got a replicant working for us but we are relaunching my old raytracing challenges as part of LDraw.org. (URL) brief (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Re: Deep Discounts on remaining 1990s and other rare sets
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(...) Hi Thomas, I'll take all the Duplo stuff if you're willing to ship to Canada. Let me know Dave K (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Entrance To The Caves Story Page
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Hey all, Just wanted to say I've updated the (URL) Entrance To The Caves folder> with a story page, I hope to do this with each MOC in the series. Here is a direct link: (URL) God Bless, Nathan (URL) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Jaguar Main Battle Tank and variants
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Mladen, (...) Thanks, I somehow wondered if you'd get a kick out of this! (...) I suppose another problem might be that since the guns are off-centre, the recoil would jerk the turret to the right or left a bit, which could be uncomfortable for the (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Re: OT: KUKA Articulated Robot + Seats
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(...) yeah - sure came close a few times (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: New LDraw Contest: POTM Part Of The Month
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(...) hi james, all entries will be collected throughout the month and then added to the page - offline. when voting starts no new entries will be added. just think of the MOTM/SOTM contest. it wouldn't be fair. what you are seeing right now will go (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: New LDraw Contest: POTM Part Of The Month
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I have an idea about the ldraw contests. Why not send an email when a new entry is added to the webpage? Without some sort of reminder, I most likely wont even think to go vote. James (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: The Chief is Back-- Kind of...
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(...) James, As always, some great looking models with superb attention to detail (and amazing use of SNOT). All the more remarkable considering that you designed these using just the LEGO Factory parts assortment! These models fit the bill for (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: OT: KUKA Articulated Robot + Seats
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(...) i was waiting for the guys head to get SMASHED on the floor. (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Hail to the Chief!
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(...) Thanks to all for your compliments and suggestions! Let me see if I can respond to each of the points mentioned: 1) Interiors: Mine are fairly austere as well. With Factory MOCs being as expensive as they are to order, I usually leave out some (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Hail to the Chief!
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"James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:JCn3wA.5Cu@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I built a Metroliner themed version of 10020 years ago. Here is a picture of it running on the NCLTC layout at GATS in 2003. I built the (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I know nothing about aircraft, but I do know this model is fantastic! Lots of excellent building techniques. The cockpit and landing gear catch my eye right away, as to the different layers that make up the wings. Another stunning replica from (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | A Little Fun
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Just seeing how much "mileage" I can get out of a simple model. ;o) Super-duper mini balloon tires, for the frugally-minded: (URL) Oops: (URL) Okay, you amazing train-buildy-people, I don't think I've seen an engine quite like this one out of (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: OT: KUKA Articulated Robot + Seats
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(...) Don't know if you caught this one or not... Here is a video of a "homemade" one...(A car seat with a 5 point racing harness welded to a robotic arm.) (URL) -Rob A> (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: F-15E Strike Eagle
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(...) It looks excellent! I'm a big fan of the windshield, how did you make it? Is it stiff plastic or flexible? (Yes I'm considering making a custom windshield for one of my own mocs) Nice work on the landing gear also. Have you ever tried studs (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: Here's One From Yesteryear
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(...) Dave, Thanks much! Glad to know that people enjoy the approach. I keep studying the boxes and catalogs... That was Lego at its best, AFAIAC, though I do enjoy other eras, too. It seems, for me, the photography and image presentation add (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Another style Garbage Truck
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(...) I'll try a couple of things tonight and post pix tomorrow. Trying new things is good. I'll probably end up deciding that I should have done it a while ago. (...) ;o) lol! Jonathan (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Another style Garbage Truck
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(...) It has been a while since I built it, but I am sure the dark bley foudation is 2xn bricks and plates and the two shells (light bley and black) are built upon that and then brought together by another row of 2xn bricks at the very top. They are (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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| | Deep Discounts on remaining 1990s and other rare sets
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I am giving HUGE discounts on my remaining stock in my Bricklink store: (URL) lots of small and medium size 1990s TOWN sets at unbelievable prices. Also, in reference to a DUPLO collection: (URL) am now offering it for $50 + shipping for all or $35 (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Hail to the Chief!
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In lugnet.trains, Jordan Schwarz wrote: SNIP (...) SNIP (...) Jordan, These are really cool. More fantastic additions to an already impressive Factory gallery. A couple suggestions on the already cool FL9. 1. Have you considered moving the powered (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Another style Garbage Truck
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--snip-- (...) I used to agree with you but lately I've decided that a slightly oversized mirror can actually add an awful lot to a model. I find that they just have that extra and subtle little bit of realism. Of course it's personal taste so YMMV. (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Another style Garbage Truck
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(...) Yes it is that one. (...) Thanks for the info and the link to the picture. Did you connect the light bley shell to the black interior at all or is it free floating? Cheers, Jude (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Seasprite
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(...) Thanks! Yellow is a good color to use for this because of its brightness - yellow and dark grey for accents are a good color pairing. I've been meaning to get back into aquazone and have some more ideas, but I have some work to do:-) Joe (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.aquazone, FTX)
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| | Re: Another style Garbage Truck
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(...) Thanks, Jude. (and Tim, once again, for the cab design) (...) Thanks for that as well. Sometimes I wonder if I should be photographing the vehicles alone. Is this the building you're referring to: (URL) It is snotted only on the front. (it is (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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In lugnet.aquazone, Aaron Amatnieks wrote: (snip) (...) Thanks! The arms are very optional. I really wanted some kind of grippers for the craft, so that was the result.The arms can be rotated back and to the bottom of the craft. And yellow works (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.aquazone, FTX)
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| | Re: Seasprite
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(...) Thanks! This model literally built itself after I figured out the engine pods. It has a really sleek look without the arms...which can be replaced with other items. As production baseline...give me a little time:-). Got some work to do! Joe (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.aquazone, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. Good to hear. And, thanks again for the killer cab. (...) It was important for me to do it in dark green. I am going to work on another style cab in dark green as well. (...) I have until now avoided mirrors. My overall thought is they (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Another style Garbage Truck
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(...) Jonathan, I think is a great design. But a few questions about the grey snot tile bricked building in the background... Is it snotted on all sides? Or is the snot just a facade on the one side? Is the building fairly solid or does it fall (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: F-15E Strike Eagle
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Ralph, Very nicely done (again)! You've used limited but helpful SNOT techniches and come away with a great model. The nose especially is just beautifully done, and I like the missile designs. And you've clearly come up wotha very smooth way to fold (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: Another style Garbage Truck
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(...) Hi Jonathan, I don't think the back is too high at all. And I think the curve looks awesome. You've really captured the shape of the rear perfectly. Overall this looks excellent. I especially love the greebles on it. They really look (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: F-15E Strike Eagle
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(...) Ralph, I grew up very close to Langley AFB, home of Tactical Air Command and the first F-15 squadrons. Your design rekindles some sweet memories of watching eagles take off doing a 90 degree climb with afterburners. Every detail is perfect on (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: Ciao a tutti!
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(...) Grazie, certo che resto! :) sono di Vecchiano (Pisa). Il dramma è che abito in toscana ma i miei lego sono in sicilia!! La mia casa quì è troppo piccola per contenerli, ho con me giusto due scatolette per superare le crisi di astinenza... è (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Another style Garbage Truck
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Hello, This is my a truck I built over the weekend. It uses much of the the Mack style cab design developed by Tim Gould late last year. It is a design I really like and I am using it in forthcoming vehicles in a variety of colors. (URL) I am (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !!
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| | Re: Post office
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(...) Aaron, Nelson, and Tim: Thanks! It is exactly what I was going for: a simple corner building. It will be hidden behind an elevated subway later this week. I have always wanted an El but the drag is that it hides the buildings . . . Thanks (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Trying to figure out how to make a model...
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(...) 32000 ((URL) + 2 x 4274 ((URL) ??? Philo (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.ideas)
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A very nice little ship! Good to see you building aquazone again! I love the dual engines, and the sleek look of the craft. As to stealth, it isn't worth sacrificing the yellow ; ) Thanks for sharing and God Bless, Nathan (URL) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.aquazone, FTX)
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| | Re: got Cheese?
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Hello Nelson! I cool Idea the Cheese Bots! I like the Nacho Bot very much! Great creation! It looks like a robot lion. Amazing! I think about a rebuild in Blacktron Style... Regards Dan (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: WIP - Red Quad
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Hello Eric! (...) The legs show a high flexiblity! Great! Why are there wheels on the feets? Are there wheels so that they feets legs do not slipping away? I think a time abot the Mindstorms NXT and I think about how to use this in a Mecha. Nice to (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Re: F-15E Strike Eagle
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(...) Hi Dave, Thanks for the comments. I too was into building model kits, as well as building with LEGO. I'm not much of a painter, so the model kits rarely turned out quite the way I wanted them to, so actually building planes with LEGO was a (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: Ciao a tutti
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Francesco Pezzali ha scritto: (...) Ciao e benvenuto! Per la partecipazione al Legofest di Ballabio, ti consiglio di visitare il sito/manifesto dell'evento: (URL) di scrivere a Marco Chiappa, per la disponibilità. Probabilmente la cosa più semplice (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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ciao anche a te!!! Se vieni a Ballabio saprai tutto di cosa stiamo organizzando, vero? Cosa porteresti? Ma cosa succede quest'anno? Se andiamo avanti così gli AFOLS italiani superano quelli tedeschi!!! Giuliano Francesco Pezzali ha scritto: (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Ciao a tutti!
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ciao. benvenuto! Anche io mi interesso di treni 9V. Ma mi piace costruire anche con il Technic! Resta con noi, di dove sei? saluti GIuliano testaciatta ha scritto: (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Ciao a tutti!
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"testaciatta" <testaciatta@virgilio.it> ha scritto nel messaggio news:JCMroK.Cxn@lugnet.com... (...) Saluti anche a te! :) (...) Ma va!?!? pure io! :) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Neo-Mobile Command Unit - remake of 6676
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I've gotten into taking the style of the recent ambulance/cement mixer style vehicles, and applying that style to old sets I am personally fond of. 6676 Mobile Command Unit was one of them. Here is my take on the set, remixed: (2 URLs) Hope you like (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Here's One From Yesteryear
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Hey Wolf, Aaaah, warm fuzzy Classic Space vibes in abundance. Not only is it a wonderful model, but your photography and composition are the best emulation of Classic Space packaging I've ever seen. Space-tastic! Dave S. (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: USA toy fair soon?
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Hey, if anyone goes to this toy fair and they happen to have a camera and LEGO happens to have that new IR Bulldozer 8275 present, I wonder if that same person could "unplug" the electrical connector from the battery box and take pictures of both (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.year.2007)
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| | NXT for $200
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Inspired by the gentleman selling NXTs for $200 (I didn't have a checkbook with me or I probably would have got one), I did some searching on the web (I think I used Froogle) and found them for $199.99 from A Child's Delight, a toy store in (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: January 2007 SMART meeting notes
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(...) Thank you. (...) This robot was just finished before the meeting so the ears went on but I never got a chance to program them. The idea is just as you describe and I did try use the View feature to see how directional the sound sensor is. My (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | NBC and NXC API macro testing (bluetooth-related)
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If you have 2 NXTs lying around and you are moderately interested in testing some potentially interesting new NBC and NXC API macros then I would definitely be interested in hearing from you via email. I have written a few additions to the NXTDefs.h (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Torii Gate vignette
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(...) Hi Aaron. If you are referring to the brown tile on the very top, they are secure and are not resting. There is a 1 x 2 tile in the center, and a 1 x 6 on either side of it. One end of sits up on the 1 x 1 round plate at the end while the (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Micro Scale Notre Dame Cathedral
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(...) This is an excellent microscale MOC (and most easily recognizable)! Well played! "Big Daddy" Nelson (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: Harbour Bridge in SMH
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(...) Congratulations, Ross! This is absolutely a great build (again). "Big Daddy" Nelson (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: WIP - Red Quad
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(...) Ah-ha! That explains my strange building habits lately. Hopefully the merger will mean I'll get an equal portion of the extensive Sophie part collection. I mean, if you doesn't know where he got it, you won't miss it right? -a (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: F-15E Strike Eagle
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Hey Ralph, VERY impressive! As a younger man, I was very into plastic model kits of jet fighters, and the F-15 is still one of my faves. I can tell it is one of yours too! The attention to detail throughout is superb, especially on the angle of the (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) I was just saying at a fest on Saturday, 'has anyone managed to use those staircase parts for anything but a staircase?', and lo and behold! nice non-descipt building Tim (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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(...) What an inventive way to use that staircase part! It really adds to the texture of the building. Spotlighted! "Big Daddy" Nelson (19 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Hail to the Chief!
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I think both of you guys did a fantastic job. Though I am more inclined towards Jordan's observation car dome design since it has those grey pieces making it appear like it has support ribs just like the real ones. A few comments: Jordan, make the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Seasprite
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(...) <snip> (...) Nice. not a fan of the arms (seem a little out of place on such a beautiful ship), but love the sleekness and the rotatable engine rock. it's ammazing how cool yellow models can look. Aaron A PS. love the background. need to get (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.aquazone, FTX)
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(...) Very simple and modern. almost looks real. Love the use of the spiral staircases. Well done Aaron A (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Micro Scale Notre Dame Cathedral
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(...) Well done. it really captures the feel well. I prefer the side view more (pretty much the same as in IRL.) as the flying butresses have been captured perfectly. also love the detail in your arch de triumph (sp) and big bens clock face (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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| | Re: Torii Gate vignette
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(...) Nice solution. I was currently trying to work out how to make one myself for a project with heavy oriental themes. I think I will be borrowing this One question. How well do the plates stay on top, is it secure or are they just resting on top? (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Ciao a tutti
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Ciao a tutti, sono Francesco Pezzali classe '72, sono di Colorno Parma, come tutti voi anche io sono un appassionato, molto appassionato, lavoro permettendo, mi piacerebbe partecipare a Ballabio, la mia specializzazione sono i treni e technic. Per (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | A LEGO Price List with 4,000 entries!
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One of the features of my Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide that I haven't mentioned much is a LEGO Price List. I included this for folks who want to insure their old LEGO sets, but have no reference source to do so. Well my "Insurance (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
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| | F-15E Strike Eagle
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Recently I completed building a 1/36 scale model of an F-15E Strike Eagle. The brickshelf folder is: (URL) I hope you like it. I've spent quite a bit of time on this one, and would appreciate your comments. Cheers, Ralph (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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| | MORE Trains at BrickFest PDX '07
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[______] [______] [_______] oo oo = oo oo = oo oo I spoke with Dave VinZant (train coordinator) and I plan to have a static display of ALL of my train MOCs (rolling stock)! Since I'll be a bit busy at the fest, I was racking my brain what MOC(s) I (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains) !!
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| | Re: Seasprite
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Joe, Nice to see that the new sets are providing some inspiration for AFOL builders, and also cool to see that you've found some time to actually build:) This is a simple but sleek little craft - a little bit space, a little bit GIJoe, and of (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.aquazone, FTX)
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| | Re: ULUG Train Show
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Brian & All, (...) It is always nice to that interaction with the crowd, even if it is the 50th time you heard it. : ) (...) It is great to have some interactivity like that in a layout - I need to do more of that in ours. (...) The most important (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.ulug)
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| | Old lego for sale (in Denmark)
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Follow this link: (URL) have some very old stuff, and 3+ boxes for storing it etc... quite interesting lot actually. Hope someone may use it. BR Sonnich (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: ULUG Train Show
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(...) Brian- Congrats on your first show.It's a lot of fun to put your stuff out in front of a crowd for the first time. I especially liked the decorative archway, dino museum, bridge, fishing hole, and mech. Good stuff in any layout! Small idea: Be (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.ulug, FTX)
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| | Re: Philo's remote and spy rover
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(...) As a first cut, I was thinking of using the position information to determine if the detected target was most likely to the left or the right of the direction of travel. Just to determine the "best" direction to turn to avoid the target. It (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Seasprite
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It's been a while since I have done undersea models, so it seemed time to get back:-) The Seasprite (URL) Built as a response to the Sea Monkey and OGEL threat, this Alpha Team submersible is a redesign of the SeaHorse. Bascially this is a faster, (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.aquazone, FTX) !
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| | Re: January 2007 SMART meeting notes
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(...) I like Gus' line-following dog. How well do the ears work? Could it turn towards sounds? Steve (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Bionicle "Spare Parts"
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Hi! I recently got a box at a flea market with some LEGO in it. A fair amount of it is in the Bionicle line...which I have none of. (I was sort of hoping most of the model was intact. Okay, live and learn.) I got my money's worth in usable other (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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| | ULUG Train Show
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Over the weekend ULUG (Utah LUG) participated in "The Ophir, Tintic and Western" Train Show at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah. We are a newer LUG (under 6 months) with 9 active members and this is our first Train show as a LUG. We were pleased to (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.ulug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Trying to figure out how to make a model...
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I've seen alot of cbolego's models (the Metal Slug 5 ones in particular) and I wanted to try making one in MLCad... though I can't figure out how some of the pieces were fitted. In the upper section, it looks like he may have used a few 52107 (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.ideas)
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| | Left red traindoors in trade for right red traindoors
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I have new left traindoors. I am looking for red right traindoors. Trade 1 for 1 Contact me sixten.sunesson@telia.com Link to picture (URL) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Jaguar Main Battle Tank and variants
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(...) Brilliant work as always. I think the turret is one of the finest ones I've seen since Carl Greatrix's work. I'm most impressed by the amount of detail you've conveyed with just a handful of parts. The vision port and remote MG in this (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Post office
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Hello, I finished this building a little while ago and wanted to take pictures of it before my elevated subway hid it. It is a post office for my town. It is really nothing much in my opinion; just a corner building. I did want to point out that the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !
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| | Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
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(...) camera angle and lots of action! I liked it! (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: How big is the hobby and how big can it be?
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(...) Ben-- First off, I’m new here. So if I repeat anything from elsewhere, I’ll just apologize now and be done with it, okay? As an AFOL (and long time LEGO fan!) I suspect the answer has something to do with the public perception of LEGO. Unlike (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Hail to the Chief!
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(...) Hi Jordan, Your streamliner set in the AMTRAK livery is superb! Let everyone consider your build and design unique and impressive! What a great way for both of us to coincidentally work on this concept at the same time. (...) My coaches are (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Ambassador Cycle 5 Announcement
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(...) Ma per curiosità: chi è già stato Ambassador si può ricandidare o solo chi non è stato selezionato? Perchè io ti eleggerei Ambassador a vita (anche se poi mi picchieresti per tutto il tempo libero che ti rimarrebbe!)... Ciao RoscoPC (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | NXC/NBC release news
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I have posted beta 24 of NBC/NXC. Here's the list of fixes and new features: Version 1.0.1.b24 ---...--- - Fixes a preprocessor bug in NBC and NXC that is triggered by not having a ')' at the end of a macro invocation (or anywhere following in the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | RE: Spawning threads in NBC
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In practicality, it is not a good practice to kill another thread without some sort of synchronization anyway. However, if one thread is not responding for a long period of time, it will be good to allow the parent thread to terminate it. (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
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The second set of arms on Mike's robot gives it better mobility. They make its overall tread length much longer, so it can treat stairs like a ramp instead of, well, stairs, and that makes it faster at climbing them. The arms also let it raise the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Ambassador Cycle 5 Announcement
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Giro a tutti voi il messaggio di Jan Beyer e Steven Witt per il quinto ciclo del Lego Ambassador Program. ---...--- It’s been another great Ambassador session but its time for us to begin Cycle 5 of the program. This will be a new step for the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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