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(...) Here's my pictures as well: (URL) Flickr> I've also set up a Flickr group called (URL) at NRMA> if anyone want to contribute pictures from the Detroit show or any NMRA shows from the past. See you all at Anaheim! --Mike. (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11!
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(...) (URL) the Greeeeeen Machine!> (that's Ross on the far right) A very stout, defensive bot with a virtually 100% reliable double-ramp. They were the LAST team selected by the top seeds:-) JOHN (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: pbLua Beta 13c first impressions
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Walt, Thanks for mentioning my pbLua installation instructions (that are available also in my "Advanced NXT - The Da Vinci Inventions Book" alongside with a lot of samples for pbLua programs, by the way ;-) ). Keep in mind, though, that they have (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) How come I only see one picture of this? You made the effort to create a montage of 13 pictures (cute), but don't let us see all 13, unprocessed, pictures? What's up with that? (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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I just purchased a near mint large minifig (19 inch, display type) through eBay and I was wondering whether anybody knew more on how many different were made as I've had a hard time looking for any collection containing these 'giants'... thx (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ooo. What team is he on? Jamie was and David is on team 904. We played on Archimedes in Atlanta. That was my first time at the championship. What a mind-blower. Steve (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org's July 2007 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the July 2007 Model/Scene/Part Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, Prinoth Leitwolf Snowgroomer by Han Crielaard> (URL) SOTM, Valley of the Dark Lords by Philip Heinrich> (URL) POTM - Best Part, (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Re: You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11!
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(...) Doood! I had no idea:-( Well, hopefully they will make it to the finals again this upcoming year! Then I'll know to say something. Heck, I'll even tag along as a chaperone:-) JOHN (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11!
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(snip) (...) John, Ross came to Atlanta for FIRST finals...where Joe Meno, Tommy Armstrong, and myself were there..and you didn't tell us?? now you suck... ;) Scott (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11!
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(...) I would have loved to have gone, but I just couldn't get away from work right now, and I had to travel to NJ for my niece's birthday--Jonathan, apparently, weather was causing a lot of havoc on the air travel system.. my flights on Saturday (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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ciao ragazzi, sto mettendo i video di ballabio online... li trovate qui (con gli altri): (URL) dal mio sito nella sezione eventi: (URL) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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Hi everybody! I'll be spending august and september in Palo Alto and Mountain View and then I'll be in NYC for the first week of october. I'd like to know if I can attend any Lego events in the area during those dates. Thanks! Jonathan (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: sticker generator per LDRAW/MLCAD
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(...) O l'inchiostro che usi è di bassa qualità (magari sono cartucce rigenerate) o è la carta trasparente poco buona, oppure ancora, quel particolare inchiostro, non è adatto a quella particolare carta. Nel mio messaggio precedente ci sono link a (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11!
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(...) i'll chime in at this point to reiterate those feelings. thanks for letting me hang around the layout and abuse your hospitality. it was great meeting both you, ross and jonathan for the first time. you're nowhere near as nasty as janey said (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11!
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(...) "This one goes to 11!" I had a blast as well (travel issues aside, of course - gotta love Northwest). It was great meeting and talking with everyone. Huge thanks to John and Ross Neal for letting me be part of their layout and Chris, Steve B., (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: YouBrick on line!
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Al seguente indirizzo trovate tutte le foto del Legofest di Ballabio 2007: (URL) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Back in Brisbane is me
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(...) So where are you working now? Kerry (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Walt, thanks for having a look at pbLua and giving it a try. Most importantly, thanks for providing feedback in a forum where we can all learn from what you have done... (...) Soon. It's next on the list of things to do. (...) pbLua has all (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: YouBrick on line!
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(...) Potentissimo!!!!!!!! =:-) alf (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Nuovo sito BrickJournal
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(...) Non capisco... i vecchi numeri (e l'accesso al sito) sono un servizio a pagamento? e la versione in PDF non esce più? esce solo spezzettata in formato "wiki"? :-( Ah, questi americani... se uno dovesse iscriversi a tutti i siti che gli (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Exchange rate at Shop@home?
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(...) I stand corrected. Shipping within the US will is about US$35. (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Eclipse and LEJOS OSEK
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Hi If you were looking for a nice IDE for LEJOS OSEK application development, why wouldn't you use Eclipse? I tested it and it works pretty well! (URL) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Yes. If you have any friends in the States, use the US S@H portal and send it to their address, and get them to ship it over. Even if it costs $100 to ship it, you'll still come out well ahead [1]. I understand US customers get free shipping (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Exchange rate at Shop@home?
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(...) It also pays to remember that the exchange rates used by TLG are determined well in advance of the price being announced (as announced by someone official sometime). A fairer comparison is probably the exchange rate six to twelve months ago. (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: Exchange rate at Shop@home?
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(...) There's little chance of having it rectified in the short term, unless it is a typo on the site. Consistency of pricing between markets is an issue on the Ambassadors' list which is being pursued with LEGO. Cheers Richie Dulin LEGO Ambassador (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: Exchange rate at Shop@home?
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(...) There's little chance of having it rectified in the short term, unless it is a typo on the site. Consistency of pricing between markets is an issue on the Ambassadors' list which is being pursued with LEGO. Cheers Richie Dulin LEGO Ambassador (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Back in Brisbane is me
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Hi all, Just to 'officially' announce my return to Brisbane to all the people in .loc.au. I'm back for at least two years. Tim (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Great Mech Bay! One of the best, for sure. That mech looks pretty special too (and nice use of ratlines!) and blue is a nice colour choice against the black bay - any chance of some pics of it outside the bay? Cheers Richie Dulin (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Mech Bay 13
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(...) Great Mech Bay! One of the best, for sure. That mech looks pretty special too (and nice use of ratlines!) and blue is a nice colour choice against the black bay - any chance of some pics of it outside the bay? Cheers Richie Dulin (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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I haven't bought from shop@home for a while, but the exchange rate there is ridiculous. For US buyers, the UCS Millennium Falcon is only US$499, but for us Aussies, it's A$979. This equates to an exchange rate of 51c. At current exchange rates, it (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11!
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(...) Ahh, and here I am pointing out that very tree: (URL) (...) Oh, and here is a pic of me showing off her handiwork: (URL) (...) Yes, and here is a sweet pale yellow building of hers: (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11!
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(...) I guess Ross forgot to mention to you that he is a member of a FIRST robotics team that went to the nationals in Atlanta this year. Oops. (...) Bon Appetit! (Hi, Pierre, Deb!) (...) My motto: "The louder, the funner". Also: "Hey Hoover; you (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: A Hippo and some Box Cars (More Pennsy MOCs)
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(...) Thanks (...) The rods add so much personality to a steam model. Without them it's just not as interesting. (...) The doors for the X-54 were inspired by Christopher Masi's (URL) Millyard Box Car>. (URL) Lugnet Post> Paul S. D'Urbano also used (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | You Suck - was ...Re: ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11!
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John, once again it was a BLAST seeing you and Ross. I had a nice time meeting and seeing so many new people, and sort-a new friends I met from Brickworld. I cant speak for janey (who can really?) but I think we both had a fun time hanging and (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Ambassadors Status Report - Summer 2007
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(...) Or how many in the same community were upset that Lego put out the Barbie Knights in the first season of the Knights Kingdom II line. Ben M. (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | Re: Mech Bay 13
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Well, you know what they say about when you go black... ( ; (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | pbLua Beta 13c first impressions
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pbLua beta 13c Ralph Hempel has given us pbLua which is a terrific free tool for programming the NXT. As a novice programmer, I had a bit of trouble getting it to work so I want to pass along my notes to other novices who might be interested. Feel (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: A Hippo and some Box Cars (More Pennsy MOCs)
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(...) Hey cale, If I didn’t say it at Brickworld I’ll say it here. WOW!!!!! Your work is truly inspirational. The amount of detail poured into all of your train MOC's is fantastic and I love that you've included the history of the prototypes as (...) (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Mech Bay 13
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MECH BAY 13 ==== (URL) Bay 13 © ESLC 2007>> (19 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | Re: The Official "Issues List"
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(...) I think I am missing something here... this "becoming known as the largest mistake TLG has made"? I think you mean not saving 9V trains - but it isn't actually made yet. And people would argue that the colour change was, or the introduction of (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | ILTCO National Convention 2007: it went to 11!
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Wow, was the ILTCO National Convention ever a BLAST this year! It was great to renew friendships that have been forged over the years and to make new ones, and the camaraderie among LEGO trainheads just keeps getting better. For you (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !!
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| | YouBrick on line!
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E' ufficialmente on-line dalla mezzanotte il nuovo sito per condividere le immagini delle vostre creazioni. Il sito è YouBrick e lo trovate al seguente indirizzo: (URL) registrazione e l'upload sono liberi conformemente alla TOS. La tecnologia è da (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Duplo set 514
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(...) Here's what I've been able to piece together from the (URL) 1972 catalog>: (URL) Duplo Brick 2 x 6 x 2 with Curved Center> 2 red 2 yellow 1 blue (URL) Duplo Brick 2 x 4> 2 red 2 yellow 3 blue (URL) Brick 2 x 2> 1 red 2 yellow 3 blue (URL) The (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | Nuovo sito BrickJournal
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E' on-line il nuovo sito di BrickJournal: (URL) l'annuncio ufficiale: (URL) Chiappa Lego Ambassador (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: LEGO Ambassadors Status Report - Summer 2007
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I speak to Jipay from time to time when he's online (haven't seen him lately to tell you the truth). I want to say that we haven't intentionally discriminated against EB, but we simply haven't been able to take some of the people who have applied (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | NRLink reading RCX response w/ RobotC
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I have posted a problem to the RobotC forums and not recieved any response: (URL) anyone here have any experience with RobotC (how is their support)? Has anyone here worked with the NRLink? Have you been able to get a response from the RCX? Thanks, (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: LEGO Ambassadors Status Report - Summer 2007
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I must say I felt a bit hamstrung when LEGO Fan crashed because that's where the blog I was trying to get established was. it was a bit disheartening to tell you the truth. That's going to change soon and I'll have a specific spot to throw out (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickJourna.com is online!
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(...) Well I signed up. If that is the next step toward getting Brick Journal to print (and the back issues) it is $20 a year well spent. It can never be said too many times, thanks for all your hard work Joe. -Mike Petrucelli (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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| | Re: sticker generator per LDRAW/MLCAD
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(...) Ho appena fatto un esperimento al volo su pellicola adesiva trasparente... Una cosa pietosa.. l'inchiostro non si è fissato in maniera uniforme alla plastica. Probabilmente è la mia stampante che è un pò datata anche se fotografica, vorrei (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: BrickJourna.com is online!
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(...) Charging for a PDF will be something that is a constant. I won't be able to make it free. Sorry. Again, if an printed issue is charged, a PDF will have to be charged too. Back issues are something I am interested in, but I need to have the (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Ambassadors Status Report - Summer 2007
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Its certainly not a bad thing for you to mention Nathan's involvement as he was very valuable to that project. Also speaking about your role isn't a bad thing either, here's the reason why there's usually some hesitation when it comes to working on (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX) !
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| | Re: sticker generator per LDRAW/MLCAD
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(...) Esatto. La parte difficile è riuscire a creare un colore a video (RGB) che stampato (CYM) dia la medesima tonalità del mattoncino LEGO. In alternativa (ma funziona solo in particolari casi), stampi su un trasparente, ma in negativo, ovvero se (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | ULUG will be attending the Train Show in Evanston, Wyoming
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To all, ULUG will be attending the 10th annual Roundhouse Festival in Evanston, Wyoming August 4th and 5th. Whereas Evanston is about 90 minutes from Salt Lake City all of the members will be staying in hotels. If you live in or around Evanston, (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.ulug, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: The Official "Issues List"
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Nelson / Richie, Thanks again for posting this list, and for your diligent work as LEGO Ambassadors. (I hope that you get paid for it) I think I also need to say that I am appalled by 9V Trains not being on the original list. Are you guys (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | LUGNET aircraft group?
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This newsgroup (lugnet.build.military) is great for posting military aircraft, such as (URL) Ralph Savelsberg's F-117A and Su-27>. But there's really no suitable place for civilian aircraft. I know that LUGNET has been in a pretty static state for a (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Ambassadors Status Report - Summer 2007
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(...) A very good point. I was just thinking the other day about how there's no good way to model the most common types of windows one sees in real houses. The only commonly available windows from LEGO today are the 1x4x3 shape, whereas in real life (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickJourna.com is online!
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(...) I agree, and even if you do that, it will probably not be color and almost certainly not on glossy 11x17 pages folded properly into a magazine format with binding along the edges.... Joe: What you might do is charge for the PDF when it's new, (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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| | Duplo set 514
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Hi I have just found the box for Duplo 514 circa 1972, but I can't work out what bits go in it. (The set is my husbands and he can't remember). The pieces I have found do not fit well in the packaging and there is plenty of room for more. Does (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: Re Rafe Donahue's GBC binary counter
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There are a couple of YouTube videos of the GBC and my truck in particular that have not yet been mentioned. Here is a very nice GBC video uploaded by Joe Meno: (URL) is one that shows my truck in action picking up and loading the balls from the (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickworld)
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| | Re: BrickJourna.com is online!
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(...) Tom, I'm know:-). And I am on it - while I wanted a printed version for next issue (due out in September) things did not work out. I see your argument pretty clearly and am working toward it. The website was done first because it was faster to (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Looks great, Joe. Congrats on the launch and for putting together such a clean, fresh looking site. The table of contents for the current issue is very handy. I'm sure you've thought through the pricing options, but don't discount the fact (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickJourna.com is online!
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In lugnet.publish.brickjournal, Thomas Main wrote: (snip) (...) Hi Thomas! I have been looking at the budget question for some time now, and I am glad you asked. The print version subscription will be available separately, and your price estimate is (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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(...) Congratulations on expanding the scope of the magazine, Joe! I have a question about the subscription to this site. I have been looking forward to being able to subscribe to a print version of BrickJournal and have assumed it would probably be (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés lundi 30 juillet 2007
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jours. Nouvelles brèves ---...--- * Pique-nique AFOL le dimanche 5 août 2007 à Paris * (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: The Official "Issues List"
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(...) Well, the end of 9V trains would mean no change to my involvement in the hobby: no change to my purchasing patterns, no change to the amount of stuff I build, and so on. By contrast, for example, if a portion of the product range is not (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX) !!
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| | Re: The Official "Issues List"
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(...) Well, the end of 9V trains would mean no change to my involvement in the hobby: no change to my purchasing patterns, no change to the amount of stuff I build, and so on. By contrast, for example, if a portion of the product range is not (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX) !
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| | Re: sticker generator per LDRAW/MLCAD
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(...) grazie dei suggerimenti! Immagino quindi che se devo fare uno sticker da applicare su brick rossi, mi convenga stamparlo su carta adesiva bianca, e disegnare anche il rosso di sfondo, oltre alle scritte. Ovviamente il rosso di sfondo deve (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: The Official "Issues List"
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(...) I just took a look at the current list (from (URL) right?) and I think there is a good reason to place 9V ahead of all of those issues: If none of those issues are addressed by LEGO, there is no change. If the 9V trains issue is not addressed, (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickJourna.com is online!
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It figures that I misspell my own magazine:-) It's BrickJournal.com. Joe (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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| | BrickJourna.com is online!
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Hi all, I'm happy to announce that the BrickJournal website has been launched: (URL) www.brickjournal.com > Issue 8 is online and available for viewing. Issue 7 is also uploaded but is only available to web subscribers. I am uploading other issues (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Re: The Official "Issues List"
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(...) Somebody else explained it elsewhere in the thread - control. Some people within TLG are still gunshy about how and when and where information is released. And the time that I was able to announce something as an Ambassador, well, (URL) it (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | A Hippo and some Box Cars (More Pennsy MOCs)
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Pennsylvania 2-10-0 Decapod and X-54 Box Car. I've had these built for a while now but have been dragging my feet as far as posting them. Some of you may have seen the Decapod and cars at BrickWorld but if not I present them to you now. (URL) \ I1sa (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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(...) For comparison, I rendered m6459.png (picture posted in earlier post) at 640x480, and the times were as follows (all on an original MacBook 2GHz). Intel (command line-only) compile: Time For Trace: 0 hours 0 minutes 2.0 seconds (2 seconds) (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) What's the story with this? Sounds like they're passing up some very cheap, very targeted advertising opportunities there. Allister (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Sorry. I used the command line unzip (on my Macbook) to unzip the file, and that toasted the contents. Apparently the resource fork didn't extract properly. Using a different unzipper solved the problem. --Travis (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Well, community members have been repeatedly raising all the other issues on the list... So, should we ignore them and put saving 9V trains to number 1 regardless of what community members are actually bringing to our attention and asking us (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) I guess I just expected that the ambassadors would make it their job to know what the top issues are for the LEGO community without us having to nag them. (19 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Excellent idea friend. (...) In my opinion this "issues" list *is* a wish list as it is a list of the things the AFOL community would like Lego to correct. However I am a little dissapointed in this list as it is all complaints. Not that I (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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If Family Adventure Has a Name, It Must Be LEGO® Indiana Jones: The Videogame LucasArts and TT Games Don Their Fedoras for the Next Great LEGO Gaming Experience SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- July 27, 2007 -- LucasArts and TT Games today announced that LEGO® (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) I'm kind of surprised at the level of discussion about this list - although not too surprised, I guess, this being Lugnet. But I would've expected this amount of disagreement about the first such "issues list" presented to TLG by the (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Of course not *all* fans share *all* the concerns. I assume(d) noone would have even expected a list with such criteria, since such a list would be clearly empty - for each and every concern I am quite positive there is a fair amount of people (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | 7998 Heavy Hauler (Classic Truck) half price in Argos
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Lego UK price £34.99 / Argos price £17.49 - this is the standard price for the catalogue that runs to the end of this year... Argos catalogue reference 387/0983 ...and I've just seen that Huw posted this on Brickset on Jul 28... I wonder if this (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Not at all. I'm merely just speaking for myself. The 'issue' list supposedly represents fans concerns. I'm just pointing out that maybe not all fans, certainly not this one, share those concerns. I'm not asking for the list to be edited, if (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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Hi All, I've put together a load of my video clips from this year's Merrist Wood Summer Show (Guildford, Surrey, UK) which was held on the 20th of May. The clips were of the joint layout by myself and Ben Rogers. Ben's trains were Thomas the Tank (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, FTX)
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Hello everyone. Here is my better robo-arm. It's meant to be an improvement on the "56-C" arm which is on the official NXT CD. A movie of the BetterArm (I hope it works)... (URL) view (click on Quick Pic) (URL) wrong with the official Lego arm? * (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) The first two issues are the main problems in my mind and deserve their place. I think TLG has many top notch set designs these days, but this is the first time I've ever seen questionable manufacturing quality from them. I have gotten a lot (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) I find a modicum of comfort in knowing that even LEGO acknowledges that the RC trains have load problems: (URL) that they recommend the RC trains only run the number of wagons the sets come with (2 on the passenger, 4 on the cargo train). That (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | Re: MOCpages? Brickshelf? What should I do?
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(...) Yes. There are about 130,000 images that were linked to Brickshelf from all the pages on MOCpages. I've now copied all 130,000 of them over to MOCpages and they'll be linked to your pages very soon. This applies to all the images that were (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
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Looks like it was the best yet, from the pics I have seen on BS. The thing that really stands out for me is the amazing increase in great individual train vehicle models. Just to pick on a few, in no particular order Nice use of parts for these (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Jim, Excellent information. I think you should publish the link to your site here, so readers can enjoy the pictures you have online too!. Eric (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) The version I posted does not require Classic. It's an old CFM Carbon program (not Mach-O) that can run natively under both OS 8/9 and OS X. It is PowerPC though, so on an Intel Mac, it gets emulated via Rosetta. (But I suspect it runs faster (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Sure, but what I have been trying to say, apparently totally unsuccessfully, is that you cannot start attacking the ambassadors because they did not make it a current issue if the publicity work is so bad that someone like me (reasonably (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) I can't cite numbers, but I know that my wife became an AFOL after being inspired by a SCLTC demonstration. She had always been a model railroad fan, never ran one, but seeing the integration of training, set building, and technic trestle (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) I concur. But the lack of such updates should not be interpreted as victory. Just not enough work done on publicity. (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) OK, to phrase things more accurately, of all the activities that AFOLs do, train shows are the most visible to the public. Joe made an interesting point about BrickJournal, but I've always assumed that BrickJournal was "preaching to the (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors)
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(...) Actually while I would not support "needlessly complaining" if it is still an issue, and Save9VTrains is the HQ of the effort to actually do something about it, then yes they should have some sort of updates on a regular basis. For instance (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | The Mercurials comic - New and Improved ;)
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Well, friends, the next episode of "The Mercurials" online sci-fi photo graphic novel was released last night, and in the last two weeks we've been pretty busy. You can check it out at (URL) Not only does Episode 1:3 bring our heroes out of the (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce)
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Joe Meno wrote: <snip> (...) *cough* (URL) *cough*... :) Dave K (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors)
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(...) Stores used to carry LEGO train sets on shelves, too. However, I don't know if they were big sellers -- I got a 4561 Railway Express at Target for 50% off. TRU always has a good LEGO selection, but I haven't even seen any of the RC train sets (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | Re: Impact of LTCs (Re: The Official "Issues List")
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(...) I'd be curious about hard numbers as well. In the past couple of years that I've been involved with train shows, we've probably shown to a couple thousand people at each show. This is just based on my estimation though, as I'm not privy to any (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.trains)
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