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Kevin! I am astounded by your recent creations. I intently tried to figure out how you made these inchworms. The gates that you are so well known for are so elegant yet complex. The work you have done is a marvel to see! So you were able to get a 1 (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic)
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Well, got mine today and had to put one together. The positives are 1. it simulated the old town plans with new elements. 2. there are a lot of hard to get parts in it (garage parts and brushes). 3. There are new elements that I have not seen (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: new moc: water tower house
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Oh my goodness! I really enjoyed seeing this creation! I am impressed by all the details and the overall structure. Wow. Great work....and very unusual! Thank you for the write up too, it is always fun to learn about why a builder chose to create. (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-08, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Braiding Machine
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Ahhh, so that is how you made this! I admit being facinated by braiding machines. The spool feeders and all the rotary motion is quite interesting. I liked seeing your web site too! Eric Sophie (18 years ago, 11-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Event named, date set
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Coming Sept 5th-7th 2008. Bellaire, OHIO BrickShow 2008 (or the official name 2nd annual World Record Plastic Brick Show) 4597 Noble St. Bellaire, OH 43906 740-671-8890 We are building the planning team now. So if you want to be on board please (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-08, to lugnet.events)
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| | Lions Gate Models town and city kits available for a limited time
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To all my fellow LEGO Town and City aficionados: Happy 2008! For a very limited time, I'm making Lions Gate Models custom kits available for ordering again. This will probably be the last time until October 2008, so if you're needing a kit - order (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: A library of movement
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(...) This isn't specific to the examples you give, but there is a great PDF book called "Tora no Maki" that visually catalogs a tremendous variety of Technic connections and mechanisms. You can download it here: (URL) Again, it probably won't (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Shop at Home
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(...) All orders to the UK come straight from Denmark so I would think that ones to Australia would too. Tim (18 years ago, 11-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) See the reply I sent to Geoffrey Hyde, rather than repeating it here... BTW - How often do you guys order from S@H? Do you think it's worth approaching Lego with some form of petition requesting a postage model where Lego handle the order (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | A library of movement
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Forgive me if this has been done before or if any one can point me to a good reference Technic web-site, I appreciate it. But if not, here's the idea. Please let me know what you'll think: THE CHALLENGE: Our LTC is thinking about going to the NMRA (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Shop at Home
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(...) I understand the point you've made - buy a bunch and save on postage. This is the same for most online purchases. Not a new concept by any means. However, when you live in a small country town where the number of Lego enthusiasts singularly (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: SR 3D Builder Version 0.2.2.9 Available
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(...) On the homepage of this project ((URL) the requirements are written: Hardware * A graphic accelerator with T&L and Vertex Shader 2.0 capabilities * 256 MB Ram (for huge models like the ones in the photos 1GB is highly recommended) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Lego Shop at Home
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(...) G'day Ian, I hear ya mate! :) A number of us in Sydney group our Shop@Home orders together so that the 'high' shipping cost is spread out amongst a number of us. We normally break the shipping down based the 'size' each person contributes to (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks for the note, Chris. Yeah, Theo's mechanism is quite interesting. I'd love to see someone throw a genetic algorithm at it for optimization. I'd bet that there is a combination of link lengths that is significantly superior to anything (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Braiding Machine
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(...) Hi Dave, Thanks for the note. My original plan for the braid was to form the core of braided eight-strand rope. In fact, the machine was inspired by this braider: (URL) may still build the eight-strander but I've lost a bit of momentum and am (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: LEGO 7996 and 9V
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(...) Myself and others have used copper foil (2 URLs) I converted a 7996 just before Christmas, and installed it in my elevated train layout. So far it's run flawlessly for different trains for over 20 hours of run time. I used pre-tinned (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Horoscopes, or lack thereof
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For those of you (I'm not even sure that's a plural) who wondered why there has been no horoscopes recently, here's why: (URL) English> (URL) Français> (URL) het Nederlands> Best wishes for 2008, Jean-Marc (18 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | Wunderwelt Modellbau, March 28 - 30 2008, St. Pölten, Austria
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The next Austrian Event is approaching: The Austrian LUG will cover about 700m² at the model making fair "Wunderwelt Modellbau". When: March 28 - 30 2008 Where: directly at the highway Salzburg-Vienna, exit St.Pölten South VAZ St. Pölten Kelsengasse (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.loc.at, lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) Ted: That's a great idea! Do you any pictures of your setup and how you routed the wire between the motors? This sounds like something I would love to try. Thanks for the tip. -Dave (18 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | The Brick Testament - David loses a new son, gains a new hat
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(URL) The Brick Testament>'s first update of 2008 includes seven new illustrated stories from the continuing saga of (URL) King David>: (URL) Mourns the Eye-Gouger>, (URL) Aramaeans Killed>, (URL) of the Ammonites>, (URL) Commits Adultery, Murder>, (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
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