 | | Lego Club Magazine and S@H Catalog collection FS! (10+ years)
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I am selling my S@H catalog and Innovations, Brickkicks, Mania and Lego Magazine collections on eBay. I have 10+ years of complete runs. Take a look: (URL) great way to complete or start your colelction of Lego printed material. -- Thomas Main (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) Hmmm..... one major difference is that I didn't use the designer for any of my GUI. I wonder if that is why things are different. Kevin (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Railfest Torino-Moncalieri 2008
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Giuliano ha scritto: (...) Lo stesso vale per me, sempre che riesca a terminare qualcosa del plastico, visto che ho problemi a trovare il materiale per le basi... Luca, tu dove avevi reperito il materiale per farti quelle basi a pannello che avevi (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Railfest Torino-Moncalieri 2008
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(...) Peccato! Tienimi aggiornato comunque, non mi spiacerebbe venire e magari esporre qualche cosa ciao GIuliano (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) Well, I may be missing something, but why not? PF connectors will stack, so you could connect a bunch of PF battery boxes in parallel, and stack a bunch of PF motors off each output (again, in parallel). While this should be possible, I'm not (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Bleeping MOC stealers!!!
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(...) His account has been deleted. A lot of kids on MOCpages do this, sadly. - Sean, "MOCpolice" (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Bricking Bavaria 2008
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Ciao a tutti, sono tornato ieri sera da Monaco, dove si è (anzi, si sta ancora svolgendo) il Bricking Bavaria 2008. Quest'anno la manifestazione è stata ospitata dal centro commerciale Riem Arkaden e si è sviluppata all'interno dei 3 piani della (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Railfest Torino-Moncalieri 2008
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(...) In realtà proprio nessuna notizia... a questo punto salta tutta l'organizzazione che avevo preventivato. L'ultima possibilità è che la manifestazione si svolta lo stesso e io (e chi vuole) vi partecipi come espositore in maniera "privata", (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: QR Class 2800 redux
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(...) I'm in two minds about the new version. Its better, but because its better the proportions should be more , errr, proportionate. The first version was on the (highly detailed) borderline of in the style of an official Lego train and so the (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) From a train point of view, not an issue, simply have a loop (in the UK railway sense of the term. i.e. a double ended siding) and have another train bypass the charging train. tim (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Bleeping MOC stealers!!!
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I want to know who Patrick is... (URL) that is my MOC. You can find it in this gallery and many other NELUG galleries from 6-8 years ago! (Check the bottom row of the first page for example) (URL) it is old and this person problably thought I had (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) That sounds interesting, although thinking about it from the standpoint of robotics & robotic trains even more ideas are presenting themselves to me. I'm not sure how this would work with trains... if a discharging train hits a power section (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) You need to get some proper locos, with two cabs and some nice smooth bodywork between ;-) Tim (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Is anyone working on 32745?
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(...) Do you fancy a divide and conquer approach? If we each did different sections it might make it more possible. At the least it is a fairly easy part to subdivide. Tim (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: advice on what Mindstorms book(s) I should consider buying
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(...) This is my preferred RCX book too! Philo (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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--snip-- (...) --snip-- I would hope the box would be black too but I suspect the first PFS trainset will determine its colour (or colours if we're really lucky). Remember, though, that a lot can be concealed in the cab of a train leaving no more (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) Excellent idea, even if it means extending the battery by another two+ studs lengthwise. Another permutation to consider would be instead of recessing a half plate on each side, to make it a full plate thinner on both sides so that any surface (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) Here are my 2c on the entire thread thus far, I'm still concerned that the 4 wide battery is too wide to conceal in the hood of a 6 wide mode of a typical American road switcher (i.e., just about every American locomotive built since 1968). I (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) past, would it be possible to have a 4 stud wide footprint on the bottom and the have the rest of the side recessed similar to the headlight brick configuration.This will give the ability to build 6 wide hood units by providing a 4 x 8 plate (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | New Mindstorms Events
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(URL) While the complete Mindstorms event list is still being finalized and the rules are being polished, we wanted to take this opportunity to let you all know about a few new Mindstorms competitions we are introducing this year. First - there is (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX) !!
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) I figured that Development would be use by parts authors. I was offering it as an alternative to D:work_in_progress. LSynth it is. Kev (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: new moc: motorized ice skating castle
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(...) thanks, sean. kudos must be shared with jason who got my idea to work and used all his parts to do it! now that you've shown me the link, i recall seeing your moc! i agree that it's tricky to work with that thickness and get just the right (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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Broken Record... I'm reading this great thread and can't help but think that if everyone reads the article for a level set, then we can talk about the next level of details. I am NOT trying to brag but I have been over to Denmark 2 times (with some (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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For trains the Pf system does NOT require constant communication between the IR receiver and remote. And really how often do you control your trains at a train show. Currently most of us have only one train on a loop at a time at train shows, so you (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: QR Class 2800 redux
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(...) Less than three, Tim! Spotlighted! Thanks for sharing. Cheers Richie Dulin (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) read and understood. i'll refrain from complaining as over all i'm pretty excited about converting over to rc track and trains. i only wish i knew whether i should keep modifing rc track or wait. ondrew (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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Metal rails and metal wheels is a good solution. :) Those burned out motors turn out to be a great way to pickup power from rails (when properly modified) that can be rerouted to the battery box charging port. BTW there is some talk about the Pf (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) Perfect - many thx! Don't think there is any need for "development" but "<LDRAWDIR>LSynth" wouldn't hurt. You could then store all constraints and synthesis parts in that folder without the need to mix them with the official parts or rebuild (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: new moc: motorized ice skating castle
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Deborah: Kudos to you for getting this to work! I had a terrible time trying to do this a few years ago ((URL) ) the thickness of the "ice" (or "road" in my case) coupled with the friction of the tiles and the strength of the magnets, agh! I really (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | SW UCS 7191 or 7181 for your 4504 or 7190
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We'll try a new offer of trade, Star Wats for Star Wars! I plan on putting these on ebay on a few days but thought that I would try swapping them here first. We have a built, 99.9% complete Lego Star Wars X-Wing 7191 Ultimate Collector Series. Also (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) LDView has its main menu inside the .ui file for the main window. It was created and is maintained in QT Designer. Take a look at LDView.ui to see if there's anything obviously different there. --Travis (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | TRU sale March 28 to April 4
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TRU sale flyer good from Saturday March 28th to Friday April 4th. City Recycle Truck $14.97 (save $5, reg $19.99) (picture of 7991 Garbage Truck). Star Wars 7668 Rebel Scout Speeder or 7667 Imperial Drop Ship [sic] Assortment $9.87 (after even (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Is anyone working on 32745?
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(...) I wanted to start that part some month ago, but at a closer look I decided to not doing it because it is a real challenge. But I want that part very, very much. So please go ahead and make my dream come true. cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - David's Psalm of Victory
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Yay! I know, I'm way behind in commenting; I'll get there. I just wanted to celebrate that you've finally taken on a Psalm. I really like how you illustrate some of the more abstract scenes (like the line about the snares of Sheol) as opposed to (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: Railfest Torino-Moncalieri 2008
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(...) temo nessuna buona notizia?.... ciao! Matteo (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) All I get is a single menu item in the menu bar above the desktop. It says LPub. The contents of the menu are not from LPub though. I've built LPub using QMainWindow. It has a function that returns a pointer to the menuBar(). I build all my (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) I'm not too familiar with Qt or Trolltech's recommendations, so maybe someone else can help work out what you need to do. The Mac version of LDView 3.2 is a Qt app, so maybe Travis can get you started. The application bundle structure applies (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) Just out of curiosity, what IS in the menu bar when the LPub window is the current active window? --Travis (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) OK, that's very very strange. LDView's main menu "just worked" (mostly). I had to do some fixups to make it fit the Mac style, but it was perfectly usable without those. It "just works" when compiled with QT 4 also. (...) Menu" on a Mac isn't (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Shop @Home Phone Specials for Wednesday, March 26, 2008 to Tuesday, April 1, 2008
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Sorry for the delay, I am on leave for the week. There is not much on the phone special list this week. Remember to check the 50% off specials on-line as well. For those of us near a LEGO retail store, this is double loyalty stamp week. You may also (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | What to use? brickOS? leJOS? pbForth?
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Im a programmer so language isn't an issue. What's the status of these firmware replacements? I've looked around them some and I like BrickOs but I don't see any functions in there for the IO IR Port on the RCX! Is it just a better bet to stay with (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: new moc: motorized ice skating castle
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(...) i have been on a posting frenzy, i admit and i'm almost totally caught up. there are so many great mocs out there, i wish more people would take the time here on lugnet to tell us about them. glad you enjoyed the moc. more mesmerizing i think (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | The Brick Testament - David's Psalm of Victory
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WARNING: This post contains links to MOCs illustrating subject matter that may be considered inappropriate for children. (URL) The Brick Testament> is celebrating its 350th illustrated Bible story with the addition of an illustrated psalm that (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
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| | Re: Good News, Everyone!
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Whee! What a great MOC! So fully realized, so fun to look at from afar and right down to every last detail. Your dedication to getting each nuance just right really pays off. The duplication of the architecture of the Planet Express Headquarters is (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: advice on what Mindstorms book(s) I should consider buying
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My son really liked the book "Building Robots with Lego Mindstorms" by Ferrari, Ferrari, and Hempel, because it teaches design principles, rather than just giving step-by-step instructions. (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: new moc: motorized ice skating castle
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Wow, Deborah. You've posted so much great stuff just now, but this one in particular really caught me eye. It's a brilliant idea and very nicely executed. I really like the design of your minifig ice skaters, the rink itself is classy, and it's (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) I believe a MAC version mklist utility used to generate the PARTS.LST file comes bundled with the OS-X version of ldglite. Source code is available, so anyone can build it on whatever platform they like. There may be better ways to build the (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) So, popup menus work, but my main menu does not show up. I found this information on trolltech: (URL) I don't know what it means to run out of a bundle. Qmake created lpub.app Contents Info.plist MacOS PkgInfo Info.plist contains <?xml version (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) <snip> LPub does not need a total list of parts, so it doesn't have to scan all the paths. It does need the titles of parts that are used however. Since parts.lst is a precomupted list of some of them, LPub reads it and puts the contents in an (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Impressioni su alcuni set
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Negli ultimi giorni (causa malattia) sono costretto a casa e mi sto dilettando con alcuni set. 3825 Krusty Krab L'ho comprato essenzialmente per i pezzi in particolare ero interessato alla baseplate 16x32 tan. Ho approfittato ovviamente dello sconto (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) Hi Don, It worked! Now I just have to figure out how to get my main menu and popup menus to work on the Mac from Qt! Thanks! Kevin (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: advice on what Mindstorms book(s) I should consider buying
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(...) Hi Jonathan, If you're looking for a great introduction to RIS 2.0 and would like some building instructions, I recommend "Definitive Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS, Second Edition" by Dave Baum. If you're looking for tons of interesting ides but (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Is anyone working on 32745?
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Hi all, Just thought I'd check to see if anyone was working on part 32475 ((URL) It's a horrid part to work on so I'm hoping someone has but realise it's probably unlikely. Thanks, Tim (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) The problem with Bluetooth, WiFi, Wireless USB and any other kind of radio frequency transmission would be the horsepower requirements required to decode it (i.e. microprocessor or custom ASIC both of which require extra circuitry to make them (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | advice on what Mindstorms book(s) I should consider buying
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I own a RIS 2.0 and an Ultimate Accessory Kit (with the remote control) along with a large collection of technic (such as 8448, 8466, 8431 and more) and would like recommendations from people here as to books that would be good to buy to expand my (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Sproket is Science Fantasy!
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(...) And to me reminds me the Howl's Moving Castle movie. Very cool :) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Lego Technic Pneumatic 8459, 8880, 8462, and others!
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We have a few items ending in a couple days...... (URL) 20 auctions in all. Be sure to check them all out. We'll take a Millenium Falcon as payment for anything you win at going prices. (7190 or 4504) Thanks (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: LEGO 9V Train Communication III
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(...) Anche a me ispirano questi treni! Anche io ho "alcuni" RCX che volevo dedicare agli scambi e ai semafori.! Penso che lo svilupperò ugualmente! Giuliano (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: New primitives?
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(...) Mathematics to use 1-8tdisk is easy, divide the width by 0.707 and height by 0.293 (1-(sqrt(2)/2) to get size of the tdisk. Move the center accordingly. Yes I have used that trick several times, using regular disc/ndis primitives, inlining (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | QR Class 2800 redux
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(2 URLs) flickr> (URL) BS> Hi all, Two and a half years ago I (URL) posted> a (URL) QR Class 2800> locomotive. Today I've revisited it. I think the new version might be a tad better. Comments and criticisms welcome, Tim (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | RCX Code Programming and Bot Samples?
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I've been away a long while. How are RCXs currenlty programmed? I used a C type program before and I liked it a lot, is that still used? Also, is there a good central site for RCX bot builds? Thanks! Rich ___...___ Be a better friend, newshound, and (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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I agree that the lack of traction is still one of the biggest hindrances to the new system. My latest trains (to be revealed at BrickWorld) have eight of the new RC-type wheels that are all powered, yet they barely get any traction! Has anyone tried (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) Thanks guys for all the help. I grabbed BrickSmith and moved the ldraw folder that came with it to /Library. I wanted both anyhow so it seemed to be the way to go. Then I built a new (universal?) ldglite with your static libpng and some (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Need 2 RCX green battery trays
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Hi, I need two RCX battery trays (the green part) anyone have any idea where I can get them? Many thanks! Rich ___...___ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. (URL) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Spinning Sombrero
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(...) Thanks for the feedback, Bob! If you enjoyed the Sombrero, you may like to have a look at my other recent amusement park ride, the (URL) Ghost Train>: (URL) (...) I'll see what I can do. I'm not really sure what more detail there is to show, (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) I was thinking of switching to radio control. From what I've read regarding IR systems, it should be straight forward to to modify LEGO IR transmitters and receivers to work with small radio modules. Converting them to transmit the unmodulated (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New primitives?
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(...) I agree with you in all points. But if I see that also you are thinking that capped cylinders are useful maybe there is somebody out who can write a prog for that. I have tried something similar in the past and was not very happy with the (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) Even if it's a different firmware version of the IR link that does not have a timeout feature - that would be an intersting stop-gap. Ralph (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New primitives?
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(...) I think I can follow your thoughts. Have you tried that (48/1-8tdisc) already in some items with different curvatures? If yes and you have found out that this can also be used without dramatically mathematics (I prefer to use triangles so I (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) The nice thing is that the IRLink is a module by itself and there is nothing preventing LEGO from making a module that accepts radio signals in the future. Probably, I'd end up suggesting Bluetooth or Zigbee over Wifi, or even a proprietary (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Inappropriate(?) use of stud.dat in 30035.dat
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(...) You are right, but there are only three lines of code (easily created with MLCad) that would be substituted with such a new primitive. I think it is not worth. cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Inappropriate(?) use of stud.dat in 30035.dat
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(...) OK, I sent an updated version to the tracker admins, and BFCd it while I was at it. --Travis (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Logo ideas
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(...) Snipped, wow Rob, these are great. I have a few others that have been submitted so Im going to add them all to one file, and then as a group we can decide which logo we will go with. Thank you, and if you have anymore ideas, please keep (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | Re: New primitives?
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(...) I would use the cylinder as model, with the cap at Y=0 on top and an edge at bottom. But I somehow agree with Steve Bliss that it may be overkill if we decline capped cylinder in all angles... Philo (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) I agree that IR is not ideal for all the reasons previously listed. I hope WiFi is a consideration for a later release. Line of site controlers just are not practical for large layouts but I would guess we will find a way to manage. The (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New primitives?
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(...) A few examples where I would use the 48\1-8tdisc (to use Travis naming suggestion): 58135s01 (rounded sides), 464s01, 54096, 61068 For the 48\1-8tndis (less useful I agree), an example would be 3455. In many case you can stretch a bit the (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New primitives?
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(...) One concern about capped cylinders is that they would lead more multiples of cylinders - single-capped cylinders, double-capped cylinders, 1/4 capped cylinders, 2/4 capped cylinders, Hi-res 3/8 double-capped cylinders, etc. etc. And every (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) One of those. (...) No. They don't distribute the full library; you would have to merge together all the updates with the original LDraw DOS package. Not fun. (...) Wherever you want it. If Bricksmith is installed, you can find out where the (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) This was precisely what I was discussing with Abner at a recent show. What happens with the IR trains at a show like Brickworld? I have to admit that it will be pretty funny to mess another layout's trains...for the first 5 minutes. Once the (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Please let me have some example where they are useful. I found during authoring parts that, just for rounded parts, you would need lots of such truncated primitives, but they would need to be truncated anywhere and not only the way this new (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Several people, myself included, have tried Lithium camera batteries in the RC trains. They run for 4-6 hours, and can be recharged in 15 minutes. I would hope that the Lego battery box would be similar. That, coupled with fixing the traction (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Here are some rough calculations to estimate the longevity of the announced battery. Li-poly technology offers 300Wh per litre[1]. The battery box will be 4x8x5 lu (4 bricks high=5 studs) = 32*64*40mm3 Assuming 2mm thick walls, that leaves (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I love all of them--but this one is hte best Dave K (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | From The BrickEngraver
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Free first printed issue of BrickJournal for any order over $50.00. I bought a brick of Journals so thought would run a special. Contact me at tfa@brickengraver.com (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: LEGO 9V Train Communication III
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(...) Ottimo (...) molto bene, spero che non sia troppo invasivo e non occupi molto spazio all'interno della motrice. (...) eccellente idea "riciclare i pezzi vecchi" (...) Spero che venga meglio rispetto al set 7897, dove le cabine non erano (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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OK one more - sort of a negative space meets a 1x3 thing: (URL) The only drawback is this one must have 2 colours. -Rob A> (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) It's been talked about before. The old 12v components might work here. From the 1970s era 12v, there is a brick with metal stud contacts that could be used for the pickup from the 12v power rails. Frank (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oh, and should the cap be at Y=0, or should the base be at Y=0? (For reference, with the stud primitive, the base is at Y=0.) --Travis (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) OK, so I'll make this primitive, but which way should it face? Should it face up, like the stud primitive, or should it face down, like the box primitives? --Travis (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I came up with a few logo ideas. These were quickly thrown together in my lunch break and are intended as starting points. 1x1 OBB: (URL) Round 1x1 and two doors: (URL) Same but obverse (showing the door handles): (URL) And lastly a somewhat more (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | Dear LEGO...
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I don't ask for much--I buy lots of your product and I like to think I'm a good 'private' ambassador for your wares. I would just like one thing... well, two things really... See, I was building my latest 948 go-cart in reddish brown-- (2 URLs) And (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) First of all, I like the idea of a unit capped cylinder. The stud could then be changed to a reference to the new primitive. We could use x-ycylc as the filenames and call the primitive Cylinder Capped. This would be consistent with the (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) This looks really good! However, could you please take some more detailed shots of this MOC which would be great? Also, adding some photoshopped negative atmospheric type pics would be awesome as those always tend to help bring out the details (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Spinning Sombrero
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(...) This looks really good! However, could you please take some more detailed shots of this MOC which would be great? Also, adding some photoshopped negative atmospheric type pics would be awesome as those always tend to help bring out the details (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Sproket is Science Fantasy!
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(...) Very Cool Mark. It reminds me of the IronKingdoms/Warmachine fantasy worlds. Very evocative and well executed. (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | FS: Many older Star Wars sets, complete w/ instructions & minifigs
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Unless otherwise noted, sets are loose and come with all mini-figs and instructions. Sets come from a non-smoking adult fan (me ). I basically just built the sets and put them on a shelf in my office. Feel free to contact me at meow@flamingkitty.com (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Good News, Everyone!
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Great job Matt! I always wondered how someone would pull off creating the Planet Express ship in LEGO and you did a great job of it. I love all the characters too, I agree with the others that this would make a awesome LEGO set...I'm sure the LEGO (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés mardi 25 mars 2008
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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. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** Troisième annonce Train LEGO 9V ** par Erik (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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In addition to the unit capped cylinder I suggested here (URL) I'd also like to see some truncated disc and ndis primitives, like the red ones shown below (the truncated disc can also be seen as a half chrd primitive). (URL) This would help building (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO 9V Train Communication III
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Marco Chiappa ha scritto: (...) Beh ora si comincia a ragionare... :) (...) oh iea! Questi treni PF cominciano a starmi simpatici... Certo che proprio adesso che ho comprato un RCX 1.0 per controllare gli scambi... Alex (17 years ago, 26-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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