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(...) Tim, You are absolutely correct in describing the minifigure as an unrealistic model of a person. If minfigures were real people they would resemble some of the unhealthiest humans with big head and extremely overweight bodies. I think the (...) (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Indeed. I think the use of the term 'minifig scale' is just a turn of phrase. (...) A striking silhouette indeed, though I wonder if your silhouette is representative of humanity. Hmmm... perhaps there are members of the community who are more (...) (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Legal to sell "reverse engineered" copies of LEGO stickers?
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(...) Actually, I'd like to know whether the projected pricing will by any means match the effort. If so, trying to find original sticker sheets may become very attractive price-wise (since there are usually more than just one type of sticker on the (...) (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have used vector graphics to replicate logos on occasion, and the nature of the process may give some insight into the legality of this. Say we're duplicating a logo: first, an image or scan of the logo is imported into the vector graphics (...) (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.general)
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Hi all, Of late I've noticed a resurgence in the use of 'minifig scale' as a term. Being a mathematically inclined pedant I tend to take issue with this term as minifigs are so deformed it strikes me as impossible to define a single 'scale' to them. (...) (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: 58231.DAT Slope 33 3 x 6 is wrong type
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(...) 58231 is the "opaque" version. 51818 is the "transparent". Same shape, as you note by noticing the dual stamping of codes. -- joshua (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Finalmente sono pronte, ecco le foto del LEGOfest: (URL) (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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(...) --snip-- (...) I'm terribly happy to see colourful passenger rakes make a comeback. I'm far too lazy to make them myself but they do look excellent when done as well as this one. Tim (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. Hopefully next year we can get together at Brickworld and have a big steam up. Cale (URL) (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) That guy who calls himself "Onideus" on BrickLink is Matthew Moulton. Enough said. Adr. (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm not sure they'll be able to stop laughing at the idea long enough to make any arguments. But I could be wrong. Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I recall hearing once that the 'copy' has to be at least 15% different to not be considerd plagiarism. Allister (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have to say, that really makes the case for eight wide! It just looks 'right' Tim (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I'm not sure it's even physically possible to reverse engineer an image. He could reverse engineer the process used to produce the stickers, but the images themselves can't be taken apart. Even if he's hand drawing each image line by line, it (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.general)
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Is it legal to sell "reverse engineered" copies of LEGO stickers? Such as here: (URL) This guy is claiming that because they're "reverse engineered" from the originals that they're not "copies" and are therefore exempt from copyright protection. (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Asking for RIS 2.0 patch under Windows XP
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(...) That did it :) However I also installed the Ultimate Builders Set, which gives me a similar error, as well as complaining about a broken Quicktime installation. I saw on the Lego website that this is because of a recent Quicktime version, but (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Maryland & Pennsylvania RR 4-4-0 #6
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(...) Cale, you're my hero! I've struggled with 4 wheeled pony trucks, and this is the first one using the small BBB wheels I've seen that negotiates around the pistons in one piece. I'm not a big fan of attaching the rail guard to the pony truck, (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Dalylight train, Southern Pacific Coast
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(...) Fantastic work! I've always loved this train, the color scheme is just so striking. The solution you've used to get the cars so close together is something I very well may have to look into myself for my Tequila Sunrise. The idea of having the (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I'm teaching this week using laptops running on Vista. The laptops also have the full suite of Adobe software. Under these conditions, the models do not show up. The models momentarily blink onto the screen, then the display goes blank. I suspect (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Trebuchet
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(...) Ben, Thanks for the info, The trebuchet I built is much bigger than the one that you sent me a link to. I had to make it bigger to get enough weight to toss a 2x2 brick more than three feet. I think I can modify it with some ideas I got from (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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