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(...) Nice work on your LEGO® den. I especially like the pegboard walls! Walls like that open up so many cool storage and display possibilities. I also like that you have your computer set up down there as well. Must be very handy if you build in (...) (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.storage, FTX)
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| | Re: A question about Flextronics & brick opacity
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(...) Hey Tim, Thanks for the reply! I'm very glad to hear that TLG is aware of these issues and taking steps to address them. I've made my peace with the color change (although I haven't adopted them yet!), but this variance in the other colors in (...) (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | Renos in my new place and my new Lego room
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Last week I removed a wall in the basement of our new house to open up the 70's style Family room to the Lego room Shots of the lego room (URL) Shots of the reno if any one is intrested. (URL) Jeff VW (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Minifig scale?
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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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| | Re: Minifig scale?
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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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| | Re: Legal to sell "reverse engineered" copies of LEGO stickers?
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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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| | Minifig scale?
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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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| | ItLUG LEGO fest Ballabio 2008: foto
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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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| | Re: Dalylight train, Southern Pacific Coast
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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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| | Re: Maryland & Pennsylvania RR 4-4-0 #6
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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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| | Re: Legal to sell "reverse engineered" copies of LEGO stickers?
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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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| | Re: Legal to sell "reverse engineered" copies of LEGO stickers?
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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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| | Re: 8-Wide Rutland Gondola
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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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| | Re: Legal to sell "reverse engineered" copies of LEGO stickers?
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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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| | Legal to sell "reverse engineered" copies of LEGO stickers?
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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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| | NXT-G Models in Vista
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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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| | Mona Lisa
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The Mona Lisa uses a pointillist style that I first saw in Roy Cook’s Aayla Secura Pointillist Mosaic winner of best mosaic at Brickfest 2006. My method differs slightly from Roy’s. Roy attached his 1x1 round plates to Technic bricks. I attached my (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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| | Re: Dalylight train, Southern Pacific Coast
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(...) Mathew: Spotlighted! Wow! I love that articulation work and the way you did your bogie plates. Some ideas there that I have not seen before. The bricks Tommy did look great and I love the color scheme of these cars. Thanks for the link to the (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO set 4999 Vestas (please release it)
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(...) Yes I agree. The set should be avaiable to everyone. A set like that should be spread and shown everywhere, also for the important idea to sensibilize people to alternative energies. Only AFOLS can do that, I don't think most of Vestas (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Owl Tower
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Hi Happy Builders, Long time not been showing (off) some building ideas. Now that I've cleaned my Lego corner I came around my Owl Tower. Just an idea I wanted to picture: an tower formed with owl-heads. Structure is like Hagrid's Hut (1st one). (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: LEGO set 4999 Vestas (please release it)
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This is one set that I would buy if released to the public. Great design, PF, pieces on different colors and awesome theme! (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés mercredi 23 juillet 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 jour. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** Danger au Pérou, l'avion d'Indy (7628) ** par Erik (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | July SANDLUG Meeting
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The July SANDLUG meeting will be on Saturday July 26 from 6:30 PM - ??? at Matt & Dawn's home. We're sticking with our regular meeting date of the 4th Saturday of the month. The meeting time is later than usual because rumor has it that perhaps 1 or (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.org.us.sandlug)
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| | 8-Wide Rutland Gondola
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Here's my first attempt at 8-wide, a scaled up version of my Rutland gondola. (URL) For the full story, see my post on the (URL) Trains-n-Town> website. -Elroy (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Blender to LDraw exporter (Blend2Dat v0.2)
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Here ya go. (URL) (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: F/V Northwestern (from 'Deadliest Catch')
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I'm a big fan of the show. Love the boat - it captures the essence of Northwestern, for sure. One thing Lego would never make, but needed to add that final touch of reality - cigarettes. Lots of 'em. :-) (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: A question about Flextronics & brick opacity
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(...) Although I can't find a copy right now I know TLG have released a press release or two on this type of issue. There were quality issues caused in part by Flextronic (hinted at on the release and now by the end of the deal) and in part by new (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | Re: A question about Flextronics & brick opacity
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(...) Hey Dave! :-) I remember that first thread, but hadn't heard that TLG was going to return to a more directly involved management of parts production. I'm greatly relieved to hear it! I was worried that I might have to stop buying new product (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | 5616, with modifications
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Hello, everyone, So you know, I'm a newbie at posting to LUGNET. Now that that's out of the way... I was looking at my Mars Mission stuff a few days ago and noticed that the robot in set 5616 resembles a robot in a favorite short film of mine. I (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFair Technic Display
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(...) Yeah, I will need 24 foot tall ceilings....I will have a few of my creations there this year! Can't wait... (now if I can just get that dang crane finished in time....) -Alvin. (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Dalylight train, Southern Pacific Coast
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Thanks to a very timely arrival of engraved parts from Tommy Armstrong, I was able to finish the assembly of my Coast Daylight passenger cars at the NMRA show last week. (URL) All photos and cad files on Brickshelf after moderation: (URL) I so far (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Worm gear... whence the length?
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(...) Hi Brian, obviously you are working hard on Nadar 2.0 :) Also read about your Little Joe free-fall on H.A.L.E and I wish you very good look with that! ;-) Two NXTs in one single mission is of great courage... For the worm gear issue I also (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Worm gear... whence the length?
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Hi Brian, (...) I have used thin slices of LEGO corrugated tubes as washer for that. Works fine, but I can't guarantee it would work for a long time without wear... Philo (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Blender to LDraw exporter (Blend2Dat v0.2)
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Hello Stefan, (...) Where is this script available? Philo (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Set 4898 Coast Guard Boat finns nu på SF bio
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(...) Haha måste nog, som jag skrivit på Eurobricks, pistolhota grannen eller nått. Vi har snackat om att fara på bio i snart ett år men han har aldrig tid när det väl kommer till kritan. :( Undrar hur de reagerar om man köper tio st "Kids meal" (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Set 4898 Coast Guard Boat finns nu på SF bio
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Hej alla! För er som gillar nya Coast Guard serien rekommenderas ett besök på närmaste SF-bio där den ingår i "Kids meal:et" med läsk & popcorn. Jag är osäker på om den kommer att släppas i affär. Här kan ni se en liten review som jag gjort: (URL) (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | 40% off sale at TRU (Racers, Exo-Force, Aquaraiders)
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It is a bit of a stealth sale, as you have to really look for it to know it is there. The one page sheet available at the door (and online) shows: "40% off ALL* these LEGO brands. Exo-Force Racers Aqua Raiders *excludes clearance. Selection varies (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | NXT programming with Logo
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I've been lurking with interest, teach intro robotics in middle school among other tech subjects, and wonder if any of you use the latest version of MicroWorlds EX Robotics, V 1.6, to program NXT robots. I just found out about that capability so (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Shop @Home Phone Specials for Wednesday, July 23, 2008 to Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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Item# 8152 LEGO Racers Speed Chasing Retail Price Sale Price $12.99 Sale Price $7.99 Item #8910 Bionicle Kongu Retail Price Sale Price $9.99 Sale Price $4.98 Item #B112 EXO-FORCE™ Collector’s Guide Retail Price Sale Price $5.99 Sale Price $2.98 Item (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: How to hide wires for Train Layout
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Thanks for your idea. Can you show me some picture about your suggestion, I am not sure about it. (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Chinese Lion Dance
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(...) Wow this thing is great. It takes me back to the Reading Rainbow episode where Levar Burton was in Chinatown. On a side note, the at-the-time brother-in-law to be of Dan Rubin is actually a practioner of the Lion dancing. I begged him to have (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | Re: BugLab - a mobile laboratory
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(...) Hello Duane, thanks for your reply. You're right in the end it came out quite complex. But it simply evolved that way. Cheers (URL) Marco> (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Worm gear... whence the length?
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(...) Neither. I actually purchased those from Mindsensors. They sell a thinner, flexible cable with NXT-style plugs. For the HALE mission (what this payload is aimed at - launch in 7 days or so), every gram counts, and I realized that at least in (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: San Diego Coaster train
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Just an update. I got to run my SD Coaster train at the NMRA 2008 show. What a blast. But even more fun for me was seeing Swoofty's Metrolink version. Seems he never saw James Mathis version, and he based his on mine. I also got a chance to run my (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mjlighet att vinna LEGO Collector's Guide & LEGO Collector Premium Edition
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Uj, vilket monsterprojekt! Den mannen har mycket tid. :) Den där cd:n låter som nåt man kan skriva med på önskelistan till jultomten lite senare under året. Tills dess hoppas jag på att vinna en bok. /Tommy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anders (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Möjlighet att vinna LEGO Collector's Guide & LEGO Collector Premium Edition
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(...) aldrig riktigt brytt mig om att kolla upp den närmare förrens nu. Jag måste säga att jag tycker att den låter betydligt intressantare än LEGO Collectors Guide! /Johan LEGOBloggen: (URL) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Asking for RIS 2.0 patch under Windows XP
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I had this error message on a Vista system. RIS 2.0 worked fine the first time I ran it, but gave this error every subsequent time (even if I uninstalled/reinstalled it). Memory definitely wasn't an issue since the system had 4GB RAM plus swap (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Jimbo has a rough day
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(2 URLs) flickr> - (URL) linusbohman.se> When the one-eyed snaked attacked, the two friends forgot to check their footing. Jimbo lost an arm and a leg to a mine, and it looked like his buddy Frank was about to lose even more. One could argue that (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Mazda LEGO sculptures & contest
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Hi everyone... This past spring, Mazda commissioned LEGO sculptures of their sporty hatchback car, the MazdaSpeed3... one for every dealership in Mexico. They are currently on display at auto dealerships across the country throughout July and August (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: Blender to LDraw exporter (Blend2Dat v0.2)
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Hi again, I've finished up a new version of my Blender2Ldraw Exporter. You can now drop it into the .blender>scripts directory and it'll automatically show up in the Export menu. It now rotates exported objects to compensate for a difference in the (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Möjlighet att vinna LEGO Collector's Guide & LEGO Collector Premium Edition
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(...) Jag rekommenderar Gary Istoks CD med Lego-historia. Den nya utgåvan lär innehålla ännu mycket mer data. (URL) Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: BugLab - a mobile laboratory
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(...) Simply amazing. Or more like, complexly amazing. (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Nu kickstartar vi SweLug!!!
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(...) Skulle väldigt gärna närvara men det vette F-N om jag har tid, pengar och nån MOC att ta med mig. Har ju just rivit precis allt utom en WIP... /Johan LEGOBloggen: (URL) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Möjlighet att vinna LEGO Collector's Guide & LEGO Collector Premium Edition
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(...) Har redan anmält mig. :) Skulle ha köpt den om det inte vore för att informationen verkar lite otillförlitlig. :( (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Mjlighet att bulkkpa LEGO till BRA priser fr oss
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(...) Det verkar gälla att vara på hugget. För både idag och igår dök det upp nyheter på morgonen och det bästa ryker snabbt. Och av båda dagars nyheter är det bara BURPS kvar /Johan LEGOBloggen: (URL) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | BrickFair deadlines
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BrickFair deadlines: August 10th Register and pay by 8/10/08 to be included in the program guide. We go to press August 11th (extended from August 1st). August 18th Register and pay by 8/18/08 to get your BrickFair name badge. After 8/18/08 (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: Asking for RIS 2.0 patch under Windows XP
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(...) I have just encountered this exact problem, but on Windows Vista. Did you find a solution? Could you please tell me what you did? Thanks in advance Luca (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mjlighet att bulkkpa LEGO till BRA priser fr oss
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(...) Hej Tommy! Ja, utbudet är begränsat och det är väl inte alltid det som man behöver just för tillfället dyker upp. Tråkigt att du inte hittade något för dig, jag tycker dock att priserna var ok. Micke (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Möjlighet att vinna LEGO Collector's Guide & LEGO Collector Premium Edition
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Hej! LEGO ger oss möjligheten att vinna en av tio st LEGO Collector's Guide eller en av 1 st LEGO Collector Premium Edition. Så här gör du: Registrera dig hos 1000steine här: (URL) ange SweLug. Lotteriet avslutas 1:a Augusti. Läs mer om böckerna (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Trains At BrickFair
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(URL) Hey Train folks, I was hoping that I could get a quick count of those LTC's and non-LTC affiliated individuals that are planning on coming to BrickFair. I'm also hoping that one of you kind train people will want to assist the BrickFair Team (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Trains At BrickFair
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(URL) Hey Train folks, I was hoping that I could get a quick count of those LTC's and non-LTC affiliated individuals that are planning on coming to BrickFair. I'm also hoping that one of you kind train people will want to assist the BrickFair Team (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Ghost
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(...) Bob, It was constructed with RTV Silicon Molds. Took a while to design the molds to keep all the interior spaces and only have 2 part molds for each part, but that was my goal. I really undertook the project to help teach myself a bit more (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | BrickFair Technic Display
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At (URL) BrickFair> this year there will be a display of all things Technic! Bring yourself and your Technic MOCs to DC this Labor Day Weekend and show what you've been up to with those Technic pieces. Spinning, moving, actuated, powered, (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Worm gear... whence the length?
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(...) Rafe (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Worm gear... whence the length?
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(...) Thanks Mark - those are nice designs. In my case I needed the precision, but I also needed a very compact implementation *and* it had to mount to an NXT motor: (URL) pretty happy with the design, but the slop really needed to be compensated (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Worm gear... whence the length?
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(...) Hi Brian, If you're struggling with worm gaps for your leadscrew, this pic of my crane worm gearbox might help: (URL) worm is two worms long, plus two pairs of old type (crennellated) half bushes (small pulleys) and an old type 14-tooth bevel (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics)
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| | backstage
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Ok, lo ammetto e' un bel po' che non mi faccio vivo... Ancora nessuna notizia sul "Minifig" che stiamo aspettando...ma e' imminente e vi terro' informati. Questo mio msg e' solo per linkarvi questo sito interessante (magari lo conoscete gia'...in (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.org.it)
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| | Re: Ghost
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(...) This is really cool! The trans fig can also be used for Tron figs, if underlit...or if they were compatible with LEGO minifig parts, there could be a Star Trek transporter effect done with a blinky light. Joe (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | New Mocs
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Hi guys, i just posted these new mocs: (URL) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: New display at Myer Sydney
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hmmmm, they look like my 112 8L axles ? Steve (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Annoucing My New Website
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(URL) Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you all know about my new website and my new book. There have been hundreds of people over the years that have asked me how they could learn to build like the Master Model Builders and my answer is my new (...) (16 years ago, 21-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Re: Nocturnal Rampage - A Record Store
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Wow, those minifig metal albums are adorable!! Nice store too. -Brendan (16 years ago, 21-Jul-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | 58231.DAT Slope 33 3 x 6 is wrong type
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Hi, Again while going through LGEO, i discovered 58231.DAT to be Slope 33 3 x 6, old version (as 3939), only 58181.DAT is new version without inner walls. All real parts 58181 I own have numbers 58181 and 58231 molded, so I think 58231.DAT should (...) (16 years ago, 21-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Worm gear... whence the length?
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(...) That would make sense, but for the fact that the worm gear is ten years older than the gearbox that you cited. The only reason that the worm gear had to be made a tiny bit less than 2 studs long was so that when you put it between two TECHNIC (...) (16 years ago, 21-Jul-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: My Own Diorama - The Construction Site
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(...) Oh gez - don't tell my wife that! She loves pink :^( (16 years ago, 21-Jul-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Ghost
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(...) From what I took from this post: (URL), MOCs should not be placed in the "lugnet.announce" group, but just in the "lugnet.announce.moc" group like you did. I'm afraid that I'm not seeing any resemblance to Obi-wan, but that may just be because (...) (16 years ago, 21-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | Re: How to hide wires for Train Layout
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(...) Your extensive use of wiring requires that you raise you layout off of the baseplates. Using large bricks (4 x 16) or building a surface of 2 x 4 or similar bricks and raise your track by one brick level would allow for small conduits where (...) (16 years ago, 21-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Trebuchet
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(...) James Brink built a minifig scale Crusader Trebuchet several years ago: (URL) You may also find other examples of trebuchets posted on <www.classic-castle.com> Ben (16 years ago, 21-Jul-08, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | How to hide wires for Train Layout
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I like to control LEGO trains by RCXs, here is my newest MOC, Train, Car and Level Crossing Automatic Control System. please check photo at (URL) video at (URL) will find a lot of wires because I used 4 RCXs to control 3 segment tracks, 3 switch (...) (16 years ago, 21-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NXT-G print to text?
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(...) Nice defense! I'm sure the NI engineers have anticipated the complexities you've mentioned. Hence, no scary print-to-text. However, I'm not asking for anything so ambitious. I hold that a print-to-text within the context of plain NXT-G (no (...) (16 years ago, 21-Jul-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Nocturnal Rampage - A Record Store
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(...) [--snip!--] (...) Wicked! Spotlighted. A totally awesome MOC! I particularly like the labels you did for the minifig records - they look great! Cheers, J.P. Manalo (16 years ago, 21-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Worm gear... whence the length?
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"Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:K49Az5.87G@lugnet.com... (...) The problems with the worm gear that you describe are due to the fact that it has to fit into this part in this set and others, which was designed to accomodate (...) (16 years ago, 20-Jul-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Ghost
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(...) Well Bob, Here is where I posted it: lugnet.build.minifigs It is a Minifig lugnet.parts.custom It is a custom lugnet.parts.mod It is made of modified Parts lugnet.announce Hey LOOK what I made lugnet.announce.moc Hey, this is My Own Custom, (...) (16 years ago, 20-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | Trebuchet
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Folks, Does anyone have any recommendations for how to build a functioning trebuchet that is minifig scale? I have tried it several times and it always comes out too large. The other issue I have is making a trigger that doesn't snag when it goes (...) (16 years ago, 20-Jul-08, to lugnet.castle)
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Folks, Does anyone have any recommendations for how to build a functioning trebuchet that is minifig scale? I have tried it several times and it always comes out too large. The other issue I have is making a trigger that doesn't snag when it goes (...) (16 years ago, 20-Jul-08, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Whole Collection for Sale
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I had them in storage for several years, and now that I've had them out for several months, they just don't bring me the joy they used to, and I find my priorities in life have changed. Here's my set list: (URL) are a lot of miscellaneous parts as (...) (16 years ago, 20-Jul-08, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Submission for MOTM/SOTM/POTM closes in a week
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Hi folks, we still seek some entries for the MOTM/SOTM/POTM contest: (URL) currently have 4 entries for the MOTM, 4 for the POTM and none for the SOTM. As you might know we will run these contests only if there are a minimum of five entries. Please (...) (16 years ago, 20-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: ItLUG LEGO fest Ballabio: bilancio e ringraziamenti
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Ora che ho finito di sistemare (quasi) tutto, mi associo anch'io ai ringraziamenti a tutti coloro che hanno partecipato, in particolare agli organizzatori per il magnifico lavoro! Gabriele (16 years ago, 20-Jul-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: ItLUG LEGO fest Ballabio: bilancio e ringraziamenti
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Con immenso ritardo mi associo anche io ai ringraziamenti per l'organizzazione ineccepibile a gestire l'evento ed a risolvere prontamente tutte le richieste degli espositori in tempo da record ... Detto questo passo a ringraziare tutti per i bei (...) (16 years ago, 20-Jul-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Castle theme at BrickFair
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BrickFair is right around the corner, this labor day weekend in DC. I'll be coordinating the Castle display this year- so who's coming? What are you bringing? I'd like to get an idea of whether we'll have enough mocs to produce a castle city as has (...) (16 years ago, 20-Jul-08, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.events)
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| | Re: ItLUG LEGO fest Ballabio: bilancio e ringraziamenti
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Anche io Ringrazio tutti per i bei momenti passati in compagnia. Francesco (16 years ago, 20-Jul-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Golishar T - armed and dangerous
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Hi Tim, (...) so we have something in common. It was my favourite too until I started with the refined version early this year. Will post it soon... Cheers (URL) Marco> (16 years ago, 20-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Golishar T - armed and dangerous
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Hi Tim, (...) so we have something in commom. It was my favourite too until I started with the refined version early this year. Will post it soon... Cheers (URL) Marco> (16 years ago, 20-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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