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Name of Theme: Communication Short description of Theme: Small sets that show how we communicate with eachother. Three possible sets for Theme with descriptions: 1) TV Studio 2) Site Reporter at some interesting site -- not a disaster, maybe a (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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Name of Theme: Learning for Life Short description of Theme: Provide setting that demonstrate that learning continues for life. Three possible sets for Theme with descriptions: 1) Library - books, computer, files, readers 2) University / School - (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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Name of Theme: the other side Short description of Theme: Things that any kid should know about. Three possible sets for Theme with descriptions: 1) Homeless shelter - a dorm and kitchen for all, simple, but adequate 2) Unemployment office - lines (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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I have been working at making a monster truck with 8466 wheels. Everything was going well until I was sorting out the propulsion. Has anyone had any sucess in motorising a large model that would travel at a reasonable speed? I think that there is a (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic)
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I finally figured out how to list my pictures, wasn't too hard. Here are pictures of my Lego room. I had a few people email me and ask if I really had all these lego sets that I list on Lugnet, so here are the pictures of some of them. Also if (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mona Lisa
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(...) Jason, Using MS Paint, I made and saved about 140 drawings of circles of various colors atop squares of various colors. I omitted combinations where the pieces were rare (1 x 1 orange plates, 1 x 1 round green plates, etc. ) After I saved all (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the vote of confidence. I do try to keep my inner pedant under control as much as possible ;) But in this specific case I think pedant is quite applicable. Tim (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Wow, have not really seen the word "pedant" used in a long while--maybe since studying for the SATs back in Age of Aquarius so I had to look it up again. One who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules. One who exhibits one's (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) --snip-- (...) Hey Tommy, I agree for the most part and certainly don't keep to a single scale in my own dioramas (or even work completely to scale on many models). Selective compression, forced perspective and other techniques are very useful (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) It would be nice to scale a barbie profile to the average female height and add her to the picture. Although I get mildly irked by the abuse of 'minifig scale' the main reason I did this was 'cause I thought it would look funny. (...) Perhaps (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Oh they're high on the list. And you just gave me a very big incentive! Meanwhile, I have been able to investigate LPub this weekend. I am very impressed. This is a night-and-day difference from the previous version. It's great to see all the (...) (16 years ago, 14-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: VW Beetle set (10187) now with power functions!
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(...) Very nicely done, David! (...) Not exactly cheap, but: (URL) - Due to the placement of the battery, the rear seat back is no longer angled. (...) Yes it's always hard to retro-fit such functions to sets not designed for it, and the VW is (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi, After building the new VW set last Sunday, I brought it to work and while everybody admired it, one person commented that it should be powered and should have functional steering... So back to the building desk I went and voila: (URL) <-- Movie (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Dalylight train, Southern Pacific Coast
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(...) This is an absolutely stunning passenger train. The articulation of the cars looks awesome and the engraved bricks work beautifully. The GP9 looks a little out of place and I'm a big fan of steam so I'm eagerly awaiting to see the steam engine (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) When I first read this, I laughed out loud. Yes, the topic is worthy of discussion and debate. So why did I laugh? One word...... Barbie. Every so often you will read or hear someone in the media complaining about Barbie. "Her proportions are (...) (16 years ago, 26-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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So in my lego room I have a big window (hey I'm not a vampire!). I wanted to see what people know about (and use) UV protection that can be applied to a window -- in a film like way. Something like tinting windows of a car but for the house. Anyone (...) (16 years ago, 26-Jul-08, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Our Friend, the Sun
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(...) I don't recall what the Lugnet rules are for raising an old post, but has anyone tried this yet? thanks, mark (16 years ago, 26-Jul-08, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: Power Functions remote control Thumbstick - new challenge
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(...) OK, here is an attempted solution to the "new challenge", i.e. translating joystick movement to tank controls. It works, but it's a little awkward to use (pushing the joystick sideways requires quite a lot of force). I'm sure Jason (or (...) (16 years ago, 26-Jul-08, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Asking for RIS 2.0 patch under Windows XP
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I had two laptops giving me that same error: "A critical error has occurred. You may be running out of memory, or you may need to reinstall Robotics Invention System 2.0." It must have been a recent Windows update that messed them up, as these (...) (16 years ago, 26-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Asking for RIS 2.0 patch under Windows XP
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Ok I'll do that. Lego support has always been very helpful in the past :) Thanks Luca (...) (16 years ago, 26-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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