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(...) --snip (as is my own tendency ;) )-- Wow. I imagine if I had a clue how to build technic there'd be a few more wows but you can tattoo me impressed as is. Tim (16 years ago, 6-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) At present all supported tools are hard coded. So I can add also other tools if needed. The idea of LETGUI was to have a starter for little command line tools like those from Philo and some others. I never have used LDS but just have had a (...) (16 years ago, 6-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Interesting. I thought this might be interesting to use in our displays...until I read that it binds up in reverse. When we lose a car for whatever reason (often some young kid's hand straying where it ought not to), we usually recouple by (...) (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Dinner
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Dinner, this Friday, August 8th, 7 pm, Swiss Chalet... be there with bells on, or at least with something on. Bring cool lego, or not, bring your partner, or not, bring an appetite or not but for the sake of all things abs, at least bring yourself. (...) (16 years ago, 6-Aug-08, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm in. Call me if you need someone to coordinate castle. :) --Brendan Mauro (San Francisco) (16 years ago, 6-Aug-08, to lugnet.events)
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A nice explanation and reading. A better MOC. Also intend to return later and read it more carefully. It is extensive, to get everything at first. ;) (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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It's been a while since I've posted a new MOC here but it's never too late to pick up an old habit again. In a (URL) Dutch railway magazine> I saw an ad for <www.mkmodelbouwstudio.nl MK Modelbouwstudio's> with a picture of two hoppers. They seemed a (...) (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: California LEGO Convention?
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(...) Santa Clara? (URL) Clara / Carla, whatever. I sir, am in. Grandpa casually gets a root beer from the refrigerator and remarks, "One thing about living in Santa Carla I never could stomach... all the damn vampires." (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.events)
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Shaun, Impressive work, both in construction and the write up! Welcome back to the fold of trains (at least for a little bit)...did you know that the next National Train show (that ILTCO has been particpating heavily since 2005) will be in Hartford (...) (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Your "LEGOdometer" is amazing! I especially liked hearing about the design process and the fact that the final product is purely mechanical. I'd never be able to design something like this... -Bryan (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Tom Atkinson pointed out that same thing ... it's something that never even struck me while I was working on it. The irony just makes it all the more ridiculous, in a fun way! (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! Both were fun ;) (...) I don't yet, though I can easily do that. The 4-spoked technic joiners, when turned, rotate the 16T gear at the opposite end of the dial. That gear then connects to two idler gears which drive a 40T gear; that (...) (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Insane. Amazing. Shock. Awe. (and Spotlight.) (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) <snip> Great idea! Tempting to build something similar for our next show... The only disappointing part of the story is that it took a number of days of computing power to come up with a solution that doesn't use computing power ;-) (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) -- Major Snippage! -- (...) Awesome MOC! It was interesting reading about the process you went through in developing this vehicle. Thank you for sharing this fantastic work with everyone here. Cheers, J.P. Manalo (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGOdometer
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Very impressive! I don't know what is the most amazing: the odometer itself or the extensive write-up ;o) Would you have more details (MLCad?) of the gearing/ratcheting between dials? And BTW, did you see this: (URL) (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Minifig scale?
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(...) Apologies for the self-response. I realised my original image was in error (ahhh irony) and changed it on flickr. Unfortunately this means the link is now wrong so I include the correct one below. (URL) Tim (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | NMRA 2008 pictures
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My NMRA 2008 pictures are now public. (URL) Clark President/Co-Founder, BayLTC/BayLUG (URL) Chief, PCFD There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (16 years ago, 5-Aug-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Newest Buildings
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(...) Nice! I like the 'books' in the window of the bookstore and I also like Drew's. Sad I missed NMRA. Jonathan (16 years ago, 4-Aug-08, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: 3839a resurrected in #7662? Someone please verify?
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(...) I don't know about the handle length issue, but the Type A plate has handles that are centered vertically on the plate, and which do not meet flush with the bottom of the plate. The Type B plate has handles that are slung lower and blend into (...) (16 years ago, 4-Aug-08, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.parts)
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| | LEGOdometer
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As is my tendency, here’s an absurdly long treatise describing the development of a LEGO Train Odometer Car (a.k.a. the “LEGOdometer”). (URL) A Little Background. After religiously attending them for several years, I stopped going to LEGO train (...) (16 years ago, 4-Aug-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | Re: B-Wing "Viper" Instructions and an Ode to Contemporary LDraw Tools
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(...) Thanks for the compliments. I agree with your point about the appeal of alternate models. In fact, you've nearly uncovered my master plan: Build alternate models Make instructions ? Profit! Here's a bonus: (URL) Jim (16 years ago, 4-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: B-Wing "Viper" Instructions and an Ode to Contemporary LDraw Tools
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(...) terrific model, jim. the benefits of such a posting are compounded by not only posting the (very professional-looking) instructions but by the fact that it's an alternate model. a fan can buy the one set and have all the parts for the model (...) (16 years ago, 4-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: What ever happened to polybags?
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(...) If you count the sets included with a Brickmaster subscription, then polybags are still around, though those sets are a little larger, perhaps 60-100 elements. And you can still find some of the Creator polybag sets at LEGO Brand Retail (...) (16 years ago, 4-Aug-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | What ever happened to polybags?
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I remember when Lego polybags were everywhere - you know, the little crinkly plastic bags that hung on racks on endcaps in Target and Walmart and even grocery stores, that contained a twenty- or thirty-piece set, usually with one minifig, for three (...) (16 years ago, 4-Aug-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Ride-share to BrickFair
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Ride-Share / Room-share Looking to share a ride to BrickFair? Or to share a room at BrickFair? Check out the message board: (URL) Watching Your MOC New to the LEGO fan festival experience? Worried about your MOC? There's little need to "guard" your (...) (16 years ago, 4-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: 3839a resurrected in #7662? Someone please verify?
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(...) In the Type I version the rods are slightly longer and have a different position vertically. I can't remember if they're higher or lower than Type II. I thought Clark had an illustrative picture in his BrickShelf gallery, but I can't find it. (16 years ago, 4-Aug-08, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: 3839a resurrected in #7662? Someone please verify?
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(...) How can one tell the difference? In any case, here is what is in my Trade Federation MTT™ (URL) (16 years ago, 4-Aug-08, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | 3839a resurrected in #7662? Someone please verify?
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Hey all, While composing some HTML related to the variations of part #3839a, Plate 1 x 2 with Handles Type 1 (a Classic Space part), I was shocked to discover on Peeron that this part was apparently made in dark bley in this set! This seems to me to (...) (16 years ago, 4-Aug-08, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | AT-ST Alternate Micro Models: Three Well-Known Starships
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Here are (URL) for a trio of popular starships you can build with pieces from the (URL) 7657 AT-ST> set: the Battlestar Galactica, the USS Enterprise from Star Trek, and the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars. You can build all three at once. (URL) (...) (16 years ago, 4-Aug-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX) !
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| | Re: Military MOCs
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Thanks for sharing. Great MOCs. (16 years ago, 4-Aug-08, to lugnet.build.military)
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(...) I really like that boat. The pop-out weapon systems are impressive and look like a lot of fun, too. Jim (16 years ago, 4-Aug-08, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Military MOCs
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Hi all, I haven't posted my MOCs to Lugnet in a while. My newest military vehicle is the Griffin heavy lift helicopter: (URL) has motorized rotors and interior lights, retracting landing gear, a side door, a rear ramp, and side guns for defense. It (...) (16 years ago, 4-Aug-08, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | Re: Clone Wars V-19 and Gunship are spiffy!
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In lugnet.starwars, Kyle Beatty wrote: ... (...) (URL) (16 years ago, 3-Aug-08, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés samedi 2 août 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 ---...--- ** La construction de structures ** par Eric "f1tvf" (...) (16 years ago, 3-Aug-08, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: B-Wing "Viper" Instructions and an Ode to Contemporary LDraw Tools
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(...) <snip> (...) A really good-looking model. I second your thoughts about the value of nice instructions to go with MOCs. I appreciate your expression of generosity by doing all that work. You play well! (16 years ago, 3-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Interview/Article on Lego's 50th Anniversary in Hartford Magazine
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I uploaded scans of a brief interview with Michael McNally (Lego Brand Relations Director) in this month's issue of Hartford magazine. (Hartford, CT) Folder (URL) 1 direct link: (URL) 2 direct link: (URL) (16 years ago, 3-Aug-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: California LEGO Convention?
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(...) I already have the support of one Northern California LEGO store manager, as well as support from a few other notable people. Russell (16 years ago, 3-Aug-08, to lugnet.events)
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(...) Not necessarily BART, but CalTrain is relatively close to both sites. (...) That is something I can look into, but I doubt it would be fruitful. (...) There are two LEGO stores in Northern California, one in Santa Clara and one in San Mateo. (...) (16 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.events)
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| | LEGOLAND Discovery Center at Schaumburg's is open
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Indulge your LEGO fantasies at Schaumburg's Discovery Center (URL) Once you pull into the Streets of Woodfield, it's nearly impossible to miss the new LEGOLAND Discovery Center. The first Discovery Center to open outside Germany, the Schaumburg site (...) (16 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND Discovery Center at Schaumburg's is open
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Indulge your LEGO fantasies at Schaumburg's Discovery Center Once you pull into the Streets of Woodfield, it's nearly impossible to miss the new LEGOLAND Discovery Center. The first Discovery Center to open outside Germany, the Schaumburg site is (...) (16 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | A Unlicensed LEGO Lamp is blocky and bright
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A Unlicensed Lamp that looks like a LEGO brick. (URL) These clever desk lamps get their inspiration from classic LEGO building blocks. Designed by Japan's 25togo, these LED illuminated acrylic block lamps look just like a giant-size version of the (...) (16 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: California LEGO Convention?
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(...) Of course I could research all this on my own, but if I was flying from North Carolna to Northern California, I would definitely like to at least have a brief visit to San Francisco. Is it relatively easy to get there--is the BART going to (...) (16 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.events)
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| | B-Wing "Viper" Instructions and an Ode to Contemporary LDraw Tools
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Hi folks. Here is a little model loosely inspired by the Vipers of Battlestar Galactica. As with some of my other models, it is built with a single copy of the B-Wing Fighter ((URL) set 6208>). (2 URLs) What I'd really like to share, however, is my (...) (16 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | LD4DStudio 1.0 Release
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Hello All, I've put the definitive 1.0 version online. Bug fixes, some minor new features and a new sample called "escape". I am quite proud on this new 'action movie' so I hope you like it. You'll find the release here: (URL) release notes are (...) (16 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: NMRA 2008 report
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(...) Whoops, yeah.. MI... and that date posting did not post the way I wanted it to... scott (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: California LEGO Convention?
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(...) Russell, This non-Californian would definitely be open to it, depending on dates. (So far, I figure you can knock July 10-18th out, as that's NMRA national in Milwaukee). I would figure locating a convention somewhat near a LEGO store is also (...) (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.events)
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| | Article on LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Chicago area
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(URL) party Legoland Discovery Center in Schaumburg is first in the US July 31, 2008 By MIKE DANAHEY Staff Writer Had Led Zeppelin recorded a song called Whole Lotta Legos instead of Whole Lotta Love, it would be on Dan Morey's iPod. Morey, a (...) (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | Re: Legoträff i höst (2008)
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(...) Se bara till att föra protokoll eller liknande. För vi(jag!?) som inte kan vara där kommer kräva en redogörelse efteråt. ;) En fördel med att vara en faktiskt förening är att det förmodligen finns pengar att ansöka om som kan användas till att (...) (16 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: un Brick Blu
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Benvenutooo...ooo.. Ciao Fabione "samurai74" <baldi_nospam_@venus.it> ha scritto nel messaggio news:K4wKqz.Goy@lugnet.com... (...) (16 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.org.it)
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| | Re: Legotrff i hst (2008)
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(...) Utmärkt ursäkt till frugan för att börja shoppa då! :-) (...) Den senaste veckan har jag sovit i ett 3 kvadratmeters tält, så jag har inte så höga krav. (...) Härom veckan råkade jag hitta orginalreglerna till tärningslego från den första (...) (16 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: un Brick Blu
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samurai74 ha scritto: (...) Evviva! Congratulazioni felicissime, soprattutto a Dino che in questo modo riuscirà ad allargare ulteriormente la collezione di Duplo... :) Alex (16 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.org.it)
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| | MOCshow - participate and win
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MOCshow ( (URL) ) is a free gallery for LEGO related images. Paid memberships are available and gives you more space. Lot of features, like comments, keywords, rating, multiple galleries and more... You can win a Gold Membership (value of $50) by (...) (16 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.publish)
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| | GPLR Display at Fun In The Park Event (FUTs)...
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(...) I forgot to FUT... -jeremy proud gplr member since 1998 visit: (URL) gplr> (16 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | GPLR Display at Fun In The Park Event...
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Hi All- Later today, Saturday August 2, 2008, (URL) GPLR> will be featuring a small but well detailed display at the 8th annual (URL) Fun In The Park> community festival in Wilsonville, Oregon. (URL) This is GPLR's 3rd year displaying here and we (...) (16 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | MOCshow Awareness Sale
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MOCshow is a picture gallery with voting, comments, build in slideshow and it is free to use! Paid memberships are available. You can find it here (URL) August 31st 2008 there is a draw running - total value of $500! I give away 10 Gold Memberships (...) (16 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Re: Dalylight train, Southern Pacific Coast
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(...) Yea, I've had the CZ for awhile now, And I didn't think to take pictures at the show. I'll see about doing so if I can ever get unchained to my desk at work. So Far I have a baggag car, two dome cars, a diner, a sleeper, a chair car and a dome (...) (16 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Legoträff i höst (2008)
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Den allra första träffen har bytt URL: (URL) Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (16 years ago, 30-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Legoträff i höst (2008)
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(...) Om du inte redan har gjort det, så kolla in här: (URL) * En speedbuild av ett stort set, ev kan jag fixa fram en 10188 Death (...) Kan fungera, beror kanske på vilka åldrar vi har närvarande. Det vara svårt att genomföra en sån aktivitet om (...) (16 years ago, 30-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Legoträff i höst (2008)
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(...) Det är givetvis inga problem att lägga det hela lite senare, men inte gärna längre bort än v:a 45 (min åsikt). Skall jag lägga upp en Google Calender för SWELug, så får vi fylla i vilka helger som passar, och så tar vi den där flest kan komma? (...) (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Legoträff i höst (2008)
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(...) Jag visste väl att det var något jag hade glömt :-) Vi borde nog formalisera SweLug så pass att organisationen åtminstone existerar - just nu är det väl så att skriver man här på loc.se så är man med i SweLug :-) (16 years ago, 30-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | StarWars mini sets: cheapest on BL at The Flying Dutchman!
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Hi happy builders and collectors, I've just cleaned my storeroom and placed a few mini sets in my shop for the cheapest prices on BL! Get them while you can: they'll fly away :-) Daan Bargerbos (owner of) The Flying Dutchman (16 years ago, 1-Aug-08, to lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Re: Golishar T - armed and dangerous
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Hi Eric, you are welcome as always. I'm happy you enjoyed my work. Hope to see something new from you soon. Cheers (URL) Marco> (16 years ago, 1-Aug-08, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Set 4898 Coast Guard Boat finns nu på SF bio
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(...) Jag var SF-bigrafen i Skellefteå igår och kassörskan där hade de aldrig hört talas om detta. Så jag undrar om kampanjen är slut eller om den är begränsad till bara vissa SF-biografer? Är det någon fler som lyckats lägga vantarna detta set? Och (...) (16 years ago, 1-Aug-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Video Death Star
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Al seguente indirizzo trovate un video del set 10188 Death Star compreso lo "Speed build" che si è tenuto al recente Brick World (USA): (URL) Chiappa LEGO Ambassador (16 years ago, 30-Jul-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Dalylight train, Southern Pacific Coast
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(...) Hey Mat, You completed the CZ??? Please share photos. I saw the D&RGW Alcos in the background, but no cars. (...) Wow, them were some impressive trains. I like the 2000 era show photos. Now jumping to your reply to Cale... (...) At least with (...) (16 years ago, 1-Aug-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Votazione concorso "LDraw.org Model of the Month" aperto
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Cari fratelli in abiesse, sono aperte le votazioni per il concorso LDraw.org Model of the Month. Date un occhiata a: (URL) votate! Willy Tschager LDraw Administration Team (16 years ago, 1-Aug-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Voting for "Model Of The Month" is now open
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Hi folks, we've a new round of models and parts in our MOTM contest. Have a look at: (URL) cast your vote! Willy Tschager LDraw Administration Team (16 years ago, 1-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | RE: Newest Buildings
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Thanks for posting pics of these. I was lucky as I saw many of them at the recent NMRA show...my favorite, the Del Monte Packing Building...you captured the building from that era spot on! Great job. Ray Ray Silva socalray@cox.net -----Original (...) (16 years ago, 1-Aug-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | RE: California LEGO Convention?
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Hey Russell, I'd be interested in making the trip! Ray Silva socalray@cox.net -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...ugnet.com] On Behalf Of Russell Clark Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:05 PM To: (...) (16 years ago, 1-Aug-08, to lugnet.events)
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| | Re: California LEGO Convention?
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I think a Northern California LEGO fest would be fantastic. Provided that the event organizers seek out feedback on what has worked and not-worked at previous conventions, this could be great. I have found that first-time conventions tend to attract (...) (16 years ago, 1-Aug-08, to lugnet.events)
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| | un Brick Blu
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Ciao a tutti, alle 4:05 è arrivato Matteo :-) ...Preferiamo il brick blu, invece che azzurro, perchè è un colore più classico. Luca, Laura e Dino Baldi (16 years ago, 1-Aug-08, to lugnet.org.it)
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| | Re: 5866 Piece Helicopter
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(...) WOW that is amazing! Did you buy it through LDD or just use the cad function & piece counting abilities? Great form & colors! Jeff (16 years ago, 1-Aug-08, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | 5866 Piece Helicopter
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Lots of pictures are on the Bodville website, click ARH Tiger link in the main menu (2 URLs) (16 years ago, 30-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | RACHAL Reminder
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I went to add a reminder to RACHAL in the LDraw Flickr group today and discovered that the latest one was completely hidden on the site. Sorry about that, I must never have finished off all the editing on the LDraw site. Anyway, as a reminder to you (...) (16 years ago, 1-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: NR 28 "Indian Pacific" and a boat
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(...) Hi Kerry, Yeah dark blue might be a better choice although my eyes read it as about half way in between from the photos but I trust your real life memory. It's probably possible to do in dark blue but I've certainly not got the funds or (...) (16 years ago, 1-Aug-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: California LEGO Convention?
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(...) Am out of state, but used to live in Nor Cal and So Cal. Mid Jan in 2010 works for me. ALways nice to get away from the cold in January. Cheers. (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.events)
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| | Re: HALE (High Altitude LEGO Extravaganza)
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(...) Not necessarily. WALL-E has not been released entirely worldwide. Much of Europe is still waiting for its release. Joe (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: California LEGO Convention?
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Hey Russell, I might come from Hawaii, tho for long-distance travelers I can see having it closer to LLCA would be a big draw. Having live in both the LA and Bay areas, I could see the benefits of having up north! Roy (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.events)
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(...) Surely you've heard of WALL-E by now... (16 years ago, 30-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Brian do you have one of these near you? (URL) just happens to be over the road from my local LEGO shop. (local being 85 Miles, needless to say I dont go there that often!) Mike. (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Being that I did attend the Brickswest a few years ago that was connected with LEGOLAND California I would whole heartedly endorse a LEGO Convention in California. I'm in Southern California (near LEGOLAND actually), but as I am already making (...) (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) Right now both venues we like are hotels in Santa Clara and Foster City. (...) I know they like LEGO... Russell (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.events)
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Having spent 3 days on the Indian Pacific last December, I'd probably argue for the use of dark blue rather than the normal blue and some kind of orange rather than the yellow, based on my memory and my happy snaps: (URL) obviously there's an issue (...) (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: The LEGO Didn't Break (or the HALE Mission - LEGO where it was never intended to go)
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(...) A couple of folks have asked me about that. Trust me, anything I can will be free for anybody who wants it, but I'll have to figure out a way to put it up. Brickshelf is really for pictures, and I push it by posting images of data graphs... (...) (16 years ago, 30-Jul-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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While parting out a 5481, I noticed that the lime green hat on the child fig (BL calls it a 47205pb002) rotates. Is this typical for a Duplo fig ? (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: NMRA 2008 report
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(...) Scott, I assume you mean Milwaukee WI. I hate to think that people might be going to the wrong state. (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: California LEGO Convention?
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Having just driven through your lovely state (URL) about two weeks> I have to say a definite maybe. (...) Probably (...) Maybe (From BC, Canada) (...) The idea of a California LEGO convention was discussed ((URL) some of my thoughts>) a couple of (...) (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(URL) Think you have the fastest thing on two rails? Come put your bricks where your mouth is! I'm pleased to announce that Rail Racers is coming to BrickFair! That's right, test your building mettle with a souped up Drag Racing Rail Racer! (...) (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(URL) NR 28>> Hi all, It's been a long time since I built anything train related but I was in the mood last night and managed to build this baby. It's one of the locos of the Indian-Pacific ((URL)) which operates on the East-West trans-continental (...) (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.au, FTX) !
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| | Re: New Rio Grande Grain Hopper & Santa Fe Freight Car MOCs
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(...) The Hopper looks sweet. Lots of great detail. The boxcar looks good too. Cale (URL) (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Well I absolutely would attend if you could negotiate cheap hotel rates at 4 and 5 star hotels like BrickFest, BrickFair, and Brickworld have and have it in San Francisco. lol Count me in if I am still alive. The last time I visited San (...) (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.events)
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(...) I like the idea. Sure, southern California has LL-CA but it doesn't have that "in the middle" quality that northern California has. There are various LUGs & LTCs in the far south and far north of the western US but northern California has a (...) (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.events)
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(...) BrickFest is not dead nor sleeping. Just on a very long vacation. That's how I see it. I can't speak for the people who handle the website or run BrickFest. I believe it was mention on LUGNET last year,there will be no BrickFest in 2008. (...) (16 years ago, 31-Jul-08, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Future of BrickFest?
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Is BrickFest dead or sleeping? The Web site still thinks it's 2007, and there's been naught on this newsgroup in months. Will there be another BrickFest ever again? If so, when? Will it be in Portland, DC, or somewhere else? (16 years ago, 30-Jul-08, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Golishar T - armed and dangerous
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Thank you thank you thank you! (16 years ago, 30-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | California LEGO Convention?
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Hello all. I have been challenged to organize a LEGO convention in Northern California. I wanted to send a post to gain some feedback on the idea. Is it a good one? Would you attend? Non-Californians? Any thoughts? The proposed date is sometime in (...) (16 years ago, 30-Jul-08, to lugnet.events) !
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| | Re: Legoträff i höst (2008)
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Jag och äldste sonen kommer såvida det inte blir helgen v39 för det är nog det enda som jag inte kan flytta typ. Önskar lite senare än sept- okt...okt eller senare om det är möjligt men inte i dec för där brukar det vara fullt iaf. Föreslår helg v (...) (16 years ago, 30-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Newest Buildings
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Here is my latest round of buildings. Some of them were built specifically for the NMRA 2008 show. 7-Eleven (no interior yet) (URL) Books (URL) Boutique (URL) Packing House (URL) 1 (URL) (no interior yet) (URL) Stuff: bread & cheese vendor, turkey (...) (16 years ago, 30-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: Minifig scale?
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(...) My thoughts exactly. The problem with the minifig-scale question, is that the minifig is not scaled to a human, nor is the rest of his world, as presented by LEGO, scaled to human things. His/her cars are to small, tools are too big, houses (...) (16 years ago, 30-Jul-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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