 | | BayLUG Turns 10!
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The Bay Area LEGO Users Group (BayLUG) is pleased to announce that on October 10, 2008, we turn 10 years old, and we want you to come out and celebrate with us! The party is at the Museum of American Heritage in Palo Alto on Sunday, October 12. The (...) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: LPub4.0.0.1 available
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I found one more thing. It appears that at least one of the parts placed in step 7 gets left around inside the model, and is just visible in step 15 as a black rectangle in the center of the bottom. The is visible in both versions of the PDF. (...) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub4.0.0.1 available
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(...) You missed a difference on Page 2. In the bottom part, the green arrows are shown in the 4.0.0.1 version, and not in the other version. (...) And round light grey plate 1x1 is not shown either. --Travis (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub4.0.0.1 available
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(...) I am looking forward to the results, as I am due to deliver building instructions for a project I am working on. I have sent you some personal E-mails about this too. Once again, I thank _you_ for all you effords in creating LPub. (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Slope Brick 1x1
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Right. So who is to change the name then? Peeron or LDraw? (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: September 27th SMART meeting at Redmond Library
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(...) BrickCon is definitely a "go", and SMART will have some sort of display there, though I'm not sure it will be a robot city as we originally planned. Thanks to everyone who made it to the meeting, and worked hard building robots and writing (...) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Chemical Tanker Cars - Rolling Stock
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(...) Dude! That's the sweetest tanker I've seen yet! Did you build that? Mark (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: September 27th SMART meeting at Redmond Library
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(...) Hi David, Just wanting to confirm whether the BrickCon event is a go or not? Just trying to set up plans for the week and allocating time where needed. Thanks, Carl (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Chemical Tanker Cars - Rolling Stock
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James clearly copied me! ;) Actually I have no idea who did what first, back in the day when the initial cache of basic designs where emerging we used to vamp off each other all the time. James and I and many others collaboratively / incrementally (...) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Slope Brick 1x1
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(...) But if you use the part properly* it's 31 degrees. The 45 slope is named for its face slope rather than its total slope. Tim * And by properly I, of course, mean use a heap of offsetting to make them all line up ;) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: LPub4.0.0.1 available
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(...) Jaco, Thanks for your detailed analysis complete with MPD to allow recreation. I will take if rom here and fix the LPub bugs. Kevin (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Slope Brick 1x1
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(...) So what name do we give this piece? Slopebrick 33, 45 or rather 38? (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LPub4.0.0.1 available
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(...) OK, while testing and playing around with LPub 4 I tried some new techniques I've come up with. I've recreated the "exact" instructions for set 4491. (URL) the same file in LPub 4.0.0.0 and 4.0.0.1 gives different outputs. I've uploaded the (...) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Slope Brick 1x1
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(...) Why does the follow-up go to the Robotics group? This is a CAD / LDraw issue, so it should be lugnet.cad.dat.parts. (My mistake in the first place to post it to lugnet.cad ;-) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Slope Brick 1x1
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(...) ...but if you look at the overall slope of the part, it is closer to 38 degrees. Philo (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: brickfilmsfestival 2008
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(...) Woohoo! Den skulle jag velat vara med på. Har haft som dröm att göra LDraw-baserade CGI-animationer i många år, (URL) tiden räcker ju aldrig till. /Tore (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Concept car
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(...) Awesome! What about a LDraw model? I just finished the new differential and wishbone ;o) (URL) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Ordering custom-cut plastic gears for Legos
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(...) One problem is that changing teeth number also change gear diameter... and you will run into some troubles with LEGO grids. Philo (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | brickfilmsfestival 2008
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Årets brickfilmfestival kommer enligt uppgift att ske tillsammans med Uppsala Internationella kortfilmsfestival. Det kommer att vara ett 90 minuters program som kommer att visas dels den 24:e oktober på Grand och dels den 25 Oktober på filmstaden. (...) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Slope Brick 1x1
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(...) Indeed. I make it 31 degrees. Tim (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Chemical Tanker Cars - Rolling Stock
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(...) You could try viking wheels. :) (URL) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | How to determine the value of these minifigs from Republic Cruiser?
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Hey all, Finally ordered the Republic Cruiser from S@H because they never showed up in any stores near me and I really wanted the dark red parts bonanza it contained. However, it seems that no one is selling any of the mini-figs on Bricklink. I'd (...) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Chemical Tanker Cars - Rolling Stock
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(...) Thanks for the suggestion. One thing I try to do though is build trains that can be reproduced. The parts you suggested might work out, but unfortunately the inverted part seems to be very limited and the none inverted one can only be (...) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Taj Mahal
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(...) David, I ended up with 17 'extra' 1x6 plates. This bag was a one-off, there were no other bags like it. The rest of the 1x6 plates came mixed in with other bags. Unfortunately I didn't count the exact number of plates in the bag, I simply (...) (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Space Police I - Redux!
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Hey all, A big blast of nostalgia for all you Spacers out there! I present Space Police I; re-tooled and expanded with new parts and a few new colors for stylin' flair! (URL) Enjoy with doughnuts and coffee! Dave S. (16 years ago, 29-Sep-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: DEA bust uncovers cocaine smuggled in children's toy packages
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Brick Joke #2: This is a whole new approach to those "Free LEGO on purcase of this product" promotions. Brick Joke #3: If the're so stoned that they accidentally open the wrong sealed bag, they'll have a real hard time sniffing it. "Man, this stuf (...) (16 years ago, 28-Sep-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Taj Mahal
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(...) I haven't bought the Taj Mahal, but I did build one of the 1st Release UCS Falcons, and I also ended up with a bag full of extra parts. What I had, though, was a bag full of 2x4 right wings, and 2x4 left wings. 23 of each. The set inventory (...) (16 years ago, 28-Sep-08, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Taj Mahal
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Hi all, I just finished building this set. I would have to say it will be one of my favorites for quite some time, along with the Statue of Liberty. I am not very creative with my Lego, so I really enjoyed some of the ways pieces were combined to (...) (16 years ago, 28-Sep-08, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Concept car
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Hi! Finally after more than a month, I think it's time to present the result of this project: (URL) It probably has some similarities with the 8448 car, but it's executed in the nowadays technic style with new elements like the differential and (...) (16 years ago, 28-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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| | Nu är ULV-rampen nästan klar...
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Ladda för Legoträff den sista oktober! Nu har jag sågat och snickrat (och integrerat en gammal barnstol), så ULV-rampen är nästan färdig. Bild kommer när den är helt klar och provkörd. Berg&dalbanan består nu av en djupdykning, uppförsbacke, 540 (...) (16 years ago, 28-Sep-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Dark Side of the Moonbase
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(...) Being a Rock Music fan myself, one (of many) detail I like with your moc is of course the 'axes' of the Rock band =) (16 years ago, 28-Sep-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Gronlif’s Magic Forest
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If it's amazing inspiring and a model to copy it's got to be Jojo As always fantastic work Yaron (16 years ago, 28-Sep-08, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Cantina Band
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Hello John, your cantina band is really amazing! The head shape is a fully accurate, and what I find most original are the instruments. They're so detailed that I thought you could almost really play them! Excellent! Cheers, Chris (URL) (16 years ago, 28-Sep-08, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés samedi 27 septembre 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 ---...--- ** Construisons une Snotmobile 5/5 ** par Alban NANTY (...) (16 years ago, 28-Sep-08, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | FS: MISB #6079 Dark Forest Fortress & #6042 Dungeon Hunters
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Hey all, Looking for that perfect holiday gift for the Castle AFOL in your house? Perhaps your quest is over! I recently acquired an MISB #6079 Dark Forest Fortress from my local consignment shop. It really doesn't come much closer to the factory (...) (16 years ago, 28-Sep-08, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: New FastRad Tutorial
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(...) Very nice! Thanks! (16 years ago, 26-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Cantina Band
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LEGOLAND California recently held their third Star Wars weekend. Local AFOLs were invited to bring Star Wars MOCs to display at the event. I dusted off some models from previous years, but also built a new model for this years event: Mos Eisley (...) (16 years ago, 28-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars, FTX) !!
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| | Re: A non-AFOL mom asks for more girl sets on the shelves!
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(...) I've actually started seeing Belville sets at retail for the first time that I can recall. Local TRUs have had two different sets (one $30-50ish, and one $10-15ish) tucked over to one side, but I think one of those stores had them marked for (...) (16 years ago, 27-Sep-08, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Brickmania Custom Kits Again? Which Ones?
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Well, being a past customer of your instructions, I'd say just sell the instructions. What you have is a design skill, so the simplest way to market that is through instructions. What you don't have is a factory that makes bricks. So producing kits (...) (16 years ago, 27-Sep-08, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: LEGO Batman the Video Game Launch Event in New York City
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Hi again everyone! For those of you who were not able to go to the LEGO Batman Launch Party that was held at the Natural History Museum in New York City. Here are the Mosaics that I made for the event. (URL) You can see more images on my (URL) (...) (16 years ago, 27-Sep-08, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | Re: Chemical Tanker Cars - Rolling Stock
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(...) How about the following cylindrical design, using parts with a reasonable diameter: (URL) This type uses pairs of: (URL) part #45410 - Slope, Curved 8 x 6 x 2 Inverted Double> (URL) part #45411 - Slope, Curved 8 x 6 x 2 Double> With friendly (...) (16 years ago, 26-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Looking for info on "The LEGO story" pamphlet/catalog
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Hey all, While looking up some very old instructions that I have such as #333 Delivery Truck, #329 Antique Car and #703 SteamShovel with Carrier, I tried to find some info on this catalog (no listing on Bricklink). There's no set number on the (...) (16 years ago, 27-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Legoträff i höst 31 Okt - 2 Nov
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Härmed anmäler jag mig till legoträffen den 31 oktober - 2 november Aktiviteter: entimmes mikro/nano-bygge låter skoj (...) Kan jag definitivt ställa upp på Slutligen vill jag slå ett slag för min personliga favorit från tidigare träffar: (...) (16 years ago, 27-Sep-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: A non-AFOL mom asks for more girl sets on the shelves!
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And don't forget Paradisa - girls themed, but mini-fig scale, so they can play with nieces/nephews/brothers etc. (16 years ago, 27-Sep-08, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | A non-AFOL mom asks for more girl sets on the shelves!
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Hey TLG, While I was checking out the selection of Lego at my local Target, a mom struck up a conversation with me over her disappointment that there was only one pink basic building tub that she could get for her daughter. She said that her (...) (16 years ago, 27-Sep-08, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Slope Brick 1x1
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(...) Hmm. Is there some reason you couldn't just jump right to using Tan? Tan(theta) = opposite/adjacent (16 years ago, 27-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Slope Brick 1x1
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(...) The part file has the dimensions needed to answer this question. The triangles on the sides tell you the width and height of the end. From there you can calculate the length of the hypotenuse. h = sqrt(w*w+h*h) the sin of the angle is (...) (16 years ago, 27-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Slope Brick 1x1
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Part 50746 is called Slope Brick 33 1 x 1 x 2/3 on Peeron, but this one and and 54200 are called Slope Brick 45 1 x 1 x 2/3 in LDraw and in the unofficial parts. What should it be? 33 of 45 degrees? (16 years ago, 26-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Haunted Manor
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(...) Woot! (URL) Bat-o-Lantern>! (16 years ago, 27-Sep-08, to lugnet.build, lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX)
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| | Re: Ordering custom-cut plastic gears for Legos
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(...) And 12, and 14, and 20, and 36, and then there's that worm-gear. And that's not even getting into the old-style gears, or that odd 4-tooth knob gear (though that's really only useful with other 4-tooth knob gears, so it doesn't really help (...) (16 years ago, 27-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BR 9F steam engine
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(...) Carl, this has to be the best Lego steam engine I have ever seen (and six-wide to boot!). There are just too many details to point out. Great work! (16 years ago, 27-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Another part I'd LOVE to see in its own two-pack
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Crater plates in tan. This would avoid any bley kerfuffle AND the color would match the landscapes of so many Classic Space box pictures! Plus, they'd have the studs in the craters to increase building possibilities. Many an AFOL friend of mine has (...) (16 years ago, 27-Sep-08, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: New iPaB Wall View on BrickBuildr
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(...) I'll make sure to gather that info when I'm there. I'll be going to the store in the Northbrook Mall, the Woodfield store in Schaumburg and possibly the new Discovery Center close to the Woodfield Mall. David (16 years ago, 27-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX)
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| | Ordering custom-cut plastic gears for Legos
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I've seen web pages about Lego clocks such as this one: (URL) it want it to be my hobby to make a clock out of Legos. I'm trying to copy a foreign clock and I'm waiting to get contacted back with info about the number of teeth for every gear. Lego (...) (16 years ago, 26-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Strange object discovered on Mars!!
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(...) Maybe! First, before they can expand their search to other parts of Mars or Earth, Master Control will have to deploy more equipment and astronauts to possibly determine the origin of this or if there are any others like it in the solar (...) (16 years ago, 26-Sep-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Haunted Manor
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That is some great work and an amazing concept! Thanks for sharing it! Scott W. (16 years ago, 26-Sep-08, to lugnet.build, lugnet.fun.holiday)
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| | Re: Strange object discovered on Mars!!
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(...) ***snip*** (...) Hey, that's not on Mars--it's in California! (URL) Maps image> Dave! (16 years ago, 26-Sep-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés jeudi 25 septembre 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 ---...--- ** Exposition du 14 juillet : une journée sympa ! ** (...) (16 years ago, 26-Sep-08, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: The New Expanded Lego Collectors Guide on CD
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Here's some of the many very rare LEGO items that were added to the Version 2 of the LEGO CD. More pictures will be added daily. (URL) Istok (16 years ago, 26-Sep-08, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | The New Expanded Lego Collectors Guide on CD
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About 3 months ago I posted an announcement for LEGO Ambassadors about getting the new 1,500 page Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide on CD. I got quite a few EMAILs, but due to a near death experience in the family, I didn't reply (mom is (...) (16 years ago, 26-Sep-08, to lugnet.ambassadors)
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| | September SANDLUG Meeting
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The September SANDLUG meeting will be on Saturday September 27 from noon - ??? at Steve DeCraemer's home. We're sticking with our regular meeting date of the 4th Saturday of the month. We will be showing off MOCs, buy/sell/trade, and parts draft of (...) (16 years ago, 26-Sep-08, to lugnet.org.us.sandlug)
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| | Re: Strange object discovered on Mars!!
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(...) Very nice! ...One might argue this is not a "monolith" as you say, but a megalith, as it has more than one column. There's also an interesting swastika shape from overhead - though to put aside any fears of Nazism, I'd point out that symbol (...) (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: BR 9F steam engine
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Awesome steam engine! Standout bits in my opinion are the lantern design and the brown bits scattered about. Nice attention to lighting details too! -Stefan- (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Chemical Tanker Cars - Rolling Stock
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(...) Wow. That's wild! I've never even seen the Bricworx site. That's pretty crazy how close mine came to Steve's. Mine was actually based off of a picture on James' Brickshelf page. You can see it (URL) here>. Crazy how we builders sometimes think (...) (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Dark Side of the Moonbase
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(...) Anders: Awww, sorry to disappoint you there. That is an excellent idea though as I am a huge Floyd fan. :-) I was thinking more along the lines of dark = sinister. Dark Side of the Moonbase just happened to be a catchy play on words. Glad you (...) (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Dark Side of the Moonbase
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(...) Anders: Awww, sorry to disappoint you there. That is an excellent idea though as I am a huge Floyd fan. :-) I was thinking more along the lines of dark = sinister. Dark Side of the Moonbase just happened to be a catchy play on words. Glad you (...) (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Chemical Tanker Cars - Rolling Stock
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(...) I respect James Mathis for his great construction method finds and MOC ideas, but I believe that the original credit for this type of tanker design should go to Steve Barile, who together with Dwayne Towell is the co-owner of custom set (...) (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: New iPaB Wall View on BrickBuildr
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(...) Well, I have all the LEGO stores in the database, except for the newest ones, but it's not hard to add them in. However, most of the LEGO stores are "hidden" from view (for now) until I can find someone who can help admin those stores. As I (...) (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| | Re: New iPaB Wall View on BrickBuildr
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(...) Is there a method to adding a LEGO store to the list? I will be going to a couple of the LEGO stores in Chicago in about a month and would be willing to gather the contents of their P.A.B. walls...as well as a list of what's in them. ;-) I (...) (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| | Strange object discovered on Mars!!
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A strange object was discovered on Mars by astronauts during a routine patrol on the far side of the planet. Who built it, when it was built and why all remain a mystery... Here's an overall view of the first astronauts on the scene. (URL) This is a (...) (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | BR 9F steam engine
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Thought I'd post this up as dont see many U.K steamers on here. It was originally built for a forthcoming show, and was intended to be the "Evening Star", but lack of availability for many of the parts in dark green has led to it being built in (...) (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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| | Haunted Manor
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Hey all! Thought I'd get an early Halloween moc in! The Haunted Manor is the largest of my ‘Transportable LEGO Boxes’ so far… Its’ full of lots of spooky surprises! It even has a ghost watering plants!! (2 URLs) It was a fun (and sometimes hair (...) (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | New iPaB Wall View on BrickBuildr
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I was so excited when I first released (URL) iPaB>. When I told my LUG-mates about it, their only criticism (in jest) was "you should make a wall view where you can see everything on one page." Grrr... I thought. So for those of you who don't like (...) (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Cool idea for a collaboration/contest
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I think it would be cool if people collaborated to create a desktop theme using LDraw/POVRay. Here's one for Disney that kind of gives an idea of what could be done: (URL) (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Dark Side of the Moonbase
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When you name it "Dark Side of the Moonbase" and suggest to turn on some music, I thought it would be Pink Floyd music, and your MOC a tribute to Rick Wright, keyboard player of the band, who recently went away (R.I.P) Anyway, a nice MOC. Can't say (...) (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO bygge till filmpremiär:Bära eller brista-extrem ingenjörskonst i 4D-format
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Ytterligare en gång blir detta uppskjutet. LEGO klarar inte av att leverera till helgen. Jag ska jobba för v.41, dvs veckan med den andra helgen på Barnens Drömstad istället. Ledsen för detta men det är definitivt utanför min ansvarssfär! MVH Micke (...) (16 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.loc.se, FTX)
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| | Color Dithering Chart
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In working on getting the new colors into LDConfig.ldr, I thought it helpful to see a visual reference of the color dithering, and I thought that I'd share it for those that are interested: (URL) W. (16 years ago, 24-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: DEA bust uncovers cocaine smuggled in children's toy packages
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(...) Brick Joke #1: For once...someone actually thought about using bricks....to smuggle bricks! (16 years ago, 24-Sep-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Chemical Tanker Cars - Rolling Stock
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(...) Hi Dave, Pretty good! Some of the better looking tankers I've seen. I've always wanted to build tankers myself, and even tried a couple times, but I have always been frustrated by the fact that LEGO never produced cylindrical parts with the (...) (16 years ago, 24-Sep-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Legoträff i höst 31 Okt - 2 Nov
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(...) Det skadar inte om ni bekräftar här i gruppen (eller direkt till mig) att ni tänker komma. Om anmält deltagarantal blir för litet måste vi ställa in - ingen idé att organisera en massa saker för en besökare. (16 years ago, 24-Sep-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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Heehee, okay, I agree, those are not among the more impressive ones and are rather simple. I hope to post more tricky stuff soon. ;-) Cheers, Chris (16 years ago, 24-Sep-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | LEGO Mac Will Make Apple Geeks Salivate With Envy.
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LEGO Mac Will Make Apple Geeks Salivate With Envy. (Its only a dream) Perfect LEGO Mac Pro Is Two Computers in One. By Jesus Diaz. At first sight, this looked like a perfect working reproduction of a Mac Pro made of LEGO, so I was ready to call it (...) (16 years ago, 24-Sep-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Sept. 24, 2008 DEA bust uncovers cocaine smuggled in children's toy packages -Narcotics traffickers hid cocaine inside Lego sets and other toy packages that were mailed from Puerto Rico to New York City, according to Drug Enforcement Administration (...) (16 years ago, 24-Sep-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Shop @Home Phone Specials for Wednesday, September 24, 2008, to Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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Item #8493 Red Ace Retail Price $9.99 Sale Price $4.98 Item #8114 Chameleon Hunter Retail Price $14.99 Sale Price $9.98 Item #8112 Battle Arachnoid Retail Price $7.99 Sale Price $4.98 Item #8155 Ferrari F1 Pit Retail Price $39.99 Sale Price $19.98 (...) (16 years ago, 24-Sep-08, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Bill & All, (...) Sad indeed. I saw this link on Drudge, here are some pictures of it: (URL) more worry of buying LEGO products from overseas - it might get more scrutiny now. Scott S. -- President, Michiana-LUG / LTC (URL) (16 years ago, 24-Sep-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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"Druglords just can't Lego" (URL) were the building blocks of a drug empire - Federal agents said Tuesday they busted a ring of Bronx drug dealers that stuffed cocaine into buckets of Lego toys in Puerto Rico and mailed them to New York." Sad... -- (...) (16 years ago, 24-Sep-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Hey Brickish folks, Saw a story 1:42PM BST 23 Sep 2008 (URL) private collection of two million bricks of Lego" A toy-mad collector and Star Wars fan has amassed Britain's biggest private collection of Lego - containing over two million bricks. (...) (16 years ago, 24-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Hello again everyone! I finally got around to taking pictures of a lot of the MOC's I built this spring and summer for the two shows we did this year. This MOC is a few tanker cars I built based off of a design by James Mathis. The design is (...) (16 years ago, 24-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hello long lost LEGO lovers! THE TORONTO CHRISTMAS TRAIN SHOW is NOVEMBER 22, 23, 2008 Hall 3, The International Centre, 6900 Airport Rd., Mississauga, ON Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 10am-4pm I was thinking about asking for the same size area--10 foot (...) (16 years ago, 24-Sep-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | LOGIC PROBE KIT IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
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Hi All, Well, the Logic Probe Kit is available for purchase from the Store. I'll be submitting additional design and troubleshooting applications for the NXT. I'll probably make some small videos illustrating the versatility of this digital tester (...) (16 years ago, 23-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Just an update. It looks like we are going full steam ahead on organizing a LEGO convention in 2010 in the San Francisco Bay Area. We have a name, a web site, and we are evaluating venue proposals. Russell Event Coordinator (16 years ago, 23-Sep-08, to lugnet.events)
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| | MM MT-101 Armored Drilling Unit back on S@H website for half off
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(2 URLs) The MM MT-101 Armored Drilling Unit is listed back on LS@H again for $39.98. (16 years ago, 23-Sep-08, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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(...) LOL! :) Thanks. It has certainly been a different experience for me! This makes sense though... My mother was a pre-school teacher and my father was a model railroader. Is it any surprise I ended up this way? :) Sean - - Sean Kenney Art with (...) (16 years ago, 23-Sep-08, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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(...) Having the patience and ability to work with/teach a grade schooler is very commendable, Sean! You better watch out; one day he might take over your job! :) Oh yeah, the Stadium is awesome. In-progress shots are always appreciated. -Bryan (16 years ago, 23-Sep-08, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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(...) Well, this boy is a total LEGO-maniac, and his father initially contacted me in late 2005 about somehow doing a project together with his son. The father was interested in having his son learn about what I do and how I approach the (...) (16 years ago, 23-Sep-08, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | #6286 "skull's eye schooner"
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hello, i am a lego fan, an artist and architect from buenos aires, argentina. although i'm now back here, i lived in boston, usa, for almost eight years until about a year ago. a few days ago i found and purchased a new #6286 "skull's eye schooner" (...) (16 years ago, 23-Sep-08, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Four new MINI models from the Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica Universe
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Greetings all, it's been a while since I posted something new. Some real-life issues kept me busy, including a flat movement to another city. Now it's time to come back to building. :-) While most of you might know me for building Star Wars MINI (...) (16 years ago, 23-Sep-08, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) Great work! Could you describe how your collaboration with the grade-schooler got started and how it works? Judy M. (16 years ago, 23-Sep-08, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: 2009 City
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(...) I think the horse trailer is made up of two of the following in white: (URL) and four of the below parts also in white: (URL) The other parts look like various recycled parts from the LEGO pallet. I can think of some interesting alternative (...) (16 years ago, 23-Sep-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) this set brings me back to the paradisa theme. i like the cows in the new farm set also. (16 years ago, 23-Sep-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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