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Amazon US has the 10179 LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon List Price: $499.99 Price: $399.99 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. You Save: $100.00 (20%) (URL) I were to buy this at S@H it'd be $557.45 with tax + (...) (16 years ago, 17-Dec-08, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: The RTS Zavala Steamship-of-War
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That MOC is an amazingly cool! So many details to see, I think the construction is very interesting. From the stem to stern. From the way you rigged the lines above the prow, to the very nice looking sails, to the way you expanded the hull, to the (...) (16 years ago, 17-Dec-08, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: The RTS Zavala Steamship-of-War
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That MOC is amazingly cool! So many details to see, I think the construction is very interesting. From the stem to stern. From the way you rigged the lines above the prow, to the very nice looking sails, to the way you expanded the hull, to the way (...) (16 years ago, 17-Dec-08, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: The RTS Zavala Steamship-of-War
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(...) I am glad you liked it! (...) The ability to build the hull is what lead me down the trail to the briar-patch of design issues in building the Zavala, OK so I had fun... The early fast packet steamships ((URL) see packet ships>) wanted to go (...) (16 years ago, 17-Dec-08, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: BayLUG in the News
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(...) I handled some of those cases Saturday. People were a little confused, but not angry. I explained that the reporter misunderstood, and had done the interview before we ever set up the display so he didn't see it, and they were mollified. (16 years ago, 17-Dec-08, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: The RTS Zavala Steamship-of-War
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(...) Awesome work, Kurt. A great model of a vessel from an interesting but oft overlooked period. (Which is odd, because as you demonstrate, the length/width ratio of vessels was changing to a more LEGO-friendly one). Spotlighted! Cheers Richie (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Seasonal Community Spirit
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Maybe the time of year has something to do with it, but I must confess to have been moved by the generosity of a few talented builders lately. Seperately, we’ve seen (URL) Eric Sophie>, (URL) Tim Gould> and (URL) Mark Neumann> sharing not only their (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.inst, lugnet.people, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.cad, lugnet.western, FTX) !!
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| | Re: BayLUG in the News
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(...) Ouch! That has got to be disheartening. I hope no one got angry or too upset. (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, FTX)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) The final two stages are now up (URL) Loco and tender - (URL) (as (URL)) Passenger - (URL) ((URL)) Lumber- (URL) ((URL)) Boxcar - (URL) ((URL)) Caboose - (URL) ((URL)) Please note I've also resubmitted instructions for the Loco (and boxcar and (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) Ahhh I found them. The original loco and the last two. I must have accidentally switched LPub across to a different setting before doing (and redoing in the case of the loco) the instructions. Newer versions will be uploaded. Tim (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) So do I but going back to the original issue which instructions are using the black edgelines? Tim (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: BayLUG in the News
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(...) It doesn't. Last weekend was the first one being open since the article came out, and I heard all weekend we were having to explain to people why stuff mentioned in the article was not actually on display. The public was very confused. Russell (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, FTX)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) I agree fully with Philo's thoughts about the "Always black" edgelines. cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) I always considered that "Always black" was unusable since dark colors were illegible. So for me the answer is yes. I would be tempted to push the threshold further: even if there is enough contrast on screen, it could be insufficient in (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) I agree that dark gray would have worked better for these edge lines. I can easily change "always back" in LDView to be "usually black". I played around with the settings a bit, and with r * 30 + g * 59 + b * 11 <= 3600 as my threshold for (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: 3D matrix math question
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(...) Maybe I'll just automatically disable the scaling when "Show control points" is turned on. I'll definitely disable the scaling when "Show all" is turned on. (...) Having the control lines be a different color won't necessarily help when they (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: The RTS Zavala Steamship-of-War
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(...) I am glad. (...) I will work on getting a video made and uploaded somewhere. (...) Thanks (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: The RTS Zavala Steamship-of-War
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(...) Thanks! (...) The RTS Zavala is approximately minifig scale, it's 1.2 feet per stud. (...) I worked on it off and on over the last 2 1/2 years. (...) The scale was set by the width of the hull center pieces with two rows of inverted slopes on (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) See the difference between your instructions and those I created from the MPD: (URL) guess is that your LDView lpub setup has edge lines set to "always black" Philo (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Make a Mecha
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(...) Hi Mark (...) I've to build me one. Second instruction for a mecha in one month! This year seems to come to a good end. (...) I'll send my feedback as soon as I can give one. (...) Those were really fun to build! Cheers (URL) Marco> (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) Thanks! Strange. The edgelines show up very clearly on my system. I'm curious how other people find them? They're set to something similar to dark grey. Tim (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Western Train with instructions
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Hi Tim, Wonderful models and instructions! (no I'm not turning train ;o)... But I find the edgelines of black parts much too dark, making these parts illegible. What setup did you use? Philo (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: 3D matrix math question
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(...) Actually the switch turning off condline controls scaling could be a sub-option of "Show control points" and be active only in this case. BTW, could it be possible to show control lines in another color to distinguish them from conditional (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: 3D matrix math question
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(...) This is true, and I actually try to work this way, but if you look up the thread to ((URL) here>), you'll see that this bug led to a problem that would be visible in real-world parts if the suggested conditional edge primitive is created. And (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: Make a Mecha
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Sorry to reply to my own thread but somebody was awesome enough to make instructions based off my photos. (URL) Flickr Link to instructions> Check it out and build away mates! Mark (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Stage III Re: Western Train with instructions
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(...) --snip-- Stage III is up now. (2 URLs) ((URL)). Tim (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Classic-Castle's Colossal Castle Contest submissions open
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Colossal Castle Contest submissions are now open! Technical difficulties have been fixed and you can now (URL) submit your entries>. If you are interested in learning more about Classic-Castle's signature annual contest, please see (URL) the contest (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.contests, FTX)
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| | Re: 3D matrix math question
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(...) Fixing this one group of rarely important special cases in an efficient manner is probably not the most valuable use of your time. You could always offer 'condition point compression' as a user-selectable option. Tim (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: 2009 Sets on TRU site
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(...) Saw 3 pirate sets at the local TRU here in Hamilton tonite-- LEGO Pirates - Brickbeard's Bounty LEGO Pirates - Soldier's Fort LEGO Pirates - Loot Island The other ones may have been there--I didn't look too hard (was busy checking out the Mars (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: The RTS Zavala Steamship-of-War
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(...) snip (...) Oh I'm enjoying!! That's fantastic!! The detail is amazing! I'd love to see a vid of the pistons/paddle wheels! The back detail is perfectly done--I love it! Very nicely done! Dave K (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: The RTS Zavala Steamship-of-War
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(...) Wonderful job Kurt! Your scale is massive compared to the "set scale" of my shipbuilding. What was the build-time for this? I'm particularly impressed that you were able to base this on hull pieces and yet the scale still works. I too like the (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | The RTS Zavala Steamship-of-War
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I am pleased to announce my newest MOC The RTS Zavala Steamship-of-War (URL) This vessel is a side-paddle-wheel sailing steamship. The model is almost 4 1/2 feet long (1.36 meters) and it uses 13 hull center sections. Although called a schooner, the (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.boats, lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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| | Re: Some larger sets on sale at Target.com
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(...) You can get an even better deal on the Cafe Corner and the Green Grocer if you shop through Amazon...they have the same prices but don't charge tax (at least in CA) and you can get free shipping so your final price is about 120 or about 115 (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Make a Mecha
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Hello Mecha folk. I made this design some time ago. (URL) Now I've made a newer version with instructions: (URL) Since then I've put the swat team in a display and taken them to a few events. I am constantly hounded for instructions. I made a newer (...) (16 years ago, 15-Dec-08, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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| | 2009 Sets on TRU site
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Hi, I just noticed some of the 2009 sets including some pirates showing on the Canadian TRU website, they all have a release date of Dec 20th. You can apparently pre order them now. (URL) (16 years ago, 15-Dec-08, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: LETGUI new version 0.1.0.18
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(...) Philo just informed me that both versions that I have packed into the setup are the old versions. So I compliled it again with the current (above mentioned) versions of that tools. I am sorry for any trouble this may have caused on your side. (...) (16 years ago, 15-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ni har väl inte missat...
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(...) Okej, här gäller det att ta längre steg och oftare ner till leksaksbutiken :-)! Ska bli kul att se vad som finns, kan bli fina julklappar till mig själv!! Micke (16 years ago, 15-Dec-08, to lugnet.loc.se, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés dimanche 14 décembre 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 ---...--- ** Enquête de Satisfaction AFOLs ** par Didier MALON (...) (16 years ago, 15-Dec-08, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | LGEO Update
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Hi All, time to release an updated LGEO library. Here is a list of changes since the last update: lg_30552: added lg_30553: added lg_30554: added lg_41532: added lg_3645: added lg_49059: added lg_55013: added lg_3647: removed unreferenced (...) (16 years ago, 15-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | "Legos" on TRU Ad
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Just happened to see an ad for TRU on TV, and the narrator specificically used the word "Legos" with an "s"... I just found it funny enough to share. (Though secretly I'm a closet user of the term myself - something for which I could be condemned in (...) (16 years ago, 15-Dec-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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