 | | TRU sale May 22-28, pirate, city, power miners, racers
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TRU sale runs Friday May 22 to Thursday May 28. Buy two sets and save 15% or buy three sets and save 25%. Choose from Power Miners, City, Pirate and Racers sets. One of the sets they show is the yellow RC car, a great Father's Day present :). Gail (...) (15 years ago, 21-May-09, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | LEGO(R) Space Police 2009 Trailer/video
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For LEGO Space fans. On LEGO.com (URL) Teaser trailer> LEGO Space Police Log 01: Interrogation Video: 1:10 minutes long (URL) LEGO Space Police> Enjoy. (15 years ago, 21-May-09, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Part naming and hard colored parts
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(...) Hi Chris, thanks for the informations. I missed the first article (often I'm immersed in programming and don't take care of news). With the information on line 4 I got all I need (expecially for hard colored parts) and will be implemented in (...) (15 years ago, 20-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | May 30th, 2009 SMART meeting
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The next SMART meeting is on May 30th, 2009 from 2-5pm at Digipen. This will be our last meeting before the summer. The "mini-challenge" this time is an open challenge. Basically, bring a robot! Something you're proud of! Perhaps it's a robot that (...) (15 years ago, 21-May-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Brickhelper 1.0 - a LXF file utility app.
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I've completed v1.0 of this LXF file utility program I've been working on, aka 'BrickHelper'. With this program you can load a creation made in Lego Digital Designer, get an inventory of it's parts, and export a Bricklink-compliant XML file that you (...) (15 years ago, 20-May-09, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Power Functions train controller
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I've been reading the Power Functions protocol specification. I'm thinking that the train controller is using: Single Output Mode Mode = Clear/Set/Toggle 0100 Increment PWM and 0101 Decrement PWM when you spin a knob. Possibly Single Output Mode (...) (15 years ago, 20-May-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Interested in buying 1990s products
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Hello! It's a Spanish boy that has just joined lugnet. I don't know how exactly this website works, but just in case I'll try asking the next: I am interested in some Lego products from 1994 to 1997. It's a long time ago, but they're legos of my (...) (15 years ago, 20-May-09, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Brickworld - Build On The Spot Challenge
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(...) I plan to compete. Well, maybe not compete, but I will try to build something, likely using a provided nxt and the stash, or maybe I'll bring mine, who knows. Either way, I'll be there trying to make things either interesting, entertaining, or (...) (15 years ago, 20-May-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| | Shop @ Home Phone Specials for Wednesday, May 20, 2009, to Tuesday, May 26, 2009 & following week
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Item #10177 Boeing 787 Dream Liner Retail Price $79.99 Sale Price $49.98 Item #852125 Holiday Greeting Cards Retail Price $2.99 Sale Price $.98 Item #5615 Castle The Knight Retail Price $3.99 Sale Price $1.98 Item #7048 Castle Troll Warship Retail (...) (15 years ago, 20-May-09, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Frank Lloyd wright LEGO sets
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Abner Finley wrote: Snip (...) Additional images can be found on Adam's Brickstructures.com website: (2 URLs) Autographed copies (by the set designer) of the Guggenheim Museum can be purchased for $45 plus $10 shipping: (2 (...) (15 years ago, 20-May-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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| | Re: Most common production LEGO sets - proportion or quantity
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(...) Within a given theme, the smaller sets sell better than the larger ones because they're more affordable, but Brian has it right in that long-term production makes a huge difference when many popular sets can sell out in half a year. My guess (...) (15 years ago, 20-May-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | LSynth 3.0 setup tutorial updated
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Hi folks, I have updated the LSynth 3.0 setup tutorial at: (URL) also moved it from the betatest section to its permanent location. Furthermore I added more examples to: (URL) revised the troubleshooting page: (URL) In the updated tutorial you will (...) (15 years ago, 20-May-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Is the Emerald Night (PF) Slow?
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(...) Pulling more cars was one of the first things I tried. I was just using a simple oval track, so lots of turning. Half of the cars I used were 4-wheel ones, which have lots of friction on the corners. I had a total of 8 cars on it, and it (...) (15 years ago, 19-May-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Part naming for technic liftarms vs. beams
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(...) <snip> (...) Hi Chris, Thanks for the news. I should not be surprised that you are on top of this. I understand the drawing the line in the sand. 2009-02 sounds great. Thanks, Kevin (15 years ago, 19-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Part naming for technic liftarms vs. beams
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(...) Many of the Technic "beams" got re-cycled through the Parts Tracker in 2009-01 for primitive optimisation and BFC reasons. I took the opportunity to implement something that we had been talking about for some time - to name these types of (...) (15 years ago, 19-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Most common production LEGO sets - proportion or quantity
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(...) Short answer: Mindstorms. Longer one follows :). (...) That's not exactly the same thing. The production rate, and the consumption rate (how well they are selling), is nice, but the number of sets owned in the general public is also a function (...) (15 years ago, 19-May-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Part naming for technic liftarms vs. beams
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Hi gang, I want to start by saying thanks to all those involved in creating parts and managing the parts library. We toolsmiths would not have a job if it were'nt for the LDraw parts library. I have a question about naming conventions with respect (...) (15 years ago, 19-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Part naming and hard colored parts
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(...) Sergio From the complete library update that was 2008-01, the !LDRAW_ORG line (line 4 of every file) should tell you what you need to know. Full details are in the header specification at (URL) Generic colour parts have an identifier of "Part" (...) (15 years ago, 19-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Numbered Engine Set
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Here are the auctions from the shop@home archive. (URL) (15 years ago, 19-May-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Most common production LEGO sets - proportion or quantity
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(...) I would lean towards Star Wars, City, and Bionicle, simply on the basis that those lines are the top sellers for TLG over the past 2-3 years. Top sellers would mean that more production would be focused on the line to replentish sales, and (...) (15 years ago, 19-May-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Value of 003 Master Mechanic Set?
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(...) Better yet, if you just want to know the prices of one or two sets, I'm sure Gary wouldn't mind offering his opinion. Try posting on the Bricklink forum. (15 years ago, 19-May-09, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Numbered Engine Set
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(...) Here is the first answer: (URL) (15 years ago, 19-May-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Santa Fe Numbered Engine Set
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(...) A looong time ago I recall a very large full size Yoda head desk being auctioned. As for the engines, I think the first 5 were auctioned. They all can with a display base if I remember correctly. Check of the May 28, 2003 press release in the (...) (15 years ago, 19-May-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Part naming and hard colored parts
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Hi everybody, as many of you already know, I'm the programmer of SR 3D Builder. Using the lDraw prebuild library has been for me the starting point for developing my application, but as things become complex I have to assume some convention in my (...) (15 years ago, 19-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Is the Emerald Night (PF) Slow?
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(...) Some of the late steam era passenger trains could manage quite a pace. Besides, the occasional catastrophic LEGO train derailment can be kinda fun! With the maximum speed I am generating, derailment is not a risk. (...) Absolutely true. (...) (15 years ago, 19-May-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Most common production LEGO sets - proportion or quantity
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I am curious which LEGO sets are most common. For example, among currently available LEGO sets, which are produced in the greatest quantities, and therefore most widely owned (assuming they are not hoarded)? Is this information available directly (...) (15 years ago, 19-May-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO Gone Wild (Comedy)
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This has nothing to with the LEGO Group. For all the LEGO fans out there. Video is 1:35 minutes long. (URL) LEGO Gone Wild> Enjoy. (15 years ago, 19-May-09, to lugnet.animation, FTX)
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| | Frank Lloyd wright LEGO sets
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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NEW LICENSEE The LEGO Group and Brickstructures, Inc. to produce and distribute Frank Lloyd Wright Collection(R) LEGO(R) Architecture Building Sets The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation announced today that The (...) (15 years ago, 19-May-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Santa Fe Numbered Engine Set
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Does anyone recall how number the 0001 Santa Fee Auctioned for when LEGO did the eBay auction? Thanks. What other auctions did LEGO do apart from that one? Star Wars if I recall right? -Ahui (15 years ago, 18-May-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Brickworld - Collaborative Mansion
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover For Brickworld 2009, we want to build on the collaborative display that was started last year, the LEGO Mansion. This year, let us try to build on the theme of lighting (in keeping with the World of Lights (...) (15 years ago, 18-May-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Re: Value of 003 Master Mechanic Set?
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(...) He has a store on BLink. Cost is $26.95 USD. Click below (go to Category: Books): (URL) HTH (15 years ago, 18-May-09, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickworld - Build On The Spot Challenge
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(...) Attention everyone!! Okay - is everyone listening? We are modifying the conditions of the BOTS challenge in response to feedback received from the community. 1) You do not need team mates. You can compete as an individual or a team. 2) You do (...) (15 years ago, 18-May-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Re: DATHeader NEW as .NET application (version 2.0.1)
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(...) I have just tested the changed DATHeader also on UBUNTU/Linux with MONO. IT WORKS!!! Now as I have realized that there are differences between some functions that do the same on windows enviroment, but totally different on linux machines I am (...) (15 years ago, 18-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Value of 003 Master Mechanic Set?
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(...) Do you have a valid email or url for him? When I google his name for the CD I only get 404 error dead pages. Thanks (15 years ago, 18-May-09, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Is the Emerald Night (PF) Slow?
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(...) Slower is more realistic and will not derail on corners. I always run my steam engines as slow as I can without stalling. The better question is how many cars can it pull slowly and how long does the battery last? Thanks, Bruce (15 years ago, 18-May-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: DATHeader NEW as .NET application (version 2.0.1)
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(...) I have now found what happend. I use under windows the following code for a messagebox that gives an result back: answer = msgbox() But this does not work under MONO. Here I have to use: answer = messagebox.show(). So I have to check the (...) (15 years ago, 18-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Buy Cheap Baseplates for a good cause!
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(...) All right folks, I've got one more group of baseplates and bricks for sale. (34) Green 8x16 Baseplates. $0.75 each (bulk rate price $0.60) (32) Green 16x16 Baseplates. $1.50 each (bulk rate price $ 1.20) (25) Dark Bley 8x16 Bricks. $1.25 (bulk (...) (15 years ago, 18-May-09, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Orc Soldiers/Bricks Offered in Trade
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Hello. I have the following NEW items that I would like to offer in a trade: 1) All of the orc soldiers, complete and fully armed, from both 7036 Dwarves' Mine and 7040 Dwarves' Mine Defender. (That's 4 soldiers.) 2)1x1 medium blue bricks: 59 3) 1x2 (...) (15 years ago, 18-May-09, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Is the Emerald Night (PF) Slow?
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I finally got my Emerald Night up and running with the Power Functions XL motor and rechargeable battery pack (fully charged). Top speed for me is considerably slower than with a 9v train. Is this typical? Before I begin playing with gear ratios, (...) (15 years ago, 18-May-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | The Brick Testament - Satan Unleashed
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WARNING: This post contains links to MOCs illustrating subject matter that may be considered inappropriate for children. (URL) The Brick Testament> website has been updated today with five new stories from (URL) Revelation>, bringing the total (...) (15 years ago, 18-May-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.town, FTX)
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