 | | Announcements of one type or another...it's been a while!
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Hi all, it's been some time since I posted here about BrickJournal, and for those wondering, no I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. Far from it. And I'll be telling you what's been going on... BrickJournal BrickJournal has grown from an (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.events, FTX) !
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| | Minifig collections
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Dear Lego, I love the new collectible minifig series that are coming out this year. Here are some minifigs I'd like to see in future releases. 1) Welder 2) Construction worker with lime green vest and lime green helmet 3) (URL) hazmat unit> 4) (URL) (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | $10 gift card @ this months rtlToronto meeting
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Come one, here ye, come all! cough, As per this deal at out local hang out, (URL) if we order a kids meal, we can get a $10 gift card to TRU. I'm sure there is fine print, but hey we are rtl, we dont roll that way. So, lets see what happens this (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) I didn't get it right at all, but now I think I do. It isn't an issue here and, believe it or not, I'm cool with it. :) (...) Good! :) (...) I'm glad that at least I'm not alone with this opinion. :) /T (15 years ago, 7-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Technic Gear 42 Tooth (744.dat) issue?
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(...) Works fine for me. But the 42z gear is part 644 and 744 is a "moved to" file on my system William (15 years ago, 7-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Technic Gear 42 Tooth (744.dat) issue?
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Anyone else have trouble displaying Technic Gear 42 Tooth (744.dat) in MLCad? Be careful, on my system, it causes an immediate hard crash of MLCad, losing any changes in your dat file! I'm pretty sure that it's the first time that I've ever seen (...) (15 years ago, 7-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Linked cranks mechanical puzzle
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(...) So do I... Now I just have to find how to align again the fingers without dismantling everything ;o) Philo (15 years ago, 7-Feb-10, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Strong smoke smell on parts
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(...) That was my feeling too. I started off trying the vinegar-in-a-container thing, but the smoky bricks now smell like smoke and vinegar; at best the smoke smell has diminished only a little bit. When I get to washing them I'll make sure to do a (...) (15 years ago, 7-Feb-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) Two things. First of all, is Maersk Blue hard-coded into any part files? I would expect parts that show up in Maersk Blue to have color 16 encoded in the file, and the user to select Maersk Blue as the parts' color when building a model. Since (...) (15 years ago, 7-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | LPub 4.0.0.0.4 BOM issue with BUFEXCHG [DAT]
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See below I would expect the BOM to contain 6 different coloured 2x3 plates, but the last two (added after the BOM END) are ignored - in fact with a very big file everything after the BOM END is ignored (almost as if the BOM END isn't seen) Also, I (...) (15 years ago, 7-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) I don't know if I got that right. Isn't Maersk Blue one of those part colors most wrongfully and misleadingly labeled as a "dithered" color? (...) I suggest the 0x2RRGGBB form is recommended for less "basic"/established pattern and sticker (...) (15 years ago, 7-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | LPub 4.0.0.4 CLEAR / BUFEXCHG issue [DAT]
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LPub 4.0.0.4 crashes if there is a CLEAR and a BUFEXCHG in the same MULTI-STEP group Two files below, first one is OK, second one crashes on page 2 0 FILE NoCrash.ldr 0 NoCrash 0 NAME: NoCrash.LDR 0 AUTHOR: MLCAD 0 UNOFFICIAL MODEL 0 !LPUB (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Linked cranks mechanical puzzle
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(...) Really nice. And thanks for the LDraw instructions. I really like building this kind of contraptions and mechanisms. Jetro (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Where no Minifig has gone before
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(...) Yes- these are great. I'm not familiar with the ones in the first picture (never watched Enterprise...) but the others all look familiar and are well done. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Dungeon Delver: That Frog...
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(...) Wow. I'm glad I posted my little picture, if for no other reason than to bring your amazing work to light again. I only get the chance to pop into Lugnet once in a while now, and had never seen this scnner of yours. It would be pretty amazing (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Endor Bunker
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(...) I'm not a fan of the Star Wars lineup anymore (since it seemed to be the only stuff that Lego could produce for a while, seriously), but I've got to commend you on your work here. You didn't buy the bunker set, so you went and made one that (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) I'm not much of a part author, so my opinion probably counts for even less than usual here, but I actually find myself agreeing with Willy on a issue involving colors. That never happens! ;) But heck, who can argue against freedom and (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) It would be very interesting which applications can not work with the (RGB colors (of the form 0x2RRGGBB)). Are they useful/necessary/developed? If someone has those application to test and make a summary of that would be great. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) For what it counts, I'd go for: * Explicitly disallow "dither" colors in all official parts, but allow RGB colors (of the form 0x2RRGGBB) in their place in patterned/sticker parts. This solution would give me the most freedom. I could just (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés vendredi 5 février 2010
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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 jours. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** Un camion de course en Technic (Ref 8041) ** par (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Linked cranks mechanical puzzle
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Here is my current favourite MOC: (2 URLs) It's a Lego implementation of an amazing mechanical puzzle invented by Oskar van Deventer and Bram Cohen, as seen here: (URL) I can't improve on the explanation given in this second video - just watch it! (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.4 CLEAR issue
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(...) Hi William, Welcome to LPub 4.0! Its a bit different, eh? Your expectations for CLEAR are very reasonable. <snip> Thanks for the wonderfully simple example. I made a one line fix for this. After I get the "submodel in PLI" problem fixed, you (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.4: Submodels in parts list?
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(...) I have found and fixed this one. (...) With it fixed, this should be fixed too. (...) I'll work on this next. (...) Kevin (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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Please read and respond to this message if you are a parts author, particularly if you have authored any patterned or sticker parts. The LSC is trying to come up with rules for colors for both LDConfig.ldr and official parts. We are having an (...) (15 years ago, 6-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org Parts numbering scheme for parts with unknown numbers.
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The LSC has just ratified the LDraw.org Parts numbering scheme for parts with unknown numbers. It should allow to add parts to the library where the part number is not known. As the systematic that is used up to now has reached its limits this (...) (15 years ago, 5-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | LPub 4.0.0.4 CLEAR issue [DAT]
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LPub 4.0.0.4 doesn't seem to honour the CLEAR command across multi-steps after the page after the clear (see sample below) 7 bricks in a row with steps between - A B C D E F G in three multi-step groups with a CLEAR after group 1 - (A B C) CLEAR (D (...) (15 years ago, 5-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.4: Callout placement
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(...) Just started using LPub 4 (last used LPub 2!) and came across this. What seems to happen is that the callout placement meta-command *is* created, just after the callout end meta-command. So after moving the callout with the mouse you need to (...) (15 years ago, 5-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Brick Dice
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(...) Yeah, I have blank black dice, but they are harder to ink with white ink for technical reasons, so I just stuck with the other five colors.. (...) (15 years ago, 5-Feb-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego City Policeman and LdrDat2Dxf utility
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(...) The tool is downloadable from (URL) (15 years ago, 4-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Strong smoke smell on parts
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(...) I have successfully used anti-bacterial liquid soap for cleaning smoke smelling parts. I soak the parts for a couple days in a soapy solution. One thing I noticed is that the smokey smell comes from an oily deposit, so my feeling is a soap (...) (15 years ago, 4-Feb-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Registration open for Bricks by the Bay Convention April 9-11 2010, Fremont California
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(...) Oops, I linked to the Brothers Brick article by mistake.... You can get there indirectly but the direct link is: (URL) (15 years ago, 4-Feb-10, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Registration open for Bricks by the Bay Convention April 9-11 2010, Fremont California
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The San Francisco Bay area in California is hosting a new LEGO convention later this spring called Bricks by the Bay. The event will be held in Fremont on April 9-11, 2010. You can now (URL) for Bricks by the Bay> on our website. Hurry - early (...) (15 years ago, 4-Feb-10, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Overreaction in the schools??
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And it wasn't even a LEGO-manufactured item! (URL) Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG / BAYLTC (15 years ago, 4-Feb-10, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Updated Unofficial parts pack for LeoCAD
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Following LeoCAD official parts update ((URL) here is an new version of my unofficial parts pack. It contains all LDraw unofficial parts available as of February 4, 2010. (URL) (15 years ago, 4-Feb-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.leocad)
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| | Endor Bunker
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Did not buy one, so I decided to build my own. (URL) AC (15 years ago, 4-Feb-10, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Welcome to the grand opening of the Grand Emporium! Set #10211
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A new modular set is to be released this month. I must be out of the loop as I found this by accident just now. Here's the link on S@H. (URL) (15 years ago, 3-Feb-10, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Strong smoke smell on parts
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He claims no damage to prints that he has seen. I don't recall what he said about stickers. If it is a big concern you might test with a few items first to see what happens. (15 years ago, 3-Feb-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO's Internal colour palette
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For those capable of updating LDConfig, please add/change these LEGO colors to these existing colors: (...) No match. The correct color to match to already has an entry, that may also be correct in some capacity. Someone will need to go through all (...) (15 years ago, 3-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Strong smoke smell on parts
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(...) Will that cause any bleaching though, and is it safe for patterned parts like minifig heads? These parts are almost all new and their color is excellent (except possibly some of the small white slopes), so I'm concerned about keeping them that (...) (15 years ago, 3-Feb-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Eastwood Ravine
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(...) If you're interested in seeing the bridge in action... well, as much as a bridge can be, I've uploaded a video to YouTube. (URL) --Tony (15 years ago, 3-Feb-10, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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