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(...) It sure does! Now that I finally have got it less flooded in light, maybe I've gone too far in the the darkness. Let's see where it all ends up after some more tweaking. But I must say this... (URL) very much better than this... (URL) all for (...) (14 years ago, 26-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: minifig series 3 goes up from $1.99 to $2.99
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(...) Yeah, I forgot the VAT, sorry, but my comment was to the $1.99 - we paid 25 SEK for that series. The VAT is 25% on the net price, so 20% of the total. That means 20 SEK before VAT. With todays exhange rate that's $2.92 compared to your initial (...) (14 years ago, 26-Dec-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) *pulls out well-worn soap box* Okay, here's how it works. TLC has internal costs, and they have to make sure that they cover those costs and make a profit beyond that when they sell their products, so they have a wholesale pricepoint in mind (...) (14 years ago, 26-Dec-10, to lugnet.general)
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The new revision of my unofficial Datsville is available at: (URL) exciting news. Just some clean-up work and removing light sources from the include file hills-pov, to prevent light flood. /Tore (14 years ago, 25-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: minifig series 3 goes up from $1.99 to $2.99
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(...) I had to reply, since it looks like $3.52 works out to be cheaper. If I account for VAT (25% for Sweden?) you get $2.82. In the case of US prices, without tax it is $2.99. I agree the math does not work for all Lego sets. But that maybe a (...) (14 years ago, 25-Dec-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks for the suggestion. The answer would depend on two things: Whether or not Ace and I could come to an agreement. Whether or not Ace has a company. Joint iOS development requires proving to Apple that there is an actual company involved. (...) (14 years ago, 24-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: minifig series 3 goes up from $1.99 to $2.99
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(...) Maybe they want to have the US price a bit closer to what we pay here at the right side of the pond - $3.52 at todays exchange rate (25 SEK). (14 years ago, 24-Dec-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: best official pick-up truck model?
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(...) Offhand, I'd say...none of them. I can't think of any 6-wide pickups that have ever been released. The closest would be the SUV from the horse trailer set. (...) Well...I do have a design that's out of this world: (URL) (14 years ago, 24-Dec-10, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Series 3 Minifigs go up from $1.99 to $2.99
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(...) While the plastic on the series 3 looks the same as S1 and S2, I can say that so far, S3 clutch power of feet to baseplate is much better than S1 and S2. Just my observation. Chris (14 years ago, 23-Dec-10, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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question for the town fans, what's the best 'official' (part of an official set) pick-up truck that lego has released for minifigs? stuck in traffic, i got to looking at the cars around me and couldn't remember lego ever releasing a pick-up truck (...) (14 years ago, 23-Dec-10, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Series 3 Minifigs go up from $1.99 to $2.99
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just a quick thanks to david for cross-posting to market.shopping (i couldn't think where the appropriate initial post should have been made). ..jg (14 years ago, 23-Dec-10, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: My latest colour iteration of the 948 go-cart
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(...) Your next challenge: Transparent. Most difficult color? I vote Glow-In-The-Dark. DaveE (14 years ago, 23-Dec-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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| | Re: Series 3 Minifigs go up from $1.99 to $2.99
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(...) If it means that they're going to start using the regular LEGO plastic to make the MF's, then I'm fine with it. If not, then it looks like they just got a case of The Greedies. My local Meijer store had Series 3 for $1.99, so the MSRP didn't (...) (14 years ago, 23-Dec-10, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | minifig series 3 goes up from $1.99 to $2.99
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so i just noticed on the lego.com site that the series 3 figures (8803) will be available january 1, 2011 and they'll be $2.99. on the same theme page one can still see that series 2 figures (8684) were $1.99. umm..what's up with the figs going up (...) (14 years ago, 23-Dec-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My latest colour iteration of the 948 go-cart
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In lugnet.org.ca.obb, David Koudys wrote: *snip* (...) *snip* Wow - that looks great, Dave! Ed (14 years ago, 23-Dec-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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(...) A friend of mine has written just three super cheesy apps and has more than re-cooped the fee. Might be worth it. Scott W. (14 years ago, 23-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(URL) Click the pic for more details... AC (14 years ago, 22-Dec-10, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 7306 Golden Staff Guardians
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(...) I figured that the (URL) brown stains> were oil from working on his motorcycle, but they could indeed be maple syrup from Waffle House pancakes, slobbery dribbles from chewing Skoal or even rust spots from the shirt lying on the floorboard of (...) (14 years ago, 22-Dec-10, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) Well, yeah, but I was referring specifically to just the modular motorcycles. Of the three body styles, it makes perfect sense for the dirtbike rider to sit high on the frame, but the road hog rider should be sitting really low to the ground. (...) (14 years ago, 21-Dec-10, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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(...) ... (...) ... (...) I just re-read your post, and see you're saying you're getting BFC error messages, not BFC errors. I'm not sure how these would be visible from LPub (I haven't run LPub recently), but I would expect that they would rule out (...) (14 years ago, 21-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Could you team up with Ace Kim from fbtb.net who has already created an app? (URL) That would save the $100 cost, sell for $.99 or even $1.99? Just a thought. I'd buy one. Chris Eyerly (14 years ago, 21-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub Error Message?
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(...) LDView doesn't have a cache. I'm pretty sure LPub has image caches, though. You might investigate that. Also, when you say "BFC errors", I assuming you're talking about places where the BFC winding is wrong, which results in improper rendering (...) (14 years ago, 21-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 7307 Flying Mummy Attack
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Ed Stauffer was only too happy to provide some assistance to professor Netwiddle when asked to fly supplies for the professor's latest Tunisian expedition. But on a short flight between dig sites, a sudden, jarring crash hits his right wing, sending (...) (14 years ago, 21-Dec-10, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 7306 Golden Staff Guardians
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(...) you know, i noticed the 'higher' issue when standing a minifig next to the two different two-wheeled styles. which is more realistic? for one thing, the older two-wheeler looks more like a scooter than a motorcycle. on the subject, i think (...) (14 years ago, 21-Dec-10, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 7306 Golden Staff Guardians
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(...) Catwoman is indeed the first minifig who got the chance to ride one of the new modular motorcycles. That city fairing has since been released in black, white, and orange. The dirtbike first appeared in dark-bley in the Indiana Jones motorcycle (...) (14 years ago, 21-Dec-10, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub Error Message?
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(...) Okay, now I'm really baffled. I'm trying to generate a BoM for a model that contains six different clone elements. I've gone through and deleted all BFC statements from each part and from each clone sub-part and clone primitive, and I'm still (...) (14 years ago, 21-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | My latest colour iteration of the 948 go-cart
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The elders amongst you may recall that I have a slight... appreciation for the 948 go-cart. It was, after all, the very first Technic set I received as a kid (circa 1977) and it was the biggest set I got after The Big Melt (tm). Here's some pics of (...) (14 years ago, 21-Dec-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.technic) !
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| | Re: iPad and Android
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(...) It would be an LDraw viewer for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. If I wrote it, it would be based on LDView (and presumably be called LDView), but would have a simplified UI appropriate to the iOS touch interface. It would be available on the Apple App (...) (14 years ago, 21-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Okay, explain to me (in layman terms) what you are talking about here. If it is anything remotely related to ldraw and LEGO, hell, I'd pay the .99 to support the effort! JOHN (14 years ago, 20-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I'd be interested, but I should warn you that I'm unsure about the ability of an LDraw viewer to sell 145 copies at $.99 each, which is how many would have to sell to recoup the $100. (If I was highly confident of the market, I'd do it all (...) (14 years ago, 20-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 7306 Golden Staff Guardians
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(...) good point. i didn't describe the adventurer fig, he's got dark brown pants, suspenders and a tanktop t-shirt. he's unshaven, got a smirk and the t-shirt has a big old brown stain on the front (it's nicely detailed two-sided torso (...) (14 years ago, 20-Dec-10, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| | Sheikh's Caravan
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(URL) Click the pic for more details... AC (14 years ago, 19-Dec-10, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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(...) I'd be willing to front the iOS developer fee in partnership with someone, but I really don't want to have to learn how to program... Anyone interested? We could charge a buck for the finished app to get back the developer fee... Paul (14 years ago, 18-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 7306 Golden Staff Guardians
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I rather like the minifig primarily because he's perfect for use as the standard slob who does nothing but sits around the house watching TV & sipping beer :) (14 years ago, 18-Dec-10, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| | Re: Much faster stl2dat
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(...) I notice one of your proposed enhancements is to use Delaunay triangulation. I would recommend Jonathan Richard Shewchuk's triangle library, I used it on txt2dat and it works great. Theres a link at (URL) (14 years ago, 18-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) It is true that you can download and install the iOS SDK with a free Apple developer account, so you can in theory develop an app without paying any money. However, in order to get the app onto a non-jailbroken iOS device, you have to pay the (...) (14 years ago, 17-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Taxonomy of LEGO Minifigures
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I have been working on a new system of categorizing LEGO Minifigures and I would like to invite you to discuss this new taxonomy with me at (URL) (14 years ago, 17-Dec-10, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 7306 Golden Staff Guardians
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(...) Gesundheit! Seriously though, thanks for the clarification and parts references. I know there’s a name for the peaked hat I have in mind but couldn’t for the life of me think of that either. ..jg (14 years ago, 17-Dec-10, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| | Re: 2011 Train Calendar
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(...) Really looking forward to receiving mine. Thanks for the insight, Tony. Ed (14 years ago, 17-Dec-10, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Much faster stl2dat
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(...) A drastic improvement indeed ! Philo (14 years ago, 17-Dec-10, to lugnet.cad)
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