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(...) Link corrected (14 years ago, 11-Mar-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | Missing Parts
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Hi, I'm building a lot of stuff with MLCAD. But now I came across a problem I can't solve; I need the parts with bricklink.com codes 60800, 3068bpb62 and x93. Has anyone got these parts by any chance? (I've looked on the parts tracker on (...) (14 years ago, 10-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 7931 T-6 Jedi Shuttle
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(...) gotta clarify that upon dismantling the model for storage i found that there is indeed seating for at least two figures and you could probably put all four in there but some elbows might end up in faces. ..joseph g (14 years ago, 10-Mar-11, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickfête - Canadian Lego Fan Event
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(...) Does a little happy dance, can't wait to see who comes! Janey "Red Brick" (14 years ago, 10-Mar-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | Re: Does RIS2.0 set use the fiber optics cable?
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(...) Cool thing - even though I can only run Windows in a window (sic), it sounds useful to to something with these old semi-intelligent bricks. I've googled a bit and found this updated link: (URL) has got the old contents there for winvll - funny (...) (14 years ago, 10-Mar-11, to lugnet.robotics.vll)
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| | Re: MacNQC 4.05b, RCX 1.0 and OS X 10.4.6 can't program the brick
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(...) Funny I'm tripping over this just today... (...) The most weird thing happened to me today on my iMac - I've only dug out the old Mindstorms stuff last weekend and went through reviving cybermaster and Spybotics - and guess what, the RCX and (...) (14 years ago, 10-Mar-11, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | How to fix a failing touch sensor on Spybotics
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Hi all, I recently got hold of a - previously ignored - Spybotics model (I never really considered them to be of interest until I got one cheap and found the kids like it). Yes, they are fairly outdated, however they hook up to my Mac just fine over (...) (14 years ago, 10-Mar-11, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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Hi all, yes I know, this group has been dormant for quite a while - however when digging through my older Mindstorms items last weekend, I also found two cybermaster units and became curious if they were still operational. The software is of course (...) (14 years ago, 10-Mar-11, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | Re: Brickfête - Canadian Lego Fan Event
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For those wondering, our event has been planned because bricksnorth is not happening. Regards (...) (14 years ago, 10-Mar-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | Brickfête - Canadian Lego Fan Event
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(URL) The baseplates are laid, the studs have been covered and the last brick has been snapped into place. Only one piece is missing (in this moc): you! obb is proud to present the inaugural Canadian LEGO fan event. Join us for Brickfête July (...) (14 years ago, 10-Mar-11, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Primitives and long file names
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(...) The plus for primitives is that they don't have to be human readable. It's possible to develop a system which more than covers the full range without breaking 8 characters. For example we use up to four characters (eg. 3-16) for fractions (...) (14 years ago, 9-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Primitives and long file names
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(...) to make workarounds for the DOS enviroment. With primitives however, having to do so will become much more painfull and problematic. (14 years ago, 9-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | feeding Simon
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OK, In order to stop Simon from spamming my email inbox, I am posting about this months rtlToronto Dinner. Simon will be there with some MOC or something held in place by gum, and a stick. To say Simon "greebles" would be like saying there is a bit (...) (14 years ago, 8-Mar-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | ME-23 Big Red Courier
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They say imitation is a sincere form of flattery, well if anything this MOC certainly is. Inspired by Blake Foster's XS-SP33D, this interpretation is a courier vessel for routing those hot packages around the local system. This MOC has working (...) (14 years ago, 7-Mar-11, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Primitives and long file names
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(...) Most extreme will be this with a radius >100 e.g. 11-48120. You will never know if this is a ring or cone or whatever. (...) This should be practicable for existing parts when you are restricted to 8 characters (e.g. by using DOS - see the (...) (14 years ago, 7-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | (MOC) A bad day in Hanger 13
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I went nuts with chrome parts and built an ill-tempered female cyborg and her robotic mount rampaging through a hanger. (URL) video: (URL) (14 years ago, 6-Mar-11, to lugnet.space)
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LEGO Bids To Build A Greater Appeal For Girls By Tom Bawden The Observer, March 6, 2011 After the Danish toymaker unveils a massive surge in profits, UK managing director Marko Ilincic explains the next step LEGO is planning to target girls with (...) (14 years ago, 6-Mar-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yes, maybe it's time to consider a total makeover of the LDraw language. If you do so, then don't forget to add support for pattern picture files too. /Tore (14 years ago, 5-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: C&NW Bi-levels, take 2
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(...) Thanks for the kind words John and Cale. The CN&W bi-levels are still among my favorite cars (though of course nothing can compare to dome cars). I like the single level cars that C&NW added a fake roof to so that they could run even with the (...) (14 years ago, 5-Mar-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Primitives and long file names
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(...) Sidestep the issue. Extend the LDraw language by defining new line-types for curves, discs, spheres, cylinders, rings, cones and torii! :) Sorry, I'll go back to deep lurking mode now. Steve (14 years ago, 4-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LEGO would like to maintain base in Hungary following expiration of lease
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LEGO would like to maintain base in Hungary following expiration of lease MTI: Econews March 4th, 2011 Danish toy manufacturer LEGO would like to maintain its production base in the city of Nyíregyháza following the expiration of company unit LEGO (...) (14 years ago, 4-Mar-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.hu, FTX)
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| | Re: Hello.. At last...x2
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(...) I think the store is slated to open in April. If you click the jobs available, they are still looking for a Store Manager, Assistant Store Manager(s), and Brick Specialist. Thanks, Ben (14 years ago, 4-Mar-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Hello.. At last...x2
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Hello.. Well after much work I I finally got into lugnet. I was having a lot problems receiving the final confirmation email. Anyways thanks to Rene and Chris.. I think I finally got it working. At last I can post and at last I can share the below (...) (14 years ago, 1-Mar-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: LDVIEW not working on Vista
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Thanks for your suggestions. I want you to know that I really do appreciate them. I have some replies to them below. (The replies, taken by themselves, may imply that I'm being defensive, and that isn't my intention.) (...) That may be true, but the (...) (14 years ago, 3-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDVIEW not working on Vista
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(...) This seems to indicate a problem with Win 7 write protection of the "C:\Program Files" hierarchy, or the Registry. Even if you are logged in as Administrator in Win 7, you are not running with full Administrator rights, *unless* the program (...) (14 years ago, 3-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Primitives and long file names
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(...) I still use MS-DOS on the computer of one of my bases. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (14 years ago, 3-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Primitives and long file names
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Now that long file names are allowed in LDraw and on Parts Tracker, what should we do with primitives for which name systematics gives filenames length > 8 characters? - Continue to cram everything in 8 characters nonetheless, eg. (URL) some (...) (14 years ago, 3-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LEGO Reports Strong 2010
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LEGO Reports Strong 2010 March 3, 2011 By Katie Roberts Revenue and profit increase during the year while market share grows by 1.1 per cent. The LEGO Group says the latest results show that it is now the world’s fourth largest toy manufacturer. Its (...) (14 years ago, 3-Mar-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: New Maersk Train Set Release Date in US: APRIL 1st??????
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(...) Just got my VIP eNews, and it's listed. Can even find it in the Shop-At-Home catelog (of course, not available yet). ... Is it April yet? (14 years ago, 3-Mar-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: LDVIEW not working on Vista
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(...) Just as a note, I contacted Ludo via e-mail, and I am attempting to figure out what is going on. Since I haven't made much progress, I'm still happy for people to post suggestions here in this thread. Since he said it worked when launched from (...) (14 years ago, 2-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Death Star Hallway
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(URL) As usual, click the pic for more details... AC (14 years ago, 2-Mar-11, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Best Picture Nominees - LEGO Style
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Scenes from the Oscar Nominated films, made with Lego. (URL) (14 years ago, 2-Mar-11, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LDVIEW not working on Vista
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(...) That may be a clue indeed, as all my (working) LDraw programs are installed in a C:\LDraw\apps folder. Philo (14 years ago, 2-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDVIEW not working on Vista
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(...) Where did you install the programs? Both Vista and Windows 7 treat the "C:\Program Files" folder hierarchy in a special, extra protected way. Many 'old' programs will work much better if installed outside of this folder, for example create (...) (14 years ago, 1-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: C&NW Bi-levels, take 2
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In lugnet.trains, Benn Coifman wrote: <snip> (...) I love the dark green, Benn! And I love the (URL) Twin Cities 400> line; it was the major competitor to the Hiawatha line. Speaking of the Hi, I have pretty much completed mine, after only about 8 (...) (14 years ago, 1-Mar-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: C&NW Bi-levels, take 2
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(...) YOU said it, not I! (URL) JOHN (14 years ago, 1-Mar-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: LDVIEW not working on Vista
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Hi Ludo, (...) I have little ideas about you problem, but on a Windows 7 64bit I use without problems: - LDView - MLCad - LPub 4 plus many LDraw authoring programs. Philo (14 years ago, 1-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDVIEW not working on Vista
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(...) Hi Michael, I did a re-install,won't work. Only the first attemp to run the application was succesfull (after the installation, you can start the application, thats when it did run). To get the version number, click on properties and select (...) (14 years ago, 28-Feb-11, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Railbricks Issue 8
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Download the latest issue of (URL) RAILBRICKS> now! (URL) 8> is now available for download! In this latest issue we focus on yard services. There’s an overview of what keeps those steam trains running, a look at cargo containers and how they’ve (...) (14 years ago, 1-Mar-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Re: C&NW Bi-levels, take 2
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(...) Awesome train Benn. The C&NW colors look great. The dark green is a huge improvement over the older version. I could make some kind of dig here and say something about not being the right width but I hold my tongue. ;) I love the choice of the (...) (14 years ago, 1-Mar-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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