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TRU flyer good from Friday August 5th through Thursday August 11th. "Summer Vacation! Join us on Sat. Aug 6, from noon-2pm and make a LEGO Jet Plane. Max. 100 per store. Max. 30 per express location. While they last" 20% off all Harry Potter LEGO. (...) (13 years ago, 5-Aug-11, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Problems with LDView
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(...) Hi Travis, I'm sorry for the late reply. I have sent a model to your e-mail address. Best regards, Miran Pris (13 years ago, 5-Aug-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: NASA Sends LEGO-Men on New Jupiter Mission
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I ran across this on Slashdot this morning and loved the idea. It gets me wondering whether Lego will offer any special promotional packages with these same figures? They would be great collectables. :) Matthew Hein (13 years ago, 4-Aug-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | NASA Sends LEGO-Men on New Jupiter Mission
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NASA Sends LEGO-Men on New Jupiter Mission When NASA launches its Juno exploration mission to Jupiter on Firday, the spacecraft will have three plastic passengers, namely LEGO figurines. Meant to "inspire children to explore science, technology, (...) (13 years ago, 4-Aug-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | RE: Brickfete 2011 a huge success!! (at least from the feedback I got from everyone)
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lol, I was just going thru these pictures on flickr when this email came in. It is great that you and others got pics up and I will be looking for more over the coming weeks. Dave, it is especially nice to see the free build outside as I saw none (...) (13 years ago, 2-Aug-11, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | Re: Brickfête - robot games - who won
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(...) Chris, First, always go with your gut instinct. Mine was to get the CS display reasonably decent for showing. Foregoing any gears, I'm comfortable with what I brought to the event. Oh wait, I did have a display in the technic room! Well, (...) (13 years ago, 2-Aug-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Brickfête - robot games - who won
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I know you are all curious to know who won, so allow me to (re) announce. 1. For the Autonomous Tug-of-War game, we had a total of one entry. That robot was declared the winner (by Default) Seeing as one of the rules was that the event organizers (...) (13 years ago, 2-Aug-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Brickfete 2011 a huge success!! (at least from the feedback I got from everyone)
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(...) Dave, You just mentioned something that I addressed in another post. That post event low you go through after such an amazing fast paced weekend fete (Party) So, allow me to cut/paste what I posted to the brickfete.com forums ----snip-------- (...) (13 years ago, 2-Aug-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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| | Brickfete 2011 a huge success!! (at least from the feedback I got from everyone)
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Brickfete was fantastic! I'm still pumped and haven't come down from that high! The 4 days flew by waaay too quickly! So here's some things-- First, pics-- (URL) didn't take as many pictures as I wanted, but lack of time and energy. The good bit is (...) (13 years ago, 2-Aug-11, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment) !
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| | Last-minute addition to BrickFair 2011 schedule: "Bricks in the Community"
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Added at the last minute: a round table discussion at BrickFair this coming Thursday, August 4th at 11am. The topic is "Bricks in the Community" ... a few LUGs are working on plans for volunteer fundraising events that feature some sort of LEGO (...) (13 years ago, 1-Aug-11, to lugnet.events.brickfair, FTX)
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| | Re: Problems with LDView
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(...) It's possible that LDView is running out of memory. Taking a snapshot with a high resolution would take more memory than loading the model in the UI, but the difference shouldn't be huge. 3000 parts is a fair number, but I wouldn't think it (...) (13 years ago, 31-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Latest Moc: Scania R500 with Faymonville low loader
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Finally the R500 is finalized together with the low loader. It took me about three years to fulfill the task. I started with the trailer just after finishing the unit but postponed it over and over again. I already had it in April 2011 but waited (...) (13 years ago, 31-Jul-11, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Problems with LDView
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(...) Hi Travis, I've tried to open it manually with LDView and that works. It happens with all of my models that have around 3000 parts and 3 layers max (with this I mean model-submodel-subsubmodel). I've taken a look at the activity when I try to (...) (13 years ago, 30-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | "Had it with eBay" celebratory sale
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I did it. I sold my last item at eBay, and I no longer have a store there or any listings. The prices and service (high and low respectively) don't compare to BrickLink. Maybe they'll change for the better but for now, I had enough. So, to (...) (13 years ago, 30-Jul-11, to lugnet.market.brickshops, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Problems with LDView
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(...) Are you able to manually open your model files in LDView and view them? Also, does this LDView error happen with all models you try to use with LPub, or just some specific model? If it's a specific model, would you mind sending me the model so (...) (13 years ago, 30-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Problems with LDView
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(...) Hi! Problem solved! Needed to clear the image cache a couple of times. Thank you very much! Best regards, Miran (13 years ago, 30-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Problems with LDView
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(...) Hi! Thanks for your reply! I have put ldconfig.ldr in the same directory. It is not the complete solution: somehow it show the right color in the parts list, but in the assembly it still shows dark tan exactly the same as tan... Do you happen (...) (13 years ago, 30-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Problems with LDView
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(...) Ok, ldglite's not the only thing showing it's age. I should've remembered this sooner, but better late than never. If you *always* want to use the ldconfig.ldr file in ldglite you just need to copy it in the ldraw/models subdirectory. Then (...) (13 years ago, 30-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Problems with LDView
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(...) ldglite is is pretty old at this point, but it should be able to redefine colors using the ldconfig.ldr file. However since it is really old it may expect to find that file in the same folder as the model file being rendered instead of in the (...) (13 years ago, 30-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | ItLUG LECCO 2011, 15/17 July, Italy - Pictures gallery
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Here below some links of the last italian event organized by ItLUG. - Exhibition: (URL) GBC (URL) Robotics and cad (URL) Press videos: (URL) Press conference: (URL) Inauguration: (URL) Main Folder: (URL) (13 years ago, 30-Jul-11, to lugnet.events)
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| | Problems with LDView
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Hi all! I'm using LPub to generate my building instructions out of Ldraw files. The problem I get with Lpub is that it tries to create a step and after a while it gives me the "LDView stopped" error. I've tried to use LDGLite as the renderer, but (...) (13 years ago, 30-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2011-01 Parts Update Now Available
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(...) If you're interested in LDraw you should get to the forums. The aim is to shift as much conversation there as possible. It is the 'official' place for discussion. Tim (13 years ago, 27-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2011-01 Parts Update Now Available
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First, thanks for all the work to get this update out to us! Please continue to announce it on LUGNET. I don't get to the LDRAW website / forums at all, and want to remain apprised of new parts. Is there a possibility of an automated email update (...) (13 years ago, 27-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2011-01 Parts Update Now Available
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(...) Sorry they aren't hollow they are solid I used hollowed ones in the mpd for an unknown reason. As for these 2 parts they are unofficial ? (13 years ago, 27-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2011-01 Parts Update Now Available
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(...) Ahhh, sorry, I misunderstood. I think the LDraw website should definitely be the main place to make the main announcement. But if you're going to announce it in a forum as well I'd say the LDraw forum would be the best place. We've already got (...) (13 years ago, 27-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2011-01 Parts Update Now Available
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(...) My question (which was snipped) wasn't about LUGNET vs. the new LDraw forum. "It has been announced on the LDraw.org home page. Does it really need to be in the (LDraw discussion) Forum too?" Are you suggesting that we stop making (...) (13 years ago, 27-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2011-01 Parts Update Now Available
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--snip-- (...) Given that we are transitioning over (eg. the website now points to the new forums) rather than duplicating I'd say that the dedicted forum is the right place and a comment at LUGNET should be considered secondary. Tim (13 years ago, 27-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2011-01 Parts Update Now Available
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(...) Thanks. It has been announced on the LDraw.org home page. Does it really need to be in the Forum too? It's not really a topic for discussion. Or do we want to move all announcements from the LDraw.org home page to the Forum (now this is a (...) (13 years ago, 26-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2011-01 Parts Update Now Available
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(...) <SNIP> (...) Does it really use the hollow studs version of 4215? I've just created: (URL) (13 years ago, 26-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2011-01 Parts Update Now Available
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(...) Thank you, Chris, and to all those whose hard work made these parts a reality. Allen (13 years ago, 26-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2011-01 Parts Update Now Available
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(...) Great work just missing panel 1 x 4 x 3 with hollow Studs with mail logo for set LL6651. (13 years ago, 26-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2011-01 Parts Update Now Available
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(...) Thanks, Chris! another awesome release! Maybe shoud be announced (URL) here> too? Philo (13 years ago, 26-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2011-01 Parts Update Now Available
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(...) --snip-- (...) Excellent work, Chris. Thanks for keeping the updates coming. Tim (13 years ago, 26-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Request for anyone going to Brickfete - and might have a couple trucks
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But if you are done all your robots, what's a tiny little truck eh!! Yes, I can imagine this will be a layout that it will be hard pressed to beat in the local area TILL NEXT YEARS BRICKFETE!!! The small hobby/train shows, will just seem to easy (...) (13 years ago, 25-Jul-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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| | Re: Request for anyone going to Brickfete - and might have a couple trucks
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(...) Mike, I can't wait to see the finished MOC for display. I do not have the truck you would need; I hope someone can follow up with one for you. It's going to be an old school party ! Regards Chris B.E.D. (13 years ago, 25-Jul-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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| | Re: Any AFOLs in the Miami Area?
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(...) Thanks for the info Mike. --JJ (13 years ago, 25-Jul-11, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.mia, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org 2011-01 Parts Update Now Available
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The 2011-01 LDraw parts update has been now been released. This update includes 904 files in the core library, including 486 new parts. A further 4 parts have been redeveloped by authors who have affirmed the Contributor Agreement, replacing files (...) (13 years ago, 25-Jul-11, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad) !!
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| | 22% Discount on The Unofficial LEGO Minifigure Catalog
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Amazon.com is currently giving a 22% discount on the Unofficial LEGO Minifigure Catalog. You can now order it for only 69 USD. I am not sure how long this offer will last and I have no control over it. So, use your chance now! <link (URL) Christoph (13 years ago, 25-Jul-11, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | LETGUI Update (1.6.1.1)
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I just released a new version of LETGUI. Added support for stl2dat (now version 1.22). Added support for dat2qp (now version 1.3). Added support for coverer (now version 1.3). You can download like usually from (URL) you run into any trouble, please (...) (13 years ago, 24-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
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| | DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 3.0.9.0
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Hi guys, like already posted on (URL) it has been time to update DATHeader. Download version 3.0.9.0 from (URL) comments are welcome at (URL) (13 years ago, 24-Jul-11, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
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