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(...) Monday the 14th is save 30% on all Playmobil brand toys. Online only. Gail Meagher (13 years ago, 14-Nov-11, to lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
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| | Re: What's your favorite locomotive?
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(...) Found them! (URL) (13 years ago, 14-Nov-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Ben's town Re: 2012 Train sets? // Wishlist
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(...) No need to worry Tim! I heard the compliments out of your words (mixed up with a little irony, which has been deserved after my statement on having problems with leaving baseplated away). I had not the intention to sound harsh either. Humor, (...) (13 years ago, 11-Nov-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm not sure the wording there made that sound like the compliment it was intended to be. But it was intended to be a statement on your high skills :) (...) Great to hear. I'll look forward to the next round of pictures. Tim (13 years ago, 10-Nov-11, to lugnet.trains)
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Zellers flyer good from Friday Nov. 11 - Thursday Nov. 17. (except closed Nov. 11 in Nova Scotia) They show a full price pink brick tub in the "for girls" section. Save 20% on LEGO board games $15.99 - $31.99 (reg $19.99 - $39.99). Shows two of the (...) (13 years ago, 10-Nov-11, to lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
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(...) Sure, Tim. But thanks for the help though... ;-) (...) The winter will be long.... The focus is first on a new track layout next to the roundhouse and will next be on the naked walls around the village (plenty of space for imitation of (...) (13 years ago, 10-Nov-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You could build a 2x rim underneath the walls (thus keeping the design much the same) and use the tiles under that. As a man whose 8 year old trains still set the standards I think you can manage it ;) (...) Excellent. (...) I think that would (...) (13 years ago, 10-Nov-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Tim, you are so right with your observation. The village layout appears to be quite static with all buildings erected in right angles. However I have found no satisfying way to integrate Houses on baseplates in odd angles. This ended in very (...) (13 years ago, 10-Nov-11, to lugnet.trains)
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LEGO Inspired Fashion Show to raise money for Educare From Newsok.com, Nov. 8, 2011. By Heather Warlick Moore Fashion show featuring LEGO fashion designed by local celebrities and students will be held to benefit Oklahoma City Educare. Some serious (...) (13 years ago, 10-Nov-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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LEGO® Design byME to Close in January 2012 The LEGO Group is closing that part of the Design byMe customization service that allows consumers to order digital models in real bricks. We will be accepting orders until January 16, 2012. Consumers will (...) (13 years ago, 10-Nov-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Ben's town Re: 2012 Train sets? // Wishlist
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(...) If I might offer some criticism: the green 'hill' baseplate seems out of place to me, and it would be nice to see more of the buildings at a slight angle (like your genius rock one). That aside I love the feel of the whole thing. Tim (13 years ago, 9-Nov-11, to lugnet.trains)
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--snip-- (...) x-posted to .technic I thought this was possible with the existing protocol. I didn't really understand the details but I thought the existing protocol allowed for a full 16 channels of which only eight were used presently. And I (...) (13 years ago, 9-Nov-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I have not heard any rumors on 2012 products. But LEGO has supplied us with a huge amount of trains recently (and two of them aiming definitely at AFOLs!). So I have to agree with Tim, that we can not expect too much in 2012. Including the (...) (13 years ago, 9-Nov-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) No word I know of. I'd guess it's pretty unlikely we'll get anything given we've had something like 5 trains in the past three years. That said the best train news for me would be the appearance of a PFS micromotor. Tim (13 years ago, 8-Nov-11, to lugnet.trains)
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Any word on LEGO train things for 2012? (13 years ago, 8-Nov-11, to lugnet.trains)
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| | this month we shall dine
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rtlToronto, and any free soul in the area is invited to attend this months dinner. We shall meet at 7pm, and Swiss Challet. The goal is to discuss Tech Ball. The library is booked, and a game we shall have. See you this Friday Nov 11. Regards Chris (13 years ago, 7-Nov-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Press Releases November 4, 2011 LEGO® Universe to close in 2012 Online game will close on January 31, 2012. The LEGO Group’s digital offerings will continue to develop over the coming years. November 4, 2011 – The LEGO Group today announced that it (...) (13 years ago, 4-Nov-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.games, FTX)
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| | Re: Lemniscate of Bernoulli
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(...) I did ;) The kind of stuff I love! Philo (13 years ago, 4-Nov-11, to lugnet.technic)
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Dear Mr. Putz: I am having the same problem of "A critical error has occurred" with Widows Vista. I have deleted the "Ris 2.0mov.#res" file but the same critical error occurs. Any suggestions? (...) (13 years ago, 3-Nov-11, to lugnet.robotics)
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Greetings, Here is a kinetic sculpture that I hope all will enjoy: (URL) (13 years ago, 3-Nov-11, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc)
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Getting closer to Christmas, and the sales are more frequent. Zellers flyer good from Friday Nov. 4th through Thursday Nov. 10th. Save 20% on Hero Factory, Fangz or Fire Lord, $15.99 - $19.99 (reg. $18.99 - 24.99) Save 25% on these four sets, $29.99 (...) (13 years ago, 3-Nov-11, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) A very good idea... take the power out of the A's trucks and replace the current B unit I have with a pair of new ones with XL motors... worth exploring! (13 years ago, 3-Nov-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oh, there are so many fantastic locomotives and great paint jobs (I love the color explosion that came with the streamliners). Heck, I even like the chunky F40. Probably my favorite is the E5, the last of the one-off E units. Shiny chrome, (...) (13 years ago, 3-Nov-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Might be a good candidate for exploring PF. I'll vouch for Tony when he said the XL motors can pull a Buick. You could make a B unit and wouldn't even have to change anything in the consist. Benn (13 years ago, 3-Nov-11, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Problem with 7898 locomotive, turning off automatically
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(...) ... (...) That would be my guess, all of the recent IR stuff seems to have these (e.g., the PF receiver, even the (URL) NXT motors> and PF motors). Further, it sounds like the fuse has gone bad if he can't run it and the motor runs fine on (...) (13 years ago, 3-Nov-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Im so ready for this! Cant wait to play! Im also going to keep mine together (with necessary tweaks) for Brickfete 2012. See you all there, and good luck to everyone that enters. This game is a blast! Janey "Red Brick" (13 years ago, 2-Nov-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Come one, come all It has been far too long since I rented a library in Toronto. After a long drought of no technic games in Toronto, and to dispel any myth that my new true love and favorite hobby is 3D printing (URL) would like to propose a (...) (13 years ago, 2-Nov-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | LEGO Planning to build LEGOLAND in Nagoya, Japan 2015
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LEGO Planning to build LEGOLAND in Nagoya NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Merlin Entertainments Group Ltd., the British operator of the LEGOLAND theme parks, said Friday it will enter into negotiations with the Nagoya municipal government to build Japan's first (...) (13 years ago, 2-Nov-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.loc.jp, FTX)
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| | The Burning Hells & the Lair of Droctiliath
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Here's another MOC from ages past. I posted this back 2002, but those links are also broken. For your slightly scarier Halloween enjoyment: (2 URLs) Enjoy! Dave S. (13 years ago, 31-Oct-11, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | 9V Pumpkin with flickering gaze of evil!
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Happy Halloween, my friends! Even though I'm no longer active in the hobby, I thought that I'd re-post this MOC from 2008 since my Lego website has moved and that link no longer works. Enjoy! (2 URLs) It's been so long that I've forgotten how embed (...) (13 years ago, 31-Oct-11, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) Hi Miran, Eric Albrecht has made the Fire station. See: (URL) I created the Grand Emporium. I can sent it if you like. Jaco (13 years ago, 31-Oct-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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(...) Thanks. Yeah, not sure what happened with the initial upload to MOCpages, but I reloaded and it seems to have accepted it now. I built this for an art show at my day job's offices in which employees were invited to participate. It was a fun (...) (13 years ago, 31-Oct-11, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I have two favorite locomotives. The first one is Maryland & Pennsylvania #6. A classic 4-4-0 on what is one of the best little shortline railroads ever. #6 served the Ma & Pa for over 50 years and was one of the last 4-4-0s operating in the (...) (13 years ago, 30-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Could it be a power source problem? Rechargeable batteries verses throw-away one? Wonder if there is a resetable fuse in the power box for when the motor draws more current than the circuit can handle. On a straight level track, the motor can (...) (13 years ago, 29-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Problem with 7898 locomotive, turning off automatically
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I was exhibiting lego trains at a recent model train exhibition. A member of public came up to me with his 7898 locomotive. The problem is that the locomotive keeps on turning off automatically when it gets under load, such as going round corners, (...) (13 years ago, 29-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Help vintage 1093 Interface A
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(...) I have constructed a cable to use a PC Parallel Port and have written a small C# program to control the 9750 / 1093 Technic Interface A. I have a description of the cable and source code on (URL) (13 years ago, 28-Oct-11, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It actually uses a TTL interface (e.g., PC parallel port). I have constructed a cable and software to use the 9750/1093 Technic Interface A. I have an discription on (URL) (13 years ago, 28-Oct-11, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) My favorite locomotive is Green Mountain Railroad's #405, an old Alco RS1 that used to belong to the Rutland Railroad. It doesn't have a particularly nice livery (it's green with a yellow stripe), and it's not particularly nice to look at (...) (13 years ago, 28-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) My favorite locomotive is the classic western style "American" class 4-4-0 and the later evolution, the 4-6-0 in the classic black (sometimes with red highlights) and yes I have attempted to build a few examples of the type (and I have plans (...) (13 years ago, 28-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Chrome Super Chief?
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There's a guy on Bricklink who sells chrome pieces. 2 + 2 = has anyone already done this? -R (13 years ago, 28-Oct-11, to lugnet.trains)
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