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(...) A great idea, a fine-looking product, and a terrific price! I'm always pleased to see new clone brands on the market! (...) Getting a "not found" error on that second one. (13 years ago, 11-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Alt Bricks
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Hi All, “Alt Bricks” (my new BrickLink.com store) is proud to announce its first custom product. Green Plant Leaves 6 x 5. This element is similar to the LEGO 6 x 5 plant leaf. This is NOT manufactured by LEGO. It is a custom element made for Alt (...) (13 years ago, 10-Mar-12, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | TRU sale March 9-18
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Lousy TRU flyer this week but the deal is good from Friday March 9th through Sunday March 18th. 5818 Luigi's Italian Place (DUPLO) $15.00, reg $24.99. ---...--- Indigo also has some sets and minifigs on sale. Be wary of their shipping charges for (...) (13 years ago, 10-Mar-12, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: I quit.
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--snip-- (...) Hi Tore, I'm very sorry to hear about your health problems and wish you great luck and fortitude in recovering your health as best you can. And I can fully understand that adding additional stress is not good for this. Better not to (...) (13 years ago, 9-Mar-12, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi Tory, Sorry to hear this, but I think we all can understand. I personally thank you for all your effort to the LDraw community and thank you for years of contact. We'll keep in touch otherwise. Best regards, Jaco (13 years ago, 9-Mar-12, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: What I've been up to --new business
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(...) Yea i'v heard about the vendor space issue. Apparently they do not have the 4th room this year or something to that effect. Never fear i'm sure something will work out. If something doesn't pan out I have other ideas. (13 years ago, 7-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Hi Tore, Sorry to hear that your leaving. But if you think this is the best way, i'll understand. Hope your health won't decline too fast. I wish you all the best in what you like to do in the future. Regards and take care. Ludo (13 years ago, 8-Mar-12, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I'm so sorry to learn of your difficult situation and of your decision to leave the hobby, though it sounds entirely reasonable to me. You've put in a ton of work over the years, and even if you never took another look at anything (...) (13 years ago, 8-Mar-12, to lugnet.cad)
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| | I quit.
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It is with great sadness I have decided to quit LDraw. LDraw has been my primary hobby for about 15 years and an endless source of joy and relaxation, combined with intellectual challenges. But in the last few years, it feels like LDraw has changed (...) (13 years ago, 8-Mar-12, to lugnet.people, lugnet.cad)
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| | Beware the eyes of March
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rtlToronto eye's of March monthly meeting. Join us at Swiss Chalet this Friday (the second Friday of March) at 7pm for some very very good chicken Just Chicken, and eyes of March talk. No lego, just eyes Regards Chris B.E.D. (13 years ago, 8-Mar-12, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: LEGO Space Shuttle Makes It To The Edge Of Space (video)
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(...) Wow. That is fantastic! Too bad that he didn't choose to build his own MOC instead! But maybe he will next time. JOHN (13 years ago, 6-Mar-12, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: LDView and snapshots (Windows 7 64bit)
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(...) It would be wise to continue this discussion on (URL) (13 years ago, 6-Mar-12, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LEGO Space Shuttle Makes It To The Edge Of Space (video)
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LEGO Space Shuttle make it maiden voyage high above the clouds. Raul Oiada, a Romanian physicist and an Australian entrepreneur Steve Sammartino decided to launch a LEGO Space Shuttle into space and capture the whole thing on video using a GoPro (...) (13 years ago, 6-Mar-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | LEGO Space Shuttle Makes It To The Edge Of Space (video)
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LEGO shuttle make it maiden voyage high above the clouds. Raul Oiada, a Romanian physicist and an Australian entrepreneur Steve Sammartino decided to launch a LEGO Space Shuttle into space and capture the whole thing on video using a GoPro Hero (...) (13 years ago, 6-Mar-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: LDView and snapshots (Windows 7 64bit)
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(...) Maybe we could get a 64 bit build available on ldraw.org for download? (13 years ago, 5-Mar-12, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub not generating torus in output images
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(...) I've stuck with this particular version because the newer editions have been giving me unpredictable results with BFC errors that I can't seem to track down. I won't bother you with all of the details, but I use a lot of custom LDraw parts, (...) (13 years ago, 5-Mar-12, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub is slow on Windows 7
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(...) Windows 7 performance issues have come up a few times already, here and possibly at the forums on ldraw.org. (URL) might point to a fix, or to someone who has one. (13 years ago, 5-Mar-12, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LPub is slow on Windows 7
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Ever since I was issued a new laptop from work and installed lpub on it, it takes ages to do any kind of render operation. I am guessing there's some security setting in Windows that has to time out every time it invokes the external program to do (...) (13 years ago, 5-Mar-12, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: What I've been up to --new business
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(...) Howdy, Ondrew! Good to hear from you-- I think that it is a great idea, and if you have a passion for it, then I say pursue it! One caveat, though: I have heard that vendor space at Brickworld is extremely limited, to the point that they may (...) (13 years ago, 5-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | What I've been up to --new business
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I've been lurking on the train forum for the past few months and was pleasantly surprised to see it become active again. I have been debating posting this as I haven't been able to build in over 3 years now but since the goal is to fund my Lego (...) (13 years ago, 5-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Yellowness
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(...) Yep. I don't really understand all the chemistry going on there, but essentially LEGO has a flame retardant in their ABS plastic which contains Bromine-- a naturally yellow/brown color. So, when exposed to UV light (direct or indirect), this (...) (13 years ago, 5-Mar-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Yellowness
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Hi I once built a large building in white, though not finished. It stands on a cupboard, at the other end of the window, hence not in the sun However, due to ... reasons I have not completed this for some 4+ years, but just lately I realised, that (...) (13 years ago, 5-Mar-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LPub not generating torus in output images
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(...) Hi Dave, That is a really old version of LPub. I can imagine that you are using it for a reason, like you want to render with POV, but if that is not the case, I suggest you update LPub to version 4.0.0.11. It renders using LDView or LDGLite (...) (13 years ago, 5-Mar-12, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LPub not generating torus in output images
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I'm using LPub v 2.4.8.0, and I've noticed that it completely omits POV-Ray torus objects in the output images. Any idea why this might be happening? (13 years ago, 4-Mar-12, to lugnet.cad)
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| | ItLUG Ballabio 2012 - New website on-line
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ItLUG Ballabio 2012 new website is on-line here: (URL) the following link the logo event MOC: (URL) event will be next 6/7/8th July in Ballabio (LC), northern Italy. Actually there already 42 AFOLs registered. Stay tuned! (13 years ago, 3-Mar-12, to lugnet.events)
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| | Gary Istok will be selling his entire collection...
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OK, I'm still PDFing LEGO CD files, and making a few changes since I have a last minute chance.... BUT.... Right now I'm just putting feelers out there... I've decided to sell my entire LEGO collection.... hundreds of thousands of parts from 10-50 (...) (13 years ago, 3-Mar-12, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | LEGO® Group Sales Up by 17% in 2011
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March 1, 2012 Author: Roar Rude Trangbæk LEGO® Group sales up by 17% in 2011 For the 8th year running the LEGO Group captured market shares in 2011 in a sluggish toy market. The Group’s share of the global market is now 7.1%. Sales rose to USD (...) (13 years ago, 2-Mar-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.40 ***
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(...) Thanks Willy. First it would work at all, even i replaced the old LDConfig file. But then i remarked that i was still on MLCAD Version 3.2,while the latest one is 3.4 After installing the 3.4 version, everything O.K. And now adding a shortcut (...) (13 years ago, 2-Mar-12, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés vendredi 2 mars 2012
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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 7 jours. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** Le quartier des affaires FreeLUG ** par Denis HUOT (...) (13 years ago, 2-Mar-12, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: hmmmph!!!!
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(...) Just so I understand you Dave, Your sad you have to build, and play with your lego bricks? Confused Chris (13 years ago, 2-Mar-12, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) !
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| | March 31st, 2012 SMART Meeting
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We had a great meeting last Saturday, with lots of really good line-tracking robots. The people there voted to do the line tracking competitively, so here are the results: For a straight line: 1st: Kyle (34.9 seconds) 2nd: Rose (36.5 seconds) 3rd: (...) (13 years ago, 1-Mar-12, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: 3D printers
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(...) I'm assuming that you are lightly protesting the (URL) SOLD OUT> status, Dave!? (In service to those unaware of the inside joke) JOHN (13 years ago, 1-Mar-12, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: The newer magnets... // "Photos or it didn't happen."
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(...) Thanks for showing off the "guts". I had a chance to try out the new magnets last weekend at the alleged train show in Portland with my Maersk train pulling about 5 cars on the layout. In real life, on a 45 degree "S" curve after a wide 90 (...) (13 years ago, 1-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Theed Hangar Encounter
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An unexpected encounter with the Sith Lord forces the rebels to alter their plans, an alternate route to the palace for the entourage while the two Jedi deal with the menace. The third in a series of Lego Star Wars Modular Buildings. (URL) Click the (...) (13 years ago, 1-Mar-12, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | hmmmph!!!!
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So the year after they release the wonderful brick-built calendar (that I just got for Christmas) just happens to be a fraggin' leap year! So yes, you have to rebuild the entire calendar for March!! Grrr!!! Dave K (13 years ago, 1-Mar-12, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: need help identifying set
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(...) thanks for the reference with pictures, dave. i think my brain mixed the 6582 and 1687 sets together 'cause i'm remembering it differently but those have got to be the only sets that match what i'm remembering. ..jg (13 years ago, 1-Mar-12, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Kartoffelrækkerne
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While I can't comment on the accuracy of the model (I've never been to Europe), I've got to say that is quite an excellent LEGO town. (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: The newer magnets... // "Photos or it didn't happen."
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(...) Getting back on a very old topic ("since we all know that a picture is worth a thousand of words" - "Photos or it didn't happen."): (2 URLs) Hope you enjoy (despite of destroying LEGO parts) + Leg Godt! (URL) See more pictures of my models at (...) (13 years ago, 1-Mar-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) I think it's the higher ratio of piece types to set size that leads him to conclude the sets are not as useful for free-form building as they once were. The argument he makes is that if you have a set of 100 unique pieces, it has less (...) (13 years ago, 1-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) I've been sort of pondering this, and I've concluded that the researcher's conclusion makes more sense if we use as a sample 100 random elements chosen from the "classic" LEGO era vs 100 random elements from the newer Ninjago era. Whatever the (...) (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: need help identifying set
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(...) DaveE (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | need help identifying set
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i need help identifying/finding a set. i seem to remember a town/flight set that included a black airplane that had an odd double-tail fin design very much like the 6582 daredevil flight squad plane ((URL) seems like it was available in the early (...) (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) Me too. I love the little details like the frowny face next to the age range, and that the set number is the Number of the Beast. (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Danish State Railways (DSB) Litra EA
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Back in December Dennis Thomsen posted his model of a DSB Litra EA electric locomotive on (URL) www.byggepladen.dk>. Even if it is only six wide, it still matches the look of the original quite well: (2 URLs) Play well, Jacob (reposting a bit of (...) (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: NXT and iPod touch
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Hi all. Now it is possible to control the NXT from every Apple iOS device. (URL) (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Attempting to replace LUGNET server(s) (again)
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Dear LUGNET Community, as you may or may not have noticed we have had a few issues with out main LUGNET server recently. During the last outage we tried to move everything over to new hardware but failed due to architectural incompatibilities of the (...) (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) In terms of using specific elements as incentive to buy more sets, it certainly is a trend. They finally picked up on a complaint that the Star Wars fans have been voicing for ten years, which is that we wanted a wider variety of minifigs. Now (...) (13 years ago, 29-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 3D printers
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(...) I built a Prusa 3D printer. I've had it for about 6 months. (one of the reasons I've been quiet on Lugnet) I have tried to print Lego, and while my success with it was limited, I lay that solely at the feat of not getting the printer fully (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) From what I've heard from LEGO, they might occasionally do that with a particular product line, but each one is evaluated independently. So, whether or not Ninjago will have alternate models is a totally separate discussion from whether or not (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) I think you're spot-on. He went fishing for empirical support for his intuition and really had to stretch to make it seem to fit. I think one contributing factor is that people who have not maintained familiarity with LEGO pieces over the (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote: (snip good analysis) For more musings on the build/rebuild vs. build/play dichotomy see (URL) second one really reinforces what Dave's talking about, in that if you plan to NEVER take something apart but just (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Monorail Record
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In lugnet.announce, David Eaton wrote: <snip> (...) OMG!!! I was a little meh when looking at the TD--thought it was just 'track for the sake of track', but when i looked at the pictures...!!!!! Fantastic!!! Very nicely done!! I love the (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.events)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) I think he's doing the same thing that virtually everyone does when they see modern LEGO-- trying to figure out why they don't like it as much. Everyone that grew up with LEGO seems to go through that same stage of curmudgeon-ity, where they (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Kartoffelrækkerne
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(...) Esben created some very nice models here. I love the activity in the scene. -Jason Jason Spears | (URL) Flickr> | (URL) WMLTC> (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Portland Train Event
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(...) Haters gotta hate. Bley isn't so bad. Trust me. Neither was the lobotomy. (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) He's got a (half baked) hypothesis. He wrote a paper 10 years ago and is still milking it. Don't confuse him with data. OK, that was harsh, but that's what I come away with, without detracting from the agreement points we DID find here. Like (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LMC - Guest
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(...) The LMC set by SteveB will be part of the 2013 LEGO Cuusoo line. ;-) -Abner (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Portland Train Event
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(...) Hi Ben, I believe the event is: (URL) BricksCascade.com>, which happens in early June 2012, at the Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR. Dates: May 31, 2012 - June 3, 2012 from the 'Bricks Cascade' website schedule page. FYI: The other LEGO (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Portland Train Event
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(...) Pix or it didn't happen! Also, today I came to LUGNET and found I needed to hit "next 20" TWICE to see what'd been said since my last visit. It's been too long since that was the case. (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Portland Train Event
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(...) Thanks for the reminder on that T-shirt, Matt! Looking forward for more pictures on that event. Three Lego train clubs in your area is really a lot activity. BTW: Where can I find more info on the coming event in June? Best Regards, Ben (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: 3D printers
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(...) Agreed. I've seen people print 2x2 bricks, but just for fun. One thing I've considered is to use a reprap to print foundations for hills in a layout, so I only need to use bricks and plates for the visible top layer of the hills. For that (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Kartoffelrækkerne
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Last week Esben K. posted pictures of his model of Kartoffelrækkerne (a quarter in Copenhagen built in the late 19th century). The model was presented at LEGO World in Copenhagen this year, but I still think it deserves an even wider audience: (2 (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) Good point, but there have always been LEGO sets sold as specific models with instructions for building them. And sets were not marketed directly to children in the 60s and 70s, they were marketed to their parents, and parents (at least my (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Portland Train Event
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(...) I'm not sure, John, but it could be the same guy as (URL) this> since they are wearing the same tie... BTW, here is a closeup of the photo above: (URL) I believe in that little construction scene they are prying up a bley 2x2 plate so they can (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) Yes, the debate is the same one that has been going on forever, but when you compare his research with his opening claim that "The sets kids receive as gifts today are replete with made-to-order piece types special to each set, useful in one (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Portland Train Event
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(...) Thank, Matt! I look forward to it. In the meantime, who is the sketchy-looking dude without the facial hair in the yee-haw hat in the back row in the photo? (URL) JOHN (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) Okay, yeah, from that specific perspective, I can see that he might have a point. A given set's part assortment has indeed become more specialized, and especially for some of the smaller ones it might be much more difficult to build a (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Astronaut Builds LEGO Space Station Inside Real-Life Space Station
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(...) like a simple payload glovebox" "The challenging part was using the thick rubber gloves in the containment system because it made me clumsy in building the LEGO space station" That's a pretty decent sized "build-in-the-bag" set. ROSCO (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) I spend too much time on Facebook. I very much want to click "Like" to both David Laswell's and Dave Eaton's comments here. As for the argument Dr. Changizi presents, I'm too distracted by the opening of the article, which to any experienced (...) (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) Ha! I somehow missed that in the past. Love it! -Hendo (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Monorail Record
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(...) Wow we did it! That layout is many times more impressive than I was expecting. Great job guys! If anyone ever challenges the record, don't forget a handful of other NELUGers have even more track to add... ;) -Hendo (13 years ago, 28-Feb-12, to lugnet.events)
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| | Re: Portland Train Event
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(...) Hummm... I thought I had pretty close to 1000 words in that message. But for those who need more... (URL) Next to that group of AFOLs is the GPLR layout. Behind them, pretty much all blocked, is the PSLTC layout. And in the way back you can (...) (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) I think he's probably correct, from a certain perspective. Essentially, LEGO has become a more diverse toy. LEGO from the 60's and early 70's was a VERY free-form toy. There weren't many connection types, so all the pieces essentially worked (...) (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 3D printers
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(...) What we really need is someone able to machine some aluminum 2x4 bricks! If only... (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Portland Train Event
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(...) Sounds great, Matt, but do we have to take your word for it, since we all know that a picture is worth a thousand of those. (URL) JOHN (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: 3D printers
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(...) I don't think there's any 3D printing technology available that hits the tolerances needed for functional Lego compatible pieces (I think Lego pieces are manufactured to ±.0006") The resolution on filament fed printers (fused deposition (...) (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Monorail Record
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NELUG recently held an event dedicated to setting the world record for the longest LEGO monorail track. From everything we had seen, the previous record was somewhere around 200-300 linear feet of monorail track, depending on how you counted it, (...) (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug) !
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) Two things come immediately to mind. The first is that it's really amusing that he's saying that now that there are a much wider variety of parts, it's harder to build something with them. I've got over 40 cars in my collection now that could (...) (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | 3D printers
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I was curious if anyone here has had experience using 3D printers to print Lego compatible pieces. Through an email list, I stumbled across this product: (URL) thought others here might be interested since it uses ABS as the printing material and (...) (13 years ago, 24-Feb-12, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Portland Train Event
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This past weekend, February 25-26, 2012, a great train event happened in Portland, Oregon, USA at the Worlds Greatest Hobby show. Sure, the show itself is a train event, but at the show something even greater happened. There were 3 separate train (...) (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) Or the (URL) Principle? JOHN (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Is that a corollary to the Jack Stone Effect? (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) He would argue that the increase in the number of new types of pieces is actually an indication that the LEGO system is getting less flexible. But as you say, the system is designed so that every piece connects to at least one other piece (...) (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Heh. (URL) JOHN (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Have you accounted for the Galidor factor? (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) He says "LEGOs" which makes his work suspect right there. :) Not very rigorous. The paper is from 2001... the piece palette has improved somewhat since then. But generally I'm not sure he's drawing valid inferences/conclusions. LEGO elements (...) (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Less than the one made from Megablox... :) (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Oh, wait a minute... (13 years ago, 26-Feb-12, to lugnet.general)
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Dr. Mark Changizi claims that LEGO sets have reached a point where most of the pieces no longer fit other pieces. Sound crazy? Wait - there's math... (URL) I've actually had an open conversation with Dr. Changizi about this article and the original (...) (13 years ago, 26-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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From space.com (URL) (13 years ago, 26-Feb-12, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Never trust the color of the wire - measure first, or rather remove the fuse! (13 years ago, 24-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) lol Gauging from his grip on that hammer, I'm guessing that Abner must have been a big help. (URL) JOHN (13 years ago, 24-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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[snipped] Same is true for Germany (whole Europe (as common in many fields UK probably excluded?)shares a power grit to overcome local power shortages, so I guess we all have more or less the same system with 230V at 50Hz). For the 380V system it is (...) (13 years ago, 24-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'll bite: what's the difference? JOHN (13 years ago, 24-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) It is the same in Denmark. (I must admit that I am bad at remembering which colour wire goes where, which means that I occasionally trigger the safety breaker when mounting ceiling lamps.) Play well, Jacob (13 years ago, 24-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi All, I know that flex track is a love hate topic. But I thought I'd post a new item I spotted! Plus some links for comparison... Fisher Price Thomas & Friends (aka GeoTracks)(URL) Current LEGO Flex track (URL) Prototype LEGO Flex track (2 URLs) (...) (13 years ago, 23-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains)
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Check out this life-size LEGO arm and hand. It's pretty amazing. (URL) (13 years ago, 23-Feb-12, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce)
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(...) My facts are from Sweden, but I suspect we are following the euro norm. Old wiring is two wires - 'phase' and 'earth' - that's 220 (or rather 230) Volts in one wire and 'return' in the other. New wiring, old outdoor or wet room wiring have an (...) (13 years ago, 23-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Very nicely done. I just saw the movie again a couple days ago in 3D, and this diorama really gets the feel right. -Matt :) (13 years ago, 23-Feb-12, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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(...) Yes, it is OK in the US to pull wires horizontally. If they are more than 1 1/2 inches (about 3.75 cm) from the edge of the stud (which is 3 1/2" thick on interior walls) they they need to be protected by a metal plate so that screws or nails (...) (13 years ago, 23-Feb-12, to lugnet.trains)
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