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(...) When in doubt, one should always try removing the thumb! (URL) Nice clone bricks Steve. ROSCO (13 years ago, 13-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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(...) And here I was wondering how you did that nifty bullet point. How about this: Of the English-speaking population that might reasonably be anticipated to pluralize a word by adding an S on the end of it, nearly 100% of non-AFOLs use the term (...) (13 years ago, 12-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That * was actually an *ahem* but FTX ate the rest. Sounds harsher without it. Ignore the word 'fans'. Very few non-AFOLs here or in Europe would call them LEGOs. Ergo not even close to 100%. (13 years ago, 12-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) If the author is worried about maximum variation with minimal parts... go play with Silly-Putty. LEGO is not, at the heart, about combinatorics, it's about creations. Perhaps he should do more building and less math. Or, visit a convention (...) (13 years ago, 12-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Good point. (...) Cool! Play well, Jacob (10 URLs) (13 years ago, 12-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) A fair point, I suppose, though I maintain that since I was referring to "non AFOLs," I'm not sure that it's relevant. (13 years ago, 12-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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--snip-- (...) no. Nowhere near 100%. There's a very high fraction of LEGO fans outside North America. (13 years ago, 12-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Based on an earlier post, I thought I would have another try at custom Lego bricks. Studs are hard. Clutch power is good. Fun to experiment. Someone who shall remain namless thinks this might be a cool way to make old parts no longer made. I (...) (13 years ago, 11-Mar-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Theed Hangar Battle
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The battle rages on inside the Theed hangar as the Trade Federation droid army brings in reinforcements to recapture the hangar. As several Naboo Starfighters scramble to get airborne, the ground forces have been split to enable the royal entourage (...) (13 years ago, 11-Mar-12, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Alt Bricks
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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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--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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(...) 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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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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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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