 | | Monthly MOC: Orange racer
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The monthly creation is yet another small racer. Please visit (URL) let me know what you think. Christian (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | US S@H Specials, May 30 - Jun 05, 2001
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(URL) Stangl Duplo 2436 Tribal Village $34.99 $17.50 2831 Toadstool $ 9.99 $ 5.00 2077 Storage Bee $ 9.99 $ 4.00 2106 Scoop'n'Squirt Funpack $17.99 $ 9.00 System 3411 Blue Soccer Bus w/promo ball $19.99 $15.99 6125 Sea Sprint $ 3.99 $ 3.00 4217 (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Spamcake.com
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For those interested, the subject says it all. (URL) those who want to contribute to the site, even in a sporadic way, email me and tell me what spamcake means to you: 1) how is it manifested in your MOC's or how you would like it to be; 2) is it (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | Pictures from the NGLTC display at the Georgia LEGO Outlet store
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Once again the NGLTC presented a display outside of the Georgia LEGO Outlet store. It was a perfect day for an outside show, and a great day for a crowd at the outlet mall. The layout was pretty much packed all day long with visitors, and wide eyed (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general) !
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| | Final call for the Gathering seats!!
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Hey everyone!! If you haven't yet, consider participating in _the Gathering_ at Brickfest 2001! You can participate even if you're not going to be physically attending, and even if you haven't officially joined Castle World (although the latter is (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.events.brickfest) !!
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| | BrickFest Update 5/29
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NEWS: A master builder from LEGO Shows & Events group will be attending BrickFest. For those of you that attended last year we have planned a completely different layout. I'll be putting the floor maps up as soon as they are finished. Last year we (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun.community) !
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| | Non-violent Space Contest Entry: Q-35 Aerospace Jump-Jet
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I don't think this could get more last minute... The Q-35 seats 35 passengers: 27 in the a roomy coach cabin, 6 in first class, and 2 in a VIP stateroom. A friendly crew of six, including pilot, copilot, navigator, and three flight attendants bring (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.technic, lugnet.space) !!
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| | First Attempt at Sculpture: Seahorse
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Well, I bought several blue tubs and with Mother's Day coming up (speaking in the past obviously), I decided to build my mom something. Here's the results: (URL) (24 years ago, 27-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build) !
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| | June 2001 MOTM contest
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That time again, A very interesting mix of entries. Vote now through the end of the month... (URL) Terry K -- (24 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | My last minute entry for non-violent space contest.
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Well, I guess technically I have till monday. :) The pics are a little fuzzy, but they link to larger pics on brickshelf (gotta save space on those free sites ya know.) Anyway enough talk, you wanna see pics right? I present to you the Peregrine (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Revised Catalog Insert Scans
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Well, I haven't seen any posts on this topic and if I missed something, please forgive me. After purchasing my Women's Soccer Team from K*B Toys, I decided to flip through the catalog that comes with the set. On the outside it looked like any other (...) (24 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | Five Level Custom Death Star
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The .dat files for Robert Martin's immense Death Star (five levels with a working trash compactor and working turbolift) are now available for download at FBTB. (URL) (24 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | US S@H Specials, May 23 - May 29, 2001
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Sorry for the late post, I was on vacation yesterday... (URL) Tugboat Tommy $ 9.99 $ 5.00 2599 Race Team $14.50 $ 7.25 2830 Strawberry Forest Friends $ 9.99 $ 5.00 System 6977 Arachnoid Starbase $79.99 $40.00 4283 Classic Starter Set $ 3.99 $ 2.00 (...) (24 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | lEGO.COM UPDATED!
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Lego.com is updated! You can now play 4 Alpha Team games at (URL) like a game where you shoot orbs with Crunch, a game where you shoot orbs with Radia, a game where Flex proves that ropes and grappling hooks are faster than stairs, and a game where (...) (24 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Tease this!
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My time in lego limbo is over. Here is your first teaser picture straight out of the box. (URL) (24 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Why aren't we going crazy?!? (Now go CRAZY!!!)
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Now go C R A Z Y !!! Thanx for confirmin’ this for us Jimmy…you were right, this ‘IS’ b i g . (...) What do you mean by ‘technically,’ are you aware of other specific sets that are gonna be reintroduced. Possible the ~North American versions.~ (I (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | BrickFest 2001
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Less then 25 days left to register for BrickFest 2001 Register now so that you can join us! Registering early insures that we will be able to plan the best event and will secure you a great registration package. ((URL) Brick Play Area Brick Wars (...) (24 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Why aren't we going crazy?!?
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We should be going crazy. Think this over: -We see old technic and town sets clearly in modern boxes (e.g. labeled city center) -We see two pirate sets in all new packaging -Lego dosn't usually make new packaging for just two sets, or limit them to (...) (24 years ago, 20-May-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce)
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| | MIA: Craig Hamilton ("craigo-lego") ?!?!?
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Whatever happened to Craig Hamilton, aka "craigo-lego" ("(URL) not heard from him in over a month. Today, I tried to send him an email message (asking him how he was doing), and the message *BOUNCED*! When I tried to visit his webpage, I got a "404" (...) (24 years ago, 19-May-01, to lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | RCX 1.0 at Georgia LEGO Outlet store (9709)
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While visiting the Georgia LEGO Outlet store today I found out that they have a couple cases of the 9709 1.0 RCX ((URL) is the 1.0 RCX with the power jack, nothing else. It is just the RCX, no software, no IR tower, no power pack...just the RCX. (...) (24 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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| | PNLTC at Legoland, CA
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We are proud to announce that PNLTC will be setting up their best layout ever at Legoland, CA on Aug 4 & 5 (Sat/Sun). Many of the members will be there and we invite everyone to come down and check it out! The current plan is to be located on the (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains) !!
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| | US S@H Specials, May 16 - May 22, 2001
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(URL) Baby Mickey & Minnie Stack & Learn $14.99 $ 7.50 2984 Pooh & Piglet Honey Hut $14.99 $ 7.50 2832 Forest Friends Tinkerbell $ 9.99 $ 5.00 2985 Tigger Slippery Slide $17.99 $ 9.00 System 6327 Turbo Champs $ 9.99 $ 4.00 Scala Bellville (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | 59 days till BrickFest
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I just updated www.brickfest.com with 8 new hotel options, the most up to date list of who is attending and the DRAFT Agenda. Christina (24 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | AFOL fools IGN with MOC
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One of us fooled a few people with a custom minifig. :-) (URL) (24 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.announce) !
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| | LEGO Autumnevent in Zwolle, The Netherlands
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From saturday October 20th until tuesday October 23rd 2001, a large LEGO event will be held in the IJsselhallen in Zwolle, The Netherlands. This event will be organised by LEGO, the IJsselhallen, Foxkids and the Dutch club for LEGO Builders and (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events)
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| | Silicon Psyche (formerly Moonbase Io): Year Two
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As of May 16, 2001, Silicon Psyche will be two years old. To celebrate this occasion, I've redesigned the Photon Bomber, now called the "Blastwing". Much like the original, it is a fusion of design concepts stemming from the Batwing, Tie Bomber, and (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.announce)
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| | RFC:LoTek updated with a RC Killough and videos of the Lynx tank
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<<followup-to lugnet.technic>> Hi there fellow LEGOmaniacs! I've done some updates to my site: 1) New project, a radio controlled Killough platform with a description of how the platform works and videos/photos of my version. (URL) got a new toy, a (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic) !
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| | logo and t-shirt design for BrickFest
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Tomorrow is the deadline to submit designs for the BrickFest Logo. (URL) Hitchcock www.brickfest.com WAMALUG.org (24 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.wamalug) !
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| | Jessiman family to attend Brickfest 2001
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I am pleased to announce that Don and Robyn Jessiman, the parents of late LDraw creator James Jessiman, will be attending Brickfest 2001. For more info, read: (URL) LDraw users and contributors are invited to attend Brickfest 2001, where there will (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !!
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| | Another BLAST update!
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This will be the last BLAST update for a while, I still have several more models (some old, most new) in varying states of assembly waiting to be photographed, but I have no camera. So, until I get around to buying a new digital camera, this will (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | Poll: Are you going to Brickfest?
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There seem to be significantly more people talking about going to Brickfest than have actually registered. I have updated the Brickshelf Poll with this question: Are you going to Brickfest 2001? (URL) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | 3rd Meeting of ParLUGment
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Well, another successful ParLUGment meeting, albeit a small one. Jude, Jeff, and myself spent about 4 hours at Jeff's place, gawking at his piles and piles of containers of LEGO and his unbelieveable garage sale deals. Jeff has quite the submarine (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.announce)
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| | US S@H Specials, May 09 - May 15, 2001
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(URL) Storage Bee $ 9.99 $ 4.00 2697 Farm Animals $15.99 $ 8.00 2830 Strawberries Forest Friends $ 9.99 $ 5.00 System 4990 RockRaiders Headquarters $79.99 $60.00 3050 Shanghai Surprise $12.99 $ 6.50 3411 Blue Soccer Bus with Ball $19.99 $15.99 Scala (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | New sculpture for Mother's Day: #1 Mom
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In honor of all of our mothers, I have built a mosaic for my mom for Mother's Day. Enjoy. The Main Page: www.brickfrenzy.com The #1 Mom page: www.brickfrenzy.com/...e_mom.html Adrian (24 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun.holiday) !
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| | New MOC: Y-Wing Fighter
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Hello everyone. Here's a link to a MOC Y-Ying I did a while ago. It's a lot bigger than LEGOs, and I think it's a bit more detailed. Well, LMKWYT... (URL) Adios, 8^) Brucey-Wan Visit My Site - (URL) (24 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Details of a Destroyer
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FBTB is very happy to bring you two dozen pics and additional insight into Peter Nagy's Destroyer Droid prize from the LEGO 2000 Galactic Challenge Contest. Standing nearly 4/5 scale, and weighing nearly 100 lbs., it is quite something to behold! (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general) !
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| | [rtlToronto] Summer Lego Events in Toronto!
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Hi folks, rtlToronto7 in February was to date our most successful Lego event with ten robot entries and seventy plus audience. Coming up in the next few months, we have lots more being planned: rtlToronto May Monthly Dinner ---...--- Friday, May (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | US S@H Specials, May 02 - May 08, 2001
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(URL) Strawberries Forest Friends $ 9.99 $ 5.00 2984 Pooh and Piglet Honey Hunt $14.99 $ 7.50 2593 Baby Mickey Stack and Learn $ 9.99 $ 5.00 System 6969 Celestial Stinger $49.99 $25.00 6199 Hydro Crystallization Station $89.99 $45.00 6093 Flying (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Yet Another Technic Creation
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Hello again folks, I have finally completed the web page for my latest Technic creation, a radio controlled Technic figure scale 8x4 truck with a hook lift system which allows the tipping and loading/unloading of skips (dumpsters). As well as the (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.modelteam) !!
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| | Lego Direct Q&A session
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I am please to announce that Brad Justus and some LEGO Direct people will be attending BrickFest. He will be holding a Q&A Session with a possible "sneak peek" and discussion of product-in-development. For More info www.brickfest.org Christina (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community) !!
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| | Winner! May 2001 ldraw.org MOTM competition
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A *very* interesting race this time. Right from the start, the truck and the space station took the lead. And they swapped that lead several times. Then the truck started to pull ahead slightly..... Looking like a solid front-runner.... But as fate (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Random Folders
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(...) Ok, there is a random files page too: (URL) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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| | Random Folders
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I have added a random folder page to the Gallery: (URL) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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| | May meeting
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WAMALUG General Meeting Date: Saturday, May 5, 2001 Time: 11:00AM - 6:00PM Location: (URL) (24 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.announce)
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| | LoTek, a new Technic homepage with some new MOC's!
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<< followups to lugnet.technic >> Hi! After much work and frustration I have finally finished my homepage enough to publish it OnLine and tell you folks it exists! So, rush over there and enjoy. Among the new projects I can recommend my Hercules in (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.build)
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| | May 2001 ldraw.org MOTM voting
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Here goes, Voting is up an running for the May MOTM. (URL) models have been rendered in Bryce. Bryce looks a little different from POV-Ray - sort of another philosophy on the idea of "photo-realistic". Have fun, -- Terry K -- (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | US S@H Specials, Apr 25 - May 01, 2001
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(URL) Stack and Learn $14.99 $ 7.50 2077 Storage Bee $ 9.99 $ 5.00 2046 Water Play w/Fishing Net $14.99 $ 7.50 System 5928 Biwing Baron $5.99 $ 4.50 6327 Turbo Champs $ 9.99 $ 4.00 6977 Arachnoid Starbase $79.99 $40.00 1822 Seaclaw 7 $19.99 $15.99 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Marsbase going down...
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Rather than letting the site just disappear, I thought I l'd let folks know that Marsbase.com will be down for a while. Hopefully it will only be a week or so while I move into my new house. What my connection will be is still up in the air. Once (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce)
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| | Earth Day Sculpture: Globe of the Earth
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A friend of mine asked me to do an Earth Day sculpture (on 24 hours notice) so I decided to build my own version of the globe that Eric Harshbarger had done a year or so ago. The results are on my page for your joyful perusal on the Sculpture page (...) (24 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Now subscribe with Reply-To group or poster
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Dear LUGNET News-by-Mail subscribers, I'm pleased to announce a new mail subscription feature... When you subscribe to a group by mail, you can now select whether you want to receive messages with replies directed to (a) just the poster/sender, or (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce)
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| | Distance sensor for RCX based on Sharp GP2D12
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Hi all, You will here: (URL) a new interface between Sharp GP2D12 distance sensor and RCX. Simple and inexpensive circuitry, compact design, only one input port used, no external supply needed! As an application example, there is a wall-follower (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Make-a-guess contest! Win "fabulous" prizes!
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I've been parting out a number of 4288s (the Classic 400 pc red bucket), thinking what a great set of parts for the price. These buckets retail for $10 US, and could be had for as little as $2 in a recent eToys blowout/debacle. I got to wondering (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
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| | The Last Teaser
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My friends, I give you the last teaser. No, not the last teaser forever, though I'm sure most of you are wishing it were. I give you the last teaser, and the last thing that will be added to my website, for many months to come. For you see, the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | US S@H Specials, Apr 18 - Apr 24, 2001
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(URL) ChooChoo Train $19.99 $10.00 2526 Tim and Tom's Adventure $ 7.99 $ 4.00 System 1822 Sea Claw 7 $19.99 $15.99 5533 Red Fury $49.99 $25.00 3051 Blaze Attack $14.99 $ 7.50 Scala Bellville Technic/Mindstorms 8521 Flare Throwbot $ 5.99 $ 3.00 8504 (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | NGLTC presenting at the Georgia LEGO Outlet Store
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The North Georgia LEGO Train Club ((URL) will be presenting a layout, at the LEGO Outlet store located at the North Georgia Premium Outlet Mall, on Saturday May 26th (Memorial Day weekend). If you are in the area on Memorial Day weekend please come (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.announce)
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| | logo and t-shirt for BrickFest
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WAMALUG would like to extend the invitation to all those AFOL's that are graphically inclined to submit their ideas/artwork for use in BrickFest 2001. We are looking for a Logo and Image that will appeal to the broadest spectrum of LEGO fans that (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events) !
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| | New wallpaper, new models
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Hey folks, I've uploaded another new wallpaper to my website, plus about 247,000 metric tonnes of previously unpublished mecha and such. (1) Check out my new wallpaper, "Angel of Destruction", and its POV-Ray source code, here: (URL) peruse a bunch (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.announce) !
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| | DixieLUG meeting, 21 April 2001
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Ok, here's the final announcement. there is a DixieLUG upcoming. WHAT: DixieLUG meeting WHEN: 21 April 2001, 11:00am ~ 7:00pm (I guess) WHERE: Eric Harshbarger's house (in Auburn, AL -- email me for specifics) I think about 7-8 folks have responded (...) (24 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.loc.us.al, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us.tn, lugnet.loc.us.ms, lugnet.announce)
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| | BrickFest 2001
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www.brickfest.com Activities Brick Play Area Big Train/Town layout BrickWars Pirate Game Robotics MOC's Castle World Classic sets display Workshops Stop motion animation Large sculptures and mosaics building Roundtable discussion on train shows (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.fun, lugnet.games, lugnet.org.us.wamalug) !!
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| | Enter the Dragon
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You must fwow wike the wata.... My friends, I have added a page to my site devoted to my dragon MOC. 4 feet long, a 4 foot wing span, she is a sight to see. There is a link on my main page now, to the page. There are 13 detailed pictures of the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish) !
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| | US S@H Specials, Apr 11 - Apr 17, 2001
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(URL) Level Crossing $ 9.99 $ 5.00 2814 Deluxe Construction Set $29.99 $18.00 2697 Farm Animals $15.99 $ 8.00 2077 Storage Bee $ 9.99 $ 5.00 System 4950 Loader Dozer $19.99 $10.00 6969 Celestial Stinger $49.99 $25.00 Scala Bellville (...) (24 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | BLAST update! Thumbnails and new creations.
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I finally got around to adding thumbnails to BLAST, as well as several new creations, including a support mecha, 4 combat mecha, a V/TOL attack aircraft and an infantry robot. But before that, I want to thank everyone for their comments and (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Stingray Warriors and Thunder Beasts- MOCs.
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(URL) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic.slizer, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | New Mosaic from TRU visit: Pikachu
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Well, my trip to TRU (as I announced earlier this week on the BLOC newsgroup) was pretty successful. I spent 3.5 hours at my local Toys'R'Us, working on a new mosaic while I was there. The results of that are shown on this page: (URL) looks like the (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.bloc, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle) !
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| | New MOC
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I've posted up my new moc on my website at www.minifig.co.uk I've got a few more additions to make to the site over the next week or so keep a look out :) James (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce)
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| | My first MOC: Animal Sculptures
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Hey! This is my first post to Lugnet. My brother took some pictures of my two life- size LEGO cats and my mini LEGO elephant and we decided to post the pictures on Brickshelf. (URL) first creation: a grey elephant. It's minifig size. I made it about (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Looking for interested AFOL's
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Is there anybody in the Minneapolis/St. Paul/Western Wisconsin area who might want to get together and form TCLUG (Twin Cities Lego Users Group)? We don't have to have regular meetings or anything to start, we could start by meeting at a toy store (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce)
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| | A fun announcemert
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Hello all, I'm not sure if anyone has noticed this or brought it up. If so I appologize it advance. However, I thought it was interesting when I was looking at one of my Alpha Team sets and noticed that the villian's name is Ogel. I looked at it for (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | US S@H Specials, Apr 4 - Apr 10, 2001
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(URL) Action Wheelers Rescue Base $49.99 $37.50 2030 Squirt the Frog $ 3.99 $ 2.00 2803 Dinosaur Babies $ 9.99 $ 5.00 System 6125 Sea Sprint $ 3.99 $ 3.00 1822 Sea Claw 7 $19.99 $15.99 6327 Turbo Champs $ 9.99 $ 4.00 3411 Blue Bus w/Ball $19.99 (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | New House
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I know how much everyone loves those gray droid escape 1/4 round pieces. Here's a new house that uses them as a central tower. I didn't get time to furnish it yet, but will do that soon! (Need brown pieces) Click on the link under the picture to get (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Pokemon Lego sculpture
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I built these models a couple of months ago, but I've been dragging my feet about getting pictures on the web. However, I brought them to the BayLUG meeting this past weekend, and as a result pictures of them have made it onto the club website. To (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.org.us.baylug) !
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| | New Sculpture/Mosaic: Cleveland Indians Mascot
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Right on the heels of Eric H.'s latest sculpture (and my Maven espionage plane as well)comes my latest little work, a mosaic of Chief Wahoo, the Cleveland Indians Mascot, in honor of the 100th year of the team's existance as a franchise. (URL) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !!
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| | LEGO DNA Sculpture
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A while back a number of 'mathematically inclined' LEGO models were posted and generated a lot of interest. Here's my contribution to such a theme: (URL) ---...--- Eric Harshbarger / eric@ericharshbarger.org / www.ericharshbarger.org "Oh please, if (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build) !!
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| | More new pics of 2001 stuff
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J.T. Puffins has a bunch of pictures and prices for sets scheduled for release in the upcoming months. Check this out: (URL) Harry Potter section is empty at the moment, but there are pictures and prices of 8 new dinosaur sets, 5 new racers sets (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | LDraw MOTM winner for April 2001
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Well here it is, April Fools day, and I have to announce a winner to a contest. Sounds like a setup, doesn't it? But all joking aside, the winner for this month is Brad Hamilton. This is Brad's second win with his awesome architecture. Way to go (...) (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | New MOC: Giant Spaceplane!
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My spaceplane (which some of you may have been following in my Brickshelf folder) is complete! A full 110 studs wide and as long, this spaceplane is chock full of details. Well, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves: (URL) Lambrecht (...) (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build)
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| | BrickDreams - An Informal Site Survey
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The purpose of this survey is to assess what other AFOLs would like to see on the BrickDreams site. BrickDreams has been incredibly successful, with over 1000 first-time visitors in the first week, and I would like some community guidance before I (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | US S@H Specials, Mar 27 - Apr 3, 2001
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(URL) ChooChoo Train $19.99 $10.00 2864 Animal Friends $11.99 $ 6.00 System 5976 River Expedition $49.99 $25.00 Scala 3132 Emma Doll $ 7.99 $ 4.00 Bellville 5387 Beach Accessories $ 2.99 $ 1.50 Technic 8245 Robot's Revenge $29.99 $10.00 8521 Flare (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Lego accessories for the photographer
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Some of you may remember PanoBot, a Lego robotized panoramic head (Cool Lego Site of the week December 17–23, 2000) ... here are new avatars of Lego accessories for the photographer: A turntable for VR-object shooting (animation of a rotating (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics)
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| | next BayLUG meeting
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I would like to remind everyone about the next BayLUG meeting. We will be back at the Fukaya room at the Fremont library, on March 31, from 10-4. For more info, check out the BayLUG homepage at (2 URLs) for maps/directions... Russell Clark, (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | MOC 1966 Chevelle
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I've finally posted pictures of my chevelle on Brickself. (URL) features: Technic V-8 engine with rotating fan, belt driven alternator and power steering pump. Dual exhaust. Full working suspension and steering. Tilt front hood. Reclining seats. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | New: Stickfig-scale mecha wallpaper
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Hey all, I have just put some finishing touches on this site, and I feel that it is ready for prime-time. It is my pleasure to announce my Stickfig-scale mecha wallpaper: (URL) for your perusal are three wallpaper-sized images depicting some of my (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space) !!
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| | BrickDreams Update: Scene #8 Released
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After several false starts and *60 hours* of render time, BrickDreams Scene #8 is finally finished. IMO it is my best one yet. Also, all of the other scenes on BrickDreams have been "re-mastered" from the original tiff file, and are now available on (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ray) !
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| | Town Building Contest - Special Category results
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Here's a partial listing of the special category results for the contest. It turned out to be a very time consuming job doing the judging, so not every special category has a result. If I get more in later, I will post them. The contest home page is (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | April MOTM voting
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Whoa! Almost spaced it! But here they are, pick and choose wisely.... (URL) Terry K -- (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | BLAST debut
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Hello everyone, I am posting my very first message to Lugnet in order to debut my Lego website called B.L.A.S.T. (Bureau of Lego Armed Services Technology). I created B.L.A.S.T. to showcases my various original Lego creations based on a futuristic (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | April Fools Day is coming
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To All, Warning: April Fools Day is one week away. That means you should expect to be fooled by someone on April 1 (Sunday). Be prepared. And keep in mind that the Internet spans 24 time zones; a post made by someone early in the morning in their (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Calling it Quits
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After much consideration, I've decided to call it quits. Perhaps it's just old age, or maybe I'm just losing interest. Regardless, I've decided to sell off my collection. I really want to thank everyone for all their support. LEGO has brought me (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Newsgroup for Harry Potter!
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A new newsgroup for LEGO®/Harry Potter® has been created. CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== -> lugnet.harrypotter (group): LEGO®/Harry Potter®: products (information, opinions, reviews, licensing issues, etc.); building (settings, contexts, characters, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.harrypotter)
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| | Hyperion is complete
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Our newest addition to the fleet has been completed. Please take a look at it's Unclassified Databank. It's I.E. 5 only (sorry non i.e. browsers (1)). This is my first try at (homemade) dynamic html and javascript. (Watch the back button) Please (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | New Scenes at BrickDreams, and Thanks
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Scene #7 has now been released, and you can see a preview of Scene #8, which is currently burning away in Bryce on my other computer. I estimate the scene will be finished in about 16 hours, give or take a few. The 128x96 preview image alone took (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | The Inn of the Waiting Wolf
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Greetings all... Every town needs a good Inn, and I think I have made a good start on one with this construction. I offer for your approval the Inn of the Waiting Wolf. Travellers from all over the realm look forward to sheltering under its roof, (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build) !
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| | DixieLUG meeting (!)
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Ok, folks, this is fair warning: looks like we will actually have another DixieLUG meeting at my house in a month. WHEN: 21 April 2001 WHERE: Eric Harshbarger's House (email me for directions) Please RSVP (to the group, I guess) so I can know how (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.loc.us.al, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us.tn, lugnet.loc.us.ms, lugnet.announce) !
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| | New Website - More LEGO Desktop Themes
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I've uploaded a new site called BrickDreams, featuring the 2x4 brick desktop themes I rendered in Bryce. I've rendered a couple new ones since my initial post on Monday, including one with a black background, per Tom Stangl's request for such. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | US S@H Specials, Mar 21 - Mar 27, 2001
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(URL) Chrome Crusher $29.99 $15.00 4990 ROckraider Headquarters $79.00 $60.00 6327 Turbo Champs $ 9.99 $ 4.00 4217 Classic Playdesk $19.99 $15.00 Scala Bellville 5387 Beach Accessories $ 2.99 $ 1.50 Technic 8444 Air Enforcer $29.99 $15.00 Misc -- (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | BricWorx - Grand Opening
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Dwayne Towell and Steve Barile are proud to announce the grand opening of BricWorx, a new, online company selling custom models with an emphasis on trains. With the increasing number of bulk elements available we strive to design models that can be (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.shopping) !
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| | Town Building contest results
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Here are the results of the Town Building Contest voting. I've listed first, second and third places in each category, with the number of votes for each winning entry and the percentage of votes for each entry of those cast in that category. To see (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains) !!
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| | Updates for 3/17/2001
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I have started moving online all 1997 and 1998 scans I have been holding, as well as new uploads that have been accumulating. I am through the 2xxx's at this point. (URL) {Adventurers Car and Skeleton} 2965 Hornet Scout 2964 Space Spider 2962 Life (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf) !
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| | LAST DAY FOR VOTING - Town building contest
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Just a reminder that your votes need to be in by midnight PST tonight (that's 3am EST on Saturday :-) ). If you haven't registered with me and you want to vote, do it ASAP! See (URL) how to register, and (URL) for links to all the entries. Kevin (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | My Storage Labels
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After I posted information about my storage system (particularly the labels I have created for each drawer), many people asked if I could make .JPG's of the images available. (URL) graphics were originally done in Corel Draw! 9, but I converted each (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.announce) !
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