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I enjoyed building (rebuilding?) my World Trade Center last fall, so I decided to just keep going.... resulting in: (URL) model was partially inspired by this display, now apparently housed at Legoland California: (URL) courtesy of Ed Boxer - scroll (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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| | New Book - Core Lego Mindstorms
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As some of you know I've been working on a Lego Mindstorms book for Java programmers. The official release date is March 15, 2002 so it seems like a good time to announce it. The intent of this book is to get Java programmers interested in Lego (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics) !
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| | Dart - Mini Fighter
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So, I was watching Dexter's Laboratory on Cartoon Network. In this episode, Dexter was in Japan and accidently unleashed a giant axe-monster. The police, or Monsters 'R' Us or whoever they are, break out these really neat single person jet thingies. (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space)
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| | The Unsuspecting City of Brikingham
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After joining in on the fun of Mike Rayhawk's BrikWars session at BricksWest, I decided I want to try out running a BrikWars game of my own with some of my friends. Greatly inspired by Mike's teams, I created eleven of my own 9-unit armies, each (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.town) !!
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| | 1st PLUGfest! / 1º PLUGfest!
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(Portuguese translation in the end) Hi all! PLUG is proud to announce its first meeting, to be held in Porto (Oporto) on March 16, 2002. The place for this event is the Engineering school (FEUP), which kindly lent us one room and will allow us to (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.loc.br)
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| | Mondrian Mosaic (Lazy Man's Mosaic)
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Measuring around 15 by 22 inches, here's my LEGO mosaic tribute to Piet Mondrian (1872-1944). I thought it appropriate to post today, as March 7th was his birthday. I call this the "Lazy Man's Mosaic" as it is very easy to build compared to the many (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | New MOC: Rebel Snowspeeder!
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Hey guys, Here's my latest custom, an Incom T-47 Modified Airspeeder (Snowspeeder). It's the same scale as my A-Wing (1 foot:1 stud) and my upcoming X- and Y-Wings. I'll have the MLCad instructions up hopefully this weekend so check back soon. (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce)
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| | ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for February 2002 (belated)
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Hello, Sorry about the delay, but I've been sick for the last week. :-( So I apologize to everyone, especially the winners, which are; MOTM: Jeremy Sproat for "Icosahedron", his fascinating exercise in hinged complexity. SOTM: Rick Hallman for (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Lego Fan Fantasy Baseball
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Hello Lego Fans! This is an announcement for all lego fans who happed to also be baseball fans. I have started a private fantasy baseball league at Yahoo!Sports. It is completely free. The idea is to have a place for likeminded people to play (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce)
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| | US S@H Specials, Mar 6 - Mar 12, 2002
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(URL) (hit 4 when the recording starts) Duplo/Primo 2526 Tim & Tom's Adventure $ 7.99 $ 4.00 2436 Tribal Village $34.99 $17.50 2098 Tugboat Tommy $ 9.99 $ 5.00 System 6199 Hydrocrystallization Station $89.99 $45.00 Toolo 2909 Action Wheeler (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | V/Line "A" class loco
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My third Aussie loco, inspired by the 10020. (URL) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | Pope's 7 new site, new server
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I finally managed to find time to make up a new site for Pope's 7 and got a new server also. Here you'll find all the same characters, ships, vehicles and mechs (well one), but it has a new look and hopefully is a little better to navigate. If there (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.build) !
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| | a "blue" caboose in 6 wide
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I got around to making a caboose (that I'm proud enough of to post about) since it seems to be popular thing to do right now. It didn't end like it started out, that's for sure! It started out as a red and grey wide-vision. It just kept being too (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains)
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| | First Mecha MOC: Tiny
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FUT: lugnet.build.mecha Hi! Just testing the genre and doing something that's not Technic for once, I think everybody needs to get out of the frames a little now and then to pick up new building techniques and get more inspiration. After looking (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | LDDesignPad v0.9 released!
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Hello! New version is out now. Get it at (URL) ! + = New feature * = Bugfix - = Removed feature v0.9 2002/03/05 + Added Change/Replace Color dialog (added palette file) + Undo now possible even after save - Reverted to colored speedbuttons. Think (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev) !
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| | Re: New OOC: Motorized 14 wide Jeep Cherokee
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The Jeep Cherokee is now available on my website. Please rate the model to let me know what you think of it! (URL) Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build)
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| | 2 New MOCs!
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Hi, I just added some photos of a new plane and another aircraft at my spot on Brickshelf: (URL) big addition is the Canary (not the best name, but I was lacking for a better name for a yellow thing that flies) which is a rapid response recon plane. (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | NILTC first show a success!
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The Northern Illinois LEGO Train Club's show this weekend at High Wheeler '02 went great!! Here are some links to pictures taken by Eric Wackerfuss, one of our newest members, he joined the club at the show. (URL) will be more pictures coming soon (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.il) !!
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| | MOC/Town Comp Entry... Lorikeet Lakes
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Well this time I hope I have posted this to the right newsgroups... :P Here is my entry for the Town Comp held by Kevin Wilson. (URL) is called: 'Lorikeet Lakes' (and is for a long time project that is going to take me forever to come around... (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Too much crane?
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Hi folks, Looks like it is a plentiful weekend for new MOCs! I have a preview of a new creation online, yet another All Terrain Crane, but with some new twists to keep things interesting. Still, is it possible to have too many cranes? The model is (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.loc.uk) !!
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