 | | ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winner for October 2002
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Kinda late, but here goes: Keving Dixon won both categories this month. A rare occurance, but well deserved. Both his model and scene were excellent. And of course the rendering quality is superior - almost looks photographic. I really need to check (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | MOCs: the Michael Greene and the Skyshark II
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(URL) Michael Greene is a standard Tug found in Staryards around the galaxy. these tiny ships work in large numbers to safely moor huge spaceliners and even larger cargo haulers. the underside of each consists of two large gravity coils, which the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | LEGO and NASA team up...
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A friend transmitted me the announcement below. (it seems that the mentionned (URL) is not yet available) Philo www.philohome.com ---...--- NASA SELECTS LEGO COMPANY TO RUN MARS ROVER NAMING CONTEST NASA announced a contest, which will give American (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Momer Hosaic... D'oh!
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"Trying is the first step towards failure." "Me lose brain? Uh, oh! Ha ha ha! Why I laugh?" "They have the Internet on computers, now?" "Operator! Give me the number for 911!" "Here's to alcohol: the source of, and answer to, all of life's (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture) !!
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| | See the Midnight MOCkery winners! And send your comments for next year's contest
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Firstly a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who took the time and trouble to enter. I think you'll agree that there was some great work going on here: (URL) is a link to the start up of the Third Annual Midnight MOCkery, and you can enter at any time (...) (22 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | New Marketplace: Corsair's Magical Creatures
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Introducing Corsair, the proprietor of Fashionable Male- err wait. Not that upscale wannabe clothing store on the second level. No, he runs the Magical Creatures Shop. In the past year he has taken on a stable boy. His name is Robin, the boy wander. (...) (22 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle.org)
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| | I'm Captain Nemo...(teaser)
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and this is my submarine, the Nautilus: (URL) moderated: (URL) to the people that helped me with finding reference websites for this project! PLMKWYT! Joe Meno (22 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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| | Quick Man form Mega Man 2
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Hello guys, I was wondering what I'd do with all my 1x1 bricks and thought about making a mosaic. I came up with this: (URL) (22 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | MOC: DAV-4E Lancer II
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Another (nearly) new MOC. I built the original prototype version for a WamaLUG BrikWars game way back in 2000 (the "big explosion" game). I recently finished it off with a few cockpit details and a new weapons system. Manufactured by Aérospatiale de (...) (22 years ago, 1-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space)
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| | MOC: X40A Ranger Alpha
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Greetings! I've had a lot of time to kill this month while looking for a new job (anyone need a slightly used Mac programmer?), so I thought I'd finally post a few shots of some MOCs I've built. I've been haunting the newsgroups for years and (...) (22 years ago, 1-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | Ewok Celebration Diorama
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Check out our latest diorama from our homepage, Ewok Celebration; (URL) the destruction of the second Death Star, the rebels celebrate their victory on the forest moon of Endor. As Luke the Jedi Master ponders about the future, the three Jedi (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | The Great LEGO Pumpkin Duel
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Just a bit of Halloween related silliness: (URL) not meant to be taken seriously! All the best, Allan B. (22 years ago, 31-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general)
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| | 0-4-0 Porter and Shorty Caboose
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Hi all, I finally got around to uploading pics of my latest steamer, an 0-4-0T Porter. I also uploaded pics of the caboose I built to match. The prototypes for both were narrow-gauge, so I tried to capture that feeling on standard gauge track by (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | MOC: Speedscout
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Hi all, here´s my first entry to the 1000Steine International System Creativity Contest (ISCC II). It's a spaceglider called "Speedscout" capable of atmospheric as well as spaceflight. The exploration of unknown planetary system belongs to its main (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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| | Medieval Marketplace web site is online!!!
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After a late night, the Medieval Marketplace web site is finally online! www.ozbricks.net/medievalmarket The web site further explains the published "Market Standard" along with 10 color-coded diagrams, includes a full list of shop ideas to get you (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish) !
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| | US S@H Specials, Oct 30 - Nov 5, 2002
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(URL) (hit 4 when the recording starts) Baby/Duplo/Primo System 1363 Stunt Go Cart $ 2.99 $ 1.50 3413 Soccer Goalkeeper $ 4.99 $ 2.50 4610 Jack Stone Res-Q Super Station $49.99 $25.00 Scala Bellville Technic Dacta Misc TS11 Naboo Fighter Tshirt (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Optimus Prime (Autobot Commander) : More Than Meets The Eye
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I'm very happy to show you my latest MOC, the famous Autobot Commandr Optimus Prime from the first generation of Transformers. The Brickshelf gallery should soon be public, but until then, here are some links to the pics I'm hosting on my website. (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.sculpture) !
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| | Translink (Vancouver) New Flyer Low Floor Bus
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I finally got some pics of my Translink Bus that was displayed at the VLC's latest show in Chilliwack. I built it for one of the options we considered for our layout this year. One of the plans was to build a Lego Vancouver. I created a few vehicles (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | 8-wide 70s Corvette Tease
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Hello, Wow.... its been a while since I posted an MOC. well here's a teaser pic of my latest model, its not quite right yet but I'm working on it. (URL) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build)
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| | Office tower project
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xposted to announce.moc Here are some early images of my new office tower. I was hoping to have a few more floors in place but I had to cut it short due to time constraits and the lack of enough clear pieces. So this is version one: (URL) kind of (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | A Gatehouse
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There is a great vibe going on in .castle at the moment and it's nice to see some of the old faces (well err... names) appearing again. Before we get inundated with a slew of quality marketplace creations, inspired by recent threads, here's a little (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | The Climb
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Hi all, I've put together my first entry for the 1000steine.de international system creativity contest: (URL) going to try to put together another entry for the "large" category, hopefully something in a Castle theme that would go with my Lord of (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | * LDrawDesignPad LDDP 1.3 released *
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Hello! New version is out now. Get it at (URL) ! + = New feature * = Bugfix - = Removed feature Changes since version 1.2 v1.3 10/26/2002 + Looking for parts.lst instead of LDraw.exe for location check of LDraw parts * Drag and Drop fixed + Changed (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LEGO-Mosaics (Nintendo)
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Hi guys, I made a few mosaics of some of my favorite Nintendo characters this weekend: Mario- (2 URLs) Man (from the Mega Man series)- (URL) just like their in-game counterparts! ;) Let me know what you think. Thanks a lot. -Bruce Brucey-Wan's (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.general) !
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| | MichLUG at Train-O-Rama in Dearborn 10-27-02
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My photos of MichLUG's train show yesterday are now public on Brickshelf. Highlights of the show included: My St. Mary's of Redford: (URL) Haunted House and Graveyard: (URL) Art Deco auto dealership: (URL) wienermobile: (URL) Leach's fire station: (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | New Santa Fe Render
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Well, it's not exactly a MOC, since Jeroen de Haan provided the Santa Fe MLCAD files, but I did create the scene and sky. (URL) me know what you think. Play well. Tim Strutt (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment) !
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| | Formally Announcing: The Medieval Marketplace, A Common Castle Builders Project
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Hello All!!! After much anticipation, I am both excited and pleased to formally announce The Medieval Marketplace: A Common Castle Builders project. Below is the final version of the "Market Standard", the building standard for all market shops. (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle.org.cw) !!
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| | new MOC: FireWasp
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Wasn't there some complaining in .space about nothing new happening? Well, how about this. Here's a little ship I built over the weekend after getting inspired by a couple of the new Bionicle Nuva sets. First was Palmer's M-Wing, then my Megaera, (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.space)
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| | 2nd NovaLUG meeting in Dartmouth, NS
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Hello, I'm proud to announce our 2nd participation at a model train show on November 16 in Dartmouth, NS. It will be held in the Dartmouth Sportsplex, Wyse road near the MacDonald Bridge from 9am to 4:30PM We had so much success during the October (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-02, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.ns)
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| | Curved Glass Skyscraper
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This is a building I created almost entirely of clear, white, and gray curved panels. Raw Brickshelf pictures: (URL) Site including descriptions: (URL) Web Site: (URL) are appreciated (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town) !
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| | MonLUG and ParLUGment will hold their second joint Train Show
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Hello, I'm proud to announce MonLUG's third and ParLUGment's second participation in a Montreal Area train show. It will be held at Georges-Vanier High School in Laval (just north of Montreal) on Saturday, November9th from 10am to 5pm and Sunday, (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.town) !
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| | Romanesque Church
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Some of you may have seen pictures from MichLUG's July 2002 GATS appearance of my church model. The original, St. Mary's of Redford Catholic Church in Detroit MI, was designed in the 1920s by the architect Ralph Adams Cram in a French Romanesque (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch) !!
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| | LMPOPC : less than a month remaining !!!
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My LEGO contest, The LEGO Movie Poster Open Project Contest, is finishing on November 23 at 23:59. This means that less than a month is remaining for you people to enter the contest and have a chance to win great prizes. Details of the contest and (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | NELUG welcomes your participation in the Boston area Festival of Trees
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NELUG will be participating in both the Sleigh Bell Festival and the Festival of Trees in Boston Massachusetts December 6-8 2002. The main event will be the Sleigh Bell Festival where NELUG will have its 10'x20' train layout set up. This event is (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | RX-75 Guntank
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Hi! My version of the RX-75 Guntank: (URL) /Tobbe #1793 (URL) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | New MOC: Synchro
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Yes, I've been busy :) Third new Technic MOC is a Synchro platform: (URL) /Tobbe #1793 (URL) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | New MOC: Killough 2.0
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Hi! Another new MOC at my new site, another Killough platform: (URL) /Tobbe #1793 (URL) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | New MOC: Gunhead.
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Hi! New MOC at my new site, it's a failed tankplatform: (URL) /Tobbe #1793 (URL) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Heads Up: LoTeK has a new URL!
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Hi all! My website LoTeK has moved! Previous URL: (URL) URL: (URL) moved the files and folders around a bit too so the site has had a major overhaul. Please update any bookmarks to my site. All folders on the old site has a redirecting index.html (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.gaming)
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| | new sculpture: Witch Hazel
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My entry for the Midnight MOCkery contest, and my latest sculpture, is Witch Hazel from the Warner Brothers cartoons. She can be found on the newly reorganized sculpture page. Enjoy! Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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| | Instructions now available for my black truck and red/white trailer
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The black truck I built a few months ago is now available in LDraw format. First, the pics of the actual truck and trailer: (URL) that folder, I have added folders for the cab and for the trailer. The cab has been moderated, but the trailer is not (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.inst, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | New Syngress RIS 2.0 Book!
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Syngress has published another LEGO book, continuing the series started by the Dark Side Developer's Kit book, and to be finished up by the Ultimate Builder's Set book. I think all three will be available in a kit too. This current book is specific (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic) !
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| | Collection of LEGOWORLD 2002 picture gallery links
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Hello all, I've noticed that a lot of people took the effort of posting the pictures they shoot at the great LEGOWORLD 2002 event. Thank you all very much for that. For the benefit off all, I've compiled a list of all the links that Marcel van der (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.eu) !!
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| | Confederation Site moves
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The Confederation of Planets site has moved to (URL) update your links accordingly. <>-------<> Rick Hallman Member of MichLUG: (URL) of Planets: (URL) Instant Messenger: The bRicktron <>-------<> (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO GREAT PUMPKIN GIVEAWAY!
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This weekend at Potomac Mills Mall.. The LEGO GREAT PUMPKIN GIVEAWAY! Saturday, October 26th 2700 Potomac Mills Circle Prince William, Virginia 22192 Bring a new, unwrapped toy to the Grand Court to benefit Toys for Tots and receive a free LEGO (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.va)
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| | Fully Transformable Robotech Cyclone
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Had the urge to make the Robotech Cyclone. Hope you guys like it. This is just a standard issue Cyclone armor. When I have time I will make all the characters and their armor like Joel and Todd did. They were a great source of inspiration. I could (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | Instructions for my Street Sweeper
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Yesterday I MLCADded my Street Sweeper and posted instructions on Brickshelf. There are GIF's of each step, plus the .LDR file and a .TXT file listing the parts needed. I thought about making a kit, Bricksmith-style, but I'm too lazy. I have had a (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.inst, lugnet.town)
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| | LotR update - 3 new chapters
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Hi all, Three new chapters have been added to my Lord of the Rings project: (URL) home page: (URL) next big thing will be the creation of Helm's Deep, but I'm not sure how soon I'll be able to start on that. Bruce (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle)
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| | Bionicle + Halloween
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Equals The Headless Biorider! Picture in black & white. (URL) in color. (URL) features a removable "pumpkin" head, flames, a decap sword and a mass of heads that follow behind as he/it moves. This actually started out as Agariki's Halloween costume (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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| | SCLTC to present at BricksWest 2003
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Come all to BricksWest 2003 and attend the train sessions. The SCLTC has been invited to do a session on "The Making Of a Multi-Dimensional Train Layout". We'll run thru the initial design, sync-ing up with each other, infrastructure, and bricking (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.events.brickswest)
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| | SCLTC to present BricksWest 2003
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Come all to BricksWest 2003 and attend the train sessions. The SCLTC has been invited to do a session on "The Making Of a Multi-Dimensional Train Layout". We'll run thru the initial design, sync-ing up with each other, infrastructure, and bricking (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.events.brickswest)
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| | S@H Specials for Oct 23-29 - someone please post
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I am in training this week, I will be unable to call in to get the Specials and post them (I could at lunch, but that's 3 hours from now). Someone please call and post them, thanks. (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | UCS TIE/D Fighter
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Check out our latest UCS MOC from our homepage, TIE Droid Unit Fighter; (URL) click on the thumbnails to get to the pics and your comments, critiques are appreciated. Regards, ACPin & Sons (22 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | Re: Demag TC 2800 crane
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x-posted to .technic, .modelteam and .announce.moc, FUT .technic, .modelteam (...) axle. (...) Nice crane, Randal! I'm beginning to think DEMAG should use lugnet.technic for advertising material 8?) ROSCO (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | LEGO Mosaic: CEO Portrait
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Well, this is not a portrait of someone that anyone is likely to know, but it's nice to see that some CEOs like LEGO bricks too. Plus, this rather sizable mosaic stands as my first major example of a 'studs up' (stacked brick) mosaic: (URL) and (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.build) !!
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| | Mechastruct Still On
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Hello! I just wanted to remind everyone that the Mechastruct Contest is still on! I hope you guys are building some great mecha out there! If you haven't heard about the Mechastruct contest or you wish to read the rules, check out the official site: (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce, lugnet.space)
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| | Pictures of SCLTC's Latest Show
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Pictures of the Southern California LEGO Train Club's latest show are online at www.scltc.org. These pictures show a LOT more than the teaser, so don't think you saw everything the first time! Deep link: www.scltc.org/pages/...layout.htm Excerpt (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org.scltc) !!
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| | Train Derailment, recovery and rail repair
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(URL) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains)
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| | MOC: Technic-scale tower crane
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Although it was completed a while ago, recent posts [1] have prodded me into making an official announcement. Check out this seven-foot-tall tower crane: (URL) aim was to create a functional model that would fit in with the style of classic Technic (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.org.ca.nalug) !!
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| | A couple more pods
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I wanted to try a horizontal pod, so I redid my Purple Haze pod. It was kind of difficult to design it so that the dishes could open up, but it sort of worked out. It's at: (URL) also finally got around to making a four-seater police pod. It doesn't (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Cow & calf switcher engines and my (pathetic) train layout
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Here's my attempt at a small switching engine with a matching calf unit. Also, there's a few pics of my current train layout. (URL) Bob (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains) !
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| | [PRESS RELEASE] Announcing BricksWest™ 2003 - The Second Annual LEGO® Fan Event On The West Coast
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Matthew Gerber BrickMedia, LLC Post Office Box 1292 Santa Maria, California 93456-1292 (805) 347-8460 VOICE admin@brickswest.com (URL) BricksWest™ 2003 - The Second Annual LEGO® Fan Event On The West Coast October 21, (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Pictures from our trip to Legoland Billund 2002
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Hi Lugnet, I've uploaded some pictures from our trip to Legoland in Billund, Denmark on October the 19th 2002. Sorry, but my digi-cam is not the best in the world and the beautiful danish autumn sun did interfere wherever it could. You can access (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.legoland.billund) !
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| | For those who have visited Star Tours....
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Hi all, I built a goosedroid. What is that? Well, let me tell you... Over in Disney-MGM Studios at the Star Tours Ride, there's an entry queue. As you go through the line, you get to see some droids, including Threepio and Artoo working on a (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | leJOS T-Shirts and More
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The leJOS web site now has T-Shirts, hats, mouse pads, mugs, wall clocks and stickers available at www.lejos.org. If you order before the end of Monday, October 21 (tomorrow) you save $3 on T-Shirts, ceramic mugs and mouse pads. p.s. If anyone would (...) (22 years ago, 20-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce)
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| | NGLTC Children's hospital LEGO building session
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In the first phase of the North Georgia LEGO Train Club's (NGLTC) Festival of Trees project we held a LEGO ornament building session at Egleston Children's Hospital. The ornaments built will be used to decorate our club tree that will be on display (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org) !!
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| | Enron Regional Headquarters (BrickTopia)
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It looks like Enron is thriving in some areas, despite their bankruptcy. In fact, they have just put up a modern new regional headquarters in BrickTopia. Here is the web page: (URL) are the raw BrickShelf pictures: (URL) BrickTopia site: (URL) are (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town) !!
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| | The Brickish Association - A club for UK AFOLs
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After several months of development, meetings and false starts, we are very proud to announce the formation of The Brickish Association. It is our hope that the Association will become the meeting place for most, if not all, of the 'usual suspects' (...) (22 years ago, 17-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk) !!
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| | It's a pod blowout
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Go to (URL) click on "New Additions" at the bottom. The first item is my first Star Wars pod. The Pod TIE Defender. I copied Jamie's Interceptor pretty closely. I would've gotten it done sooner, but I had to wait for a BrickLink order. Since my goal (...) (22 years ago, 17-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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| | US S@H Specials, Oct 16 - Oct 22, 2002
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(URL) (hit 4 when the recording starts) Baby/Duplo/Primo System 2524 My Racing Bugs $ 9.99 $ 5.00 Scala 3157 Sweater & Skirt $ 4.99 $ 2.50 Bellville Technic Dacta Misc P1520 Adventurer's Pen $12.95 $10.36 4392 Soccer Clock $29.99 $23.99 TS11 Naboo (...) (22 years ago, 16-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | MOC: U.S.S Enterprise NCC-1701-D
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Hey people, I recently had the urge to build some Star Trek stuff and here is the first model that came out of it - the Starfleet Galaxy Class Explorer (ie Enterprise D). I actually shortened it by 1 stud to make it a little more accurate in terms (...) (22 years ago, 16-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space) !
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| | Motopod - tank treads!
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Following my tradition of motorized space pods, and having JUST received my 1st set of tank treads (ok, "conveyer chain links") I again became inspired to create an addition to the pod fleet... Well, 2 additions, since one is just to look cute, and (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space) !
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| | 3 MOCs for 3 contests
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Hi all, I've got 3 MOCs for 3 different contests: For John Rudy's Disney Villain contest: (URL) got a scene from The Sorcerer's Apprentice, featuring as a villain - drumroll please - the broom!: (URL) the Lego Mark Twain CTNOW contest: (URL) have (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.disney) !
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| | Tusken Raider Camp
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Check out our latest diorama from our homepage, Tusken Raider Camp; (URL) nomadic tribes of Tusken Raiders build camps with similar looking huts around each other for mutual protection. Just click on the thumbnail to get to the pics and your (...) (22 years ago, 14-Oct-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | Residential Block/Squad 252
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Hello, I wanted to add a Squad Company to my Fire Department and decided upon Squad 252 located in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. The firehouse really caught my eye so I decided to replicate it. I took a ride over there and on the way noticed (...) (22 years ago, 14-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !!
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| | Batman Beyond
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What do you think? (URL) (22 years ago, 14-Oct-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | New MOC: A 1962 Volkswagen Microbus (4-wide)
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Hi everybody! Earlier today I was inspired to build a 4-wide 1962 VW Microbus, after seeing pictures of a 6-wide model by Sven Moritz Hein. Here are the pictures of my model: (URL) a few people have posted with questions about some of my building (...) (22 years ago, 13-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !
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| | MonLUG and ParLUGment hold their second joint train show
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Hello, I'm proud to announce MonLUG's third and ParLUGment's second participation in a Montreal Area train show. It will be held at Georges-Vanier High School in Laval (just north of Montreal) on Saturday, November9th from 10am to 5pm and Sunday, (...) (22 years ago, 13-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.town) !!
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| | SCLTC Discover Center Teaser Photo!
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The Southern California LEGO Train Club has finally completed its latest layout, currently on display at the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, California! I've posted a teaser picture on our official website at www.scltc.org. Be prepared for (...) (22 years ago, 13-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Ya like pods with legs, do ya?
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I made this yesterday. I wanted to post something for it, but my camera's in my dorm, and I'm at home, so I had to use my sister's camera. Better pictures will be coming soon. The legs fold behind it so that it looks like an ordinary pod while (...) (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | BimP Updates (12 October 2002)
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Below are the recent BimP Updates: * Article: The Making of out-of-pocket - Ton shares how he creates those wonderful toons. * Review: 3D Pumpkin Pack Kit - My daughter's instructions for adding a light are now included. * Toon: A new toon by Ton (...) (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | New MOC: Tallgeese III
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Hello all, After a long mecha hiatus, I have something to show: (URL) I hope. stuart (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | New MOC: Ackaly creature
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Hello. I've revised my acklay (one of the arena creatures from Star Wars Episode II). I'll let the pictures do the explaining ;) Here's the link: (URL) be patient while it loads. LDraw/MLCad Instructions available. Please let me know what you think. (...) (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.space)
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| | Multi Purpose POD
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Hi there! I was just in the mood, so I built a little POD: The Multi Purpose POD can have different kinds of tools or weapons fitted into its tool slot. So far there´s a scanning tool, a coupling to drag cargo, and -of course- a space gun ;) Heres (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Minifig Generator Plugin for LDDesignPad Version 1.2
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Yet another coding frenzy on a rainy day, trying to stay awake while shifting from a nights to days schedule, produced the next version of my plugin Get it here: (URL) in this version: -Added LDView preview support -Added Footwear rotation ability (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Modular Pod Technology
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Once I saw Chris Maddison's Osprey Podfighter and Joe Meno's comment about mission-specific add-ons, I started thinking of various things that could be attached to a pod. So here's a new pod and three modules for it. They're all at: (URL) first mod (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | New Sets 2003
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Hi all, (URL) the new sets form 2003. Great stuff in my opinion: - Micro Star Wars Sets - New Star Wars Sets - Oriental theme [Build your own Alquaida battlefield ;-) ] - nice parts in Creator sets I would say, the quality of sets is getting better (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | New MOC- The Nightshadow
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Here's a new MOC I just finished. Nobody else has done black and dark red, so I did it! :) This is supposed to be a sort of sportsy 1-man spacecraft. folder: (URL) shot: (URL) open: (URL) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space)
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| | First entries for Midnight MOCkery are posted - Still time to enter!
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The first 6 entries for this Halloween competition have been recieved and posted on the site. Please show your appreciation of everybody's efforts so far by going and having a look at them here: (URL) are still 3 weeks to get your entry in, for a (...) (22 years ago, 9-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | MOC: Another FedEx truck, & a 4-wide 2002 Mini Cooper
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All: Hi there. A bunch of you have seen my 6-wide FedEx step-van already... I liked the way it came out, but it really didn't fit the scale of my city. So I recently built a 4-wide version of the same FedEx van. Here's the 4-wide van: (URL) here are (...) (22 years ago, 9-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !
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| | MOV(ersion) of the Meno Roadster
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Recently, Joe Meno posted some pictures of his new roadster. Based on requests from others he followed that up by putting some instructions on BrickShelf showing how the car was built. Following his instructions (for the most part - I had to fudge (...) (22 years ago, 9-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | US S@H Specials, Oct 9 - Oct 15, 2002
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(URL) (hit 4 when the recording starts) Baby/Duplo/Primo System 4610 Aqua Rescue Superstation $49.99 $25.00 4606 Aqua Resue Transport $12.99 $ 6.50 1370 Raptor Attack Studio $19.99 $10.00 Scala 3121 Summer Day Out $ 7.99 $ 4.00 Bellville Technic (...) (22 years ago, 9-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Canadian National SD40-2 Diesel Engine V2
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I am very pleased to announce the completion of my Canadian National SD40-2 Diesel engine. (URL) gallery includes comments on each page) Voted "Best Train" of the show at the Northwest BrickCon! The special features of this engine are as follows 4 (...) (22 years ago, 9-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | Starforce's First Mech: Phalanx
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Hello, all. I have finished building my first mech, the Phalanx. Pictures are up at my website. (URL) Information: The Phalanx is the first of its class, and the first Mech ever made by Starforce. Hidden deep in the Planetary Forces' top-secret Tech (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | ISD Inventory posted
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With the kind help of TLG, I just posted an inventory of the new <set:10030> Imperial Star Destroyer on Peeron: (URL) notes: - This inventory is the result of our translation of the data the LEGO provided, and as such might (and is likely) to be not (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | X-Wing - Pod Style
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Thought I'd take a shot at this after seeing Gil Shaw's B-Wing pod. The super deformed look was intentional. Go to the "Updates" page. PLMKWYT. Travis Dickinson (URL) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | New Space Ship: AstroFoxx
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Hiya, Here's a look at my new MOC the AstroFoxx. It is a Fluxocraft EX-108 Transport. The Fluxocraft line is made to be modified by the consumer and the AstroFoxx is no exception. The AstroFoxx has been outfitted with 2 Havoc XL drive pods for (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | Is it a Pod or just a bunch of SNOT?
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Hello, So, I think I must be something of a late bloomer with these things. I seem to post these things near the trail end of the discussions. Anyway, I built a Pod. I have described it as a Clandestine Heavy Laser. The top portion is deployable as (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.michlug) !
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| | Acronym FAQ Updated
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Hi guys and gals, Following an email update with some new acronyms (thanks Bruce!), I realized the LEGO acronym FAQ needed a serious update. Some acronyms there are hardly ever used (like PEWC or CMIIW), while other new, wide-spread ones were (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | LPub 2.0.0.62 available
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LPub 2.0.0.62 is now available at (URL) is a GUI application that automates the creation of building instruction web pages from LDRAW format files using L3P and POV-Ray. This release of LPub fixes these bugs: - LPub leaves POV-Ray open when (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.announce)
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