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Hi All, In a massive departure from my usual modus operandi, I finished up my latest project last night; a 4-4-4 steam engine. The uncharted territory (for me at least) comes from the fact that (a) the steam engine is *6-wide*, and (b) it is not (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains) !
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| | A store front moc
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Hi, While working on a Medieval Marketplace I came up with this. It so reminded me of something you would see in a mexican/western movie I thought I'd post it here. (It will not appear in any castle village). Sorry about the bad pics (snapped (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.western, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | The Sea Hawk and its transport barge
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Hi all, Castle is still my specialty, but here is an aquazone fighter I made a while ago. Due to range limitations it is transported by a large underwater barge which is much more fuel efficent. The Sea Hawk (the fighter portion) uses its 'tail (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | LEGO Books list
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Hi, I've added some new book titles to the sidebar at (URL) let me know if I've missed any) Of note: a curious collection of instructions for building classic puzzles with your LEGO bricks and plates by Doug Walker. And don't miss Dave Baum's (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.books, lugnet.announce)
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| | My First Public Moonbase Display
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I have been busy the last few months, getting ready for a show. I am pleased to announce that at the Montreal Train and Hobby show on Nov 9-10 I was able to display my first moonbase featuring 8 1/2 :-) modules. (URL) Lab (URL) Quarters (URL) Hall (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.monlug) !!
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| | 6-wide cars
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I'm new to Town stuff, but after seeing the car in the new Escape From Privet Drive set, I thought it would be fun to make some 6-wide cars. They're not based on any specific real cars. There's a truck: (URL) a car: (URL) based these off of 8-wide (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town)
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| | Nintendo mosaics
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I really liked Bruce's Nintendo mosaics, so I went and made some of my own. There's some Mega Man characters: (URL) Red Slime from Dragon Warrior: (URL) a Shy Guy from Super Mario Brothers 2: (URL) were fun to make, so I'm looking forward to doing (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build)
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| | US Specials this week - someone please get them.
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I will be out of the office until afternoon, and don't have time to call in before heading out the door, can someone please call and post the Specials? -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | What is a cross between two good stories?
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"Harriet Potter the Spy" Here we see Harriet spying on another wizard that is up to no good: After moderation: (URL) links: (URL) you enjoy! -David (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Star Wars Otana V 2.0
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I finally finished my Otana from Star Wars took some better pics of it then the teasers. Changed some things around on my original design and added a few things as well. Completed the interior complete with 5 rooms: Sick Bay, Sleeping Quarters, the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars) !
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| | Army Builder Mini-Figures
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Check out our latest addition from our homepage, Mini-Figures; (URL) are army builders that we've used in some of our dioramas and one is actually a teaser of one work in progress. Just click on the thumbnail to get to the pics and your comments, (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | Satisfying my mosaic *website* envy
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(...) I do indeed and they will appear on (URL) they're done, along with any other things of LEGO interest I come up with. For anyone who has waited patiently, mosaic related questions are in the FAQ section. Follow up to .build and ask any others (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Kindergardeners help out the NGLTC
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To day local kindergarteners helped out the North Georgia LEGO Train Club by making ornaments to decorate our tree at this years Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's Festival of Trees. The children are students at Matt Elementary school in Forsyth (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Peeron crosses 2000 inventory mark!
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Been a while since our last post [1], but we've added more than 500 sets since then, and now have more than 2000 sets inventoried! That about half of the sets in the LUGNET Guide[2], and with more inventories added daily, I hope we'll continue to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.db.inv) !!
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| | LEGO Sculpture: Golden Gate Bridge
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Hi all, I'm happy to announce a second 'landmark' sculpture to complement my recent Eiffel Tower. This time it's the Golden Gate Bridge: (URL) webpage is kinda brief, so if there are any question, let me know... I'll augment its description. (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture) !!
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| | MichLUG Logo Contest
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For some time we have been using a MichLUG logo (1) that has been sort of a placeholder until we can up with something better. Now is that time. We want a new, nice logo that will look great on a shirt. Something that will hold its own against the (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org, lugnet.publish.html) !!
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| | New Digital Pics of my Shuttle, Y-wing, and Snowspeeder
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I'm reposting this to lugnet.announce.moc to go along with the one in lugnet.starwars, as something has been preventing me from posting follow-ups in the same message. I have asked about it in the help section and gotten some suggestions, but (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | New moc: Space Rickshaw
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I decided to add another vehicle to my Future City vehicles line-up ((URL) It should have been an easy build but at first I had the driver in the middle, and had the engine behind him. But whatever I tried just didn't look right. So I finally had (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build) !
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| | BimP Updates (11 November 2002)
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Updates this week include: * Continuation of our interview with the Reverend. The Reverend has also provided us with an exclusive image. Be sure to check it out under question 12. * A sample chapter of Ralph Hempel's new Spybotics book. Over 800 (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | Finally pictures of My BrickFest 2002 MOCs
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Greetings everyone. Boy, I'll tell you, having a 14 month old in the house takes up a tremendous amount of time. :-) I have finally gotten around to taking pictures of the two houses that I brought to BrickFest for the Castle modular town layout. (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc)
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