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The Greater Midwest Lego Users Group (GMLUG) is now up and running at (URL) website is still a work in progress but we are now accepting members from WI, MN, IL, IA, OH, IN. Paul (25 years ago, 19-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.announce)
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| | Newly scanned: Some very old instructions!
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I thought these were lost in a break-in, but found them last night! (URL) there a more appropriate newsgroup to announce this in?) /Tore (25 years ago, 19-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish)
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| | 34 new newsgroups!
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34 new newsgroups have just been created: * 10 for LEGO games, software products, and books * 20 for LEGO product lines from Adventurers to ZNAP * 3 for organizations (clubs, user groups, etc.) * 1 for LEGO people (humans, not minifigs :) ---...--- (...) (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | DAT Explorer v. 0.6.1
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Well, there was a serious problem with speed on 0.6 so I made an quick patch that moved the models list to the satic header.html. Now the page is faster than it was before. I also removed a stray table tag. (URL) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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| | DAT Explorer update (v.0.6)
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The Dat Explorer has been updated to v. 0.6 changes for version 0.6: removed double-slash in image src url (may have cause problem on macs) added image link-through added author names changed to full model name renamed to "DAT Explorer" deleted (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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| | BrickShelf.com Updates 9/15/99
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Updates for 9/15/99, last update was 9/6/99 Recent additions/changes to this website: [09/15/1999] 8480 (added second model) [09/13/1999] 0250-1987 (renamed from 0250) 1596 Ghost with Wolfman [09/09/1999] 7730 (completed) [09/08/1999] 7730 Electric (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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| | funworld.com Press Centre open!
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Finally I have gotten around to it. The first stage of funworld.com (not the actual URL). This is the Press Centre, featuring current and previous Fun World press realses and the launch dates for all four funworld.com web sites. For those who don't (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | 6745 new messages injected
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(You can probably skip this if you don't read via the web...) A copy of the entire 6745-message archive of the Handy Board mailing list -- going back approximately four years -- has just been injected into the LUGNET newsserver as part of the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Minifig art museum update
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I updated my Minifig Art site this morning. The updates include: 1.) Two new works in the West Hall that appear in positions 1 and 2 when the page is launched. 2.) A brand new Glass Works Gallery II with rare, transparent bricks and plates. 3.) An (...) (25 years ago, 12-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | A big round of thanks to Tom and Gail
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The U.S. specials are closed down for the holiday season and, if the patterns of previous years are followed, will return again in mid-January. I don't know for sure if the Canada S@H specials are still running, but it looks like the last (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | New Website
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I finally have started to set up my website. Right now all I have is a ton of links which I have been accumulating over the past months. Tonight or this weekend, I may get some pictures up. Check it out at: (URL) Frank Filz ---...--- Work: (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | New Minifig Site
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I have recently completed a website featuring minifigs touring a modern art musuem. Have a look at: (URL) is my first website so I am not too savvy on html and design (yet). The site features lots of JPEGs and may download slow. I've debugged it the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO annouces fourth park.
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Here is the PR: German Town To House New Lego Park .c The Associated Press GUENZBURG, Germany (AP) - A rural Bavarian town will be the site of the world's fourth Legoland amusement park, Lego's president said Wednesday. Guenzburg, about 60 miles (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Brickshelf.com updates 9-6-99
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BrickShelf.com updates for 9-6-1999: (last update was 9-1-1999) [09/06/1999] 8480 Space Shuttle 0402-1976 Universal Building Set 0369 Coastguard [09/03/1999] 0373-1977 Offshore Rig with Fuel Tanker [09/02/1999] c87de 1987 German catalog See (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 6-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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| | Handy Board newsgroup
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[Crossposted to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general, & lugnet.announce; followups to lugnet.robotics] Fred G. Martin[1] of the MIT Media Lab[2] has expressed interest in hosting the Handy Board[3] mailing list[4] as a real newsgroup on LUGNET[5]. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | TLG: 44+ Internet domains and counting...
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Wow!!! It's incredible! InterNIC says there are now 44(!) TLG domains (this only counts .com, .org, and .net...) LEGO A/S (CONSTRUCTOPEDIA-DOM) CONSTRUCTOPEDIA.COM LEGO A/S (FIRSTLEGOLEAGUE-DOM) FIRSTLEGOLEAGUE.COM LEGO A/S (FIRSTLEGOLEAGUE2-DOM) (...) (25 years ago, 5-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: O'Reilly book news
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(...) [forwarded to .announce] --Todd (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | PRESS RELEASE- LEGO Toy Company Propels Imaginations Around the World Into Hyperdrive
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Howdy gang, Got this is my email box today and had not seen anobody else post it yet......Happy Building!!!! Chet PS- What I find most interesting is the mention of "adults" for the first time. ---...---* LEGO Toy Company Propels Imaginations Around (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Halloween Lego Design Contest Reminder and Update
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One major oops, The prize amounts are $20, $10 and $5 for each category of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Sorry about that. Hell of time for a typo. Matthew Verdier wrote in message ... (...) the (...) a (...) yard. (...) and (...) winners (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | BRICKS @ Guarded Inn - now live!
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Well, I'm comfortable with saying that my BRICKS online auction site is live and ready to go for anyone to use. It's still not the prettiest thing in the world, but it has improved thanks to some suggestions and a little hacking on my part. It can (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce)
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