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| Mission Accomplished!!! Shortly after the arrival of the first human visitors to Mars, a new robotic vehicle arrived: The Mars Habitat!! It has all the creature comforts plus Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound in the theater!!! Not to mention lots of cool (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.space)
| | | | | S.H.I.E.L.D. MOC
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| Announcing the S.H.I.E.L.D. The Spycam High-Intelligence Efficient Locating Device (or SHIELD) is a spycambot designed for retrieving images of distant objects. Also known as a shallow-space probe or a non-virtual search engine, it's one of the (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Matthes Schleims Mathis!!! Pics!
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| This is cool. A while back, James Mathis recreated the truck from the "What Will You Build?" Road Show Tour, and even posted instuctions on the BI Portal (URL) Pics of the Truck> (URL) Link to James' Instructions> That was kewl enough, but Holger, (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Peether T-8 (Lightning contest entry)
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| What a great idea for a contest! Just the kind of inspiration I needed on a rainy Seattle Saturday, after stalling out on some larger building projects. The results: (URL) The Peether T-8> (URL) T-8>> To reconcile the ship's design with the "wings (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Battering Ram
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| The second installment in my alphabet project is a battering ram built for the black falcons. The folder can be seen here: (URL) The ram has a 'penthouse' to keep the black falcons safe while battering. Four men can transport and operate the ram. (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | More old LUGNET homepage prototypes discovered
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| Whoa, I'd totally forgotten about these... These are a few prototypes from the last LUGNET homepage makeover process, which was May to August of 2000. As you can see it was somewhat iterative. I'm throwing these out here as food for thought. For (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | w00t! Fund Drive for LUGNET Servers
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| We appreciated your patience during the downtime today Thank you for bearing an unusually long downtime today. We certainly weren't expecting a 9-hour outage simply for the replacement of a disk. You may have noticed on the LUGNET homepage during (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.finance, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.org, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | OX38 Transport
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| Check out our latest MOC from our (URL) as our entry to the P-38 contest. (2 URLs) ACPin & Sons (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | We are back up
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| (...) Well, we are back up. As I'm sure you noticed, downtime was greather than 10 minutes. What took so long was double-checking the integrity of everything carefully after the swap (and making an additional full backup before making any changes to (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | Not another sheep!
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| No, it's not another sheep, it's two more sheep. First of all you can all stop searching; the Space Hippies have found the golden fleece. (Yes, it's a verrrah niiice!) (URL) Secondly, you have, of course, herd of a cash cow... (URL) Well, you'd have (...) (21 years ago, 23-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX) !
| | | | | [MOC] YA40K Chaos Talon Fighter-Bomber
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| Yet another in my on going colection of models from GW's Warhammer 40K. (URL) model here (URL) a generic gray for first version and I will most likely do a Nurgle or/and a WordBearers later. Best DaveG (21 years ago, 23-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space)
| | | | | New website "Leg@H".
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| Hello everyone! I built the new website "Leg@H". (URL) are two main contents. Minifig Wear Project Minifig wear project is the custom sticker which I made. You can stick it on minifig and can play. I am very glad, if you look at a gallery and you (...) (21 years ago, 22-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | 2000-photo BrickFest PDX photo montage and slide show
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| OK, here is a collection of 2,115 photos taken at BrickFest PDX last weekend, presented two different ways: a fast-paced epileptic montage (2 minutes long) and a more traditional slideshow (45 minutes long). (URL) Montage (fast)> (480x480, 101.3 MB, (...) (21 years ago, 22-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | New MOC: F-38 Impulse
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| Here's my minifig scale entry for Jon's P-38 Lightning contest (2 URLs) F-38 Impulse>> (URL) F-38 Impulse> The intakes on the front are built in 5 different directions if you include the text on the outside and the vents on the inside. It was tricky (...) (21 years ago, 22-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX) !
| | | | | fun with LUGNET web site statistics
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| Today, I got the 2GB of compressed log files representing Lugnet traffic over the past approximately-a-year. After crunching for a while, realizing that I needed to move everything to a faster server, and restarting there, I discovered that what I (...) (21 years ago, 22-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !!
| | | | | B'Omar and F'Omar Deep Space Fighters
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| Wow! Three space MOCs in a day. I may have to stop claiming not to be much of a space fan. The B'Omar and F'Omar Deep Space Fighters are microscale fighters clearly inspired by a certain Star Wars set... not necessarily a set that you might think (...) (21 years ago, 22-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | My newest Mecha: The Judge
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| Folder (post Mod): (URL) Links: (URL) right, yet another mecha! The judge originally started off when iw as goofing around with parts (a bunch of ball joints and technic holders) when i decided to make an inverse knee mech with split poseable toes. (...) (21 years ago, 21-Feb-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | My P-38 entry - not the Paparazzi-38:)
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| Hi all, Finished my entry for the P-38 contest: (URL) Post-mod folder is (URL) here> Great contest, Jon! This was a fun build! And I *might* build a Paparazzi version:) Joe Meno .space paparazzi! (21 years ago, 21-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests, FTX)
| | | | | P-38 Lightning Mark XII - contest entry.
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| (2 URLs) This one> is a bit sportier than the lumbering LL-38. please enjoy, Allister ps deeplinks files markxii0001.jpg to markxii0012.jpg (21 years ago, 21-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.contests, FTX)
| | | | | Virtual Beethoven (largest MLCad-project ever ??)
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| Hi all, I promised a new MOC in February, here it is. (URL) Read all about it>. (2 URLs) Watch it grow> (0.9 Mb). Let me know what you think. Maarten (My next project is a mosaic -studs on top, I already designed a mosaic-framework where glue is no (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad, lugnet.loc.be, FTX) !!
| | | | | Atillator's Shop
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| I am starting an 'alphabet' castle project. I will attempt to make a creation for each letter of the alphabet. For example, the first letter is A and the first installment is the Atilliator's Shop (Crossbow Maker). Here are the pictures. The folder: (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | Taking LUGNET to the next level
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| Chats with people at BrickFest PDX last weekend got me thinking a lot more about LUGNET and its role in the community. I've bounced some of my thoughts off of various people (including three people from LEGO) and responses varied from positive to (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish, lugnet.trains, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX) !!
| | | | | Miniland Figure Star Wars MOC: Bothan Spy
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| This is sort of a redo of two of my older (and now pretty crummy looking by comparison) figures: my original Bothan and Stormtrooper. Disguised in a modified Imperial Scout Trooper uniform, this armor has flight capabilities, perfect in case a hasty (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | Vanguard Speeder
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| Check out our latest MOC from our (3 URLs) ACPin & Sons (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | [MOC] Chung Kuo in Time Cruisters theme
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| Playing with David Windgrove's Chung Kuo universe. Pictures and a short comic. (URL) dialog from the book(s) as it is far too Adult. Even with the four-letter words blanked &*^*&. I will put some more pictures and some character bio's up later on. (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | First MOC in a while: the Sparrow Dasher
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| Greetings, .spacers! Continuing my 'New Age Space Police' theme is the Sparrow Dasher, a one-man police pursuit vehicle with a removable one-person cell. (URL) 01-16> (URL) Post Mod> This is an entry to Jon Palmer's P-38 Contest. PLMKWYT! (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 20-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Announcing Classic-Castle.com Roleplay!
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| Greetings Gamers! A few months ago several members at Classic-Castle.com put their heads together and created a roleplay game. The game has been going on for a while, but you can still join any time you want! (2 URLs) Nathan Wells C-C Roleplay (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | New homepage for LUGNET
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| Someone brought this up at BrickFest PDX and others agreed it would be an excellent idea: Rather than mainly linking to internal LUGNET resources, the first thing someone should see when they visit the LUGNET homepage is iconic links to other major (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | Cantina
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| I've just uploaded some pictures of my (URL) Mos Eisley Cantina> I took at PDX this past weekend to my site. I'll take better pictures with more details and the roof soonish. Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks. (2 URLs) (Bruce) (URL) LEGO @ Bruce's (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
| | | | | mini excavator
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| In the spirit of the construction site mocs, and inspired by this (URL) made my own version of Jennifer Clark's fantastic excavator in much smaller scale. (URL) post mod.. (URL) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | New LDraw Animation: Rotation Animation
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| Thanks to Steven Krass we have a new LDraw tutorial on the very hot topic right now... ANIMATION!!!! Steven will show you how to make this simple animation: (URL) So where do you get it? (URL) Please let us know what you think? Perhaps we can get (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | PDX Mecha award update
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| I'm rather embarrassed but there was a snafu in the shipping of the prizes and I didn't quite got them in time for BrickFest PDX. They arrived to me on Monday the 16th, and I am proud to say two of the three are already mailed out. The awards for (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | US S@H Specials, Feb 18 - 24, 2004
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| (URL) (hit 1 when the recording starts - may have to hit 1 again) Baby/Duplo/Primo/Explore 2740 Duplo Level Crossing $ 9.99 $ 5.00 System 3414 Precision Shooting $ 4.99 $ 2.50 4711 Flying Lesson $ 3.99 $ 2.00 4788 Ogel Mutant Ray $ 9.99 $ 5.00 4794 (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
| | | | | Little jet, fighter
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| Hi all, This is my latest designerset alternate model, a little fighter of the 4098 set. (URL) is dual engined and has a great manouvreability. Rest of the pictures can be found here: (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.space)
| | | | | Master Model Designer leaves LEGOLAND California
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| Hello! My name is Bill Vollbrecht. I am a former Model Designer from LEGOLAND California (as of last week!). I have met many of you through different park events as well as outside events such as Brickswest. I have been a lifelong LEGO fan and a (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | The first pics of my cathedral project!
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| i have started my dream lego creation: a Cathedral! unfortunately, due to cost of parts, i cannot afford to build it out of real bricks, but have to do it with LDRAW. i used MLCAD. anyway, here is a deep link: (URL) sorry it is so big, the details (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | New website: www.holly-wood.it
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| Hi folks, I’d like to announce the official launch of my brand new website: www.holly-wood.it Holly-Wood.it is mainly focusing on virtual building by providing software add-ons, ldraw-parts or just tips and tricks. It also offers micro-scale and (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.microscale)
| | | | | the really really SMALL Eagle has landed
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| this just popped into my head: (4 URLs) post mod folder: (URL) it's supposed to be on a nano classic space baseplate with "L" shaped hill & craters Jeff (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Hoth X-Wing Hangar
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| Check out our latest diorama MOC from our (URL) homepage.> (2 URLs) ACPin & Sons (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Kiki, the ferret
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| (URL) Those of you who are familiar with Sluggy Freelance should recognize this character immediately. Those of you who aren't...well, Kiki is a hyperactive ferret (moreso than normal) that just begged to be immortalized in plastic. Seriously, she's (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Argent Supra
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| My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues: (URL) Argent Supra This came out a bit more old-school than I intended. And a lot bigger (it sort of strains the boundaries of whooshability!). It was originally going to be an all-silver spaceship (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | New MOC: Herb Garden & Cart
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| I made these MOCs ages ago and then forgot about them. :roll: Roxo's Dwelling: (URL) Roxo's Cart: (URL) PLMKWYT! (URL) Nathan Wells (URL) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | IR dection Rover
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| I just uploaded a new rover named Roboto. I built it to work on a IR dection setup that did not have the problems normally associated with IR dection. And for a plus I think Roboto could be built with only RIS parts, however, I'm not sure (have not (...) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | IL-83 Thunderstrike: A P-38 Contest Entry
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| The Osiris Corporation gives you the IL-83 Thunderstrike: (URL) you want to see (tons) more pictures, here's the gallery link: (URL) Best of luck to everyone! (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.contests)
| | | | | Crimson Skies - NightHawk v.2
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| Reintroducing the NightHawk (3 URLs) After Mod> Thanks to some helpful criticism from the Grand Admiral, I sat down and revised the NightHawk. Originally I felt it was maybe "too futuristic" for Crimson Skies, and while the changes didn't blunt the (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Mosaic teaser / wallpaper
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| Hello. Here is a teaser photo of one of the headlight brick mosaics I'll be bringing up to Portland for BrickFest. I also find it makes a pleasing deskptop wallpaper, if you're so inclined. (URL) See you at PDX, -Brendan Powell Smith (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !!
| | | | | US S@H Specials, Feb 11 - 17, 2004
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| It looks like Tom Stangl hasn't had a chance to get this information and post it for this week, so here's the info I learned yesterday. Please note that the "Limited Quantities" items may well be gone by now (although not due to me). (URL) (hit 1 (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
| | | | | P-380 Corona - P-38 Lightning Space Submission
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| Available with Technobabble and backstory: (URL) without: (URL) let me know what you think. -Anthony (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | Solara Hovercar MOC
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| Hey .spacers Here's a new hovercar for your consideration. It's not based on any specific car, but definitely nods toward those late '60s/early '70s behemoths. It's low. It's wide. It's powerful. It seats one. Seats ONE ??!!??! Yes, it's the (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !
| | | | | Embellishing Details...
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| And I quote: "How much detail you want to put in is totally up to you, the Player. However, the fun of an RPG is in the telling of the story; the more detail a Player puts in, the more fun he will get out." Copied from the (URL) Castle Adventure> (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Embellishing details...
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| And I (URL) quote>: How much detail you want to put in is totally up to you, the Player. However, the fun of an RPG is in the telling of the story; the more detail a Player puts in, the more fun he will get out. And boy, have we been having fun! (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.gaming, FTX)
| | | | | the BIG BLUE TROLL
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| I attended my first BrikWars game this past Saturday and had a blast! Thanks to everyone from NELUG who was there for being so patient with me, as I had no idea what I was doing (the last role playing game I played was Star Frontiers, and that was (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX) !!
| | | | | LL38 - P38 Lightning Contest Entry
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| I present my entry for the P38 Lightning Spaceship Contest - The LL-38 (URL) One for the nostalgia buffs.> Cheers, Allister (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
| | | | | Review and pictures from COLTC's GATS show last weekend
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| Hello LUGNET members, Last weekend COLTC put on our largest single display (25'x25') at our local GATS in Columbus Ohio. And it turned out great! We received our first official 1st place win during the GATS in Columbus. Hopefully a start of (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle) !
| | | | | Billy Bob's Scarab, a buggy prospecting ship
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| Here I present Billy Bob, with his 3002 BricksWagon™ Scarab outfitted for crystal prospecting: (4 URLs) Index: (URL) When Billy Bob received his inheritance, he decided to use it to move to New Seattle and try his hand at some prospecting. He (...) (21 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | BrickTopia - Capitalist Pig Reeducation Center
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| This is a new skyscraper built in a Chinese "adventurers" style (with some sci-fi thrown in for extra fun). (URL) miss the bonus "art" photos: (URL) is appreciated, Brad (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town) !
| | | | | First NYCLUG Meeting -- Without A Hitch!
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| Fellow NYCLUG'ers, PLEASE HIGHLIGHT OR SPOTLIGHT THIS! Our first meeting went very well -- despite nosy security guards (who were just doing their jobs, God bless 'em!) and the late appearance of yours truly (it was... uh, traffic! Er, no parking (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Water most fowl (or Feb. seed part MOC)
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| Hello folks, We're pleased to announce the first pictures from the Whateverly Institute's expedition up the creek. (No we can't specify which creek at this time, and it is unknown at this point whether paddles were taken on the journey ;-) There are (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | BrikWars time-lapse & photo-montage
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| Yesterday NELUG participated in the Portsmouth Games Weekend, a periodic gaming convention in Portsmouth, NH. Two 4-hour BrikWars games were played: 9:00am-1:00pm: "It Takes A Pillage" - TL2 mayhem 2:00pm-6:00pm: "Sanford & Son and the Tox Uthat", (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | P38 space contest entry
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| The Frost Fighter is my entry for the P-38 Lightning lookalike contest. pic 1: (URL) Enjoy! (21 years ago, 7-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests)
| | | | | New MOC: My LEGO Room
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| I built my LEGO room out of LEGO. Follow the picture to find the rest and descriptions (URL) PLMKWYT! ~Kevin Blocksidge (21 years ago, 8-Feb-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Defense Appropriations approved (New MOCs)
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| For your viewing pleasure, more tasty hardware from the Ceti Republic: Cougar II A1: (URL) (New cupola, extra sensor gear.) Lynx Armored Vehicle: (URL) (Variants shown are Mortar Carrier and Battlefield Command systems.) Jaguar Light Tank: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Defense Appropriations approved (New MOCs)
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| For your viewing pleasure, more tasty hardware from the Ceti Republic: Cougar II A1: (URL) (New cupola, extra sensor gear.) Lynx Armored Vehicle: (URL) (Variants shown are Mortar Carrier and Battlefield Command systems.) Jaguar Light Tank: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | New MOC - Purple Haze
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| For your viewing pleasure: (URL) (Click on the image) A luxury spacecraft, refit for bounty hunting. Soren (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Official Alpha Team and Designer 2004 images
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| Further to Ben's message, LEGO has provided www.brickset.com with official pictures of the 2004 Alpha Team and Designer sets. Huw Brickset.com admin (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | Steampunkers Untie! (Delurking with a new MOC)
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| Submitted for your digression. The first documented photos of the proto-fleebnork. We've all been wondering about the natural history of these amazing critters. What was the first documented sighting? Who was the naturalist who first discovered (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Official KK and HP 2004 pictures
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| Hi Everyone, I want to let you know that LEGO has provided (URL) with official pictures of the 2004 Knight's Kingdom and Harry Potter sets. Ben E. Sets Admin at CC (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, lugnet.harrypotter, FTX) !!
| | | | | ILTCO Article - Making heavy-duty powered LEGO® Track Connections for Public Display Layouts
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| A new article has been contributed the ITLCO web site. Making heavy-duty powered LEGO® Track Connections for Public Display Layouts by David 'Zonker' Harris of BayLTC. (URL) Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Train (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.iltco, lugnet.trains) !
| | | | | ILTCO Article - Power Control Ideas for Public Display Layouts
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| A new article has been contributed the ITLCO web site. Power Control Ideas for Public Display Layouts by David 'Zonker' Harris of BayLTC. (URL) Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Train Club (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.iltco, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | New Mecha - The Rizmit
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| Deep in the heart of Biomechanical Bricks, a new Mecha has been created: (URL) The Rizmit> (URL) Construction Notes 37 inches tall (URL) All Technic Frame> Technic Turntables at the major joints Two Movie Maker Cameras in the eyes - Planned to be (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, FTX) !!
| | | | | YAL, Yet Another LegWay
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| YAL: Yet Another LegWay ===...=== (2 URLs) Allen Foster> and (URL) Harold Jarvie> posts showed me that it was possible to build a LEGO-only self-balancing robot, inspired by the famous (URL) Steve Hassenplug's LegWay>. Here are some details of my (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | Getting Started With LEGO Trains - it's almost here!
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| After many months of hard work and waiting, my new book "Getting Started With LEGO Trains" is almost here! As we speak, the bulk of the books are on a ship on its way to San Francisco, and should arrive any time. I'll follow-up with a final release (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | EB E-117 Mastodon
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| Mladen says the Eastern Block needs to pick up speed. Well, the Eastern Block thinks Mladen should pick up his ticket to Gulag #22-54n. Presenting the Eastern Block E-117 Mastodon APC: (URL) Designed to compliment and work with the E-34 Elefant, the (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, FTX) !
| | | | | US S@H Specials, Feb 4 - 10, 2004
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| (URL) (hit 1 when the recording starts - may have to hit 1 again) Baby/Duplo/Primo/Explore 4340 Story Builder Jungle Jam $49.99 $25.00 System 4714 Gringott's Bank $29.99 $15.00 6733 Snap's Cruiser $ 3.99 $ 2.00 7103 Jedi Duel $ 9.99 $ 5.00 7143 Jedi (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
| | | | | Nighthawk - Crimson Skies???
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| I think this sort of qualifies as Crimson Skies, though it turned out a wee bit too futuristic. Introducing the Nighthawk (URL) And the (URL) full folder> (after moderation of course) Well, what to say... Inspiration for this build came from Soren (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: GATS Display
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| Good Morning, here is a link to pix of our 1st Great American Train Show this last weekend: (URL) you enjoy. We are planning to do 3 more this year. Our Layout is a 8' x 12' table and we have plans to increase it to 12' x 12' with a 4' x 4' open (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan, lugnet.loc.us.mo.spr, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
| | | | | Re: COLTC to dispaly at GATS, Feb 7-8, Columbus, OH. Our 1 year anniversary!!!
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| (...) Congradulations! We here in St. Louis just finished our 1st GATS with 3 more shows planned for this year. Here is a link to pix of our 'modest' 8' x 12' Layout. We are planning to attend the March GATS in Collinsville, Ill. with an expanded (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Still one month for submitting posters
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| Hi everybody! This is a reminder that the 2003-2004 LEGO Movie Poster Contest ends February 29th. There is still almost s month from now to then, and as usual, many people plan on waiting til the last minute before getting in, but there are only 5 (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | COLTC to dispaly at GATS, Feb 7-8, Columbus, OH. Our 1 year anniversary!!!
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| Coming weekend, the Central Ohio Lego Train Club (COLTC) will have a 25x25 foot layout at the Columbus GATS, at the Ohio Expo Center (for directions visit www.coltc.org or www.gats.com). Show hours are 11 AM - 5 PM both days, Adult admission is $7, (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
| | | | | The P-38 Lightning Space Contest
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| Hey guys. It's time for a contest: (URL) Like the page says, this is a contest for spacecraft that look like the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. I figure we can use a poll here on LUGNET to decide the winner, unless we get a massive amount of (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | BE-TLE
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| Greetings spacers and spacettes, After a short bout with builder's block, here's a little goof I made this weekend. The BE-TLE: (URL) Broadcast E.M.P. / Tank Light Enforcer CerebrumInc has developed the BE-TLE with no manual controls. With the (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Delian reloaded. (car MOC)
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| Some of you may remember the cute, small motorized car I made ages ago. (URL) It's not much to look at, but the lugnet post's here: (URL) The point of the delian was to build a nice-looking car around the horribly hard-to-use motor. Last week, I (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | The Outlaw Fleeb
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| On some worlds they call him "Hero" But on most worlds they call him crazy, scum, wreckless, scoundrel, weird, idiot, psycho, and a few other words that just don't translate well into human speech. (URL) He's Dirk Splang, Fleebnork Hunter. And his (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !
| | | | | BSCP "Bississippi"
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| (2 URLs) The (URL) Basic Shape-Changing Platform> (BSCP - "Bississippi") is a simplified version of the (URL) Shape-Shifting Camera Tank (SSCT)> that I created for the "Mindstorms Masterpieces" Book. Despite clocking at less than 150 pieces (not (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | MOC: Spirit of St. Louis
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| MOC: Spirit of St. Louis ===...=== What is Ryan NYP? That is the New York to Paris plane that Charles Lindbergh used for the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in May 1927: (URL) on the image to learn more about this MOC>> Charles Lindbergh (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !!
| | | | | Dual Winners for LDraw.org's January Model Of The Month, February Voting Open
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| Yes, that's right, there is a tie for January Model of the Month. The competition was fierce and we came within 1 vote of a tie in the SOTM and missed a 3 way win in the MOTM by 1 vote as well. Congratulations to the winners: MOTM, Jorgen Andersson, (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !!
| | | | | Scenes from Port Brique
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| Port Brique has been rebuilt! A new site, a bigger settlement, and hundreds more inhabitants. There's still work to be done, but in the meantime, here are some scenes from Port Brique on Isla Legeaux: (2 URLs) The northern seawall of Isla Legeaux (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Two new mecha
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| Sorry for this, forgot to set FUT and crossposting. Soren (21 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.military)
| | | | | MOC: Harry Potter's owl Hedwig
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| Hey there I made this model with inspiration from Harry Potter owl Hedwig. I like the books, but I am not a fan. (URL) idea to this model came to me, when I was experimenting with a human face. It looked more like an owl, and then I started building (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.harrypotter) !!
| | | | | Transport to Moonbase PDX now available via New Seattle
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| It's too quiet in New Seattle... click the image to see what is (isn't) up! (URL) Where is everyone?!?>> (URL) Where indeed?> Brenda Rhodes has landed the Matriarch at New Seattle Moonbase, where she is making preparations for the journey to (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | Mobile Robotic Arm
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| Hey all, I just finished another robot project. This one is called MRA-U: (URL) site explains what it can do. As soon as it is programmed I will add the program to the site, and most likely tomorrow I will add 2-3 movies showing how it works. The (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Re: My First MOC post
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| In lugnet.announce.moc, Brian P. Gefrich wrote: Of course, that's after it gets moderated and all that. (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | My First MOC post
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| Well, hello. Without too much noise, here is my first MOC posted: (URL) I did that a few days ago at the LEGO Outlet Potomac with the stuff at the playtables. Of course, c&c appreciated...not really a detailed MOC, but still fun to do with limited (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Using dragon fly wings as train windows
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| Hi there, Ever since buying the Make & Create: Wild Collection (4101) I've had the idea of using the dragon fly wings as train windows. Also my brother Egil challenged me to build a train front using the large dark grey curved bricks he got me from (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.town) !
| | | | | automated train drawbridge
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| Here is my latest. It is a fully automated train bridge. (Sorry the photos are not the best. It is hard to take pictures in my basement.) It is fully automated. Meaning we will be able to run the rcx and the bridge will happen periodically during a (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics) !
| | | | | US S@H Specials, Jan 28 - Feb 3, 2004
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| It looks like Tom Stangl hasn't had a chance to get this information and post it for this week, so here's the info I learned yesterday. Please note that the "Limited Quantities" items may well be gone by now (although not due to me). (URL) (hit 1 (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
| | | | | Brad Justice, superhero
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| With Brad Justus now moving on to bigger and better things, this seems as good a time as any to share something I threw together almost a year ago, just after coming back from BricksWest 2003: (URL) it has a little fun at Brad's expense (which is (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people) !!
| | | | | First MOCs
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| Hi! My name is David, and I'm a student at KU. I've been reading LUGNET for a couple years, and I think I'm ready to make my first post. First is a little chessboard I made in 2002. I really like the way I designed the pieces. The knight is one of (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
| | | | | Build on Badge at BrickFest PDX 2004
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| Build on Badge at BrickFest PDX 2004 As you know the engraved name badge has become an adult fan of LEGO® event essential. And if you selected the full registration option for BrickFest PDX 2004 you will receive a new five color 1 x 8 brick badge. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
| | | | | De-lurk and MOC: OGRE/GEV miniatures
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| Hi. I'm Dan Efran, the Martian Ambassador. I've been lurking here since the end of my LEGO Dark Age, about a year ago, but this is my first post and my first serious MOC. Playable miniatures for Steve Jackson's classic wargames, OGRE and G.E.V. The (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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