 | | Scheduled downtime: Monday, December 6, 1999
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lugnet.com will be down for approximately three to five hours in the middle of the day on Monday, December 6, 1999, as its ISP (pair Networks, Inc.) is moving to new headquarters and the server needs to be physically relocated. More details: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Lego.com Holiday contest
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Hi everybody, I know most of you aren't to keen on lego's official website. I hope the fact that I scan through it every once in a while to see what's new (1) doesn't lessen me in your eyes :-). But I do, and yesterday I happened to see the new (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Dreaming of a European Legofest
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The great experience of meeting in person other Lego enthusiasts at the MindFest and at some Italian Legofests, makes me dream of a European Legofest. Some remarks about this topic (talking freely): - Saying "European" I use the term in its (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.at, lugnet.loc.be, lugnet.loc.ch, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.es, lugnet.loc.fi, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.loc.ie)
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| | ldraw.org December Model of the Month Winner
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The winner for ldraw.org's December Model of the Month competition is Thomas Burger, with his 'Datsville LMT Out From MacArthur Tunnel' image. Check it out at (URL) Congrats Tom! -Tim Courtney ldraw.org Project Coordinator (URL) timcourtne ICQ: (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Partsref is Moving to LUGNET
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The LEGO Elements Image Catalog, currently at (URL), is in the process of relocating to a new home on LUGNET. See it at (URL). Right now, the catalog is at both locations. This will continue at least until the next release of new parts for LDraw. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
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| | Dennis Bosman's LEGO Trucks and Construction Machinery
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Humina humina humina! Dennis's trucks are the most amazing LEGO models I've ever seen in my entire life! (IMHO, these beat out anything made even by professional LEGO model builders...) If you haven't been to Dennis's site yet, ya gotta check it (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
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| | New newsgroups for Fun Projects & Group Activities
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A new topic hierarchy dedicated to fun projects and group activities has just been created with five new newsgroups: CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== lugnet.fun (hierarchy): LEGO-centered projects and group activities for amusement, learning, or awareness: (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | US S@H Specials Nov 29 - Dec 5, 1999, for db
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(URL) Primo Fishing Net $16.50 $ 8.75 2098 Tommy Tugboat $11.00 $ 5.50 Scala 3103 Male Scala Doll $ 8.75 $ 4.50 Belville 5387 Beach Accessories $ 3.50 $ 1.75 System 6490 Amazon Crossing $16.50 $ 8.75 2161 Aquadozer $27.50 $13.75 6029 Treasure Guard (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Bored? Check out my Site!
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Hi all, Just want to share my li'l site with you all. Nothing spectacular there yet, except for my list of sets. Of particular interest is a few "stories" about me and my personal experiences with certain sets. Here's the address: (URL) a link to my (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Brickshelf.com updates for 11/28/1999
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Updates for 11/28/1999 (last update was 11/08/1999) Recent additions/changes to this website: [11/28/1999] 0650-1972 {Car with trailer and racing car} 0643-1978 Flatbed Truck 0620 Fire Truck 0605-1978 Street Sweeper 0604-1971 Excavator 0601-1970 Tow (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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| | Black Club car, modified metroliner+more
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I just finished my black club car: (URL) also have pictures of a modified metroliner to get 2 passenger cars and an engine out of one set. Then just for fun I took some pictures of my cats playing with a freight train. see the txt file for details. (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | New newsgroup for for MLCad
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A new group dedicated to MLCad has just been created. MLCad is a free program written by Michael Lachmann for modeling LEGO designs (or other construction systems). CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== lugnet.cad (group and hierarchy): Discussions of CAD (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | New newsgroup for for LeoCAD
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A new group dedicated to LeoCAD has just been created. LeoCAD is a free program written by Leonardo Zide for modeling LEGO designs (or other construction systems). CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== lugnet.cad (group and hierarchy): Discussions of CAD (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.leocad)
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| | Eric Kingsley's site move complete.
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Well I finally got around to completing the transition of my personal site from my old GeoCities site: (URL) my new NELUG site: (URL) have only moved over those parts of the site that I have decided to continue to maintain (Mainly my Model pages). (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.publish)
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| | US S@H Specials Nov 22 - 28, 1999
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(URL) Dino World $76.00 $38.00 Scala 3118 Funky Fashion Shop $54.00 $27.00 3115 Scala Kitchen $13.75 $ 7.00 (ONE left) System 6943 Speed sled $ 2.50 $ 1.50 6407 Fire Chief $ 5.50 $ 3.00 6544 Shuttle Transcon2 $38.50 $28.00 6558 Shark's Cage Cove (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | US S@H Specials Nov 22 - 28, 1999
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I called today and was told the specials are the same as last week. I'm not sure about the 6490 Amazon Crossing, since others have indicated it was removed as a phone special. Here's the list from last week: 6497 Twisted Time Train $38.50 $19.75 (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | new and improved(?) craigo-lego
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hi y'all ~ i just want to announce a couple of new things in the world of craigo-lego... first off, is the new e-mail address. i've activated an entire webtv account for nothing but lego. this gives me lots more storage (memory is a precious thing (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Global Explorer Website Finally Finished - Space Theme
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At the beginning of this year I build a large-scale planetary exploration vehicle called "Global Explorer". After much procrastination, the website for this project is finally up. It can be found at: (URL) site is simple, but contains over 100 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.space)
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| | Outlet Store Opening pictures are up!
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(URL) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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| | WAMALUG was NOVALTC
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This is to annouce that the Northern Virginia LEGO Train Club has officially changed it's name to the WAshington Metro Area LEGO Users Group. This was done in order to meet the varied interests of the train club and to foster new membership who may (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.loc.us.dc, lugnet.announce)
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