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| (2 URLs) The Ogre has returned...> PLMKWYT! (URL) Nathan Wells (URL) "I'm a castle fan who builds spaceships, got a problem with that?" (20 years ago, 8-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | My Honours Project
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| Last year I completed an Honours year in Applied Mathematics at the University of Melbourne. My project was on the segregation of granular materials in a rotating drum. If a horizontal cylinder is approximately half-filled with two granular (...) (20 years ago, 8-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.edu, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Crimson Skies MOC: Lancaster Liberator
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| The RAF's new ground-attack aircraft. Enjoy! (URL) (Click the picture for folder) A little bit of inconsequential brickmodding made its way into this. It's not integral to the design, so I figured it was okay. Soren (20 years ago, 8-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
| | | | | Dannebrog Racer
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| Red-White Dannebrog Racer ===...=== The monthly racer this May is different: It has more than one colour! It is red and white like the Danish flag (URL). (URL) Click on the image to see more pictures>> Can anyone guess why? And why it is Mk.36? (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
| | | | | Boarding House
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| The boarding house needed more space, so after getting approval from the neighboring tailor, they started making additions. Right over the tailor's place. (2 URLs) Boarding House> -- Design Notes: I had this idea for one building needing so much (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.org.us.michlug, FTX)
| | | | | Cook's home
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| Hi all, Here's a medieval home I built. It went to Brickfest PDX with Lenny, so it may look familiar if you were there, but I finally put some pictures on the web: (URL) Bruce (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | MOC: D-7 Mark II
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| A recently completed MOC of mine. Features include technic operated side door and landing gear, completely accessable interior via either lids or pull off sides, and a "folding runabout" that fits in the rear bay. High 'whoosh' factor rating here -- (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Update: Universal colors - beginnings
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| Many people have asked what colors are currently considered "universal" or locked. This means that these colors will almost certainly never be changed. Universal colors are colors that we consider to be untouchable for change. While the final list (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | Several MOCs: Lighthouse, Tiny Tanks, and more
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| Hi all, I haven't posted a MOC in a while, so it's about time I did. First, a lighthouse: (URL) images are all 1600x1200, so could be a long wait) This was an extension of just playing around, trying to see how tight a circle I could make with just (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Darth Newbius Gray
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| My first official MOC using New Grey: (URL) The GREY WARS> (its a spoof of Star Wars, kinda) -Lenny (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX) !!
| | | | | The prefect answer to deciding which parts to make in the old colors
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| Basicly, builders for each theme (well certainly the core themes like space, castle, pirates, town, trains & technic) would come up with a list of the parts that they most use. Then, from there, the lists would be combined (I suspect that quite a (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | New MOCs
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| Hi folks! I've posted a few new MOCs on my Brickshelf area, mostly those that were displayed at the 500 Festival Kid's Day in Indianapolis on May 1. It includes my first attempt at a Mecha figure, as well as a space pirate ship, grandstands and a (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | More pictures!
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| Just in case you haven't had enough, there are now 78 more photos from (URL) SCLTC>'s display at Fullerton Railroad Days! (URL) Follow this link for more pictures: (URL). Enjoy! - Thomas Michon Webmaster, (URL) SCLTC> (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | moc: french manor with formal gardens
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| this moc made its formal debut at the parlugment meeting last night and made it home safely to be photographed. (URL) a minor french manor in what could be somewhere in france perhaps. with small courtyard entrance and ever-present fountain. (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
| | | | | Jake did good Thanks!!
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| It's past time to get beyond debating the "why" of the color change (and especially haranguing Jake about it). I don't see any reason not to take Jake and the TLC at their word that the new colors work better with the core market at point of sale: (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | Color Change - Final Update
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| You’d think I would have learned my lesson by now about the color change and just taken refuge in a concrete bunker. Nope, not that bright I think! I come to you with a final update, and some good news, as well as bad. Bad news first – After much (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego) !!
| | | | | Instructions for tall CCC Wall
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| Peter Guenther and some other MichLUG members got to talking and decided that we needed some castle walls for our medieval villages. However, the standard calls for walls that are only 8 bricks tall and this was just too short. Peter whipped up some (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.inst, lugnet.org.us.michlug, FTX) !!
| | | | | LEGO Mosaic: Fort Worth Skyline
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| Hi folks, I spent this past weekend in Fort Worth, Texas at their 'Mayfest' celebration building a large, color LEGO mosaic of their city's skyline. I have a full write up here: (URL) I'm trying to gather links to all LEGO skyline mosaics completed (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.build) !
| | | | | Risque images at Legoland
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| Hey everybody! For those of you that are in the San Diego area, Channel 8 news is doing a bit about the "risque" scenes in Legolands Miniland. I am not sure if this is an off-shoot of the story that appeared in the San Diego Union Tribune a few (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | BrickFest™ Registration now online
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| BrickFest™ Registration form is now available via the website. BrickFest 2004 August 13-15th Washington, DC (URL) Registration will be a bit different this year. If you registered and attended BrickFest PDX, your account may already be set up. If (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.games, lugnet.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.build.schleim) !!
| | | | | April Model and Scene of the Month Contest Winners
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| Congratulations to the winners of the March Model/Scene of the Month contests: (URL) MOTM, Jorgen Andersson, Volkswagen Typ 82 "Kübelwagen"> (URL) SOTM, Robert Leahey, Perspectives 2 - Making Orbit> Voting for May's contests in is now open This (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
| | | | | Igor Last Quest (or my entry for the Booby Trap Contest)
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| Some said a picture worth 1000 words... so I ask and how much a movie worth :) (URL) Enjoy! P.S. I forgat to mantioned that this is for the Booby Trap contest for CC:) Yaron "Webrain" Dori (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX) !!
| | | | | Pictures from SCLTC at Fullerton 2004!
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| (9 URLs) Pictures of SCLTC's latest show are now available! Our club is displaying at the Fullerton Railroad Days event from May 1-2, 2004, held at the Amtrak Train Station in Fullerton, CA. Follow this link for the photo gallery: (URL). Our show is (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | Minifig Hall of Fame Winner : Yellow Castle Knight Blue
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| Hi all! This is to announce that the winner of the April-May 2004 election for the Minifig Hall of Fame is Yellow Castle Knight Blue. He finished in front of Ghost who will be in the next election's second round. Visit www.minifigville.com/mhof to (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Shrinking the Eastern Bloc
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| a new MOC, a micro scale Eastern Bloc cruiser: (6 URLs) made from set 4100 Maximum Wheels Enjoy! Jeff (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Dial 'M' for Muppet
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| (from imdb -- the Internet Muppet Database) Tagline: "If a monster answers...hang on for dear life!" Plot Outline: An ex- shag carpet carries out a plot to count to ten in Spanish. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B. (He decides (...) (20 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
| | | | | CC2: discus, Hammerhead the CD thrower
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| Here is the write-up about (URL), the CD thrower which won (URL) CONTEST # 2: Discus>, with shooting distance of 20 feet. (URL) You will find (URL) there> detail images, movies... Thanks to the LEGO Mindstorms Forum team who organized this contest, (...) (20 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | The Lord Of The LEGO joins the Eastern Block...
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| (URL) Due the recent (URL) crunch>, the Eastern Block has had to stop making the highly popular (URL) ZOG 31> until money is not so tight. To make up for the loss of the ZOG 31, the Eastern Block has released a smaller, low-fat brother: the (URL). (...) (20 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Train MOC Pictures with Schliem and Lettering
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| At the Brickish Association AGM I took the opportunity to take more pictures of my trains, some of which you might not have seen. All are built to 8mm:1ft scale. A few more pictures of other models will follow soon. Class 66 Diesel, in EWS (like (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | Announcing the Fleebnork.com Civilian Space MOC contest!
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| Hi Everyone! After Jon Palmer's successful P38 contest, I have decided to run one of my own. I am resurrecting a contest some of you may recall from Mark's Lego Creations about 4 years ago. (URL) The Civilian MOC contest! The rules are simple: You (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | Another 3D puzzle
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| Hi all, Here's another 3D wooden puzzle: (URL) More pics on (URL) webpage>. Enjoy, Maarten (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.be, lugnet.cad, FTX) !!
| | | | | Coupe/ Cabrio car
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| Hi! After a long time I'm able to present a new technic car: (URL) I tried to put as many cool features in this car I possibly could do. Some specs: - All wheeldrive with a double wishbone suspensionsystem - V 12 engine and a 'normal' 5+1 speed (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Medieval Russian fortification
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| I've wanted for a while to do some Castle building outside of the traditional Western European style. So I did some research into medieval Russian architecture, and decided to start working on a town surrounded by wooden fortifications. Here is the (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | SCLTC at Fullerton Railroad Days 2004
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| The (URL) Southern California LEGO Train Club> (SCLTC) returns to Fullerton Railroad Days this coming weekend with its first new layout of 2004. Items appearing for the first time: An automated light rail system A brand new town area Area 51 A new (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola, FTX) !
| | | | | LDraw.org Steering Committee Election Open
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| The LDraw.org Steering Committee election is now open. To vote, please visit (URL) and log in with your user account. Next, visit the announcement on LDraw.org here: (URL) the Ballot link. You may vote for up to five candidates. Please cast only one (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | Motorized Tank
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| For you viewing pleasure: (URL) (Click the image, feel the love.) Originally, this was going to be a static model, but after some internal measurements I realized it would be the perfect model to motorize. Only the turret traverse is powered for (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
| | | | | Your mom's on fire (New MOCs)
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| ...Okay, not really, just wanted your attention. First up: (URL) Next: (URL) And last but not least: (URL) Click images for gallery. Soren (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
| | | | | Lego in a government fraud article
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| I was doing my daily scan of news stories when I came across the following article: "Government Credit Card Abuses Detailed" So I took a read. Lo and behold, in the bottom, look what I found: In another instance $200 of LEGO toy robots were bought (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Guide to Jade Empire
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| I put this together to help out those people who may be wondering just what exactly this whole Jade Empire business is all about. If anyone else has anything to contribute, please feel free to post! Some time ago on Lugnet (and in chat conversations (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | www.malug.hu --- LEGO User Group in Hungary
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| (URL) Hi there, Akos form the Hungarian LEGO User Group asked my to post his annouce here at lugnet. So here we go: ***...*** We are pleased to announce the formation of MALUG, the de facto LUG for Hungary! Our website can be found here: (URL) Be (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | A Tree (New pictures)
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| Fellow AFOLs, long ago, I decided to build a Lego tree. In contrast to the usual christmas trees available from Lego this tree should be of proper size and proportions to fit into a given scenario. A first attempt led to the basic building (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle) !!
| | | | | The GeeBee is Ready. [Image Heavy]
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| Hey all, I got tired of responding to myself for updates ((URL)), so I'll start a new thread for the good stuff. A bit of a late update, but what can I say? I'm just finishing up :) Pictures: (URL) The front. I like the little engine details; the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | New MOCs & better pics of an old one
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| 3 new Mocs: first, a red pickup from the Maximum Wheels designer set: (URL) & (5 URLs) another humvee from Micro Wheels creator set 4096(my first can be found 'up' in the folder): (URL) & (5 URLs) a little mech from the yellow Xpod: (2 URLs) & (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | US S@H Specials, Apr 28 - May 3, 2004
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| (URL) (hit 1 when the recording starts - may have to hit 1 again) Baby/Duplo/Primo/Explore System 4711 Flying Lesson $ 3.99 $ 2.00 4794 Alpha Team Command Patrol $29.99 $15.00 6472 Gas'n'Wash Express $49.99 $25.00 6739 Truck'n'Stunt Trikes $29.99 (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
| | | | | disk failure
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| The LUGNET production server (still the older server, hosted at Pair Networks) suffered a disk failure today at what appears to be, according to the logs, 11:30am EST. The disk has been replaced, data restored, and we seem to be set back about 8 (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | New Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2004 Collection
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| Dear Ladys, Holly Wood, your favorite fashion designer, proudly presents its new female runway spring/summer collection 2004. (URL) As usual we have put our attention to a clean line, exclusive fabrics, exceptional attention to detail and a subtle (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
| | | | | BrickParts will be having a new owner
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| Hi Everyone! Just to let everyone know, BrickParts will soon have a new owner! ;*( Yes, after three and a half years I am selling my business and will be consentrating full time on my career. I want to thank eveyone who has done business with me. (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | The League of Extraordinary Spaceships
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| Wow, two posts in one night..One to trains and one to space. I hope I don't get shot for supporting both groups. Anyway, I was at the NCLTC Train show this last weekend and had an opportunity to hang out with the Space Papparazzi himself. We started (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, FTX) !
| | | | | NCLTC Show at GATS in Raleigh
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| Hi All. I finally attended and participated in a train show. I was priveledged enough to be a part of the NCLTC show in Raleigh this weekend. It was awesome. Mike Walsh and company put on a heck of a show. I got to meet some new people, see some (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
| | | | | Lego Chess Table
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| Hello all, This will be my first post. And also my first try at lego sculpture/lego furnture You can view some of the picks here (URL) I took me about a 2 weeks to build the table. It stands 20" hi. It is about as tall as an average coffee table. Is (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Jade Empire: Ju Zhen
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| As the Jade Empire continues to swarm its way through peaceful .space systems, Intelligence is gathering more and more data on the various attack craft being introduced in battle. A crucial space battle for control of an Iron Reich outpost became (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Theed Palace Hallway
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| Check this latest MOC from our (URL) homepage.> An MOC that's a cross over between Castle and Star Wars. I've been planning to do a Theed Palace but couldn't decide on how large it was going to be and if I could get the correct look and scale of it. (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | The Jade Empire's expanding fleet gets a new ship...
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| (URL) The Jade Empire grows stronger... (URL) PLMKWYT! (URL) Nathan Wells (URL) "I'm a castle fan who builds spaceships, got a problem with that?" - Me, during a debate with my friends (20 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Henry's House
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| The (URL) alphabet project> continues. H is for Henry's House (URL) Henry is www.classic-castle.com's unofficial mascot. He is currently traveling around the world to visit different cc members and I thought he needed a permanent residence for when (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Ghost Rider MOC
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| Ghost Rider...motorcycle....hero..! I blame that song for this 'road trip' as it were. When I got the ideas for the wheels it was off to the open highway, winds of creation in my face. (URL) I've tried in the past to make a hoverbike and it failed (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | BrickTopia - Road & Rail Cargo Center
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| Here is the latest BrickTopia skyscraper - A road & rail cargo terminal: (URL) BrickTopia Page: (URL) are appreciated. (20 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
| | | | | Unofficial LeoCAD parts update #17
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| LeoCAD parts update matching LDraw.org Parts Update 2004-02 is available from (URL) to everybody who confirmed me that these updates were useful... Philo www.philohome.com (20 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.leocad)
| | | | | Wizard's fire spell
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| Does anyone remember that post several months ago where some guy made a really cool looking tree out of tons of flame pieces hooked together? Well, I got to thinking about other cool stuff that could be made out of lots of flame pieces hooked (...) (20 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Amish Farm
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| Greetings brethren, I have constructedeth an Amish farm. This MOC madeth its first public appearance at an IndyLUG layout GATS in Indianapolis in October 2003, where it found favor in the eyes of many. The entire farm covereth several baseplates. (...) (20 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | The Hoff-Bot Family
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| A Bot inspired by Jon Palmer's Robriqs (or should it be Robriques?) (URL) and a few extra botz: (URL) Enjoy it, foolz! -Lord Lenyu (20 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Horatio Spike: Dragon
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| Look to your left! Look to your right! When Horatio Spike is here, everything is tight! (URL) Check it! My second dragon, this one came to me in a vision while i was bathing, and i built him furiously a few minutes before I had to get to work. I (...) (20 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !!
| | | | | MLCad.ini 2004-02 Update Now Available
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| Hi, I just updated the MLCad.ini file accordingly to the latest LDraw.org parts update 2004-02. The .ini file defines the parts available in MLCad's minifigure generator. Download the file from my website: www.holly-wood.it/mlcad-en.html The update (...) (20 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
| | | | | Galactic Requiem update - More dystopia
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| After long and ardous work, I am ready to present the updated (URL) Galactic Requiem> page. For those of you who missed the last announcement, Galactic Requiem is a dystopic comic, illustrated entirely in LEGO bricks. Improvements since last time: (...) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | foliage and structures posting
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| obviously still new at this! didn't get previous posting quite right. this hopefully is more successful. formal garden: (URL) gazebo: (URL) birdhouse: (URL) apple orchard: (URL) large low bush: (URL) enjoy. -§ deborah higdon-leblond §- (20 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | foliage and landscaping structures
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| a new moc is almost finished so i thought i'd post some of the foliage and structures while i'm waiting for pieces needed to complete details. a formal garden with reflecting pool, raised flowerbeds and stone pathways. (...) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Beware the Big White Robot...
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| Greetings, I've uploaded pictures of my latest big robot to MOCpages. It is with great pleasure I unveil the mightiest of Celestial Guardians...Lord Praxis (URL) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc) !!
| | | | | New JE MOC: Irezumi Fighter
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| Hey guys, I figured I'd been out of the loop for long enough and needed to throw some bricks together. Here's what I got: The Irezumi - Jade Empire Fighter (click the pic) (URL) My intent with this craft was to try to create a bit of middle ground (...) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Registration Changes at AuctionBrick
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| There are some changes at AuctionBrick.com to remove bad email addresses and prevent new bad ones. If your email address is no longer working, is full, or is rejecting AuctionBrick email for any other reason, then you can no longer access (...) (20 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.auctionbrick, lugnet.market.auction)
| | | | | Sand Blue Racer
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| Sand Blue SAAB from Sweden (URL) on the image to learn more about this racer>> I know that SAAB didn't make race cars in the thirties but it just made sense to put Svante Svensson from Sweden behind the steering wheel in this (URL) Blue racer>. (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !
| | | | | Cowbots of Doomstone
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| I originally built these characters as denizens of a Moonbase Saloon Module I put together in 2002 (alas, that project met a cataclysmic end before any photos were taken). These hardy characters survived the Doomstone Saloon's destruction and (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.western, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | LEGO.com Nominated for a Webby!
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| That's right, our favorite toy company's web site is up for a Webby award! LEGO.com has been nominated for the Best Practices category. Take a look here: (URL) can sign up to vote for the Webby awards by following this link: (URL) go, sign up, and (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish)
| | | | | Curious Kids' Museum Show - Caslte, Town/Train, Space & Aquazone
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| MichLUG was pleased to display at the Curious Kids' Museum for a second year running during their annual LEGO creation contest. This year we assembled displays for four seperate themes. The Space and Aquazone were a little on the small side and we (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.castle, lugnet.aquazone, FTX) !!
| | | | | P-61 Black Widow
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| Hello! I've lurked around lugnet and brickshelf for quite some time now admiring the works of some great Lego® miltary builders. After viewing Mattias Martensson's incredible P-51 and Spitfire, I knew I had to finally get off my bricks and get to (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.military)
| | | | | LDraw.org 2004-02 Parts Update Now Available
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| Wee-hoo! This one's a biggie! :) The 2004-02 parts update has been unleashed. It includes 408 files, with 122 new part files. A special treat are the two largest parts we've ever had the privilege of including in the LDraw.org parts library. The (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad) !!
| | | | | Coyote 4x4
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| Hey all, I finally bothered to document the Coyote 4x4. The Coyote 4x4 a powerful and versatile platform—competently serving multiple roles. This is the military version, used primarily for quickly reaching otherwise unreachable areas, towing, light (...) (20 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | New Tutorial: How to make thumbnails for your inventory using a batch file for LDView
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| hi folks, do you fancy thumbnails for your inventory or do you feel that the parts list of your model also deserves images of the single parts? (URL) one of the ways to render effortlessly a bunch of identical part images is batch-filing LDview. (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX) !
| | | | | Pigs fly, demoniacs are cured, and Jesus puts in one final appearance
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| (URL) The Brick Testament> has been updated today with three new illustrated stories from (URL) Gospels>: (URL) The Gerasene Demoniac (URL) The Gadarene Demoniacs (URL) The Final Appearance These three stories are likely to be the last ones I (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
| | | | | P-38 Space Contest Winners!
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| Thanks to everyone who entered. You are all rad and awesome. I'm still building the 4 trophies and I'll show them and display the winners on the contest page in a bit, but until then: The microfig scale winner: (URL) MINI A38 by Miklos Hosszu: The 3 (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.general, FTX) !
| | | | | US S@H Specials, Apr 21 - 27, 2004
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| (URL) (hit 1 when the recording starts - may have to hit 1 again) Baby/Duplo/Primo/Explore 3513 Sunny Lion $ 9.99 $ 5.00 System 3429 Ultimate Defense $14.99 $ 7.50 3559 Red & Blue Hockey Player $ 3.99 $ 2.00 4727 Aragog in the Dark Forest $19.99 (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
| | | | | James' Castle Project
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| After a few months of sitting on my hard drive I've uploaded the pictures of my latest project to my site. The project is to build a castle modularly, each time building on the previous so at the end of each stage I havew a full castle. Stages 1-3 (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | BIP Contest II comes to an end
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| Well, after several months, and with 850 Building Instructions added to the BIP, the (URL) Contest II: Contest Reloaded> has come to an end. You can check out the winning entries at the (URL) (as well as the fat prizes the winners have coming soon), (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | NYCLUG Meeting #2 Minutes & An Invite
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| Hey guys: Thanks again for being there... and thanks also for forgiving my tardiness (in both coming to the meeting and for this email). As always, it's fun to get together, show off our MOC's, sort for pieces aaaaandto keep playing while some (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Jade Empire K
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| With all these photos of JE ships being published, its time to declassify one. The Jade Empire Koutetsu Armed "Explorer" (URL) These ships are a one man craft with many of the capabilities of the original PCS HopLab. PCS ref link (URL) But the JE (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | IP2002 quad cannon flyer
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| I have emerged from deep hibernation from LEGO and whipped out a few new MOCs... IP2002 Quad cannon flyer (URL) Think of it as a sort of helicopter, but without the rotor. Built for hovering around and blasting stuff to pieces. (3 URLs) The last (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | A GeeBee for the Zoo...
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| Oh, forget the delay, I can't hold out on this! I've been commissioned by the (URL) Kalamazoo Air Zoo>, a new air & space museum in Kalamazoo, MI, to build a sculpture for their grand opening. I got to choose the subject, so what better than a (...) (20 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
| | | | | Al Macs Diner, Fall River Mass.
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| Hello, Please bear with me.....I think this is a neat story.... A while ago I decided to build a 1950's style diner. I work for an art book publisher and looked at a book of diners and picked one to replicate. The diner I chose was Al Macs. I had a (...) (20 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !
| | | | | My X-Pod Creations
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| Hello everybody, I just uploaded a bunch of my X-Pod creations at (URL). Cheers, Hao-yang Wang (20 years ago, 18-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.basic)
| | | | | Phoenix from red Xpod
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| a few days ago, I got an idea for a phoenix, then i saw these great dragons by Leonard Hoffman: (URL) & noticed the red one looked like what i had in mind for my phoenix & wanted to hurry up & post mine before someone beat me to it-thanks to Lenny (...) (20 years ago, 18-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Working Fountain on TCLTC layout (Pics)
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| Check this one out! About 6 years ago, John Gerlach of the GMLTC had built a fountain that actually pumped water using the technic pneumatic system. Well, this captured the imagination of my then 8 year old son Ross, and he set his mind to building (...) (20 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX) !
| | | | | ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN
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| Howdy, pardner! (URL) The TechWest bug has bitten me! (URL) PLMKWYT! (URL) Nathan Wells (URL) "I'm a castle fan who builds spaceships, got a problem with that?" - Me, during a debate with my friends (20 years ago, 17-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Jade Empire: Jiao-zhan Dou
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| Early reports are being transmitted to PCS and EB fleet leadership by their respective Intelligence units regarding the newest threat to .space. The Jade Empire is emerging from dark regions of the galaxy in an unprovoked quest for power. Border (...) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Stinky Pete's tow truck
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| Hey, all. Sorry for not being 'in' things for a while. I'll catch up tommorow. I've taken some pictures of a new MOC. Let me know what you think! (URL) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
| | | | | Warrior Bots
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| (URL) These Bots kick @$$ - your @$$ in fact. And they date your wife because you are such a wimp. Yeah, Keith Goldman, I'm talking about you! Ha! What are you gonna do about it? Huh? Huh? Nothing. Thats what I thought. -Lenny (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
| | | | | X-Pod Dragons
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| (URL) I got a set of X-Pods the other day and decided to build something out of each pod. The Blue and Yellow turned into fairly un-inspired Jet and Car - but with the red I decided to build a dragon. I was inspired by Dave Eaton's (URL) from (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | The Home of Lord Marshal Leonhart
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| (URL) The Home of my sigfig, Lord Marshal Leonhart. After Castle Julian was destroyed following the Delta Earthquake (on the way to pdx :o( ), Leonhart decided to build a slightly less expensive, less if-it-falls-apart-yo...ot-totally screwed home (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | US S@H Specials, Apr 14 - 20, 2004
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| (URL) (hit 1 when the recording starts - may have to hit 1 again) Baby/Duplo/Primo/Explore System 1382 Scary Laboratory $49.99 $25.00 3347 Rock Raider Chief $ 2.99 $ 1.50 3414 Precision Shooting $ 4.99 $ 2.50 3548 Slam Dunk Trainer $ 3.99 $ 2.00 (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
| | | | | 1000steine-Land 2004 in Berlin (2nd-4th July)
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| (URL) Hi all, after last years big success there will be another 1000steine-Land in Berlin's Novotel near Tegel Airport this year! The open days for the public will be on • Friday, 2nd July 2004 - 9.00 am till 7.00 pm + Pirates Bar-B-Q • Saturday, (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | Jesus and His Family / The Flesh and Blood of Jesus
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| (URL) The Brick Testament> has been updated today with two new illustrated stories from (URL) The Gospels>: (URL) Jesus and His Family (URL) The Flesh and Blood of Jesus Enjoy, -The Rev. Brendan Powell Smith (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
| | | | | lotsa new (microscale) MOCs
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| I did these over the past few days: I made 5 MOCs simultaneously using all the pieces in set 4096 Micro Wheels: 1st, a tanker truck: (6 URLs) I was going to stop there, but wanted to make another MOC & this sport coupe is the result: (5 URLs) after (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: PCS Troopers are GO!
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| Dang it... sorry fellas, (URL) forgot to put it in announce and forgot to put the directory in it. I should never post after midnight. ~^- (URL) ~^- Admiral Giddens <>< (URL) space. ~^- (URL) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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