 | | 2nd Joe Vig Contest Entry--When the fish go fishing...
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... Joe goes swimming. This is my final entry for the 2nd Annual Joe Vig Contest. Enjoy! (URL) Cunningham--The Great Sly Pig (18 years ago, 27-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Come build at LEGOLAND on the Fourth of July
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To celebrate the Fourth of July: Red, White, and Boom! event at (URL) LEGOLAND California>, all park guests are invited to help (URL) SCLTC> build the world's largest US Flag made entirely from LEGO bricks. Construction gets underway at 10:00. (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.legoland.california, FTX) !
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| | Private Porkrind
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Greetings. You may or may not remember (URL) Sergeant Destroy> from last year. Well, I figured he needed a sidekick, so here it is - (3 URLs) folder when moderated> It's Private Porkrind. Not the brightest fellow on the block, but then he is only (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Scaffolding
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Here's some scaffolding I made at the weekend. I'm mainly a spacey kind of guy, but I guess you could use this in a townie/train scenario. (2 URLs) Pete (18 years ago, 26-Jun-06, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | 4 new Space Police MOCs
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Hi, I just added four new MOCs on my website: (URL) Space Police I: Hopper: For this model, I wanted to try and use some newer parts in a Space Police I - themed glider. Moreover, I tried and built something which would actually make a small set. (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.space) !
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| | 7-Wide BNSF & TTX Intermodal Train & Crane
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Here's my custom 7-wide intermodal train based on the popular Lego sets 10133 & 10170, as well as a crane. 7-Wide EMD GP38: I built two of these locomotives. I find that building in seven-wide is a fun and interesting experience! (URL) Brickshelf (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | 2nd Joe Vig contest entry: Joerassic Park
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Joe's visit to a certain theme park is about to take a turn for the worse... (2 URLs) Brickshelf> - (URL) Mocpages> I'm eternally grateful to John Neal who very generously donated me the proper head. Thanks a lot John! You are a very kind! Linus (18 years ago, 25-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | New newsgroup for LEGO Digital Designer
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A new group dedicated to LDD has just been created. CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== lugnet.cad (group and hierarchy): Discussions of CAD software/models/animations, LDraw, LDLITE, LeoCAD, L3G0, L2P, L3P, BlockCAD, etc. -> lugnet.cad.ldd (group): Focused (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ldd) !
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| | ILTCO @ NMRA Nat'l Train Show Press release
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Hi All, There has been a press release by the NMRA about our up and coming layout, thought I'd share it with you. (URL) more generic info on the show visit www.iltco.org and there is a news blurb and linked article with all the detailed information. (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.iltco)
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| | Another tram / light rail from Turin!
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(URL) After my first attempt to build a tram from Turin ((URL)), I've decided to make another one in the same scale (1:37). The model I've chosen is the "Fiat ML 7000", a tram that I use very often. This tram is about 28 meter long and it is someway (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jun-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Pullman Style Passenger Car LEGO Factory
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Here is a (URL) Pullman style passenger car> built with LEGO Train Factory parts inspired by some pics of such a car on English rails. (URL) to this Pullman car at LEGO Factory>. (URL) Thanks for checking it out. later, James Mathis (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
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(URL) MegaBloks announced the license for Mobile Suit Gundam on their Japanese website today. This doesn't come as much of a surprise to me, considering they've had Power Rangers for a while, not to mention a few other anime properties, so they've (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Mecha Presentations at BrickFest 2006!
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Okay folks, we've got a few Mecha presentations to announce! MechaHub: Q&A With the opening of the MechaHub website, Lego Mecha builders have a single point they can gather to discuss and display all aspects of Lego Mecha building. Join Bryce (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Marvel Madness: 16 Vignettes featuring ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ !!
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(2 URLs) Click for the Gallery> This is a collection of 16 vignettes (some are “Bignettes”) featuring Spider-Man, as known and loved in the pages of Marvel Comics' “The Amazing Spider-Man" - Volume 1. As a fan of the original 1960’s Comic Book and (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Beam me up Scotty!
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Hello everybody, Some of you may have saw some photos of the Star Trek transporter I made in 2003 but never published them on my website... Maybe I thought it was too big and too gray?! Recently I made a new version which is much compact and better (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | News subscriptions fixed!
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Okay, this is probably worthy of an official announcement: I have identified an error in the newsgroup subscription setup that prevented subscriptions for immediate delivery from being sent out to all of you. The error has been identified and fixed. (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Juggernaut Vertical Tank Mecha
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Steel Battalion (URL) Vertical tank> (2 URLs) BS> (when moderated) (URL) Flickr> Comments and crit.s appreciated. Tim (18 years ago, 22-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Lego S@H Phone Specials June 21--June 27
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1-800-835-4386 (hit 1 when the recording starts, then hit 1 again when the S@H Specials recording starts, to skip the listings and get to a representative). US S@H Phone Specials, June 21--June 27 4752 Lupin's Classroom 19.99 10.00 3295 Roley's Road (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jun-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | Several new MOC's
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I have uploaded pictures of quite a few MOC's to a web picture gallery. Among them are: • A front-end loader and a dump truck at minifig scale with working technic mechanisms • Technic 6-legged walkers, a Technic vehicle that automatically circles a (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jun-06, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | USCG Cutter
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(URL) So here is really my first MOC on a large scale and I really need some feedback. I started with the intention of building a USCGC 270 but then once I got into realized that the scale was more appropriate for a USCGC 210 (URL). I have a lot of (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Change in ILTCO rep for IndyLUG
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In accordance with the public consensus process as outlined in the ILTCO Policies and Procedures document, this is a public announcement that Mark Peterson will be a new ILTCO representative for IndyLUG taking Brian Darrow's current representative (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce.iltco)
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| | 2nd Joe Vig Contest entry - the Clocktower Engineer
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Finally, I've taken part in this great contest. (2 URLs) My Brickshelf - Joe Vig> I wish you and LUGNET people would enjoy My Own Joe works delivered from Japan. (18 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | BrickFest Bulletin: Town/Train Contests
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(URL) Town/Train Contests Announced for BrickFest! The BrickFest Staff is happy to announce the Town and Train Competitions for BrickFest 2006: There will be 5 awards for train, and 5 for town. Train 1) Best Steam Engine-Themed MOC --Must be (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Bricksmith 1.4.1
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(2 URLs) Bricksmith 1.4.1> fixes the following bugs: Lines are colored much more consistently Fixed crash when referenced models had missing pieces Fixed problem with decorated elements getting incorrect coloring Fixed bug where typed-in part names (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Fabuland Housewives Episode IV
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We're getting sophisticated with Roman Numerals. Speaking of numerals, this latest installment in the Housewives saga is only 101 pictures long. I've taken into consideration people's social lives and in the interest of attention span am trying to (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Fabuland Housewives Episode IV
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We're getting sophisticated with Roman Numerals. Speaking of numerals, this latest installment in the Housewives saga is only 101 pictures long. I've taken into consideration people's social lives and in the interest of attention span am trying to (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Addressing concerns about Outsourcing LEGO Production
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This is the response Consumer Services is giving in response to today’s announcement: “LEGO Group to outsource major parts of its production to Flextronics” Thank you for letting us respond to you regarding our recent announcement about changes in (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Canadian Flag Sculpture
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After playing around with Digital Designer for a bit I thought I'd try and actually design something using the available parts. Here's one of the results (URL) a small sculpture of the Canadian flag>. (URL) Note that I did cheat a little when taking (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.ca, FTX) !!
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| | A few more MOCs using only parts in LEGO Train Factory
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LEGO Train Factory Constrained: Latest to the yard is an attempt to model the (URL) German DB 103 locomotive and an intercity set> (think LEGO train set 7740). While this version is red and tan, the colors are inverted due to part shape (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jun-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Important: Index rebuild under way and some other issues
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Hi all, we are currently rebuilding the indexes of the LUGNET news server. This affects display and performance of the news web pages, but does not affect the NNTP access. We expect rebuild to complete by about 7 a.m. EDT, and reported search issues (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | This is it: We're moving!
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Hello everyone, this is the "last warning": I will be switching servers tonight (CEST), if all goes well, the switchover will take effect around midnight CEST which will be around 6 p.m. Eastern Time in the U.S. (Daylight Savings Time of course ;) ) (...) (18 years ago, 17-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Rat hardsuit: Maschinen Krieger
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It's made from bricks and from (URL) this>. (2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> Tim (18 years ago, 15-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Crysilons Love - a dark space tale!!
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Hi, I've been building Alien spacecraft recently and wanted to flesh out the Aliens a bit. I call them Crysilons, they are made by sticking a Clikit butterfly (the ones with a hole not a connector) on top of a minifig body. Crysilons love clashing (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space) !!
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| | US S@H Phone Specials June 14--June 20
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1-800-835-4386 (hit 1 when the recording starts, then hit 1 again when the S@H Specials recording starts, to skip the listings and get to a representative) US S@H Phone Specials, June 14 to June 20 3733 1x4x3 Gray Train Windows with Clear Panes 5.99 (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jun-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | MechaHub - Global Lego Mecha Database - Site now Live!
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In the last 6 years the Lego Mecha genre has produced thousands of models. Until now Lego Mecha models were spread across the web... alone... scared... (but well armed)... and... homeless... Until now. It is my pleasure to announce a new website (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | BrickFest Bulletin: Mindstorms/Technic Contests
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(URL) Official Rules to Two Mindstorms Challenges Released! And odds and ends! ===...=== We are pleased to release the rules to two of the upcoming Mindstorms challenges. PDF Rules to these are the (URL) Sumo> and (URL) Ball Gathering.> “Great Ball (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Colt Vertical Tank
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A vertical tank mecha based on (URL) this>. (2 URLs) Flickr> (URL) BS> Comments and crits appreciated. Tim PS. Knee joint may require double bracing for a real build. Other joints should be OK. (18 years ago, 14-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Save 9V Trains entry - how many more LDD hoppers do we need, anyway?
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You may have seen my dark grey hoppers before. They're a two-axle design. They are based on a real prototype, though I was inspired to do these after seeing some big ones at Legoland Windsor: (URL) Grey Hopper>> Anyway, I tried doing this in LDD and (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Joe Vig contest entry - Joe and the Identity Thief.
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I hope this fits within the rules (URL) (18 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | US S@H Phone Specials, June 7--June 13
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1-800-835-4386 (hit 1 when the recording starts, then hit 1 again when the S@H Specials recording starts, to skip the listings and get to a representative) US S@H Phone Specials, June 7 to June 13 7330 Dora's Treasure Island 9.99 5.00 KC860 Hagrid (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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