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| Well it isn't Australian, but we always seem to commandeer all the good stuff from NZ and call it ours. Widely believed to be the first 4-8-2s ever built, these were built for use on the north island of New Zealand in the early 1900s. (URL) Enjoy! (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | New LEGO city at FAO Schwarz
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| Hi everybody! A few weeks ago, Dan Parker, Nathan Sawaya, and myself -- along with members from The LEGO Company -- unveiled a new LEGO display at FAO Schwarz in New York City. The minifig-scale city of "Bricktropolis" is built on a 6-foot (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, FTX) !
| | | | | Sea turtles
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| Recently I recieved my posting privileges and would like to say Hello to LUGNET with a small project: some sea turtles and a school of fish. (URL) The turtles have limited capabilities: they are able to turn their head, move their flippers and wag (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !!
| | | | | LDD Signal Box for Save 9V Trains Contest (and John Neal)
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| Here's an LDD model of a British railway signal box. (URL) Signal Box>>(URL) The roof layout comes from one at Oakham, theough the steps are turned around here and the door set back to allow for a wider view from the windows. The roof lifts off to (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Announcing the new LUGNET Link List
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| Hi All, I would like to announce the new LUGNET Link List: (URL) former Link List, Michael Dorneichs great "Everything LEGO Link Page", is located here now: (URL) this list was last updated more than 3 years ago and it has too many broken links to (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jun-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org) !!
| | | | | 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)
| | | | | 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) !
| | | | | 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) !!
| | | | | 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) !!
| | | | | 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) !
| | | | | 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) !!
| | | | | 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)
| | | | | 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) !
| | | | | 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)
| | | | | 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) !
| | | | | 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) !
| | | | | 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) !
| | | | | 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) !!
| | | | | 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) !
| | | | | 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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