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(URL) -GALLERY-> Enjoy! Soren (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !!
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| | BrickFest Bulletin: LEGO Building Challenge
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(URL) The staff of BrickFest is happy to announce the following contest for attendees: LEGO Builders Are Invited to Help Re-Build New Orleans in a LEGO® Building Challenge for Adult Enthusiasts In the wake of the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
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| | *** LDView Version 3.1 Beta 1 Released ***
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LDView 3.1 Beta 1 is now available for download from the LDView downloads page here: (URL) This is a Beta release, which means that I'm hoping to get as much feedback as possible. This also means that it is likely not as stable as a final release, (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Brick Auction, Brick Bazaar, & the BrickFest Container
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(URL) Brick Auction Going once... Going twice... Sold! There will be a silent auction this year, as well as a live auction. If you would like to donate something (LEGO of course!) to be auction off, please let me know. Or if you'd like (for a small (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | IR train base alternative
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Hey all, Well I’m at it again. This time I bring you something with more usability. As most of you reading this should know the Lego Company recently released 2 IR train sets. While the idea is great, the implementation left much to be desired. The (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !!
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| | RXS-7 - R-Wing Class Gunship
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(2 URLs) MOCPages> (URL) Brickshelf> Built for the (URL) FBTB.net R-Wing contest>, for which entrants were tasked to build a ship that resembles the capital letter 'R'. My primary goals for this model were to build a ship that looked like an 'R' in (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Haiku vignette: Angels
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Inspired by Derek Schin, here is my first Haiku vignette. (With apologies to The Black Crowes...) She talks to Angels. They call her out by her name. So, she had to go. (URL) "Big Daddy" Nelson (18 years ago, 29-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Lunar Ice Harvester
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Used for excavation of lunar and asteroid surfaces the Ice Harvester, built by the CAT corporation, is critical to supporting life in space by providing oxygen for breathing and hydrogen for fuel. It chews up the upper layers of crust using the (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | new moc: hey, this isn't rocklands!
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for those of you returning to brickfest who may be familiar with the social aspect of this great fest, a big vignette (bignette) voicing certain attendees' concerns re the bar scene. (2 URLs) rocklands, the bar with a heart, will no longer be around (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX) !
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| | Valorum's Demise
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Inside the (URL) Galactic Senate> building, the debating rotunda accomodates more than a thousand senators who represent the member worlds. In this particular occassion, the vote of no confidence started by Queen Amidala through the prodding of (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jul-06, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | DSNY Streetsweeper
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I was recently inspired to take a closer look at a DSNY Street sweeper and this is what I have come up with: (URL) Thanks to Sid Dinsay for sending me the two missing slope elements. Here is a picture of the real thing: (URL) There are two special (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !
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| | AFOL torture vig
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I finally got my membership to lugnet, so I figured for my first post I'd go for my first vignette. It's been up on MOCpages a little while now. (3 URLs) Enjoy! (18 years ago, 27-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | US S@H Phone Specials July 26--August 1
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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 July 26--August 1 3496 2x2 Roof Tiles Steep Sloped Red 7.99 4.00 B004 (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jul-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | Position of LDraw.org on Lego Digital Designer
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Dear all, A few people have made queries about what is going to happen to LDraw with the advent of Lego Digital Designer (LDD). The SteerCo have prepared the statement at (URL) address these concerns which I have included below: "The development of (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | 2006 LSC: Election Results
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The winners of the 2006 LDraw Standard Committee (LSC) Election are (in alphabetical order by last name): Travis Cobbs Ross Crawford Lars C. Hassing William Howard Guy Vivan Congratulations to the new LDraw Standard Committee (LSC) members! Please (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | LSC Final Draft Ratification Passes
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With a total of 11 voters who "agreed" and 2 people who "disagreed", the LSC Final Draft: (URL) is hereby ratified. Thanks to everyone who voted! Willy Tschager On behalf of the LDraw Steering Committee (18 years ago, 26-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Which Moonbase will go to BrickFest? YOU decide!
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The LEGO Group in Billund held a challenge to select a designer to go to BrickFest - Five designers took the challenge, which was simple: Build a moonbase module according to the standards set by the Space Community, and seen at this (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
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| | Bedford Unicycles Logo
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Built for Darren Bedford of (URL) Bedford Unicycles>. I've been buying unicycle equipment from him since the early 90's. He noticed the ParLUGment sticker on the back of my truck recently and we got to talking about LEGO. It didn't take long for us (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | 2006 LSC: Election will conclude tomorrow
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As announced in this thread (URL) the 2006 LDraw.org Standard Committee (LSC) election will conclude at 2359 EDT (GMT -0500), July 25, 2006 and the winners will be announced shortly thereafter. You are still in time to vote, please visit (URL) and (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Minifig-scale sports car
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I built this last week and posted about it in another thread, but I never did actually 'announce' it. So here it is--a six-wide two-seater with the top down. Click the pic for many more shots. (URL) Let me know what you think! Derek (18 years ago, 23-Jul-06, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | F-16N Viper MOC
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A few weeks ago Ryan Parrish introduced his new F-16 Fighting Falcon MOC to lugnet: (URL) had a bit of a discussion about it, in which I announced that I too had plans to build an F-16 as well. Guess what? It is finished and can be seen on: (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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| | Re: TCLTC ILTCO show at the NMRA in Philly wrap up
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Hi All, Yes it's been 12 days and I never knew how much I could miss my long distance friends! I could write a book on the topic... anyway... Each and everyone that was at the show deserves a huge thanks for all the hard work that went into the (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Wardale 5AT
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A deviation from my usual Space stuff... the Wardale 5AT. Quoting the MOCPages page, "The 5AT is a 3000 horsepower, 115mph modern steam locomotive, designed by british engineer David Wardale in the late 1990's. If you have never heard of this (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | A vig built on a mosaic--My 50th vignette
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I usually don't post vignettes here, but I figured this one was worth presenting even on Lugnet. :-D This is my 50th vignette, and I chose to have it celebrate Pioneer Day, a Utah holiday celebrating the arrival of Mormon settlers in 1847 (even (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | I pinch Lego Elements...
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(URL) "Red Brick" (18 years ago, 21-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) !!
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| | Pick a Brick Reservations online! Brick Bazaar! Presentations! Breaking 300!
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(URL) Pick a Brick Reservation Form Online! BrickFest has arranged a discounted Pick-a-Brick (PAB) Case Pack (aka bulk) program with LEGO retail thru the Potomac Mills Outlet. This is a special deal for BrickFest attendees only. The elements will be (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jul-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | New animations: AT-STP and Moth Fighter (and StarCraft Marine)
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I've posted 2 new "special effect" short clips of new stuff rendered in POV-Ray. The scene files are available for download as well. The Moth fighter jet is something I made and have been using to test explosions. I've finally "finished" it to my (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.space)
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| | The "Caped" Penguin
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And why do I call it that, you might ask? You will see... This is a quick build I did the other day while trying to figure out what to do with 2 old red plastic capes I got from a lot from Value Village. I discovered that they could make a decent (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | The Un-Vigs
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I was thinking about the whole concept of vignettes, and, as much as I like them, I felt the need to be contrary ;). So I made two vigs of the most boring sort possible, and while that is true, they are also still pretty funny. Behold! The Un-Vigs! (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | New Book: Who Are You People?
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Last year I was contacted by freelance writer (URL) Cauldron>. She came out to House of Bricks in 2005 to (URL) some time> and interview all of us for her upcoming book about folks with eccentric hobbies. Her book has now been published and info can (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | US S@H Phone Specials July 19--July 25
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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 July 19--July 25 5359 Block-O-Dile 14.99 7.50 4287 Santa Minifigure (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jul-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | LSC Final Draft: Call for Ratification
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Since the LDraw.org Standards Committee Final Draft has been posted (URL) and publicly discussed, and since by peoples’ silence, there appear to be no more lingering objections, I hereby call for a community vote to ratify this draft: (URL) the (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | 2006 LSC: LDraw Standard Committee Election is open
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The 2006 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) election is now open. To vote, please visit (URL) and log in with your user account. Next, visit the ballot page on LDraw.org here: (URL) summary of the candidates can be found at: (URL) LDraw (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Local snack-bar
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Hi everybody, this is my second post on Lugnet and I haven't really introduced myself yet, so I thought I'd do it with a little MOC I made with the Ldraw-tools: (URL) It's a model of a local snack bar that has been around since 1921 (if you want to (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Space ninja Shin-nyu
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Here is a little odd thing for your perusal - the Shin-nyu: (2 URLs) Mocpages> - (URL) Brickshelf> Major thank-yous to (URL) Andrew Becraft> for helping me with the name. Let me know what you think! Linus (18 years ago, 19-Jul-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Three military vehicles
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Hello all, This past year I've taken a break from Castle-building and have taken on modern military style MOCs, many of which were inspired by my stint in the Norwegian Army almost ten years ago. Military MOCs often end up a little too big for the (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jul-06, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | Joshua Jackson "The Lionheart" LEGO® Custom Castle Tower
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Joshua Jackson "The Lionheart" LEGO® Custom Castle Tower There is a Custom LEGO® Set being produced by the family of Joshua Jackson "The Lionheart" Kelley. The Kelley family lost their little boy on Fathers Day in 2005. After almost 2 months and (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Star Wars-ish Speeder Bike
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Hey peoples, this is my latest MOC, based on the SW speeder bikes from Ep 6, however, I did it without looking at any SW pics, and it is my own design. Every single piece (even on the inside) is black - I thought it would look cool, and I don't have (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Almost 300! And another Mindstorms Challenge! And more!
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(URL) Almost 300 Registrants! With about 2 weeks left on registration deadline, we are very close to 300 guests - so if you haven't paid your registration fee, now's the time to do it to guarantee your place at BrickFest! You know the website, so (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jul-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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