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| It is getting cold here in Maryland - time to stay in and play with Lego. In the last couple of years there have been some great MOCs being made. I have been collecting a list of other peoples trains of which I want to build copies. I started (...) (18 years ago, 8-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc) !
| | | | | Treaded Steam Vehicle
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| It's been a while since I've built anything Adventurer's specific, so I took a little time last night to build a steam-powered vehicle for Dr. Kilroy. (URL) This is a total case of form following function. My goal was to make something that looked (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Red Drake Black Knight Flagship
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| (URL) This has been in my brickshelf gallery for quite a while now, but I'm pretty sure I've never made an official lugnet announcement of it. I built the Drake during my dark ages (I still built during my dark ages just didn't buy anything) and (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.boats, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
| | | | | Re: Tis The Season-The Gift
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| (...) < (...) Hello Again :) There has been some requests to see more of 'Gift' so I've got some studio shots-and a .gif showing the TRANSFORM process. (2 URLs) Let me know what you think! Happy Building!! Megan (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | The Whaling Brig 'Egregious'
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| Ahoy! The newest arrival in the waters around Port Brique is the whaling brig Egregious. Whalers have tended to operate further south, but Port Brique was a resupply stop for Captain Warning in his hunt for a peculiarly coloured great whale. (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Super Chief Engine Available from S@H?
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| It looks like the 10020 Super Chief may be available again in the near future. Currently the US Shop At Home site says "Backorders Accepted, Will ship by 15 Dec 2006". If this is true, it will mean the return of a favorite of LEGO train fans. It (...) (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.lsahs, FTX)
| | | | | WIP: SW Attack Frigate - Interior and Bridge
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| (URL) Interior Details> (2 URLs) Command Bridge> (URL) AC (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Admiral Ackbar Instant Minifigure
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| Hello dear fellows! Were you ever in the need of a quick Admiral Ackbar minifigure for a diorama snapshot? I would like to present you an easy and cheap way for constructing a recognizable Admiral Ackbar minifigure. Of course, as always, no saw, (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | Mickey's Diner in St Paul MN
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| Hello, A while ago, when I was deeper into my diner phase, I built a diner inspired by Mickey’s in St. Paul, MN. I was inspired to build it by looking at the works of painter John Baeder. (His work also inspired my AlMac’s Diner, which I later found (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Legcutus of Borg
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| Presenting (URL) Legcutus of Borg!> (URL) After finding the instructions for set 3723 on Peeron, I decided to build a minifig sculpture for myself. But when I was told the theme for this year's Hawaii FLL robotics tournament (which I was displaying (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: Tribute to Masamune Shirow II - GUGES
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| In lugnet.build.mecha, David Rabadan wrote: (URL) Hello All. This is my second attempt at building a Masamune Shiro style power suit. The GUGES has always been a favorite of mine since the first Appleseed movie. Please let me know what you think. (...) (18 years ago, 4-Dec-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | LDD Train Station MOC
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| Over the weekend, I designed a LEGO train station somewhat evocative of grand European stations using LEGO Digital Designer. The station has a rounded glass canopy and is large enough for a fairly tall (~12 bricks high) train to clear. The interior (...) (18 years ago, 4-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX) !
| | | | | AARRRROOOOooo...ooo!!!
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| After seeing the pilot episode to Sci-Fi's "Amazing Screw-On Head" animated show I've been itching to make a werewolf. The Studios minifig version just doesn't elicit "terrifying" to me as much as "bobblehead", so I opted to start with the Fenris (...) (18 years ago, 4-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.vikings, FTX) !!
| | | | | New TCLTC Web Site: LUGNET!
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| The new home of the TCLTC is....LUGNET! That's right; we've pointed our (URL) www.tcltc.org> domain to (URL) our LUGNET NG page> and are using it for our web site. I have seen other LTCs simply provide a link on their NG page to their web site (...) (18 years ago, 4-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Call for BrickFest Event Graphic
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| The organizers of BrickFest™ PDX '07 invite the designers and artists of the community to submit graphic ideas/artwork for the Official BrickFest PDX '07 Event Graphic. The selected graphic may be used on items such as event T-shirts, train (...) (18 years ago, 3-Dec-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Tis The Season-The Gift
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| Hi all! Well it’s that time of year- The temperature drops-days get shorter-the stores are a madhouse, and internet gets jammed up with shoppers… Yup The Holidays are here! I guess since my birthday’s coming up next week I’ve got presents on the (...) (18 years ago, 3-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | Belgica 2006
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| Belgica 2006: World Filatelic Exhibition. Another live-appearance. Approx. 27.000 2x4 LEGO bricks in 4 and a half days. (URL) Read the whole (URL). Greetings Maarten (18 years ago, 3-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
| | | | | new moc: cantilevered house
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| for parlugment's participation in ottawa's annual train show, railfair 2006, i built a cantilevered house hanging onto a mountainside. the group had decided to try a new concept this year, leaving each member to build their own section, which didn't (...) (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX) !
| | | | | Not really an announcement, but more of a group question
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| Ebay and Bricklink are good, but here is a question for you to think about. Who really is selling lego sets? Have you ever bought a set and the person had no clue what bricks should be in the set? I have never sold anything on ebay or bricklink, but (...) (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | New homepage for LUGNET part 2
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| Hi all, References: (2 URLs) I'm pleased to announce a first draft for the new LUGNET homepage. Before visiting the site, please note the following: 1) The site is formatted using CSS. It means, the final page could look totally different than this (...) (18 years ago, 2-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX) !!
| | | | | CROCZILLA
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| Hey fellow builders! Here's my latest, CROCZILLA-had to share him with you all- (URL) There's more to him then meets the eye!! Click the link bellow and see ;) (URL) Oddly not one bit of Technic used to build him, a first for me. Please let me know (...) (18 years ago, 1-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !!
| | | | | First post, new MOC
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| Hello there! / Bonjour à tous! Well, here I am, finally, long time reader first time poster! It's been years now since I first discovered LUGNET (in 2000 to be more precise... while looking over the Internet for some sneak peaks of 7190) but I never (...) (18 years ago, 1-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, FTX) !
| | | | | Noppingen Palace: Water Cascade
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| Hi all! After almost 18 months and a few exhibitions and events, I'm back into building on (URL) Noppingen Palace>. The palace itself will get a second revision next year, now I'm working on some sceneries as part of the palace's park. As the park (...) (18 years ago, 1-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
| | | | | Thanksgiving turkey centerpiece
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| Another centerpiece, this time a Thanksgiving turkey: (2 URLs) (after moderation) I built it in three hours the night before Thanksgiving, so it's a bit scrawny and I had to cut some corners. For example, I used an old hinge piece to attach the (...) (18 years ago, 30-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | SCLTC Winter Show Opens
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| The Southern California LEGO Train club ((URL) SCLTC>) has opened its fifth consecutive annual winter show at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum ((URL) SDMRRM>) in Balboa Park in San Diego. This year's show features two separate displays. The (...) (18 years ago, 30-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX) !
| | | | | Column for intersecting ribs
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| Hi, During a discussion on the mailing list of FreeLUG, someone asked for some new parts to build Gothic arches (and their column). Among them, a "star" brick ( two 1x3 bricks intersected in their middle), an inverted "star" slope (two slope bricks (...) (18 years ago, 30-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
| | | | | LBS Survey for LUGNET
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| Dear all, I'd like to invite you to a survey about Location Based Services based upon an idea connected to LUGNET. I am writing a paper for the university of Frankfurt about the use of Privacy Enhanching Technologies (PET) and their use in Location (...) (18 years ago, 30-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | US S@H Phone Specials November 29--December 5
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| 1-800-835-4386 B321 Welcome to the Kingdom of Morcia: A Sticker Storybook 5.99 3.00 B586 Bionicle Adventures #9: Web of Shadows 4.99 2.50 (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
| | | | | Highracer recumbent
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| Well, it's been a looong time since I posted a town model, and I suppose this counts as one, and it'll be a change to have some human powered transport shown for a change ;^) This model is based on my Bacchetta Giro short wheelbase recumbent. Poor (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Beetle Bay
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| Well, as (URL) 'promised'>, I managed to get the Beetle Bay finished for the Brislug meeting on Sunday, and Tim managed to soldier on through a hangover of fairly epic proportions to bring along his Christmas Beetle. I kinda overestimated the size (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | The Brick Testament - Saul and Jonathan Attack
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| Seven new illustrated stories have been added to the (URL) King Saul> section of the (URL) The Brick Testament> website: (2 URLs) Try to Keep Weapons Out of Hands of Israelites> (2 URLs) Rejected for Seeking God's Favor> (2 URLs) of the Philistines> (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !!
| | | | | MCP - Mecha City Project
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| The MechaHub has announced the specs for its MCP (Mecha City Project). The idea of the project is to build a large war-torn city to use as a diorama to display Lego Mecha at BrickFest 2007. (Yes we know it hasn't been announced but have faith that (...) (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | Laptop cooling platform MOC
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| A year back I got a new laptop. One of the first things I noticed was how close it was to the table surface and how little air got to the bottom side for cooling. A couple of design attempts yielded this platform, which yields a vary cool running (...) (18 years ago, 26-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.znap, FTX) !!
| | | | | Your LEGO Dream Set?
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| (Recently, a thread was posted on 1000steine by my fellow LEGO Ambassadors, Stephan & Volker. Here is a similar thread in English.) Here is the question: What would be your LEGO Dream Set? ===...=== Before you reply, please consider the following: (...) (18 years ago, 26-Nov-06, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | More military MOCs
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| Greetings all, Here are a few more military vehicles I've built recently. The Raider and Invader light armored vehicles rely on their size, low profile, and speed to keep their crew safe - their armor will defeat small arms and shrapnel, but offers (...) (18 years ago, 26-Nov-06, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
| | | | | New blog - MicroBricks
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| Hey all, I've thought about doing this for a while. I'm starting up a new blog as a companion to VignetteBricks. Please visit (URL), a blog highlighting microscale creations. Bruce (18 years ago, 25-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !!
| | | | | US S@H Phone Specials November 22--November 28
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| 1-800-835-4386 3483 2x4 Black Plates 8.99 4.50 B194 Bionicle Adventures #7: Web of the Visorak 4.99 2.50 5461 Shape Sorter House 12.99 6.50 4962 Baby Zoo 9.99 5.00 (18 years ago, 25-Nov-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
| | | | | LEGO multi-media bathroom T-P holder
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| And now for something completely different... I got tired of the old one, and wanted something a little more functional and LEGO based. This is what came from it.. (2 URLs) link to brickshelf pictures> There are four pictures that show how the (...) (18 years ago, 24-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !
| | | | | GMLTC layout in St. Paul, MN in December
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| The GMLTC has been invited to display our layout at the Jackson Street Roundhouse for the Santa's Workshop event again this year. The dates are Dec. 3, 9, 10, 16 and 17th from 10am to 5pm, possibly Dec. 2nd also. Go to (URL) for event info including (...) (18 years ago, 24-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Miniland scale Napoléon
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| Hi, One of my colleague (not an AFOL) is a great fan of Napoleon. As he knows about my strange hobby ("laygoz"), he asked me a MOC some months ago. I'm not a great or prolific builder (and I feel good with that) so I took a look at Allan Bedford's (...) (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce) !!
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