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| Some of the folks who have ordered my Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide, the 1,265 page CD.... have asked if they could have the "freebie" historic LEGO photo collection of Billund LEGO pictures, including the 1985 LEGO Architectural (...) (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Galaxy Explorer the Way it Should Have Been ;o)
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| Ever since I got my first Mobile Lab (6901) and Galaxy Explorer (497/928) as a child, I always wanted to build the Explorer in the Lab's colors. Finally, after--what?--more than a quarter-century, I've achieved that long-held dream. :o) This Galaxy (...) (18 years ago, 14-Feb-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Kellogg's Lego Fruit Flavored Snacks!
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| Hi all, If you love to eat your Lego, but find that ABS is too bland (unless dipped in chocolate), there's a new product just for you: (URL) Kellogg's Lego Fruit Flavored Snacks> Enjoy Roy (18 years ago, 14-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | ULUG attends the Great Train Expo in Salt Lake City
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| To all, Over the weekend (February 9th and 10th) ULUG participated at the Great Train Expo in Salt Lake City. This is our second show together. Our last (URL) show> was a success but we still needed to work out a few minor issues. We were warmly (...) (18 years ago, 14-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.us.ulug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Still depressed about MB Zaku?
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| (URL) Since MB decided to release a Zaku alongside their Gundam it seemed grossly unfair that Lego purists shouldn't have the same opportunity to wage mecha wars. So, to complement the (URL) Gundam> you can use these instructions for Soren's (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 14-Feb-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Rhino Armored Vehicles
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| Hi all, Here is another group of armored vehicles, all based around the same chassis/hull design.They feature suspension, an openable engine compartment, a handy rear door, and a pair of vicious-looking eyes that I've been meaning to use for a while (...) (18 years ago, 13-Feb-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
| | | | | BrickFest™ 2007: Wacky Race
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| (URL) Portland, Oregon, USA March 30th - April 1st 2007 The Wacky Race is coming to BrickFest™ 2007! This will be the 4th year that competitors have built and crashed their crazy and wacky racers here in the Pacific Northwest and a first for (...) (18 years ago, 13-Feb-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, FTX) !!
| | | | | Four New 6208 B-Wing Alternate Models
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| Since posting my previous (URL) alternate model> for the 6208 B-Wing, I have created four more, two of which can be built at once. Again I have also recorded them in LDraw format, which might be useful for anyone interested in building similar (...) (18 years ago, 13-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Airlock Design
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| Here's the (URL) redesigned airlock> that I've used in previous MOCs and will likely use in future works. (2 URLs) Previously used in the following MOCs; (3 URLs) AC (18 years ago, 13-Feb-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | 6-foot-tall freestanding Chase logo
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| Hi again, everybody: I'm happy to announce I've just completed my largest sculpture ever. It's, unfortunately, a very plain (boxy) shape, but it was a fun (and blistering) challenge to build nonetheless. (URL) JPMorgan Chase asked me to build this (...) (18 years ago, 12-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !
| | | | | Space SUV
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| (URL) Interior: (URL) After-workishly grumpy (landed) (2 URLs) shopping bag design - finally a way to use those castle armors! ;-)> (2 URLs) Gallery Post-mod> Deeplinks: (13 URLs) PLMKWYT! (18 years ago, 12-Feb-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX) !!
| | | | | US S@H Phone Specials Feb 7--Feb 13
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| 1-800-835-4386 B594 Bionicle Adventures #10: Time Trap 4.99 2.50 P3509 Santa Carabiner Pen 5.99 3.00 8416 Forklift 69.99 35.00 3445 2x4 Ridge Roof Tiles Steep Sloped Red 4.99 2.50 8726 Dalu 3.99 2.00 (18 years ago, 12-Feb-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
| | | | | Micro Scale Taj Mahal
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| Here's a link to my newest micro-scale landmark: The Taj Mahal (2 URLs) Thanks in advance Arthur (18 years ago, 11-Feb-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
| | | | | Spaceship Surface Transport V2.0
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| Here's the model year 2081 Spaceship Surface Transport, which has several modifications from its MY 2073 companion. Included in the new version is an independent-suspension system for rolling over small craters, an extra axle for the trailer (with (...) (18 years ago, 11-Feb-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !
| | | | | The Unofficial LEGO Advanced Building Techniques Guide
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| Hi, (URL) "Télécharger document" , pdf document - 1,7Mb ) Well, almost everything is said in the document introduction. Since I've discovered the community 4 years ago, I feel the need for a compilation of building techniques. More recently, reading (...) (18 years ago, 11-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.schleim) !!
| | | | | Small Town Diorama + umbrella
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| Hi all! My first MOC here :-) (URL) Featuring an umbrella, which is what sparked the idea: (4 URLs) Gallery post-mod> (18 years ago, 11-Feb-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | 10179: Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon™
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| Hey all, The community team would like to present the new Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon. I'm excited to show this off to you all. Below is the official announcement for the set as well as some links to images. I hope you're all as excited (...) (18 years ago, 11-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego, FTX) !!
| | | | | 12 wide Mister Rogers Trolley
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| (URL) I (URL) posted> an in-progress pic of this MOC before Thanksgiving (which I see I dumped; don't remember doing that). In any event, we've finished it and have finally taken some pics of it. My initial post covers the main points, but I wanted (...) (18 years ago, 9-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
| | | | | Get a glimpse of Legoland Missouri plan
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| RED Development, city and state officials held an open house today to present the LEGOLAND project and answer questions. I had the chance to drop by the presentation on the way home from work today. I did not have time to stay for the presentation, (...) (18 years ago, 8-Feb-07, to lugnet.legoland, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
| | | | | Alternate 6208 B-Wing Escort Fighter
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| Hi! The other night I built an alternate ship using the pieces from my new B-Wing kit. (Admittedly, I'm a wee bit late for last year's (URL) B-Wing alternate model contest>.) Although I haven't prepared instructions for it - something I plan to do (...) (18 years ago, 8-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | BrickFest™ PDX 2007 Event Identity Design
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| (URL) BrickFest™ PDX 2007 is coming! Where: Portland, Oregon, USA When: March 30th - April 1st 2007 This year's BrickFest™ event identity is celebrating the "basic building block" of the LEGO® system: The 2x4 brick. (URL) For most, the 2x4 brick (...) (18 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
| | | | | Canon Story
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| Hi, Recently I built a pirate canon after having seen some pirate stuff while surfing on Brickshelf. Here is the result: (URL) 1) You can visit my Brickshelf galery for more pictures: (URL) 2) I also wrote an article on the Freelug (French LUG) site (...) (18 years ago, 4-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.pirates, FTX) !!
| | | | | Monon FM H10-44
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| I finished this up about a month ago, but have been too busy to post it until now. (URL) Read about it (and see prototype pics) (URL) Again, comments are appreciated! (I apologize in advance for the dark pictures. I'm still trying to figure out how (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Hartford Hosts England's Loudest Band
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| (URL) NELUG> was proud to rock Hartford at the Great Train Expo this weekend. We truly turned it up to eleven. (URL) Spïnal Tap was (URL), eagerly cheered on by a horde of Vikings and a bunch of bodacious babes (some of royal blood). Throw in one (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
| | | | | NXT controlled Red Quad
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| (URL) NXT controlled Red Quad> - completed 2-3-07 (URL) controlled Red Quad>> Motorized tail - neck and head (3 URLs) Ultrasonic - Touch and Sound Sensors (URL) Sensor>> (URL) Sensor>> (URL) Sensor>> Custom eye lights courtesy HiTechnic - 68.8 x 36 (...) (18 years ago, 4-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: Eastern Block Space Patroller
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| "Wolf Read" <readw.at.oniddotorstdotedu> wrote in message news:JBtzB1.ozB@lugnet.com... (...) Looks like an up-armored Beta-1 Command Base (6970) with Hovercraft (6875) inspired canopy. With that kind of heritage, it'd be hard not to be a classic. (...) (18 years ago, 3-Feb-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | Re: Spaceship Surface Transport
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| "Wolf Read" <readw.at.oniddotorstdotedu> wrote in message news:JCwpLo.1A2@lugnet.com... (...) Nice. The women seem to be without helmets and tanks. Surely they're done for. :o (18 years ago, 3-Feb-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build)
| | | | | Spaceship Surface Transport
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| Designed to move spacecraft as large as the LL 924 from the landing pad to on-site maintenance facilities, this "big rig" has also proven useful for other endeavors. During the first human-experienced 24-year megaflood on the planet Circlet, the (...) (18 years ago, 3-Feb-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !
| | | | | Michiana-LUG Meeting / Sorting Party - Saturday, March 10, 2007
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| To All, We've a special meeting planned! The first meeting at our club President's new home. We also plan to have a sorting party going on during this meeting. Here are the details: When: Saturday, March 10, 2007 Time: 12:00AM EST / 1:00PM EST - ? (...) (18 years ago, 3-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | NCLUG Show / LEGOPalooza at Morehead Planatarium in Chapel Hill
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| On February 3rd and 4th NCLUG in cooperation with the Morehead Planatarium at the University of North Carlina Chapel Hill hosts LEGO Palooza. The 3rd LEGO Palooza expands to a 2 day event running from 12-4 both Saturday and Sunday. This year the (...) (18 years ago, 3-Feb-07, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | New inline 4 cylinder Pneumatic Engine - No valves.
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| Not quite the same old inline 4 underneath - this engine is only single acting, because to make it double acting would mean double the amount of t-pieces and cables, which is already a lot. anyway, no valves in this engine at all, just a mechanism (...) (18 years ago, 3-Feb-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | New modded parts
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| Here's an update on my parts experiments. I've added quite a few Technic parts: (URL) expansion link (URL) , based on a 1x3 thin liftarm, allows an axle or peg to slide in the 1x2 slotted hole. Very useful for steam engines: (URL) (It would go (...) (18 years ago, 2-Feb-07, to lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | New Train MOCs in 8mm scale
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| Here's an update on the Train MOCs I've built recently. Finally completed the British Class 14 Diesel loco with BBB wheels and extending rods. Added the green grille tiles too: (URL) piece of ballasted track, with AWS magnet (UK train stopping and (...) (18 years ago, 2-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce.moc) !
| | | | | Re: Contributor Agreement License details - updated version
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| (...) hi folks, taking into account all your valuable input the steerco has reworded the initial CAreadme.txt file in response to concerns which have been arisen in the disussion. please learn that we haven't changed a single character in the actual (...) (18 years ago, 2-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | LDraw.org's January 2007 Model and Scene Of The Month Winners
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| Congratulations to the winners of the January 2007 Model/Scene Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, Mindstorms NXT cup collecting robot by Henrik Dalsager Christensen> (URL) SOTM, My Room by Jan Folkersma> The voting for the February 2007 (...) (18 years ago, 1-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Dirty Brickster Is Returning To BrickFest™ PDX 2007!
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| (URL) BrickFest™ PDX 2007 is coming! Where: Portland, Oregon, USA When: March 30th - April 1st 2007 Public Hours: April 1st 2007, 10am – 4pm (URL) Dirty Brickster Is Returning To BrickFest™ PDX 2007!! “Dir-ty Brick-ster!....Dir-ty (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !!
| | | | | Neoclassic Space Cutter
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| Many thanks to Aaron Sneary who's own Neo-Classic-Space creation started me down this road... Mostly utilized in cislunar space as fast-response vessels for satellite, space-telescope and other priority repair missions, a small fleet of Lunar (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !
| | | | | BrickFest PDX 2007 Mosaic Event
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| BrickFest PDX 2007 Mosaic Event This year at BrickFest PDX attendees will witness the on-site construction of a giant color mosaic built out of 1x1 LEGO plates. All attendees are invited to help and/or compete in the construction of this mosaic! (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX) !!
| | | | | Imperial Airboat and Launcher
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| (2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> (URL) Hi all, Presenting the Berlin launchpad for Tsar Alexander II's Imperial Air Navy. I haven't done any "steampunk" in a while mainly because I'm a (near) total pedant when it comes to viability of the designs. (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | My first castle MOC
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| Hello everyone, Here is my first ever castle MOC (barring an almost direct copy of the Yellow Castle in multicolour exhuberance). (URL) :) -Stephen (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle)
| | | | | BrickFest™ PDX 2007 - Robotic Easter Egg Hunt
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| BrickFest™ PDX 2007 LEGO Mindstorms Robot Competition Robotic Easter Egg Hunt ===...=== The Challenge: Build a robot that will look for chocolate Easter eggs, and deposit them over the edges of the arena. The Rules: A judge will tell each contestant (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
| | | | | BrickFest™ PDX 2007 Mindstorms Events Announcement
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| (URL) BrickFest PDX 2007 is coming! Where: Portland, Oregon When: March 30th - April 1st 2007 Public Hours: April 1st 2007, 10am – 4pm There will be plenty of Mindstorms at BrickFest! Here is a list of just three of these events. Robot Easter Egg (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
| | | | | Bridging Sydney - Complete!
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| (URL) Well, after months of planning and 2 weeks of building, the project is finally complete! With lots of help from Anna (LEGO Aus), Carmel (HHT), Richie & Steve (STUDS) and the bunch at the Museum of Sydney, it all came together relatively (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.au, FTX) !!
| | | | | Introducing RACHAL - the Raytracing Challenge
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| Hi all, If you keep an eye on new articles on LDraw.org you may have noticed two new ones with the title RACHAL. Well, we haven't got a replicant working for us but we are relaunching my old raytracing challenges as part of LDraw.org. (URL) brief (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | Another style Garbage Truck
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| Hello, This is my a truck I built over the weekend. It uses much of the the Mack style cab design developed by Tim Gould late last year. It is a design I really like and I am using it in forthcoming vehicles in a variety of colors. (URL) I am (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !!
| | | | | A LEGO Price List with 4,000 entries!
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| One of the features of my Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide that I haven't mentioned much is a LEGO Price List. I included this for folks who want to insure their old LEGO sets, but have no reference source to do so. Well my "Insurance (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | F-15E Strike Eagle
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| Recently I completed building a 1/36 scale model of an F-15E Strike Eagle. The brickshelf folder is: (URL) I hope you like it. I've spent quite a bit of time on this one, and would appreciate your comments. Cheers, Ralph (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc) !!
| | | | | MORE Trains at BrickFest PDX '07
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| [______] [______] [_______] oo oo = oo oo = oo oo I spoke with Dave VinZant (train coordinator) and I plan to have a static display of ALL of my train MOCs (rolling stock)! Since I'll be a bit busy at the fest, I was racking my brain what MOC(s) I (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains) !!
| | | | | Seasprite
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| It's been a while since I have done undersea models, so it seemed time to get back:-) The Seasprite (URL) Built as a response to the Sea Monkey and OGEL threat, this Alpha Team submersible is a redesign of the SeaHorse. Bascially this is a faster, (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.aquazone, FTX) !
| | | | | ULUG Train Show
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| Over the weekend ULUG (Utah LUG) participated in "The Ophir, Tintic and Western" Train Show at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah. We are a newer LUG (under 6 months) with 9 active members and this is our first Train show as a LUG. We were pleased to (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.ulug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Post office
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| Hello, I finished this building a little while ago and wanted to take pictures of it before my elevated subway hid it. It is a post office for my town. It is really nothing much in my opinion; just a corner building. I did want to point out that the (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !
| | | | | Hail to the Chief!
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| Seems that James Mathis and I were thinking along similar lines this past week. I, too, designed some streamliner cars of my own using the LEGO Factory parts palette, although I modeled mine on the "Metroliner" paint scheme rather than for the Super (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX) !
| | | | | Ambassador Cycle 5 - Applications Open
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| It’s been another great Ambassador session but its time for us to begin Cycle 5 of the program. This will be a new step for the program as Cycle five will be an entire year instead of only six months to get the Ambassadors even more involved and to (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | Jaguar Main Battle Tank and variants
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| Hi all, Here is the my newest piece of military hardware - or I should say newest family of armored vehicles. There are BS links when public further down - in the meantime here is a deeplink of the Jaguar to get started on: (URL) Jaguar MBT is (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc) !
| | | | | YG 3415 of the Royal Orient
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| (2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> Hi All, This is my version of the lead engine of the (URL) Royal Orient: YG 3415>. As a typical Indian steamer this train offered huge amounts of small details to add. Every time I thought I had all the important details (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | US S@H Phone Specials Jan 24--Jan 30
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| 1-800-835-4386 B194 Web of the Visorak 4.99 2.50 7476 Iron Predator vs. T-Rex 39.99 20.00 3445 2x4 Ridge Roof Tiles Steep Sloped Red 4.99 2.50 (18 years ago, 28-Jan-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
| | | | | Torii Gate vignette
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| Having now already been highlighted on (URL) and (URL) (thanks!), I thought I'd try to get around to posting my first vignette; and first lugnet posting. A Torii gate marks the entrance to a spiritual place. Hundreds of these structures can be found (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX) !!
| | | | | Micro Scale Notre Dame Cathedral
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| In an effort to spend less money and save some space I began to make a collection of micro scale landmarks to compliment my other MOC's My most recent MOC is a micro scale Notre Dame Cathedral Notre Dame photos (URL) Photos of other micro-scale (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
| | | | | Alsthom Z6300
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| Hi, Built in 2004 but never presented on Lugnet, my reproduction of the french train Alsthom Z6300. 8-wide, 50 studs long cars, it runs rarely on our layouts :) (URL) Erik (18 years ago, 27-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
| | | | | Castle and other Historical at BrickFest™ PDX 2007 (March 30th-April 1st)
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| (URL) Here we go again in Portland! Just over 2 months till (URL) PDX 2007!!> Frank Filz, Brendan Mauro, and I are coordinating the Castle display along with other Historical (Pirate, Adventurers, Wild West, etc.). We’ve got plenty of room in (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.western, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !!
| | | | | SOMA Puzzle Cubes
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| I'm certainly not the first AFOL to build SOMA puzzle cubes out of LEGO, but it was a fun project. I built cubes using both a 2 x 2 module and 4 x 4 module. It was fun to experiment with different ways to build the alternating color versions. (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Peeron Memory Upgrade
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| Peeron has been growing by leaps and bounds since our last major upgrade two years ago - especially after the instruction scan library was moved from (URL) to (URL) PICSL>. While this is great news many of you will have noticed that recently we have (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.peeron, lugnet.db.inv, FTX) !!
| | | | | New GPLR Member : Allen Smith
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| Good Morning- The Greater Portland LEGO® Railroaders (GPLR) warmly weclomes (URL) Mr. Allen Smith> as its newest club member as of January 15, 2007. Welcome Allen - Play Well! (URL) Greater Portland LEGO Railroaders> (URL) GPLR is: Steve Barile, (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.id, FTX)
| | | | | Tatra T-3 Moscow Tram
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| (2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> My version of a (URL) Tatra T-3> tram from Moscow. This one has gone through numerous iterations to finally get it to look satisfactory. Apologies for the one blue window but I figured it was a replacement after some (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.ru, FTX) !
| | | | | A new MOC - OutroMundo: Aerial Center
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| Hi, Continuing my OutroMundo's adventures: This is the first building for the city I’ve planned to the OutroMundo universe. (URL) Serves as a terminal for aerial Cabs and Buses. At the base I created a small garden with a Statue in the building (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Dragon Wagon
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| Hello fellow Brick folk! Thought I’d share with you my Dragon Wagon- (2 URLs) I really like the small Racer sets-so thought I’d try one with a bit of ‘megs’ thrown in. ;) Its’ my first vehicle! I’m working on more also. Any feed-back would be much (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
| | | | | Official launch of the LDraw POTM - Part Of The Month contest
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| The LDraw Administration Team officially launches the POTM – Part Of The Month contest for LDraw Part Authors. It is no news that programmers get most of the spotlight and little goes to "the unsung heroes of the LDraw CAD world" - this contest (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | Family History Architecture Central Baptist Church Display
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| All About Family the community group we run here in Minneapolis has been partnering with Architects, Architecture Students, Families with their Children and other University of Minnesota Students to create fun and encouraging projects while learning (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events)
| | | | | BrickFest PDX '07 Hotel
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| The official hotel of BrickFest PDX '07 is the Red Lion Hotel Portland Convention Center 1021 NE Grand Ave • Portland, OR 97232 • 503-235-2100 BrickFest PDX 2007 is coming! (URL) BrickFest.com> Where: Portland, Oregon When: March 30th - April 1st (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, FTX) !!
| | | | | Istanbul Tram
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| (2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> Hi all, Saw this one a while back while looking for other trams in Istanbul (oddly enough). The face gave me nightmares for ages but I finally hit on an adequate (at least in my opinion) solution a couple of days ago. Tim (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: Neon Shifter
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| Hello Bryce! (...) Thank you! It really does give the (...) When I was creating the Neon Shifter I think about otherworldly creatures. Than I think about some pictures of creatutres here on Erath in the deep sea that I have seen. (For exapmle the (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | New micro moc: Suburban Development
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| All: Hi there! It's been a while since I've posted a LEGO creation like this one. I love microscale, and for years I've been noodling around with it in my spare time, creating lots of little cars and 2-inch-tall buildings and things. But they (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !
| | | | | got Cheese?
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| (URL) I like the 1x1x2/3 slope piece, and was inspired to use some in a new MOC. A friend of mine said that the yellow ones look like cheese, and that comment stuck in my mind... so after some trial and error, I came up with a little robot which I (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Received 9V old dark grey track from online PAB
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| I don't know if anyone has ordered the track from online PAB, but I have and I have recvd 9V, old dark grey, track today. I think it is a decent deal for $1.50 per section. (I recvd 10 straights). The drag is that this time I actually wanted the (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | US S@H Phone Specials Jan 17--Jan 23
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| 1-800-835-4386 5461 Shape Sorter House 12.99 6.50 8648 Buzz Saw 10.00 5.00 3495 2x2 Roof Tiles Steep Sloped Black 7.99 4.00 (18 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
| | | | | Rebel Briefing
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| The Rebel Alliance scored a major victory over the Empire by using stolen technical plans to formulate an attack strategy capable of destroying the Empire's most fearsome weapon: the Death Star. Mon Mothma as the Supreme Commander of the Alliance to (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Two moonbase modules from Brickfest 2006
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| (2 URLs) click the pics One minifig scale, one microfig. One is motorized and the other lights up! Both use (URL) spheres>! LMKWYT, --Bram (18 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | LEGOLAND Kansas City Revised
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| LEGOLAND Kansas City is not dead yet, they are currently talking with Lee's Summit on the Missouri side of the line. Lee's Summit is a growing section of Kansas City with excellent access from all areas of the Kansas City Area, besides it's 20 (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.legoland, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | RAAF Boomerang - wow! real bricks
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| (2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> I couldn't build the CAC Wirraway out of my bricks so I decided to build its smaller and meaner cousin, the CAC Boomerang. It's somewhere between 1:32 and 1:35 scale which is bigger than I usually build but I think getting (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Lego Pencil
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| Greetings All, Check out my latest little creation, The Lego Pencil... (URL) lead or point is a black screwdriver for those of you wondering. I looked around but couldn't find anything similar, what do you think? Cheers, Braith. (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.au) !
| | | | | Fabuland Housewives Episode IX
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| After a two month hiatus Fabuland Housewives is back with Episode 9 (URL) Eagle Eyes An agent from the Fabuland Bureau of Investigation comes to town to take over the murder investigation. Gregor tries to get Gavin to see a psychiatrist and Bianca (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | GBC- Magnetic Ball Separator
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| I just finished my new module, a magnetic ball seperator. There was a discussion a while back about building a module that could detect a single 'tracerball' in the ball flow. The red and blue basketballs were ruled out, because the light sensor (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | LEGO CD Revisited....
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| Folks, Thanks for the response for the LEGO CD. For those of you who still haven't ordered a copy, there are 3 new chapters now available to view on my website: (URL) are: Chapter 1 - The LEGO Timeline. Chapter 19 - LEGO Homemaker Sets & LEGO Sets (...) (18 years ago, 17-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Re: K'Nex enters the fray
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| (...) This really pretty big news and seems to have not got much press around here. I stumbed across a link to this site being advertised on BrickShelf: (2 URLs) For those who like K'nex or thought it may have possibilities in the Lego world, now (...) (18 years ago, 17-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | ED-209
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| (2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> My version of the adorable (URL) robotic law enforcement officer> with just the right bugs. May be a teensy bit too big for minifig scale but is close enough to deploy in your town. Tim (18 years ago, 17-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Some announcements :-)
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| Hi all, BrickJournal is progressing toward release of Issue 6. Layouts are being sent to proof now and followups to articles are going from me this week. The Journal also took a major step in staffing when we got a person to start a European Bureau. (...) (18 years ago, 17-Jan-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | When the Kraken Awakes
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| Hello Legomaniacs! After seeing the Pirates of the Caribbean last summer, I decided to try my hand at a giant Kraken. Not having pirate lego at all, and an over abundance of Vikings, Dwarves and Centaurs, I decided to let it all go wild! Woot! (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 17-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | WE HAVE LIFTOFF!
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| The (URL) Greater Portland LEGO® Railroaders (GPLR)> are not exclusively about LEGO trains... On Thursday, January 11, 2007 GPLR delivered their (URL) 4th LEGO diorama installment> at the (URL) Square LEGO Store (Tigard, Oregon)> "Window Into The (...) (18 years ago, 16-Jan-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.loc.us.or.eug, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, lugnet.loc.us.wa.tac, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
| | | | | The Pirate Glossary
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| Ahoy! Taking a cue from Larry, Tim, etc. and their (URL) Train Glossary>, I decided to pull this together: (URL) The Pirate (aka Age of Sail) Glossary> I've always been confused by the myriad different terms for ships and their parts. And as I was (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jan-07, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | '71 Corvette in five wide
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| (2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> (URL) thing> A big, bad, nasty bundle of SNOT to make a Corvette. Tim (18 years ago, 15-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | BrickFest™ PDX 2007 Commemorative Event Kit...
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| The BrickFest™ PDX 2007 Commemorative Event Kit design is complete! (URL) This unique, one-of-a-kind, limited edition commemorative kit contains 146 elements and retails for $12.00, available to BrickFest™ PDX 2007 attendees only. It may be (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.fun, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !!
| | | | | Chocdelia and the Chocolate Factory
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| Hello everyone! Fresh from her debut at a 1000 Stiene event in Frechen, Germany. Here is the 5th Podagon: CHOCODELIA (2 URLs) One day as Chocodelia the Podagon was exploring, she happened upon a Chocolate Factory. “What a perfect spot to rest!” So (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !
| | | | | US S@H Phone Specials January 10--January 16
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| 1-800-835-4386 4661 Construction Worker 4.99 2.50 10046 Brown Tiles 6.99 3.50 8726 Dalu 3.99 2.00 (18 years ago, 14-Jan-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
| | | | | New Contest: Work that Squid!
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| Hello all, I wanted to announce the first Reasonably Clever contest of 2007 - Work that Squid! (URL) Full contest details at the link above, but here's the gist: Take the recent Bionicle "Squid Ammo" and build something with it. The catch? The squid (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !
| | | | | Unlikely Society -- Chapter 4
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| Hey everyone, Sorry about the delay between chapters, but we're happy to announce that Chapter 4 of our Lego superhero comic, "The Unlikely Society" is finished and posted. In this installment, we get to meet the shadowy figure behind all the (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town)
| | | | | French Toy Fair 2007 : pictures !
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| Hi, FreeLUG members were to the french Toy Fair. We wrote an article (in french) on our website (URL) Among the new sets, we can spotlight : the new electrical system with IR remote control, for the Technic bulldozer and the Creator Dino. The (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.year.2007, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars, FTX) !!
| | | | | New LDraw Contest: POTM – Part Of The Month
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| Hi folks, the LDraw.org Administration Team would like to introduce a new contest. It will be called: POTM – Part Of The Month It is no news that programs get most of the spotlight and little goes to "the unsung heroes of the LDraw CAD world" - this (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad) !
| | | | | Train Layout at BrickFest™ PDX 2007 (March 30th-April 1st)
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| (URL) BrickFest™ PDX 2007 is coming and we would like you aboard. Let me introduce myself. My name is David VinZant - member of GPLR/PNLTC for 8 Years. I have participated in countless shows and events. LEGOLAND, CA. - 2001, and the World Record (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org) !!
| | | | | hay guyz i built a tank
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| (URL) am i doing it rite? (18 years ago, 14-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build.military, FTX) !!
| | | | | Eastern Block Space Patroller
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| The Eastern-Block's "Red Bear", pictured here with some well-aged but tried-and-true support vehicles, has been long-feared by X-1 Patrol Craft pilots. This heavy-duty vessel, bristling with high-powered weaponry made to incinerate Galaxy Explorer (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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