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Well folks, it’s finally here! The second all-Australian public LEGO fan expo, Brickvention 2008! To be held in Melbourne, Australia, on January 26-27 2008, Brickvention is still in the planning stages, but we are currently working on: Presentations (...) (17 years ago, 26-Jun-07, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !
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| | Vignette MOC of My Cubicle
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Hey everyone! I was bored last night and decided I needed some LEGO at my desk at work. I whipped up this 12x12 vignette of my cubicle complete with me in minifig form. You can check out the MOCPage and Brickshelf Gallery with the links below. Any (...) (17 years ago, 25-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.org.us.tclug)
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| | The steampunk skiff 'Egregious'
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Loosely inspired by some gorgeous SW Sail Barge MOCs on Brickshelf, NELUG's latest [1] Brikwars game featured a steampunk skiff battle set above the desolate Kar'Zuba desert. Every skiff represented a Trading Guild, and upon arrival at the outskirts (...) (17 years ago, 25-Jun-07, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !!
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| | Commemoration of the 10th anniversary of James Jessiman's passing
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On the 25th July 1997, James Jessiman passed away due to complications from the flu. The LDraw Steering Committee would like to commemorate the 10th anniversary of this sad day with a tribute page to James and his great foundation. We invite you to (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | US S@H Phone Specials June 20--June 26
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1-800-835-4386 B586 Bionicle Adventures #9: Web of Shadows 4.99 2.50 EL151 Dino Attack Chalk Eggs 4.99 2.50 8721 Velika 3.99 2.00 5463 Play Train 14.99 7.50 10071 Mr. Bunny 2.49 1.25 (17 years ago, 23-Jun-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | Lego Universe trailer online
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Demo/concept trailer for the Lego Universe online game has been posted (URL) here> Roy (17 years ago, 23-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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| | Submission for MOTM/SOTM/POTM closes in a week
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hi folks, we still seek some entries for the SOTM/POTM contest: (URL) consider submitting your work. deadline is 27.06.2007. beside all this please don't forget about RACHAL - The RAytraching CHALlange: (URL) Contest Coordinator (17 years ago, 21-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Retro Spaciness.
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Hi all! I posted a few MOCs here some months ago, although I forgot how to post here after that. Anyway, here's another MOC: (3 URLs) Here> are the rest of the photos on Flickr. PLMKWYT! (17 years ago, 21-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Microscale 725 Freight Train finished
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I completed the cars for my microscale 725 Freight Train and posted pictures today: (URL) question for someone who is more knowledgable than I about trains...what is the thing I call "milk truck" really called? This is just what I imagined it to be (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale) !
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| | Felucia Separatist Droid Forces
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Once a major holding of the Commerce Guild, Felucia was a world teeming with fungal life-forms and immense primitive plants. Near the end of the Clone Wars, Felucia was one of the key contested worlds during the Outer Rim Sieges. (URL) AC (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Clifton D. Chambers stop ignoring me and ship the jambalaya box!
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please note that i have tried every method i know of to contact Clifton without posting this to lugnet. this is my last resort. Clifton D. Chambers, You have had well over 2 months to ship me the jambalaya box. I am getting really tired of emailing, (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | Re: LEGO licenses Indiana Jones
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(...) This is confirmed. Looking forward to the new movie and the LEGO sets next year... "Big Daddy" Nelson Yrizarry LEGO Ambassador (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !
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| | New mosaic style, CSF banner
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Here's a technique I've been cooking for a while. I chose the CSF banner as inspiration for my first design in order to start with something at least somewhat recognizable. I consider the technique more painterly, so I'll be doing more 'art' with it (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jun-07, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Hujing fighter
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(2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> (URL) Wallpaper> Hi all, I don't often build in subthemes (fan or otherwise) but I have a thing for sand green so I decided to try my hand at Jade Empire (don't know who invented it). Thus I present the Hujing fighter. (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jun-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Two new military vehicles
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Hi all, My armies are constantly expanding, in preparation for world domination! My two latest land vehicles have been built for a while, but are being lugnetted and Brickshelfed just in time for BrickWorld! Any mecha planning to skulk around the (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jun-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | New Galactic Inquistion MOCs
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It has been a long time since I've done any building, and an even longer time since I have posted to LUGNET. I thought it was time to return. (URL) The (URL) Seraphim Mk II> (URL) And the (URL) Adze of Abraham> Thanks to Ley Ward for the name of the (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jun-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: Brickworld Registration Deadline Extended
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(...) Just a heads-up to anyone who might not have noticed: I was just checking out the Brickworld site and noticed that the Brickworld folks have extended their deadline for registration and, perhaps even better, the hotel has extended the deadline (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jun-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Five more vehicles
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Hello everyone, I recently added 5 more vehicles to my (URL) and (URL) Brickshelf folder>. They're not totally new as you might have noticed them on pictures of the latest (URL) QuéLUG> train show. (URL) Backhoe> - Inspired by the work of Martin (...) (17 years ago, 15-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | MOC V-Wing
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Hey, everyone! Just posting a small announcement for my new V-wing MOC. Only some computer pics so far, since I haven't assembled it IRL yet. But you can get the feel of it ;-) (URL) me know what you think! (17 years ago, 15-Jun-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | US S@H Phone Specials June 13--June 19
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1-800-835-4386 B586 Bionicle Adventures #9: Web of Shadows 4.99 2.50 EL151 Dino Attack Chalk Eggs 4.99 2.50 (17 years ago, 15-Jun-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | LEGO William Shatner at gallery exhibition
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Hi, everybody! I'm happy to announce that one of my LEGO sculptures will be premiering at a art gallery in Calgary, Canada. (URL) The Shatner Show> is a book and exhibition of artwork depicting William Shatner by over 70 artists and illustrators (...) (17 years ago, 14-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.ca.ab.cal, FTX)
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| | BrickJournal 8 is OUT!
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(URL) Issue 8 Spotlights the Market Street set with reviews and articles. Also has an interview with a Master Builder at LEGOLAND Windsor, as well as events such as BrickFest. Building articles include building a destroyer and building an (...) (17 years ago, 14-Jun-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Eric Brok has passed away!!
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I just found out on the Bricklink Forum that AFOL Eric Brok of the Netherlands, the designer of the new 10190 LEGO set has passed away!! This is just awful news! Our hearts and our prayers go out to Eric's family. His website: (URL) Istok (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Flatcars
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I've slowly been photographing my flatcars which have been built since late January (you can see some in their earlier stages in COLTC show galleries). Here is my most recent, a not quite 7 wide centerbeam flatcar. The trucks/bogies on that and the (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | F-4 Phantom MOC
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Here is a MOC inspired by the McDonnell-Douglas (now Boeing) F-4 Phantom. The MOC is mini-fig scale in that it can hold a fig. However, the actual scale is compressed to using the small wheels as engines and the technic-air scoop piece as intakes. (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | NonCA-parts in need of re-writing
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Hi folks, At www.ldraw.org you will find a list of files in the official library, whose original author has not affirmed the CA and therefore need to be re-written by CA-authors. (URL) Howard and Guy Vivan have already put a lot of effort in this (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Cable-stayed Bridge Model Update
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I have posted my MOC of a cable-stayed bridge model before, but now I have the video of the assembly. The movie shows my seven hours of work compressed down into two-and-a-half minutes. The quality could have been better, but I didn't have control (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Vultur
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Greetings Earthlings, The Post Creator Space Vultur: (URL) The Vultur is designed to blend in with local avian fauna to avoid causing alarm amongst non spacefaring aliens as it cruises at altitude, analysing their life-forms and observing (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jun-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | US S@H Phone Specials June 6--June 12
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1-800-835-4386 B586 Bionicle Adventures #9: Web of Shadows 4.99 2.50 EL151 Dino Attack Chalk Eggs 4.99 2.50 8282 Quad Bike 19.99 10.00 (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | Griswold Building - Detroit, Michigan
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I have completed another building to include in the MichLTC portion of the ILTCO layout planned for the NMRA 2007 National Train Show to be held in Detroit on July 28 - 30th. This MOC is a model of the Griswold Building, a midrise structure designed (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Ethan Allen at Fort Ticonderoga
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A quick vignette of Ethan Allen capturing Fort Ticonderoga at the start of the American Revolution. (2 URLs) Brickshelf Gallery> This was based on the painting found on (URL) Encyclopaedia Britannica's> website. The painting is based on an engraving (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | LMS Shunting Engine with Tender
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I've just seen my latest Factory model added to (URL) Cool Train Creations>, so here it is: (URL) It's based on the 0-4-0 'OF' class (or 'Pug') saddle-tank steam shunting engine, introduced in Britain in 1895. I've used the livery of the London (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | New MOC: Cribbage board
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Fifteen two, fifteen four, fifteen six, it's cribbage with bricks! Here's my recently-completed cribbage board. It includes pegs made from Technic axles, a playing surface made from Technic plates (provides the holes for the pegs), and even a (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Linetrim, a LDraw line trimmer utility
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(2 URLs) Linetrim> utility, intended for LDraw parts authors, crops lines sticking out of polygons. Lines to be trimmed and triangles/quads against which they are cropped are provided to the utility as separate LDraw files. A third file containing (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | *** LDView Version 3.2 Beta 1 Released ***
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LDView 3.2 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, (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Office Building
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Originally intended to be an Imperial training facility as I've managed to get the trans dark panels for windows from PaB. It didn't quite pan out as I wanted it and would start over. So I've just added some doors where ramps should have been to (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Robo Quad - Stage Ten - Project Completed
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Robo Quad - Stage Ten Completed Final stage, project completed. (URL) Robo Quad - Stage One notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Two and Three notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Four and Five notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Six notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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| | Brickworld Registration Deadline Extended
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<<https://registrati...Logo.png>> We are extending the registration deadline for Brickworld to June 14th. Both the event registration deadline and hotel registration deadline (to receive the special Brickworld rate) are now June 14th. Event space (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !
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| | Michiana-LUG Meeting - Saturday, June 9, 2007
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To All, We're having another meeting soon and we'd love to see new faces around! There'll be free Lego and food for all! Ok, not really (though there might be potato chips). But we'd still love to see you there! Here are the details: When: Saturday, (...) (17 years ago, 6-Jun-07, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.announce)
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| | Robo Quad - Stage Nine
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Robo Quad - Stage Nine Completed (URL) Robo Quad - Stage One notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Two and Three notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Four and Five notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Six notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Seven notes> (URL) Robo Quad - (...) (17 years ago, 6-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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