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I have not posted until now because there was too much uncertainty about how (or if) this was going to work out. Due to financial reasons, Brickshelf was no longer in a viable position to continue operating. As our costs are billed monthly, any (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf) !!
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| | Update news on BrickShelf.com
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UPDATE NEWS on BrickShelf.com According to the mainpage of BRICKSHELF.com as if 9:25pm CST July 19, 2007 "Notice: Brickshelf will not be shutting down! We will be offering "featured" accounts for $5/month shortly. We have received hundreds of (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Indiana Jones in Brick Journal Blog
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To restore a little humor, I found a photo of the new Indiana Jones figure complete with a new fedora. I found the photo on Brick Journal’s blog. I love the hat and I can’t wait to get my hands on the sets. And on another note: HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Joe (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Revitalizing or Replacing BrickShelf In Some Form
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I have noticed on LUGNET that there are a number of sites that are being offered as alternatives to BrickShelf. My concern is the issue of the number of sites now competing to fill the void and splintering the community, rather than one major site (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | 3rd Annual Summer LEGO Camp
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To all, It is time for my annual (3rd year) Summer LEGO Camp through my local Parks and Rec program. Since the last camp (URL) I have relocated from Cedar City, Utah to Spanish Fork, Utah. After the move, I found that Spanish Fork had a more (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.ulug, FTX)
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| | MOCshow - free image and files gallery
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Dear fellow LEGO fans of all ages The recent events with Brickshelf makes me believe we need more options to show our creations, events, and share LEGO related files. Please welcome 'MOCshow' - (URL) free gallery - personal albums (for showing off (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish) !!
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| | MOCpages, now a Brickshelf alternative
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Hi, everyone... With the looming shut-down of Brickshelf, I would like to offer (URL) MOCpages> as a safe alternative for everyone to continue posting their LEGO creations. In light of this, MOCpages now offers free image hosting. Of course, you can (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.mocpages, FTX) !!
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| | Brickshelf Backup Crawler for Mac
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As noted (URL) here>, there is a BSBackup utility for Windows that helps you batch download the contents of Brickshelf galleries. (This is of interest at the moment due to Brickshelf's imminent closure.) I've written a quick hack to accomplish the (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | BRICKSHELF account USERS *Spread the NEWS*
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This information is for people who have a BRICKSHELF account on BRICKSHELF.COM. DEADLINE for Brickshelf to SHUTDOWN July 31, 2007. ASAP!! If you are a MOD, ADMIN, USER or knows who runs on any of the LEGO fan websites listed below inform everybody (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Old lorry
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Hi, just wanted to show my latest creation, an oldfashioned lorry in modelteam size: (URL) a little bit more "silent" picture: (URL) It has 643 pieces and a (good) working steering. For the pictures, I have used flickr to see, how it works and if I (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | US S@H Phone Specials July 11--July 17
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1-800-835-4386 B586 Bionicle Adventures #9: Web of Shadows 4.99 2.50 3484 2 x 4 White Plates 8.99 4.50 3487 1 x 6 White Plates 4.99 2.50 3296 Travis and the Mobile Caravan 19.99 10.00 (17 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | Thinking Outside The Box
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Several months ago I built some LEGO SOMA puzzle cubes with six smooth sides. Now it was time to build something to store the cubes in. I saw that a few years ago Eric Harshbarger built a SOMA cube and nice storage box. Not wanting to just copy (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | The Mercurials - Lego Comic
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Greetings all. As an AFOL, I've enjoyed lurking around Lugnet, taking a look at all the amazing creations everyone has come up with, and reading Brick Journal. My wife and I recently started a project that I thought you'd be interested in: (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Theme for NWBrickCon 2007 and Sail-In
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Ahoy mateys! The convention theme for NWBrickCon 2007 this year is . . . Pirates! We'll be having a special emphasis on the brick's buccaneers and encourage everone to bring Pirate-related models. As part of this, and inspired by the Space Fly-In at (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | By any other name...
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I finally built something. Not a spaceship, nor a building. Not micro, or minifig scale. (URL) Been wanting to build a rose (that sounds SO odd) for at least two years because the design challenge is really interesting: how go you get a medium that (...) (17 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !
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| | Building Robopussy
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Inspired by the recent robo-quad opus, and particularly (URL) this comment> on it, I am building a feline mecha of my own. Also inspired by the robo-quad, I will post the progress of the model in stages Stage 1 - Head - COMPLETED! I generally build (...) (17 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | WWE Superstars in LEGO
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I'm not too proud to admit that over the course of the past year my girlfriend and I have gotten pretty into watching WWE wrestling. Last weekend we spent a day creating minifig versions of a bunch of our favorite WWE superstars and other wrestling (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.sports, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX) !
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| | CATEGORY and KEYWORD extension ratified by the LSC
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The LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) has ratified the CATEGORY and KEYWORD language extension. The most major change between the ratified specification and the de-facto standard is to officially move the creation of new part categories away from the (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | My revised skyscraper WIP pics
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I rebuilt my skyscraper under construction: (URL) Here's a list of the light bley pieces that I had to buy from several sellers here on Bricklink in order to build it (but not all of them are in what you see): Bricks: 1x10 - 80x; 1x12 - 92x; 1x2x5 - (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | 10176 (Royal King's Castle) - 13 Alternate MOCs at Once
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I picked up a copy of 10176 on sale at SAH. It's a nice set, but I really bought it for the parts. Anyway, I wasn't all that interested to build the castle, so I set out to use the parts therein to make my own MOC, I came up with this: The Smithbot (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Turnpike, Train MOC
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Hey everyone, So here is the latest MOC. (URL) a second link for a more detailed photo's: (URL) set up is very common in Western to Central Canada as it is the quickest and most cost effective way to get product from the west to the central (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic) !
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| | No Victory
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No victorious celebrations for the weary knight... (URL) AC (17 years ago, 8-Jul-07, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Call for Presentations at NWBrickCon 2007
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NWBrickCon 2007 is looking for talks, roundtables, and special activities at the Con this year. Several of our traditional activities, such as the Dirty Brickster, are already planned but we can still find space on the schedule for lots more. In the (...) (17 years ago, 7-Jul-07, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | ILTCO @ NMRA Nat'l Train Show
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Hi All, Just wanted to remind every one about the NMRA National Train Show LEGO layout. There will be ~12 clubs jointly diplaying their best stuff in a giant ~100'x100' layout. It is at the Cobo Conference/Exhibition Center on July 27 - 29, 2007 in (...) (17 years ago, 6-Jul-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | TRON Building Challenge
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(2 URLs) ReasonablyClever.Com> is happy to announce a summer mini-contest...more of a building challenge, really. TRON! Click the picture, above, to see the full contest details. Right now the prize is a set of 4 X-Pods, but I'll up the ante if (...) (17 years ago, 5-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | As versatile as a Swiss Army knife.
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Hello! Just because. (URL) me, I'm a link!>> May the Force be with you! Jojo (17 years ago, 4-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
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| | 4939/4891 Creator Alternate Models
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Here are some little vehicles I built from the the (URL) 4891 Highway Haulers> set: a nasty rat rod and a rugged prerunner (an off road truck). These can be built at the same time from a single set. (URL) rod front>> (URL) rod rear>> (URL) front>> (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad, FTX) !
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| | The Ark of the Covenant (was: LEGO licenses Indiana Jones)
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(...) Strangely enough, I started planning the project below not long before the announcement for the official sets came and soon got frustrated over not having the right hat :/ However, the new one seems just perfect! So, here is my small (...) (17 years ago, 3-Jul-07, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | SCLTC goes Red, White, and Boom! at LEGOLAND California
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Members of the (URL) Southern California LEGO Train Club> set up the world's largest US flag made of LEGO bricks at (URL) California> last Friday night. (URL) Originally built at the Orange County Fair in 2005 over a 3 day period and rebuilt at (...) (17 years ago, 3-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Time lapse movie of bridge assembly
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Here is a time-lapse movie of the assembly of my cable-stayed bridge. The movie consists of seven hours of work condensed into a little more than two minutes. It was filmed at COSI Toledo, a children's hands-on science museum in Toledo, Ohio (USA), (...) (17 years ago, 3-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org's June 2007 Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the June 2007 Model/Scene Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, Lotus 49B by Luca Rusconi (RoscoPC)> (URL) POTM - Best Part, Technic Sprocket Wheel 40.4 by Donald Sutter (technog)> (URL) POTM – Most Desired (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | PRR T1 #6110
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I have finally completed building the PRR T1 MOC that I planned out in LDD2. Naturally, I still had to make modifications once finally building in real life. Apart from the BBB wheel set and linkages, all of the pieces used are available from the (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | The Brick Testament - David vs Saul
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(URL) The Brick Testament> has been updated today with six new illustrated stories from the book of 1 Samuel. It is the beginning of a brand new section of the website entitled (URL) David vs Saul>: (2 URLs) Tries to Kill David> (2 URLs) Mutilates (...) (17 years ago, 30-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
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| | RACHAL Polar - changeover day
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Hi all, Another quarter (well, tomorrow anyway) and another RACHAL. The last entry for RACHAL Impossible is up (URL) 1> and it's time for a new challenge. This month we go back to the snow (yes it seems we have an addiction) with a guest submission (...) (17 years ago, 30-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | ATSF "Beep"
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This locomotive is based off the the one-of-a-kind EMD GP7 and BWL VO-1000 hybrid. It has a very interesting story you can read about (URL) here>. For now, I only have renders Tim Gould was kind enough to make for me. I'm slowing gathering the parts (...) (17 years ago, 30-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Deserted Temple
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A solitary knight on a journey to the eastern hemisphere stumbles upon a (URL) temple>. (URL) AC (17 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Jabba, Han Chillin' Out, and Hyperspeed
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I was one of several AFOLs that took MOCs to LEGOLAND California for display during the recent Star Wars weekend. The Jabba the Hutt sculpture was built for, and displayed at the 2005 Star Wars weekend at LLCA. This year I built Han Solo frozen in (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars, FTX) !
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| | New Contest - Name the LifeLites Lbrick
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OK, in case you haven't found out by now, Brickmodder Labs has been rather quiet as of late working on the latest and greatest line of products, one of which is a new modular lighting system made especially for you to use in your MOCs to aid in (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Orangetron micro capital spaceship
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Just a little capital ship I made with only the parts available in the (URL) 5525 Amusement Park> set (a great deal for $25): (URL) It's probably too derivative of Star Trek and Star Wars ships, but its my first micro so be gentle with me please :-) (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jun-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Server Outage Today
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Hi all, unfortunately we encountered a RAID failure on the LUGNET server today, and while this was expected to be a minor malfunction of a single disk, the replacement proved slightly more complicated than we anticipated. Nevertheless the only harm (...) (17 years ago, 26-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce)
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