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Last spring, my colleagues got funding for two shiny display cabinets for my math department. Appropriate displays were just slow enough in coming that I could (quickly) haul out several of my Lego math demonstration models and fill an entire case (...) (17 years ago, 10-Sep-07, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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NWBrickCon is less than a month away. Tedward over at Classic Castle emailed me about having a Grand Tournament as the theme for our castle layout. I think this is an excellent idea and the plans are in motion for bringing this together. More (...) (17 years ago, 10-Sep-07, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | The Brick Testament - David Joins the Philistines
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(URL) The Brick Testament> has been updated today with six more new illustrated stories from the saga of (URL) David vs Saul>. (2 URLs) to view the new stories)> (NOTE: For anyone unfamiliar with The Brick Testament or the Bible, please take note of (...) (17 years ago, 9-Sep-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
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| | Retro-esque Batmobile
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Da na na na na na Na na na na na na Na na na na na na BATMAN! Ahoy, I loved the original Batman TV series, and to this day remember the words to the theme song (see above), so I thought it might be fun to build the Batmobile from the series. I was (...) (17 years ago, 8-Sep-07, to lugnet.licensed.batman, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Homemaker MOC
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Hi all, I let me inspire by the old bigfigs, because I got some for me new parts. I have a lot of these sets in house, loving them from my childhood on, but never actually built a MOC out of them. Time to change, here they are. Small once, but be (...) (17 years ago, 7-Sep-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Update to the LDraw Library Header Specification
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At the request of the PT Admins, the LSC has amended the format of the !LDRAW_ORG meta-statement to permit zero or more qualifiers. The format of this meta-statement is now 0 !LDRAW_ORG Part|Subpart|Primiti...e|Shortcut (optional qualifier(s)) (...) (17 years ago, 7-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | LDraw.org's August 2007 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the August 2007 Model/Scene/Part Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, German Rail Bus VT 95 by "Primus" Burkhard> (URL) SOTM, Backlot by Willy Tschager> (URL) - Best Part, Minifig Mechanical Head and (...) (17 years ago, 7-Sep-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Keeping me on a string...
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A few months ago, I made the announcement (in the correct newsgroup!) that I would sell my entire collection (Technic, Model Team, and 12V trains) of sets from 1978 untill 2004. All the sets were really low priced (compared to the lowest (...) (17 years ago, 6-Sep-07, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Ten Days Left: NWBrickCon 2007 Advance Registration Closes September 15th
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NWBrickCon 2007 Advance Registration Closes on September 15th. Benefits of Advance Registration include a lower price ($44 vs. $50 at the door) and a personalized engraved brick badge. Note that you must have both registered and *paid* by September (...) (17 years ago, 5-Sep-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon) !!
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| | The Mercurials comic - Episode 1:5
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Hello all. The latest episode of "The Mercurials" online sci-fi photo graphic novel has been posted. Chapter 1, Part 5, finds the remaining crew of the CS Mercurial in greater jeopardy than ever as they make their way to the bridge of the drifting (...) (17 years ago, 4-Sep-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Warehouse district - sneak progress shots
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Hello, I had my camera out this weekend and decided to take some progress shots of the viaduct that gets vehicle traffic down to the level of my new, forthcoming, layout section as well as the first of a few warehouse/factory type buildings that (...) (17 years ago, 4-Sep-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !
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Only a few days late, here are (URL) september LEGO horoscopes>. Enjoy! (URL) en Français)> (URL) in het Nederlands)> I can't believe I've bothered doing this for a year now... Jean-Marc (17 years ago, 3-Sep-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | My layout
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This is what I have built for TSL 2007. It took about 4 months. The houses are Café Corner compatible. I had some houses from before but when Café Corner was released I decided to give it a try. The houses only have facades to save on bricks (money) (...) (17 years ago, 31-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | The Brick Testament - David Makes New Friends
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(URL) The Brick Testament> has been updated today with six new illustrated stories from the continuing saga of (URL) David vs Saul>. (2 URLs) to view the new stories)> (NOTE: For anyone unfamiliar with The Brick Testament or the Bible, please take (...) (17 years ago, 31-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
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| | Blackout Transformer from the movie
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So, I saw the movie, and it made me want to build another Transformer, so I knocked this little ol' thing out. (2 URLs) Click the pictures, if you please. Adrian (17 years ago, 31-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | FSM - All Hail His noodly goodness!
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Hello all... 2 new mocs found in this (URL) (once moderated) both dedicated to all that question "Intelligent Design". Yes Virgina, there is a Flying Spaghetti Monster... Here HE is in all his noodly goodness! (URL) This moc was totally inspired by (...) (17 years ago, 31-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !!
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| | US S@H Phone Specials August 29--September 4
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1-800-835-4386 8415 Dump Truck 29.99 15.00 8281 Mini Tractor 9.99 5.00 7782 The Batwing 49.99 25.00 3756 2x4 Ridge Roof Tiles Steep Sloped Brown 4.99 2.50 10012 Assorted Yellow Plates 4.99 2.50 (17 years ago, 30-Aug-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | LEGO Fan Lives
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A small group of fans and LEGO Ambassadors have been working behind the scenes to make a new LEGO Fan site after the server crashed earlier this year: (2 URLs) The site has new content and a new logo. Certain areas are under construction and we will (...) (17 years ago, 30-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Search by tag on BrickBuildr
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Just a quick FYI, I've added a tag cloud on BrickBuildr, now you should be able to view images by a particular tag: (URL) (17 years ago, 30-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | United States Capitol finished after 4 years
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(URL) Dear LEGO fans, Dominik Gerlach, a 26-year-old AFOL from Germany did it. He has build the United States Capitol with LEGO bricks. I was happy to be able to interview the masterbuilder recently: HoMa: How comes that you had the idea of building (...) (17 years ago, 29-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | New MOC: Cub CISM
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Another CISM. My next design will be something different...sort of. (URL) Cub CISM> Thanks for looking. Please vote and leave a comment. Bill (17 years ago, 29-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Palisades Building event needs you
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Hey everyone, There will be a building event this weekend (August 31-Sept 2) at the Palisades LEGO Brand Retail store. The folks at the store are looking for some volunteers to help with the event, most specifically on Sunday night for the break (...) (17 years ago, 28-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Atlanta Airport Art Project--potential for huge AFOL joint display
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Some time ago, I found out that the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, GA (one of the two busiest airports in the USA) had something called the "Airport Art Program". This had come about from my working on a large airport MOC that (...) (17 years ago, 27-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Brickling Brothers International Traveling Circus
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Ladies and Gentlemen! Children of All Ages! Step right up! Enter the World of Brickling Brothers International Traveling Circus! (URL) Last month, I finished my latest theme train/playset. Inspired by a Duplo giraffe that I found in a mixed parts (...) (17 years ago, 27-Aug-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !!
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| | US S@H Phone Specials Aug 22--Aug 28
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1-800-835-4386 8415 Dump Truck 29.99 15.00 8281 Mini Tractor 9.99 5.00 10012 Assorted Yellow Plates 4.99 2.50 (17 years ago, 27-Aug-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | L(EGO)Draw parts
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Hi folks, as announced in this thread: (URL) members of the Steering Committee (SteerCo) have been in contact with LEGO to look at ways of working together to ease the conversion between the LEGO Digital Designer and the LDraw System Of Tools. This (...) (17 years ago, 27-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | New MOC: Dragon Sculpture
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"Sometimes, the dragon wins." (URL) After 2.5 years, the Dragon sculpture I have been working on is finally done. I'd love to know what everyone thinks. Writeup and more pictures here: (URL) Build process pics: (URL) LMKWYT! :) -Anne (17 years ago, 24-Aug-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Change in email handling policy for LUGNET
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@all, the recent dramatic surge in spam attacks against the LUGNET server has called for drastic measures. I have implemented a new access control mechanism for email delivery. Since the old mechanism was fairly open, it is now possible that a few (...) (17 years ago, 24-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | New site: BrickBuildr
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A little bit of background... I remember reading (URL) this> and thinking to myself I think Flickr is great for surfing MOCs if you know where to look. About a few weeks ago, I started playing around with phpFlickr, thinking that it would be easy to (...) (17 years ago, 24-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | New BIONICLE.com webmaster
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I guess it's no secret, but I haven't exactly spread it around the AFOL world quite yet. So it's time - more than time - to announce that I've taken a position with The LEGO Group. My new role is Internet Content Manager for BIONICLE, Racers, and (...) (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.people, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | new moc: microscale caribbean resort
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(URL) i had originally wanted to build a minifig scale caribbean resort but the financial calculations on 6 bungalows in pastel colours ended that dream. someone suggested microscale (might have been my husband, who despite having no interest (...) (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !!
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| | Toad CISM
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Another Close Infantry Support Mech, this time with new and improved PNG files! (URL) Toad CISM> Let me know what you thinkand thanks for looking. -Bill (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | *** LDView Version 3.2 Released ***
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LDView 3.2 is now available for download from the LDView downloads page here: (URL) Please note that the translations have not yet been updated to work with this release, and translations created for version 3.1 will refuse to load. The 3.2 (...) (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX) !!
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| | New rule for SOTM/MOTM
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Dear all, We have decided to introduce an additional rule to the MOTM and SOTM contests on LDraw.org in order to make them a little more interesting. We will now only run these contests if there are a minimum of five entries. The current situation (...) (17 years ago, 22-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Scott Wardlaw's GM EMD SD80 in Norfolk Southern trim
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(URL) Please take a look at the rest of the pictures here: (URL) Thanks for looking, Scott (17 years ago, 21-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Gremlin CISM
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Here's a link to my newest design, the Gremlin Close Infantry Support Mech: (URL) Gremlin CISM> The pics are JPEGs but the quality is still fairly decent. On the next design which I hope to have finished in a day or so, I'll be trying out the PNG (...) (17 years ago, 21-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | NCLUG Harry Potter Goblet of Fire Display
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Greetings, This post is long overdue, my bad. Our group NCLUG was contacted by a local movie theatre to provide a display to accompany the release of Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire. (2 URLs) built a 192 stud square display that stayed up for (...) (17 years ago, 21-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | "Building with Bricksmith" screencast video
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I have recorded a silent video "screencast" of the creation of my most recent (URL) LDraw model> (yet another B-Wing variant). It is not a short video, but it shows the whole process from start to finish. Watching it has already given me a few ideas (...) (17 years ago, 19-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Classic Space XL
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(URL) Hi Folks, I've never built a space ship, so where to start? LEGO Classic Space could be a cool theme to add jet another ship. The famous LL924 is godfather of my LL924 creation in XL or UCS format. The scale is nearly 2:1 and would work fine (...) (17 years ago, 18-Aug-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX) !!
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| | US S@H Phone Specials Aug 15--Aug 21
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1-800-835-4386 8415 Dump Truck 29.99 15.00 8281 Mini Tractor 9.99 5.00 10012 Assorted Yellow Plates 4.99 2.50 (17 years ago, 18-Aug-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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