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We've posted 2007's LEGO Christmas gift recommendations at GUOM. You can view our recommendations at: (URL) and let us know if we missed something. Steven and Nikki (17 years ago, 1-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.bimp)
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| | LDraw.org's November 2007 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the November 2007 Model/Scene/Part Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) POTM - Best Part, Electric Technic Power Functions XL Motor Complete Shortcut by Philippe Hurbain (Philo)> (URL) POTM – Most Desired (...) (17 years ago, 1-Dec-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | BrickBuildr Hits its 90th Member
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BrickBuildr is (URL) 90 users> strong, with (URL) 78 LEGO related groups>, consisting of (URL) 26392 photos>, tagged with (URL) 5061 tags>. Any body want to design a logo for the web-site? I can pay in LEGO. :) --Mike. (17 years ago, 30-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Reasonably Clever December Challenge: Holiday Transfomers
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Hello all - We just finished up our last contest ((URL) Mars Re-Mission>) at (URL) Reasonably Clever>, but we wanted to squeeze in one more challenge for 2007. To that end, I'd like to announce the (URL) Holiday Transformation Challenge> (URL) Your (...) (17 years ago, 29-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX)
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| | The Brick Testament - War and Dismemberance
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(URL) The Brick Testament> has been updated today with seven new illustrated stories from the continuing saga of (URL) King David>: (URL) Makes Promises He Won't Keep>, (URL) Vanquished>, (URL) Massacres the Moabites>, (URL) Aramaeans Killed>, (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 29-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Planeta Bur
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(2 URLs) BS> From (URL) everyone's favourite 60s Soviet sci-fi>. Tim (17 years ago, 29-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
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| | My Latest Iteration of Thomas the Tank Engine (with BBB wheels:-)
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In my never ending pursuit of the perfect Thomas MOC, there has been a HUGE development: Years ago I begged Ben Fleskes to make some BBB wheels in blue. Though I'm not sure it was because of my begging, he has FINALLY produced BBB wheels in blue (...) (17 years ago, 29-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | New MOC: Cowans Sheldon 76T Rail Crane with Power Functions - photos
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Here are the photos of my new Rail Crane with Power Functions: (URL) It's an 8mm scale model of a Cowans Sheldon 76T crane. Some details still to finish - I want to make sure it passes the scale load lifting test first. The scale load will be 6 full (...) (17 years ago, 28-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | Fountain - WIP
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I have 16 Café-Corner modules and it was getting a bit repetitive, so I decided that the next thing I will add to my layout will be a square or park. I have a small church that I think I will be able to add to this new section of my layout, but I (...) (17 years ago, 27-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Winter Meeting
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(2 URLs) Full gallery> (URL) Flickr> Two lovers from rival samurai clans meet in secret on a cold winter day. My first genuine non-space and mecha creation. I was inspired to try my hand at building a snow scene after seeing the snowscaping in (...) (17 years ago, 27-Nov-07, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | HF110C 0-6-0T+T - 6 wide, powered and not really 0-6-0
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(2 URLs) Flickr> (URL) BS> Hi all, I finally got around to building some new rolling stock. As I have no internet at home I had to build it from a model from a magazine ((URL) Modeller>) but I tried to get it as accurate to the model as I could. As (...) (17 years ago, 27-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Sentinel Class Recon'/Utility Vehicle (RUV).
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OK, so I couldn't help myself - here is the Sentinel Class Recon'/Utility Vehicle (RUV), based loosely on a Jeep, its purpose is to scout enemy territory, act as a patrol vehicle and as a general runaround. (URL) Sentinel is lightly armoured and can (...) (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
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| | British Class 35 "Hymek" Loco with Power Functions
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New photos on Brickshelf of my 8mm scale Class 35 Hymek loco ("Bear" from the Thomas stories), now with added Power Functions: (URL) can see the window of the PF IR receiver towards the right end of the roof here: (URL) odd bit in the middle of the (...) (17 years ago, 26-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Infiltrator Class APC
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This is probably the last military ground vehicle I will be pressing into service for the Tabletown Army - well, for a while at least. My brief here was to complete a trio of vehicles so that the Tabletown troops actually had something to ride (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
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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 MOTM/SOTM contest: (URL) currently have 4 entries for the MOTM, 3 for the SOTM and many for the POTM. As you might know we will run these contests only if there are a minimum of five entries. Please (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | AZOTH - close combat mech
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(2 URLs) Full gallery> <url=(URL) Flickr> Hooray for Thanksgiving holiday builds. This uses a basic click joint frame (based on Izzo's and Nnenn's click joint frames), which was a pain due to my blocky style of building and resulting heaviness. Next (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Lego Store Bridgewater Display
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The LEGO store at Bridgewater Mall in New Jersey currently has on display an MOC that I've done this past couple of weeks and will be on through the holiday season. (URL) AC (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR Caboose and Hopper
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Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR Bay Window Caboose and 100 Ton Hoppers (URL) The (URL) Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR> established in 1875 connected the steel centers of Connellsville PA, Pittsburgh, and Youngstown Ohio hauling coal, coke, iron ore, limestone, (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Aggressor Class Main Battle Tank - more toys for the Tabletown Army!
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Following my construction of the Triumph Class LAVs, I decided Tabletown needed something heavier to engage the enemy forces of BestLockLand, and so here we are! This is the Sinister Industries Aggressor Class MBT (Main Battle Tank). Weighing in at (...) (17 years ago, 20-Nov-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
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| | Ambulance
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I recently beefed up my ambulance and am pleased well enough with the way it came out. (URL) I think it looks a little old school like 1970's or 80's ambulances. (the front end anyway) Comments and alternative ideas are more than appreciated. The (...) (17 years ago, 20-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town)
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| | Sava Railways' #982 "Lady" (with Big Ben's Medium Drivers)
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(2 URLs) Flickr Gallery> I was fortunate enough to recently get my hands on Big Ben Bricks new Medium Drivers, so I set out to build a Ten Wheeler based off of the Grapevine Railroad's "Puffy". "Lady" is fully track ready, easily negotiating turns (...) (17 years ago, 20-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Stargate Update!
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Hello everybody! About 3 weeks ago, I opened a new sub section on my humble homepage dealing with Stargate ((URL)). Many people didn't notice it at first and asked "Why haven't you posted it on Lugnet". I'd like to do this now, as having had some (...) (17 years ago, 18-Nov-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !!
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| | Triumph Class Light Assault Vehicle, Newly delivered to the Tabletown Armed Forces
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This is my first attempt at an AFV and also my first ever attempt at "mass-producing" a vehicle. This is the Sinister Industries Triumph Class LAV (Light Assault Vehicle), a twin-gun turretless fast-moving ground vehicle. (URL) with two 50-megajoule (...) (17 years ago, 18-Nov-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
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| | Custom LEGO Scrabble board
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Most of my tinkering with LEGO these days involves very utilitaran projects; such as this custom board I recently made for my tournament/competitive Scrabble playing: (URL) alert: glue and non-LEGO used) Eric Harshbarger (17 years ago, 16-Nov-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Portable LEGO! Zoo-In-A-Box
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Hello all! It has been a very long time- I’m very happy to be back!! Here’s my latest- Zoo In a Box- take it with you wherever you may go! (2 URLs) Let me know what you all think! Cheers- Megan (17 years ago, 16-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Hiawatha steam locomotive
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For those of you who have been to either of the last two NMRA National Train Shows, you might have seen my (URL) Hiawatha train set>, (URL) You may have also noticed that the steam locomotive was more often a static display, giving way to diseasels. (...) (17 years ago, 16-Nov-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | The Brick Testament - David, King of Israel
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(URL) The Brick Testament> has been updated today with six new illustrated stories that kick off a new section of the website called (URL) King David>, covering stories from the Bible's books of 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles. (2 URLs) to view the new (...) (17 years ago, 15-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !!
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| | Killer Dozers
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(URL) ...an (almost) alternate model for 8275 bulldozer. "Almost" because in addition to the 8275 set you need one more battery box and RC handset to control the second Killer Dozer. Each player control a dozer, the purpose of the game is to tip (...) (17 years ago, 15-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Serious E-mail issue resolved
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@ll, I am very sorry that apparently a serious issue with LUGNET's e-mail service went unnoticed for a couple of days. This resulted in a backlog of some 16,000 messages that went unprocessed plus several thousand e-mails that were not sent out. The (...) (17 years ago, 14-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | VX-999 - Space Pirate Lair (microscale)
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(URL) I builded! After a year of not building anything, I decided to try out castle, microscale, and floating rocks - all in one MOC. This was inspired by the recent space station (fbtb) and microscale castle (classic-castle) contests, everyone's (...) (17 years ago, 12-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Killough platform with power functions
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A Killough platform is a triangular vehicle with three "omni-directional" wheels that can move or rotate in any direction. Here is my version using Power Functions motors. The obvious arrangement is to have one motor for each wheel. Instead, for an (...) (17 years ago, 13-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Adventures of the S-Team contest!
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Hi all, Today marks the 400th strip of The Adventures of the S-Team ((URL) and also a reiteration of a contest I announced back in October where you can be a guest author for the S-Team. Follow this link ((URL) the details. Entry deadline is (...) (17 years ago, 9-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Keeping Your Priorities Straight!
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For any of you that are fortunate enough to get the 10179 UCS Millennium Falcon set, remember to keep your priorities straight. Enjoy building that awesome set, but don't neglect the other priorities and opportunities in your life! (4 URLs) This is (...) (17 years ago, 6-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !!
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| | another style Garbage Truck
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(URL) A more traditional USA style garbage truck. This is the first time I can remember that I used two different bright colors on a vehicle in such prominence. I don't hate the colors. I think they work OK together. Full folder: (URL) There are a (...) (17 years ago, 5-Nov-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Salior's Light
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This was my entry to the "Mini Castle Contest III" on C-C: (URL) Backstory: This once-barren island was discovered by a group of sea-faring monks, who liked the remote location, and labored hard to construct a new monastery there. However, they soon (...) (17 years ago, 3-Nov-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | LDraw.org's October 2007 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the October 2007 Model/Scene/Part Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, The Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb by Matija Puzar> (URL) POTM - Best Part, Electric Power Functions 9V Battery Box (...) (17 years ago, 2-Nov-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Samurai Gates
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Through the gates of a Samurai clan, a small contingent of Ninjas prepare for a journey to the West. (2 URLs) AC (17 years ago, 2-Nov-07, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | 2007/2008 LDraw Standard Committee (LSC) election result
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The winners of the 2007/2008 LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) election are (in alphabetical order by last name): Travis Cobbs Mike Heidemann William Howard Philippe Hurbain Orion Pobursky Congratulations to the new LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) (...) (17 years ago, 2-Nov-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
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| | LSculpt update - Mac version available!
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Jim Devona has kindly compiled LSculpt for Macintosh. It's a universal build, so it should work on Intel and PPC computers. I've also added a little more text to the HELP file and fixed a couple bugs. LSculpt is available at (URL) Here are a couple (...) (17 years ago, 1-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Adventures of the S-Team turns 400!
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Greetings, LEGO brethren (and, uh, sisthren?)! This is my first post on LugNet. My name is Ian Thomas Healy. I am the creator of the LEGO-based webcomic (URL) The Adventures of the S-Team>. Next Friday, November 9th, marks a milestone - my 400th (...) (17 years ago, 1-Nov-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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