 | | 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
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Per the LDraw.org Bylaws at (URL) Subsection 6.03(a), the 2007/2008 Steering Committee hereby calls for the community to nominate individuals as candidates for the 2008/2009 Steering Committee[1]. Please post nominations in response to this message. (...) (17 years ago, 3-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | new moc: water tower house
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i vowed to myself to post this before the new year. i have berated fellow lug members for not posting their new mocs but then i distinctly heard mr. pot calling to mr. kettle, something about the colour black. back in april i completed a new moc, (...) (17 years ago, 31-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX) !!
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| | Holiday Train (MOC Style)
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Hey all, I know, it's been a loooong while since I've posted anything (let alone a MOC announcement). But I've been working on this since before Christmas, and I think that I've finally reached the point where I must stop, or it will take over the (...) (17 years ago, 31-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains)
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| | Stone Soup
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I always liked the children's story (URL) Stone Soup> since hearing it read on the Captain Kangaroo television show many years ago. This vignette illustrates one scene from the story. (URL) (17 years ago, 30-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Grelnix
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New Mecha: Grelnix ==== Completed X-mas Day 2007. (URL) 6 weeks to construct. 33 inches tall. Nearly 10 pounds. 6 Technic Turntables. 2 Pilots - Head / Chest. Ball joints for ankle splay. Jet Pack - 9v Battery Box. Quad ball joint setup / neck. (...) (17 years ago, 28-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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| | New LDraw part author tool: PlanarCheck
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(2 URLs) PlanarCheck> helps you verify that all quads of a part file are planar enough to fulfill LDraw.org Parts Tracker requirements. While a triangle is always flat, a quad may be warped. This can yield weird rendering results, as exemplified by (...) (17 years ago, 27-Dec-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Bovinius Minimus
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Ok, so I guess I'm in a strange old world naming mood this holiday season. Inspired by Siggurd's mini-quad (URL) decided to make a small octopod using small pistons. It uses two small pistons per switch, chained together as a 3 segment inchworm. (...) (17 years ago, 26-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Octomedius
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I was inspired by Philo's pneumatic wheel and his ratio of 1 switch per piston. (URL) right, in that when I did my Inchworms they all used two switches per piston, and he cut it to one. I wondered how short I could make one of my inchworms and still (...) (17 years ago, 26-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Inchworm 4
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I was playing with pneumatic piston and switch linkages trying to improve on the geometries I've developed in the past. This lead to inchworm 4. (URL) 4 has two waves travel down its body like inchworm 3 (URL) big difference is the design of an (...) (17 years ago, 26-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Inchworm 3
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Real life has finally slowed down enough to have time to build. After showing off my robots at an elementary school in another town for three days, I got a huge burst of energy. My first creation was a new kind of pneumatic inchworm. It uses the (...) (17 years ago, 26-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Care Bear Sculpture
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When my younger daughter was growing up she enjoyed playing with, and collecting Care Bears. One of her favorites was Love-a-Lot Bear. Now that she has grown up, the bears have been put away for several years. I wanted to make her a LEGO Christmas (...) (17 years ago, 26-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !
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| | Rebel Advance Lookout
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The rebels established a secret launch base in the Massassi temple of the Yavin system. Advance lookout posts surrounded the perimeter keeping track of ships that come and go manned by rebel troopers around the clock. (URL) AC (17 years ago, 24-Dec-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Grunts - Episode 4.
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(URL) S. (17 years ago, 24-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military, 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/POTM contest: (URL) currently have 4 entries for the MOTM, 3 for the POTM and many for the SOTM. As you might know we will run these contests only if there are a minimum of five entries. Please (...) (17 years ago, 22-Dec-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Skyscraper wip
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ok here is my skyscraper I am working on. I got the ground floor finished tonight and wanted to show it off a little. part of this project is the road and landscape around it. so anyway. (URL) after moderation: (URL) plmkwyt, Spencer (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Rutland Gondola
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I'm slowly adding to my collection of vintage Rutland locos and cars. The latest is a Rutland gondola, based on an old photo found (URL), and an n-scale version pictured (URL) here>. (2 URLs) NELUG Gallery> The sides of the gondola are built from (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX) !!
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| | Grunts - Episode 3.
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The final format change? (URL) S. (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce)
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| | Displaying my set collections at LEGO-palooza
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Since I was a kid collecting lego, I've had a fantasy of setting up all my sets (at that time, 70's town) in an integrated display- I mean, how cool would that be?!? I have never had the luxury of room to do that at home, but the NCLUG LEGO-palooza (...) (17 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Wedding Card Vignettes
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When my wife & I got married in 2006, one of our friends, who was aware of my AFOLness, gave us a fantastic, homemade card featuring two vignettes related to our hobbies. My wife loves to cook (URL) and I was a volunteer firefighter (URL) The cover (...) (17 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
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| | Grunts - Episode 2.
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I'm still feeling my way with this, but I've taken on board a lot of the comments so far from various sources. Unless this is still too big, this is probably the format I'll adopt: (URL) S. (17 years ago, 17-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce)
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| | Latest Mechs
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Hello all, Here are my latest projects. This is the rebuild of the crusher (URL) is the Brute, a construction mech. (URL) is the Brute modified for combat. (URL) here is the inspiration for the brute. This is from Mechwarrior Dark Age (URL) (17 years ago, 17-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Grunts - a LEGO Comic Strip
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I dunno how well this will go down, this is an experiment - if it works and if it's funny, there will be more, if not, then it's quite simple - I will destroy the planet. Grunts - Episode 1! (URL) S. (17 years ago, 17-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Square with fountain - WIP
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This will be the "centerpiece" of my Café Corner layout. I will add more stuff, like benches, minifigs, etc. so it will not be as deserted as it is now. (2 URLs) (17 years ago, 16-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | h(Y)nge-Wing (Micro Y-Wing with only 7 pieces) and about new clicky hinges
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Hello everbody! Today I want to present you something new from the micro workshop. Although it may be niether impressive nor accurate, I hope to make you smile a little bit. Often I spend much time looking at strange pieces, like the highly (...) (17 years ago, 16-Dec-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Rebel Blockade Runner Boarded
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The rebel troopers rush through the corridors of the Rebel Blockade Runner and take up positions in the main passageway. They nervously aim their weapons toward the door and suddenly a tremendous blast opens up a hole through the blast door. (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 15-Dec-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Change in LUGNET news appearance
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Hi all, in the next couple of days, you may notice some changes in the appearance of LUGNET news web pages. These changes are basically a testing scenario and will have the following impact: As long as you are visiting LUGNET news web pages (...) (17 years ago, 13-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | New LDraw part author tool: Coverer
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(2 URLs) Coverer> is a new tool for LDraw part authors that creates a sheet of triangle and quads between two sets of lines. Program, source, documentation, examples are available (URL) here> May this tool help you create new parts! Philo (17 years ago, 13-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX) !
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| | Server Outage today
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Dear all, the main LUGNET server encountered an outage today, caused by a power supply failure and subsequent system recovery. As I am writing this, everything is back to normal and no data have been lost in the process. I apologize for any (...) (17 years ago, 13-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Christmas Wrath
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I have built this for a door decorating contest. (2 URLs) Akos (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Advent calendar
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I am putting together an advent calendar based on Jostein Gaarder's book "The Christmas Mystery" (Julemysteriet). You can find it on (URL). (10 URLs) Play well, Jacob -- Rowing boat (building instructions): (URL) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | Central Brick Union Order of Battle
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Hi all, I may as well post my second military faction, the Central Brick Union: (URL) CBU was most recently in action at the AMCP at BrickWorld 2007: (URL) goes without saying, but the Central Brick Union is a long-standing rival of the previously (...) (17 years ago, 9-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | MOC: Classic Albert Redux
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So it's a rebuilding year, especially since Albert didn't survive the move from LA a few years ago: (URL) The original was built in 2003. (URL) The latest build, finished this week: (URL) Click here for more pictures and the story behind it: (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 8-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Snowflake!
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An experiment using white leaves... (URL) Happy Holidays! "Big Daddy" Nelson (17 years ago, 6-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !!
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| | Breaking News! Enemy troops found within Tabletown Borders!
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During a routine patrol on Thursday 06/12/07, Recon' Troopers from the Tabletown Army stumbled across enemy troops from BestLockLand some three miles within the densely forested area in the north west sector of the Tabletown Region. Apparently (...) (17 years ago, 6-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce) !
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| | The Hawaii Theatre - a big MOC!
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Hi all, This past weekend (URL) LEAHI> (The Lego Enthusiasts Association of Hawaii) put on a display at the state First Lego League competition. I built a large model of the (URL) Hawaii Theatre>, a National Historic Landmark that opened in 1922. (...) (17 years ago, 5-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Northern Brick Republic Order of Battle
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Hi all, I've been building military vehicles and collecting military figs for a while now, and it is high time for me to formally introduce the first of several factions. The Northern Brick Republic Order of Battle is now on Flickr at: (URL) NBR has (...) (17 years ago, 5-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | First Patrol
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Members of the 44th Tabletown Infantry Division embark upon the first patrol of their assigned sector near the BestLockLand Border. (URL) S. (17 years ago, 5-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO TV on Comcast on Demand
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Hoping I'm not posting old news, but LEGO TV went live yesterday on Comcast on Demand. There's an hours worth of content that will be cycling through during this Christmas season. One of the features includes a report from Brickfest PDX and (...) (17 years ago, 4-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | The Tabletown Army is complete!
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After two weeks of frantic building, here we are: 1) Troops: (URL) Small Arms: (URL) Vigil Class Amphibious Supply Truck: (URL) Venom Class Battlefield Superiority Helicopter: (URL) list of my MOCs here (the others have been posted already): (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 2-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce)
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| | Zombie Hunt
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Lure and Destroy: Desert Zombie Headshot-Fest! This MOC was inspired primarily by Max Brooks' books, The Zombie Survival Guide, and World War Z. It is essentially a scene straight out of the survival guide's "On the Hunt" chapter: drive slow in a (...) (17 years ago, 2-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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