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| Hi all, BrickJournal Issue 1, Volume 2 is being printed right now, and is on target for shipping the last week of this month. There's been a lot that has gone on during the preparation time, so here's a release of sorts: A Chat with Jørgen Vig (...) (17 years ago, 9-Feb-08, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !!
| | | | | Brick Fair Announcements
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| Hey AFOL's! Brick Fair is well into it's planning phase. We have an Event date, a venue, and themes that we will be focusing on. (Please drop by the official website, (URL) We even have some Coordinators that have already volunteered! Sadly, we (...) (17 years ago, 8-Feb-08, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Hoth LEGO Store Display
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| Due to the great feedback on the (URL) first MOC> that I've done for the LEGO store at Bridgewater Mall in New Jersey, I've been asked to build a new one to replace it. The theme this time is Hoth which many will recognize as a composite of previous (...) (17 years ago, 7-Feb-08, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | GP-9 Locomotive & 136-Stud Truss Bridge
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| Just finished up a couple new Train MOC's this week and figured I'd share with the community. First up is my take on the EMD GP-9. The EMD GP9 is a 4-axle diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1954 and (...) (17 years ago, 7-Feb-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | New mecha: Tyr
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| Hello, all Finshed my latest Mech on Sunday. I call it Tyr. There are two variants: Tyr Primary: (URL) Variant A (URL) (17 years ago, 7-Feb-08, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | LEGO Steampunk in 50 Bricks or Less
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| Inspired by the recent FBTB Steam Wars contest, I wanted to do my part to keep the excitement going about the Steampunk Building theme. To that end, I'd like to announce: (URL) My Steampunk Challenge is to build something in the theme using 50 (or (...) (17 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !
| | | | | LDraw.org's January 2008 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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| Congratulations to the winners of the January 2008 Model/Scene/Part Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, Hooklift Truck with Crane by Norbert Taxberger> (URL) SOTM, Performance by Owen Dive> (URL) POTM - Best Part, Minifig Accessory (...) (17 years ago, 3-Feb-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | Remote Switch (was: Scale Modelers Aren't the Only Ones . . .)
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| (...) I love Rick's awesome spear switch idea. I kept running it through my head to see if I could make it any smaller. I came up with something this morning: (2 URLs) Full Gallery of my prototype> I only have technic motors, so I wanted a solution (...) (17 years ago, 2-Feb-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Jabba's Steampunk Barge
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| Contest entry for the FBTB Steam Wars loosely based from the (URL) initial concept sketches of Jabba's Sail Barge>. (URL) AC (17 years ago, 31-Jan-08, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | MOC: Falco II
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| Em português no meu blog: (2 URLs) This is my last MOC. Is a hydroplane inspired on the original Falco that appears on the Conan, The Future Boy, a anime TV series from the 70s. The main reason to do this adaptation was the general shape of the (...) (17 years ago, 30-Jan-08, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | New LDraw part author tool and tutorial: Ytruder
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| (2 URLs) Ytruder> utility creates a sheet of triangle and quads from a set of lines. This is done by extrusion in the LDraw Y direction (hence the name). Though somewhat similar to (URL) Coverer> it has a few other possibilities, such as the (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | The secret of Google.
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| All- I figured out the secret of the universe tonight! GOOGLE is actually just an anagram for GO LEGO! If you want proof, just look check out their website. (URL) -Ted Michon (17 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | Brickworld 2008 Call for Presenters
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| (URL) Planning for Brickworld 2008 is well underway. We have expanded presentations to two meeting rooms to provide more opportunities for registered attendees to share & learn from each other It is your participation that will help make Brickworld (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
| | | | | New Tutorial - LDD->LDraw and LDraw->LDD conversion
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| Hi folks, The LDraw and LDD libraries differ in color numbers, sometimes in part numbers, the fact that LDD parts are measured in millimeters while LDraw uses LDUs - LDraw Units, but most notably in the part's origin point. Learn how LEGO Digital (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.ldd)
| | | | | Norfolk & Western Y6b 2-8-8-2 Steam Locomotive
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| Norfolk & Western Y6b 2-8-8-2 Steam Locomotive After tackling a few rigid frame steamers I decided for my next challenge to build an articulated. So I chose one of my favorite Mallets the (URL) N&W Y6b>. (3 URLs) Brickshelf Gallery> after (...) (17 years ago, 25-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Grunts - Episode 15.
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| (URL) S. (17 years ago, 25-Jan-08, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Brickverse Today Update
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| I have updated the Brickverse Today daily email format to now include the new AFOL History and CSF MOC Report. (URL) Also, as of today there are 53 different online feeds being collected and since October 12, 2007 it has sent out 2804 articles to (...) (17 years ago, 25-Jan-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Power Function control with RCX and BrickOS
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| Now you can use your RCX to control LEGO Power Functions. That's right the RCX can act as a PF remote control but it can do something that the PF remote can't do yet. The RCX can do PWM with your PF reciever moduals. You do not need to install (...) (17 years ago, 25-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | Power Functions infra-red RC protocol released!
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| (2 URLs) The LEGO company just released a document detailing the complete protocol used by Power Functions RC receiver. I host the document on my (URL) Power Functions presentation page>. As you can see this opens up a new world of possibilities... (...) (17 years ago, 25-Jan-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | AFOL History Project
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| At the behest of CSF members I have sought to create a repository of events in which I had a few minutes to burn tonight and so I whipped up something quickly. (URL) this page you can view and add events from the past, I have added a few to start (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jan-08, to lugnet.announce) !!
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