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| (URL) Welcome to the Planet Express! I'm sure your stay, like so many of our esteemed crew before you, will be full of adventure, excitement, and er, brevity. Allow me to show you about the place. (URL) First off, my name is Professor Hubert J. (...) (17 years ago, 23-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | Cruise Ship at Lego Store
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| After the Hoth display was done, I've been asked if I also do other themes besides Star Wars. The conversation led to building a cruise ship where I've agreed to do it on the store premises using the Pick-A-Brick wall at my discretion. The build (...) (17 years ago, 23-Mar-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Salisbury Cathedral
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| Salisbury Cathedral,located in southern England, will this year celebrate its 750th anniversary. The cathedral was completed in 1258 but the spire was not added until 1320. At the moment my MOC is also without a spire. I’ve attempted to build it a (...) (17 years ago, 22-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.arch) !!
| | | | | Narrow Gauge 0-4-0
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| This year's Brickvention Build-In-Bag challenge was: [LEGOSet 4837] I was quite taken by the set, and the possibilities of rebuilding it to minifig scale, but preserving the gauge and, more or less, the width. Eventually, the wheel arrangement, the (...) (17 years ago, 22-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | technic furniture
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| many years ago i gave away my technic pieces. i felt they had no value (i know, i know, how innocent i was). i didn't feel i had a future building cranes or robots or motorized mocs, ;). how little i knew giving away those gears and things with (...) (17 years ago, 22-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
| | | | | new moc: double decker house
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| (URL) when our lug required a quick infill for our annual display at railfair last october, i made this double decker house with dance studio and ballroom. again, it was loosely based on a house i had seen for a brief moment on a renovation/extreme (...) (17 years ago, 21-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX) !
| | | | | Unofficial parts pack for LeoCAD
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| For a very long time, there have been no official release of LDraw parts, so many useful unofficial parts have accumulated on LDraw Parts Tracker. While LDraw Parts Tracker provides a way to download them all((URL) is no simple solution for LeoCAD (...) (17 years ago, 21-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.leocad, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Call For BrickFair Volunteers
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| Hello fellow AFOL's, As you may know, BrickFair is the big event of the year, here in the D.C. area. Though BrickFair is not affiliated with 'BrickFest(TM),' BrickFair is the natural successor of the previous event. Many of the people that have been (...) (17 years ago, 20-Mar-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | First Flight of the Verdant Fern
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| (2 URLs) flickr> (URL) Hi all, I made a diorama to go with my latest two (URL) MOCs>. Comments and criticisms welcome, Tim (17 years ago, 19-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !
| | | | | The Brick Testament - David vs His Own People
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| WARNING: This post contains links to MOCs illustrating subject matter that may be considered inappropriate for children. (URL) The Brick Testament> website has been updated today with (URL) new illustrated stories> that bring to a close the epic (...) (17 years ago, 19-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
| | | | | Toronto Star Box
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| Last fall I was commissioned by the Toronto Star to do a live one day build as part of a promotion (new sales feature they were launching) at a conference hosted by Strategy Magazine at the Sheraton Hotel (downtown Toronto). (URL) More pics (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 19-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX) !!
| | | | | Dogfighters 2137: Verdant Fern and an automobile
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| (3 URLs) BS> Hi all, I sort of accidentally came up with a new 'subtheme' recently which I've dubbed (URL) Dogfighters 2137> and where the aesthetic is a little bit art deco, a little bit retro future and a little bit WWII. It's rare for me to stick (...) (17 years ago, 18-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.space, FTX) !
| | | | | Gangsters!
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| The Indy fedora sure comes in handy for this theme... (2 URLs) Blood and Bullets> (2 URLs) Scarface> "Big Daddy" Nelson (17 years ago, 18-Mar-08, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Old Dutch Farm
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| Hi there, I'm building a farm set in the 1920s of the last century. It's a farm nearby, a village called Bunnik. The farm isn't ready yet, but some vehicles and little scenes are. So I like to share with you: The chicken: (URL) The hay cart: (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 17-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
| | | | | Micro Train Layout
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| Here is a short vid of "phase two" of my "moving moc" Micro Train Layout from our last show. (URL) layout features many souvenir micro sets (three Brickfest, a Brick World one, and a BrickVention one), and a few stock Lego sets. It also has many (...) (17 years ago, 16-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale) !!
| | | | | staircase studies
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| (URL) i have been experimenting with a variety of designs to create curved staircases, and in some cases, wavy staircases. the designs here are all based on the same concept, but each varies slightly in building techniques using different stud (...) (17 years ago, 14-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX) !
| | | | | Mini 10185 Green Grocer by Chiukeung
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| Hello, This is chiukeung from Hong Kong (HKLUG) and first time to post in LUGNET, I would like to present my new creation - Mini 10185 Green Grocer, which uses over 450 pcs and took two weeks to build. welcome to give me your comments. :) Enjoys, (...) (17 years ago, 13-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.loc.hk, FTX) !!
| | | | | new moc: candy cane
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| a fellow afol and i are trying to prod each other to post more mocs that were built in the past and never made it to the light of day. as we were lamenting (that's the kind word for what we were really doing) our lack of recent contribution to the (...) (17 years ago, 13-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX)
| | | | | New (to you) trains
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| Well it had been a slow couple of weeks for new train MoCs, but I see that trend has already changed in the last few days. And now here I am to add my 2c to the pile. I'm slowly clearing through my backlog of creations and getting them up to (...) (17 years ago, 13-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | Wind turbines
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| Inspired by the last FLL theme, I figured out it would be nice to have wind turbines as part of the layout... even if they actually might not produce energy. At first I thought of having one (micro) motor on each of them, but that would get a bit (...) (17 years ago, 12-Mar-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Adventures of the S-Team #500
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| It's almost here! The Adventures of the S-Team ((URL) LEGO fandom's longest-running daily superhero webcomic, is less than three weeks away from reaching the epic #500. And four weeks after that, the beginning of the S-Team's third year. Help (...) (17 years ago, 11-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | Trogladyte V 2.0
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| Hello again! As I mentioned in my prevoius post, I had a VERY productive week. I'd been meaning to revisit this beastie for a while now, and yesterday's blizzard gave me just the impetus I needed. I present to you the new and improved Trogladyte V (...) (17 years ago, 10-Mar-08, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | New Mech, Basilisk
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| Hello all, Had a very productive week. I built a new mech that I have dubbed the Basilisk. There are 5 variations of the design. Primary Config: (URL) config A: (URL) B: (URL) C: (URL) D: (URL) mech was designed to work in conjunction with both the (...) (17 years ago, 10-Mar-08, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | Maryland & Pennsylvania RR NW2 Diesel Switcher #81
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| Maryland & Pennsylvania NW2 Diesel Switcher #81 (URL) Originally formed in 1901 from several narrow gauge lines, the now standard gauge Maryland & Pennsylvania RR railroad (Ma & Pa to its fans) traced a meandering seventy-seven mile route to connect (...) (17 years ago, 10-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
| | | | | iBook stand
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| (URL) iBook stand made of ZNAP> I have been meaning to do this project for years and a reasonable solution popped into my head as I was driving. It took about 5 minutes to assemble and adjust once I had the brainstorm. The edge of the iBook is (...) (17 years ago, 7-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | GMLTC to display at La Crosse & Three Rivers Model Railroad Show
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| The Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club will be showing this weekend at the La Crosse & Three Rivers Railroad Club 27th Annual Model Railroad Show. Come see the GMLTC’s 18’x30’ ever-expanding modular all-LEGO town & train layout. Club member Judy Payne (...) (17 years ago, 7-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.wi, FTX)
| | | | | Captain Lucky
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| It's been awhile since I made a vignette. I found a new use for those Rebel minifig heads today: (URL) "Big Daddy" Nelson (17 years ago, 7-Mar-08, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | La Crosse Model Train Show - March 8th & 9th
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| Just a reminder that the 27th annual La Crosse & Three Rivers Railroad Club's Model Railroad Show is this weekend (March 8th & 9th) at the La Crosse Center in La Crosse, WI. Show hours are 10 am until 6 pm on Saturday and 10 am until 4 pm on Sunday. (...) (17 years ago, 6-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Ghost Train
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| (URL) Point Brique Ghost Train, as seen at Brickvention 2008 (where it won second prize) and on (URL). While I’ve built hundreds of MOCs over the years, it’s only recently that I’ve become interested in building amusement rides. Inspired by Stump (...) (17 years ago, 5-Mar-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | The Return of Space, part 2
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| I invite you to listen to the Spamcast “The Return Of Space”, part two of an interview with Mark Sandlin and Chris Giddens, set designers for the yet to be released Lego Factory Space sets. (URL) -Tom (17 years ago, 5-Mar-08, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | The Return Of Space
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| I invite you to listen to the Spamcast "The Return Of Space", part one of an interview with Mark Sandlin and Chris Giddens, set designers for the yet to be released Lego Factory Space sets. (URL) -Tom (17 years ago, 5-Mar-08, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | Call for Participation: Disney-Themed LEGO Display
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| A little back story first: GFLUG/GFLTC decided last year that a few of us will try to make it to NMRA in Anaheim in 2008 -- the attraction of making side trips to Legoland & Disneyland is just too great to stay away. Being a Disney-geek as well as a (...) (17 years ago, 4-Mar-08, to lugnet.disney, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | AuctionBrick is closed
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| (URL) It is time for the official annoucement that (URL) is now closed. I would like to extend a BIG thank you to those of you who stopped by, looked, listed and bid over the years. But my heart hasn't been in this project for some time now, and it (...) (17 years ago, 4-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.auctionbrick, lugnet.market.auction, FTX) !!
| | | | | Captain Winthrop's Personal Air Conveyance
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| As my first foray into both announcing an MOC and entering a contest, I present this little flyer. It's an entry in ReasonablyClever.com's LEGO Steampunk in 50 Bricks or Less contest. [Captain Winthrop's Personal Air Conveyance] (URL) [LEGO (...) (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc)
| | | | | Town diorama and a few new MOCs
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| Our club is doing an Exhibition in Budapest, so finally I had the opportunity to assemble my town diorama I've been building for over a year now. The whole layout is much bigger, my stuff is just 25% percent of it. (2 URLs) A club member suggested (...) (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| | | | | 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee: SteerCo reconfirmed for new term
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| Hi folks, since only the LDraw Steering Committee members already in charge are running for the election of the 2008/2009 LDraw.org Steering Committee[1] and have accept their nomination in response to this message: (URL) election itself has become (...) (17 years ago, 2-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
| | | | | Post Apocalypse roundup
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| The Flickr Apocalego contest sent me into a building rampage, and these are the results: For the "No Survivors" category, the Empty Swingset: (URL) Only the wind pushes the swings anymore. It doesn't really scream "apocalypse" to me as much as I had (...) (17 years ago, 2-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Voting for March 2008 contests is now open
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| The voting for the March 2008 contests is now open. Visit the (URL) page> to cast your vote. Willy Tschager LDraw.org Administration Team (17 years ago, 1-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | MECH BAY 13 - Big Blue breaks out!
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| MECH BAY 13 ==== (URL) Big Blue> breaks out! (7 URLs) Deep Links (6 URLs) ==== (URL) Mech Bay 13> (2 URLs) Eric Sophie> (17 years ago, 1-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Lego superhero comic
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| Hello everyone, I posted a new chapter in my ongoing Lego superhero comic, (URL) The Unlikely Society>. Villainous plots are revealed, and the heroes attempt to both rescue their friend and save humanity from a terrible fate involving really awful (...) (17 years ago, 29-Feb-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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