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(URL) This new utility allows to cut a LDraw file along the intersection with another. All triangles, quads, lines and conditional lines in cut file are split where they meet triangles or quads of the cutter file. Program, documentation, source code (...) (16 years ago, 2-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Server Outage between 11:30 and 15:30 GMT today
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Hi all, this is just to inform you that we had an unplanned server outage today (July 2nd, 2008), taking LUGNET offline from 11:30 to 15:30 GMT. The primary cause was a blown power supply with the main server, which subsequently burned some parts of (...) (16 years ago, 2-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce)
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| | New MOC: Grand Traverse Lighthouse
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This is a scale model of the Grand Traverse Lighthouse, which is at the tip of the Leelananu Peninsula in Michigan's lower peninsula, at the mouth of Lake Michigan's Grand Traverse Bay. The nearest town is Northport (Sutton's Bay, Traverse City). (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | LEGO Castle Adventure in Indianapolis
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I just received the July-August Brickmaster magazine today, and on page 23 it tells of a LEGO Castle Adventure that's a touring exhibit. It starts on January 31, and guess where it starts... The Children's Museum of Indianapolis!!! (Really nice for (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jul-08, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, FTX)
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| | 7782 Batwing: Joker's Aerial Assault - alternate model
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Check out the Wrathchild: (URL) first attempt at a transforming model (albeit a bit simple but hey, it's a start). If you've got the 7782 Batwing: Joker's Aerial Assault set then you've got all the pieces you need to build it. Instructions available (...) (16 years ago, 30-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Bricks in my Pocket Status
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I've been amazed at the number of folks who regularly ask about the status of BimP and the BimPCast. Thanks so much to all the faithful folks out there who, after 2 years, continue to provide feedback. Some of you may have noticed that BimP has been (...) (16 years ago, 29-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce.bimp)
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| | The Brick Testament - God Dissolves Israel
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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> has been updated with four new illustrated Bible stories added to the (URL) King Solomon> section of (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
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| | Press release for LEGO Collectors Guide
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Hi all, You might be interested in the flyer for the LEGO Collectors Guide. No word on US availability as of yet. (URL) Flyer (PDF file)> Enjoy! Tim (URL) (16 years ago, 25-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Courageous Class Patrol Ship.
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The Courageous Class Patrol Vessel is a high-speed attack craft designed to engage and destroy or cripple enemy capital ships and defend the shores of Tabletown. It's secondary roles include coastguard duties, anti-piracy, and tracking down drug (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jun-08, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce, lugnet.boats, FTX)
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| | Brickworld 2008 - Thanks to Everyone
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(URL) A HUGE thank you to everyone that participated in Brickworld 2008. Once again, the event was a great success because of your efforts, your donations and your artistic & engineering talents. We never thought we could top the feel of Brickworld (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jun-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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| | Brickworld 2008... not
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Okay, sorry for the tease in the subject, but as I'm getting reading for Brickworld, I was finally able to upload a few pictures of a train MOC from last summer. And it has been almost a month since we've seen any new train MOCs posted. (2 URLs) I (...) (16 years ago, 18-Jun-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Eero Saarinen Inspired Church For NBM Display
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Hey folks, Looks like I have a lot of people interested in what I'm building for the National Building Museum display that's coming up here on the 21st of June here in D.C. It's a church inspired by Eero Saarinen. I myself attended a church much (...) (16 years ago, 17-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | "ARREST THAT ROBOT!"
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Built for at least two displays this year and because I love the character: (2 URLs) Flicker Gallery> Joe "yes I still build" Meno PS BrickJournal 2 is shipping NOW! (16 years ago, 17-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.disney, FTX) !!
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| | LDraw Facebook and Flickr groups
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Whoops. I forgot to post these to .announce. I've created Facebook and Flickr groups for LDraw. Facebook group: (URL) group: (URL) posts: (URL) about that, Tim (16 years ago, 11-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | Nemo Nautilus
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Hello Guys, Since I was a child I love the Nautilus and Captain Nemo. The disney movie is a great childhood remind. Today I've just finished my LEGO Bricks Nautilus. Ok, I apologize, it's not Disney's design. But I was inspired by the book and some (...) (16 years ago, 10-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | LEGO Attendees and Sponsored Events at Brickworld
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(URL) Once again this year, The LEGO Group will play a wonderful part in the Brickworld event. This year, we expect 15 LEGO attendees at the event. I have listed their role at LEGO as I understand it wherever possible (I am sorry I don't know (...) (16 years ago, 10-Jun-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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| | The Brick Testament - King Solomon: Livin' Large
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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 four new illustrated Bible stories showcasing the heyday of (URL) (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
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| | Gundam 4953-7700-7700 combo alternate
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I'm trying to avoid the multi-set alternates but I just had to take a shot at the beloved Gundam design so here it is: (URL) a bit crude but working with alternates does add limitations. 8^) If you've got the 4953 Fast Flyers and two of the 7700 (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | RAILBRICKS Issue 3
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(URL) RAILBRICKS Issue 3 has been released. The Tips & Tricks Issue 64 pages (URL) Articles include: •PF Trains + 9v Train Tricks •Creating Wooden Trestle Bridges •RCX (PBricks) and 9v Train Integration •Interview with Swoofty •and much more..... (...) (16 years ago, 5-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish.railbricks, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | LDraw.org's May 2008 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the May 2008 Model/Scene/Part Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) POTM - Best Part, Door 1 x 8 x 6 Frame by Willy Tschager (Holly-Wood) and LEGO Universe Team> (URL) POTM – Most Desired Part, Window 1 x 4 (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | New LEGO Ambassador Group!
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New LEGO Ambassador Group! We’re excited to announce the new group of LEGO Ambassadors who will be representing the AFOL Community to the LEGO Group. We had nearly 100 nominations and the choices were hard. We settled on the following forty (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | June Grand Openings for LEGO Brand Retail
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The month of June is going to have two grand openings for brand new LEGO Brand Retail Stores, one in Houston, TX and one in Phoenix, AR. I just wanted to make sure all of the information was posted in one place if you’re interesting in knowing when (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Ambassador Nominations - mails really were all recieved!
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We had a slight hiccup in our mail process today. if you recieved a mail stating that your Ambassador nomination will not be read, and you know full well you sent it in on time, please ignore. We have all of your nominations and they are still (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce)
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| | R2-R9
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Here's the first MOC I've ever posted. It's a large R2-R9, based on Maskatron's excellent R2 design. (URL) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Official parts restrictions document ratified by the LSC
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The LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) has ratified the document (URL) LDraw.org File Format Restrictions for Official Parts>. This document lists restrictions that aren't part of the LDraw 1.0 spec that are placed on files in the official parts (...) (16 years ago, 2-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Aladdin and the Lamp
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In which Aladdin rubs the lamp, erm, teapot, and is granted three wishes... (2 URLs) Dr. S. (16 years ago, 1-Jun-08, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | "Picking up the Pieces" Post-Apoc contest
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You know what's all the rage in the building world these days? Post-Apocalypse. All the cool kids are doing it. They even started a new contest: (URL) We encourage any and all to try their hand. There's lots of inspiration out there from (URL) (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Hispabrick Magazine Issue 1 now Avaliable
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Dear all: It's a great day for the Spanish Community. We have the pleasure to launch the first issue of the Hispabrick Magazine. This magazine is destined mainly to the Spanish speaking community, but everyone can enjoy it. We are now preparing the (...) (16 years ago, 31-May-08, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Yavin IV Rebel Base
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This has replaced the previous (URL) Hoth display>. (URL) AC (16 years ago, 30-May-08, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Brickworld Class Registration OPEN
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(URL) Brickworld 2008 will feature four 3 hour classes on Thursday, June 19th. You can now sign up for classes at the Brickworld website. To register for a class: 1) You must be registered to attend Brickworld 2) Go to the Thursday, June 19, Program (...) (16 years ago, 28-May-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Valley Forge
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Here's a little Memorial Day vignette built as a small tribute to the soldiers who persevered through the harsh winter at Valley Forge. (2 URLs) All the pictures are available on (URL) Flickr> or (URL) Brickshelf> (16 years ago, 27-May-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | VOTE FOR ME!!! (shameless plug)
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Hello fellow LEGO fanatics My video "Building a LEGO model in the bag" has been chosen for the finalists in the Lipton Free Your Y video contest on YouTube. Out of hundreds of videos submitted my LEGO themed video made the final 15. But I need your (...) (16 years ago, 26-May-08, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Muscle car: 4896 alternate
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Hi. Another alternate. This time it's from 4896 Roaring Roadsters: (2 URLs) Folder> (when moderated) Nathanael (16 years ago, 25-May-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | LEGO sculpture atop the Empire State Building
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Hi everybody! I'm very excited to let you know that my latest LEGO sculpture has been installed at the top of The Empire State Building in New York City! (URL) This sculpture of the Empire State Building used about 13,000 LEGO elements and is (...) (16 years ago, 23-May-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, FTX) !!
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| | Last day - Nominations Due end of Day May 24th
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There's been a bit of confusion with the way we worded the due date and I want to clarify for everyone that the nominations are due by the end of the day saturday GMT. So 11:59:59 on the 24th GMT. I hope that clears things up. Steve (16 years ago, 23-May-08, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Blue Mountain & Reading #425
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(2 URLs) Flickr Gallery> Here she is, finally complete in all her cheese slope-y, SNOTty, 7-wide glory. I must say I'm very please with how she turned out. She's fully track compatible and uses the split-pony truck design I've used before. The folks (...) (16 years ago, 23-May-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Skid steer: 8271 alternate
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Hi. After seeing more alternates here, I was reminded of an alternate I uploaded recently. I've been away for a while, and am now back with a small alternate for set 8271. This skid steer is the result: (URL) Here's the rest of the (URL) Hope to be (...) (16 years ago, 21-May-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | The future was yesterday
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(5 URLs) Hi all, I've been in a bit of a retro-future phase lately and thought I'd share it with LUGNET. Here's some (URL) more by me and others>. Hope you like them. Tim (16 years ago, 22-May-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Brickworld Class Registration Coming
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(URL) Brickworld 2008 will feature four 3 hour classes on Thursday, June 19th. The classes are: Studs Out Mosaics with PicktoBrick, Art & Architecture, Introduction to Mindstorms, and Introduction to Brick Filming Details about each class can be (...) (16 years ago, 22-May-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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