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The Mona Lisa uses a pointillist style that I first saw in Roy Cook’s Aayla Secura Pointillist Mosaic winner of best mosaic at Brickfest 2006. My method differs slightly from Roy’s. Roy attached his 1x1 round plates to Technic bricks. I attached my (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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| | 8-Wide Rutland Gondola
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Here's my first attempt at 8-wide, a scaled up version of my Rutland gondola. (URL) For the full story, see my post on the (URL) Trains-n-Town> website. -Elroy (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Jimbo has a rough day
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(2 URLs) flickr> - (URL) linusbohman.se> When the one-eyed snaked attacked, the two friends forgot to check their footing. Jimbo lost an arm and a leg to a mine, and it looked like his buddy Frank was about to lose even more. One could argue that (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Mazda LEGO sculptures & contest
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Hi everyone... This past spring, Mazda commissioned LEGO sculptures of their sporty hatchback car, the MazdaSpeed3... one for every dealership in Mexico. They are currently on display at auto dealerships across the country throughout July and August (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Annoucing My New Website
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(URL) Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you all know about my new website and my new book. There have been hundreds of people over the years that have asked me how they could learn to build like the Master Model Builders and my answer is my new (...) (16 years ago, 21-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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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/POTM contest: (URL) currently have 4 entries for the MOTM, 4 for the POTM and none for the SOTM. As you might know we will run these contests only if there are a minimum of five entries. Please (...) (16 years ago, 20-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Exporail 2008
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Exporail 2008 will be held at the Canadian Railway Museum August 16th and 17th between 10h00 and 16h00. This will be the third year that QuéLUG (www.quelug.org) will hold a train/city layout at that location. It is QuéLUG’s biggest show; ten of its (...) (16 years ago, 19-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce)
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| | BugLab - a mobile laboratory
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Hello all, I'm working up my unreleased stuff. So today I present the (URL). (URL) Find (URL) details here>. See more pictures on (URL) PLMKWYT (URL) Marco> (16 years ago, 19-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Temple Illusion vs Reality
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Illusion (URL) Reality (URL) Everything (URL) in-between> when folder becomes public. AC (16 years ago, 19-Jul-08, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Nocturnal Rampage - A Record Store
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This little gem of a record store made its debut at Brickworld 2008. Tucked in next to the White Castle and the graveyard, the local kids can pick up their favorite metal or punk records. I heard one of the mothers at Brickworld explain to her kids (...) (16 years ago, 18-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | F/V Northwestern (from 'Deadliest Catch')
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Stacy and I are huge fans of the Discovery series "Deadliest Catch". Our favorite boat on the show is the F/V Northwestern followed closely by the "Cornelia Marie" and the "Time Bandit". This is my first MOC in what (I hope) will be a series of all (...) (16 years ago, 17-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Suburban Two-Story
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I finally managed to get some time to take pictures of a couple more MOC's that Stacy and I completed just before Brickworld 2008. This MOC is a small two-story house you might find in a quiet suburban neighborhood. This MOC goes well with Stacy's (...) (16 years ago, 17-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Golishar T - armed and dangerous
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Hello, it's been quite a while since I posted a MOC. Today I'd like to present (URL) T> (URL) See (URL) details>. Find more pictures on (URL) Brickshelf> Enjoy (URL) Marco> (16 years ago, 17-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Chinese Lion Dance
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(URL) MOC description on (URL) Flickr>. Enjoy! "Big Daddy" Nelson (16 years ago, 17-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | NALUG at Capital Ex
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A small NALUG display is present at Edmonton's "Capital Ex" (used to be called "Klondike Days") this year. This year is the centennial for the Edmonton Transit System, so they contacted us to do something for them. We came up with a pair of bus kits (...) (16 years ago, 16-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Ghost
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Well here is a little guy I have been working on that I thought you guys would like to see: (3 URLs) Enjoy! Kaminoan (16 years ago, 16-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Win a copy of LEGO Collector's Guide
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A friendly neighbourhood Ambassadorial proclamation... Hi all, Head over to the below link for your chance to win a copy of the _LEGO Collector's Guide_ and _LEGO Collector Premium Edition_ by Fantasia Verlag. (URL) set to .publish for want of a (...) (16 years ago, 16-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | 62 Bricks - What will you build with yours?
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In January, the Lego Company announced that in the past 50 years enough Lego bricks have been produced to give every citizen of the world 62 bricks. So, what can you build with exactly 62 bricks? Try it out, then post your models to (URL) ! Current (...) (16 years ago, 15-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Hide the fruit!
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NSFW text/tags at all Flickr links. (URL) FFP attacks: (URL) FF by itself: (URL) FF Zombie Eyes version: (URL) EJP (16 years ago, 15-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: TLG wants your input on the CITY line
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I've given this a lot of thought over the last couple of weeks and I have three themes that I would like to suggest. Here is the first one: TV News Team A News Broadcasting Team would make a great addition to the existing police, fire, and rescue (...) (16 years ago, 14-Jul-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce)
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| | Maryland & Pennsylvania RR 4-4-0 #6
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Ma & Pa 4-4-0 #6 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 Baltimore, MD and York, PA, two (...) (16 years ago, 14-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Maryland & Pennsylvania RR 700 series Box Cars
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Ma & Pa 700 series Box Cars The Ma & Pa built these cars in the late 1920s using parts from previous cars. These wooden truss rod cars served the railroad for many years with a few lasting into the early 60's long after other railroads would have (...) (16 years ago, 14-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | My Own Diorama - The Construction Site
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(2 URLs) PLMKWYT! Comments, critiques and of course spotlightings are always welcome. I hope you enjoy this little attempt at a diorama and thanks very much for looking! :^) (16 years ago, 11-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | The best 4x4xfar.
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They may be slow, uncomfortable and leak oil, but at least they have character: (3 URLs) Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux FUT .town (16 years ago, 10-Jul-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !!
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| | Repost Image of Guitar Hero Guitar
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Hi again, Here's the image for those of you that want to see the Guitar Hero Guitar (2 URLs) Thanks Dave ;) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | My New MOC: Guitar Hero III Special Edition SG Controller
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Hi, for those of you who don't know me, I used to work at LEGOLAND California as a Master Model Designer. I've been out of the LEGO scene for a while, but its time that I got back in. I posted this up on MOCpages a couple of weeks ago, but for those (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Call for Presentations at BrickCon 2008
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BrickCon 2008 is looking for any talks, roundtables, and special activities you would like to see at the Con this year. This year we have two classrooms adjacent to the exposition hall with real, hard walls so we anticipate being able to program (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-08, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce) !
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| | LDraw History updated
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Hi folks, the "Contribute" page at LDraw.org (URL) said: LDraw History Finish filling out the LDraw History pages. Approx. 1-2hrs time needed to complete task. Posted 01.02.02 To be honest I was a little worried about the estimate - especially after (...) (16 years ago, 8-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Auburn Boat Tail
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Some years ago, my wife and I toured the (URL) Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum> with her grandfather. I had always appreciated older cars, but have really never found any to be truly impressive until I visited this particular museum. I was blown away (...) (16 years ago, 8-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO 7996 Crossover Motorized and Ballasted - Pictures
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(...) I have altered the crossover controls to provide for an all-straight state by tweaking the springs in the switching rails. I have also motorized the crossover in such a way that it can be set straight, TL-BR or BL-TR with two switches (both (...) (16 years ago, 7-Jul-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.parts.mod)
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| | Royal Palace Temple Celebration
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The royal celebration has started where various factions parade around the red temple displaying their finest armor paying homage to the royal couple. (URL) AC (16 years ago, 7-Jul-08, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | How to properly "announce" MOC's
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There seems to be some confusion lately about how to post a message announcing a MOC. It was (URL) thought by many years ago> that we should have a separate newsgroup for announcing MOC's that is different from the regular lugnet.announce group. We (...) (16 years ago, 4-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | 8275 Bulldozer with LED lights
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Hi, a little announcement post ! ( just posted on:(URL) ) The motorized Bulldozer ( 8275 ) can be controlled via ir-remote and has 4 strong motors. The “power functions” are perfect to create strong vehicles. With 9V batterybox - so perfect to make (...) (16 years ago, 4-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Corporate Death Squad (aka Starbucks)
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I'll preface this MOC by saying I'm not a big fan of "big chain coffee" (Starbucks, Caribou, etc.). I consider Starbucks the "Corporate Death Squad". I must confess that I have been a patron of the 'Bucks from time to time, but only when I can't (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | New York Style Brownstone
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I've been lazy about posting MOC's lately so you'll probably see a string of them coming out in the next week or two. Stacy and I did so much building leading up to Brickworld that we had no time to take pictures or post anything. Now that we're (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | First National Bank of LEGO
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I know a lot of you saw this MOC's debut at Brickworld, but I figured I would post it here for those that couldn't make it this year. This is the 1st National Bank of LEGO I created in the weeks leading up to Brickworld 2008. It is built in the (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | TMNT
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(2 URLs) Adam Reed Tucker kindly allow me to use his buildings to show case my turtles. In the second photo they are battling one of Nannan Zhang's Monsters. Brickworld was tons of fun. By the way, the photos are links to Flickr galleries where more (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Hellboy
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Well I made my Hellboy figures for Brickworld and figured I would share them all with you. Here is the clan, enjoy: Hellboy Figures (URL) Photo is link to Flickr Gallery where all can be found!!! Just waiting on the hair piece to complete the main (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Arealight's Magnificent mid-year Scoot-a-bration!!
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[Arealight's Magnificent mid-year Scoot-a-bration!!] (URL) The Fine Clonier is hosting a contest for Arealight, drop by and have some fun building a simple MOC to win great prizes. For more information check below or follow the link in the photo to (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.announce)
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| | Are you up to the BimP Challenge
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Sci Fi AFOLS, check out our BimP Challenge at: (URL) (16 years ago, 3-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.bimp)
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| | New Ldraw parts authors tool: Intersector
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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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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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| | 8114 Chameleon Hunter - alternate model
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How about an alternate model for the 8114 chameleon hunter set? Click here to see details and instructions for the St. Martin mini-fighter plane: (URL) g (16 years ago, 20-May-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | 2008/2009 LDraw LEGO Ambassador election result
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The winners of the 2008/2009 LDraw LEGO Ambassador election are (in alphabetical order by last name): Kevin Clague Tim Gould Willy Tschager As stated in the announcement (URL) at least 3 testimonials from members of nominating group are required. (...) (16 years ago, 20-May-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO Retail Store Offerings for Brickworld Attendees
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(URL) Brickworld is very excited to announce the following offerings from The LEGO Group for Brickworld 2008 attendees: In-Store Events: Friday June 20, 9 PM to 11 PM at Northbrook Court - event will include a special pick-a-brick offering Saturday (...) (16 years ago, 19-May-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
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| | LEGO Technic F14A Tomcat
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Hi, It has been a long time since I've posted here at lugnet, but I have finally finished my scale model of a F14A Tomcat (thanks to Magnus for giving me deadline :) The model is made from LEGO Technic. It has the following features: - Electric (...) (16 years ago, 17-May-08, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic) !
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| | Taj Mahal
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My newest MOC, India’s Taj Mahal, is a commissioned piece made for an Australian film called Taj. It's a redemption story about an Indian man Vjay (Indian as in India, not North America) who rebuilds a relationship with his 10-year-old daughter from (...) (16 years ago, 16-May-08, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch) !!
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| | New Contest: Pigs on the Wing
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Hello again! Reasonably Clever is back with another building challenge. (URL) on the Wing>> From the mind of Tim "Gambort" Gould came the Cave Racers... From the strangeness of Reasonably Clever came the idea of making Animals pilot them... And from (...) (16 years ago, 16-May-08, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | LV-16p Truck, IPRC Airbike, ANT Trucks
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Here are a few models I posted to my site in the last few weeks: LV-16p Truck: (3 URLs) IPRC 1500-Class Airbike: (3 URLs) ANT Trucks: (5 URLs) Tony Hafner (URL) www.hafhead.com> (16 years ago, 15-May-08, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Brickworld Collaborative Display: LEGO Mansion Project
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There's only about 5 weeks left 'til Brickworld '08! Hopefully you've all started working on your MOCs by now, but for those that haven't, or those that want to add something else to their plate, we've got a new collaborative display that we've put (...) (16 years ago, 14-May-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | New MOC: My convertible
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(3 URLs) Inspired by the Arvo bros, although I don't know if this does their amazing work justice. Please let me know what you think! --Bram Custom aluminum brick keychains: (URL) (16 years ago, 14-May-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !!
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| | Brickworld 2008 Schedule is now posted!
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The super packed event schedule has now been posted to the (URL) Brickworld website>. (URL) Thursday> • (URL) Friday> • (URL) Saturday> • (URL) Sunday> Also, don't forget to register and reserve your hotel rooms before May 28th! See you in Chicago! (...) (16 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | 2008/2009 LDraw LEGO Ambassador Election is open
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In reference to this post (URL) the 2008/2009 LDraw LEGO Ambassador election is now open. To vote, please visit (URL) and log in with your user account. Next, visit the ballot page on LDraw.org here: (URL) LDraw organization members may vote and you (...) (16 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Brickworld Belville Contest
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From the Brickworld wire: Brickworld Announces a Belville (yes, you read that right-Belville) Contest. Rules are as follows: 1) The MOC can be whatever you like- build a castle, a service station, or any other building. Build a coach, a hovercraft, (...) (16 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.belville, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Samson X armor - 4915/8673 combo alternate model
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The latest from Altered States: Samson X armor - using pieces from 4915 Mini Construction and 8673 Ferrari F1 Fuel Stop sets (page includes link to instructions) (URL) g (16 years ago, 12-May-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | How to fit large scaled trains on L-gauge
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Hi all, It's been a while since I posted here. I've been playing with this idea for years, and now I finally got the courage to put it all on my webpage. (URL) (teaser pic) Please read the full story on my (URL), and let me know what you think. Play (...) (16 years ago, 12-May-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Fire Skull - an armored dragon
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Hello, inspired by a Yu-Gi-Oh card my eight year old son Sandro started to build an armored dragon a few days ago. I'm really proud of what he came up with! (3 URLs) He invented and built this completely on his own. The only help he asked for was (...) (16 years ago, 12-May-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Speed Racer Mach 5 - Better then the Lego set
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I created a minifig scale Mach 5 that I think is a more accurate rendition of the car then the official Lego set - it uses about 40 parts from it. I've been waiting to build this car for decades, and could only do it to my satisfaction with the new (...) (16 years ago, 10-May-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | "Mighty Lizbet" Railway Cannon.
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This is the first phase of my Railway Cannon project. This gun, although smaller, is very much based on the (URL) Schwerer Gustav>, aka "Dora". The TARC (Tabletown Army Railway Cannon) MkI- AKA the "Mighty Lizbet" is a 300mm Railway Cannon capable (...) (16 years ago, 10-May-08, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Brickworld Registration Deadlines Approaching
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(URL) In an odd twist of timing...as BrickCon opens for registration, Brickworld is nearing the end of registration. Even though there is no deadline to register for Brickworld, there are three deadlines on May 28 that you need to be aware of: 1) (...) (16 years ago, 10-May-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !
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| | Two new sculptures
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(Sorry for the double post, I forgot to cross-post this to lugnet.announce.moc) In lugnet.build.sculpture, Sean Kenney wrote: Hi everybody! As many of you know, I do a lot of commissioned LEGO sculptures... and as a result it's rare nowadays that I (...) (16 years ago, 9-May-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !
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| | An MOC for the nostalgic
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(URL) Hi all, Figured there were enough nostalgic spacers around LUGNET to make posting this worthwhile. Tim (16 years ago, 9-May-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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