| | Four new MINI models from the Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica Universe
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Greetings all, it's been a while since I posted something new. Some real-life issues kept me busy, including a flat movement to another city. Now it's time to come back to building. :-) While most of you might know me for building Star Wars MINI (...) (16 years ago, 23-Sep-08, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Yankee Stadium - really darn big
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All: For almost three years, I've been working on a sculpture of Yankee Stadium together with a Manhattan grade-schooler. It's only a few months away from being complete. I don't normally post photos of my LEGO creations before they're finished, but (...) (16 years ago, 22-Sep-08, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Dark Side of the Moonbase
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Before you look at this MOC, I suggest putting on a little music. I suggest something debaucherous. Perhaps 'Girls, Girls, Girls', 'Wild Side', or 'Dr. Feelgood' by Motley Crue? I'll wait while you put that on... Still waiting... Ok, back now? Good! (...) (16 years ago, 21-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | 50th anniversary of the Smurfs
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Hi all, LEGO is not the only one who celebrates a 50th anniversary. (URL) (click pic) Larger images in my (URL), once moderated. Hope you like it. Play well, Maarten (16 years ago, 19-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Draft at BrickCon 2008
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(...) Yes, indeed. The set for the BrickCon 2008 draft is set 7626, Jungle Cutter (2 URLs) draft is scheduled for 1:30pm Sunday. Short version: no double or split drafting, no more than 21 people in any draft group. Long version: The draft is a (...) (16 years ago, 19-Sep-08, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce)
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| | New parts available on PAB online and Factory Palete
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Hi folks, I just thought you all might like to know that it appears that the Factory palete has been updated to include elements in "Custom Car Garage" and the PAB selection has been updated accordingly. Perhaps most notably the minifig parts (...) (16 years ago, 19-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | LDraw.org's August 2008 Model and Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the August 2008 Model/Part Of The Month (MOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, Prinoth Leitwolf with Power Functions by Han Crielaard> (URL) POTM - Best Part, Electric Spybotic Brick with Trans Red Cover (Shortcut) by (...) (16 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org's position on the copyright of rendered images
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The LDraw Steering Committee (SteerCo) has been questioned about LDraw.org's policy (as expressed by the Contributor Agreement (URL) other documentation, or tradition) on third parties capitalising on the considerable volunteer time, effort, and (...) (16 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Dirty Brickster at BrickCon 2008
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BrickCon 2008 will once again feature the popular Dirty Brickster. If you want to participate, you have to think ahead to bring and wrap something[1]. If you've done it before: worth $10+ to an AFOL. No junk. Please wrap ahead of time. If you've (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce)
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| | School Buses - both hovercraft and normal
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My latest creation is two creations in one. I'm posting this to both town and space, but if you reply and only talk about one of them please trim the newsgroups accordingly. First I created a Lunar School Bus, which is a hovercar/rocket school bus (...) (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Improving the adult image of LEGO
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The other day I got another "You still play with LEGO?". I replied with: "No, I design and build models made from LEGO." That didn't seem to help much. I'd like to start a list of ideas and suggestions on how we might improve how other adults view (...) (16 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !
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| | New Feature at BrickBuildr
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Just wanted to make a quick announcement about a new feature on (URL) BrickBuildr>, now you can view uploads (URL) by date>! This is a screenshot of July 2008's uploads: (URL) When you click on a day, you'll see all the photos uploaded on that given (...) (16 years ago, 12-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | LDraw.org 2008-01 Parts Library Update now available
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The 2008-01 LDraw parts library update has been now been released. This release is complete re-issue of the official library, up to and including the last (2005-01) parts update, with the primary purpose of aligning the library with the Contributor (...) (16 years ago, 10-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad) !!
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| | Tenacious Class Guided Missile Boats.
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The Tenacious Class Guided Missile Boat complements the earlier Courageous Class in that it provides long-range fire in comparison to its short-range torpedo boat counterpart. Full details: (URL) Page 1.> (URL) Page 2.> (URL) Page 3.> (URL) Here we (...) (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce, lugnet.boats, FTX)
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| | Trains, Car and Level Crossing Automatic Control System
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This system is used 4 RCXs to control 2 trains, 1 car and 1 level crossing. RCX1 is used to control 3 switch points and response 3 light sensors. RCX2 is used to control 3 segments track and response 2 light sensors. RCX3 is used to control level (...) (16 years ago, 6-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos) !
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| | Automated Level Crossing using NXT
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Hey, Here's my go at an automated level crossing using NXT. All pictures in this (URL) folder>. Two movies on YouTube: (URL) Movie 1> (Entire setup) (URL) Movie 2> (Zoom on level crossing) (URL) Here's how it works: The train passes the (URL) (...) (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Calling all Town / Train MOCs for BrickCon
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Calling all Town / Train MOCs for BrickCon ((URL) am the Town / Train coordinator and will be laying out the space. Please submit to me what you will be bringing so I can make space for it. Ill need: The size of your models (if you arent quite (...) (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | F/A-39B Timberwolf
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I (URL) originally> built the Timberwolf about three years ago, shortly after I got back into Lego. Since then, it's been begging me to give it a facelift. I finally went and did it. Hopefully, now I can tear it apart without feeling bad about it. I (...) (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Jetson's Tower
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As seen at Brickfair, this is a rendition of the home of George Jetson and family from the cartoon of the same name, in moonbase form. (2 URLs) Clicky pic for more. (16 years ago, 3-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | Jets, Props, and Choppers: Alternate Models with Instructions
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Here are samples from a few of the instructions I've posted to (URL) Flickr> recently. What these four models have in common is that they are flying machines and that they are alternate models for actual sets (the 6208 B-Wing, the 4955 Big Rig, and (...) (16 years ago, 29-Aug-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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