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All- Having taken MOCs as large as whole LTC layouts from LA to BrickFests in DC and LA to PDX, I have some experience in the matter. I made a recent discovery that may interest some of you. Turns out that to ship 255 pounds of LEGO in a $200 (...) (16 years ago, 6-Dec-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Little Blue Thing - lol idk
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Little Blue Thing: lol, idk... :) (URL) When I built this last night, I didn't think it was anything to write home about, but the more I add little improvements to it, the more I thought it would be nice to share it and bring it to your attention, (...) (16 years ago, 4-Dec-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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| | A whole new MOCpages - Coming in 2009
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Hi everyone! I've been hard at work on a whole new set of coolness for MOCpages. Everything's nearly ready and I wanted to give you a sneak preview of what's coming. (Some pictures below, and lots more to read at (URL)) Moving past the realm of (...) (16 years ago, 4-Dec-08, to lugnet.announce.mocpages, FTX) !!
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| | LDraw.org's November 2008 Part of the Month Winner
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Congratulations to the winner of the November 2008 Part Of The Month (POTM) contest: (URL) POTM - Best Part, Wheel 62.4 x 20 by Philippe Hurbain (Philo)> (URL) POTM - Most Desired Part, Wheel 62.4 x 20 by Philippe Hurbain (Philo)> The voting for the (...) (16 years ago, 4-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | PFS Pakistani Truck
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(2 URLs) BS> (URL) The Brothers Brick> Hi all, Pictured above is my version of a Pakistani Truck. I'm rather fond of its garish look and crazy design but I'm even happier about my use of Technic in it. I managed to (URL) in> PFS-based remote-control (...) (16 years ago, 3-Dec-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | LDD space ship
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here's a nifty LDD ship I made & uploaded to Lego Factory: (URL) here's the Brickshelf pic: (URL) It's loosely based on this set: (URL) 6605 Road Racer> & has landing skids, a classic CB, custom Phaser, control handles & a removeable engine. Enjoy, (...) (16 years ago, 3-Dec-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | *** LDView Version 4.0 Beta 1 Released ***
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LDView 4.0 Beta 1 is now available for download from the LDView downloads page here: (URL) This is a Beta release, which means that I’m hoping to get as much feedback as possible. This also means that it is likely not as stable as a final release, (...) (16 years ago, 2-Dec-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX) !
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| | LEGO Decorated Christmas Trees
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(2 URLs) On Nov. 30, 2008, the members of LEAHI gathered to create LEGO ornaments for a Christmas tree to be displayed at Punahou School for the holiday season. We weren't expecting two trees, but we spent some additional time just building and (...) (16 years ago, 2-Dec-08, to lugnet.loc.us.hi, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Train Layout Modules
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After some intensive building over the last 2 weeks I have completed 20 modules of a new 8mm scale British railway layout to a reasonable standard. The layout features track slopes of up to 1 in 30, varying by 0.5 plate/12 stud length. All the (...) (16 years ago, 1-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | The Asgard Fleet Arrived! (Stargate Mini Models)
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Hello dear community! Today I want to present some new models from my Stargate side project to you. As you know, I mainly do Star Wars modelling, but am also fan of several other science fiction series. And today it's time for Stargate. A year ago (...) (16 years ago, 30-Nov-08, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !
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| | MOC Updates
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I've updated my digital MOCs page. None of the models are new, but they are all freshly rendered using radiosity and are all available for download. (URL) hope you like them! -Mike (16 years ago, 29-Nov-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Thed Palace
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Theed Palace, Naboo (URL) This MOC was inspired by the amazing work of Matt DeLanoy that was showcased at BrickWorld in Chicago this past summer. Other photos can be seen at (URL) I had hoped to post better shots: outside in bright sunlight against (...) (16 years ago, 27-Nov-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | My mechanized Maxifigure
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Hello, (URL) this is my attempt on a poseable Maxifigure. All in all it took me nearly two years to get it working. Legs, arms and head are moved by gears. The hands are mounted on technic ball joints. At the moment I'm still working on the MLCad (...) (16 years ago, 25-Nov-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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| | Brickmania launches Custom Instructions Club + New Forum
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BRICKMANIA INSTRUCTIONS CLUB The club is a subscription service that includes access to new sets of customs instructions to be released each month. On December 1, 2008 I will release my first new set of instructions for the StuG III mechanized (...) (16 years ago, 24-Nov-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Maxi-minifig
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After seeing some pictures from a UK meet where they had built a Yellow castle of 6x pieces, I decided to try to 'reverse-engineer' the maxi-minifig. So here's my interpretation: (URL) can both stand and sit, and be decomposed into the same parts as (...) (16 years ago, 23-Nov-08, to lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Alternate model for 8271
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I recently bought a 8271 just because I met Natanael Kuipers during our LEGO-meet here in Eskilstuna last month, and this set was his first design for LEGO (and the cheapest one). I even got his signature on the building instructions! The original (...) (16 years ago, 23-Nov-08, to lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | The Brick Testament - The Book of Job
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WARNING: This post contains links to MOCs illustrating subject matter that may be considered inappropriate for children. Happy Thanksgiving! (URL) The Brick Testament> has been updated this week with eight new Bible stories illustrating the (URL) (...) (16 years ago, 22-Nov-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Temporary Outages Today...
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Hi all, depending on from where in the world you connect to the net, you may have experienced access issues with LUGNET today, starting around 7 a.m. GMT and lasting to approx. 3 p.m. GMT (literally as I write this). The reason for this was a (...) (16 years ago, 21-Nov-08, to lugnet.announce)
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| | "Coffee Pot" steam railcar & carriage
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I’ve long been a fan of the Coffee Pot narrow gauge steam railcar, running on the South Australian Narrow Gauge, and now part of the (URL) Pichi Richi Railway> in (URL) Quorn>. I understand that the Coffee Pot is no longer running, but has been, (...) (16 years ago, 19-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Vignette - Pirates in 2008.
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Is this the true face of the pirates who have seized the Supertanker off the coast of Kenya? (URL) Dr. S. (16 years ago, 18-Nov-08, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce, lugnet.pirates)
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