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There will be a draft at BrickCon 2009. It is scheduled for 5:30pm Saturday. The draft set will be 5972 Space Truck Getaway. (URL) participant must bring one copy of the set to the draft, and no participant will be allowed to draft more than one (...) (15 years ago, 16-Sep-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Walking Robot Competition at BrickCon 09
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There will be a walking robot competition at BrickCon 09 this year. We'll be following the rules for "regular" robots found at (URL) with a couple of minor adjustments for LEGO robots: - All robots must be completely built of unmodified, non-glued, (...) (15 years ago, 11-Sep-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce) !
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| | MOC - Robie House by Frank Lloyd Wright
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This is my first MOC announcement here on LUGNET. (URL) This is model of the Robie House I displayed at Brickworld 2009. It is about 8000 pieces, built mostly of dark red plate to emulate the long thin bricks used by Wright. It is built on a 1 stud (...) (15 years ago, 10-Sep-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, FTX) !
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| | AFOL Interview
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I'm posting this on behalf of one of the members in my LUG. You can send her your responses directly if you like; her email is her firstname.lastname@gmail.com . Or, you can send them to me, and I'll pass the word along. Thanks, Jordan Schwarz -- (...) (15 years ago, 9-Sep-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish)
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| | Deadline for BrickCon 2009 Registration Fast Approaching
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BrickCon 2009 Preregistration ends on Tuesday, September 15. If you haven't registered yet you should. (URL) can still register online after September 15 (or at the door) but you will not get a personalized brick badge (instead you get the boring (...) (15 years ago, 9-Sep-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce) !
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| | LEGO iPhone/iPod Touch Rotating Dock
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Just added my newest creation to BimP. The LEGO iPhone/iPod Touch Rotating Dock. It's a build that has been on my mind for sometime and I thought it turned out pretty well. Here's a close up pic: (URL) Check out more pics and video at: (URL) (15 years ago, 8-Sep-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | new moc: retro patio set
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(2 URLs) still building my current moc, but most of the furniture is done. this patio set was created when i received the life preservers in a recent order. for some reason, i had in my head an image of vintage patio chairs with large, round arms. (...) (15 years ago, 7-Sep-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | Mars light
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(URL) full gallery> At Brickworld 2009 my table backed up to the (URL) folks. I got to talking with them and the (URL) eLite Jr. kit> was just neato cool. Okay, the eLights in general are neato cool, but at $20, the Jr was actually starting to be (...) (15 years ago, 5-Sep-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | *** LDView Version 4.1 Beta 1 Released ***
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LDView 4.1 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, (...) (15 years ago, 5-Sep-09, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org's September 2009 Part of the Month voting is now open
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The voting for the September 2009 contests is now open. Visit the (URL) page> to cast your vote. Sorry, no MOTM or SOTM this month. So far we have only three entries for every contest. Willy Tschager LDraw.org Administration Team (15 years ago, 3-Sep-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Sparre's Smuggling Service
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The extremely low cargo capacity of the (URL) Cargo Plane> annoyed me enough, to make me build this Russian style cargo plane. (URL) Like a true "Babyflot" craft, there are a few visible rusty spots on the body. Enjoy an illustrated story about (...) (15 years ago, 2-Sep-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | 2 new Star Wars MINI Models: Naboo Scout Carrier (CW) and Galaxy Gun (EU)
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Hello dear fellows! Today, as I have a little spare time left, I'd like to present the two latest additions to my Mini model building project to you. The two new Star Wars models come from the Clone Wars (Naboo Scout Carrier) and the Dark Empire (...) (15 years ago, 1-Sep-09, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Fix the cigarette lighter!
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Hello! Being a non-smoker myself I couldn’t care less about the cigarette lighter, though. There are other problems that I’d rather see fixed. I tried to, but I failed. So I show it with the problems still present. (pics = links) (URL) Click me, I'm (...) (15 years ago, 26-Aug-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | new moc: ancient egyptian nobleman's villa
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(2 URLs) in march of this year, some members of our group were asked to create mocs to celebrate the ancient egypt exhibit at ottawa's museum of civilization. i created an architectural moc after doing some research to try to make it at least (...) (15 years ago, 25-Aug-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | The OTOMech Model TK-MM Mecha
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I've just completed my first mecha build ever. It is the OTOMech Model TK-MM and is the brainchild of the industrial design unit of ToT-LUG Industries and it is the first mech to come out of the up-and-coming design house. Weighing in at roughly 100 (...) (15 years ago, 23-Aug-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | 2 new Mini TIE Fighters join the fleet: TIE Hunter and TIE Mauler
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Hello dear folks, whereas everything began with the original T.I.E. (Twin Ion Engine) by Sienar Fleet Systems 22 years before the Battle of Yavin, followed by the TIE/ln, /rc, /gt, /fc which still had the original design, more sub types like the TIE (...) (15 years ago, 18-Aug-09, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | The evil bloodthirsty fly
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At the (URL) IndyLUG> August meeting/pool party, we were repeatedly attacked by a hell-spawned giant insect, A.K.A. the very persistent horse fly. I decided to make a vignette of the scene. The fly itself may be just a bit exaggerated in size, but (...) (15 years ago, 15-Aug-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Spock's Ship - "Jellyfish"
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Spock's Ship from the new Star Trek movie: (2 URLs) More Here.> (15 years ago, 15-Aug-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Western Maryland "Russian Decapod"
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Western Maryland I-1 class "Russian Decapod" During World War I the Western Maryland Railway received 10 surplus 2-10-0 steam locomotives all built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. These "Russian Decapods" were originaly part of a larger order placed by (...) (15 years ago, 15-Aug-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | It's here, RAILBRICKS 6
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(URL) The latest issue of RAILBRICKS is out! RAILBRICKS 6 The Double Issue We silently released issue 6 on Friday August 7th. This 100 page issue was a long time coming, but features an interview with UK builder Carl Greatrix, more Steam tips & (...) (15 years ago, 12-Aug-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish.railbricks, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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