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| <<followup-to lugnet.technic>> Hi there fellow LEGOmaniacs! I've done some updates to my site: 1) New project, a radio controlled Killough platform with a description of how the platform works and videos/photos of my version. (URL) got a new toy, a (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic) !
| | | | | logo and t-shirt design for BrickFest
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| Tomorrow is the deadline to submit designs for the BrickFest Logo. (URL) Hitchcock www.brickfest.com WAMALUG.org (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.wamalug) !
| | | | | Jessiman family to attend Brickfest 2001
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| I am pleased to announce that Don and Robyn Jessiman, the parents of late LDraw creator James Jessiman, will be attending Brickfest 2001. For more info, read: (URL) LDraw users and contributors are invited to attend Brickfest 2001, where there will (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !!
| | | | | Another BLAST update!
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| This will be the last BLAST update for a while, I still have several more models (some old, most new) in varying states of assembly waiting to be photographed, but I have no camera. So, until I get around to buying a new digital camera, this will (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
| | | | | 3rd Meeting of ParLUGment
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| Well, another successful ParLUGment meeting, albeit a small one. Jude, Jeff, and myself spent about 4 hours at Jeff's place, gawking at his piles and piles of containers of LEGO and his unbelieveable garage sale deals. Jeff has quite the submarine (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | New sculpture for Mother's Day: #1 Mom
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| In honor of all of our mothers, I have built a mosaic for my mom for Mother's Day. Enjoy. The Main Page: www.brickfrenzy.com The #1 Mom page: www.brickfrenzy.com/...e_mom.html Adrian (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun.holiday) !
| | | | | New MOC: Y-Wing Fighter
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| Hello everyone. Here's a link to a MOC Y-Ying I did a while ago. It's a lot bigger than LEGOs, and I think it's a bit more detailed. Well, LMKWYT... (URL) Adios, 8^) Brucey-Wan Visit My Site - (URL) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Details of a Destroyer
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| FBTB is very happy to bring you two dozen pics and additional insight into Peter Nagy's Destroyer Droid prize from the LEGO 2000 Galactic Challenge Contest. Standing nearly 4/5 scale, and weighing nearly 100 lbs., it is quite something to behold! (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general) !
| | | | | [rtlToronto] Summer Lego Events in Toronto!
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| Hi folks, rtlToronto7 in February was to date our most successful Lego event with ten robot entries and seventy plus audience. Coming up in the next few months, we have lots more being planned: rtlToronto May Monthly Dinner ---...--- Friday, May (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Yet Another Technic Creation
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| Hello again folks, I have finally completed the web page for my latest Technic creation, a radio controlled Technic figure scale 8x4 truck with a hook lift system which allows the tipping and loading/unloading of skips (dumpsters). As well as the (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.modelteam) !!
| | | | | Lego Direct Q&A session
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| I am please to announce that Brad Justus and some LEGO Direct people will be attending BrickFest. He will be holding a Q&A Session with a possible "sneak peek" and discussion of product-in-development. For More info www.brickfest.org Christina (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community) !!
| | | | | Winner! May 2001 ldraw.org MOTM competition
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| A *very* interesting race this time. Right from the start, the truck and the space station took the lead. And they swapped that lead several times. Then the truck started to pull ahead slightly..... Looking like a solid front-runner.... But as fate (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
| | | | | May meeting
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| WAMALUG General Meeting Date: Saturday, May 5, 2001 Time: 11:00AM - 6:00PM Location: (URL) (23 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | LoTek, a new Technic homepage with some new MOC's!
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| << followups to lugnet.technic >> Hi! After much work and frustration I have finally finished my homepage enough to publish it OnLine and tell you folks it exists! So, rush over there and enjoy. Among the new projects I can recommend my Hercules in (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.build)
| | | | | May 2001 ldraw.org MOTM voting
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| Here goes, Voting is up an running for the May MOTM. (URL) models have been rendered in Bryce. Bryce looks a little different from POV-Ray - sort of another philosophy on the idea of "photo-realistic". Have fun, -- Terry K -- (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
| | | | | Marsbase going down...
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| Rather than letting the site just disappear, I thought I l'd let folks know that Marsbase.com will be down for a while. Hopefully it will only be a week or so while I move into my new house. What my connection will be is still up in the air. Once (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Earth Day Sculpture: Globe of the Earth
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| A friend of mine asked me to do an Earth Day sculpture (on 24 hours notice) so I decided to build my own version of the globe that Eric Harshbarger had done a year or so ago. The results are on my page for your joyful perusal on the Sculpture page (...) (23 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | Now subscribe with Reply-To group or poster
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| Dear LUGNET News-by-Mail subscribers, I'm pleased to announce a new mail subscription feature... When you subscribe to a group by mail, you can now select whether you want to receive messages with replies directed to (a) just the poster/sender, or (...) (23 years ago, 21-Apr-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Distance sensor for RCX based on Sharp GP2D12
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| Hi all, You will here: (URL) a new interface between Sharp GP2D12 distance sensor and RCX. Simple and inexpensive circuitry, compact design, only one input port used, no external supply needed! As an application example, there is a wall-follower (...) (23 years ago, 20-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | Make-a-guess contest! Win "fabulous" prizes!
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| I've been parting out a number of 4288s (the Classic 400 pc red bucket), thinking what a great set of parts for the price. These buckets retail for $10 US, and could be had for as little as $2 in a recent eToys blowout/debacle. I got to wondering (...) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
| | | | | The Last Teaser
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| My friends, I give you the last teaser. No, not the last teaser forever, though I'm sure most of you are wishing it were. I give you the last teaser, and the last thing that will be added to my website, for many months to come. For you see, the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
| | | | | NGLTC presenting at the Georgia LEGO Outlet Store
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| The North Georgia LEGO Train Club ((URL) will be presenting a layout, at the LEGO Outlet store located at the North Georgia Premium Outlet Mall, on Saturday May 26th (Memorial Day weekend). If you are in the area on Memorial Day weekend please come (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | logo and t-shirt for BrickFest
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| WAMALUG would like to extend the invitation to all those AFOL's that are graphically inclined to submit their ideas/artwork for use in BrickFest 2001. We are looking for a Logo and Image that will appeal to the broadest spectrum of LEGO fans that (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events) !
| | | | | New wallpaper, new models
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| Hey folks, I've uploaded another new wallpaper to my website, plus about 247,000 metric tonnes of previously unpublished mecha and such. (1) Check out my new wallpaper, "Angel of Destruction", and its POV-Ray source code, here: (URL) peruse a bunch (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | DixieLUG meeting, 21 April 2001
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| Ok, here's the final announcement. there is a DixieLUG upcoming. WHAT: DixieLUG meeting WHEN: 21 April 2001, 11:00am ~ 7:00pm (I guess) WHERE: Eric Harshbarger's house (in Auburn, AL -- email me for specifics) I think about 7-8 folks have responded (...) (23 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.loc.us.al, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us.tn, lugnet.loc.us.ms, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | BrickFest 2001
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| www.brickfest.com Activities Brick Play Area Big Train/Town layout BrickWars Pirate Game Robotics MOC's Castle World Classic sets display Workshops Stop motion animation Large sculptures and mosaics building Roundtable discussion on train shows (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.fun, lugnet.games, lugnet.org.us.wamalug) !!
| | | | | Enter the Dragon
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| You must fwow wike the wata.... My friends, I have added a page to my site devoted to my dragon MOC. 4 feet long, a 4 foot wing span, she is a sight to see. There is a link on my main page now, to the page. There are 13 detailed pictures of the (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish) !
| | | | | BLAST update! Thumbnails and new creations.
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| I finally got around to adding thumbnails to BLAST, as well as several new creations, including a support mecha, 4 combat mecha, a V/TOL attack aircraft and an infantry robot. But before that, I want to thank everyone for their comments and (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | | | Stingray Warriors and Thunder Beasts- MOCs.
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| (URL) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic.slizer, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | | | New Mosaic from TRU visit: Pikachu
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| Well, my trip to TRU (as I announced earlier this week on the BLOC newsgroup) was pretty successful. I spent 3.5 hours at my local Toys'R'Us, working on a new mosaic while I was there. The results of that are shown on this page: (URL) looks like the (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.bloc, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle) !
| | | | | New MOC
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| I've posted up my new moc on my website at www.minifig.co.uk I've got a few more additions to make to the site over the next week or so keep a look out :) James (23 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | My first MOC: Animal Sculptures
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| Hey! This is my first post to Lugnet. My brother took some pictures of my two life- size LEGO cats and my mini LEGO elephant and we decided to post the pictures on Brickshelf. (URL) first creation: a grey elephant. It's minifig size. I made it about (...) (23 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general) !!
| | | | | Looking for interested AFOL's
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| Is there anybody in the Minneapolis/St. Paul/Western Wisconsin area who might want to get together and form TCLUG (Twin Cities Lego Users Group)? We don't have to have regular meetings or anything to start, we could start by meeting at a toy store (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | A fun announcemert
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| Hello all, I'm not sure if anyone has noticed this or brought it up. If so I appologize it advance. However, I thought it was interesting when I was looking at one of my Alpha Team sets and noticed that the villian's name is Ogel. I looked at it for (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | New House
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| I know how much everyone loves those gray droid escape 1/4 round pieces. Here's a new house that uses them as a central tower. I didn't get time to furnish it yet, but will do that soon! (Need brown pieces) Click on the link under the picture to get (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | Pokemon Lego sculpture
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| I built these models a couple of months ago, but I've been dragging my feet about getting pictures on the web. However, I brought them to the BayLUG meeting this past weekend, and as a result pictures of them have made it onto the club website. To (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.org.us.baylug) !
| | | | | New Sculpture/Mosaic: Cleveland Indians Mascot
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| Right on the heels of Eric H.'s latest sculpture (and my Maven espionage plane as well)comes my latest little work, a mosaic of Chief Wahoo, the Cleveland Indians Mascot, in honor of the 100th year of the team's existance as a franchise. (URL) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !!
| | | | | LEGO DNA Sculpture
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| A while back a number of 'mathematically inclined' LEGO models were posted and generated a lot of interest. Here's my contribution to such a theme: (URL) ---...--- Eric Harshbarger / eric@ericharshbarger.org / www.ericharshbarger.org "Oh please, if (...) (24 years ago, 3-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build) !!
| | | | | More new pics of 2001 stuff
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| J.T. Puffins has a bunch of pictures and prices for sets scheduled for release in the upcoming months. Check this out: (URL) Harry Potter section is empty at the moment, but there are pictures and prices of 8 new dinosaur sets, 5 new racers sets (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | LDraw MOTM winner for April 2001
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| Well here it is, April Fools day, and I have to announce a winner to a contest. Sounds like a setup, doesn't it? But all joking aside, the winner for this month is Brad Hamilton. This is Brad's second win with his awesome architecture. Way to go (...) (24 years ago, 1-Apr-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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