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| Hi folks, rtlToronto, a Group for Lego Enthusiasts in the Greater Toronto and Southern Ontario Area, will present rtlToronto/train2, our second Lego Train Show at the Lillian H Smith Public Library in sunny downtown Toronto, Saturday August 11th, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.monlug)
| | | | | Sawnee Mnt. Coal Tipple
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| Introducing the Sawnee Mountain Coal Company coal tripple. (URL) name 'tipple' is derived from the time when men would push carts full of coal to the bunker and tip them over for dumping. (URL) tracks are serviced here. (URL) power house, the place (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains) !!
| | | | | Updated Train/Monorail Transit Terminal
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| I've beefed up the Bricktopia train/monorail terminal, making it bigger, and adding numerous architectural details. The photographs are also now much better. You can see the main page here: (URL) features include a smoke evacuation (using the new (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.arch)
| | | | | My New MOC Web Site
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| Hey, everybody! I've been reading Lugnet now for about two years, but rarely posting. I've decided it's time for me to create a web page of my own to show off some stuff I've built. Right now there is not a ton of content, as I have not photographed (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build)
| | | | | T-minus 2 weeks and counting!!!
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| ...Just a little note to quicken everyone's pulse :-) ...We are _less_than_ 2 weeks out from BrickFest 2001! --- wubwub wubwub@wildlink.com www.sitcatsit.com <-- a guy and his cat www.wildlink.com <-- the wildlinks BrickFest 2001! The AFOL (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | The Amazin' Space Alternate Model Contest
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| Rules are finally up! Details can be found at (URL) Building! greg (23 years ago, 1-Jul-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Winner of the MOTM for July 2001
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| Hi all, The winner this month, by a wide margin, is "The Beast" by Anthony J. Sava III. Deservedly so, I might add. Outstanding job of modelling, Anthony. See it at: (URL) remember, next month the voting will for both Model and Scene categories. See (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
| | | | | New Custom: UCS Y-wing
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| Not trying to steal Brucey's Y-wing thunder or anything, but I finally got my UCS Y-wing done and online. (URL) and please post comments. (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build) !
| | | | | Stretched Emerald Chapel
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| I've added another story onto my Emerald Chapel. You can see the main exterior shots here: (URL) here is a new balcony (not on the main page): (URL) added a new interior room as well called the "Chamber of Forgiveness" (URL) Obnoxious story is (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch) !
| | | | | New MOC: Y-Wing (IRL)
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| Hello everybody, I finally got around to build my Y-Wing in real life. I had built it in MLCad from a rainbow warrior I made back in february or so, but the real thing is up now. I'll be finishing the instructions for you all pretty soon, but I'm (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
| | | | | LEGO Mosaic: NYC Skyline
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| Folks, I'm happy to announce a webpage documenting my latest mosaic of about 60,000 pieces. This one hangs in the offices of LEGO Direct: (URL) ---...--- Eric Harshbarger / eric@ericharshbarger.org / www.ericharshbarger.org "Oh please, if people (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jun-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | Monthly MOC: Rolls Royce 10hp from 1904
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| As promised last month it wouldn't be a racer this time. Instead it's a model of the first Rolls Royce from 1904. Please visit (URL) let me know what you think. Christian (23 years ago, 28-Jun-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | BrickWired.com
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| Not nearly as exciting as the other announcements made recently, but regardless, my new site, www.brickwired.com, is up and running. As always, PLMKWYT. I am interested in how it looks on other browsers and if it is a big download for those of you (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Mall of America visit
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| Greetings Everyone, Next week, I will be coming to the Mall of America to meet my mom and brother. I'm planning to bring the Grand Admiral and my camera, so I hope I can meet anyone who lives in the area. I'll be arriving Monday night and leaving (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Contraption 2001 - MichLUG Space Colony Display a Sucess!
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| To All, MichLUG did a new kind of event this weekend, called Contraption, held in Roseville Michigan at the Eastin Hotel. I am not sure if any club has ever done this before, but I think this might be a good way of having the space and castle people (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug) !
| | | | | July MOTM is ready to go!
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| Hey all, Time to vote. (URL) luck to the entrants. And notice that there is a link to an additional rules page. I've decided to try a split format. A model-only contest and a scene contest. The rules are spelled out on how and what to enter. (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
| | | | | BricWorx Press Release
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| In the latest issue of Shop Notes, the BricWorx foundry announced: New Release BricWorx is proud to announce the first release of our freight train line. We are kicking off this line with a Chessie System diesel engine. The first limited run of the (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | LEGO Truck Tour 2001 in Boston
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| Hello all, Check the pictures of the LEGO Truck Life on Mars during its visit to Boston: (URL) check out the cool LEGO/Johnson Controls InMotion concept vehicle: (URL) excuse the quality of some of the pictures. Enjoy Jorge. (URL) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
| | | | | My web sites are moving!
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| I just learned that NBCI will be closing their free site hosting, so i have to move my sites: Pacific Northern (my Lego trains): formerly: (2 URLs) (My Lego town): formerly: (2 URLs) (My prototype info & image page): formerly: (URL) new site soon, (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish.html)
| | | | | Not getting authentication e-mail?
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| Lately, I have no been getting the authentication e-mail. I get the copy e-mailed to me when I check the "E-mail me a copy" button, but no authent- ication e-mail!!! Has anyone else had this problem? NICK I hope I get an authentication e-mail of (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | My new LEGO site is up
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| Hi, all. You may have seen some of my work before on Brickshelf: the LEGO Colosseum, the LEGO Tower, the Church of Evil, etc... but now... for the first time... see my creations as they have never been seen before... With captions! That's right, (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | More new sets at Zellers- Racers, Jack Stone!
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| I haven't heard of these being found before, so I guess this might count as an "announcement". *Prices in Canadian Dollars* <set:4574 Rip> $4, 8 pieces, $0.50/piece Typical Racer with navy blue (new colour?) car parts and red driver. <set:4579 (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Historical Set Displays at BrickFest 2001
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| Historical Set Displays at BrickFest 2001 ...In working up the historical set display plans, I was hoping to get an idea from people what historical sets they would be bringing. We are hoping to assemble as compleat a collection as possible and hope (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !
| | | | | 16 new star wars customs
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| I just thought I'd introduce myself. Some of you have already noticed my UCS customs on brickshelf. If you haven't, or if you'd like to read my comments on them or see my other work, my website is located at: (URL) 16 customs there, and 2 heavily (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars) !
| | | | | Introduction of Lego Fleet
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| Well actually I'm just saying hello, for the better part introducing myself to everyone here on LUGNET, I'm not sure if this is the best category to hang out, but it seems to be. Well for those of you who haven't received an e-mail from me saying (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha) !
| | | | | BrickFest Update 6/18/01
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| I have received several emails from people that missed the registration deadline and wondered if it was to late. Our goal was to have people register early so that we could plan the best event possible. We will be accepting late registration until (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | E-mail authentication during posting
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| The Quick Summary ===...=== Effectively immediately, all LUGNET News posts now require e-mail authentication after posting, in order to prevent the continuance of forged messages. An exception to this rule is if you are a member and signed-in (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.handyboard, lugnet.cad) !!
| | | | | NEW BOARD GAME: LEGO RACERS!
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| I got the new board game. It comes with a whole bunch of "Track Pieces" that can be hooked together in a loop. The pieces consist of a whole bunch of curved pieces, a few straight pieces, two hazard pieces, and one pit stop, a space with a spinner (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.games, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | My first LDraw & POV-Ray MOC
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| I already posted this to .castle, but I figured it should have also been posted to several other places as well. I'd also like to thank Steve Bliss for the DAT file that he posted. I couldn't have finished it without him. So here ya go. (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Last chance to register for BrickFest 2001
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| (repost with corrected date :-) ...Today (15 June, 2001) is your last chance to register for BrickFest 2001! ...If you don't make it, you are going to miss: A Giant brick Play Area, Brick Wars, Castle World (including the largest gathering of CW (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest) !
| | | | | Last chance to register for BrickFest 2001
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| ...Today (15 July, 2001) is your last chance to register for BrickFest 2001! ...If you don't make it, you are going to miss: A Giant brick Play Area, Brick Wars, Castle World (including the largest gathering of CW characters ever!), a massive (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest)
| | | | | Will LEGO Media stop making non-violent games?
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| I used to think that the LEGO Company promoted non-violence. Most of their games do. But why then, did they put the explosion function in LEGO Creator and LEGO Creator Knights Kingdom? I don't have a problem with blowing up walls, or even (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.games.lego.creator, lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | MOC: Superman
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| I've posted the next in my "maxifig" series - a life-size Superman. He's about 6' tall, weights probably close to 200 pounds, and watches over me while I work. I didn't count the bricks, but definitely over 10K. Next up, I'm toying with building a (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build) !
| | | | | Scheduled downtime Wednesday, June 13 a.m.
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| The lugnet.com server will be taken off-line briefly tomorrow morning for routine maintenance as it is moved a different server rack. The outage should last about an hour. -- Todd S. Lehman | LUGNET Admin <todd@lugnet.com> (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | New MOC: 8 wide custom hatchback
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| After reading (URL) I was inspired to build the ultimate rice-boy hatchback. (URL) rice burner is loaded: lowered; chrome, extra-wide rims; chin spoiler; side skirts; giant spoiler; extra-wide fenders; racing seats; pinstripes; racing stripes; (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.modelteam)
| | | | | Colosseum
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| Hi. I built a LEGO Colosseum this weekend. Have a look and let me know what you think. (URL) Rev. Brendan Powell Smith @8-) PS: I also just uploaded the Miniature Skyline that I put together a week or so ago, so take a peek at that, too, if you're (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | Look at this!
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| A NEAT RACER SET! It comes with a transparent-blue crystal! It appears the thing the Racers are jumping over swallows them if they hit the net. If I get this set I'll probably replace the black ball on Kopaka's chest ((URL) ) with that crystal. NICK (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
| | | | | Creator site up.
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| (URL) is up. It has building instructions to build smple things. It's not that the instructions do much, the models only have about 10 pieces, but it WAS a neat idea. NICK (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | May Meeting Pics from RichLUG
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| Hi all I think for us this was the biggest thing we have colectively put together. We had a very good meeting though. We did watched Greg's Videos from his Animated Brick stuff, and we contemplated our next event which is to set up a month display (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | New MOC : largest thing I have built to date
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| HI all I just finished this MOC a week ago and wanted to share it with you. It sort of fits into future space kinda theme. I made kind of a universal transport, it is currently setup to haul railroad cars. It could carry a wide variety of freight (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Lugnet has a problem
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| Lugnet has a problem. No one can have their own opinion if it differs from everyone elses. If they do, they are attacked. Read the posts that were in reply to my own, stating my discontent with the re-release of the Castle set the Guarded Inn. (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego.direct) !
| | | | | BrickFest just around the corner
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| We currently have 95 people registered to attend this event. At the time of this post the deadline for registration is 7 days away and there are only 34 days left till the BrickFest! (URL) help us plan the best event possible for you by registering (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.wamalug) !
| | | | | New Model Instructions @ Silicon Psyche (6/8/01)
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| I now have photo instructions for the "Quadrachnid" droid host unit and the "Windlancer" assault hoverbike in the instructions section. Build and enjoy. LMKWYT, Todd Amacher SILICON PSYCHE (URL) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
| | | | | LEGO skyscrapers
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| Folks, I'm happy to announce a webpage I just scribed that details a collaborative effort bewteen myself and fellow LEGO sculptor Henry Lim. (URL) ---...--- Eric Harshbarger / eric@ericharshbarger.org / www.ericharshbarger.org "Oh please, if people (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | New MOC: 8 wide VW Beetle
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| While I was sorting, I came across arches and couldn't stop the fenders flashing through my head without building a Beetle at the same scale as my other cars. As always, the doors open. The front seats fold forward to let passengers into the back. (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.modelteam) !!
| | | | | Part deformation
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| I'd like to report to everyone on Lugnet, of my first time getting a deformed part from Lego: (URL) else? Josh (23 years ago, 7-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | My New Website
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| I have launched my new website: (URL) features many MOCs and some of my building ideas. thanks, T. J. (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general) !!
| | | | | Confed Main Database is now fully operational!
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| Ladies and Gentleman of the Confederation! The Terran Confederation main Tacical Database is now operational. May you use this to identify the ships and forces of the Confederation, our allies, and our enemies. This database contains vital tactical (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.build)
| | | | | RG Mech Completed!!!
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| Hey all, It's with great delight I present the "RG Mech". (URL) by people I've met on Lugnet as well as it's founders. Thank you so very much for helping to create a place for crazy Lego builders like myself. Just as much thanks and praise to (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.lego, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.year.2001)
| | | | | New sculpture: Geoffrey the Giraffe
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| With my new partnership with my local Toys'R'Us store comes my latest sculpture, a fullsize model of the TRU mascot, Geoffrey the Giraffe. Check it out on the sculpture page at www.brickfrenzy.com Thanks Adrian (23 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | MichLUG June 2nd meeting Wrapup - Scott' Report
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| To All, Well, we had a grand time in Lansing, Michigan, at our planning meeting to start off the summer season. A big thanks to go to Tony's huge church, which kindly let us meet there, even though a wedding was going on at the time. : ) Attendants: (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | snoopy sculpture
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| Hi all, I have just updated my latest snoopy sculpture, please take a look at : (URL) you can see some pictures of building process : (URL) tell the truth, I don't finish building the woodstock sculpture at this time, but it will not take so long, I (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jun-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | Bionicle Power Pack to hit the US NOW? BIONICLEMUSIC.COM UPDATED!
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| Bionicle music.com is updated. It now has info on the tan (I mean gold- bad lighting on picture) mask contest, the music mixer thingy is updated again with the sounds from when it first came up, but Lewa and Tahu's sounds are backward. There is info (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
| | | | | Opening: Arms Trade Center!
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| Hey, you... yes, you. Ever lost a minifig arm? Isn't it the most annoying thing in the world when you've got too many white left arms, or not enough black right arms? Well, the answer to all your problems (OK, well, at least the above ones ;-) is (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
| | | | | Winner! June 2001 ldraw.org MOTM competition
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| And the winner is... How To Build Legos - John P. Miller John's clever answer to the those constant email queries. Ya just gotta smile at that one. Great job John! (URL) Terry K -- (23 years ago, 2-Jun-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
| | | | | ldglite 0.9.1 (now with better LEdit emulation)
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| Hmmm, I didn't get much feedback on the 0.9.0 version of ldglite. No problem, I found enough to work on myself and the result is ldglite version 0.9.1. For this release I tried to make the LEdit emulation more accurate. I also attempted to tweak the (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | "Talking" Lego T-shirts
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| On May 26, in several Dutch regional newspapers an article emereged about Lego T-shirts that are equiped with an integrated sound module. The shirts are printed with a special conduive printing material, and the sounds are operated by touching (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch)
| | | | | Monthly MOC: Orange racer
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| The monthly creation is yet another small racer. Please visit (URL) let me know what you think. Christian (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Spamcake.com
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| For those interested, the subject says it all. (URL) those who want to contribute to the site, even in a sporadic way, email me and tell me what spamcake means to you: 1) how is it manifested in your MOC's or how you would like it to be; 2) is it (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | Pictures from the NGLTC display at the Georgia LEGO Outlet store
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| Once again the NGLTC presented a display outside of the Georgia LEGO Outlet store. It was a perfect day for an outside show, and a great day for a crowd at the outlet mall. The layout was pretty much packed all day long with visitors, and wide eyed (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general) !
| | | | | Final call for the Gathering seats!!
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| Hey everyone!! If you haven't yet, consider participating in _the Gathering_ at Brickfest 2001! You can participate even if you're not going to be physically attending, and even if you haven't officially joined Castle World (although the latter is (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.events.brickfest) !!
| | | | | BrickFest Update 5/29
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| NEWS: A master builder from LEGO Shows & Events group will be attending BrickFest. For those of you that attended last year we have planned a completely different layout. I'll be putting the floor maps up as soon as they are finished. Last year we (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun.community) !
| | | | | Non-violent Space Contest Entry: Q-35 Aerospace Jump-Jet
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| I don't think this could get more last minute... The Q-35 seats 35 passengers: 27 in the a roomy coach cabin, 6 in first class, and 2 in a VIP stateroom. A friendly crew of six, including pilot, copilot, navigator, and three flight attendants bring (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.technic, lugnet.space) !!
| | | | | First Attempt at Sculpture: Seahorse
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| Well, I bought several blue tubs and with Mother's Day coming up (speaking in the past obviously), I decided to build my mom something. Here's the results: (URL) (23 years ago, 27-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build) !
| | | | | June 2001 MOTM contest
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| That time again, A very interesting mix of entries. Vote now through the end of the month... (URL) Terry K -- (23 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
| | | | | My last minute entry for non-violent space contest.
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| Well, I guess technically I have till monday. :) The pics are a little fuzzy, but they link to larger pics on brickshelf (gotta save space on those free sites ya know.) Anyway enough talk, you wanna see pics right? I present to you the Peregrine (...) (23 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests)
| | | | | Revised Catalog Insert Scans
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| Well, I haven't seen any posts on this topic and if I missed something, please forgive me. After purchasing my Women's Soccer Team from K*B Toys, I decided to flip through the catalog that comes with the set. On the outside it looked like any other (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Five Level Custom Death Star
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| The .dat files for Robert Martin's immense Death Star (five levels with a working trash compactor and working turbolift) are now available for download at FBTB. (URL) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | lEGO.COM UPDATED!
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| Lego.com is updated! You can now play 4 Alpha Team games at (URL) like a game where you shoot orbs with Crunch, a game where you shoot orbs with Radia, a game where Flex proves that ropes and grappling hooks are faster than stairs, and a game where (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Tease this!
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| My time in lego limbo is over. Here is your first teaser picture straight out of the box. (URL) (23 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: Why aren't we going crazy?!? (Now go CRAZY!!!)
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| Now go C R A Z Y !!! Thanx for confirmin’ this for us Jimmy…you were right, this ‘IS’ b i g . (...) What do you mean by ‘technically,’ are you aware of other specific sets that are gonna be reintroduced. Possible the ~North American versions.~ (I (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
| | | | | BrickFest 2001
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| Less then 25 days left to register for BrickFest 2001 Register now so that you can join us! Registering early insures that we will be able to plan the best event and will secure you a great registration package. ((URL) Brick Play Area Brick Wars (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general) !!
| | | | | Why aren't we going crazy?!?
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| We should be going crazy. Think this over: -We see old technic and town sets clearly in modern boxes (e.g. labeled city center) -We see two pirate sets in all new packaging -Lego dosn't usually make new packaging for just two sets, or limit them to (...) (23 years ago, 20-May-01, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | MIA: Craig Hamilton ("craigo-lego") ?!?!?
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| Whatever happened to Craig Hamilton, aka "craigo-lego" ("(URL) not heard from him in over a month. Today, I tried to send him an email message (asking him how he was doing), and the message *BOUNCED*! When I tried to visit his webpage, I got a "404" (...) (23 years ago, 19-May-01, to lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | RCX 1.0 at Georgia LEGO Outlet store (9709)
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| While visiting the Georgia LEGO Outlet store today I found out that they have a couple cases of the 9709 1.0 RCX ((URL) is the 1.0 RCX with the power jack, nothing else. It is just the RCX, no software, no IR tower, no power pack...just the RCX. (...) (23 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | PNLTC at Legoland, CA
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| We are proud to announce that PNLTC will be setting up their best layout ever at Legoland, CA on Aug 4 & 5 (Sat/Sun). Many of the members will be there and we invite everyone to come down and check it out! The current plan is to be located on the (...) (23 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains) !!
| | | | | 59 days till BrickFest
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| I just updated www.brickfest.com with 8 new hotel options, the most up to date list of who is attending and the DRAFT Agenda. Christina (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community)
| | | | | AFOL fools IGN with MOC
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| One of us fooled a few people with a custom minifig. :-) (URL) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | LEGO Autumnevent in Zwolle, The Netherlands
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| From saturday October 20th until tuesday October 23rd 2001, a large LEGO event will be held in the IJsselhallen in Zwolle, The Netherlands. This event will be organised by LEGO, the IJsselhallen, Foxkids and the Dutch club for LEGO Builders and (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events)
| | | | | Silicon Psyche (formerly Moonbase Io): Year Two
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| As of May 16, 2001, Silicon Psyche will be two years old. To celebrate this occasion, I've redesigned the Photon Bomber, now called the "Blastwing". Much like the original, it is a fusion of design concepts stemming from the Batwing, Tie Bomber, and (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | RFC:LoTek updated with a RC Killough and videos of the Lynx tank
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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)
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