 | | LDDesignPad v0.9 released!
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Hello! New version is out now. Get it at (URL) ! + = New feature * = Bugfix - = Removed feature v0.9 2002/03/05 + Added Change/Replace Color dialog (added palette file) + Undo now possible even after save - Reverted to colored speedbuttons. Think (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev) !
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| | NILTC first show a success!
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The Northern Illinois LEGO Train Club's show this weekend at High Wheeler '02 went great!! Here are some links to pictures taken by Eric Wackerfuss, one of our newest members, he joined the club at the show. (URL) will be more pictures coming soon (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.il) !!
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| | Help Get Brickshelf Instructions on www.lego.com
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I encourage EVERYONE to go to (URL) to the Buying BULK LEGO BRICKS After several page you get to this page. What other building tips or instructions would you like to have on www.LEGO.com? Add the following Instructions for all Lego Sets When you (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.brickshelf, lugnet.lego, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade) !
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| | Re: Chapter Three is here! Rejoice in the sheer mediocrity!
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X-posted to .announce ---...--- Hey guys and gals! Well, after alot of computer-related troubles, I present to thee the third chapter of the Chronicles of Velaria. It, along with the first two chapters, can be found under the "Chronicles" section on (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce)
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| | New BrickDreams Site - 7 New Scenes
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The new BrickDreams site is up. Nothing fancy, I just streamlined the site by removing the splash page and bringing the scene index right up front. I also discontinued 9 of the old scenes, for one reason or another. In their place are 7 new scenes, (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish)
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| | LDraw.org MOTM/SOTM voting for March is open
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We have entered a new month, and that means that it is time to take a look at all the nice renderings entered in the competition for the title LDraw.org Model/Scene of the Month for March 2002. Take a look at (URL) make a (hard) decision. Play well, (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | BLdb version 0.1 Previews announcement
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BLdb version 0.1 announcement An application to register and manage your LEGO collection data (parts, sets and MOCs) After several attempts to design a database that could help manage my LEGO sets' collection and another one to manage my parts' (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.pt) !!
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| | LDDesignPad v0.4 released!
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Hello! LDDesignPad v0.4 is released. Get it at (URL) ! + = New feature * = Bugfix - = Removed feature v0.4 2002/02/27 +Added self-defined program feature +Added syntax-highlighting for optional lines +Added options to set Username / Email / (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev) !
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| | First NILTC Show - This Weekend - Palatine, IL
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"Joel Kuester" <septenemae@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Gs79LF.LG4@lugnet.com... (...) message there. Per the URL above, the NILTC will be showing at High Wheeler '02 in Palatine IL this weekend. Below is the text of Joel's original message. (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Weekend Train Station Raising Building Session - MichLUG Members - 02/23/02
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To All, I had the absolute pleasure of having some great company this weekend at my house. I wanted to start getting my train station elevated after our GATS show in Novi. Guests: Steven Ringe Tony Hedglen Jason Spears Here are the overall pics in (...) (23 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.announce)
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| | NELUG at New England Home Show 2/23/02 - 3/03/02
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Well I don't have a lot of time for a full debriefing but here is a little appitizer. NELUG was commisioned about 6 months ago to present at the New England Home Show in Boston MA. We were commisioned to build a replica of the new LPZ Bridge in (...) (23 years ago, 24-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us.nelug) !!
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| | BricksWest 2002 Wrap-Up
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WOW! That, in a word, easily sums up all of the fun, excitement, building, play and friendships that were a part of BricksWest 2002! I would like to once again personally thank everyone who attended this inaugural event. It is difficult to support (...) (23 years ago, 23-Feb-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | TEXLUG Meeting: March 9
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Hey Texas AFOLs, We're going to have a meeting in March, and the date has been picked: Saturday, March 9th. The meeting will take place in Austin, at the house of Jason Spangler. The meeting will be from 10am to 8pm. Out of the many responses I've (...) (23 years ago, 23-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw)
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| | Mor e Episode II Sets
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I just got this in my starwars.com newsletter: (URL) are some new sets that haven't been announced to date...check out the minifig Yoda in the first picture with Count Dooku! Eric (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Do You Like Fire Trucks
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Do you like fire trucks? If yes, visit the Mutual Aid Association of Lego Fire Departments. Now home to 24!! departments. Including the new Lego Hills FD and Point Lego FD. (URL) MAALFD@aol.com (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town)
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| | *** LDView Version 1.9.2 Released ***
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LDView version 1.9.2 is now available, in both source and binary forms. You can download either from: (URL) of the highlights of version 1.9.2 include: Option to texture map LEGO logo onto studs. Wireframe Cutaway Faster lighting (on some cards (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Santa Fe Super Chief Train Engine Registry
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In February 2002 LEGO® released the 10020 Santa Fe Super Chief as a special numbered limited edition. In effort to track the release numbers this registry has been created. If you own a limited edition LEGO® Santa Fe Super Chief please visit the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains) !!
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| | BrickDreams is Back
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Same old site, same old scenes. I should have some new scenes up soon though, time and CPU horsepower permitting. (URL) set to lugnet.publish (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish) !!
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| | New Web Site '...brickzine.com'
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G'day, I'm unleashing a new web site... It's still in the works so please don't start assessing it just yet ;p It's called Brick Zone (couldn't register it under that name as it was taken), so it comes under www.brickzine.com instead. That is what (...) (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Parts Update 2002-01 Now Available
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Augh! I posted the wrong URL for the update page. Serves me right, cutting-and-pasting announcements. :\ The correct URL is (URL). Sorry about that. You may now download your part updates. :) Steve (...) (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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| | LDraw.org Parts Update 2002-01 Now Available
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[FUT lugnet.cad] The first update of the new year is now available. There are 83 files in this release, including 30 new parts and a bunch of fixes. Get it at (URL). Full details are available there. For once, the preview page is available right (...) (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad) !
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| | traditional knowledge in the manufacture of toys
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"After deciding to stop using offending words in any further launches of the Bionicle range, Lego now wants to set out a code of conduct for the use of traditional knowledge in the manufacture of toys." I'm sure many of you have heard about the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.announce)
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| | Bulk Purchase survey on Lego "My Opinion"
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A call to arms!!!!!!! Well, looks like a chance for the masses to make their opinion known. Don't know how long its been up but Lego is doing a survey on bulk Brick purchasing - click on "My Opinion" bottom bar at site entry (URL) seen mention of (...) (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | 10037 Breezeway Cafe at LEGO S@H
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I was just checking out LEGO S@H online, and found that they posted the order information and 2 pics of the Breezeway Cafe. It is under "Exclusives & Treasures" - "Hard to Find". Here is some info: Item #10037 Pieces: 178 Price: $22.99 Backorders (...) (23 years ago, 17-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce)
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| | 2nd Annual TOWN Building Contest continues!
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I've had some entries so far, but really only a trickle. Don't delay, enter today! Please point your browsers to (URL) see full details of the contest. I have narrowed the focus of this years contest to traditional Town models in Minifig and Classic (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | BricksWest...The Excitement Begins!
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Hello all! The family and I are about to leave the house...heading out on the 5 hour drive to beautiful Carlsbad, California...BRICKSWEST HERE WE COME! This will likely be my last opportunity to post until I return from BricksWest...I wanted to (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.announce)
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| | Entries needed for LDraw.org MOTM/SOTM
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hi all, I suspect that the flood of entries for the current competition has probably scared away entries for next month. Don't let that happen. Its Valentines Day and so far I only have one entry for each category. Not good. If you've been thinking (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Single set Technic Power Pulling.
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FUT: lugnet.technic Hi! Here's yet another Tehnic genre booster! Challenge: Build a model that can pull as much load as possible using pieces from _only_one_ official LEGO set! One class for each set so you can all be winners, no matter what set you (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Challenge: Technic Model of the Month!
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FUT: lugnet.technic Hi all! I've decided the Technic genre needs a boost so I have made a Technic model of the month competition/challenge similar to ldraw.org's MOTM & SOTM. Each month a winner will be elected by an e-mail voting process. For more (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Received new Pizza to Go(10036) today
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I was one of those people who managed to place an order for a Pizza to Go last week, before it was pulled from the Lego website. I'd kind of been waiting for a message with a sorry, but we screwed up. However, I was slightly shocked when I returned (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !
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| | BricksWest Attendee Resources Available-Event Web Site Updated
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As promised with the sending of the official registration confirmations for BricksWest, we have just added some important resources to the BricksWest web site for both registered attendees and those planning on joining us at the door rate for (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Two new CAD development newsgroups: LCD (LEGO Connection Database) and Macintosh
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Two new CAD (Computer Aided Design) software development newsgroups have just been created for the discussion of new CAD software projects. CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== -> lugnet.cad.dev.lcd (group): LDraw Connection Database forum: in-depth technical (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Site Update
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I got around to some site updating today. (URL) for looking. -- Nicole~ (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | ISCC: There are 157 entries with 1470 pictures - vote now!
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Hello @ all! Do you remember? There was (there IS) the ISCC ;-) Over two thirds of the entries came short before New Years Day (deadline was Dec-31), so it took time until now to place all 157 entries. But now it's done and I wouldn't know what to (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.space) !!
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| | BrickHeap Wars!
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BricksWest will host the first ever BRICKHEAP WARS event. This is a competition loosely based on Junk Yard Wars. This particular episode will be a LEGO Mindstorms competition. All materials (1) will be provided at the competition. No outside LEGO (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics) !!
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| | To all PAST winners of of the LDraw.org MOTM or SOTM
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Hello to all, Just a short request. In the conversion to the new LDraw.org site format, it occured to me that many of the past winners in the archive could use a little "oomph". What I would like to see is a little more in-depth coverage of your (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Vote Now! LDraw.org MOTM/SOTM for February
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Eat an energy bar now.... The voting pages for LDraw.org's Model & Scene of the Month are ready and waiting at: (URL) are a LOT of entries this month. Its going to be tough. Perhaps even grueling. So get on over and do your civic duty. Now you know (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | ldraw.org MOTM & SOTM Winners for January 2002
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A little late.... The first winners for 2002 are: Model of the Month - Ralph Döering's "My House". A beautiful virtual version of the building Ralph lives in. I would like to see more of this one. Ralph, any more images we could link to? Scene of (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | BricWorx announcement
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Hi All, The BricWorx foundry would like to announce the following: Chessie System Engine Production Run Extended The first run of the Chessie System diesel engine was quite successful, so management opted for a second production run. This limited (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
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| | [rtlToronto] February Monthly Dinner, Friday February 8th, 2002
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Hi folks, rtlToronto February Monthly Dinner Friday, February 8th, 2002, 6pm Mel's Montreal Deli, 440 Bloor Street West (E of Bathurst) (URL) on out to the big rtlToronto Monthly Dinner, this Friday. Come and make cryptic boasts about your ProjectX, (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.announce)
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| | February 1:Final Day To Register For BricksWest 2002
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This is is folks...February 1st...the final day to pre-register for BricksWest 2002! If you are still debating over your attendance at BricksWest, all I can say is this: Go to (URL) ...look at the over 30 awesome events, presentations, roundtables, (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !
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| | LEGO (r) joins Williams Formula 1
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Hello all, Check this out: (URL) can expect another Technic F1 supercar coming up this year. Jorge F. (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce)
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| | Even More New BricksWest Sessions Added; Others Updated
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Hello! I have some exciting BricksWest schedule updates to share with everyone! This update, we add a brand new Gaming Roundtable, featuring panelists Frank Filz, Mike Rayhawk, Derek Schin, and special guest Steve Jackson. Another new session added (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.announce)
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| | Final Days To Register For BricksWest 2002!
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Greetings all! Just a friendly reminder: Your time is running out! BricksWest registration closes February 1, 2002! We are in the final days for pre-registration for BricksWest 2002. If you have been sitting on the fence, or procrastinating over (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.announce)
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| | More on the All Southeast LEGO Display - Feb 2-3, 2002
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LEGO Fans, The GFLTC(www.gfltc.org) and NGLTC(www.ngltc.org) will have a joint display at the Great American Train Show, February 2 and 3, 2002 in Jacksonville, Florida. The display will feature a 30 x 20 floor display with two cities, seaport, (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.fl.jac, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us.al, lugnet.loc.us.sc, lugnet.org.us.gflug, lugnet.org.us.dixielug)
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| | BREAKING NEWS: Possible BricksWest Mail Problems
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Frank Filz has just brought a possible probem to my attention. Though I have received many registrations to the posted address for BricksWest, Franks envelope was returned as undeliverable. On my last trip to the Post Office, several envelopes were (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.announce) !
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| | *** LDView Version 1.9.1 Released ***
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LDView version 1.9.1 is now available, in both source and binary forms. You can download either from: (URL) note that the 1.9.x set of LDView releases are all development releases. Consequently, they are likely to be less stable than version 1.0. (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Lego Rotation Sensor Internals - and fix
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Hello fellow Mindstormers, After a few hours lent over my oscilloscope, here is what I learned about Lego rotation sensor : (URL) will find there theory of operation, schematics and a fix to the random count problem at low rotating speed. Enjoy ! (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Urgent: Just Discovered BricksWest E-Mail Problems...
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---...---URGENT BRICKSWEST ADMINISTRATION NEWS---...--- An e-mail message just made it's way to me from Steve Jackson regarding BricksWest. In it, I discovered that the e-mail addresses admin@brickswest.com and events@brickswest.com were accepting, (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.announce) !
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| | MOTM and SOTM voting on hold
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Just to let everyone know... The Model/Scene of the Month competition is on "hold" for a short time. We have to get the scripts and html to all work together again with the new site structure. And we couldn't really do anything until the site went (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Announcing All New LDraw.org Website!
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Greetings!! I am very pleased to present to you our totally new and redesigned website at: (URL) past several months at LDraw.org have been spent putting together this new site with a focus on ease of navigation, straightforward information, and (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish) !!
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| | LCC Command: Drislogan Clan online!
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"Warning alerts begin humming as your Carona Stardecker begins its dive into the atmosphere of Darquin Prime, the home planet of the Drislogan clan. Most of them are just notices that two of your heatsink vents are clogged with sand and other small (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | [rtlToronto] rtlToronto/train3 Show Tomorrow
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Hi folks, rtlToronto/train3 Lego Train Show Saturday, January 19, 2002 10AM-4PM Toronto Public Library, Lillian H Smith Branch 239 College St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Hi folks, A reminder that tomorrow is rtlToronto/train3, the third Lego Train (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events)
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| | Blacktron I Contest Results
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copied from the Legoland Times - January 18, 2002 Blacktron Activity on the Rise Space Police units around the Galaxy are now on Full Alert. "We have seen a dramatic increase in appearances of new Blacktron vehicles and even a new base." Says a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | All Southeast LEGO Display - Feb 2-3, 2002
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Everyone, I am proud to announce the first ever All Southeast LEGO Display! The All Southeast LEGO Display is a public AFOL event with MOCs of all kinds with a primary focus on LEGO Trains. The display will feature the best MOCs built by the members (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.fl.jac, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us.al, lugnet.loc.us.sc, lugnet.org.us.gflug, lugnet.org.us.dixielug) !
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| | MTU Winter Carnival coming up! Feb 6-10 2002...
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The Michigan Tech Winter Carnival Is coming up, Febuary 6-10! Look at the statue building pics & webcams here: (URL) those of you who don't know what this is, go & have a look, they build some amazing snow sculptures! There's a few ideas for your (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
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| | LDraw.org MOTM & SOTM submissions
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Um Hello.... Anybody out there? It's getting close to the cut-off date for submissions to the Model Of The Month and Scene Of The Month. (23rd of each month) I need entries. Please. I currently have 3 model entries and zip, zero, nada for scene (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | The biggest Lego based game ever to be held
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Hi everyone! I am pleased to announce the launch of a major landmark in Lego gaming. SECTOR62 is a space based game (kind of like an RPG) in which everyone is competing to be the first to discover the secret of the Acquinar system. The website - (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.games, lugnet.events) !
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| | SCLTC@GATS Images on Website!
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The official website of the Southern California LEGO Train Club is now fully updated with pictures from our first ever exhibit! Read our article on the event and check out our extensive photo gallery of setup and operation. At this moment we do not (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.lugola) !
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| | Et In Arcadia Lego returns
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howd all, Et In Arcadia Lego has returned (thanks to the amazing Arcadia architecture that allows me to swap out website components at will) [hey, mssql.dll isn't working? fine, use ODBC... :-) ] (URL) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | Survey, new LEGO story. Check it out.
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Hello! I've been working on a majot story that revolves around my two Lego sig figs. However, I havent's built a website yet because I'm still working on the story. I was wondering if you could take a few minutes, read the overview of my story, then (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Lego * Spider-Man
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*Lego & Spider-Man; `all is good in the world now! :) The ol’ Web-Slinger looks so completely Spectacular; TLG did a fabulous job on capturing the visage of the Web-Head upon our trusty-old Minifig!!! (URL) my question is ‘What’s-up wit’ da Green (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general)
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| | Yet Another BricksWest Schedule Update-Large Sculptures and Mosaics Session And More!
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As we get closer to BricksWest 2002, the schedule just keeps looking better and better. This is going to be a SPECTACULAR success...how can it not be with so many talented folks volunteering their time to present such wonderful sessions...in fact, (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce) !
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| | UPDATE! (to: URGENT! BricksWest Lodging Question...)
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OK folks... The Internet special rate for the Grand Pacific should be your room rate now. If you have not reserved a room, do so ASAP...they are almost full from the golf tournament. If you have reserved a room, call back and make sure you are (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !
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| | 100,000th upload!
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I just noticed that recently Brickshelf passed the milestone of 100,000 uploaded files. The number of files currently in the gallery is smaller, since some files have been deleted along the way (currently there are about 81,000 files in the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | URGENT! BricksWest Lodging Question-Time Is Running Out
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I have a very urgent situation to work out, and must make this public plea. I need a head count of people who have or are planning to stay at the Grand Pacific Palisades Hotel during BricksWest. According to the hotel, they have not received one (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !!
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| | BricksWest 2002 Schedule Updated - Mecha, MindStorms and Microfig...OH MY!
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Hi folks! I wanted to let you all know that, thanks to the much appreciated dedication some of your fellow AFOL, BricksWest has been able to add several new sessions to our event schedule. Remember, BricksWest is a completely fan run event, so it is (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build) !!
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| | BricksWest™ 2002 Animation Festival And Competition - Official Call For Entries
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Todd Thuma (706) 202-9226 thumat@gactr.uga.edu (URL) 2002 Animation Festival And Competition - Official Call For Entries January 9, 2002 - We are happy to announce the official Call for Entries for the BricksWest 2002 (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.animation) !
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| | ULF Database Update
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Hi, All, I have built two new LEGO creations for my website. They are: -The Hector Medium Dropship (URL) Personnel Transport (URL) look at them and tell me what you think. Curt Tigges Commander-in-Chief of Starforce (URL) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
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| | Abston Church of Christ completed today
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More than a year in the making, my Abston Church of Christ project was completed today. It was necessary to wrap it up today to mark the passing of the kitty who so enjoyed romping through the church - the one mentioned numerous times in the (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town) !!
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| | Legoland will be closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
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I just received a letter in the mail today announcing that LEGOLAND will not open their doors on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the spring and fall this year. Starting January 15th, and going until May 22, with only the last week of March, and first (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | New newsgroup for MOC announcements
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A new group/list for personal announcements of "MOC"s ("my own creations") has just been created, the purpose being to focus these types of announcements and offload them out of the main lugnet.announce group, which was never intended for (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.admin.nntp) !!
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| | [rtlToronto] January Monthly Dinner, Friday January 11th, 2002
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Hi folks, rtlToronto November Monthly Dinner Friday, January 11th, 2002, 6pm Mel's Montreal Deli, 440 Bloor Street West (E of Bathurst) (URL) yer friendly reminder of the rtlToronto Monthly Dinner, this Friday. You know the place, you know the time, (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.announce)
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| | New MOC: "Ranger" Dual-Role Mecha
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(URL) Pejic, over and out! (URL) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce)
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| | Monthly MOC: Heinkel He-162A-2 (German WWII jet fighter)
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I have uploaded pictures of my model of a Heinkel He-162A-2, a German jet fighter that was hurriedly produced as a last ditch effort during the last months of the war. Please visit (URL) let me know what you think. Christian (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Scans of old idea book, and introduction of plates posted
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Hi all, I have scanned all the pages of a very old (I believe it is 1966) idea book I have. I base the date on the fact that trains are included, but only of the set 111 variety. There are no numbers or dates of any sort on the book, but it may be (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Peeron.com crosses 1000 inventories posted!
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It's been a while since we started the 'experemental inventory system' [1], but now, a year and a half later, I'm proud to say that we now have more than 1000 inventories in peeron. Thank you to all the hard working inventory-ers! (URL) and Jennifer (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | New Creations for ULF Database
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Hello, Everybody, I know I have been posting a lot lately, but I havn't announced any creations other than the U.S.S. Orion-C and the U.S.S. Sabre. I just need a chance to catch up :-). Since I don't think that anyone has seen these, I have decided (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
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| | Rules for the voting process of the 1. ISCC
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Dear Lego®-Fans! René Hoffmeister, the webmaster of www.1000steine.de and the man behind the First International System Creativity Contest (ISCC) is extremely busy in preparing all the galleries, that have entered the contest in the last days of (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.space) !!
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| | SPIN magazine features The Brick Testament
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Huzzah! I'm famous! The February issue of SPIN magazine (with KISS on the cover) has a full-page feature about The Brick Testament on page 41. It's the first page in their Exposure section. Kind of wish they'd given the right URL, but at least the (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.build.ancient) !!
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| | New MOC: NH-1 'Eisen'
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Hey everyone! New mecha! Yah! The tiger was just a testbed for the removable armour idea, this is what it was supposed to be... The pics are self explanatory, all of the armour is removable, ALL of it, except on the arms, the arms are small though, (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.military)
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| | Construction of the U.S.S. Orion-C Complete!
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Hi, Everybody, After four weeks of building and taking pictures, I have finished my new ship, the U.S.S. Orion-C, an Orion-class David Battlecruiser. It's location (at my NEW!! website) is: (URL) is (I hope!) much better than my previous ship, the (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
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| | some medieval ships, castle hoardings
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Hi all, Thanks to Jeff Stembel who kindly took pics of some of my creations at a recent brickwars bout, there are a few pics of some of my newest MOCs online. (URL) castle wall is part of a larger castle I've been working on for a while now, and we (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce)
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| | Monthly MOC: Raupenschlepper Ost
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After a while without posting I have finally uploaded pictures of my model of a WWII German tracked tractor called Raupenschlepper Ost. Please visit (URL) let me know what you think. Happy New Year from Denmark Christian (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO Geometry Puzzle
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Folks, In the spirit of my recent 'Soma Cube' puzzle made of LEGO bricks, I have another puzzle: Cubic Dissection (URL) don't think the answer I have given on my webpage is the best reulst possible, so if anyone is able to improve upon my results, (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Bucke Wheel Excavator (ISCC entry)
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Hi @ll, I build a Bucket Wheel Excavator as my entry for the 1st International System Creativity Contest at 1000steine.de (URL) maschine like this works in the brown caol district "Garzweiler" near Cologne and Duesseldorf in West Germany. It is 200 (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic) !!
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| | Gatehouse similar to Neuschwanstein (facade)
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Hello all, I have completed a minifig scaled Neuschwanstein Gatehouse. Pictures are located here: (URL) is not on a mountain top, but I have a small contingent of troops arrayed in formation before it, to show scale. I know that the side towers (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Let the BT1 voting begin!!!
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To all competitors. Here it is, the final ballot: (URL) note, we have extended voting to the end of day on the 8th of January to help make up for the long weekend. I wonder if Tom won much in Vegas? :-) Copy the ballot to an email fill it in and (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests) !
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| | ldraw.org's MOTM & SOTM Winners for December 2001
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Happy New Year! Hard to believe it's 2002 already.... The December winners in LDraw.org's Model & Scene Of The Month are: Anthony Sava - "Imagination Takes Flight" for the MOTM. Carsten Schmitz - "Diver's Treasure" for the SOTM. Great work by both. (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !!
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| | New MOC: Z-22 Mobile Defence Platform
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(URL) (23 years ago, 1-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce)
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| | New Dark Night Rail Racer
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After a bit of a LEGO break during the holidays my son and I spend this cold morning building the newest Rail Racer (www.railracers.com) to join in the fun. The "Dark Night" is a rear engine racer with an open cockpit. After resolving a few design (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains) !
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| | BricksWest 2002 Registration Re-Opens
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Matthew Gerber (866) 422-8993 VOICE/FAX admin@brickswest.com (URL) 2002 Registration Re-Opens January 1, 2002 - Registration for BricksWest is now re-open, with a new pricing scheme to help placate those attendees who (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jan-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | LDraw.org 2001-03 Parts Update Now Available
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[FUT lugnet.cad] Coming in just under the wire (it's currently 11:55pm), the final parts update for 2001 is now available. There are some 45 files in this release, including 25 new parts. Get it at (URL). Full details are available there. As usual, (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad) !
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| | My Latest Creation - Ogel Drone Harvester
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My Latest Creation - Ogel Drone Harvester (URL) Stranger to Danger Dark Knight (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Expert Builder website - Great response results in first update
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I want to thank all those who have taken the time to stop by the new Expert Builder website. The response to my initial announcement (just 5 days ago) has been fantastic. Feedback has already been received in the form of 'Dear LEGO' letters, which (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.announce)
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| | New MOC: Battrax II (Blacktron I contest entry)
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My evolution of one of Lego's coolest space vehicles: (URL) modular, articulated, and has yellow hoses. Please LMKWYT! (Comments, criticisms, questions, etc) --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | Two new town buildings plus WAMALUG photos
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Hi all, Happy Holidays! I hope your Christmas/Hannukah/New Year have been or will be fun. I finally got a break from vacation (hehe) and uploaded pics from the December WAMALUG meeting: (URL) also posted pics of my yellow building, which was (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, lugnet.town)
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| | Two new spacecraft MOCs: Avenger & Prospector
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In a couple of recent lucky visits to K-mart, I recently acquired several <set:7159 Podracer Buckets> and one <set:2153 Robo Stalker>, and from these plus a few pieces from my collection, I built a couple of new spacecraft which I think are good (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build)
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| | announcing Eon project
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howD all, I have a large ship in the works called the Eon. It is both a ocean-going luxury yacht as well as a space-going, er, luxury yacht ;-) It is based largely on various multimillion dollar luxury yachts and luxury 747 aircraft (yes you read (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.announce)
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| | Launch of the ASC Inceptor Stormscape class Destroyer
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Hi there Everyone! After a lot of building, photographing, typing and HTMLing, I have finally finished the web pages for my minifig scale starship the ASC Inceptor. You can see it over here: www.ozbricks.com/bat..._index.htm features include: - (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.au)
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