 | | AFOL get together at Odyssey of the Mind World meet in Ames
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A couple of years ago at the Odyssey of the Mind competition in Knoxville, TN several AFOL's got together one evening. Both Steve Bliss and I will be at Ames the last week in May for this years competition. This is an ALL CALL for AFOL's that will (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.ia.des, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ia)
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| | Announcing LEGO Digital Designer 1.0
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All, I would like to take this opportunity to announce a cool new project many years in the making. I hope you find this as exciting as I do. == A new LEGO building application == LEGO has been making building software for many years now (like LEGO (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego.direct) !!
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| | Last 2 days to vote for the Minifig of the Month
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Hello All ! We have had a great month in the Minifig Hall of Fame. Over 400 votes and still 2 days left. If you haven't voted yet, now is the time. (URL) an upset, Johnny Thunder took the lead this morning after Blacktron 1 dominated the poll for (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun)
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| | LPub 2.2.0.0 Available
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In the previous version of LPub I released some prototype new features for creating "callout" images, which are images of small assembly contruction, all tiled together into a single image, like this: (URL) this (URL) above callout image generation (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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| | LUCNY Finger Lakes Train show pics
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A fun time was had by all; (URL) a look when they become publicly viewable. JB (21 years ago, 28-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.lucny) !
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| | BrickFest Registration
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BrickFest™ Registration form is now available via the website. (URL) will be a bit different this year. Everyone that registers will get a password. The password will give each person access to their own registration information so that they may (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.people) !
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| | First Third Party product for the LEGO(r) Trains market?
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Pretty exciting news! This is posted on behalf of BayLTC's David (Zonker) Harris, with his permission (and request to so post), who related the following to me: - - - - My home machine has lost the cookie to post to LUGNET, and Todd's on a bus to (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org) !
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| | Caption and Top 10 previews
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The response to our LPC and Top 10 changes is outstanding! We can tell you right now, it's going to be the best week yet in thos 2 sections! Here is a preview for the LPC and the Top 10: Lego Picture Captioning (The picture is of a T-Rex and a (...) (21 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | Dragonstar Reloaded!
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Enjoy! :) Deep links: (URL) moderation: (URL) Props to Brian Stokes for pimpin' me 100's of gray slopes and special thanks to Kyle Keppler for design tips on the main gun turrets. (21 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | New MOC: HVFD Truck 12 - A 1997 Seagrave 100' Tiller
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Hi all, In a few days of semi-fervent construction, I have nearly completed the first vehicle to go with my large fire station ((URL) is a model of a 1997 Seagrave 100' Tiller Ladder Truck. Pics are on BrickShelf (upon moderation) at (URL) deep (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build)
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| | Legoroscope : Daily Lego Horoscope at www.rotule.qc.ca
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(URL) it is. We had promised you a new feature for about 10 days now, it's now finally ready and running. The Legoroscope : LEGO Horoscope daily updated. Just go on our website, write your birthdate in the textbox and click. A cookie will be set on (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !
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| | After a failure you have to bounce back
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Well, Last question of Top 10 lists was: Top 10 LEGO recors it would be fun to watch someone break. It didn't generate enough answers, so we dropped it. Apart from stucking parts up your nose or swallowing then, there was nothing really interesting. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce) !
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| | LD4DModeler status
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I feel a little bad about the gigantic pause in LD4DModeler's (members.rott.chello...4DModeler) development. But I have picked it up again, currently I am fixing reported bugs and making the whole application ready to go 1.0 But also the long pause (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.announce)
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| | New MOC: My Fire Station - Hillandale Stn. 12
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Hi all, I've been working for quite a while on building a more-or-less scale model of the fire station I volunteer at. It is finally almost done, and posted to Brickshelf: (URL) Lego model is 72 studs deep and 104 studs wide (yowza). The scale came (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce)
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| | Looking for the creator of these custom Minis
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Several days ago I posted this in general, space, and auctions. I've got all the images now and am hoping someone knows this creator. Sorry about the repost but I have been looking for this person for a while now. ****ORIGINAL POST***** In 2001 on (...) (21 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | LPub 2.1.0.8 Available
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LPub 2.1.0.8 is available from (URL) version of LPub adds these new features: - Sub-assembly callout image generation - Unique construction image background colors for up to four sub-model levels. - Proof mode to make Lpub do a dry run through the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Power Outage at Northstar Computer Systems
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Note: This announcement applies to all sites hosted at NCS, which includes a large number of clubs, private seller sites, and Bricklink.com. NCS is currently experiencing a power failure. It is due to a traffic accident with at least one fatality (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.brickshops) !
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| | MonLUG's Latest Train Show pics!
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Hello, Last weekend, MonLUG participated in it's fourth Montreal area train show. And what a great weekend! :-) It was our best layout ever, we were as popular as ever with visitors, Jean-Marc Détraz from NovaLUG dropped by for a visit and we were (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.monlug) !!
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| | New LPC, new Top 10, new Ask Merliz
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We've updated our website this weekend. Todd's Brain results : (URL) Caption: (URL) 10 excuses Minifigs would give not to help clean the room : (URL) Top 10 List: (URL) Merliz new question/answer: (Question submitted by Manfred Moolhuysen) (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Some Weird Action Team turns 4 years old!
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Hey everyone! Long time no see... It's been a while, eh? Man.. I haven't posted here in well over a year, maybe even 2. What sparks this new post you ask? Well, it's because my website "SWAT: Some Weird Action Team" celebrated it's 4th birthday on (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | LUGNET set guide now links to BrickLink set inventories
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BrickLink.com is kindly allowing LUGNET to deep-link directly into its growing collection of BrickLink Set Inventories from the LUGNET Set Guide. This is permitted on a set-by-set basis. Accordingly, I've added the links in the right-hand column of (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.inv, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Return of The Random LEGO Set Name Generator
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Seth McCarus wrote me today and asked if the old random LEGO set name generator was still around anywhere. It was something I wrote waaaay back in the last century and it had gotten lost over the years. I dug around a bit and found it, and have (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | De you have a LEGO-related problem of any kind?
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If you have any kind of LEGO-related problem, or a questiona bout anything that is even remotedly related to LEGO, we have a new free help service for you : "Ask Merliz and Friends !" You'll find this service at : www.rotule.qc.ca/askmerliz/ Merliz, (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
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| | LPub 2.1.0.7 Released
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Hi All, I've released LPub 2.1.0.7 for general use. It contains a few new minor features, but more importantly there are fixes to the combination of rotation steps and buffer exchange, as well as "previous step color scaling" combined with CLEAR and (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | "My Collection" download page
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I just added a quick "download" page feature for members who maintain personal set listings using LUGNET's Set Guide. This lets you download data in a simple tab-separated text format which you can import into your favorite spreadsheet program or (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.people) !!
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| | *** LDView Version 1.9.11 Released ***
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LDView version 1.9.11 is now available, in both source and binary forms. You can download either from: (URL) highlights of version 1.9.11 include: Added ability to have LDView draw just edge lines Added ShowAllType5 and ShowType5ControlPoints (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad) !
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| | The Hobby Show 2003 - Toronto, Ontario Canada
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The Hobby Show 2003 - Toronto, Ontario Canada For those interested... (and I hope that will be a number of you!) I am beginning the process of organizing a LEGO builders booth for The Hobby Show this year in Toronto. (Nov. 7, 8, 9 / 2003) For anyone (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca.on) !
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| | Todd Lehman's brain
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We've gone mad, some might say, to do a LEGO Picture Captionning about Todd Lehman's Brain (picture sent by Paul Sinasohn), but the picture is simply too hilarious ! www.rotule.qc.ca/humor/ Todd is, from our experience with him and by reading the (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.galidor) !!
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| | Largest Bricks Ever Produced?
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I just want to know if anyone has seen anything like these before? I picked them up at a garage sale a few years ago. What was told that they might have been from a Toys R Us promotion about a decade ago. I thought I would share them with the rest (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
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| | Humor section updated and other news
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Hello all! We have just updated the Top 10 section with a new question : What excuses Minifigs would use not to help clean the room. This is a derivated question of last week's list that was "Waht would minifigs say if they could talk". We had some (...) (21 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun, lugnet.town, lugnet.space)
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| | LEGO Train Clubs of the South combine forces at NMRA convention
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I would like to announce that on May 9-11 at the NMRA Southeastern Region 2003 Convention at the Chattanooga Choo Choo Holiday Inn Resort in Chattanooga Tennessee the North Georgia LEGO Train club will join forces with the MidSouth LEGO Train Club (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us.tn, lugnet.loc.us.ar) !!
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| | BrickFest LOGO submission
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The organizers of BrickFest™ 2003 would like to extend an invitation to all AFOL's to submit their logo ideas/artwork for possible use as the 2003 BrickFest logo. This is a BrickFest tradition and an opportunity to exhibit the many talents of our (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.people) !
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| | Dagada Lautem Houses, 2nd Draft
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Hi all, A very long time before I became a member of LUGNET, I built these Dagada Lautem houses. I got most of the idea first from a computer game, then from an Indonesian-style architecture book. One of the pictures in that folder is a shot from (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Dagada Lautem Houses
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Hi all, A very long time before I became a member of LUGNET, I built these Dagada Lautem houses. I got most of the idea first from a computer game, then from an Indonesian-style architecture book. One of the pictures in that folder is a shot from (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Minifig Hall of Fame update: Darth Vader Destroys The Competition !
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It wasn't even close. Darth Vader won with 520 votes over Blacktron 1 who had 160 votes in second place, Black Falcon (98 votes in 3rd place) and Princess Leia (92 votes in 4th). Blacktron has finished 2nd in all the previous ballots except for the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun) !
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| | Rate the LEGO Posters !!!
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Hello to all! The LEGO posters section is certainly a popular feature of our website, so we decided to make it even more enjoyable and interactive by adding a rating system. www.rotule.qc.ca/posters/ Just visit a poster's page, rate it with a smple (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce)
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| | New Website and Debut MOC
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Hello, I've just redone my website; it's no longer just for Star Wars. I've added sections for all the LEGO themes I have worked in. They're a bit sparse as of now but with time I plan to work more in those themes. Anyway, here you go: LEGO @ (...) (22 years ago, 29-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| | NEW LPC and TOP 10 List at LEGO HUMOR !
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This week, we've learned that LEGO is better than sex. Well, according to the AFOLs that submitted their entry to the Top 10 list why LEGO is better than sex or why sex is better than LEGO. You can see the results of this Top 10 List at (...) (22 years ago, 29-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general) !
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| | A&M LEGO Place Update with new BIs
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The A&M LEGO Place has had some major changes these past 2 weeks. Most of the changes have been 'behind the wall' so you might NOT notice much new. However, not everything was maintance web work we do have some new goodies for everyone. =) Here is (...) (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Box Art for 2003 LEGO Train Products!
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Hello again LEGO® train fans! The ILTCO is pleased to announce some exciting news, as part of our growing partnership with The LEGO Company. LEGO has supplied the ILTCO with box art for the new 2003 LEGO Train sets. (set numbers 4511 through 4514) (...) (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains) !!
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