 | | LEGOLAND® MASTER MODEL BUILDER SEARCH
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All, Another one of those cool things I just LOVE to announce! Let's get the word out about this, and maybe it can help bring some closet-AFOLs out into the open! --- LEGOLAND® MASTER MODEL BUILDER SEARCH IS COMING TO YOUR BLOCK THIS FALL National (...) (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Star Wars Golfcarts Batch 2!
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Here's the next batch of my Star Wars carts! They include: Naboo Fighter Sith Infiltrator Jedi Starfighter A-Wing B-Wing www.blockaholic.com/...lfpage.htm Up next: The Y-Wing! LMKWYT!!!! Sincerely, Marlon Wuytenburg www.blockaholic.com (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | admin change
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Hi All! As I mentioned at BrickFest in August, I'm retiring from my position as a LUGNET administrator. I'll still be around as an AFOL, but am not receiving LUGNET's admin e-mail. Please direct questions to Todd. thanks, Suz (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general) !!
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| | Important message for people connecting via NNTP
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Due to a recent distributed denial of service attack, we have shut down NNTP service on port 119 to prevent further service interruptions. Alternate ports 1119, 8000, and 8080 are still available. --Todd (21 years ago, 26-Sep-03, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | The Great American Biomechanical Bricks Northern USA Tour 2003
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I'm hitting the road tonight and its North West Brick Con or Bust! I have the pleasure and rare experience to go on a (URL) Lego Fan Road Trip.> Stopping at ADFoL homes along the way. Some of the stops include picking up MOCs for transport to the (...) (21 years ago, 25-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !!
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| | The VLC participated at the LEGO® Sponsored "What will you make Americas?" RoadShow!
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The Vancouver LEGO® Club was put to the test against Master Builders as they constructed a layout for the "What will you make?" LEGO® North America RoadShow tour. Approximately 9 members of The VLC built the impeccably detailed layout in 3 weeks, (...) (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.vlc) !!
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| | MichLTC - Hamburg Railroad Days - Show Report & Pictures
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MichLTC completed another show this past weekend. This time at the Hamburg Railroad days show. Chris created a few new buildings for this layout. Steve Ringe showed some new train models for the first time at this show as well. We also had a small (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
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| | NGLTC at the 27th Annual Festival of Trees
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Once again the North Georgia LEGO® Train Club (NGLTC) will be supporting the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta by sponsoring a tree at the 27th Annual Festival of Trees. The Festival of Trees, Atlanta’s premier holiday event, benefits Children’s (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Introducing Star Wars Golfcarts!!!!
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For the last few weeks I've been working on the follow-up to my Star Wars Wrestling video: Star Wars Golf! I've created a bunch of Star Wars Golfcarts that are going to be featured in the video, and I've put the pictures online! They include: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | NWBrickCon and SEALUG websites redesigned
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The SEALUG website has been refreshed with every page and section redesigned for easier navigation and consistent look. Also hosted on the SEALUG website is the NWBrickCon micro-site - and not to be outdone by its host, the NWBrickCon micro-site now (...) (21 years ago, 22-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.org.us.sealug)
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| | The Alphabet Project Strikes Back!
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The T-wing has finally been finished and I've completely redone the Alphabet section on FBTB: (URL) I'll have the R-wing done soon. Tell me what you think! (URL) j o n (URL) zemi.net> (URL) the-shipyard> (21 years ago, 21-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX) !!
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| | MichLTC to display @ Hamburg Railroad Days - Hamburg, MI - September 20th
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The city of Hamburg, MI is having their annual Railroad Days festival and MichLTC will be diplaying. Our members have been busy working on new creations to fill those city blocks. We will have an area approximately 19'x13'. The current plan includes (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org) !
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| | The 2003 Great Edmonton Model Train Show
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This Weekend! Edmonton, Alberta, Canada The Mainline Model Railroaders Fellowship is holding their annual train show this very weekend, September 20-21 2003. If you're in the neighbourhood, please drop by and check it out! It's located at the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.ca.ab, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains) !
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| | LEGO Poem: The Girl Over There
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Hello all, I'm pleased to annocue a new LEGO poem called "The Girl Over There". Click on the image to see the poem. (URL) As always you can see the rest of the poem here: (URL) Also for those of you that have download the virtual museum, I have (...) (21 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| | Got Rules?
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Greetings, MICHLUG: We down here in the small but steadily growing TEXLUG (Texas LEGO Users Group) are kicking around, in our online correspondence, the possibility of incorporating some kind of charter or bylaws or whatever you want to call them, (...) (21 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.announce)
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| | Introducing Classic-Castle.com
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Introducing Classic-Castle.com community website On behalf of all of the people involved in its creation, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce everyone to Classic-Castle.com, which can be found at the following address: (URL) is (...) (21 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle.org.cw) !!
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| | icosahedron in soccer-ball style
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Inspired by Steve DeCraemer's (URL) S.P.U.> (picture by Rob Hendrix) first shown at Brickfest 2003, I decided to build a bigger version. Six BrickLink orders, over 4000 pieces, 180 triangles - and this is what I came up with. (2 URLs) Gallery (after (...) (21 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !
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| | ACDC's Angus Young Mini-Figure
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I've just posted a decent picture of my custom Angus Young mini-figure, dressed in his school-boy outfit and his Gibson SG guitar! (URL) Wuytenburg (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Christmas Contest Revision & Lifesize LEGO Nativity Scene
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I'm posting the following for our Client: "Based upon feedback from the Lego community, we have changed the contest guidelines to allow Lego enthusiasts to submit their model without glue. In regard to the contest theme, the contest is being hosted (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | 3 nw posters, LPC and Top 10 updates
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Hi everybody! Ok, so I have a good news and a bad news for you all. The good news is, there will be a new feature in the Humor! section at (URL) very soon. The bad news is, I'll be on the operating table tuesday morning, so if I don't get it done (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NWBrickCon Registration Deadline
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(...) Last reminder: All people who would like to still preregister for NWBrickCon, the deadline is that your registration form must be postmarked by Monday September 15th. There's still a good chance that you'll get an engraved nametag if you do (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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| | Brick Separator tutorial
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Chatting with LEGO friends, I realized that even seasoned LEGO builders often ignore all the possibilities of the Brick Remover... Here is a (URL) little tutorial on this cute device>. (URL) Enjoy ! (URL) Philo> PS: If someone knows other usages, (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | Scarface
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Yet another new poster on our website: Scarface (URL) one was a lot harder than i thought, but I managed to get it pretty right on the target. I hope you like it! Don't forget to rate it and also take the time to see the new Memento and Casablanca (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Lego Color Chart added to the Color Tree
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I've added my 'best guess' matches from the Lego Color Chart provided by Peeron into my Color Tree. Here's the link: (URL) Color Tree separates colors by groups. Each group has 2 or 4 rows. The top row of each pair is the original names I used in (...) (21 years ago, 9-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | ED-209
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Here's my ED-209. I put it up a while ago, but never announced it. The body rotates, the hips move, the "arm turrets" spin, the knees use locking hinges and the foot articulates a bit. It's mostly pieces from the smaller x-wing set. (URL) (21 years ago, 8-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | The RobRail Yard at LIC Orlando
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Well it’s time for the next monthly installment of GFLUG/GFLTC displays at the LEGO® Imagination Center (LIC) in Orlando, Florida. This display features a mix of My Own Creations (MOCs) and available LEGO® World City sets. So here is my new LIC (...) (21 years ago, 9-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug, FTX) !
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| | Casablanca and Memento
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2 New posters at LEGO Movie Posters ((URL) (by Kristian L. Sandberg) (URL) (by yours truly) (URL) (21 years ago, 8-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO, Conan O'Brien, TODAY SHOW
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Folks, wanted to give everyone a heads up to this before the fact so maybe someone out there can get some nifty screen captures for me... On the NBC TODAY SHOW, Wednesday morning (not sure what time the actual segment will air), there will be a (...) (21 years ago, 8-Sep-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Announcing Michiana-LUG's First Meeting - September 13th, 2003
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To All, I am happy to announce that Michiana-LUG will have its first meeting this Saturday, September 13th, 2003 at my house (a.k.a. LEGO Storage Facility or LSF) Here are the details: AGENDA: 1) Discuss upcoming GATS Show in Fort Wayne in November (...) (21 years ago, 8-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.in) !
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| | Batman Batcave, Wayne Manor, Batmobile, Batboat, and Figures now Online!
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After nearly 7 months of off and on building, I've finally finished my Batman creations. www.blockaholic.com/...tmanpg.htm Here you will find pictures of my Batman and Robin mini-figures, Batmobile, Batboat, and a giant Wayne Manor and Batcave! (...) (21 years ago, 7-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Announcing LDraw.org Relaunch
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We are pleased to announce we've thrown the switch on our new content management system. This system will make it easier to add news and updates to the (URL) LDraw.org> website, and it will also allow for more people to get involved with content. (...) (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis -- now in stores!
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I am thrilled beyond words to announce that the first ever Brick Testament book is now available at bookstores nationwide and also through internet retailers such as (URL) Amazon.com>, (URL) Powell's Books>, and (URL) & Noble>: (2 URLs) The Brick (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.books, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.publish, FTX) !!
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| | Announcing: SCIBRICK
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(URL) The premiere organization for science fiction themed LEGO events! Our mission is to support the fun of LEGO® building in the science fiction genre and publicly display LEGO® models created by adult fans in that genre. SCIBRICK’s first public (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.scibrick, FTX) !!
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| | Attn: Trekkies! Trek Original Series Lego Page now online!
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For those of you who may have missed it, I've posted my Star Trek Original Series LDRAW creations on the net... they can be found at www.blockaholic.com/tospage.htm Included are: The Enterprise Crew The Enterprise Bridge Romulan Bird of Prey Klingon (...) (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Yet another Technic 9V motor comparison update
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I have updated my (URL) motor comparison page> You'll find data on the new clear case motor included in (URL) 4094 motor movers set>. (URL) There is also a new comparison: how to maximize mechanical power extracted from a single RCX output And as a (...) (21 years ago, 3-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
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| | Re: BricksFest PDX CD-ROM Creation Call 4 HELP
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(...) BUMPING and x-posting to announcement to see if a broad range of viewers sees my post for help. I know it's only been a week since my original post but I want to make sure I have all my "ducks" lined up before the event and the sooner I get (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | NWBC Registration
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Just to make everyone aware, NWBC registration has gone up to $20 effective 9/1/03. Shirts will not be available for perorder after today. I will be planning on getting some extras so that they are available at the event, so hopefully this will be a (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.general)
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| | www.blockaholic.com up and running! (Formerly Marlon's Lego Page!)
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Hello! I've finally gotten around to getting a decent address for my site... www.blockaholic.com The redesigned site has all my old pages, plus some new ones, including: Batman Page: My Batmobile and Batboat are already online, with my Batcave (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | L3P Enhancer 0.2 Beta Released
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Hi all, Well a 3 day weekend does wonders for your side projects. I've decide to release a partially finished version of my L3P error fixer and post processer. Right now you can only fix errors and generate L3P files. You can download it here: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Official LEGO Color Chart
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Thanks to Jake and TLC, we just posted an official LEGO color chart, with RGB, CMYK, and Pantone colors, and a danglish name! Take a look: (URL) will be working in the next few weeks with LDraw to associate each of these colors with our current (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray) !!
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| | Moonbase Corridor Floor Height Should Be Raised 2 Bricks
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Wait. Put down that shovel. This is the deal: We will be adding some new features to the Moonbase Project standard soon. These include vertical corridors, higher horizontal corridors and a a permanent Monorail integration standard. All of these new (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.events, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | "CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD" CONTEST
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ENTER AND WIN A $5000.00 GRAND PRIZE ===...=== The Shrine in Belleville, IL is hosting a Christmas LEGO® exhibition featuring LEGO® toy model displays representing the spiritual aspect of Christmas through the eyes of a child. for more information (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | MichLTC - LEGO Roadshow - Chicago, IL
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MichLTC had a great time doing the roadshow this past weekend. Featuring one of our most unqiue layout plans yet, we had 2 trains running, 5 city blocks and a small area for misc MOCs. (4 URLs) MichLUG.org> -Jason Spears Webmaster (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
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| | NWBrickCon Registration Deadline
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Just a reminder that the early registration deadline for NWBrickCon is fast approaching. If you want to save money, and be guaranteed a name badge, I recommend filling out a registration, and putting it, with your check in the mail today or (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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| | Two new posters
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Hi all, Sometimes simple thing can take a while and/or cost more engery than one hoped for. Today I am proud to present you two posters of MOCs by Higasi Nakano. If you haven't seen his work, I'll advise you to take a look at his Brickshelf pages ( (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.announce) !
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| | *** LDView Version 2.0.1 Released ***
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LDView version 2.0.1 is now available, in both source and binary forms. You can download either from: (URL) of the changes in this release are bug fixes. However, I added support for arbitrary FSAA modes for newer video cards that support more than (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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| | The Classic Castle City Standard
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(URL) I am proud to announce the official release of the Classic Castle City Standard developed at Brickfest 2003. Feel free to give any comments, thoughts, or ideas. The idea is that this will be a motivating point, around which castle-heads can (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Help setting up a new LUG
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Sup all, I was wondering if anybody in the Virginia area would be interested in setting up a new LUG. I don't have to many ideas as of yet, but I thought it'd be good to have one for the more eastern part of the state as well as one that can (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | News from Switzerland - Major Site Update
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Hello all You may believe it or not - I finally managed to finish work on my newest webpage update. After more than a year, 'Engineering with ABS' features new MOCs and new building hints. So, what's new in detail? The first MOC I am proud to (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | COLTC Mall at Tuttle Crossing Show Report
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Following close on the heels of the inaugural show of the Central Ohio LEGO Train Club (COLTC), we had our 2nd display at the Mall on Tuttle Crossing, in Dublin, Ohio. Set up was on Friday night & the display lasted 2 days. Now to the picts! We have (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains) !!
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| | NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24
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The Northern Illinois LEGO® Train Club is showing at the Day Out with Thomas event at the Illinois Railway Museum this weekend and next. Show dates are: August 15-17,23-24. For more details, see the Illinois Railway Museum site at (URL) site is (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.il) !
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| | New poster by Larry Pieniazek/MTW
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Hi all, I am proud to announce a new poster with some fine models by Larry Pieniazek. Please point your browser at (URL) and click the MOC poster item. De groeten, Jeroen (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | BrickFest 2003 Followup Survey
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I just sent out a message to everyone who made it to BrickFest and wanted to follow up here just in case we have your email wrong ---...--- Thank you for being at BrickFest 2003. To help make next year even better, we hope you can take a minute to (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events)
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| | New MOC's; MPBS Mk V and Diorama!
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Hi! Recently I completed a bunch of new moc's; The MPBS Mk V: (URL) Diorama: (URL) velcome critisism, comments & suggestions. /Sebastian -=The Black Legion=- www.geocities.com/cy...egion.html (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Windows Vulnerablity - PATCH ASAP
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from Microsoft TechNet and forums.winamp.com: The following is an advisory for those people running the following operating systems: Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Services Edition Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | BrickFest(TM) PDX 2004 Announcement
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Hi All, There have been some responses to an announcement made at BrickFest 2003 about the 2004 west coast fest. I truly apologize that this wasn't accompanied by a post to LUGNET with more details. I have been a bit busy the last two weeks with the (...) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | InfoWorld: Lego dumps HP for IBM
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(URL) article is interesting if you want to know how Lego runs its computer infrastructure. (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | COLTC Cleveland Road Show Report
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The inaugural show of the Central Ohio Lego Train Club / Lego Builders Group (Coltc) took place during the Lego Road Show, in Cleveland. The location was nice, in the back of the Great Lakes Science Center, with a view of the lake and the (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.trains.org) !
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| | Trackside Tower
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After seeing pics of a tower in a train mag I decided to give it a shot. The railings took the longest to figure out and I think they work pretty well. (URL) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | B.I.Joe Deployment: J.U.M.P and The Polar Battle Bear
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Well the B.I.Joe site rolls out 2 more Moc's, albeit small ones. So I present the J.U.M.P.: (URL) The Polar Battle Bear: (URL) I hope our fellow .Spacers aren't too annoyed with us posting in .space. But we know you guys were and still are Joe's (...) (21 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.military)
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| | Believe It Or Not: LEGO! -- Part 2
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As promised, I have written up a webpage documenting the craziness I recently experienced out in Hollywood... a rather lengthy webpage, at that: (URL) or comments are welcome, and feel free to corner me at Brickfest if you want to hear more stories (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Announcing COLTC's inaugural show, and the next one too...
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Having been founded eralier this year, we are now ready for our inaugural show, and the next one too. First, On August 8-10 we will display a 75 sq .ft. layout as part of the Lego Road Show, at (near) the Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland, OH. (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events) !
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| | New web site release: Space Bricksploration
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Announcing... Space Bricksploration! (URL) seen surprisingly little about the new Discovery space series just released, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to put together a web site with pictures, reviews, and some images that might interest (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space)
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| | BrickFest 2003 Keynote Broadcast - BrickCast 2003
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Hi folks, (URL) Friday we're going to attempt a very experimental (read, unprofessional) live broadcast of the BrickFest 2003 Keynote Address from Lego Direct SVP Brad Justus. This will be a live video and audio streaming webcast. This will allow (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !
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| | SIGGRAPH Wrap-Up
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The Event Well, all good things must come to an end. We wrapped up the (URL) SIGGRAPH 2003> [1] LEGO display on Thursday afternoon, after an exhausting but fun week of building and hanging out with conference attendees and fellow AFOLs. What an (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | NCLTC Takes 1st Place at Raleigh GATS! (Long)
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This past weekend NCLTC had our layout on display at the Great American Train Show (GATS) in Raleigh, North Carolina. This is the third GATS show we have done and while our layout has always been popular, we have never won the competition. Much to (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.org.us.nclug) !!
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| | NWBrickCon 2003
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Ladies and gents and Lego enthusiasts of all ages, It is my pleasure to announce NWBrickCon 2003, hosted by the local LEGO enthusiasts of the Pacific NorthWest. NWBrickCon03 will be in Seattle at the Seattle Center Snoqualmie conference room ((URL) (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Legoshow in Valga, Estonia
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Hi all! On August 16th I will show some Lego trains in Valga, as a part of the Eurobuss tour. The Eurobuss will drive around in Estonia and inform about the European Union. As a part of this there will be an addition to the local paper, which can be (...) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | Mini Fair Diorama
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Finished building this model on Friday night. It has a Ferris wheel in the center and other little details. (URL) Thanks for looking and enjoy! Brian (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Announcing the formation of a new LEGO Users Group in Upper Indiana - Michiana-LUG!
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To All, I'm proud to announce the formation of a new LEGO Users Group in the Michiana area (Located in the north central part of upper Indiana), aptly named Michiana-LUG. This club came into being formally in June, 2003, but has been talked about (...) (21 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.in.sbd) !
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| | Brick Fest Presentation - Robotics Design by Eric Sophie
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Presentation - Robotics Design Saturday, August 9th 1:30pm - 2:30pm Room - 246 (URL) JAMOCKLAQUAT > Presenter: Eric Sophie Jamocklaquat: "A Technic Fig Scale Mecha Perhaps the largest fan created mecha ever, Jama is a fully articulated Lego (...) (21 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | BrickSet XRef Version 1.1 Available Now
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An upgrade to version 1.1 is now available for download as a 351 kb zip file at (URL) new users, a full install is also available for download. Changes from version 1.0 include: -Added ability to show only parts with on hand qty -Expanded the (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | NCLTC to display at South Hills Mall March 1st and 2nd in Raleigh, NC
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This weekend, August 2nd and 3rd, the North Carolina LEGO Train Club (NCLTC) will have our layout on display at the Great American Train Show at the Raleigh Civic and Convention Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. The show is open from 10 AM until (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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| | LDraw.org 2003-02 Parts Update Now Available
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Hi there! The latest batch of LDraw part files have been posted in the 2003-02 update. There are some 160 files in this release, including about 45 new parts. One of the reasons there are so many updated files is that we've started to convert (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad) !!
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| | * LDrawDesignPad LDDP 1.5 Beta released *
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Hi all! Well after 2 months of hacking away, we finally feel that a public release is necessary so that we can get some fresh minds on the program development. You can download an installer, a zip file, and a snapshot of the source at: (URL) you (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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| | Believe it or Not: LEGO!
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Ok, so my details on this are somewhat sketchy still, but I'll try to relate as much as possible. I wanted to wait until I at least had my plane tickets in hand. What I do know: - This upcoming Monday, 4 August 2003, will see me and an extensive (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | SIGGRAPH: Too Much Fun for Words!
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Everyone - We are having an absolute blast at SIGGRAPH 2003! (www.siggraph.org/s2003). We hundreds, if not thousands coming by the booth throughout the day, and some even took time out of their schedules to sit with us and build! The tables are like (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains) !!
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| | Job Opening with First - Volunteer Resources Manager
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Our friends at First (the group that runs First LEGO League) have just posted the job opening below. This position is not associated with the LEGO Company, but I figured this would be of interest to folks here. === Position Posting Volunteer (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | LSC: Call for Votes
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Re-printed from (URL) LDraw Community Members - The time has come to select the members of the first (URL) LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC)> [1]. This ballot and these voting procedures have been compiled on behalf of the ad-hoc organizing (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | B.I. Joe Deployment: Cobra Moray
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Greetings! A new Joe rollout...the Cobra Moray! (URL) Again, our apologies for posting to .space, but with the riduculous nature of most of these models, they're almost science fiction. Well...maybe not. ;) Please use the follow-up to (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.aquazone, FTX) !
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| | A&M LWorks Presents a Andrzej M. Szlaga's Koef 3 Switcher Engine BIs
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A&M LWorks is proud to present Andrzej M. Szlaga's Koef 3 Switcher Engine Building Instructions! This is a wonderful model and best of all it's *SO CUTE* (according to my wife). =) Without further adue you can get the BIs either in LDraw or Flash (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.inst)
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| | BrickFest t-shirt
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It has taken much longer then I had hoped to make a decision regarding which logo to use on the BrickFest event t-shirt. There were so many great ideas and logos submitted. I am pleased to announce that Jim Green submitted the LOGO idea selected for (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Quarry
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NELUG recently participated in the LEGO Roadshow. We decided that we wanted to do something special for the event, so we built a fully automated quarry scene that had working vehicals with a Rube-Goldberg feeling to it where "gravel" would (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town) !!
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| | New Inventory/Set Cross Reference Software
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BrickSet XRef is a freeware software application that you can use to inventory all your LEGO parts and then compare your inventory of parts to the set parts inventories from Peeron.com to see which sets you can build. You can also view the Build (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Brickish Association member on TV
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Brickish Association member Duncan Titmarch and Guy Bagley, chief modelmaker at LEGOLAND Windsor, were interviewed on LivingTV's Loose Lips programme on July 9th. They talked about the search for a new LEGO masterbuilder, the new Designer sets and (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch) !
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| | BFD Engine 1 Gets Super-Sized
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I've finally taken the plunge and made my first sixby fire truck. Please have a look and let me know what you think. BFD Engine 1 (URL) Fire Department: (URL) Bricksburg Depot: (URL) (21 years ago, 10-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town) !
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| | New Poster Art - on Biomechanical Bricks
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New, Orginal Poster Art, Enjoy. (all of the backgrounds started out as Grey Base Plates) Zolqwith (URL) Rin Tin Tin Din Din (URL) RG Mech (URL) GG Mech (URL) Jamocklaquat (URL) Poster Prints Available Soon. (URL) Eric Sophie> (21 years ago, 10-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Hot off the Press "Artist builds comprehensive LEGO robot"
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Hot off the Press - Artist builds comprehensive LEGO robot - July 9th 2003 - (URL) On Lego.com (URL) e (21 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | 2003 .space Roll Call!
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Alright folks, from now till say, BrickFest, let's sound off. Read .space? Post in .space? Love .space? Are you, yourself, "Space"? Do it like so: [Name] [Homepage or Gallery URL] If you keep it just like that it'll make it really easy for me to add (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.space) !!
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| | LEGO Fans in Germany set NEW Star Destroyer™ World Record
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As most of you remember, I'm sure, BricksWest attendees built the Imperial Star Destroyer in 1 hour 43 minutes. Quite a feat...one I rubbed in to my European counterpart, Kate Sutch. Last Saturday, July 5th, 10 German LEGO Fans took on the challenge (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Jon Palmer has left MoonBase
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<ducks> Anne Carasik has offered to take over the MoonBase page and I'm gonna let her. :-) Just lettin you know what's up. It'll probably take a week or so to make the change but I'm sure it's for the better. Right now I'm going to work on the (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space) !
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| | New LTC
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I am pleased to announce the formation of the Southern Pacific LEGO® Train Club (SPLTC). We are based in the southern California region and plan on doing shows throughout the southwest. Our website will be up within the next few weeks at (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | Tim Courtney has left BrickMedia
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I am posting this message to the community at large to inform you I have left BrickMedia (www.brickmedia.com) and therefore am no longer involved with any of its properties. I have made several requests to Matt over several weeks' time to remove my (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.people, FTX) !!
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| | New lego fan site
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Hi! A new Lego fan website is born in Italy! (URL) is "Lucajuventino Lego HP" and you can find a lot of ideas for your Lego creations. Now it is still under construction, but you can visit it. Everyday there is something new. What can you find on (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Thomas event in Utica, NY
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(...) estate changes. Apologies for the poor colors and horrible shadows in our pictures -- the room were were in was severely lacking in lighting. My attempt at using a portable halogen work lamp was not very successful and it appears that I got my (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce)
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| | Pictures of SCLTC's latest show!
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SCLTC finished its latest show, which ran June 27-28, 2003. We displayed at the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario, CA. (URL) let the picture the rest of the talking (insert overused cliche here). (URL) - Thomas Michon (21 years ago, 3-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola, FTX) !
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| | Et In Arcadia Lego: Narwhal
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new moc @ (URL) Et In Arcadia Lego> (URL) LMKWYT! -paul (2 URLs) Paul Hartzog (URL) Et In Arcadia Lego> (custom sig image courtesy of CGidd) (21 years ago, 2-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Interview with a Sorting Bot on the "Daily Brick"
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When I created little minions to help me clean and sort my work area, I had no idea the (URL) Bots> would become stars! Read the Daily Brick's Interveiw with a Sorting Bot on (2 URLs) Image Courtesy the Daily Brick & Eric Sophie Goto (URL) LEGO.com> (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.inst, lugnet.lego, FTX) !
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| | All Treebeard pics now posted!
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Hi! All good Treebeard pics are now posted, you can find them here: (URL) link is also at my website. <=THE BLACK LEGION=> ______ /_ _\ /(_) (_)\ \ /\ / \ / IIIIII IIIIII www.geocities.com/cy...egion.html (21 years ago, 29-Jun-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle)
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| | Alternate 8458 MOC: Sportscar with instructions
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Hi! After a long time I've finally finished the instructions of my alternate model from the 8458 Silver Champion. So if you have a Silver Champion and maybe have seen the official models long enough, you may want to build this Sportscar. The (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jun-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic)
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