 | | A new P.A.B. 2X4 Record!
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Hey all, A couple of nights ago while trying to maximize the number of 2x4 bricks I could fit into a cup in a far easier format than the previous record. I found that I had actually beat the old record by quite a bit. The new record is 149. (URL) I (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Last Chance for Submission to LDraw.org Model/Scene of the Month for December
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Last chance to submit picture for consideration in the December Model/Scene of the Month contest. I will not accept entries past 1600 Eastern US Time on November 30th. If you submit you entry late then your submission will be held until January. All (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !
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| | Optical Illusions
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Just something I've been kicking around for a while. Suggestions welcome! (URL) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Parts Tracker outages in next few days
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Please expect some availability outages on the Parts Tracker in the next few days, as I begin work on the next parts update. I am not able to set any expectations as to the likely delivery date of 2003-03, as this will be the first time I have (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Michiana-LUG @ GATS Fort Wayne
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Michiana-LUG's first GATS appearance was a great success and a lot of fun. Report to follow. Here are some pics... (5 URLs) GATS Fort Wayne 2003> Amy (21 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, FTX) !!
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| | Introducing the SG-Wing: The AC-DC/Star Wars ship!
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(URL) came the X-Wing, then the Y, A and B Wings, and now here's the SG-Wing! This is what AC-DC's Angus Young would be flying if he were in the Star Wars universe! LMKWYT! Sincerely, Marlon Wuytenburg www.blockaholic.com (21 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO Art in Saturday Telegraph Magazine (UK)
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Hi there, This Saturday's (22 Nov) Daily Telegraph Magazine (a UK newspaper for non-UK people) has an article about two British artists (John Cake & Darren Neave) who use LEGO for their work. They build replicas of larger works by more famous (...) (21 years ago, 22-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | NELUG displays at 11/03 Greenberg Train Show in Wilmington MA.
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NELUG showed one of its most changed layouts at the 11/03 Greenberg train Show in Wilmington MA. About 80% of all the buildings were new to the layout. Pictures can be found at. (URL) Kingsley (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | MichLTC to display at the SE MI Model Train Show
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MichLTC will be displaying at the Annual Southeast Michigan Model Train Show in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 30th, from 10am till 4pm. There will be over 100 tables of model trains and railroadiana for sale, several operating layouts, and trains (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org)
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| | Colossal Castle Contest
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The Classic Castle Team is proud to announce our first building contest: The Colossal Castle Contest. (URL) This contest is a bit different than other contests. We have a variety of categories each with one prize for the winner. Some categories (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
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| | New Poll regarding new colors
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I slapped together a (URL) poll> about the new colors. PLEASE sound off! James Wilson, Dallas, TX Lugnet Member 1783 (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Our Lady of the Snows Exhibit - My setup experience
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Hey all, This past weekend (URL) Our Lady of the Snows Shrine> in Belleville, IL launched the Way of Lights event, so I'm free to post this now. Last weekend (October 7-9) I drove down to St. Louis from Ottumwa, IA to help Dan Parker and Gary (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !
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| | BrickCase, Mini-Itx form-factor lego case
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Here's the second case design I've built around a mini-itx VIA EPIA 800 mainboard: (3 URLs) The BrickCase is entirely made of Lego bricks and uses no glue whatsoever (but does make use of several nylon washers, nuts, bolts and miniature screws) and (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | Hooklift Truck Poster
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Jeroen de Haan has kindly made a poster of my hooklift truck render and placed it on (URL) . Thanks Jeroen! I rendered the poster at a far higher resolution than previously to allow better quality prinouts; it took an Athlon XP 2000 over a week to (...) (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce)
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| | Pictures!... SCLTC at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum
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SCLTC is up and running at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum in Balboa Park! Fifteen members set up shop on Sunday, November 9 and manned our opening day on Tuesday, November 11. Pictures are online at (URL) SCLTC website>. Here are some samples (...) (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | * LDrawDesignPad LDDP 1.51 released *
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Hi! This is mostly a maintenance release. Thank you to everyone who gave feedback on version 1.50! Download it here: (URL) (LDDP) is a tool for editing and handling LDraw files in a very comfortable way. Features are: -Fully customizable editor with (...) (21 years ago, 14-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | I'm a Master Builder finalist from DC!
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Greetings all. I wanted to share my excitement of being chosen as one of three DC finalists for the position of LEGOLAND Master Model Builder: (URL) I'm at the bottom of the page. The next step is the final build-off in San Diego, CA at LEGOLAND in (...) (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.space, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !!
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| | E Harshbarger at N'tnl Toy Hall of Fame, 15-16 Nov
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Hi all, Just a note to say that I will be at the Strong Museum this weekned in Rochester, NY. Here is the (copied and pasted) text of the associated press release: “Adventures in Toyland” Weekend at Strong Museum November 15 & 16 ROCHESTER, New (...) (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !
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| | MichLUG to display at the 19th Annual Festival of Trees - Detroit
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MichLUG is happy to announce that we will be supporting the Children's Hospital of Michigan by sponsoring a tree at the 19th Annual Festival of Trees (Detroit). Festival of Trees is the largest annual special event fundraiser for Children's Hospital (...) (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi) !
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| | BrickFest™ PDX website & registration launch!!!
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BrickFest PDX 2004 Portland, OR USA - February 13-15, 2004 We are pleased to announce the launch of the BrickFest™ PDX website and the opening of the event registration! A very special THANKS to Kelly McKiernan (our webmaster) for doing such a GREAT (...) (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Posable Horse Instructions
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Okay, it's not up to Lego publication standards, but it should be helpful: (URL) parts list is also included. Alan (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| | A&M LWorks Presents MAFIA: City of Lost Heaven BIs
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A&M LWorks is proud to annouce not 1... not 2... or 3... bUT 6 NEW building instructions!! These 6 BIs are part of a new series by Andrzej Szlaga entitled: Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven Set I This project has been on going for over 4 months now and (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | New Posable Horse pictures
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As part of my ongoing vain, and ultimately futile, attempt to gain MOC immortality within the Lego community, I present my Posable Horses: King's Horsemen (URL) Apocalypse (URL) So far I have not been able to create a MOC horse that will fit inside (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle) !!
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| | NGLTC building event at Scottish Rite Children's Hospital in Atlanta
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This weekend North Georgia LEGO Train Club (NGLTC) held an ornament building session at Scottish Rite Children's Hospital in Atlanta. Here the patients and families were invited to come down and build ornaments that will be a part of the NGLTC tree (...) (21 years ago, 10-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | 4099 transformer
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Uhm not quite sure where this topic should be. I guess somewhere over here. I built a transforming jet out of the 4099 robobot designer set. (URL) is a picture with both models;the jet and the robot. (URL) is the folder including the transformation (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build) !!
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| | LUCNY exhibiting at the Oswego Valley Railroad show
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LEGO Users of Central New York; LUCNY... ...will be displaying our latest buildings, rolling stock, automated switches, modified track geometry, stock LEGO train kits, etc. at the 21st Annual Oswego Valley Railroad Association's Train Show in (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ny.syr, lugnet.loc.us.ny.uti, lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce)
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| | New LEGO User Group for Teen Fans of LEGO!
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I am pleased to announce the formation of TeenLUG of Middle Tennessee. An organazation for Middle Tennessee based Teen LEGO fans to gather and share creations and Ideas. Meetings will be held once a month at various places throughout the community. (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.tn.nas, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Sacramento Brick Builders - our first meetings!
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Hello fellow Sacramento area Lego enthusiasts! I am pleased to announce that we have found a meeting location for the Sacramento Lego club, and I have scheduled our first two meetings! They are still some time away due to room availability, but I (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.us.sacbb, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.announce)
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| | Two posters of Ben's models
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Hi all, For those who visit my site now and then or recieve the newsletter (subscribe!) this is not new: there are two new posters of 2 steam train models made by Reinhard Beneke; the BR24 and BR50. Hopefully he has time to convert more of his fine (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGOFESTIVAL 2003 BRUSSELS HITS 18,000 VISITORS
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For the first time TLC organised LEGOFESTIVAL at the Heizel Exhibition Centre in Brussels. After been in Zwolle with BeLUG for the first time, we didn't know what to expect from this "little brother-event". As it was only 2 weeks in between, we (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | LDraw.org MOTM, SOTM Submissions
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Due to the hard work of the team members, we hope to have the Model of the Month (MOTM) and Scene of the Month (SOTM) contests up and running by next month. As such I'd like to ask for any and all submissions to these two contests. If you are new to (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.announce)
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| | MOC: Citroen DS (7 studs wide)
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Hello, this is my newest creation: A Citroen DS. I always wanted to build one, but I did not know how to build the headlights. When I saw Mattias' Mazda Miata, I knew it: With trans-white plates. Last week I constructed the rest of the model. Here (...) (21 years ago, 2-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | SCLTC at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum
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The (URL) Southern California LEGO Train Club> returns to the San Diego Model Railroad Museum this holiday season with its biggest and longest running exhibit ever. The layout features six operating trains (including two fully automated ones), a (...) (21 years ago, 1-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Welcome the Sacramento Brick Builders!
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Hello all! I am pleased to announce the formation of the Sacramento Brick Builders, which will be the LUG for the Sacramento, California area. Folks from all over the central valley, and out east as far as Reno, NV are welcome to join. Right now I (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.us.sacbb, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Call for BrickFest 2004 Event-Graphic
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The organizers of BrickFest(TM) PDX 2004 would like to extend an invitation to the community to submit their graphic ideas/artwork for consideration in the BrickFest PDX event-graphic contest. The event-graphic (not to be confused with the BrickFest (...) (21 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.org, lugnet.people, FTX) !
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| | MonLUG's 5th Train Show, November 8th and 9th
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A french message follows. Un message en français suit. Hello, I'm happy to announce MonLUG's fifth participation in a train show at the « Expo Train Modélisme » in the Montreal Area. It will be held at Georges Vanier High School in Laval (just north (...) (21 years ago, 25-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains) !
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| | MichLUG @ the Motor City ComiCon - Caslte & Space Layouts
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MichLUG was happy to display this past weekend at the Motor City ComiCon in Novi, MI. This is our second time displaying with them and we again had a great time. We had a complete castle layout, with 2 castles, 1 haunted keep, a village, a forest, a (...) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX) !!
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| | BrickSet XRef Version 1.2 Now Available
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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. An upgrade to version 1.2 is (...) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.inv)
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| | Pictures of GFLTC at GATS Ft. Myers...
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Train Fans, The Greater Florida LEGO Train Club had a display at the Great American Train Show in Fort Myers, Florida last weekend (October 18-19, 2003). But as you view the picture keep one thing in mind, none of the other GFLTC members could make (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug) !
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| | Pictures from NovaLUG show in Truro last weekend
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Hi folks, We attended our fourth public presentation last weekend. It was a important milestone for us, because it was our first anniversary. Yes! one year already and it was in the same location. This time we had a little more time to prepare (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.ns, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.novalug, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | ParLUGment at Railfair 26, Ottawa, Canada
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ParLUGment just had our first showing here in Ottawa, and everybody loved it. The word "LEGO" was on the lips of both young and old at the Train Show. Everybody was coming back again and again. It was such a joy to see. The layout was the most (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town) !
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| | BrickVista October Update
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(2 URLs) Update: October 2003 ==== M.O.P Rover Red Rover Goes To Mars Project DIY MOC Pre-Classic Space Rovers (URL) Phew, how time flies. It’s now halfway through October and it seems like only last week I was putting the finishing touches on the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | New Technology from Venus
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Hello, I finally got authorization from Mitzi, the Venusian Technology Delegate to show images of her shuttle. She says that hopefully, she can provide us other Venusian craft later. Here is her shuttle: (2 URLs) Top View> (URL) Side View> (you can (...) (21 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Sacramento, CA LUG is forming!
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Hello all! I am pleased to announce that we are in the process of forming the Sacramento Lego Users Group, aka SacLUG. We have begun by asking adults and kids alike to sign up at the (URL) Sacramento Lego Road Show stop>. We got a lot (over 100!) of (...) (21 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sto, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, FTX) !
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| | COLTC at GATS in Dayton, Ohio
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Exhausted & delighted, COLTC has completed our first GATS show in Dayton, Ohio this past weekend -- Oct. 11-12, 2003 -- at the Exposition Center at Dayton Airport. We set up the display Saturday morning before the event opened in about 4 hours & had (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.day, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col) !!
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| | Master Builder candidates on Wired.com!
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WIRED.COM has an article on the search for a new Master Builder. The article includes quotes from the original announcement, and from Russell Clark and myself, Aaron Sneary. It's really exciting that the media is interested in this job search. Take (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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| | Wow what a for LEGO events weekend!
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Here is a list of events this weekend: LEGO WORLD October 17-21, 2003 (URL) Will You Make LEGO Roadshow, Scottsdale (Phoenix), AZ (URL) display in Truro, NS, Canada October 18, 2003 (URL) at GATS Ft Myers, FL October 18-19, 2003 (URL) at the Motor (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org)
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| | NovaLUG display in Truro, NS, Oct 18th
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Hey folks, NovaLUG is proud to announce our fourth public event. We will be participating in the Model train show in (URL) on October the 18th from 9am to 4pm. For this occasion, we decided to work with all new creations of our favorite train and (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.ns, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.novalug, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | GFLTC at GATS Ft Myers, Florida...
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Hi all, The Greater Florida LEGO Train Club will have a layout at the Great American Trains Show (GATS), October 18 and 19, 2003 in Fort Myers, Florida. The 22ft X 15ft layout will feature two main lines of trains, a large yard area, a large (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug)
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| | MichLUG to display at the Motor City Comic Con in Novi, MI
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Motor City Comic Con Description: ComicCon is a huge comic book convention, featuring lots of dealers, anime and gaming, and a long list of guests, including the actors who played Geordie LaForge and Tasha Yar in Star Trek: The Next Generation. - (...) (21 years ago, 13-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.org) !!
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| | ParLUGment to Display at Railfair 26, Ottawa, Canada
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Hello, The Ottawa LEGO club ParLUGment is pleased to announce our first local showing in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. On October 18th and 19th, we will be displaying a 16' x 9' LEGO Train layout at Railfair 26. The show is at Algonquin College near (...) (21 years ago, 13-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment) !
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| | *** LDView Version 2.0.3 Released ***
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(NOTE: This version only affects people who are not running Windows 2000 or Windows XP. If you are running LDView 2.0.2 in Windows 2000 or Windows XP, there's no need to update.) LDView version 2.0.3 is now available, in both source and binary (...) (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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| | European LUG MAP
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Hi, For the interested ones, here's a link to our site with a European LUG MAP. Because the one on LUGNET isn't up to date, even after asking Todd & Suzanne, our webmaster desided to create one for our site. You can find it here : (URL) over a (...) (21 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.loc.it) !
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| | Underworld movie poster
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Well.. this was done a couple weeks ago but with vacation I never got the post put up. After seeing Underworld I finally got the incentive to finish the poster as I'd had the idea for a few months based on promo pictures, etc. (URL) you like it. :) (...) (21 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Virtual LEGO now available!
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Hey everyone! Writing to let you know that the book Virtual LEGO (by yours truly, Steve Bliss, and Ahui Herrera) has finally hit the shelves! It is now shipping from Amazon.com and showing up in your local bookstore soon (if its not there already). (...) (21 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX) !!
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| | LDraw Design Pad Version 1.5 Released
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5 months in the making, LDraw Design Pad 1.5 is finally released. A installer for new users and an update for users of 1.5b can be found here: (URL) (LDDP) is a tool for editing and handling LDraw files in a very comfortable way. Features are: (...) (21 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Seattle Road Show (whoops- a week late...)
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The Road Show came to Seattle on the last weekend of September, running from the 26th to the 28th. PNLTC, SeaLUG, and SMART all shared the small space with a 3-layer layout in 4 sections. You can check out a sampling of the pictures on the SeaLUG (...) (21 years ago, 6-Oct-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Angus Young Minifig Instructions and Bitmaps
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For those of you who requested it, my Angus Young Mini-Fig instructions and bitmaps are now online... www.blockaholic.com/...ldpage.htm For best results for the Gibon SG guitar, use the CorelDRAW file, provided you have CorelDRAW. Enjoy! For those (...) (21 years ago, 6-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce)
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| | *** LDView Version 2.0.2 Released ***
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LDView version 2.0.2 is now available, in both source and binary forms. You can download either from: (URL) biggest change in this release is an update to use your currently selected visual style when running in Windows XP. Most of the other changes (...) (21 years ago, 4-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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| | 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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