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| I'd like to proudly introduce the (URL) L PRIZE>. The L PRIZE is a new and exciting open competition that will be officially launched at SIGGRAPH 2004 by an independent team led by Tim Courtney. The purpose of the L PRIZE is to reach both the (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.events, lugnet.edu, FTX) !
| | | | | Las Vegas Mosaic
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| My students and I have just finished a large LEGO project. It is an 8 by 6 foot mosaic with a Las Vegas theme. I had the idea to create this after visiting the Neon Museum during a field trip. This museum houses artifacts from Las Vegas’ gambling (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.events, FTX) !
| | | | | Micro MOC Off! BrickFest 2004
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| Just as a reminder, 47 days to BrickFest, and counting . . . Micro MOC Off! We are hoping that everyone that attends BrickFest can bring along a Micro for the Micro MOC Off, A Community Project Display at BrickFest 2004 in Washington DC. If you are (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
| | | | | Re: BrickFest is coming!
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| I'm reposting this message to the events.BrickFest list so that everyone knows about this great opportunity. I'm sure there are others out there, just like me, who have an RCX set (found for a good price, or a gift, whatever the case...) and you (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | brickset.com updates available via RSS
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| Brickset.com has jumped on the 'RSS bandwagon'! Additions to the Brickset database are now available as a RSS news feed at (URL) let me know if you find this useful, or have suggestions for improvement. Huw Webmaster www.brickset.com (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.brickset)
| | | | | Friday Surprise
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| It's Friday and what better to celebrate than with... Roof Tiles (aka Slopes) Check out the (URL) new bulk> items, available for pre-order now in the US, and now (or soon) in Europe! Hopefully this will add a bit of happiness to an otherwise (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, FTX) !
| | | | | BIP RSS Feed and Blog Update
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| All, Inspired by (URL) Dan's post> from earlier today about the new LUGNET RSS feed, I created a Building Instructions Portal Latest Updates feed. (URL) And while I'm on the subject of updates, I've recently implemented (URL) BlogFusion> on the (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Pick a Brick at BrickFest
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| Pick a Brick at BrickFest! As most AFOLs know, Pick a Brick is something that is available at the LEGO Brand Retail stores. A selection of LEGO parts are available in various quantities. This year, the Potomac Mills LEGO Outlet will be getting Pick (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us, FTX) !!
| | | | | LUGNET news RSS feed
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| I've expanded the Peeron Sidebars idea to include an RSS feed of new posts. Not sure if it's going to be as useful as the LUGNET sidebar, but it was easy to code. The new feed can be found here: (URL) the old sidebars can still be found here: (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.off-topic.geek) !
| | | | | New container ship color
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| Well, it took a bit longer to get the final results tallied that I expected (summer vacations and all). But I'm pleased to announce that the color chosen for the new container ship is...drum roll please.... Dark Blue That's right. They were neck and (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | BrickFest Spaceport Hailing Frequencies Open!
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| The BrickFest Space Coordinator is now opening a channel for incoming spacers to BrickFest 2004. All those coming or planning to come please respond to this post. The.Space Paparazzi will be the Coordinator, and he has some ambitious plans for the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.starwars, FTX) !!
| | | | | Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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| OK folks, Here it goes..... I have spent the last 11 months writing a new book on Lego. It will be released not as an actual book, but as a CD (IBM and MAC compatible!!!) It is about 80% done, and so far has 105,000 words on 300 pages. There will be (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | Announcing Canadian changes to Shop At Home!
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| All, You may have noticed this week that the Canadian Shop At Home site was down for maintainence. Everything is back up and running now - with one addition. Pricing for Shop At Home for orders to Canada are now in Canadian dollars. Hopefully this (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | BrickFest Hotel info
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| I’m please to announce that arrangements have been finalized with the Hilton Arlington & Towers. 950 N. Stafford Street, Arlington VA 22203 located just 0.6 Miles from GMU. Hilton Arlington & Towers has a block of guestrooms reserved for BrickFest (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org, FTX) !!
| | | | | BayLTC Opens Museum Exhibit
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| The Bay Area LEGO® Train Club (BayLTC) has opened its latest exhibit, at the Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society and Museum in Pleasanton, California, now through July 11, 2004. This layout represents several "firsts" for the club: first (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, FTX)
| | | | | Gaming at BrickFest!
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| Admiral Filz reporting on the status of gaming with LEGO bricks at BrickFest 2004! We have an exciting lineup of activities already scheduled, but there's room for more. If you are interested in coordinating a game that uses LEGO bricks, please fill (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jun-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.people, lugnet.org, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
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| | | | | | BrickFest 2004 Sessions Notes...
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| BrickFest 2004 Sessions Notes... A friendly reminder... The submittal deadline for BrickFest sessions is coming Friday, July 2, 2004. The best time slots are filling quickly, so if you’re planning on presenting a session you should sign up soon at: (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jun-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.org, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
| | | | | Knight's Kingdom sculpture at Starbase
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| Hi, In February I attended Toy Fair for my site billsbricks.com and had a chance to enter a guess the brick contest on a giant Knight's Kingdom Jayko sculptre at the LEGO pavilion in the Javit's Center. It was ouside of the booth. I did some math (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | Blacktron Robots
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| Greetings, Here are some pictures of my Blacktron robots... (URL) the evil. Pete (20 years ago, 13-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | New MOC: The A-Team and B.A.'s Van!!!
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| (URL) of my favorite shows growing up was the A-Team, so a while back after buying some extra NBA figure sets I decided to try making a MR. T figure. Once I was finished him, I thought what the heck, I might as well make the rest of the team! Next (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | P'titgneugneu the stairs climber, was Re: CC3:Stairs,
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| Here is the (URL) write-up> about the robot I built for CC3:Stairs contest, that happened to win ;o) A bit flimsy, not too pretty, but it did the job! (URL) As the results have not been published here, I inserted the official announcement below. (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | New LEGO Stores!
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| In our effort to bring a little slice of LEGO heaven all corners of the world, we have 6 new LEGO stores coming soon! Bellevue, WA Santa Clara, CA San Mateo, CA Bridgewater, NJ McLean, VA Rockaway, NJ (For more details, keep an eye on the (URL) LEGO (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | CANCELLED: Re: LUCNY to display at Day Out With Thomas, Utica, NY June 18-27, 2004
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| For various reasons mostly due to the venue, LUCNY will NOT be participating in this event this year. In Lieu of this event, we will be having a local meeting to have some fun and play with our trains. This will likely be a two-day event; details to (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.ny.uti, FTX)
| | | | | LUGNET Transition Update
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| As mentioned late last week, here's an update on the status of the LUGNET transition. Hopefully it will address recent concerns, as well as bring you some new, exciting news about the direction we're taking. First off, we consider new member issues (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | Free Web Hosting for LUGs/LTCs
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| As part of my own effort to increase awareness of the LUG/LTC community, my company, Northstar Computer Systems, is offering free web hosting for any LEGO-related group. All that I ask is that you add a link from your site back to mine and that you (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | Display Event
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| GtwLUG will be having a Train display on June 13th and 20th at The Wabash Frisco and Pacific Assn. Steam Railway in Eureka, Mo. For information and directions see their website at: www.wfprr.com Our display will be a 8' x 12' Layout with 2 running (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | BF 2004 LTC Container Car Swap Call for Participation
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| Hello, I will be heading up this year's LTC container swap. If your club is interested in participating, please have a club representative e-mail me with your club affiliation and information. Also e-mail me a list of container cars that your club (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org) !!
| | | | | Re: The SPLTC Recreates the Old West
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| Pictures from the show are up and ready for viewing. (URL) us know what you think. Ray (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sbe, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.bak, lugnet.western) !!
| | | | | Saturday June 19th Cleveland Area Gathering
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| I will be hosting an informal gathering of AFOLs in the Cleveland, OH area at my house on Saturday, June 19, 2004. Anyone in the area at that time is welcome to come, but I ask that you do please let me know that you are coming so that I can plan (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, lugnet.loc.us.oh.akr, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events)
| | | | | BrickFest 2004 Mosaic Event
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| BrickFest attendees will witness the on-site assembly of a 21 panel LEGO mosaic featuring the image of the Capitol Building. In the tradition of the team building challenges at BrickFest and other AFOL events, BrickFest 2004 is no exception. I'm (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.people, lugnet.org, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org.us) !!
| | | | | Update - New container ship colors
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| In case anyone is interested, I thought I'd pass on some info from new container ship color survey. Right now, both the dark green (no not regular green) and dark blue choices are neck and neck. There have been 579 English NA 207 English EU 96 (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.color) !
| | | | | HOT! Need your help in choosing...
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| Become part of history and vote on the new color for the next container ship.. The Maersk Container ship (set 10152) has been a huge success and will truly be a collector’s items. The limited quantity is nearly gone. Many community members have (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.color, FTX) !!
| | | | | Announcing the Alternate Star Wars Contests
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| Hi all, I'm here to announce the "Alternate Star Wars" contest that I'm currently hosting on the FBTB "LEGO Star Wars Customs" forum. The obvious and the main reason for it, is to boost the creativity in creating more Sci-fi based original customs. (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space) !
| | | | | BrickFest 2004 Event-Graphic
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| The BrickFest™ Committee invites the designers and artists of the community to submit graphic ideas/artwork for the Official BrickFest 2004 Event Graphic, which will commemorate the 5th Anniversary of BrickFest in Washington, DC. The selected (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | Announcing the MOCC
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| My Own Castle Competition. We are hereby happy to announce the official castle-building competition for the Castle Room at BrickFest 2004. The competition is pretty straightforward, but a lot can be done with it. It is the hope of the BrickFest 2004 (...) (20 years ago, 31-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.western, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.contests) !!
| | | | | Das 1. Buch L. -- Brick Testament book to be released in German this August
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| I am very pleased to announce that a German translation of (URL) The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis> will be coming out in Germany this August. In Germany the book go by the title (URL) 1. Buch L.>. I got my first look at it just (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.loc.de, FTX) !
| | | | | Galactic Requiem update - Chapter 1 finished
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| At long last, (URL) Chapter 1> of my LEGO comic, (URL) Galactic Requiem>, is finished and uploaded. Seven brand new pages. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, Galactic Requiem is a dystopic science fiction comic illustrated entirely with (...) (20 years ago, 29-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Jade Empire Wooshi
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| Our corporate intelligence sources have managed to sneak back some photos of a new Jade Empire weapon, the (URL) Wooshi>. Our sources have been unable to determine as yet whether this is powered armor or an advanced com-bot. It has been code-named (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | LEGO Books for your Club or Organization
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| Greetings, No Starch Press would like to extend to you an offer that might help support your user group. No Starch is willing to offer you books at a discounted price which you can then sell for full price to the general public at shows and events. (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, lugnet.org, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !!
| | | | | Club Logos and Website Club Links for the BrickFest website
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| The BrickFest Committee is calling upon club members attending BrickFest to submit their club logos and URL to BrickFest for inclusion in the Participating Clubs section on the side bar on the home page. The web logo button size is 88 x 31 pixels. (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.org, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.events) !!
| | | | | The Braintrust builds one for the Eastern Block.
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| As promised, I am announcing more new stuff from the Braintrust. This one's built with the intent to sell it to the Eastern Block. It's a battle support mech, with a capacity of 48 missiles, and two gatling guns. (URL) CBT-EB> I didn't have enough (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
| | | | | Updated "Breathe Some Life" Competition Entries
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| Hi All, I've recently added some Australian themed MOCs to my Brickshelf folder for the "The Great Breathe Some Life into .loc.au Competition!". Check out some pics at... (URL) let me know what you think! Cheers, Braith. -More to come ;) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | BIP Updates
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| After a long hiatus in doing anything new with the Building Instructions Portal, I'm coming back! In the coming months, I'm going to be putting quite a bit of effort into re-writing the site's code, and adding new functionality. So in preparation (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | The SPLTC Recreates the Old West
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| The Southern Pacific LEGO® Train Club (SPLTC) is pleased to announce our upcoming appearance at the 89th National Orange Show at the Orange Fairgrounds in San Bernardino, California. Our club members have busy designing and building a new layout to (...) (20 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sbe, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.bak) !!
| | | | | Civilian Space moc contest entry - Space garbage truck
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| Hi all, Here's my entry in the contest. It's a garbage truck used for plucking defunct satellites and other space debris from orbit. (URL) It's a bit derivative, being part (URL) garbage ship, part Chris Giddens' PCS, and just a little bit Pete's (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | AFOL records is up and running!!
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| (I'm posting this for Josh. I don't make a habit of giving myself kudos :) -Anne) AFOL records is up and running!! Thanks to Anne Henmi for developing the HTML for the site! (URL) Thanks for the submissions so far, and keep submiting! If you can (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | SCLTC at Brentwood Science Community Fair
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| SCLTC will present a condensed exhibit at the first annual Brentwood Science Community Fair in Brentwood, California. Featured items include the Crystal Towers Hotel with 8 operating elevators, the SCLTC Building, Hangar 50-52, a 10 foot (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola, FTX) !!
| | | | | A Call for Sessions at BrickFest™ DC 2004
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| A Call for Sessions at BrickFest™ DC 2004 One of the key parts of activities at BrickFest™ is a chance to share your knowledge and experiences, and learn from each other. So, once again we would like to offer an invitation to all individuals, Groups (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.org, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
| | | | | Galactic Requiem update - Desktops, and a vote
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| I have made some new desktop images for my LEGO comic, (URL) Galactic Requiem>. Here they are (old and new), in thumb version: (4 URLs) The full-scale images can all be found (URL) here>. I have gotten some complaints about the occational use of (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Brickfest Micro Moc Display and Contest
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| This is your chance to get creative, without breaking the Lego budget. It's my pleasure to let you know about the Micro Contest and Display! I'm calling out to ALL builders . . . The ideas are endless, but here is a bit of food for thought... (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town) !!
| | | | | Re: Brickfest 2004 Animation Contest announcement
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| Crosspost to .announce and XFUT to lugnet.events.brickfest. (...) Thanks, Robert, for posting this on behalf of Josh. This is exciting news and it sounds like the team has selected a great theme! I hope we'll see lots of great entries... I look (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.animation, lugnet.events.brickfest)
| | | | | Pictures from MichLUG at Motor City Comic Con
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| (4 URLs) MichLUG was happy to display both Castle and Space layouts this past weekend. This was our largest Castle display yet and one our most packed Moonbases as well. (URL) Show Report and More Pictures> Enjoy! Jason Spears MichLUG/MichLTC (URL) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.org, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX) !
| | | | | AFOL Records NEEDS submissions!
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| (URL) please mail submissions to: submit@afolrecords.b...choice.com Most wanted: Most people in classic-castle.com chat Tallest minifig building, futuristic Tallest minifig building, prototypical Tallest minifig building, castle Largest castle (feet (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | LUCNY to display at Day Out With Thomas, Utica, NY June 18-27, 2004
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| (URL) The Lego Users of Central New York (LUCNY)> will be setting up and operating a 12 foot by 40 foot display of Lego Trains in Utica, NY, during the Day Out With Thomas the Tank Engine event. (URL) A Day out With Thomas> is sponsored by the (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.ny.uti, FTX)
| | | | | More from the braintrust.
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| The braintrust will be rolling out a wide range of new productions in the near future.(chalk it up to the end of the spring semmester). First up on the block is the new CBT-200, it's the big brother of the (URL) CBT-100> This one is designed for (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | LEGO S@H Metroliner Discount Offer
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| ILTCO is pleased to extend an opportunity to the LUGNET community to take advantage of an offer previosuly extended to ILTCO members to purchase the LEGO Metroloiner at a substantial discount. LEGO Shop-at-Home North America is offering a special (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Introducing the 2004-2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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| Introducing the 2004-2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee It is our great pleasure to introduce ourselves as the first elected LDraw.org Steering Committee. Over the past few days, we have been settling into our roles, doing housekeeping, and orienting (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX) !!
| | | | | NGLTC display at Dawsonville LEGO Outlet store Memorial day weekend
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| The North Georgia LEGO Train Club (NGLTC) will be presenting their annual train display on Saturday May 29th at the Dawsonville Georgia LEGO Outlet store at the North Georgia Premium Outlet Mall. The layout will be setup in front of the store from (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga) !
| | | | | Brad Ventura Around the World
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| Brad Ventura Around the World ===...=== I'm pleased to announce today that the project to send a Minifig in a trip around this big world is about to begin! Brad Ventura, World Explorer, has been selected in a small elite group of Minifigs from (...) (20 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, lugnet.publish, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Next Lugola meeting - May 22nd - San Clemente
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| FOR THE BEST EXPOSURE, THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN REPOSTED HERE! Hello All, The next LUGOLA meeting will be held on May 22nd at my house in southern San Clemente at noon o'-clock (map below). I don't have a big house, but I will have plenty of room for (...) (20 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.lugola, FTX)
| | | | | New Website/MOCs
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| Hey guys, I just finished a complete remake of my website. The address is the same as before: (URL) think I have found all the bugs, however, there still could be a few. If any of you had problems viewing my robots you should be able to see them (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | Den ukendte galakse - A LEGO Publishing comic from 1986, rediscovered
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| I admit to being the secret owner of a real treasure: The LEGO Publishing comic Den ukendte galakse (The Unknown Galaxy for the non-Danish reader). Here is the cover, Copyright 1986 LEGO Publishing: (URL) You might recognize the gray robot on the (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, FTX)
| | | | | her majesty's new sloop! HMS Tempest has arrived!
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| well, with Orion being a rather ageing man of war, she sailed back to England to be refit. as a replacement, the Admiralty sent out the first of the newest class of sloop, HMS Tempest. (URL) her design is a vast improvement over the prior ships. she (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| | | | | LDraw.org Ad-Hoc Organizing Committee - Wrap-Up and Thank You
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| The LDraw.org Ad-Hoc Organizing Committee (4+1) would like to take the time to publicly wrap up its duties as the provisional authority for LDraw.org with a few words. First, a big thank-you to everyone who helped in the organizing process. We thank (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
| | | | | Steering Committee results
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| All: The winners of the LDraw Steering Committee Election are (in alphabetical order by last name): Kevin L. Clague Tim Courtney* Chris Dee Larry Pieniazek Orion Pobursky A total of 86 votes were cast. I did not cast a vote in this election. (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org) !!
| | | | | BrickFest participants for 2004
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| I am looking for a participant of BrickFest 2004. I want someone who is a minifig fan and has some promo and rare minifigs that they wish to display. Or even just a fan that wishes to display some figs. I want to donate a cabinet to this effort. I (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | 2nd Annual Midwest Lego Train Show ........call for participation........
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| 2nd Annual Midwest Lego Train Show NILTC is pleased to announce that we will be holding the 2nd Annual Midwest Lego Train Show in Wheaton, IL December 4-5th. This show was proven to be a great success last year smashing all previous attendance (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.org.us.lrgoaa, lugnet.org.us.gmlug, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Call for Group Train Layout at BrickFest™ 2004
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| Call for Group Train Layout at BrickFest™ 2004 Once again we would like to extend an invitation to all individuals, LEGO® train clubs or clubs that organize other displays with trains in them to set up a display at BrickFest™. For those of you who (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !
| | | | | Got an AFOL record setting Lego MOC!?
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| Comming in the next MONTH, an "unofficial AFOL records site". I came up with this idea today. Basicaly I'm aiming for largest, and most catagories, i.e.: Most minifigs Largest castle Largest Caslte Army Tallest Minifig Building Tallest Tower ... the (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.general, FTX) !
| | | | | Less then 3 months till BrickFest
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| BrickFest, the largest AFOL event in North America, is three months away. Registration for the event opened over a week ago, with many people already registering and planning to attend the Fest. (URL) year marks the 5 anniversary of BrickFest. From (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.org, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.events) !!
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| | | | | | CedarLUG Meeting Tonight
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| First of all I would like to say, "I am nervous to be posting". This is one of my first posts to LUGNET and I hope that I have done it correctly (If not I know I will be told :) ). Second, I placed lugnet.org in the "Request Followups to:" field (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Top secret project - we need your help
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| All, Richard and I (mostly Richard, thanks Richard!) have been working on a new survey tool to get a better handle on the AFOL part desires. We have been working on a super top secret project – we’ll call it Project X - for many months now, and it’s (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.color, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | Newest member of the LCD Team
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| I have some good news to pass along – Jan Beyer, a LEGO colleague has joined the LEGO Community Development (LCD) Team to help me out. Jan will be working with the German community. Jan will report into me, but will be the main point of contact (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego.announce) !
| | | | | NGLTC club house at Discover Mills Mall this summer
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| Once again the North Georgia LEGO Train club (NGLTC) will have a summer “club house” at the Discover Mills Outlet Mall in Gwinnett county Georgia. Like last year we will be occupying an empty store in the mall and filling it with our LEGO train (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | COLTC to display at Dennison, Ohio's TrainFest from July 30 - August 1, 2004
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| COLTC will have a 30 x 30 foot layout at the Dennison, Ohio Train Festival from July 30 - August 1, 2004. We are still working out the details of the layout, but we have been asked by the TranFest event co-ordinator to bring along Paul Janssen's 4+ (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.oh) !!
| | | | | MichLUG to display at the Motor City Comic Con - Castle & Space - May 14-16
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| MichLUG has been invited to display at the Motor City Comic Con for a third time now. We will have a Moonbase layout with 10 regular sized modules and 4 super sized modules. Along with a monorail, many lading pads and ships galore there will be 75 (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.org, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | New newsgroup lugnet.color
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| A new newsgroup/list lugnet.color has been created for the focused discussion LEGO colors. Cross-posting is OK, within reason, but please be careful to set the followup field to direct color discussions to lugnet.color -- especially rants, (...) (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego) !!
| | | | | My Honours Project
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| Last year I completed an Honours year in Applied Mathematics at the University of Melbourne. My project was on the segregation of granular materials in a rotating drum. If a horizontal cylinder is approximately half-filled with two granular (...) (20 years ago, 8-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.edu, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Update: Universal colors - beginnings
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| Many people have asked what colors are currently considered "universal" or locked. This means that these colors will almost certainly never be changed. Universal colors are colors that we consider to be untouchable for change. While the final list (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | The prefect answer to deciding which parts to make in the old colors
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| Basicly, builders for each theme (well certainly the core themes like space, castle, pirates, town, trains & technic) would come up with a list of the parts that they most use. Then, from there, the lists would be combined (I suspect that quite a (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | New MOCs
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| Hi folks! I've posted a few new MOCs on my Brickshelf area, mostly those that were displayed at the 500 Festival Kid's Day in Indianapolis on May 1. It includes my first attempt at a Mecha figure, as well as a space pirate ship, grandstands and a (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | More pictures!
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| Just in case you haven't had enough, there are now 78 more photos from (URL) SCLTC>'s display at Fullerton Railroad Days! (URL) Follow this link for more pictures: (URL). Enjoy! - Thomas Michon Webmaster, (URL) SCLTC> (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | Jake did good Thanks!!
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| It's past time to get beyond debating the "why" of the color change (and especially haranguing Jake about it). I don't see any reason not to take Jake and the TLC at their word that the new colors work better with the core market at point of sale: (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | Color Change - Final Update
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| You’d think I would have learned my lesson by now about the color change and just taken refuge in a concrete bunker. Nope, not that bright I think! I come to you with a final update, and some good news, as well as bad. Bad news first – After much (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego) !!
| | | | | Risque images at Legoland
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| Hey everybody! For those of you that are in the San Diego area, Channel 8 news is doing a bit about the "risque" scenes in Legolands Miniland. I am not sure if this is an off-shoot of the story that appeared in the San Diego Union Tribune a few (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | BrickFest™ Registration now online
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| BrickFest™ Registration form is now available via the website. BrickFest 2004 August 13-15th Washington, DC (URL) Registration will be a bit different this year. If you registered and attended BrickFest PDX, your account may already be set up. If (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.games, lugnet.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.build.schleim) !!
| | | | | April Model and Scene of the Month Contest Winners
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| Congratulations to the winners of the March Model/Scene of the Month contests: (URL) MOTM, Jorgen Andersson, Volkswagen Typ 82 "Kübelwagen"> (URL) SOTM, Robert Leahey, Perspectives 2 - Making Orbit> Voting for May's contests in is now open This (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
| | | | | Igor Last Quest (or my entry for the Booby Trap Contest)
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| Some said a picture worth 1000 words... so I ask and how much a movie worth :) (URL) Enjoy! P.S. I forgat to mantioned that this is for the Booby Trap contest for CC:) Yaron "Webrain" Dori (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX) !!
| | | | | Pictures from SCLTC at Fullerton 2004!
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| (9 URLs) Pictures of SCLTC's latest show are now available! Our club is displaying at the Fullerton Railroad Days event from May 1-2, 2004, held at the Amtrak Train Station in Fullerton, CA. Follow this link for the photo gallery: (URL). Our show is (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | Minifig Hall of Fame Winner : Yellow Castle Knight Blue
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| Hi all! This is to announce that the winner of the April-May 2004 election for the Minifig Hall of Fame is Yellow Castle Knight Blue. He finished in front of Ghost who will be in the next election's second round. Visit www.minifigville.com/mhof to (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | CC2: discus, Hammerhead the CD thrower
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| Here is the write-up about (URL), the CD thrower which won (URL) CONTEST # 2: Discus>, with shooting distance of 20 feet. (URL) You will find (URL) there> detail images, movies... Thanks to the LEGO Mindstorms Forum team who organized this contest, (...) (20 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | Announcing the Fleebnork.com Civilian Space MOC contest!
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| Hi Everyone! After Jon Palmer's successful P38 contest, I have decided to run one of my own. I am resurrecting a contest some of you may recall from Mark's Lego Creations about 4 years ago. (URL) The Civilian MOC contest! The rules are simple: You (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | Coupe/ Cabrio car
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| Hi! After a long time I'm able to present a new technic car: (URL) I tried to put as many cool features in this car I possibly could do. Some specs: - All wheeldrive with a double wishbone suspensionsystem - V 12 engine and a 'normal' 5+1 speed (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | SCLTC at Fullerton Railroad Days 2004
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| The (URL) Southern California LEGO Train Club> (SCLTC) returns to Fullerton Railroad Days this coming weekend with its first new layout of 2004. Items appearing for the first time: An automated light rail system A brand new town area Area 51 A new (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola, FTX) !
| | | | | LDraw.org Steering Committee Election Open
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| The LDraw.org Steering Committee election is now open. To vote, please visit (URL) and log in with your user account. Next, visit the announcement on LDraw.org here: (URL) the Ballot link. You may vote for up to five candidates. Please cast only one (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | Lego in a government fraud article
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| I was doing my daily scan of news stories when I came across the following article: "Government Credit Card Abuses Detailed" So I took a read. Lo and behold, in the bottom, look what I found: In another instance $200 of LEGO toy robots were bought (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Guide to Jade Empire
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| I put this together to help out those people who may be wondering just what exactly this whole Jade Empire business is all about. If anyone else has anything to contribute, please feel free to post! Some time ago on Lugnet (and in chat conversations (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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