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| (URL) uses Anton Raves' POV-Ray library. You can create many minifigs with it, and best yet, you can walk them. Option one is to walk it in a straight line--boring. Option two, walk it on a spline. Very cool! There is an animation of a minifig (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | ISD Build Record Attempt - LEGOLAND Windsor 9 April
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| Legoland Windsor are holding a Legoland After Dark event on 8 and 9 April 2005 (URL) The park have invited the Brickish Association to field a 10-person team to attempt to beat the Imperial Star Destroyer build record. Please come and watch if you (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.legoland.windsor, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | Release dates
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| All, Sorry for the delay in getting posting this info. I've been crazy busy lately (when you aren't traveling, people are actually able to get ahold of you!), and still trying to catch up. There has been some question about the releases of Dino (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | Call for GBC modules - House of Bricks
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| It’s the Great Ball Contraption - LIVE! You are invited to build modules, or just watch the action, live & in person. We will be constructing a Great Ball Contraption (URL) at the House of Bricks (URL) event at the Chicago Marriott, Schaumburg, on (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.org.us.clb, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic) !
| | | | | Welcome to GeekBrick.com, the online Lego fan community!
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| (URL) Hello there! GeekBrick.com is now online! Previously the Bionicle fansite Bionicle Revolution ((URL)), we have converted to GeekBrick.com, a Lego fan site that focuses on all aspects of Lego. We have new and accurate news, forums (hosted on (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | COLTC display at GATS in Columbus, Ohio Show Report
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| The Central Ohio Lego Train Club (COLTC) recently completed our 2nd Home Town Great American Train Show (GATS). This event was our second largest show to date, with 32 full size tables (3x6 10" baseplates). There were many exciting moments, most (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !!
| | | | | Technic MOC: DuckPro Automated Duck Assembly
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| (First of all, I hope I've set this to the proper newsgroups. I've never "announced" a project I've worked on before. So apologies in advance if I've posted to the wrong area!) I've had this idea for a few years. But I finally got around to building (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX) !!
| | | | | GeekBrick.com: Bionicle Revolution Converted
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| Bionicle Revolution V2 went broad, and is now known as GeekBrick.com! This will not be a new website. It's this same website, only that our main focus has changed from just Bionicle, to every possible aspect of Lego. Some other things have also (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Radial Engine
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| More than one year ago, I discover at LegoWorld 2003 the radial engine by Marc Schickelé (among other interesting Technic stuffs). (URL) we like to share, I've said him I will make the building instruction for his engine....it took a bit more time (...) (20 years ago, 19-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.inst)
| | | | | New!
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| Has anyone else seen this? ...all I can say is “Mermaid!” (URL) yah, and the Star Wars stuff we’ve all seen before: (URL) to me at least, the Harry Potter stuff is new! Is it new to you? --==Richard==-- (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.year.2005, lugnet.harrypotter)
| | | | | James H. "Red" Duke, MD vignettes
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| I have finally got around to posting the vignettes that I made in honor of Dr. James H. "Red" Duke a few years back. These were given to Dr. Duke as a Christmas present from our research team back in 2002. The folder (when moderated): (URL) Favorite (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Group of green patrol boats
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| Hello! I have finished a group of small green patrol boats. They are system-scale, usable for minifigs. More and larger images are in this BrickShelf gallery: (2 URLs) See you around, Chris (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | LDraw.org Contributer Agreement Status
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| It's been a month and a half since the LDraw.org Steering Committee announced the LDraw.org Contributor Agreement. The response has been overwhelming with may positive comments and many old time authors contacting us with their support. We currently (...) (20 years ago, 18-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.general) !!
| | | | | Upcoming AFOL Events List
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| Hi Everybody, Jake has put out a request to compile upcoming AFOL events (big and small). Let's help him out. Please add to the following list so that the end product will be as comprehensive as possible. LEGO®Polluza February 26th, 10 am - 4 pm (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Chicago House of Bricks is Coming!
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| (2 URLs) Chicago House of Bricks> will be an AFOL event held May 6-8, 2005, in Schaumburg, Illinois (Chicago Suburbs). Fans are invited to display, attend seminars, watch animation, and participate in LEGO gaming. This event will be held as part of (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | Happy Year of the Rooster
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| "And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn." (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | COLTC display at GATS, Feb 12-13th.
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| COLTC will be displaying coming weekend at the Columbus OH GATS show. We will have a 30 x 25 foot layout, featuring creations big and small, new and old. Several new MOCs' will have their premier at this show, most notable a 10 foot long operating (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
| | | | | MINI Model No. 50 - Cloud City!
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| Hello dear fellows! I hereby announce my MINI Star Wars model No. 50! It is another one from the Original Trilogy which I had not designed yet: Cloud City! The images, and of course also the building instructions, are available in the following (...) (20 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | New Site - JLUG - Contest & Prizes too!
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| Hello Everyone... I'm totally stoked to announce that the (URL) JLUG> has gone "live" and after a few days of testing, we are starting the "party" with an open contest with prizes. Drop on over, check out it out and start thinking about the MOC you (...) (20 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca, FTX) !!
| | | | | New Lego Club.
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| Announcing the new Lego Club in BC. Northern BC Lego Club has just been formed in Prince George, BC. Anyone in Northern BC is welcome to come and join in the fun. (URL) Woods. nbclc@_AT_nbclc.com (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.org, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.bc)
| | | | | NeutronBot.com ::: Best Site Ever
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| Some of you may have already seen it, as both Lenny and Roy have posted MOCs linking to it, but here is the official announcement... Presenting (URL) NeutronBot.com> A new website created by six amazingly awesome individuals. We are all outrageously (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.publish, FTX) !!
| | | | | TurtleTronic
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| Variant weapons and colour schemes for the humble (yet deadly) electric tortoise: (URL) (20 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | rejoining the world
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| Hi ALL, Long time ago, I used to post under my USA.net account. Unfortunately that free mail address changed to a paying one, making me lose my 4 year old account. HOTMAIL rules , So now I can be back :) In the years that I was ofline from lugnet I (...) (20 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | Announcing: SWELUG 7
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| To everyone it may concern: SWELUG 7 will be held 4-6 March 2005 in Karlskoga, Sweden. The details will be posted in Swedish in a followup message. International visitors happening by are welcome to contact me for details. Olof Dahlberg (20 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | ParLUGment
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| Working in conjunction with the National Capital Commission, ParLUGment will be participating in the opening weekend of Winterlude. At the north end of the world's longest skating rink, ParLUGment will be displaying a winter theme train layout, (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | Ambassadors Selected!
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| In the last few weeks, some 60 applications have submitted for the LEGO Ambassador Program. For a program that has only just started, and has no tangible benefits (at the time of announcement), that's beyond amazing. Thank you to every single person (...) (20 years ago, 1-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | Make your own James Bond Jaws figure!
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| I'm glad to see more and more excellent 007 Lego popping up! To help everyone out I've decided to pitch in and make up some mini-figure bitmaps that you can use to make up your very own Bond related figures! First on the block, one of my favorite (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Zemi.net Weblog: Submit Your News
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| I just added a news submission page to (URL) Zemi> that will let you submit your LEGO news to the weblog. The link is at the top of the Blog. One of my ideas is for the weblog to become a one-stop LEGO newsblog similar to sites like BOING BOING or (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | Bricksaic version 0.1.0
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| Hi all, I just finished a major update of Bricksaic. You can read about it and download it from here: (URL) Bricksaic is a program used to make LEGO mosaics. It is very simple to use. Just load you picture, select the colors in the palette, set the (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | Michiana-LUG - 2005 Kick-off Meeting - Saturday, January 29th, 2005
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| To All, A new year has started, and we are gathering, getting ready for the new year of LEGO related activities. Here are some details: When: Saturday, January 29th, 2004 Time: 1:00PM EST - ? Place: Scott Sanburn's House Address: 55752 Wild Game (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.loc.us.in)
| | | | | Examples for the mosaic enthousiasts.
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| Hi all, I have added a page to my website containing a few examples of mosaics that can be made out of LEGO or ministeck (mainly ministeck-enthousiasts have asked me about it). Every now and then I will try to add new examples to this page. It is (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | Civil War!
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| Let's do this! I'm tired of this debate. I'm sick of the contention between individuals. Enough!!! Let's just 'throw down' and go to war. Let's just put the civility aside and flame the hell outta each other. C'mon, bring it... I like the old grey, (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Sacramento Brick Builders January Meeting 1/29
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| Hello all, I hope everyone had a good holiday break and a fun New Year! It's time for the first Sacramento Brick Builders meeting of 2005. We will be meeting on Saturday, January 29th, 2005 11AM - 3PM at the Arden Dimmick Library 891 Watt Ave (cross (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.sacbb)
| | | | | It's not too late to enter the X-Pod World competition
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| X-PodWorld.com has teamed up with the X-Pod team at LEGO in Billund to bring you the chance to win a set of the 2005 X-Pod sets, signed by the set designers! To enter, simply submit your photographs to (URL) by the end of January 2005. Three prizes (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | New Year's Eve Fundraiser
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| On New Year's Eve I was asked if I'd like to help David Jolley with a display in Irthlingborough (UK) to raise money for charity. I was visiting my parents nearby at the time, so took along as many of my models as I could fit in the car. David had a (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | 9 ft Television Tower
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| (2 URLs) Hi all, I am happy to announce my first MOC in 2005: Stuttgart's Television Tower in scale 1:80 with a total height of more then 9 ft. The Television Tower in Stuttgart was the first of its kind and was build 50 years ago. The real tower is (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | Command Bunker SN45 MOC
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| The Fifth Conspiracy Command Bunker MOC... complete with 100 soldiers. Comments welcome! (URL) got back into lego after a long absence... here's a MOC for you to enjoy that I created a few nights back. And I do so apologize for the robot legs on the (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | World's Greatest Train Show:
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| I have posted my pics from this last weekends exhibit at the World's Greatest Train Show: (URL) you enjoy. -- Don GtwLUG St. Louis (20 years ago, 11-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events)
| | | | | LDraw.org's December Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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| Congratulations to the winners of the December Model/Scene of the month contests: (URL) MOTM, Pratt and Whitney R-2800 radial engine, Jorgen Andersson> (URL) SOTM, The long journey home, Tom Beattie> The voting for the January Model of the Month and (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
| | | | | The Great Ball Contraption
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| In an attempt to provide Technic & Mindstorms builders the same cooperative building opportunity that's available to Moonbase, Castle, and Town/Train builders at Brickfest, we present to you: The Great Ball Contraption. When it's assembled at (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | Updated, enhanced LDraw shortcut images in FTX (Re: LDraw shortcut images in FTX)
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| Can you see them now? Good. Thanks to Dan Boger for setting up a feed between the Peeron and LUGNET servers, allowing the live LDraw parts images to be shared by both sites. So now the LDrawPart tag can not display all the current LDraw parts, it (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !
| | | | | Space Wheels Contest - Winners
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| And the winners are : Best Large : Mobile Hospital by Kalman Nagy (URL) Best Medium : Power Armour Motorcycle by Kyle Vreize (URL) Best Small : UM-89 'Razorback' by Jamie Neufeld (URL) And finally... Best Overall, and the People's Favourite : The (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | NEW Brick Testament book: The Ten Commandments
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| A new year brings a new Brick Testament book... (2 URLs) The Brick Testament: The Ten Commandments> is the true sequel to (URL) The Story of Genesis>, retelling the epic saga of Moses and the Israelites from their slavery in Egypt to their climactic (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !!
| | | | | NGLTC Festival of Trees wrap up report.
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| For the forth year in a row the North Georgia LEGO® Train Club (NGLTC) has sponsored a holiday tree at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s (CHOA) Festival of Trees. (6 URLs) The NGLTC tree is decorated with LEGO® ornaments built by patients of (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !
| | | | | MOC: F44-03; alternate jet
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| This time another alternate model of the 4403 set: (URL) This F44-03 is inspired by the F-14 and the idea of the jet in the official 4403 building instructions. The wings are linked and can be folded or unfolded by pulling or pushing the grey slopes (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, FTX) !!
| | | | | Pre Classic Space has a home on the web...
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| A bunch of you kind folk have berated me for not havin a site for PCS... whelp, here ya go!! (URL) Please visit, enjoy and lemme know whatcha think. Not all my stuff is ported over, MUCH more to add. But this here is a good start. Check the credits (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | The LDraw.org Contributer Agreement
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| The LDraw.org Steering Committee is pleased to announce that the Jessiman family has given their consent to go forward with the LDraw.org Contributors Agreement. For those who don't remember, here is a link to the current version of the Contributor (...) (20 years ago, 31-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !!
| | | | | NYCLUG In The New Year
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| Ladies and Gents: Hello... fearless leader here... fearless because I know that NYCLUG has sorta gone into a slumber over the past few months with nary a word from me, and yet, here I am, about to try and get all of you psyched up again about our (...) (20 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Project Building and Sorting Table
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| Off and on for the past week I've been building a table for my Lego room: (URL) info: The total table area is 48"x48". There's a building area of 30"x40" with area on two sides of it for either part sorting or for easy availability of parts being (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.storage) !
| | | | | LUGNET Posting Policy Update
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| LUGNET administration has always had the ability to temporarily or permanently suspend the posting privileges of a user or member. In the past this has been only very rarely used. The mechanism for doing so was such that only Todd (or for a time, (...) (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | NELUG at Greenberg Train and Toy show December 18 and 19
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| The gallery on the NELUG web site has been updated with pictures from our appearance at the December Greenberg Train and Toy show in Wilmington MA. We had a couple new Skyscrapers in this layout in our growning Downtown area. We seem to be growing (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.general) !
| | | | | Announcing Classic-Space Forums
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| Hello fellow Spacers and maniacs who like space stuff! Since I know we can't ever talk about Lego Space enough, there's a place set up just for it. (URL) -Tom McD. (URL) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004, FTX) !!
| | | | | Darkred Factory
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| Following in line with building with my favorite color. (URL) (20 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.town) !
| | | | | Worlds Greatest Hobby Show St. Louis, MO
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| The Gateway LEGO® User Group (GtwLUG) is going to be at the Worlds Greatest Hobby Show here in downtown Saint Louis, MO at the Americas Center from 10:00am to 8:00pm on the 8th and 10:00am to 5:00pm on the 9th of January. The show features vendors (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.mo, FTX)
| | | | | Good Grief! It's Snoopy
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| Finally, I did something for 2004. :) I have been working on a Snoopy sculpture. This is the "base" model, as I have to build a bride and groom Snoopy (let's not get into the logistics of this) for a friend's wedding. I needed something to work (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !!
| | | | | LEGOLAND is NOT closing
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| Why is it that some people just love to pass along bad news about TLC -- whether true or false (I think it's related to their jealousy that we obtain so much joy from the bricks and they cannot bear to see such happiness)? I'm not talking about the (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.legoland, FTX) !
| | | | | POV-Ray animation tutorial
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| I made a small POV-Ray animation using Anton Raves' library and Jamie Neufeld's Couriership and posted the source code here: (URL) animation is nothing special, but a lot of the POV-Ray code I used in the PCS dogfight animation are in this tutorial. (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation, lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | Lego Models of Fenway Park, Wally the Green Monster to be Auctioned at MLB.com
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| From my colleagues in PR: ===...=== For Release on Wednesday, December 15, 2004 Boston Red Sox, LEGO Company and MLB Properties Create a Holiday Hit for Red Sox Fans Lego Models of Fenway Park, Wally the Green Monster to be Auctioned at MLB.com (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Going away for the holidays? Pack an X-Pod for your chance to win!
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| Even if you are not going away, you can still enter the X-Pod World Christmas competition! X-PodWorld.com has teamed up with the X-Pod team at LEGO in Billund to bring you the chance to win a set of the 2005 X-Pod sets, signed by the set designers! (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | MicroMOC: Hot pursuit in the city
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| My entry for next weeks LEGOfactory contest: (week 6) (URL) "We've lost the suspect out of sight... Where could he be? Is he on the monorail or station?!? Maybe he reached that big building over there, or did he run into this alley?... Do you still (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.cad, FTX) !!
| | | | | GFLTC at GATS Tampa this weekend
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| Hi all, The Greater Florida LEGO Train Club will have a layout at the Great American Trains Show (GATS) December 11-12, 2004 in Tampa, Florida. The 28ft X 16ft layout will feature two main lines of trains, a Monorail line, a large yard area, a large (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug)
| | | | | Candle
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| For the time of advent here is my candle for you: (URL) can use it as email attachment for your christmas mails. If anybody wants to see more of my artwork, just google for "edy lego art". Merry Christmas eddy (20 years ago, 14-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | First public M>ltc display at Brandon Park Model Show
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| It's over!!! ===...=== This past weekend, (URL) the Melbourne LEGO® Train Club> did our first public train show. It was part of the Brandon Park Model Show, so there were models of all kinds there, although the majority were model trains. We had a (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org.mltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Besieging the chicken coop
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| Hi all, In a discussion on Classic-Castle, Josh suggested that set 1971, Black Knight's Battering Ram, ""might be good for besieging chicken coops, that's about it." Hence this MOC: (URL) the chicken coop>. (URL) Fox design inspired by Anne Henmi (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | | | Teeny tiny mini-mecha
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| Hi all, Just a quick little (URL) microscale mecha>, built for a (URL) contest on Bothans>. (URL) Bruce (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
| | | | | Modelling Indian Railways In Lego- A tutorial
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| Hi All, I had briefly mentioned that I had written up a very basic tutorial on modelling Indian Railways in Lego in my first post. Okay, so I think I'd better give some background on this. There are no RTR models or kits made of Indian Trains, (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish, lugnet.loc.in) !!
| | | | | Pictures from SCLTC's latest event! - December 4, 2004
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| The Southern California LEGO Train Club had a great weekend at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum! (9 URLs) Pictures of our latest layout are now available on our club website at (URL) www.scltc.org>. Our layout included a brand new waterfront (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | VIP treatment
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| My first microscale creation for the LEGO factory contest, week 4. (URL) For more pics (URL) Imagine you could be a VIP for a day. Big black limousine, fancy hotel, everything is taken care of... I tried to put a lot of detail in it like street (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !
| | | | | LDraw.org's November Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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| Congratulations to the winners of the November Model/Scene of the month contests: Both Model and Scene of the Month were won by Jorgen Andersson (URL) MOTM, Panzer IV H - German Medium Tank> (URL) SOTM, Class V5 diesel pulling boxcars> The voting (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
| | | | | GFLUG and GFLTC at FLBG this Saturday
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| Hi all, The Greater Florida LEGO Users Group and Train Club will have a display at the Florida Botanical Gardens for Seasonal Sensations December 4, 2004 in Largo, Florida. Our display room will feature a large LEGO Theme park with running trains (...) (20 years ago, 4-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug)
| | | | | First public display for M>ltc
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| M>ltc is happy to announce we will be displaying our first public layout at the Melbourne Train Expo and Hobby Show, next weekend 11th & 12th of December. Details: Brentwood Community Youth Club Hall Brandon Park Reserve Ferntree Gully Road Glen (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org.mltc, lugnet.loc.au.vic.mel, FTX) !
| | | | | LEGO menorah to be constructed for Hanukkah
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| For those in the Charlotte, NC area, I found this in yesterdays Charlotte Observer: Charlotte's first giant Lego Menorah will be constructed Tuesday (Dec.7), the first night of Hanukkah, in SouthPark mall near the fountain. The building begins at 4 (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.nc.cha, lugnet.loc.us.sc)
| | | | | The SPLTC to Display its Old West Town Train Layout - 12/5 & 12/6
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| The SPLTC (Southern Pacific LEGO® Train Club) will be displaying its "Old West Town" layout at the GATS show in Del Mar. On our 15' x 25' layout, you will find: • An “Old West Town” circa the late 1800’s • Multiple-horse drawn wagons & corrals • (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug) !!
| | | | | SCLT braces for 10,000 visitors in 29 hours! (revised)
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| (URL) SCLTC expects a crush of well over 10,000 visitors to pass by its current show at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum this weekend in just two brief 5 hour segments. The occasion is SCLTC’s third straight year at the annual December Nights (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX) !!
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| | | | | | Space Wheels Contest - Closed
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| The Space Wheels Contest is now closed. Thanks to all that entered - it was good to see so many new .spacers entering [1]. There have been some fantastic entries, not to mention some innovative approaches to the subject. Well done to you all. The (...) (20 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | LDraw on G4TechTV Screen Savers
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| Next week, I'm following in Steve Hassenplug's footsteps and making an appearance on G4TechTV's Screen Savers, where I will show cool stuff that can be done with LDraw. I'm planning to show some of my custom building instructions, rendered posters (...) (20 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.people) !!
| | | | | ILTCO to display at the NMRA 2005 National Train Show
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| Greetings We are delighted to announce that ILTCO has been invited to display at the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) Annual Train Show. NMRA 2005 Train Show will be held immediately following the NMRA National Convention in Cincinnati. (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !!
| | | | | New link button etc..
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| Hey friends. I just made a new link button for zemi. Please grab it for your site and update the link. I thought I'd also remind you guys that I'm accepting link submissions. Feel free to drop by and add a link and return the favor on your end if (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Military Hover-Vehicle Contest Update
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| Tom McDonald, one of the judges has noticed a typo in the size limitations so I have fixed them accordingly, this will encourage some more active building, and fix the entries already in. Small (one-Man) has been upgaded to 20x20 limit. Medium (...) (20 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Brick Testament book signings in Sunnyvale, CA, and San Francisco
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| Just wanted to let you guys know, I will be doing a couple of in-store book signing events for (URL) The Brick Testament: The Story of Christmas>. Come on by if you can make it. :) The first is this Saturday, December 4, at 2pm at the (URL) Books> (...) (20 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.books, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
| | | | | *** LDView Version 3.0 Beta 1 Released ***
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| LDView version 3.0 Beta 1 is now available for public testing, in both source and binary forms for Windows and Linux. You can find both at the new LDView web page on SourceForge.net: (URL) This is an official public beta test for LDView 3.0. LDView (...) (20 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
| | | | | Announcing the 2nd annual Midwest Lego train show Dec. 4th-5th
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| Announcing the 2nd annual Midwest Lego train show. On December 4-5th the NILTC, IndyLUG and MichianaLUG will join forces in Winfield, IL to fill over 5000 sq ft with Lego fun. This year’s show includes an almost entirely redesigned NILTC layout (...) (20 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: I love Lego
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| !Wow, God, all the people who replied to this post are so defensive and protective of TLG. This is simply a personally statement of an individual who's valid concerns has caused him to express his feelings to TLG. This is directed to them...not you, (...) (20 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.people, lugnet.general) !
| | | | | NELUG display at RI Cooks Convention
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| This past weekend, the New England Lego User's Group displayed a 10'x30' train display at the RI Cooks convention in Providence. We were also accompnaied by a pair of RI First Lego League teams who are preparing for competition this coming January. (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.loc.us.ri, FTX) !
| | | | | SCLTC opens third season at SDMRRM
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| SCLTC opens its third consecutive winter engagement at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum today. The new layout features an oceanfront with extensive undersea view, hotel, aerial balloons, lighthouse, and 90 inch arch bridge. On display at the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | USS Constellation
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| Here's my entry for Week 2 of the (URL) LEGO Factory> contest: (URL) Page>> (URL) LUGNET Page> The (URL) USS Constellation> is a historic ship docked in Baltimore's Inner Harbor - if you've never been to Charm City, you might recognize it from set (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
| | | | | LMHoF Published in Brickmasters Magazine
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| Hello friends, We’ve sort of been keeping this under our hats, but now that I just got my “Brickmasters” magazine in the mail I can’t hold it in any longer. The Mecha Hall of Fame is a centerfold! A small selection of mechs from the LMHoF were (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | One last Spring Cleaning set
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| D'oh! I completely forgot to post this yesterday (the first day I had clearance to post). On or around 25 November, there will be one last Spring Cleaning set hitting K-Mart. I'm not actually sure of the details, but just that it's coming. Jake --- (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | NELUG to display at the RI Cooks Convention - Nov 19-21 RI Convention Center
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| The New England Lego Users Group will be displaying at the (URL) Rhode Island Cooks Convention> at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, RI on November 19-21. The display will include several creations from NELUG members, as well as two (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.ma, FTX) !
| | | | | LDraw Design Pad v1.5.6 Released
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| LDraw Design Pad (LDDP) is a tool for editing and handling LDraw files in a very comfortable way. The new version can be downloaded here: (URL) Features are: -Fully customizable editor with syntax highlighting -Open multiple files at the same time (...) (20 years ago, 14-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev) !
| | | | | South Baltimore Rowhouses
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| Here's my first entry to the (URL) LEGO Factory> contest: (2 URLs) LUGNET page> It's three South Baltimore rowhouses, complete with marble stoops and Formstone (sorry, no women in housecoats) This is my first 'virtual' model, and only my second (...) (20 years ago, 13-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.cad, FTX) !
| | | | | MOC F1 car; no it's not a red Ferrari, but an alternate yellow one of the 4404 set
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| As many may have seen there are some LEGO F1 cars on the market. If you are a fanboy of Formula 1 but you don't have the money to buy an F1 lego car, or if you just dislike Ferrari after another victory, there might be another solution... Take the (...) (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.sports, FTX) !!
| | | | | MLCad.ini 2004-04 Update Now Available
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| Hi, I just updated the MLCad.ini file accordingly to the latest LDraw.org parts update 2004-04. The .ini file defines the parts available in MLCad's minifigure generator. Download the file from my website: www.holly-wood.it/mlcad-en.html The update (...) (20 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad)
| | | | | LDraw.org's October Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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| Congratulations to the winners of the October Model/Scene of the month contests: (URL) MOTM, Set 4450 - P10 steam engine, Ben Beneke> (URL) SOTM, Cityscape 3: Bus Stop in the Summer Sun, Niels Bugge> The voting for the November Model of the Month (...) (20 years ago, 7-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
| | | | | LDraw.org 2004-04 Parts Update Now Available
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| The 2004-04 LDraw parts update has been now been released. This update includes 228 files, including 85 new part files, and many more updated with improvements for Back Face Culling support. You can preview the new parts in 2004-04 and download the (...) (20 years ago, 6-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad) !!
| | | | | 1 to 25 Gatehouse
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| After nearly a year of designing, drawing and building, I have finished the gateway to Sokenniwell Castle, just in time for LW2004, a great Dutch LEGO-event. Don,t mind the Bel-girls too much. Their presence is only for being a reference for the (...) (20 years ago, 6-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Titanic
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| Hey everybody! Here is one of my recent creations, a 3 foot long version of the Titanic: (URL) was done for a client, and turned out pretty good. At least they were happy! I have built a much larger one before (about 10 years ago) that measures 7 (...) (20 years ago, 4-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build)
| | | | | BNSF high balls it!
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| The new BNSF freight engines have arrived in Enfield and are shipping out early! (20 years ago, 3-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | The Brick Testament: The Story of Christmas now in stores!
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| I am very pleased to announce that the new Brick Testament book has officially been released, and is now in stores nationwide: (URL) Featuring an entirely new and never-before-seen illustrated version of one of the Bible's most famous and beloved (...) (20 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.publish, lugnet.loc.us, FTX) !!
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