 | | Redesigned website finally online!
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After about a year of promising to update my website, I finally have: (URL) fans: (URL) fans: (URL) the site looks best in Internet Explorer 4+, but also works in Netscape. (You'll need to use Netscape if you want LDLite to work with the site) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad)
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| | Halloween Lego Design Contest Reminder and Update
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Hello Lego Community! Well, here it is the first of September and in most parts of the country the first hints of the Fall have begun. Maybe the wind has the merest hint of a chill, or perhaps you have seen a few bare spots on your trees in your (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | New newsgroups lugnet.announce.brickshelf & lugnet.db.scans
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A pair of new newsgroups lugnet.announce.brickshelf and lugnet.db.scans have just been created. For background information on how this came to be, please see the thread: (URL) lugnet.announce (group and hierarchy): General-interest announcements to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.brickshelf, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | New ftp server for lugnet use
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I've created a Lego Media folder in my ftp server so that lugnet users can publish large media files. You can create folders and upload any cool media that may not fit on your current web space account. The account supports up to 15 downloads with a (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Web page Update (with Ldraw stuff too!)
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I've added nifty LDraw content to my web page. All are welcome to gaze upon it and bring many wonderful and joyous comments to me. I would post the DAT files for the ships, except for 2 minor details. First is I'm using illegal parts from the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | New Site - The Unofficial Lego Technic Service Catalog is now online
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Ever wanted to know what Technic Service parts are available? And what about the prices???? Well now you can. The unofficial Lego Technic Service Catalog with Prices is now online. It has Canadian and US Prices and a Price Code Letters and Link for (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | CFV: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET, REV 1.1
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Revisions have been made to the vote questions. Problem Summary and Defense have not changed. CFV: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET, REV 1.1 This is a Call For Votes (CFV) After much discussion it has been decided that an open public (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce)
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| | Local languages OK in loc groups! :)
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Hello, Hallo, Hej, Hejsa, Heippa, Hoi, Hola, Aloha, Konnichiwa, Nei ho, Bonjour, Ciao, Oi, Priviet, Merhaba, Dia duit, Dzien dobry, G'day! :-) What can we do to help spread the good word about the use of local languages in the lugnet.loc.* groups? (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | [ldraw.org] Update
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I just updated the ldraw.org main page - adding an article about MLCad and a link to the new ldraw.org linking images. Check it out! -Tim Courtney ldraw.org Project Coordinator (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Come see the PNLTC display at the Western Washington Fair!
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The Western Washington Fair(1), near Seattle, Washington has chosen the Pacific Northwest LEGO Train Club(2) to provide this years' showcase train centerpiece. All members of RTL and Lugnet are cordially invited to come by and visit the new PNLTC (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Everything LEGO links page to LUGNET
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(...) Good news -- Linc Smith <linc@bulkley.net> has volunteered to help out with this massive page of links. (URL) please send additions, corrections, comments, or questions to Linc. :-) --Todd (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Three new minifigs
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H'llo all, I just uploaded three new minifigs. They can be found on the front page of the home page address in my signature in the "What's new here" section. Please LMKWYT! Greg Majewski citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | IMMHYHYCY contest
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Hi there! This is to announce the one-day, lugnet-exclusive It's Monday morning have you had your coffee yet? contest. I'll be cross-posting this to announce, general and cad.dat.models. Please post any responses to the lugnet.general newsgroup, but (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | One little MOC
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I built a little building, and while I haven't yet had a chance to take pictures of it, I did make an LDraw DAT file of it, and convert it into a POV ray file through L3P- so I took some screenshots and started the Lego section of my homepage. The (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build)
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| | James Brown unavailable
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I'm going to be on project for about a week, and my access to e-mail will be sporadic, and at long distance charges, so be patient if it takes me a little while to get back to people. This is mostly of relevance to the Jambalaya boxes moving through (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | New version of BlockCAD released - 1.8
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Hello all! I have released a new version of my Lego drawing program BlockCAD. (URL) in 1.8 is: - A bunch of new pieces - A rudimentary 'step' facility (for building instructions), needs work. - A lot of small fixes etc. BlockCAD is a simple 'click (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Ed Boxer MIA
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I know I owe several people e:mail responses. Last Wednesday I awoke with a pinched nerve in my neck (and numbing pain in my right arm) that has made posting impossible. I will get back to you as soon as I can. (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | CFD: lugnet.lego.* newsgroup hierarchy
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Ever wished there were a Fabuland newsgroup? Got a soft spot for DUPLO Toolo? How about Pirates? Wild West? Castle? All of these (and more) are definitely in the plan -- it's just a matter of giving them names and positions in the larger newsgroup (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | www.nelug.org is a reality
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The New England LEGO user group now has an offical web site. The temporary site hase been moved over to NELUG.org until our first meeting this coming Tuesday at which time I hope we will decide on an offical page layout and design concept. Eric (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Your favorite loc-group messages?
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Which loc groups are having the most fun??? Send me your favorite URLs :) I've started a collection of "success stories" to point people to when they ask what the loc groups are for. Someday this will be a web page, or maybe a section in the FAQ. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Space Original Creations
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I'm very proud to announce my space lego original creations page is up! See: (URL) second station is an engineering miracle. Minifigs can pass through the central corridor and look out the windows. It is freestanding and counterbalanced. If you like (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | I'm off for a while
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Hi LDrawers, Sadly, I once again have to announce that I'll be off for a while. Don't know for how long. There is no doubt at all I will win the dispute concerning custody for my child, but it will take all my brainpower to chat with lawyers, Family (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Lego Space-Science Fiction URLs Requested
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Hi all. Here's a bit of a longer post, but I feel it's worth it and you might too. The BayLUG (the San Francisco Bay Area Lego Users Group) Space page is up! I'm its weaver and I need what the subject is asking for. Please respond via email, not by (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Halloween Lego Design Contest Reminder
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Hello All! Well, here we are on the verge of August and the scary movies have begun to be released as the summer sneaks to a close and we creep ever closer to Halloween. Those of you who have seen the Haunting or Blair Witch Project and are in a (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | MindFest
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===...=== MINDFEST A Gathering of Playful Inventors of All Ages October 23-24, 1999 Opening reception and setup: October 22, 4-6pm MIT Media Laboratory (URL) join us for MindFest: a festival of designing, inventing, and learning. A new generation of (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Millennium Slizer (Throw Bot)
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Watch out for the Millennium Slizer (Throw Bot) to be released later this year, set number 8520. Retail price to be two to three times current price of normal Slizer sets. No further details. Grahame (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | NELUG website launched.
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This message will be cross-posted to loc.us.ma, loc.us.me, loc.us.nh, loc.us.vt, loc.us.ri and loc.us.ct This is to announce the launch of the NELUG website. Currently this is a simple 1 page site designed by myself and input from Chris Phillips (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Web-page Buttons and Banners
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If you enjoy LUGNET, and you have your own web page, one way you can show your support -- as well as your enthusiasm for LEGO® toys -- is to display a special button or banner image on your web page. Here are some new buttons and a banner (same old (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: legOS and Markus in Forbes
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(...) This is BIG NEWS and GREAT exposure for Markus and friends!!! -- a major business magazine recognizing the pursuits and achievements of adult LEGO fanatics on the net to extend the RCX technology toward greater heights! In May, Forbes also had (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce)
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| | Now at MIT
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Hi all. Last spring I was accepted into MIT's Media Lab as a Grad student. I started on June 1st. At this time, I think it's important for everyone in this community to understand some consequences of my new position. I no longer work for anyone but (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | GMLTC at the NMRA National Convention
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First of all, we ROCKED the NMRA show! We had a location right near the front doors, with great visibility. We had 30 - 40 people around the layout at almost all times through the entire show. I saw some big HO and N gauge layouts that were several (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce)
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| | New Minifig
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Hello, After scanning the groups, I decided that this would be the best place to post this, but please notify me if I should do it elsewhere.. I have a new minifig up, all criticism is appreciated! (URL) "We all live on Salvatoré's bus..." Majewski (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | NEEDED: Person to design/assemble a LEGO building scale-model (Massachusetts)
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The Indian Hill Music Center in Littleton, Massachusetts, is looking for an energetic, creative "LEGOMeister" that can create a LEGO scale model of our non-profit music center building and proposed addition. We hope to use this LEGO scale model in (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | Faster-loading pages for super-long threads
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Small changepoint in the way messages are displayed on the web interface: There's a thread going now that's nearly 400 messages long (yes, really!) and this is fine, but it makes for some really unpleasantly plump "connect the dots" thread displays (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | [ldraw.org] Reference Section Coordinator?
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Would someone be willing to coordinate efforts on the ldraw.org reference section? This area of the site has the potential of becoming large and I feel it needs a dedicated coordinator. This job is for the most part light work. All I think is needed (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.market.jambalaya
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[Followups set to lugnet.market.jambalaya] A new newsgroup lugnet.market.jambalaya has just been created. For background information on how this came to be, please see the thread: (URL) lugnet.market.jambalaya (group): Discussion and planning for (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | New Lego page!
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Hey all, I've finished moving my Lego pages from Geocities to Illuminatti Online. Check it out at: (URL) you ever wondered what Barbara and I look like? Is so, then take a look at my newest stuff, "A Day in the Life of Barbara and Jeremy". Coming (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | Collapsing the lugnet.loc.uk hierarchy
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Now that the web new interface is in place, now is an excellent time to revisit the shrinking of the lugnet.loc.uk hierarchy to a more appropriate size. This is continuing an earlier thread from about 4 weeks ago. Basically, participants in the UK (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | LDraw Webring
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I have just released the LDraw Webring on ldraw.org. If you have a site with LDraw creations on it, please join! The URL is: (URL) if you would like your LDraw model featured as a LDraw Webring logo, please email me. I would like to support a (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | #ldraw IRC Channel
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I have set up the channel #ldraw on the DALNet IRC server. Its in working order, except I haven't gotten it to keep the topic when I leave. But other than that, ChanServ works great. I'll leave it on when I'm on IRC, which is usually in the evenings (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | 202 FAQ items posted to lugnet.faq
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All, I've just posted to lugnet.faq all 202 FAQ items I've collected (1). Just look for messages with the subject line starting "autoFAQpost"; they should be pretty hard to miss. Warning: If you're subscribing to lugnet.faq via e-mail, you might (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.announce)
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| | Lego UK are hiring!
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Jobs aren't on the website. Here is a poor scan of the ad, which has appeared in the last two Thursdays' Times. (URL) ___...___ richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net remove nospam.(lugnet excepted) Web Site: (URL) 13177071 AOL Instant Messenger: RJD88888 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Me (The return of)
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Geesh, stop paying attention for a few months and you've got forty thousand back-messages to read. (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.db.brictionary
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[Followups set to lugnet.db.brictionary] A new newsgroup lugnet.db.brictionary has just been created. For background information, please see: (3 URLs) lugnet.db.brictionary (group): Discussions of parts nomenclature and taxonomy; planning for the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.robotics.logo
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[Followups set to lugnet.robotics.logo] A new newsgroup lugnet.robotics.logo has just been created. CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== -> lugnet.robotics.logo (group): Discussion group for projects and educational activities involving LEGO® and the Logo (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.logo)
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| | [ldraw.org] Thank You
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I would like to thank the following people on their contributions to the ldraw.org project: First and foremost, the biggest thanks goes to Jacob Sparre Andersen. Jacob donated the server space for ldraw.org and has played a HUGE role behind the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.general)
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| | [ldraw.org] Site Release!
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I am pleased to announce the ldraw.org website is now online and open to the public! Please visit and enjoy. :) (URL) no means is the site or the project complete. I have done all I can to present the site neat and tidy with placeholders where (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.general)
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| | [ldraw.org] Cover Model
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If someone would like their well-done Povray rendered model displayed on the ldraw.org main page, please let me know. There will be a little paragraph describing LDraw and I feel it is appropriate to include a small image of a rather impressive (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | (canceled)
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| | Perilous Pirates have moved
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The Perilous Pirate Page has moved to: (URL) thanks to everybody who voted for me. I'm CLSOTW for this week! I have added a map of the Legoribbian which include some pictures of Fort El Lego. Enjoy! SteveC Perilous Pirate Page (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish)
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| | lugnet.com upgrade/downtime/heads-up
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This is a general "FYI" heads-up... The lugnet.com server is due for a slight overhaul to upgrade the OS from FreeBSD 2.1.7 to 2.2.7. When exactly this will occur is not set in stone, but I'll post more when I know more. Hopefully sometime in the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Update Fabuland Homepage
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Hello everybody, I've updated the Unofficial Fabuland Homepage today. The layout has changed very much, and I also added a links page, although I have still to add many links there. Of course, you can still find the set list and the set inventory on (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Factoring service
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(Posted to many groups, but followups set to .market.theory) I have been meaning to write up my factoring service for some time now. Except for the fact that my email address (hehe) is nowhere to be found in it, I am happy with my writeup and I am (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | [Update] Fractal landscape generator
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I have updated the Fractal Landscape Generator site[1] with binaries for DOS and OS/2. The DOS version should work on recent flavours of MS-Windows. Play well, Jacob 1) (URL) ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | [Update] MPD builder
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I have updated the MPD builder site[1] with binaries for DOS, OS/2, and the recent flavours of MS-Windows. Play well, Jacob 1) (URL) ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | [ldraw.org] Official Model Repository Filenames/Headers
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After discussing the ldraw.org Official Model Repository header and file naming system, I feel that we can come to a final resolution. A lot has been discussed on the topic, including various file naming systems and also locations within the models (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | IMPORTANT - [ldraw.org] Help Still Needed
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There are still a lot of things that need to be done on ldraw.org, and there's only a handful of volunteers in a specialized area. We are in need of help working with reference material for the most part. As quoted from a previous post: 5. Reference (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | New URL for Ed Boxer sites
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I now have an additional URL to access my sites: www.geocities.com/~edboxer This would replace: www.geocities.com/We...ywood/9172 (note, this URL will remain active) I have joined GeoPlus (an enhanced version of GeoCities). Its actually a very good (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | My site
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Hi all This is my first post here, but i just wanted to let everyone know about my site. It's a fire related site at (URL) There are pictures of my stations and trucks there, so stop on by and let me know what you think. Thanks Tom D (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | IMPORTANT - [ldraw.org] Official Model Repository
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In order to begin assembling the ldraw.org official (TLG) model repository, I need to begin collecting TLG models in Ldraw. If you have made any TLG models you would be willing to contribute to the repository, please email them to me in .dat or .mpd (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | [ldraw.org] Donations
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All needed donations for ldraw.org have been recieved. Thanks to all of you who have donated: Larry Pieniazek Terry Keller Mike Stanley Jean-Pierre Paris Lars Hassing John VanZwieten The money will be taken care of soon and sent off to Todd to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | IMPORTANT - [ldraw.org] Software Download Templates
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I need to ask for help from those of you who have created utilities that are designed for use with LDraw or LDraw .dat format files. ldraw.org will be offering a centralized download section for these utilities. If you have created one of these (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Cracking down on unauthorized image links
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I just happened across a couple unauthorized links from eBay auctions directly to images of sets hosted on the lugnet.com server. What people are doing is linking from various places (mostly eBay auctions) directly to the JPEG images. This is a big (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.announce)
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| | Temporary outage of FAQ work
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Hey all LUGFAQ fans, Well, it happened. I have acquired a lot of short-term duties at work (1) and my Scotland vacation is coming up fast, so I am unable to continue work on the FAQ for at least a few months. I should be able to again dedicate time (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.announce)
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| | [ldraw.org] Progress
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I haven't posted in a while concerning ldraw.org. So far, a handful of pages have been created, along with a few templates. I will end up doing the html myself for the site, but VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED to work with assembling content. We still (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | emulegOS: a legOS (and RCX) emulator
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Marco Beri and I just released the first version of emulegOS, a software emulator of legOS and the RCX itself. We like a lot legOS and the way it opens a broad range of possibilities to the RCX, but felt the need of a more comfortable environment (...) (25 years ago, 29-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | ¡Legopalooza!
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Pictures from Legopalooza have been posted, so all you concert-goers can see what you missed last weekend. This page will later be incorporated into my town section. Relevant questions/comments/criticisms are welcome. It's a bit slow-loading, but (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce)
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| | Service interruptions - 11 May 99
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I posted this to rec.toys.lego about 20 minutes ago... (...) Good news, Things now seem to be back up & running fine (of course there -could- still be further turbulence tonight). I'll have to tune in to the local pair newsgroups later tonight to (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | group lugnet.robotics.rcx created
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[Crossposted to lugnet.robotics & lugnet.announce; followups set to lugnet.robotics & lugnet.robotics.rcx] All right -- better late than never... A new group lugnet.robotics.rcx has been created, and is there now for anyone wants to jump in and use (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce)
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The .off-topic.qotd group didn't work out as planned, and has been nuked. It may in the future come back someday under a different name, but until then the .off-topic.fun group (or other groups, as appropriate) can always be used for the sort of (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | New .off-topic groups: .geek, .pun, and .qotd
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[Followups set to lugnet.admin.general] Three new newsgroups in the .off-topic hierarchy have just been created. For background on what has led up to this, please visit the following super-monster of a thread: (URL) make a long shory stort, the (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | New newsgroups for LEGOLAND parks
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[Followups set to lugnet.legoland] Newsgroups for LEGOLAND parks have just been created. For background on what has led up to this, please visit the following thread: (URL) lugnet.legoland (group and hierarchy): General LEGOLAND® (not (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.dk.rb.bil, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.uk.en.bk.win, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.loc.de)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.trains.org
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[Followups set to lugnet.trains.org] A new newsgroup lugnet.trains.org has just been created. For background on what has led up to this, please visit the following thread: (URL) lugnet.trains (group and hierarchy): Train mania: modeling, layouts, (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.market.theory
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[Followups set to lugnet.market.theory] A new newsgroup lugnet.market.theory has just been created. For background on what has led up to this, please visit the following threads: (2 URLs) lugnet.market.* (hierarchy): Auctioning, buying, selling, (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | New newsgroups in lugnet.cad.dat.* hierarchy
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[Followups set to lugnet.cad.dev] Six new specialized newsgroup in the lugnet.cad.dat.* hierarchy have just been created for posting various types of LDraw DAT files -- for example: models, scenes, building ideas, and parts. For background on what (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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| | Yonkers New York newsgroup renamed
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(...) All right, Ed, I'll be counting. ;-) OK -- so -- the Yonkers, New York, U.S.A. newsgroup has just been renamed: from: lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny.yon to: lugnet.loc.us.ny.yon And anyone who has e-mail subscriptions to the Yonkers group has been (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.yon, lugnet.loc.us.ny)
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| | [ldraw.org] Progress
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During the last week or so, Jacob and I have worked on the templates for ldraw.org. I feel that they are just about set, and definitely ready to recieve content. I still need to work on the images for the multilanguage support pages in Danish, (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Halloween Lego Design Contest Reminder
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Hello everyone! One month ago I publicly launched the Halloween Lego Design Contest here on LUGNET and RTL. It is my plan to make monthly announcements to help remind those interested in participating and for those people who have only recently (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Working on the FAQ
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Hey y'all, We're really working to get a FAQ put together! :-, The FAQ will be patterned after the LUGNET site structure, and has room for Q+A on anything and everything you'd expect to see on LUGNET. If you have any questions for the FAQ -- or (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: New LEGO Backgrounds
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My backgrounds are now in GIF format: (URL) LMKWYT! --Bram (25 years ago, 25-Apr-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | New LEGO Backgrounds
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Hi all, I finally got around to translating a nifty tiling geometric figure into LEGO format (inspired by Fibblesnork LEGO Backgrounds) Feel free to use the images using the terms listed. If anyone wants other colors, please let me know. Here's the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | GMLTC to show at NMRA Nat'l Convention
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The Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club has just been accepted to show at the National Model Railroad Association's National Convention. The three day event will be held at RiverCentre Convention Center in St. Paul, MN from July 23-25th. For complete (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Builder's Gallery
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(...) The upload.asp page came up this time with no complaints or detours, so it might work now, though I didn't upload any pictures to test it. -Tom McD. when replying feel free to not include the spamcake. (my apologies for the double post to (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Everything LEGO links page to LUGNET
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Hello everyone, This is an announcement to say that the Everything LEGO links page has migrated to LUGNET. Todd has graciously agreed to take over maintenance of the links page since I am no longer able to host the traffic at its present site. The (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | [ldraw.org] Status/Help Needed
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As the site templates begin to take shape, we need to begin organizing volunteers for various aspects of the site. This is the current status of various site areas: 1. Multilanguage Support - Group Leader Jacob Sparre Andersen (Danish translation) (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | B&W Jpeg of Passager Plane 2532
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Hello Gang- Got my Lugnet access going. You can view the picture of the new plane set #2532 at: (URL) new set is not all Town Jr. The front of the plane is your usual airplane windshield, however the side windows look real small for "glass". It has (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO Mindstorms Challenge
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Hello, Once again, Thames Science Center in Newport Rhode Island will host a LEGO Mindstorms competition and is looking for LEGO robot builders of all ages to participate. The rules for this challenge and registration information are posted on (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | www.ldraw.org Registration Sent
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This morning Jacob Sparre Andersen sent me the information for the hugin.risoe.dk server where ldraw.org will be hosted, along with the technical contact info for the administrator at the Risø National Research Centre where the server resides. This (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | U.S. and Canada: New groups for states and provinces
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60 new local newsgroups have just been created: 12 at province level in Canada and 48* at the state level in the U.S. Rationale for creating the new groups: - Help people locate one another and hold discussions across sparsely populated areas. - (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | New version of BlockCAD - 1.7 - with shading and background pictures
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I'm happy to announce the version 1.7 of my building program BlockCAD. Ever since Paul Gyugyi released LdLite, I have wanted to have shading in BlockCAD too, and now it's there! Another new thing is the possibility to have background pictures on the (...) (26 years ago, 10-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Builder's Gallery
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(...) -Tom McD. (26 years ago, 9-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build)
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| | Builder's Gallery
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The official Lego site ((URL) has a "Builder's Gallery" area now where people can upload their own creations. Each month, eight creations will be chosen for a vote by web club members for a "Builder of the Month." Each web-club member can have 4 (...) (26 years ago, 9-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Prototype Starwars Pictures ONLINE!
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OK, I had to go on a mission and walk 30 mins to my friend's house. Anyway, these scans are big but they are good quality. (URL) (364KB) (URL) (345KB) (URL) (119KB) - not so good quality. Hope these work - they are case dependent - I had to use (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.starwars)
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| | The Gary Louie Memorial Auction
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Subject auction, which we discussed here and via e-mail in the February timeframe, will hopefully get under way soon. I have begun constructing the lots at SeriousCollector and hope to launch by Friday. Featured lots so far: 4537 Twin Tank unopened (...) (26 years ago, 6-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.announce)
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| | Carlsbad Legofest Pics Online
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Greetings.. I have recently assembled a gallery of Carlsbad Legofest pics I took a couple weeks ago tonight for you all to see. Please take a look and let me know what you think at tcourtney@avenew.com The url is: (URL) also threw in a couple pics (...) (26 years ago, 4-Apr-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Halloween Lego Design Contest
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Hello Everyone, I don't know about all of you, but my favorite time of the year is Halloween and my favorite pastime is building with my Lego collection. This year, Erik Wilson's Ancient Design Contest sparked an idea and soon Felix Greco, Anne (...) (26 years ago, 3-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | SeriousCollector
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Check THIS out: (URL) this isn't for real, it is one of the most elaborate practical/April Fool jokes I have ever seen. Note the anti sniping policy! Any bid keeps the auction alive for 24 hours. ** I LIKE that ** I am not so keen on having to give (...) (26 years ago, 2-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.announce)
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| | LDraw Add-On 2.0.3 Now Available
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[follow-ups set to lugnet.cad] The new version of LDraw Add-On (LDAO) is now available. This is version 2.0.3. The major change is a fix so Visual Basic 5 runtime files are no longer needed (this affected new users trying to install LDAO 2.x). Also (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Bidder Wizard (beta) ready to download
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Bidder Wizard is a FREE program to help internet auction bidders to keep track of their lots. It has been developed with Lego parts auctions in mind. The name "Bidder Wizard" has been proposed by Chuck Cottrill. Thanks Chuck! The main features (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | How to
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Howdy, ...for those of you interested, I spent my spring break cleaning the school's Legos. You might want to take a look at: (URL) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce)
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