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| | | | | | Pics from American International TOY FAIR(r) 2006
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| I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Lego showroom preview event at the LEGO showroom at 24th and Broadway, in NYC, as part of the 2006 American International TOY FAIR, ((URL) so naturally I went... just like last year. I uploaded a bunch of (...) (19 years ago, 12-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.year.2006, lugnet.lego) !!
| | | | | NELUG 2005 Annual Report
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| (URL) NELUG's Executive Committee is pleased to announce the release of NELUG's first Annual Report. Part traditional annual report, part yearbook, NELUG's 2005 Annual Report contains information on it's membership, the changes that occurred to the (...) (19 years ago, 12-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX) !
| | | | | IRON MECHA Results!
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| Greeting my Iron Mecha masters! Welcome to all the spectators! The judges have given me their results and I have tallied them. First, I'd like to say that this has been a blast, and quite the competition. I also have a few thanks I'd like to say. (...) (19 years ago, 9-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
| | | | | BrickSouth and FLL Display/Convention April 27th - 29th
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| Announcing BRICKSOUTH LEGO® Convention. BRICKSOUTH will be held in Atlanta, GA on April 27 - 29, 2006 in conjunction with the FIRST LEGO League Ocean Odyssey World Festival and the FIRST Championship. Last year thousands of middle and high school (...) (19 years ago, 8-Feb-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | TLG Board of Directors gives praise to BrickJournal Issue #3
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| We just got word from The LEGO Group that Kjeld, Tormod, and JVK have all given praise to Joe and his staff for the work on BrickJournal issue 3. A few of us have received emails directly from some of them with congratulations. The issue has even (...) (19 years ago, 8-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish.brickjournal) !!
| | | | | GeekBrick Live on iTunes
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| The GeekBrick Live podcast feed is now avaiable at the iTunes music store. If you have the latest iTunes, go to the Podcasts > Podcast Directory and then search "lego" and you will find our podcast. You can subscribe (URL) (Note: You must have the (...) (19 years ago, 8-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Announcing BrickFest 2006
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| BrickFest 2006 is a GO! Mark your calendars August 25-27 for BrickFest! This year, the convention will be in Washington DC area at the Sheraton Premiere in Tyson's Corner. With the change in venue, the event will be a bit different this year. But (...) (19 years ago, 6-Feb-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.games) !!
| | | | | Modular Hill Standard
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| COLTC, the Central Ohio LEGO Train Club, has come up with a modular hill standard. The goal of this standard was to provide more height-variations into layouts, and increase the number of running trains. (URL) There are a variety of ways these (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
| | | | | The Minifig Macro 1.2 Released
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| I've updated my Minifig macro! I've also renamed it to "James' POV-Ray Library" because it includes more than the minifig macro. (URL) new additions: - All minifigs created with the macro take advantage of the walk code. - 91 ready to use official (...) (19 years ago, 4-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Raytracing Challenge: Remix Lenin
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| Hi all, After sounding out opinion I've decided to run this as both a challenge and a competition. My reason for this is that I don't want to discourage people from submitting models which they fear won't win but I also realise that for some people (...) (19 years ago, 3-Feb-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | BrickJournal 3 is REALLY out!
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| Hi all, BrickJournal 3 is now out, if you didn't notice:-)! (URL) Issue 3 spotlights many of the events of last year from the US and Europe, with articles from 1000-steineland™, LEGO® World, and of course, BrickFest®! Along with events are articles (...) (19 years ago, 2-Feb-06, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | LEGOLAND California Model Builder Search 2006!
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| I am privileged to officially announce the LEGOLAND California Model Builder Search 2006! (3 URLs) For Immediate Release Contact: Julie Estrada (760)918-5377 news@legoland.com LEGOLAND® CALIFORNIA EXPANSION CREATES OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME National (...) (19 years ago, 2-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, FTX) !!
| | | | | Iron Mecha, contest closed.
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| I wanted to post an update for you all. I have collected the entries, orgainzed them and have sent them off to your Iron Mecha Judges. Whom are: Aaron Sneary--an accomplished builder, and has a mature palate for the brick. Steve Hassenplug--better (...) (19 years ago, 1-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | MINI LEGO Event in San Diego, CA March 3rd to 5th
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| Sorry for the short notice. I've been asked by a local Science Fiction/gaming convention to organize a LEGO room for the con. Sort of a mini LEGO convention. The Convention is "Condor XIII" (URL) March 3rd-5th. Just over a month from now. There'll (...) (19 years ago, 31-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | First GBC
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| Here is a Brickshelf library : (URL) will find the first GBC we made at QuéLUG (a LUG located in Quebec, Canada). The Quicktime movie is quite heavy : 25MB. Here is the deeplink for it : (URL) (19 years ago, 30-Jan-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic)
| | | | | TD custom registry
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| Hi, Track Designer is well known and still a very popular software to design layouts, mainly amongst LEGO train fans. The growing interest in the french AFOL community led us to translate in french the help documentation ((URL) here>). (...) (19 years ago, 27-Jan-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
| | | | | Bricksmith 1.3: Here's Looking at You, Kid
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| My latest update to Bricksmith for Macintosh is focused heavily on viewing-related enhancements. (2 URLs) Bricksmith 1.3> adds the following features: Multiple viewports Perspective in the 3D view Preset orthographic viewing angles (front, top, (...) (19 years ago, 27-Jan-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
| | | | | Interactive link list - add your sites
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| Hey all, I don't think that Klas Schöldström posts here, so I'm going to go ahead and post on his behalf. Tired of outdated link lists? The answer is a constantly updatable link list where members of the community can add new sites and flag dead (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jan-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | IRON MECHA, One Week Left
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| Outstanding my Mecha Masters! (munches on Bell Pepper) We are all have very much fun watching your progress. So much in fact that I'm hoping that I'm keeping up with you all. Below is a listing of all the contestants, the name of the entry (if one (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | Re: ILTCO layout at the NMRA 2006 National Train Show in Philly
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| Hi All, Below is a list of the clubs that have indicated that they are participating in the Philly show this summer. I know many of the clubs at last year’s show talked about doing it again, so if your club is NOT listed below and you plan to be (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | LDraw File Repository version 1.0 released
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| Version 1.0 of the LDraw File Repository is now available: (URL) repository currently has downloads of files by 5 authors, totaling 362 LDraw files, 10.7 MB. Most of the files are available on the authors' sites, but a few extras not on the authors' (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | BrickNebula Episode 13: Back to Life
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| I am pleased to announce the (URL) BrickNebula> PodCast, (URL) Episode 13: Back to Life>. In our latest podcast, Dave & I talk about the new Exo-Force sets, new Star Wars sets, Mindstorms NXT, the Lego Museum, and more! Thanks for listening & have (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jan-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX)
| | | | | Loading cargo from and to train electrically
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| Hi, this machinery can load cargo onto a train waggon and also load cargo off, too. See (URL) images (in better quality) for building instructions can be downloaded at (URL) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains) !
| | | | | BrickZone.net
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| Hello all! I have just launch yet-another fan-created LEGO website. (URL) is designed to be a place for "nothing but fun with LEGO bricks." I am telling stories, epics, mini-series and television spoofs with LEGOs. First up is Fabuland Housewives (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | mindstorms NXT
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| check out www.mindstorms.com/press lego just put out a press release all about the NeXT version of mindstorms, they put a whole spec out on it.. heres a bit from the article explaining the specs LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT highlights include: • All-new NXT (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | MLCad.ini 2005-01 Update Now Available
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| Hi, I just updated the MLCad.ini file accordingly to the latest LDraw.org parts update 2005-01. 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 bye, w. (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad) !
| | | | | GeekBrick.com Is Back!
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| After a two week break, GeekBrick.com is now back on it's feet. We got new news software, revised the layout and skin, and dumped the forums. You can find out more information on what we did here: (URL) Any comments or feedback is greatly (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | SCLTC enters final two weeks at SDMRRM; Pictures!
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| SCLTC's annual winter show at the (URL) San Diego Model Railroad Museum> is now in its final two weeks! (10 URLs) This batch of layout pictures is posted (URL). -Ted Michon SCLTC (19 years ago, 3-Jan-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | Call For Nominations: 2006 LDraw Steering Committee
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| Per the LDraw.org Bylaws, Subsection 6.03(a), the 2005 Steering Committee hereby calls for the community to nominate individuals as candidates for the 2006 Steering Committee[1]. Please post nominations in response to this message. Nominations will (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | 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, Lucy Stanford Angel by David V. Winkler> (URL) SOTM, Night time on the Moscow Metro by Tim Gould> The voting for the January Model of the Month and Scene (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | a town structure contest!!
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| I believe I have covered just about everything but since there is always someone with an opinion or an interesting idea I am posting this a few days early. If the rules or something else needs to be tweaked, please let me know before January 5th. (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jan-06, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !
| | | | | Welcome to the Building Arena, IRON MECHA
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| Friends, Welcome to my building arena! (URL) Firstly I would like to thank ALL of those that have decided to join the first IRON MECHA. 42 participants have notified me of their intentions to play IRON MECHA as of Dec 31, 2005. It is my hope that (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: ILTCO layout at the NMRA 2006 National Train Show in Philly
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| There has been many questions sent in so I decided that I would answer them in this post for all to read. Sorry if this gets to your inbox more than once, once the mailing lists are in place there will be no more ILTCO NMRA NTS spam! Please send me (...) (19 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | TexLUG Austin meeting Sunday 1/8
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| Folks, My wife and I will be traveling 12/29 to 1/9, so I won't be attending the TexLUG Austin meeting on Sunday, 1/8. (I tried to find an alternate venue and/or time, to no avail.) The procedure for the meeting room at the LWC library is very easy; (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
| | | | | LDraw.org 2005-01 Parts Update Now Available
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| The 2005-01 LDraw parts update has been now been released. This update includes 276 files, including 74 new part files, and many more updated with improvements for Back Face Culling support. Several of the new files are synonynms for existing parts (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad) !!
| | | | | Re: IRON MECHA
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| Greetings my mecha construction masters! Only a few short days until the construction image is to be released. I compiled a list of all the participants wishing to enter IRON MECHA. If you do not see your name here and wish to participate please (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | ILTCO layout at the NMRA 2006 National Train Show in Philly
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| Hi All, Well it’s that time again. We are delighted to announce that ILTCO has been invited to display at the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) annual National Train Show (NTS) again! This year the NMRA 2006 NTS will be held in (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org) !!
| | | | | Massive LDraw file repository
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| I'm interested in starting a LDraw file repository. I want to start it by asking everyone to email me their files with a description and keywords of each file, so I can quickly catigorize it without having to open it. Please include any copyright or (...) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | German translation module for LDView 3.0 in Windows
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| One of the new features of LDView 3.0 is support for translation modules. The first such module (German) has now been completed by <mailto:holly@holly-wood.it Willy Tschager>. (Note that this module only supports the Windows version of LDView, not (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
| | | | | Rarest Lego Windows/Doors (from Sweden)
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| Eric Strand brought this to my attention.... I have never seen these before in yellow... From 1953-56 TLG made the first old style windows/doors that matched the classic era windows/doors of 1956-87, but they were without studs on top. These were (...) (19 years ago, 21-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | IRON MECHA
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| Ladies and Gents, Regarding recent events, and general interest abound, I am announcing a contest that shall begin Jan 1, 2006. IRON MECHA This is a contest of building talent and fun. I do not have all the details worked out yet, but it is my (...) (19 years ago, 20-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
| | | | | [rtlToronto] Welcome to rtlToronto.org...it's DOT COM.
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| Hey folks, "rtltoronto.org Welcome Speech, take 1" "Welcome to rtltoronto.org..." "It's dot-com" "Welcome to rtltoronto.org...it's DOT COM!" Those of you who have been linking to and using www.rtltoronto.org will find it's no longer working or (...) (19 years ago, 20-Dec-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Frozen sort of Caption Contest
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| (URL) Hey, think up a good caption for this pic I took in the freezing fog a couple days ago. The best I hear by December 25th will get a prize - this guy mailed to them (as soon as the snow melts and I can find him again). Good luck! -Matt :) (19 years ago, 20-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX) !!
| | | | | *** LDView Version 3.0 Released ***
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| It's been a little over a year since LDView 3.0 Beta 1 was released, but LDView 3.0 is finally done. You can get it for both Windows and Linux, as well as the source code, from the LDView downloads page here: (URL) Compared to LDView 3.0 RC1, this (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
| | | | | Mech Bay 09 - The Cub Den
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| (URL) Mysterious Mech Bay 09> Storage (URL) for the Cub (URL) it now>> (2 URLs) Bay 09>> 75 Bricks tall Features trans clear 48x48 base plate light box construction 12 inch Florescent tube Internal Cooling System - Via TECHNIC motor and rotor blades (...) (19 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !
| | | | | TexLUG Austin meeting Sunday 12/11
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| All, The next Austin TexLUG meeting will be this Sunday, December 11. It's been a little quiet lately in TexLUG land, so come on out and show off what you've been working on! I'll be bringing photos of this Saturday's First Lego League meet in (...) (19 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
| | | | | MichLUG Meeting: Saturday 12/17/05
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| Description: Get feedback on creations, check out creations by others, and talk about upcoming shows. Guests are always welcome, if you are interested in joining MichLUG or just want to hang out and talk about LEGO. (This month's club business (...) (19 years ago, 5-Dec-05, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | MOTM / SOTM Voting For December Is Now Open
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| We're pleased to announce that voting for the December 2005 Model of the Month and Scene of the Month Contests is now open. Visit the voting page to cast your vote: (URL) inform me of any errors you may encounter. -Orion (19 years ago, 5-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | NGLTC LEGO tree at the Festival of Trees
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| (URL) For the past 4 years the North Georgia LEGO Train Club (NGLTC) has sponsored a display at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Festival of Trees. This is an event that consists of hundreds of decorated Christmas trees, wreaths, events, rides (...) (19 years ago, 1-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga, FTX) !!
| | | | | LDraw.org MOTM/SOTM Relaunch
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| I'm pleased to announce the relaunch of LDraw.org's MOTM/SOTM contest. After writing a few thousand lines of code, the core functionality for the new contest and voting module finished. There's not a whole lot different visually but the archive (...) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | custom track on SALE!!!
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| Hey all, Well the holidays are here again so this can only mean 1 thing. YEP it’s time for a SALE!! Starting today and running until Christmas “Dec. 25th” anyone ordering track will receive 10% off all labor. To top that I have also decided to knock (...) (19 years ago, 27-Nov-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | A double crossover
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| Hey all, About 2 months ago now I was challenged/ asked to make a double crossover. While I thought this project would be difficult I had no idea how long it would take me. In total I have between 20-40 hours of time invested in the double (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | SCLTC fourth annual winter show at SDMRRM starts Tuesday
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| SCLTC returns to the San Diego Model Railroad Museum for club's fourth annual winter show starting the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and running through Saturday January 14, 2006. The show will feature: A double tracked under and over cloverleaf Over (...) (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
| | | | | Colossal Castle Contest III
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| Hello all, Classic-Castle.com is pleased to announce (URL) Colossal Castle Contest III> our third annual large contest. There are nine categories, ranging in size from customized minifigs to large castles covering multiple baseplates, so there are (...) (19 years ago, 15-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
| | | | | NGLTC building session at Egleston children’s hospital
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| The North Georgia LEGO Train Club (NGLTC) visited the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. For the fifth year in a row the NGLTC held our annual Christmas ornament building session with patients of CHOA. The children are helping make (...) (19 years ago, 14-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga, FTX)
| | | | | ILENN Update: Alpha 4
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| ILENN has been updated with a major new interface and functionality: (URL) Lots of improvement going on, I welcome everybody to try it out. Still have a ways to go, but it's definitely moving in the right direction. Comments about layout and (...) (19 years ago, 14-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | LEGO leaving Billund?
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| Check out this article from The Age: (URL) At the end it says, "As for moving production from Denmark, a decision will be made in 2007." I think selling the LEGOLAND parks was a good move because it keeps the core company focused on just the toys. I (...) (19 years ago, 13-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | SCLTC models at LEGOLAND this weekend!
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| Members of the Southern California LEGO Train Club (SCLTC) will display a large cityscape at LEGOLAND California on Friday November 12, 2005 during the finals of the 2005 Brick to the Future Contest. The contest is cosponsored by The LEGO Company (...) (19 years ago, 11-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
| | | | | No TexLUG Austin meeting this Sunday 11/13
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| Folks, Due to an event conflict at the Little Walnut Creek library, there will be no TexLUG Austin meeting this coming Sunday. Our next scheduled time is Sunday, December 11. -Tim (19 years ago, 10-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
| | | | | Bricksmith for Macintosh 1.2: Faster, Nicer
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| The Bricksmith fairy has come again, with a shiny new upgrade to put that special sparkle in your Macintosh LDraw experience. (2 URLs) Bricksmith 1.2> adds the following features: Speed increases of up to 33% Search in the Part Browser Hide/show (...) (19 years ago, 9-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
| | | | | Steve B. contact info change
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| Steve Barile recently had to change his email address and can't currently post to LUGNET, so he asked me to forward his new email address. (...) (19 years ago, 6-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Lego Exhibition at Bielefeld Germany
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| Beginning on 06.11.2005 there is a Lego Exhibition at Bielefeld in Germany. More information can be collected from (URL) (19 years ago, 5-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Join the LEGO® Fan Team!
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| LEGO Fan has grown in leaps and bounds, and now needs some volunteers to assist in taking the group to the next level. We are looking for people for: • site testing • posting moderation • fund-raising coordination • other tasks. If you are (...) (19 years ago, 4-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, FTX) !!
| | | | | Announcing ILENN: the International LEGO Enthusiast News Network
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| For the last few months I've been working on a news project for the LEGO community. It's not even near done, however it's high time for a preliminary look. (URL) This page will display LEGO-related news from many different sources. The initial alpha (...) (19 years ago, 1-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | BrickNebula Episode #12: A Day In The Life
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| I am pleased to announce the (URL) BrickNebula> PodCast, (URL) Episode 12: A Day In The Life>. In our latest podcast, Dave & I talk about the newest S@H catalog, rant about building copyrights, & Serenity (spoiler alert!). Have fun! --Mike (& Dave) (19 years ago, 1-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX)
| | | | | GBC at LegoWorld 2005
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| Photos and videos of the LW2005 GBC are available here: (URL) (19 years ago, 29-Oct-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.events.legoworld, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Eric Sophie's Biomechanical Bricks 4.0 (!!!!)
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| Oh wow, I was just blown away by a new surprise this evening! Biomechanical Bricks 4.0 ==== (URL) Biomechanical Bricks 4.0>> ==== Site notes and fixes: A couple of robot names. A couple of Moonbase names. Video Gallery planned expansion. Exhibits (...) (19 years ago, 29-Oct-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | Pinball INFO - passed on from builder
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| After an email exchange with Gerrit Bronsveld from the Netherlands, and due to the fact that he doesnt have a Lugnet account, he passed on the info to share, and has told me that he has taken many photos and will be posting them to Brickshelf (under (...) (19 years ago, 25-Oct-05, to lugnet.events.legoworld, lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics) !
| | | | | LEGO®FAN.org is the New Place to Find the Shop at Home Specials!
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| Hi all, LEGOFan.org now is providing information on weekly Shop at Home Specials at their website! Just go (URL) here> to see what is on sale this week! This is updated directly from LEGO Shop@Home, and will be available every Wednesday. If you want (...) (19 years ago, 19-Oct-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX) !
| | | | | BrickJournal Issue 2 is NOW available for download!!
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| Hi all, BrickJournal #2 is now available for download at (URL) This issue's theme is Mecha, with interviews with Bryce McGlone and Jeff Ranjo. There's also a couple of how-tos by Adam Silcott and Soren Roberts. There's more interviews and (...) (19 years ago, 19-Oct-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: When will the Lego CD be finished?
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| (...) Hey Paul, Finishing up the text to the Lego CD as we speak.... When I started out, I was sooooo naiive! The thought that early Lego fits so nicely into different catalog years, was well... WRONG! Below I have included a sample sub-chapter on (...) (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Military truck
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| New MOC about military truck. Go to (URL) (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | NWBrickCon Ends! - Pictures Begin!
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| I wish to thank all the FOLs (adults and youngsters) for their support of this year's NWBrickCon! There are several galleries of pictures now online. If you follow the "Image Archive" link on our (URL) web page>, you'll find hundreds of images to (...) (19 years ago, 12-Oct-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, FTX) !
| | | | | MichLUG Meeting - 5yr Anniversary - October 22nd
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| MICHLUG 5 yr Anniversary Meeting Description: Get feedback on creations, check out creations by others, and talk about upcoming shows. Guests / potential members are welcome. Send an email to (URL) Jason> for directions/address. To celebrate 5 years (...) (19 years ago, 12-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Michiana-LTC to display at the SJVRR Swap Meet - Sunday, October 16
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| To all, The Michiana LEGO Train Club is pleased to display at the upcoming SJVRR Swap Meet on Sunday, October 16. Event Details: 10:00AM - 3:00PM CST Address: Elks lodge 3535 East McKinley Avenue South Bend, Indiana 46615 Admission: Individual $4 (...) (19 years ago, 12-Oct-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Trailer Park Boys Lego
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| New to www.blockaholic.com ! Trailer Park Boys Lego! www.blockaholic.com/...bwpage.htm For those who don't know, Trailer Park Boys is (in my opinion) the funniest comedy on Canadian television! I've created several of the characters in mini-fig (...) (19 years ago, 10-Oct-05, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Hot Blasphemy
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| (URL) Brendan Powell Smith's Brick Testament was in the October 6th issue of Rolling Stone, Issue 984. The brief article just gives an overview of what the Brick Testament is about, and it describes some of the more graphic renditions of the (...) (19 years ago, 8-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Hurricane relief toy drive
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| I've now delivered the toys for the toy drive, you can see the pics of the delivery (URL) HERE> A toy drive tale. When Columbia disintigrated over Texas, towns like Lufkin were littered with parts, and participated greatly in the clean up. Well, (...) (19 years ago, 8-Oct-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | News from Biomechanical Bricks
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| I'll be on the Good Day New York television show, this morning on Fox 5. The segment will feature a display of Mecha and Moonbase. Promotional appearence for this weekend's (URL) Super Fantastic KIDS DAY Weekend> PNC Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ (...) (19 years ago, 7-Oct-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
| | | | | Hurricane relief toy drive
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| Hey all, Thank you to everyone who participated in the Hurricane Relief Toy Drive, and especially to Anthony Sava who has gathered these sets, bought other sets with money he was sent, and is bringing these for distribution to displaced families. (...) (19 years ago, 6-Oct-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | Wacky Races to Repeat at NWBrickCon 2005
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| For Dan Sabbath: Now in it’s second major incarnation here in the United States, straight from our friends in Freelug, we have “La Rampe Infernale” or the “Wacky Race”. Dig deep into your collection to create a vehicle that will travel as far as it (...) (19 years ago, 6-Oct-05, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.general) !!
| | | | | Temp. Reporter Needed for GeekBrick.com
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| Hey, GeekBrick.com is looking for anyone who is attending the entire NWBrickCon event to take pictures and write a report everyday (negotiable). Basically, you would be covering the event for GeekBrick.com. You will be given special access to post (...) (19 years ago, 5-Oct-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
| | | | | BIONICLE 3: Web Of Shadows Giveaway
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| Hey! GeekBrick.com is holding a giveaway for a free copy of Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows! You can enter as soon as you see this, but we will stop taking entries on Sunday, October 10th 2005, so hurry up! More details and information about this contest (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX)
| | | | | NELUG appears on PBS TV show "Greater Boston".
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| The local PBS Television New Program "Greater Boston" recently aired a segment on the New England LEGO Users Group. This spot really seemed to do a good job of focusing on AFOL culture in many areas. They have put a long story and a link to the (...) (19 years ago, 3-Oct-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | Search for a Test Pilot...
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| Proudly presenting the second comic strip by my good friend, Steve Locke. (URL) always appreciated. Pete (19 years ago, 1-Oct-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
| | | | | Behold! Bricksmith 1.1!
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| I've been coding away since last month when I unveiled Bricksmith, my new Macintosh LDraw editor. And it's time for an upgrade. (2 URLs) Bricksmith 1.1> adds the following features: Shading! Fast-draw mode while rotating Piece Count utility (...) (19 years ago, 29-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX) !
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| | | | | | Green Classic Spacemen...
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| Presenting a rather amusing comic strip by my good friend, Steven Locke: (URL) must warn you, it's a bit racey and may not be suitable for younger readers. Hope you enjoy it. I certainly did. Feedback welcome. Pete (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space) !!
| | | | | BrickNebula PodCast #11: Interview with Chris Giddens
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| I am pleased to announce the (URL) BrickNebula> PodCast, (URL) Episode 11: Interview with Chris Giddens> In our latest podcast, Dave & I talk more about dino's, brickfest, & it ends with an interview with Chris Giddens. Have fun! --Mike (& Dave) (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX) !
| | | | | National Train Show video program available for download
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| (URL) down to RFD-TV #22 to download. The WMV is about 70 MB. (Chris already posted to just mediawatch but it deserves wider dissemination.) FUT trains.org (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch) !
| | | | | Eric Sophie's Biomechanical Bricks 3.0
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| Hot off the FTP Express, however incomplete my mind is at rest! Biomechanical Bricks 3.0 ==== (URL) Eric Sophie Site Notes: comming soon Links Little Bots Moonbase Events Monkey Arms Enjoy! MANY THANKS TO NORTHCOM SYSTEMS !!! (19 years ago, 28-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish.html, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | A three wide window
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| Hi everybody, After (URL) this one> and (URL) this one>, I'm (still) proud to announce a new window : (URL) At this moment, I'm sure that SNOT specialists will count : "One... two... three... but ! it's not possible to fill a 3 wide hole with plates (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
| | | | | UPDATE: Join the LEGO Group in helping with Hurricane Disaster Relief - LAST DAY IS SEPT 28!
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| Hi All, the Edith and Godtfred Kirk Christiansen Foundation matching progam for donations to AFOL Katrina Relief will end Wednesday, September 28. If you wish to participate, please mail your check or money order donations by then (made to the Red (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.people, FTX)
| | | | | Pictures from Curious Kids Museum
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| As announced here: (URL) MichLUG/LTC displayed at Curious Kids Museum in St. Joseph MI this weekend. Here are some pics from yesterday: (URL) ... there will be more galleries as others upload their pics but this should whet your appetite, the (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc) !
| | | | | WHAT IS GOING ON.
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| Hello everyone its me again with another post. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE MOONBASE MECH BAY 07 POSTS!!!...!!! I HAVENT been on in a week due to job concerns and I see 30 million replies and messages dealing with it. Theres to many out there for me to (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.admin.general)
| | | | | Melbourne Train Expo and Hobby Show
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| M>ltc is displaying our LEGO train layout at the Hobby show again this year. Last year </announce/?n=2784 went really well> so feel free to come along and see all the great exhibits. This will be our last show with the current layout, so if you (...) (19 years ago, 24-Sep-05, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains.org.mltc, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | ParLUGment layout at Railfair 2005 model railway show
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| ParLUGment, the Ottawa-area Lego User's Group, will once again be showing a substantial Lego train layout at Railfair, the local model railway show. The event takes place in Ottawa on the weekend of 15-16 October, 2005, and is held at Algonquin (...) (19 years ago, 24-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | NEW MOC
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| New MOC and web page. Gaétan (URL) (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | NWBrickCon, MECHA
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| Time is short, and now that I got your attention, you need to know that if you want your mecha a NWBrickCon, you should tell me. snowleopardNO@SPAMfo...ternet.net Tell me what your bringing, how much room ya'll need. And if you want to send stuff, (...) (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics) !!
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