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| I've been working with José David Parra on the next version of his (URL) RCX.NET> project, because 1.) the NXT system is coming out, and 2.) RCX.NET is basically a .NET wrapper of Spirit.ocx, which means it's not so nice to program with. Another (...) (18 years ago, 17-Apr-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.scout, FTX)
| | | | | Brickvention news!
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| Only a couple of months to go! (URL) Planning is going well, and we've already got lots of people bringing interesting and fun things to display. Displays will include: M>ltc train/town layout Separate area for town buildings Large Space display, (...) (18 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.au, FTX) !!
| | | | | Call for a Group Train/Town Layout at BrickFest™ 2006
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| (URL) Call for a Group Train/Town Layout at BrickFest™ 2006 It is time to start planning for one of the next great Train/Town display at BrickFest™. This will be a great way to show your 9v electric train pride and help save our way of model (...) (18 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | Save 9 Volt Trains Forum E-mail Feed now Available.
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| As I now realize some folks prefer E-mail push systems to Forum pull systems we are offering an E-mail feed for all forum posts on (URL) . For those that would like to get notification of new forum posts E-mailed to you we now offer a mailing list (...) (18 years ago, 14-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains) !!
| | | | | Updated Adventurers newsgroup
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| Hey all! I've completed some updates to the Adventurers newsgroup. Please drop in and let me know if there's anything else that you think should be added. (I was thinking of making a separate page for Steampunk MOCs.) Special thanks to Marc Nelson (...) (18 years ago, 14-Apr-06, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | LEGO Color Chart (the portable kind) available
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| I’ve been holding off on announcing this, because I know how sensitive the color issue is, but things are what they are, and I've created this nice chart for everyone, so the time has come to share. :-) At the link below, you can find a .PDF file (...) (18 years ago, 13-Apr-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | LEGO Factory fulfillment is MAY 8 (was: LF Individual Parts Fulfillment)
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| (...) As you've all noticed, April 8th has come and gone with no change in LF. I did find out that there was a miscommunication, and since I dislike assigning blame or pointing fingers (like at Steve Witt for instance) I won't go into details. (...) (18 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | 4888 Ocean Odyssey alternate MOCs
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| Hi all, I recently went on a work trip and took the parts of set 4888 Ocean Odyssey with me. These two MOC's were the result. (4 URLs) All I added is a mini-fig. I wouldn't normally post about these MOCs, but I've seen a lot of posts from fairly new (...) (18 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX) !
| | | | | HoB 2006, one month away
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| (URL) This is a friendly reminder that Chicago House of Bricks is rapidly approaching. Come join us May 12-14 in Downer’s Grove, Illinois! Please be sure to register soon if you plan to attend. (URL) Visit our website for more information.> We hope (...) (18 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.ia, lugnet.loc.us.ky, FTX) !!
| | | | | Pimp My Mech WINNERS
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| Sorry for the delay in posting this here - I did have the winners posted at my site on the 8th as promised. The turnout was exceptional - 35 entries were received by the deadline (not counting my sample Mech) and things were turned over to a panel (...) (18 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
| | | | | POV animation of walking minifig
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| In POV-ray, I programmed a general animation for a walking minifig. (URL) It originated several years ago, but now I intend to clean up and publish the file so everyone can use it to make minifigs walk. I'm almost finished with polishing it up for (...) (18 years ago, 9-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
| | | | | Pneumatics: LEGO High or Low?
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| A new section is added to LEGO On my mind. The Highs & Lows section will offer very personal reviews of LEGO products which I consider interesting Highs or Lows in LEGO history. Be assured, even Lows can be interesting and the reviews are certainly (...) (18 years ago, 9-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | ZNAP: A LEGO High or Low?
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| A new section is added to LEGO On my mind. The Highs & Lows section will offer very personal reviews of LEGO products which I consider interesting Highs or Lows in LEGO history. Be assured, even Lows can be interesting and the reviews are certainly (...) (18 years ago, 9-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Brickfest Bulletin 2
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| (URL) Badge, MOC Cards, and Brick Bazaar Forms are Now LIVE! I am happy to announce that registrants can now edit their badges on their BrickFest account. Unlike previous years, BrickFest 2006 has a new design: (URL) Attendees can edit their name, (...) (18 years ago, 8-Apr-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.org, lugnet.events, lugnet.build, lugnet.people, FTX) !!
| | | | | TexLUG Austin meeting Sunday 4/9
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| All, The next Austin TexLUG meeting will be this coming Sunday, April 9. Come on out and show off what you've been working on! If you have questions about Mindstorms NXT, come by and we'll see if we can help you with the answers. (The library's wifi (...) (19 years ago, 8-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
| | | | | BrickNebula Episode 14: Going Batty
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| I am pleased to announce the (URL) BrickNebula>PodCast, (URL) Episode 14: Going Batty>. In our latest podcast, Dave & I talk about the new Batman, Mindstorms NXT, V-Pods and more! Thanks for listening & have fun! --Mike & Dave (19 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX) !
| | | | | Laval train show
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| English below Bonjour, Les 8 et 9 avril, avec un groupe d'amis, nous allons participer à une exposition de hobby et modelisme à Laval. Ce sera notre 10ème participation à cette exposition. Venez voir les nouvautées. endroit: Polyvalente Georges (...) (19 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon)
| | | | | New VicLUG site
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| (URL) Hey all, The new VicLUG ( Victoria, BC, Canada ) site is up and basically ready for public use ( these things are never totally done ). Please update your bookmarks, the previous VL sites are not being updated anymore, or add us a new one, (...) (19 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Finishing the Lego Part/Set History CD.
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| Hello, Most of you haven't heard from me for a while..... I have been busting my butt trying to finish the Lego CD. I said a year ago I would be done soon... and here I am... still finishing it. The saying "Biting off more than you can chew" is very (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
| | | | | LEGOPalooza Display at Morehead Planetarium, Chapel Hill, NC April 1
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| NCLUG had its second LEGO event at Morehead Planetarium at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, April 1. The club had four dedicated display areas: (URL) a moonbase with modules from members Carin Proctor, Sam Cox, Adam Skelding, David (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.nc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Save 9 Volt Trains
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| Now is our chance to take action and help influance a decision within LEGO before a point of no return is reached. In order to do that a web site has been created for the purpose of saving the 9v electric train line. Access to the site is free. At (...) (19 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Better late than never, BrikWars 2005 is out of the gate
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| Wow! Lugnet sure is quiet when you put .admin in the skip-filter. I hope you guys don't mind me interrupting the cultured debate about who gets to be the foulest villain in the Friendliest Place on the Internet -- but I've got news! Ludicrously (...) (19 years ago, 2-Apr-06, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | Pimp My Mech - The Entries are IN
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| (URL) The deadline has passed - the entires are in! And what an awesome batch of entries it is...36 different takes on Pimping out a Base 7708 Kit! Winners will be announced on April 8th, but in the meantime come on over and check out all the (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX)
| | | | | 9v Train status report.
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| OK, we have been given a limited amount of information that we have been authorized to share. Now I am a fan first and Ambassador second so I am going to give you all the nuts and bolts first. After that I am going to break down each statement as I (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
| | | | | SCLTC Thomas the Tank Engine Weekend at LLCA Photos
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| First photos of SCLTC's Thomas the Tank Engine display at LEGOLAND California on March 25/26 are now up (URL). (6 URLs) The weekend was an enormous success for the park which enjoyed two of its four highest attendance days ever! -Ted SCLTC (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
| | | | | 2006 LDraw Steering Committee Election will conclude tomorrow
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| As announced in this thread (URL) by Orion Pobursky the 2006 LDraw.org Steering Committee election will conclude at 2359 EDT (GMT -0500), March 29, 2005 and the winners will be announced shortly thereafter. You are still in time to vote, please (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
| | | | | COLTC displays at GTE, Cincinnati, March 24 & 25
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| This weekend, the Central Ohio Lego Train Club will display a ~30 x 30 foot layout at the Great Train Expo show in Cincinnati, OH. The show is open on Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM - 4 PM. We will show many new creations, and this will be the first (...) (19 years ago, 24-Mar-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | NWBrickCon update
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| (2 URLs) nwbrickcon.org> is online Hey folks, we've got great news. (URL) nwbrickcon.org> is online. Online registration is available along with ordering your NWBrickCon tee shirt, commemorative model, and/or Brick Bazaar Space. Current registration (...) (19 years ago, 21-Mar-06, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or, FTX) !!
| | | | | SCLTC Brings the Island of Sodor to LEGOLAND California
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| SCLTC will bring the Island of Sodor to the first ever Thomas The Tank Engine/Bob the Builder weekend at LEGOLAND California this coming Saturday March 25 and Sunday March 26. Fans of Thomas and His Friends will see Thomas, Percy, Toby and other (...) (19 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.town, lugnet.legoland.california, FTX) !!
| | | | | All About Family LEGO® Contests
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| We are doing a monthly LEGO® Club here in MInneapolis and we are going to start doing some FUN LEGO® Contests where we will be asking Customizers to work on fun projects and submit them. (We are not endorsed nor sponsored by LEGO) IF we use your (...) (19 years ago, 19-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | NW TrainFest 2006
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| PSLTC and GPLR To Hold Regional LEGO Fest: Who: All LEGO Enthusiasts What: NW TrainFest 2006 Where: GPLR Clubhouse @ <www.cedarhillscrossing.com Cedar Hills Crossing> When: 03.25.2006 (All Day Event) Why: To Share The LEGO Experience! Greetings LEGO (...) (19 years ago, 18-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | Michiana-LTC to display at the SJVRR Swap Meet - Sunday, March 19
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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, 18-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Old Grey 1x1 Plates at S@H
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| Shop @ Home is selling 90-piece bags of 1x1 plates for $2.99: <https://shop.lego.c...asp?p=BAG2 old very light grey> <https://shop.lego.c...asp?p=BAG3 old light grey> <https://shop.lego.c...asp?p=BAG4 old dark grey> <https://shop.lego.c...asp?p=BAG5 (...) (19 years ago, 16-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.color, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | Brickfest Bulletin
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| (URL) Keynote, Registration, Logo and Odds and Ends Keynote Speaker Confirmed I'm proud to announce that the keynote speaker this year is Tormud Askildsen of LEGO Community Development. He has been one of the many people in the LEGO Group (...) (19 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.build, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, FTX) !!
| | | | | House of Bricks, 2006!
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| (URL) Chicago House of Bricks will once again be held in conjunction with To Be Continued! A fine cut of LEGO will be served with savory science-fiction, buttered fantasy, and field-fresh gaming. But the ‘piece de resistance’ will be the fun (...) (19 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.ia, lugnet.loc.us.ky, FTX) !!
| | | | | TexLUG Austin meeting Sunday 3/12
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| All, The next Austin TexLUG meeting will be this Sunday, March 12. It's been a few months since we've gotten together, so come on out and show off what you've been working on! I'll be shortly announcing and posting rules for a line following and (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
| | | | | The Gateway LEGO Users Group (GtwLUG) will present at the Great Train Expo
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| The Gateway LEGO Users Group (GtwLUG) will present at the Great Train Expo, two tracks of steam and diesel train models running on a 12' x 16' layout with various scenes made of LEGO bricks. Watch trains travel by a water features with working (...) (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Remix Lenin - Last weekend
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| Hi all, Just a reminder that this is the last weekend of the (URL) remix Lenin> challenge. If you want me to add you to the final write up you need to get your version in by Monday (6th March). So please keep those remixes coming. Tim (19 years ago, 3-Mar-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | IDLE 2006 - Please join me in celebrating on 3/18
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| Dear Fellow LEGO-Lovin' Folk, Again this year, I'll be celebrating a holiday I made up just to celebrate a holiday. Just to explain, when I started at my current job, I found that we employees had available to us something called a "floating (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.ne.oma, lugnet.loc.us.ne.lin)
| | | | | Introducing Your Cycle 3 LEGO Ambassadors
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| I am proud to introduce the members of the 3rd cycle of the LEGO Ambassador Program. Lenny Hoffman - USA Eric Brok - The Netherlands Chris Giddens - USA Knud Tomsen - Denmark Kelly McKiernan - USA Volker Draschka - Germany Todd Kubo - USA Luis (...) (19 years ago, 2-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | XXII Italian Legofest in Ballabio, northern Italy (near Milan)
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| XXII Legofest is coming for the first time in Ballabio (near Lecco, Northern Italy, not far from Milan). The show will take place on 1st and 2nd July 2006. Saturday 1 will be reserved to the AFoL/luggers. Sunday 2 will be an open exhibition. See all (...) (19 years ago, 1-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.at, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.loc.ch, lugnet.loc.nl)
| | | | | Announcing Brickvention 2006!
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| Well folks, it's finally here! The first all-Australian public LEGO fan expo, Brickvention 2006! To be held in Melbourne, Australia, on June 10-11 2006, Brickvention is still in the planning stages, but we are currently working on: Presentations (...) (19 years ago, 1-Mar-06, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !
| | | | | Condor Re: MINI LEGO Event in San Diego, CA March 3rd to 5th
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| A reminder about Condor this coming weekend. (...) One of the prizes will be the snack sized version of Serenity: (URL). (...) We're still on track for this. We'll have gaming most of the day Saturday and Sunday, and possibly some Friday night. (...) (19 years ago, 28-Feb-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
| | | | | The Japan Premiere of Joe Vig
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| Announcing the premiere of Joe Vig... to Japan! (URL) In the image, the Japanese characters in black read "Bonyari Bouzu", which means "Oblivious guy". The red characters read "Joo Viggu" (where "Joo" - with a long 'o' - sounds much like his English (...) (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.jp, FTX) !!
| | | | | Brickshelf Down?!
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| Hi all: Is brickshelf down? I'm getting Internet Explorer's lovely error message for when a page is down. All links off of mocpages (even deep links), and now even the homepage fails. What's up? -Josh Underhay. When you go to www.brickshelf.com, as (...) (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Matt's Mushroom Bins for Parts Storage
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| Annoucing Matt's Mushroom Bins (3 URLs) Have you ever wanted a better way to sort or store your Lego? I have found a way, and if you were lucky enough to be at NWBrickCon the last couple of years you have probably seen it. Now the rest of you can! I (...) (19 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.storage, FTX) !
| | | | | Snowboarders are uncool
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| Hi folks, I always wondered why our beloved toy manufacturer made a 3538 - Snowboard Boarder Cross Race but no alpine ski set? My answers is: No one explained them that borders are uncool No designer was capable creating a pair of carving ski + ski (...) (19 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | LUGFinder (aka LUGMap redux)
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| Some of you may remember me as being the author of the origional (URL) LUGMAP>. You may also know that the maintenance burdon of this map just became to much for me to handle. I have always loved the idea and have been looking for a way to revise it (...) (19 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Automated Backhoe
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| Greetings, I have posted pictures of my most recent automated creation on brickshelf: (URL) sure to check out the "backhoe.wmv" video (2 mb). The Automated Backhoe took 60 hours to build. Contruction/acquistion started in August 2005. It was first (...) (19 years ago, 24-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Michiana-LUG Meeting - Saturday, February 25, 2006
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| To All, We are having another meeting! We'll be planning for all of the upcoming events in the next few months. Here are the details: When: Saturday, February 25, 2006 Time: 11:00AM EST / 12:00PM EST - ? Place: Scott Sanburn's House Address: 55752 (...) (19 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.in)
| | | | | SALUG at Supertrain 2006
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| Greetings, SALUG (Southern Alberta Lego User's Group) attended Supertrain, the groups forth time at this train show in Calgary, Alberta. Attendance for the two days was about 14,000. Pictures (and video) can be seen at: (URL) of the show include: (...) (19 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.salug, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.disney)
| | | | | NWBrickCon 2006 Coming This October!
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| NWBrickCon 2006 Coming This October! Mark your calendars October 6-8 for NWBrickCon. We're going back to the Seattle Center again with nearly double the space we had the year before. What's that mean for you? It means, more room for: *Moonbase (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or) !!
| | | | | Moonbase Module: Twin Mech Bay 10 - ZRX1 Armour Application Facility
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| (URL) New Moonbase Module - Twin Mech Bay 10> (URL) Mech Bay 10>> (URL) built on a snow day>> (URL) This new Moonbase Module is two single base plates, each with east and west corridor connections. 4 manipulator arms per bay. Each bay has a parts (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !
| | | | | Central Florida Brick Day - March 4, 2006!
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| Once again it time for Central Florida Brick Day! This year it’s on Saturday, March 4th. The day starts at the Plant City Train Show in its new venue at Hillsborough Community College in Plant City, Florida with a display by the Greater Florida LEGO (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.gflug, lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.loc.us.fl.tam)
| | | | | Accepting Applications for LEGO Ambassadors - Cycle 3!
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| We are coming up on the one year anniversary of the LEGO Ambassador Program. With it, the second cycle draws to a close and it is now time to choose the Ambassadors for the Third Cycle. The first cycle established the groundwork and initial (...) (19 years ago, 20-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | House of Bricks (May 12 -14, 2006) is Coming Up!
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| I’m very happy to announce that registration for Chicago House of Bricks at To Be CONtinued 5: Legends is now online. Prices and information for registration can be accessed <https://2becontinue...conreg.php here>. Registration is not exclusive to (...) (19 years ago, 20-Feb-06, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.ia, lugnet.loc.us.ky, FTX)
| | | | | Master Model Builder Search 2006 Kicks off Monday at LLCA!
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| A new Model Builder Search for 2006 kicks off at LEGOLAND California on Monday February 20th. The park will hold auditions for someone to eventually win a job as a LEGOLAND Master Model Builder. The Monday event runs from 3pm to 7pm. More more info (...) (19 years ago, 16-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.lugola, FTX)
| | | | | Fabuland Housewives
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| Fabuland Housewives the series is here. You can check out the pilot episode at (URL) I hope everyone has a lot of fun with it. --Mark p.s. I posted this in lugnet.fabuland as well, but then someone pointed out that no one ever reads that (...) (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | PIMP my MECH contest
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| Hello all - I was inspired by a thread over at the LiveJournal LEGO community to set up a new contest over at (URL) Reasonably Clever>. Namely: (URL) Pimp My Mech>> (Click on the image to be taken to the full contest page) The idea is fairly simple (...) (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
| | | | | MORE pics (was Re: Pics from American International TOY FAIR(r) 2006
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| OK, some updates for you. I was able to get to Javits today (in one of the worst snowstorms to hit the east coast in a while, the buses weren't running, the ride I cadged got stuck, the trains were all having sticking door problems, etc etc... the (...) (19 years ago, 13-Feb-06, to lugnet.year.2006, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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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)
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