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| I am just finishing up the Lego CD Chapter on Lego flags, and I came across something that I found very interesting which may never have been discussed on LUGNET. If you check Clark Stephen's awesome rare Lego parts site, it shows the Lego wavy (...) (18 years ago, 20-May-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
| | | | | BrickFest Bulletin: Mindstorms/Technic Contests and Events, Space Contests, Castle Contest and..
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| (URL) Mindstorms/Technic Events BrickFest 2006 is fast approaching! This year, the Technic and Mindstorms Theme coordinators are pleased to announce 5 competitions. The competitions will be spread across the 3 days of BrickFest. The planned (...) (18 years ago, 20-May-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
| | | | | ¡Cuidado! ¡Hay llamas!
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| Introducing Hermano Ramirez and his pride and joy: the Langosta! (URL) Wealthy "outdoorsmen" charter his craft for up to a week at a time, hunting and fishing and living off the land. Hermano installed the Zap-ATA (under the prow and controlled by (...) (18 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | TexLUG Austin meeting Sunday 5/14
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| All, Come on by the next Austin TexLUG meeting this coming Sunday. (And yes, it *is* on Mother's Day. Show your Mom you love her by getting out of the house for a couple hours!) Particulars are below. If you have a creation to show, bring it. I'll (...) (18 years ago, 12-May-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
| | | | | Bricksmith 1.4: Intel and More
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| (2 URLs) Bricksmith 1.4> adds the following features: Universal Binary (Intel support) Missing parts are reported LDraw "~Moved" parts are automatically upgraded to their new numbers Active viewport is indicated with a focus rectangle Exporting (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
| | | | | LEGO Factory Updated
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| (URL) As mentioned last month, LEGO Factory has just now been updated with quite a few improvements - including individual part pricing rather than by-the-bag pricing among several other things. There's a new LDD (v1.6) released, which also runs on (...) (18 years ago, 8-May-06, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | Jamocklaquat to make another public appearance
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| Eric Sophie's rather cool Multi-RCX Lego Mindstorms robot Jamocklaquat is currently being exhibited at The Cathedral Arts Festival in the Grace Church Van Vorst in New Jersey until June 2nd 2006. There are pictures, and an in-depth story at (2 URLs) (...) (18 years ago, 7-May-06, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | NXT Programming with Next Byte Codes
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| I am pleased to announce that I have posted a beta of a command line compiler for a new programming language for the LEGO Mindstorms NXT programmable brick called Next Byte Codes (NBC). NBC is modelled after traditional assembly language. It is (...) (18 years ago, 3-May-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | 3 life-size human busts built for Herman Miller "See magazine"
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| Hi again, everybody! Back in February I was asked to build three life-size monochromatic human busts. They were included in Herman Miller's award-winning design magazine, "SEE", alongside an article about the humanization of architecture and design. (...) (18 years ago, 3-May-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
| | | | | NXT firmware to be open source
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| From (URL) press release>: "The LEGO Group today announced that for the first time it will release as open source the firmware of the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® microprocessor – the new NXT brick – the core component of its next generation robotics toolset. (...) (18 years ago, 2-May-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | 2006 LDraw.org Steering Committee Election Results
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| The winners of the 2006 LDraw Steering Committee Election are (in alphabetical order by last name): Kevin L. Clague Chris Dee Tore Eriksson Tim Gould Willy Tschager Congratulations to the new LDraw Steering Committee members! Willy Tschager (...) (18 years ago, 2-May-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !!
| | | | | NWBrickCon Registration Reminder
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| (URL) Just a reminder. NWBrickCon registration will be increasing from $38 to $44 on Saturday May 6th. So register early at (URL) the website> and save yourself some money. We are working hard and the event looks to be shaping up for one of the best (...) (18 years ago, 1-May-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) !!
| | | | | Re: The NXT NDA is relaxed...
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| (...) Indeed, I just published some NXT technic stuff (motors behavior, NXT cable hacking) on my site: (URL) to come... Enjoy! Philo (18 years ago, 1-May-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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| Exciting news for residents of the midwest United States! I read this in the 4/28/2006 Kansas City Star. "Joco" is the local shorthand for Johnson County KS: a very well-to-do, family oriented suburb on the western side of Kansas City,MO with (...) (18 years ago, 28-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch) !!
| | | | | Lots of LEGO-words built for celebrity press event
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| Hi, everybody! I finsihed up another project a few weeks ago, and I'm finally around to posting about it now... The models I made weren't very intricate or complex, but they were fun to build nonetheless. On April 6, TLG held a press conference in (...) (18 years ago, 22-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, FTX)
| | | | | Bricksouth is just a week away!
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| Just a reminder! April 27th - 29th is BrickSouth, a AFOL Display and get together in Atlanta, Georgia. This is in conjunction with First Lego League's International World Festival held at the World Congress Center during those dates. AFOLs have been (...) (18 years ago, 19-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | Brick Bash 2006 A Success!
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| Brick Bash 2006 was held on Saturday, March 11, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This was the second year for this event, and it was a great success, experiencing a growth of more than 200% from the previous year. Thirteen exhibitors from around the Great (...) (18 years ago, 18-Apr-06, to lugnet.events.brickbash, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | SCLTC Coming to Fullerton Railroad Days
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| SCLTC will return to Fullerton Railroad Days (FRRD) for the fifth consecutive year in May 2006 with one of its largest operating LEGO train displays ever. The layout features a mix of new creations and old favorites including an extended version of (...) (18 years ago, 18-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.build, FTX) !
| | | | | LEGO models on the cover of New York Family Magazine
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| Hi, everybody! Last month I built 2 two-foot apartment buildings that were photograhped and featured in New York Family Magazine. One of the buildings was used for the April 2006 (current) issue cover, and the other was printed alongside the table (...) (18 years ago, 18-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, FTX) !
| | | | | WAMALUG Display at the National Air and Space Museum, April 15 2006
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| Hi all, This was the second year that WAMALUG participated in Explore the Universe Day at the National Air and Space Museum. Museum visitors got to see a nice variety of Space and space related MOCs, and also were able to build in a free build space (...) (18 years ago, 18-Apr-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.dc, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, FTX) !!
| | | | | Mindstorms.NET Request for Comments
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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 (...) (18 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 (18 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 (...) (18 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, (...) (18 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 (...) (18 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 (...) (18 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.nc, FTX) !!
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