 | | NALUG Royal Alberta Museum display
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The year 2005 was the centennial for the province of Alberta. So, members of NALUG built several historic structures from the local Edmonton area, to display at the 2005 Great Edmonton Train Show. That show, and the structures, can be seen on our (...) (18 years ago, 18-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | LEGO Set/Parts History CD will be Shipped (late) Next Week
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Sorry for the my lateness in getting this out, but the LEGO CD will not be shipped until next Friday (November 23). I had a few unexpected things happen, but all of them are positive.... 1) my long time Lego collector friend Kurt Richter of (...) (18 years ago, 17-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Big LEGO building auctioned at museum benefit
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Hi, everyone! I've been pretty busy lately so sorry for the lack of updates. Just yesterday I participated at a black-tie benefit dinner for (URL) The Museum of Arts & Design>, New York. The Museum is moving to a new building on Columbus Circle in (...) (18 years ago, 17-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Large-scale LEGO furniture sculptures
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Hi again everyone! Last month I was approached by a Danish furniture company that is coming to the US for the first time ever. They asked me to build some large sculptural models of their furniture pieces, which were shipped over to a trade show and (...) (18 years ago, 17-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | 8 foot LEGO Batman building event at FAO Schwarz
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Hi everyone! On October 21 and 22, Three LEGO Master Builders came to New York to hold a big building event at FAO Schwarz. (2 URLs) Since they were short-handed, the Master Builders asked if I could help out. Most of the weekend was about getting (...) (18 years ago, 17-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.licensed.batman, FTX)
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| | Timmy Takeover
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(URL) (18 years ago, 15-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | 10 years of LEGO on my mind
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LEGO on my mind celebrates its 10 years anniversary! (URL) For this occasion, a timeline tour is added to the site. It will take you along the MOCs and other content in chronological order. If you're in a hurry, there's also a brief Highlights tour (...) (18 years ago, 14-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Orléans Model Train Show
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Hi, Here follows a short report about FreeLUG participation in Orléans Model Train Show. (Les francophones pourront bientôt lire un compte rendu détaillé en français sur (URL) The show occured in Orléans, France. 8900 visitors came to see various (...) (18 years ago, 14-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.org.fr.freelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | NWBrickCon 2007
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NWBrickCon 2007 will be October 4 (load-in), 5, 6, and 7 at the Seattle Center. The rooms used in 2006 have been reserved again and planning is underway. Look for registration information and updates to www.nwbrickcon.org as we get closer to the (...) (18 years ago, 13-Nov-06, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.ca) !!
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| | The 4th Podagon:Vergirak!
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Hello everyone! Well here he is The 4th Podagon:VERGIRAK!! (2 URLs) He’s in a sticky situation, and NOT happy about it. We’ve all been there ;) Feedback would be fantastic! Long Live The Brick!!! Megan (18 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.castle, lugnet.fun, FTX) !!
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| | New Lego Aqua raiders, Sealab 2021
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I guess everyone is starting to get an eyefull of the new Aqua raiders theme, (URL) Check it here> Well, from the very first moment I saw these sets, yes, at Eurobricks. I thought about building Sealab 2021 moc's. I won't post a link here on lugnet (...) (18 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | New LUGMap for LUGNET
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Hi All, I'm glad to announce a first major change which is "visible" this time as well. LUGNET now has a brand-new, area-wide World LUG Map, simply called LUGMap. As yet the maps enclose 85 entries! Here are the details and how they work: The LUGMap (...) (18 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.au, FTX) !!
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| | BFC extension ratified by the LSC
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The LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) has ratified the Back Face Culling (BFC) language extension. The de-facto BFC standard was adopted by the LSC as their working draft (see (URL) and we have since been working to clarify and/or remove any (...) (18 years ago, 9-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | SHIP challenge for NWBrickcon 2007
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This is an open invitation especially for those who will be attending NWBrickcon 2007. The challenge is to build a SHIP (100 studs or longer/wider) in a Classic Space Lego theme. I would like to see as many themes represented as possible. I have (...) (18 years ago, 7-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | BrickFest PDX '07 Public Announcment
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Hi All, The GPLR (Greater Portland LEGO Railroaders) in conjunction with AMH Productions (Christina Hitchcock) is proud to announce BrickFest PDX ’07 to be held March 30th – April 1st, 2007 at the Oregon Convention Center (OCC) in Portland, OR. We (...) (18 years ago, 6-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | New puzzle game: Zeami's Birthday
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Zeami's Birthday is a freeware for Windows 98 or superior. In a world of ashes, Zeami struggles to gather pieces of what used to be her past life. The gameplay is essentially a Sokoban-like where you have to assemble lego bricks. Game controls: (...) (18 years ago, 5-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.basic, lugnet.games, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Contributor Agreement License details
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Hi all, Well it's been a long time coming but we now have a version of the Contributor Agreement (CA) license and readme to be distributed alongside new versions of the parts library. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have (...) (18 years ago, 4-Nov-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | MOTM / SOTM Voting For November Is Now Open
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We're pleased to announce that voting for the November 2006 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. Note: If you get a error page, try (...) (18 years ago, 4-Nov-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | The SEA TRAGON
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Hello all! Announcing my 2nd TRAGON- The SEA TRAGON!! Lurking deep under the ocean-guarding his treasure- Treasure hunters-BEWARE-The Sea Tragon is watching and waiting… (2 URLs) Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Long Live The Brick! Megan (18 years ago, 3-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.vikings, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !!
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| | Lego faces Christmas production block
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This was passed to me courtesy of Michael Dudley. Thought you would like to know. (URL) Griffith Special Ops Admin Mechahub.com (18 years ago, 2-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Motion to move the LSC elections passes
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With a total of 12 voters who "agreed" and none who "disagreed", the Motion to move the LSC elections from July to October: Begin of motion ---...--- Recurring Dates * October 1 - Annual summary published. Call for nominations. * October 14 - All (...) (18 years ago, 1-Nov-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | SCLTC Photos from NMRA - PSWR Convention
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Photos from the SCLTC display at the National Model Railroad Association - Pacific Southwest Region convention earlier this month are posted (URL). (URL) SCLTC> presented its Island of Sodor at a model railroad event for the first time accompanied (...) (18 years ago, 31-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX) !
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| | Lego Sets/Parts History CD Sampler
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Carsten Jopke of 1000steine has posted a picture of the Lego CD, and a link to a sample chapter (listed as "Beispielkapitel") on 1000steine: (URL) for all the folks who have pre-ordered and prepayed!! Gary Istok istokg@earthlink.net P.S. Still a few (...) (18 years ago, 29-Oct-06, to lugnet.announce)
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| | A Bosch-Lego dishwasher (really)!
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Just saw (URL) this article> discussing a real-life dishwasher made by Bosch, with a special cycle and compartment to wash your toys. And it is actually Lego co-branded! You can also find it on the (URL) Bosch home page>. Cool! Roy (18 years ago, 29-Oct-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO SETS/PARTS HISTORY CD....
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(...) I'm sorry, I thought the previous followup post was going to Lugnet.Announce. My appologies! For those folks who were put on a pre-order list last year, and haven't heard from me, please let me know. And new pre-orders are welcome for the AFOL (...) (18 years ago, 27-Oct-06, to lugnet.announce)
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| | LDraw.org is temporarely LDraw.org is temporarily not available
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Hi, you might wonder why LDraw.org is currently showing just a blank page. We were upgrading to Postnuke .763 to support the new Postnuke theme templating engine when something went the wrong way. We are currently working to fix the problem and (...) (18 years ago, 19-Oct-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | BrickJournal 5 is out!
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(URL) BrickJournal 5 is available for download! Finally! This issue's theme is Really Big Stuff, so there are stories on big ships, big buildings, and big spaceships...and a look at the real LEGO Factory! There's also event reports from Europe and (...) (18 years ago, 19-Oct-06, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | LSC adopts "de-facto" BFC standard as the draft standard
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The LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) has adopted the "de-facto" Back Face Culling (BFC) standard ((URL) as their draft standard. We are now working on clarifying a few minor ambiguities in the draft standard so that it can be ratified as the official (...) (18 years ago, 15-Oct-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw.org MOTM/SOTM Relaunch
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I'm pleased to announce the relaunch of LDraw.org's MOTM/SOTM contest. Moving the curatorship has caused some trouble, but now we are back on track and open submissions to MOTM/SOTM once again. Have a look at: (URL) the rules and submit you model or (...) (18 years ago, 14-Oct-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Motion to move the LSC elections: Call for Ratification
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Since the motion to move the LSC elections has been posted (URL) and publicly discussed, and since by peoples' silence, there appear to be no more lingering objections, the Steering Committee hereby calls for a community vote to ratify the motion (...) (18 years ago, 14-Oct-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | GtwLUG at Archon
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(...) Here is the link to the photos for this event: (URL) you enjoy... Don (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.announce)
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| | My MOC galleries are back on Brickshelf
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Hello Lugnet, My name is Molly Friedrich. I was a regular poster a few years ago under my old name, although things have changed a lot for me and I needed some time to process everything. Some may have considered me an innovator in the space and (...) (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.people, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars) !!
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| | *** Correction: LDView Version 3.1 Released ***
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My (URL) previous post>, apparently re-announcing LDView 3.1 Beta 1, had an incorrect subject line. The subject line should have announced the release of LDView 3.1. I apologize for the confusion. --Travis Cobbs (18 years ago, 11-Oct-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | *** LDView Version 3.1 Beta 1 Released ***
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LDView 3.1 is now available for download from the LDView downloads page here: (URL) While this is only a point release, there are some significant new features. Some highlights are: Automated download and installation of the LDraw parts library. (...) (18 years ago, 11-Oct-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Display at Archon
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This coming weekend James Seibert (with me as assisting) is doing ESPG (the Pirate game with LEGO ships) at the Sci-Fi Con known as Archon in Collinsville, Illinois. GtwLUG is also doing a LEGO Star Wars Display as well as a small Train layout. To (...) (18 years ago, 5-Oct-06, to lugnet.announce)
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| | The first pictures from Skaerbaek event
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Hi, Here some pictures by Didier Malon of the Skaerbaek event in Danemark. (URL) (18 years ago, 2-Oct-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.dk) !
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| | Eastern Block Web Site Contest!!! Win a 6980 Galaxy Commander!!!
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Comrades! The Eastern Block web site needs an overhaul! I did the best I can, but alas I am a coder, not a web designer. I know, shocking... So what to do? LEGO fans do seem to have a good bit of web talent, so why not have a contest to design the (...) (18 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Bricksmith 1.5: The Minifigure Cometh
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(2 URLs) Bricksmith 1.5> adds the following features: A (URL) Minifigure Generator> Move and Rotate panels Pressing x, y, or z keys rotates parts It also fixes the following bugs: Holding option while nudging parts reliably selects the third axis (...) (18 years ago, 22-Sep-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | LEGO Star Wars II has gone platinum
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According to TheForce.Net, LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy has sold 1.1 million copies in less than two weeks. (URL) Granted, this is the combined sales of the game for all platforms including the GameBoy Advance, but it's still an amazing (...) (18 years ago, 22-Sep-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.games, lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | Live with Joe Meno
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(URL) BlueBrick Radio> is pleased to announce that our first LIVE broadcast will be Thursday September, 14 at 9:00pm EST! We will have Joe Meno, coordinator of BrickFest/Brick Party 2006, as our special guest. We will talk bricks, enjoy music and (...) (18 years ago, 14-Sep-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Another RSS feed for you to not read. Oh boy.
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Having been annoyed by CSF peg-boy Kevin "Kevoh" Blocksidge's bland and derivative rhetoric one time too many, Jonesy and I set up a new blog to replace Golden Shpleem. You can find it (URL) here>. We're looking at getting other colorful (...) (18 years ago, 14-Sep-06, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | BrickFest 2007 location
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A small contingent of folks expressed interest in moving BrickFest to Indianapolis next year due to its several positive factors: - It is closer to the many AFOLs who don't live on or near the east coast. - It is cheaper to get a hotel room than in (...) (18 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce) !
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| | New parts header format validated by the LSC
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The LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) has validated a suitable LDraw parts header format proposed by the library admins to implement the Contributor Agreement (CA). This was necessary in order to update the LDraw parts library to use the new CA, and (...) (18 years ago, 11-Sep-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX) !
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| | Posting difficulties - sorry...
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All, it appears we are having an issue with a script that is responsible for reindexing new posts in order to make them browsable through the web. Today, this script got stuck and caused quite a lot of messages to appear with a significant delay. I (...) (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Announcing the 4th Cycle of LEGO Ambassadors
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It is my pleasure to announce the members of the 4th cycle of the LEGO Ambassador Program: Stepahn Sander - Germany Volker Draschka - Germany Diana Wong - Singapore Jeff Van Winden - Canada Pierre Normandin - Canada Caper van Nimwegen - The (...) (18 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | BrickFest Event Schedule and Other News...
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(URL) Event Schedule Now Online! Yep, it's late, but there have been some things that really slowed this down, but here it is! (URL) Set Draft for BrickFest 2006 This year, the set draft is the Krusty Krab set (#3825) - and if you want to (...) (18 years ago, 21-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Call for Presenters at NWBrickCon 2006
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NWBrickCon 2006 is looking for people who want to present a talk, moderate a roundtable, or run a special activity at the Con this year. We already have some traditional activities---like a Dirty Brickster, Wacky Races, and Draft---lined up, but (...) (18 years ago, 21-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.ca.bc) !!
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| | LEGO SETS/PARTS HISTORY CD....
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Well for those of you who pre-ordered my upcoming 1949-80's Lego Set/Parts History CD last year, good news, I've finally finished the text portion..... it's 1,030 pages!! (650 pages on Lego sets and parts, 380 pages on a Lego Insurance Price Guide). (...) (18 years ago, 20-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Software Programmer positions available for LEGO projects.
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Multiple positions available ranging from junior to senior programming responsibilities. Primary responsibility is to create and integrate software code as well as technical documentation. Computer Science degree or at least two years programming (...) (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | BrickFest Bulletin: One WEEK left!
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(URL) ONE WEEK before BrickFest - Late Bulletins and Odds and Ends BrickFest 2006 is very close now, and there has been a lot going on - so much that I have been behind on these postings. Some great things are happening, like: Auction Items at (...) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Hangin' around
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Hi folks, have you ever heard of "El Capitan", "Matterhorn" or "Cerro Torre"? Ever seen Sly in "Cliffhanger" or Robin Tunney in "Vertical Limit? You're an adrenaline junkie or are at least heavily depending on fresh air? Then check out my latest (...) (18 years ago, 14-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX) !!
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| | Re: BrickFest Bulletin: LEGO Building Challenge
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(...) Here's the award, as built by Nathan Sawaya: (2 URLs) This symbolizes the simple fact that one brick CAN make a difference. To those who have already entered, please e-mail <mailto:admin@brickjournal.com me> your address - I was informed that (...) (18 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !
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| | NXT Robot Swarm at BrickFest -- featuring Bluetooth
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I'm interested in trying some experiments in (URL) swarm robotics>. The basic idea is that simple robots with simple programming can behave in complex ways, provided that there are 1.) a lot of them, and 2.) they can communicate locally in some (...) (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !
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| | LEGO Star Wars II Demo released
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A PC demo version of LEGO Star Wars II has been released by LucasArts, and is available for download. Here's one place: (URL) I had the opportunity to play a dev build of the game a little more than a week ago (made it through the first five (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.games, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Now Taking Applications for LEGO Ambassador - Cycle 4
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It’s been another great Ambassador session but its time for us to begin Cycle 4 of the program. • Continued our work in the development process for new products and upcoming product lines • Received Early info about several new products • Given (...) (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | BrickFest Bulletin: LEGO Building Challenge
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(URL) The staff of BrickFest is happy to announce the following contest for attendees: LEGO Builders Are Invited to Help Re-Build New Orleans in a LEGO® Building Challenge for Adult Enthusiasts In the wake of the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
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| | *** LDView Version 3.1 Beta 1 Released ***
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LDView 3.1 Beta 1 is now available for download from the LDView downloads page here: (URL) This is a Beta release, which means that I'm hoping to get as much feedback as possible. This also means that it is likely not as stable as a final release, (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Brick Auction, Brick Bazaar, & the BrickFest Container
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(URL) Brick Auction Going once... Going twice... Sold! There will be a silent auction this year, as well as a live auction. If you would like to donate something (LEGO of course!) to be auction off, please let me know. Or if you'd like (for a small (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | IR train base alternative
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Hey all, Well I’m at it again. This time I bring you something with more usability. As most of you reading this should know the Lego Company recently released 2 IR train sets. While the idea is great, the implementation left much to be desired. The (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !!
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| | Position of LDraw.org on Lego Digital Designer
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Dear all, A few people have made queries about what is going to happen to LDraw with the advent of Lego Digital Designer (LDD). The SteerCo have prepared the statement at (URL) address these concerns which I have included below: "The development of (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | 2006 LSC: Election Results
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The winners of the 2006 LDraw Standard Committee (LSC) Election are (in alphabetical order by last name): Travis Cobbs Ross Crawford Lars C. Hassing William Howard Guy Vivan Congratulations to the new LDraw Standard Committee (LSC) members! Please (...) (18 years ago, 26-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | LSC Final Draft Ratification Passes
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With a total of 11 voters who "agreed" and 2 people who "disagreed", the LSC Final Draft: (URL) is hereby ratified. Thanks to everyone who voted! Willy Tschager On behalf of the LDraw Steering Committee (18 years ago, 26-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Which Moonbase will go to BrickFest? YOU decide!
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The LEGO Group in Billund held a challenge to select a designer to go to BrickFest - Five designers took the challenge, which was simple: Build a moonbase module according to the standards set by the Space Community, and seen at this (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
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| | 2006 LSC: Election will conclude tomorrow
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As announced in this thread (URL) the 2006 LDraw.org Standard Committee (LSC) election will conclude at 2359 EDT (GMT -0500), July 25, 2006 and the winners will be announced shortly thereafter. You are still in time to vote, please visit (URL) and (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: TCLTC ILTCO show at the NMRA in Philly wrap up
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Hi All, Yes it's been 12 days and I never knew how much I could miss my long distance friends! I could write a book on the topic... anyway... Each and everyone that was at the show deserves a huge thanks for all the hard work that went into the (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | (canceled)
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| | Pick a Brick Reservations online! Brick Bazaar! Presentations! Breaking 300!
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(URL) Pick a Brick Reservation Form Online! BrickFest has arranged a discounted Pick-a-Brick (PAB) Case Pack (aka bulk) program with LEGO retail thru the Potomac Mills Outlet. This is a special deal for BrickFest attendees only. The elements will be (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jul-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | New animations: AT-STP and Moth Fighter (and StarCraft Marine)
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I've posted 2 new "special effect" short clips of new stuff rendered in POV-Ray. The scene files are available for download as well. The Moth fighter jet is something I made and have been using to test explosions. I've finally "finished" it to my (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.space)
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| | New Book: Who Are You People?
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Last year I was contacted by freelance writer (URL) Cauldron>. She came out to House of Bricks in 2005 to (URL) some time> and interview all of us for her upcoming book about folks with eccentric hobbies. Her book has now been published and info can (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LSC Final Draft: Call for Ratification
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Since the LDraw.org Standards Committee Final Draft has been posted (URL) and publicly discussed, and since by peoples’ silence, there appear to be no more lingering objections, I hereby call for a community vote to ratify this draft: (URL) the (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | 2006 LSC: LDraw Standard Committee Election is open
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The 2006 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) election is now open. To vote, please visit (URL) and log in with your user account. Next, visit the ballot page on LDraw.org here: (URL) summary of the candidates can be found at: (URL) LDraw (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Joshua Jackson "The Lionheart" LEGO® Custom Castle Tower
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Joshua Jackson "The Lionheart" LEGO® Custom Castle Tower There is a Custom LEGO® Set being produced by the family of Joshua Jackson "The Lionheart" Kelley. The Kelley family lost their little boy on Fathers Day in 2005. After almost 2 months and (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Almost 300! And another Mindstorms Challenge! And more!
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(URL) Almost 300 Registrants! With about 2 weeks left on registration deadline, we are very close to 300 guests - so if you haven't paid your registration fee, now's the time to do it to guarantee your place at BrickFest! You know the website, so (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jul-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | The Exo-Force Build Off
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I'm proud to announce (URL) MechaHub's> first contest! (URL) click on pic for the full rules page For the click challenged ;) Ladies and Gents and Kids of all ages. I’m very proud to announce a new Mecha contest. The Exo-Force Build Off. The theme (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
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| | Re: A 3-way switch
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(...) well apparently i was a dummy and forgot to post this in other groups. oops. additional pictures of this mod can be found here: (URL) (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.robotics.nxt
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A new newsgroup/list lugnet.robotics.nxt has been created for the focused discussion of LEGO NXT issues. Feel free to crosspost between .robotics / .robotics.rcx and .robotics.nxt, as appropriate, or just to .robotics if you feel your topic is of a (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jul-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics.nxt) !
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| | AHHRR! NCLUG does a Pirate Display...
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Hi all, (URL) bandanna by Sabrina Gravatt NCLUG just opened its display at the Raleigh Grande Theater for "Pirates of the Caribbean" - and it was a blast to do! Here's some pics: (URL) Treasure Cove by John Riley (URL) Black Sea Barracuda by Mike (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | 2006 LSC: Call for Nominations
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It has been a year since the last election of the LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC). Nominations are now open. All nominations must be received and recorded by July 15. Elections will be held from July 20 'til July 25. The LDraw.org Standards (...) (18 years ago, 1-Jul-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | BrickFest Bulletin: Less than a month left to register for BrickFest®! And Other Stuff...
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(URL) BrickFest Registration Deadline is Less than a Month Away! Final registration deadline is July 29 for BrickFest, so now's the time to go to the (URL) website> and join in the fun! 250 people are already registered, and we have a cap of 400 (...) (18 years ago, 1-Jul-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Legend set of Royal Knight's Castle
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I noticed that a new Legend set appeared on Shop at Home: #K10176 - Classic Castle, a recreation of set #6090 - Royal Knight's Castle "with updated parts and colors". At this moment only for the European/Oceana side, will ship by 14 Jul 2006. With (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jun-06, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Classic-Castle Story Telling Contest
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(URL) Text from Classic-Castle.com Purpose: The object of this contest is to encourage the creation of castle theme stories. Subject matter may be anything within the castle theme, including historical and the fantastical. All stories must have a (...) (18 years ago, 29-Jun-06, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
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| | New LEGO city at FAO Schwarz
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Hi everybody! A few weeks ago, Dan Parker, Nathan Sawaya, and myself -- along with members from The LEGO Company -- unveiled a new LEGO display at FAO Schwarz in New York City. The minifig-scale city of "Bricktropolis" is built on a 6-foot (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, FTX) !
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| | Announcing the new LUGNET Link List
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Hi All, I would like to announce the new LUGNET Link List: (URL) former Link List, Michael Dorneichs great "Everything LEGO Link Page", is located here now: (URL) this list was last updated more than 3 years ago and it has too many broken links to (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jun-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org) !!
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| | Come build at LEGOLAND on the Fourth of July
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To celebrate the Fourth of July: Red, White, and Boom! event at (URL) LEGOLAND California>, all park guests are invited to help (URL) SCLTC> build the world's largest US Flag made entirely from LEGO bricks. Construction gets underway at 10:00. (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 27-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.legoland.california, FTX) !
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| | New newsgroup for LEGO Digital Designer
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A new group dedicated to LDD has just been created. CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== lugnet.cad (group and hierarchy): Discussions of CAD software/models/animations, LDraw, LDLITE, LeoCAD, L3G0, L2P, L3P, BlockCAD, etc. -> lugnet.cad.ldd (group): Focused (...) (18 years ago, 25-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ldd) !
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| | Pullman Style Passenger Car LEGO Factory
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Here is a (URL) Pullman style passenger car> built with LEGO Train Factory parts inspired by some pics of such a car on English rails. (URL) to this Pullman car at LEGO Factory>. (URL) Thanks for checking it out. later, James Mathis (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | MegaBloks announces Mobile Suit Gundam License
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(URL) MegaBloks announced the license for Mobile Suit Gundam on their Japanese website today. This doesn't come as much of a surprise to me, considering they've had Power Rangers for a while, not to mention a few other anime properties, so they've (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Mecha Presentations at BrickFest 2006!
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Okay folks, we've got a few Mecha presentations to announce! MechaHub: Q&A With the opening of the MechaHub website, Lego Mecha builders have a single point they can gather to discuss and display all aspects of Lego Mecha building. Join Bryce (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | News subscriptions fixed!
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Okay, this is probably worthy of an official announcement: I have identified an error in the newsgroup subscription setup that prevented subscriptions for immediate delivery from being sent out to all of you. The error has been identified and fixed. (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce)
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| | BrickFest Bulletin: Town/Train Contests
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(URL) Town/Train Contests Announced for BrickFest! The BrickFest Staff is happy to announce the Town and Train Competitions for BrickFest 2006: There will be 5 awards for train, and 5 for town. Train 1) Best Steam Engine-Themed MOC --Must be (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Bricksmith 1.4.1
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(2 URLs) Bricksmith 1.4.1> fixes the following bugs: Lines are colored much more consistently Fixed crash when referenced models had missing pieces Fixed problem with decorated elements getting incorrect coloring Fixed bug where typed-in part names (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Addressing concerns about Outsourcing LEGO Production
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This is the response Consumer Services is giving in response to today’s announcement: “LEGO Group to outsource major parts of its production to Flextronics” Thank you for letting us respond to you regarding our recent announcement about changes in (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce)
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| | A few more MOCs using only parts in LEGO Train Factory
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LEGO Train Factory Constrained: Latest to the yard is an attempt to model the (URL) German DB 103 locomotive and an intercity set> (think LEGO train set 7740). While this version is red and tan, the colors are inverted due to part shape (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jun-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Important: Index rebuild under way and some other issues
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Hi all, we are currently rebuilding the indexes of the LUGNET news server. This affects display and performance of the news web pages, but does not affect the NNTP access. We expect rebuild to complete by about 7 a.m. EDT, and reported search issues (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | This is it: We're moving!
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Hello everyone, this is the "last warning": I will be switching servers tonight (CEST), if all goes well, the switchover will take effect around midnight CEST which will be around 6 p.m. Eastern Time in the U.S. (Daylight Savings Time of course ;) ) (...) (18 years ago, 17-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Crysilons Love - a dark space tale!!
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Hi, I've been building Alien spacecraft recently and wanted to flesh out the Aliens a bit. I call them Crysilons, they are made by sticking a Clikit butterfly (the ones with a hole not a connector) on top of a minifig body. Crysilons love clashing (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space) !!
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| | MechaHub - Global Lego Mecha Database - Site now Live!
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In the last 6 years the Lego Mecha genre has produced thousands of models. Until now Lego Mecha models were spread across the web... alone... scared... (but well armed)... and... homeless... Until now. It is my pleasure to announce a new website (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | BrickFest Bulletin: Mindstorms/Technic Contests
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(URL) Official Rules to Two Mindstorms Challenges Released! And odds and ends! ===...=== We are pleased to release the rules to two of the upcoming Mindstorms challenges. PDF Rules to these are the (URL) Sumo> and (URL) Ball Gathering.> “Great Ball (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | TexLUG Austin meeting cancelled; line follower contest postponed
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All, This Sunday's TexLUG Austin meeting is cancelled. The robotic line follower contest scheduled for 6/11 has been postponed. Look for an announcement here for a future date. Future TexLUG Austin gatherings will be announced as they are arranged. (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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