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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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