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 | | Reminder: 2007 Steering Committee election closing in a week
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| Hi folks, As outlined here: (URL) election will close in a week, at 2359 EDT (GMT -0500), March 15, 2007. Willy Tschager On behalf of the LDraw.org Steering Committee (18 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Bricksmith 1.6
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| (2 URLs) Bricksmith 1.6> adds the following features: Part Browser can be configured as a separate window Export Part List feature Background color preference Always switches to perspective mode when not drawing a head-on view Can insert raw (...) (18 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
| | | | | The Brick Testament invades Denmark
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| I am pleased to announce that not one, but two Brick Testament books have now been published in Danish, the native language of the LEGO company itself! Publisher (URL) Forlaget Vandkunsten> has now released translated versions of both (URL) The (...) (18 years ago, 7-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.loc.dk, FTX)
| | | | | BrickFest '07 Registration Open - 10 more days
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| (URL) BrickFest '07 Registration ===...=== Only 10 days left for FULL Online Registration! We had a great initial registration period! We are at 150 now and counting. Check out the (URL) "Who's Coming"> page; it's a pretty impressive roster! (...) (18 years ago, 6-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX) !
| | | | | Last chance to sign up for the Classic Space Fly-In
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| Yes, it is the last chance to sign up some of your Classic space sets for the Classic Space Fly-In at BrickFest this year! This is your opportunity to participate in a display of every single space set from 1979 to 1999, set up in one beautiful (...) (18 years ago, 6-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.fun.community) !
| | | | | This is SPARTA!!! Figure from the "300"
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| Well the title pretty much says it all. I created decals to make the Spartans from the new film the "300." I utilized RedBean's Spear, Helmet, and Shield to really pull this figure together, decaling the lambda on the shield. (URL) Image is (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 6-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
| | | | | txt2dat online
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| I've made a web interface for Ross Crawford's (URL) txt2dat> program: (URL) txt2dat online>. Just enter some text and click a button to download an LDraw "sticker" part with that text stamped right on it. You can control almost every txt2dat option, (...) (18 years ago, 4-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | LEGO BrickMaster Build-Off sponsored by The LEGO Group!
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| BrickFest ‘07 ===...=== LEGO BrickMaster Build-Off sponsored by The LEGO Group! If your a LEGO builder and a registered attendee of BrickFest 2007 you will get your chance to showcase your talents at the history making first ever LEGO BrickMaster (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
| | | | | BrickFest ‘07 - LEGO Brand Retail Store
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| BrickFest ‘07 ===...=== LEGO Brand Retail Store - Special Event Where: LEGO Brand Retail Store, Warshington Square Mall 9585 SW Washington Square Rd. Tigard, OR 97223 (503) 598-0106 When: March 30th 2007, 10:00pm – 1:00am How: Car Pool (poor mass (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, FTX) !!
| | | | | Request for votes in LDraw polls
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| Hi all, As some of you know (and perhaps some do not) LDraw conducts various polls, both for official reasons (such as elections and Constitutional changes) and for contests (such as model of the month, part of the month etc.). Unfortunately the (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | Millenium Falcon 10179 Raffle
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| To All, Hey, I just saw a great idea on Eurobricks (URL) They are holding a raffle for the $500.00 Millenium Falcon 10179 set. So I am interested whether or not the community on LUGNET might be willing to do this. Here's my thinking: There are few (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Announcing the 5th Cycle of the LEGO Ambassador Program!
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| Announcing LEGO Ambassador Cycle 5 We’re proud to announce the Fifth Cycle of the LEGO Ambassador Program. We’ve upped the number of members in the program to thirty this time spanning 13 countries. We’ve also lengthened the cycle to an entire year. (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | Motion to the LDraw Bylaws (Accountability of "Key Positions"): Call for Ratification
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| Since the motion to the LDraw Bylaws 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 which (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | 2007/2008 LDraw Steering Committee Election is open
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| The 2006 LDraw.org Steering Committee 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) LDraw organization members may vote and you may vote for up to five (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | LDraw.org's February 2007 Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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| Congratulations to the winners of the February 2007 Model/Scene Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, Yellow Sportspeeder by Joseph Durel> (URL) SOTM, The Forces of Isengard by Philip Heinrich> The voting for the March 2007 Model of the (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Castle Contest sponsored by LEGO and Classic-Castle
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| Hi all, Classic-Castle is pleased to announce a new (URL) Castle Contest>. (URL) LEGO has offered each of the new 2007 Castle sets as prizes, and the contest is being administered by Classic-Castle. Go to the (URL) contest page> for details. Also (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
| | | | | Announcing Bitsticker
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| I'd like to announce the availability of a little script I wrote that converts small bitmap images (JPG, PNG, GIF) to "stickers" that you can use in your LDraw models. The script is called Bitsticker and there's nothing to download: just visit (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX) !!
| | | | | BrickFest '07 Hotel Room Block
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| Hi Everyone, I wanted to remind everyone that the official hotel for BrickFest ’07 is the Red Lion Hotel Portland Convention Center. There are details at the BrickFest web site at: (URL). The room block special rate is good until March 3rd. You can (...) (18 years ago, 28-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, FTX) !
| | | | | BrickFest™ 2007 - NXT-only Sumo competition
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| BrickFest™ 2007 LEGO Mindstorms Robot Competition NXT-only Sumo ===...=== The Challenge: Build a Sumo robot using only the parts in one standard NXT set. (Only set #8527; sorry, not the education version, set #9797.) The Rules: This event is a (...) (18 years ago, 28-Feb-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
| | | | | Spiderman 3 Black Suit
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| Well decided to make a Spiderman 3 fig. Yes the suit is different than the comic, this is inspired by the film (2 URLs) Gallery> Please wait for it to go public Other figs: (URL) Figs>, (URL) Figs>, and more (URL) Figs> Kaminoan (18 years ago, 27-Feb-07, to lugnet.licensed.spiderman, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | LEGO History CD Owners Who Want to Get Some Rare LEGO Free
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| I am looking for some LEGO CD owners who belong to LUGs.... or know a lot of LEGO owners... If you own the CD, you are likely not disappointed with its' 1,265 pages. I am looking for a few folks to sell them to their AFOL friends at LUGs and other (...) (18 years ago, 27-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | BrickFest '07 Sessions and Special Events
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| Hi All, There have been many requests for what's happening at BrickFest '07. So we decided to post a list of Special Events and Sessions (so far). Here they are! SPECIAL EVENTS: • Brick-Master Build off (Hosted by LEGO) Details to be posted soon! • (...) (18 years ago, 27-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, FTX) !
| | | | | Build a Suburban House (or homes) for Brickfest
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| The Town / Train display is putting out the call for Suburban houses to populate the areas outside the city limits. If you haven’t built town MOCs before but want to give this one a try – this is the perfect opportunity as the investment in pieces (...) (18 years ago, 24-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
| | | | | The Yellow Devil
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| (URL) Rob Kraataclaw is a legend in the Interstellar Snuff Circuit. Rob was once a human, but when he tried to enhance himself with super-strength implants he went insane. Believing himself to be part of an ancient tribe that never even existed the (...) (18 years ago, 23-Feb-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | " (needs work)" officially sanctioned by LSC
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| The LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) has officially sanctioned the use of " (needs work)" in part titles to allow parts to be certified with known problems. Note that this has been used for years now in the library, but many part authors and (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
| | | | | New LDraw modeling/animation/POV-Ray tutorial
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| I'm posting an LDraw modeling/animation/POV-Ray tutorial. In the tutorial, I show how to take an LDraw file, make it animatable, convert it to POV-Ray using Anton Raves' parts library and create an animation from it. I'll try to go over as much (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
| | | | | Reminder: 2007 Steering Committee Nominations closing in a week
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| Hi folks, As outlined here: (URL) will close in a week, at 11:59 PM GMT on 28 February 2007 and elections will start the 1st of March. Only those candidates that have been nominated, seconded, and have accepted as outlined, will be eligible for (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | LEGO Factory is looking for an Interactive Web Designer
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| posted on behalf of the LEGO Factory Team: INTERACTIVE WEB DESIGNER FOR LEGO FACTORY Internet, Design, Technology, Communities, Customization We are looking for an interactive web designer to join our Business Development team at the LEGO HQ in (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | New twist on Moonbase at Brick Bash
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| There's something new at Brick Bash this year, and we need your help! In keeping with one of the goals of Brick Bash - community involvement and "evangelism" of the hobby - we will be assembling a combination AFOL/public Moonbase complex this year. (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickbash, FTX)
| | | | | LDView 3.1 on Mac OS X!
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| Hi, everyone. I'm extremely pleased to announce that I've managed to compile (URL) LDView 3.1> on Mac OS X! Previously, I believe only (URL) version 1.0> was publicly available. Allow me to submit this piping-hot screenshot as evidence for your (...) (18 years ago, 19-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad, FTX)
| | | | | Accountability of "Key Positions": Call for Public Discussion and Consensus
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| Hi folks, We know that you would prefer reading about new parts updates announcements instead of politics and bureaucratics, but unfortunately those things also have to be done and decided on in order to ensure the smooth running of LDraw.org. As (...) (18 years ago, 18-Feb-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | BrickJournal Issue 6 is OUT!
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| The latest issue of BrickJournal is out! (URL) So what's in it? Well, there are event reports from all over, and interviews with Female AFOLS and also with LEGO staff, including Jørgen Vig Knudstorp! It's 124 pages of all the fun and interesting (...) (18 years ago, 16-Feb-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, FTX) !!
| | | | | Solid gold C-3PO minifigures!
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| FBTB.net posted pictures and information about LEGO's plans to celebrate Star Wars' 30th anniversary, including having five solid 14-karat gold C-3POs that people can win. (URL) (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Freebie for LEGO Set/Parts Collectors Guide CD Owners (and orders)
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| Some of the folks who have ordered my Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide, the 1,265 page CD.... have asked if they could have the "freebie" historic LEGO photo collection of Billund LEGO pictures, including the 1985 LEGO Architectural (...) (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Kellogg's Lego Fruit Flavored Snacks!
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| Hi all, If you love to eat your Lego, but find that ABS is too bland (unless dipped in chocolate), there's a new product just for you: (URL) Kellogg's Lego Fruit Flavored Snacks> Enjoy Roy (18 years ago, 14-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | BrickFest™ 2007: Wacky Race
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| (URL) Portland, Oregon, USA March 30th - April 1st 2007 The Wacky Race is coming to BrickFest™ 2007! This will be the 4th year that competitors have built and crashed their crazy and wacky racers here in the Pacific Northwest and a first for (...) (18 years ago, 13-Feb-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, FTX) !!
| | | | | 6-foot-tall freestanding Chase logo
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| Hi again, everybody: I'm happy to announce I've just completed my largest sculpture ever. It's, unfortunately, a very plain (boxy) shape, but it was a fun (and blistering) challenge to build nonetheless. (URL) JPMorgan Chase asked me to build this (...) (18 years ago, 12-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !
| | | | | The Unofficial LEGO Advanced Building Techniques Guide
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| Hi, (URL) "Télécharger document" , pdf document - 1,7Mb ) Well, almost everything is said in the document introduction. Since I've discovered the community 4 years ago, I feel the need for a compilation of building techniques. More recently, reading (...) (18 years ago, 11-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.schleim) !!
| | | | | 10179: Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon™
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| Hey all, The community team would like to present the new Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon. I'm excited to show this off to you all. Below is the official announcement for the set as well as some links to images. I hope you're all as excited (...) (18 years ago, 11-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego, FTX) !!
| | | | | Get a glimpse of Legoland Missouri plan
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| RED Development, city and state officials held an open house today to present the LEGOLAND project and answer questions. I had the chance to drop by the presentation on the way home from work today. I did not have time to stay for the presentation, (...) (18 years ago, 8-Feb-07, to lugnet.legoland, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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