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| Hi all, Microscale is fun to do, but hard to make recognizable, with enough detail. This is my attempt of a microscale truck: (URL) Once updated you can see more pics (URL) here>. Cheers, Nate (17 years ago, 21-Apr-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | Brickworld 2007 - Call for Mindstorms competitors
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| As part of Brickworld 2007 in Chicago, Jun 21-24, we are going to try to run at least four seperate Mindstorms events: *The ever-popular Sumo (4' ring, 2 lb limit, flipping strongly encouraged) *Line maze (find your way to the exit, as fast as (...) (17 years ago, 18-Apr-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics) !
| | | | | Brick Bash 2007 a Great Success!
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| Brick Bash 2007 a Great Success! Brick Bash is a public LEGO building exhibition and educational event held every March in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (but keep an eye out for possible future geographic expansion). The purpose of Brick Bash is to (...) (17 years ago, 18-Apr-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | Lego Solar Powered Helicopter
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| Just saw this online: (2 URLs) Lego Solar Powered Helicopter> from the Solar Energy Alliance. Is this an official Lego set? Anyone know anything about the motor? Roy (17 years ago, 11-Apr-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | BrickFest PDX 2007 Photos Are Up!
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| I've finally got all the photos up on BrickShelf- (URL) to viewers- there are about 400 photos in that folder but they are all screen friendly (800x533 or 400x600). The photos are arranged by date & time taken, not by theme. Enjoy, Adrian (17 years ago, 5-Apr-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Brickfest 2007 Pictures
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| Hi, everyone! As threatened, I've uploaded my pictures (such as they are) from Brickfest 2007 to Brickshelf. The address is: (URL). Enjoy! Play Well and Prosper, Matthew (17 years ago, 5-Apr-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | BrickFest 2007 Gallery
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| I've uploaded my BF2007 pics to BrickShelf: (URL) (17 years ago, 5-Apr-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Castle Layout at BrickWorld 2007
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| Greetings everyone! The upcoming inaugural (URL) BrickWorld> will have a collaborative Castle display using the great building standards that the AFOL community has created throughout the years, plus one new building standard. Many Castle builders (...) (17 years ago, 5-Apr-07, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | Brickworld Event Kits
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| <<https://registrati...Logo.png>> Brickworld is proud to announce 3 event theme kits to choose from for the 2007 event. Event kits help commemorate the event and will only be available in limited quantities. So, watch the Brickworld web site (...) (17 years ago, 4-Apr-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
| | | | | Brickworld 10183 Hobby Train Challenge
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| This summer at Brickworld, I'll be hosting a train building challenge. Through this challenge, you will get a taste of what it is like to design a set with limited parts availability, much like the designers underwent while working on the 10183 (...) (17 years ago, 4-Apr-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX) !!
| | | | | Brickworld - Dirty Buildster and Dirty Brickster
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| <<https://registrati...Logo.png>> This message is posted on behalf of Steve DeCraemer (aka cowinacan) ***...*** We're doing Dirty Buildster twice at Brickworld. Once Thursday night after set-up at 10p.m. And again Saturday night at 8:00p.m. You can (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
| | | | | It's springtime. Flowers are budding.
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| Hello! The Legoland needs to become greener. Here's my contribution to this aim (pics links): (URL) The old winter is retiring, snowdrops are breaking through the snow. (URL) The snow is seriously melting now, crocuses are blooming. (URL) Finally (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | Brickworld Sponsors
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| <<https://registrati...Logo.png>> Brickworld would like to thank all of our present and future sponsors for their support. We have published a separate page on the Brickworld website with the sponsors and friends of Brickworld represented by their (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | Review of 7991 recycling truck and 7998 big truck
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| Hi, While many people attend at BrickFest PDX, there are some other events in Europe. In France, FreeLUG is currently at the "Mondial du Modélisme" (the International Model Show in Paris), and LEGO (thanks Jan :) ) sent us the upcoming garbage truck (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.year.2007, FTX)
| | | | | Brickworld Presentations, Workshops & Discussions
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| <<https://registrati...Logo.png>> Brickworld is excited to announce some of the presentations, workshops and discussions that will be available for regsitered attendees. Our goal is to do our best to make sure that there is something for everyone. (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
| | | | | LDraw.org's March 2007 Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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| Congratulations to the winners of the March 2007 Model/Scene Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, Armored Snow Transport by Petar Potocnjak> (URL) SOTM, The Forces of Isengard by Philip Heinrich> Congratulations also to the winners of the (...) (17 years ago, 1-Apr-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | RACHAL Changeover
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| Hi all, It's a day late but we changeover from RACHAL 1 - Atmosphobic to the all new RACHAL 2 - RACHAL Impossible today. Thank you very much to everyone who submitted an entry. I really enjoy seeing what you've all come up with and it we some (...) (17 years ago, 1-Apr-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | Unnofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide available at BrickFest PDX 2007
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| For folks who are going to the BrickFest PDX 2007 this weekend, if you are interested, my Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide will be available at the Fest. Jeremy Rear will be selling the LEGO CD at a Brick Bazaar table he is sharing with (...) (18 years ago, 30-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | A few updates: "Deadwood"-style buildings & Tiki stuff!
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| Hey all, Haven't updated my website in so long I'm almost ashamed to say! Anyway, since the Western ng is so quiet (my post was the first in two months!) I thought that I would post here to give a wider audience the opportunity to peruse a webpage (...) (18 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Town/train jambalaya box 2 ------ call for participants!
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| Hey all, Town/train jambalaya box 1 has 3 people left and it has gone so smoothly I’ve decided to do another one with a much larger list. If you are interested please add your name to the list. questions likely to be asked: I plan to mail this (...) (18 years ago, 24-Mar-07, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | BrickFest 07 Draft
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| Yes there will be a draft at BrickFest this year! In case you forgot, a draft is where everyone brings an unopened copy of the same set. All the sets are sorted into lots and then lots are chosen in a round robin fashion till all the lots are gone. (...) (18 years ago, 22-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community) !
| | | | | Robo Quad - Stage Two and Three
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| (URL) Robo Quad - Stage One notes> Stage Two - Completed Stage Three - Completed Stage Four - Work in progress (URL) Robo Quad - Gallery> Stage One - Completed (URL) drive system>> (URL) front paw - top>> (URL) front paw - rear>> (URL) front paw - (...) (18 years ago, 22-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | My Rachal: Atmosphobic - The Movie
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| I have submitted my entry "Atmosphobic - The Movie" to the (URL) LDraw-RACHAL>. This little movie was completely rendered with (URL) Blender>. Resources: (URL) making of> - RACHAL Gallery (URL) YouTube> - LowRes movie (URL) Web> - MidRes & HiRes (...) (18 years ago, 20-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX) !!
| | | | | Tutorial to customize MLCad through the MLCad.ini file
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| Hi folks, as promised in this post: (URL) wrote a short tutorial about the MLCad.ini file. The file tells the Minifig Generator in MLCad as well as Bricksmith - the counterpart LDraw editor in the MAC world - which parts are available. In addition, (...) (18 years ago, 18-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
| | | | | 2006/2007 LDraw.org SteerCo Summary
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| hi folks, for all those who haven't noticed it yet (despite the link in the left bar at Ldraw.org) there is a summary of the activities of the outgoing 2006/2007 LDraw.org Steering Committee at: (URL) Tschager On behalf of the LDraw Steering (...) (18 years ago, 17-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Motion to the LDraw Bylaws (Accountability of "Key Positions") passes
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| With a total of 23 voters who "agreed" and none who "disagreed", the Motion to the LDraw Bylaws introducing the accountability of "Key Positions" is hereby ratified. The LDraw.org Bylaws (URL) (Section 6.08 - 6.10) have been updated accordingly. (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad)
| | | | | Speed Build Competition (and sorting & steam)
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| Jon Rasmussen, who has been in PNLTC and its offspring clubs for about 10 years now and who is a very active builder in Wild West, among other themes, is still a lurker here on Lugnet. So I'm posting this stuff for him. :) Jon will be hosting the (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.build, lugnet.storage, lugnet.trains) !
| | | | | 2007 LDraw.org Steering Committee Election Results
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| The winners of the 2007 LDraw Steering Committee Election are (in alphabetical order by last name): - Chris Dee - Tim Gould - Michael Heidemann - Orion Pobursky - Willy Tschager Congratulations to the new LDraw Steering Committee members! Dan Boger (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
| | | | | Site changes on LDraw: Opinions sought
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| Hi all, If you've visited (URL) lately you will probably have noticed a new set of big links up the top (I call them quick links). We've been trying to make the site easier to navigate in order to help new and old users alike. In order to make the (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
| | | | | Dancing Mech Modeling/animatino LDraw/POV-Ray Video Tutorial Series
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| I'd happy to announce a new tutorial: Dancing Mech Modeling/animatino LDraw/POV-Ray Video Tutorial Series (URL) From the webpage: This series of videos walks through the process of creating a dancing mech from start to finish. Here are the (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
| | | | | BrickFest '07 Creative Badge Contest
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| (URL) BrickFest '07 Special Event ===...=== Creative Badge Contest Hi All, Yes, like every year before, we are having a creative badge decoration contest. It's all in good fun and the prize is nothing to speak of, BUT it is a blast to have a bunch (...) (18 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.people, lugnet.build, FTX)
| | | | | Brickworld Announcement - Area Attractions and Food
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| <<https://registrati...Logo.png>> Do you have an NLSO (non-Lego significant other)? Do you have kids that need more to do than look at Lego over a warm summer weekend? Do you want to attend Brickworld, but are afraid you might be trapped at a hotel, (...) (18 years ago, 14-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
| | | | | Your Thoughts on the LEGO Ambassadors Program
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| Based on questions posed in this newsgroup and elsewhere, here are a few questions for you - the LEGO Community: What do you think the LEGO Ambassador program is about? What should the LEGO Ambassador program be about? This is a chance for you to (...) (18 years ago, 13-Mar-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | txt2dat updated
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| My LDraw text generator, txt2dat has been updated. The new version can be found (URL) here>. Changes in this version: Upgraded to current library versions: - Triangle 1.6 - Freetype 2.3.2 (Require at least 2.1.9) Initial build support for Mac (...) (18 years ago, 13-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
| | | | | TextWrangler LDraw Kit
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| I like (URL) LDraw DesignPad>. However, I do a lot of work in (URL) TextWrangler> on my Mac, so I thought it would be neat if it had more features for working with LDraw files. Towards that end, I've starting putting together an assemblage of (...) (18 years ago, 13-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad, FTX)
| | | | | 10183 Hobby Train Review
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| I was one of 6 folks picked to review set 10183 pre-release. We were given permission to start posting our reviews today. Actually Brick Journal got an exclusive for the weekend but the rest of us are posting starting today. My review can be found (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | My RACHAL - Close Encounter
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| Hi folks, I submitted my (URL) RACHAL - the Raytracing Challenge> entry "Close Encounter (of the third kind)" to the (URL) 'Atmosphobic' Gallery> at LDraw.org: (URL) More about the rendering process can be found (URL). PLMKWYT. w. (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX) !
| | | | | Robot events at BrickFest™ 2007
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| There will be a number of interesting robotic activities at (URL) BrickFest™ 2007>, which is fast approaching. Don't forget, if you haven't registered yet but wish to attend, the preregistration deadline is March 15th. Here's a summary of the (...) (18 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
| | | | | BrickJournal 7 is OUT!
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| (URL) Issue 7: The Launch Issue Spotlights on two new LEGO sets coming out, including the Café Corner and the LEGO Hobby Train. Also articles and reviews and CheeseBots!  You can download Issue 7 here:  (URL) Full Torrent,> (URL) Full Torrent (...) (18 years ago, 10-Mar-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun.community, FTX) !!
| | | | | call for Train / Town / City MOCs for Brickfest
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| Bring your Town / City / Train MOCs to Brickfest this year and tell me what they are! We have LOTS of space this year at Brickfest, so feel free to bring any of your creations that will fit into a town / train layout. Please drop me an email with (...) (18 years ago, 9-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, FTX) !!
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