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| <<https://registrati...Logo.png>> We are extending the registration deadline for Brickworld to June 14th. Both the event registration deadline and hotel registration deadline (to receive the special Brickworld rate) are now June 14th. Event space (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jun-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !
| | | | | Michiana-LUG Meeting - Saturday, June 9, 2007
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| To All, We're having another meeting soon and we'd love to see new faces around! There'll be free Lego and food for all! Ok, not really (though there might be potato chips). But we'd still love to see you there! Here are the details: When: Saturday, (...) (17 years ago, 6-Jun-07, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Robo Quad - Stage Nine
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| Robo Quad - Stage Nine Completed (URL) Robo Quad - Stage One notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Two and Three notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Four and Five notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Six notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Seven notes> (URL) Robo Quad - (...) (17 years ago, 6-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | LDraw.org's May 2007 Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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| Congratulations to the winners of the May 2007 Model/Scene Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, Autobus Iveco 480.12 by Luca Giannitti> (URL) SOTM, Evening in the city by Peter Smet> The voting for the June 2007 contests are now open. (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jun-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Robo Quad - Stage Eight
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| Robo Quad - Stage Eight completed (URL) Robo Quad - Stage One notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Two and Three notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Four and Five notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Six notes> (URL) Robo Quad - Stage Seven notes> Robo Quad - Stage (...) (17 years ago, 3-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | LEGO Horoscopes - june 2007
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| (URL) english> (URL) français> (URL) het nederlands> Enjoy, Jean-Marc. (17 years ago, 1-Jun-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | My RACHAL Impossible - Hacked
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| Hi folks, I submitted my (URL) RACHAL - the Raytracing Challenge> entry "Hacked" to the "(URL)" Gallery at LDraw.org: (URL) More about the rendering process can be found (URL) here>. PLMKWYT. w. (17 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
| | | | | Brickworld - Dirty Brickster & Dirty Buildster Reminder
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| <<https://registrati...Logo.png>> We just wanted to remind everyone to come prepared for both (URL) Dirty Brickster> and (URL) Dirty Buildster>. Click on links for details and rules. We look forward to seeing you in June!!! Regards, the Brickworld (...) (17 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | Brickworld Registration Deadline Set
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| <<https://registrati...Logo.png>> Brickworld has set a deadline for event registration. While we hope this doesn't cause anyone inconvenience, we aplogize if it does. The registration deadline is June 7th, 2007. So, if you haven't signed up, please (...) (17 years ago, 28-May-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | Isecalc, a LDraw intersection line calculator
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| (2 URLs) Isecalc> utility, intended for LDraw parts authors, computes the intersection line of two sets of triangles or quads. Each set is provided to the utility as separate LDraw files. A third file containing the intersection lines is created. (...) (17 years ago, 26-May-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
| | | | | Brickworld Setup Extended
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| <<https://registrati...Logo.png>> We just wanted to let all of the registered attendees know that we renegotiated the access time for the event area. We will now gain access to the main event area at 6 PM on Thursday, June 21st. We hope this helps (...) (17 years ago, 25-May-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !
| | | | | Brickworld Reaches Attendance Milestone
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| <<https://registrati...Logo.png>> The Brickworld is excited to announce that we have reached the 200 registered participant level. While there is still a little room left in the event area for displays and in the hotel rooms, we are proud that the (...) (17 years ago, 25-May-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
| | | | | BrickWorld Ninjas Vs. Pirates Vignette Contest
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| The never ending conflict of (URL) and (URL) Pirates> knows no bounds! It has even broken through into the list of <https://registratio...kworld.us/ BrickWorld> contests. It's my pleasure to announce the BRICKWORLD NINJAS Vs PIRATES VIGNETTE CONTEST (...) (17 years ago, 25-May-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
| | | | | ILTCO @ NMRA '07 National Train Show - July 27-29 Detroit, MI
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| Hi All, I want to extend an invitation to everyone interested in helping/hanging out at the ILTCO @ NMRA '07 National Train Show this summer! It is at the... Cobo Conference/Exhibition Center July 27 - 29, 2007 Detroit, MI. For General Show (...) (17 years ago, 25-May-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.events)
| | | | | 10181 eiffel tower
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| thought some might be interested in this: (2 URLs) (17 years ago, 24-May-07, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | The return of floating boats!
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| When I was a kid I never got any of the LEGO town sets that had floating boats, but now LEGO has new ones! (URL) third one has been out for a while, but it's not quite the same thing) (17 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Brickworld Supporting LEGO - Round 2
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| <<https://registrati...Logo.png>> Brickworld Founder Adam Tucker and PR Coordinator Brittny Dziadula spent last weekend supporting LEGO Master Builder at the LEGO Store in downtown Chicago, IL. The goal? To build an 8 foot tall Bataman sculpture. As (...) (17 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
| | | | | "Forbidden LEGO" by Ulrik Pilegaard and Mike Dooley from No Starch Press
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| Forbidden LEGO Build the Models Your Parents Warned You Against by Ulrik Pilegaard and Mike Dooley. ISBN-10: 1593271379, ISBN-13: 978-1593271374 Publisher: No Starch Press (URL) $24.95, Paperback, 192 pages. to be published July 15, 2007 (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.books, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Early Bird Registration for NWBrickCon 2007 Closes on Tuesday
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| Register now at (URL) you have until September to register, but registering now saves you money---and you can cross it off your "todo" list right away! Early Bird Registration offers all the benefits of Advance Registration with the added benefit (...) (17 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | Submission for MOTM/SOTM/POTM closes in a week
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| hi folks, we still seek some entries for the MOTM/SOTM/POTM contest: (URL) consider submitting your work. deadline is 27.05.2007. beside all this please don't forget about RACHAL - The RAytraching CHALlange: (URL) Contest Coordinator (17 years ago, 20-May-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | LEGO Creator Build-off at Brickworld
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| <<https://registrati...Logo.png>> This message is posted on behalf of Steve Witt: If you’re not already too busy building for BrickWorld then the LEGO Community Team has a challenge for you. All registered participants at BrickWorld are eligible to (...) (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
| | | | | LEGO Organized Castle Building Challenge at Brickworld
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| <<https://registrati...Logo.png>> This message is post on behalf of Steve Witt: BrickWorld will feature the first ever LEGO Castle Building Challenge. Upon entry to the event all registered attendees will be able to enter a drawing for one of twenty (...) (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
| | | | | Jerry Falwell 1933-2007
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| Hey all, Here's my depiction of (URL) Falwell>. (URL) Bruce (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
| | | | | Hi, Howie
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| A little something I created in honor of the 100th episode of the U.S. version of the television show Deal or No Deal. (2 URLs) (17 years ago, 16-May-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Freelug annual summer event REF07
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| Hi, (URL) FreeLUG > organizes its fifth annual summer event. It will take place from the 13th to the 15th July 2007 in (URL) Auvergne> near (URL) Clermont-Ferrand>. You can find more informations about planned activities and location on the (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | Brickworld Supporting LEGO
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| <<https://registrati...Logo.png>> Brickworld Founder Adam Tucker, PR Coordinator Brittny Dziadula, Awards Coordinator Matt DeLanoy, and Internet Advertising Coordinator Kevin Lauer spent most of last weekend supporting LEGO Master Builder Stephan (...) (17 years ago, 11-May-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: i love this map feature!
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| (...) WOW Brickworld is almost at 150 registered attendees!!!! ondrew (17 years ago, 9-May-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !
| | | | | Brickworld Keynote Speaker
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| <<https://registrati...Logo.png>> Brickworld is pleased to announce that Mr. Richard Stollery - Head of the LEGO Community Team - will be presenting the keynote address during the Brickworld opening ceremony. Mr. Stollery will be coming from LEGO (...) (17 years ago, 9-May-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
| | | | | LEGO museum in Billund
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| Hi, I visited the brand new LEGO museum in Billund two weeks ago. It is almost finished. The museum is quite what you can expect from a LEGO museum : old sets and models, boxes, displays, early wooden toys, etc. However, an unexpected section of the (...) (17 years ago, 7-May-07, to lugnet.announce) !
| | | | | Announcing Early Bird Registration for NWBrickCon 2007
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| Early Bird Registration for NWBrickCon 2007 is now open through the event website (URL) Brick Bazaar Spaces, and the 2007 Commemorative Model are also now available for pre-order. Early Bird Registration offers all the benefits of Advance (...) (17 years ago, 3-May-07, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.announce) !!
| | | | | Market Street Preview on LEGO Factory
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| Check out the Market Street Preview on LEGO Factory. Many praises to Eric Brok for his Excellent design work working with the LEGO Factory Team on this. Yay for Medium Blue!!! (URL) (17 years ago, 2-May-07, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
| | | | | Bulldog Sculpture
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| Just to let people know... I'm not dead. I'm just a little busy. :-) (2 URLs) More Pictures> This sculpture was built using Bram Lambrecht's LSculpt utility ((URL)) combined with the Ldraw ((URL)) set of tools. Bacon Elementary School in Fort (...) (17 years ago, 2-May-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX) !
| | | | | Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
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| Hi, You maybe noticed this year the existence of a new TECHNIC element. A cross axle extension (59443) has appeared and replace the old one (6538). 6538 : (URL) 59443 : (URL) (inventoried as 6538c in Peeron) This new element is simplier than the old (...) (17 years ago, 2-May-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, FTX) !
| | | | | BrickWorld Castle Contest - Hut Obliteration
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| I'm happy to announce the first Castle-themed contest for <https://registratio...kworld.us/ BrickWorld>: The Hut Obliteration Contest The objective is simple; build some kind of monster(s) and build some kind of medieval era "hut" that they're (...) (17 years ago, 2-May-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, FTX) !
| | | | | Brickworld - Dirty Brickster Rules
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| <<https://registrati...Logo.png>> This message is posted on behalf of Steve DeCraemer: First and foremost, Dirty Brickster and Dirty Buildster are two different events. Please don't confuse the two. Please do get involved in both. For those those (...) (17 years ago, 2-May-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !
| | | | | LDraw.org's April 2007 Model and Scene of the Month Winners
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| Congratulations to the winners of the April 2007 Model/Part Of The Month (MOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, USS-Wolfram by Emory Dunn> (URL) Part, Minifig Torso with Telephone Pattern by Michael Heidemann (mikeheide)> (URL) Desired Part, Minifig (...) (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Cathedral Arts Festival 2007
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| Cathedral Arts Festival 2007 - (URL) Grace Van Vorst Church> Jersey City - Artist Preview Night pics - April 30th. Opening Gala May 5th - On display until May 19th. (URL) to see more..., enjoy>> Eric Sophie (17 years ago, 1-May-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.loc.us.nj, FTX)
| | | | | Brickworld Display Announcement
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| <<https://registrati...Logo.png>> It is our pleasure to announce that the Blacktron Intelligence Agency (BIA) made by Brian Darrow will be on display at Brickworld, including several expansions that are new in 2007. The BIA (shown below) will be (...) (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
| | | | | AMCP display at BRICKWORLD 2007
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| (URL) Listen up Mecha heads, town folks, and all else. Debuting at <https://registratio...ckworld.us (URL) will the first of many AMCP –Apocalyptic Mecha City Projects. What is the AMCP? The AMCP is a large-scale modular city display with a war-torn (...) (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
| | | | | Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide/Free Shipping until May 1
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| Hi folks, In May shipping rates are going up. So anyone who is interested in purchasing one of my UNOFFICIAL LEGO SETS/PARTS COLLECTORS GUIDES on CD can get it for FREE SHIPPING worldwide, total price $26.95. Here's the link to my website: (URL) me (...) (17 years ago, 24-Apr-07, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Tiny Truck
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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 (...) (18 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) !!
| | | | | 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) !
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