 | | Your Thoughts on Image Hosting Sites...
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Recent events have put the issue of image hosting in the spotlight. There are a lot of choices out there, from popular sites like Brickshelf and MOCpages to newer sites like MOCShow, YouBrick, BrickImage, and even commercial, non-LEGO sites like (...) (17 years ago, 4-Aug-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Horoscopes - August 2007
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(3 URLs) Enjoy, Jean-Marc (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org's July 2007 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the July 2007 Model/Scene/Part Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) MOTM, Prinoth Leitwolf Snowgroomer by Han Crielaard> (URL) SOTM, Valley of the Dark Lords by Philip Heinrich> (URL) POTM - Best Part, (...) (17 years ago, 1-Aug-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | ULUG will be attending the Train Show in Evanston, Wyoming
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To all, ULUG will be attending the 10th annual Roundhouse Festival in Evanston, Wyoming August 4th and 5th. Whereas Evanston is about 90 minutes from Salt Lake City all of the members will be staying in hotels. If you live in or around Evanston, (...) (17 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.ulug, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce)
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| | BrickJourna.com is online!
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Hi all, I'm happy to announce that the BrickJournal website has been launched: (URL) www.brickjournal.com > Issue 8 is online and available for viewing. Issue 7 is also uploaded but is only available to web subscribers. I am uploading other issues (...) (17 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | The Mercurials comic - New and Improved ;)
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Well, friends, the next episode of "The Mercurials" online sci-fi photo graphic novel was released last night, and in the last two weeks we've been pretty busy. You can check it out at (URL) Not only does Episode 1:3 bring our heroes out of the (...) (17 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Ultimate SW Minifig Accessory - Tauntaun
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Think the title says it all, here are the pics: (4 URLs) Pictures are links to larger images Better pictures to follow, this is the initial go round. Kam (17 years ago, 25-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars, FTX) !
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| | ILTCO @ NMRA NTS - Printable info sheet for show
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Hi All, The below link is a compact info sheet (printable) for the ILTCO @ NMRA National Train Show. If you're planning to come its a great way to have the schedule and contact info in your pocket! :) (URL) Chris & SteveB (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce)
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| | New military aircraft: F-117A Stealth fighter and Su-27 Flanker
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It's been a while since I last posted any of my models on lugnet, but I have been building quite a bit in recent months. I would like to present two of my most recent MOCs. The first is my F-117A Stealth fighter: (URL) has a retractable landing gear (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Sticker Generator for LDRAW / MLCAD
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I would like to share my sticker generating tool, that I created to convert bitmap images into flat part files (stickers / decals) for use in ldraw based CAD programs and rendering programs. Here is an example of what it can do: (URL) Here is a (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce) !
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| | A new community of mischeif and mayhem
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You know how when you go to look at the list of rules for a community forum, and the last one is something dumb like "The most important rule is to have fun"? Man, that irks me. Nobody has to tell me to have fun, it sorta comes naturally to me. And (...) (17 years ago, 22-Jul-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.announce, lugnet.people.adults) !!
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| | 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 27.07.2007. beside all this please don't forget about "RACHAL - The RAytraching CHALlange": (URL) the "Commemoration of the 10th (...) (17 years ago, 21-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Update news on BrickShelf.com
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UPDATE NEWS on BrickShelf.com According to the mainpage of BRICKSHELF.com as if 9:25pm CST July 19, 2007 "Notice: Brickshelf will not be shutting down! We will be offering "featured" accounts for $5/month shortly. We have received hundreds of (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Indiana Jones in Brick Journal Blog
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To restore a little humor, I found a photo of the new Indiana Jones figure complete with a new fedora. I found the photo on Brick Journal’s blog. I love the hat and I can’t wait to get my hands on the sets. And on another note: HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Joe (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Revitalizing or Replacing BrickShelf In Some Form
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I have noticed on LUGNET that there are a number of sites that are being offered as alternatives to BrickShelf. My concern is the issue of the number of sites now competing to fill the void and splintering the community, rather than one major site (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce)
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| | 3rd Annual Summer LEGO Camp
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To all, It is time for my annual (3rd year) Summer LEGO Camp through my local Parks and Rec program. Since the last camp (URL) I have relocated from Cedar City, Utah to Spanish Fork, Utah. After the move, I found that Spanish Fork had a more (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.ulug, FTX)
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| | MOCshow - free image and files gallery
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Dear fellow LEGO fans of all ages The recent events with Brickshelf makes me believe we need more options to show our creations, events, and share LEGO related files. Please welcome 'MOCshow' - (URL) free gallery - personal albums (for showing off (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish) !!
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| | MOCpages, now a Brickshelf alternative
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Hi, everyone... With the looming shut-down of Brickshelf, I would like to offer (URL) MOCpages> as a safe alternative for everyone to continue posting their LEGO creations. In light of this, MOCpages now offers free image hosting. Of course, you can (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.mocpages, FTX) !!
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| | Brickshelf Backup Crawler for Mac
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As noted (URL) here>, there is a BSBackup utility for Windows that helps you batch download the contents of Brickshelf galleries. (This is of interest at the moment due to Brickshelf's imminent closure.) I've written a quick hack to accomplish the (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | BRICKSHELF account USERS *Spread the NEWS*
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This information is for people who have a BRICKSHELF account on BRICKSHELF.COM. DEADLINE for Brickshelf to SHUTDOWN July 31, 2007. ASAP!! If you are a MOD, ADMIN, USER or knows who runs on any of the LEGO fan websites listed below inform everybody (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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