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| Here's a little Memorial Day vignette built as a small tribute to the soldiers who persevered through the harsh winter at Valley Forge. (2 URLs) All the pictures are available on (URL) Flickr> or (URL) Brickshelf> (16 years ago, 27-May-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | VOTE FOR ME!!! (shameless plug)
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| Hello fellow LEGO fanatics My video "Building a LEGO model in the bag" has been chosen for the finalists in the Lipton Free Your Y video contest on YouTube. Out of hundreds of videos submitted my LEGO themed video made the final 15. But I need your (...) (16 years ago, 26-May-08, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Last day - Nominations Due end of Day May 24th
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| There's been a bit of confusion with the way we worded the due date and I want to clarify for everyone that the nominations are due by the end of the day saturday GMT. So 11:59:59 on the 24th GMT. I hope that clears things up. Steve (16 years ago, 23-May-08, to lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Brickworld Class Registration Coming
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| (URL) Brickworld 2008 will feature four 3 hour classes on Thursday, June 19th. The classes are: Studs Out Mosaics with PicktoBrick, Art & Architecture, Introduction to Mindstorms, and Introduction to Brick Filming Details about each class can be (...) (16 years ago, 22-May-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
| | | | | 2008/2009 LDraw LEGO Ambassador election result
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| The winners of the 2008/2009 LDraw LEGO Ambassador election are (in alphabetical order by last name): Kevin Clague Tim Gould Willy Tschager As stated in the announcement (URL) at least 3 testimonials from members of nominating group are required. (...) (16 years ago, 20-May-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | LEGO Retail Store Offerings for Brickworld Attendees
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| (URL) Brickworld is very excited to announce the following offerings from The LEGO Group for Brickworld 2008 attendees: In-Store Events: Friday June 20, 9 PM to 11 PM at Northbrook Court - event will include a special pick-a-brick offering Saturday (...) (16 years ago, 19-May-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
| | | | | New Contest: Pigs on the Wing
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| Hello again! Reasonably Clever is back with another building challenge. (URL) on the Wing>> From the mind of Tim "Gambort" Gould came the Cave Racers... From the strangeness of Reasonably Clever came the idea of making Animals pilot them... And from (...) (16 years ago, 16-May-08, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, FTX) !
| | | | | Brickworld Collaborative Display: LEGO Mansion Project
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| There's only about 5 weeks left 'til Brickworld '08! Hopefully you've all started working on your MOCs by now, but for those that haven't, or those that want to add something else to their plate, we've got a new collaborative display that we've put (...) (16 years ago, 14-May-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !
| | | | | Brickworld 2008 Schedule is now posted!
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| The super packed event schedule has now been posted to the (URL) Brickworld website>. (URL) Thursday> • (URL) Friday> • (URL) Saturday> • (URL) Sunday> Also, don't forget to register and reserve your hotel rooms before May 28th! See you in Chicago! (...) (16 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | 2008/2009 LDraw LEGO Ambassador Election is open
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| In reference to this post (URL) the 2008/2009 LDraw LEGO Ambassador 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 (...) (16 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
| | | | | Brickworld Belville Contest
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| From the Brickworld wire: Brickworld Announces a Belville (yes, you read that right-Belville) Contest. Rules are as follows: 1) The MOC can be whatever you like- build a castle, a service station, or any other building. Build a coach, a hovercraft, (...) (16 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.belville, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | "Mighty Lizbet" Railway Cannon.
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| This is the first phase of my Railway Cannon project. This gun, although smaller, is very much based on the (URL) Schwerer Gustav>, aka "Dora". The TARC (Tabletown Army Railway Cannon) MkI- AKA the "Mighty Lizbet" is a 300mm Railway Cannon capable (...) (16 years ago, 10-May-08, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
| | | | | Brickworld Registration Deadlines Approaching
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| (URL) In an odd twist of timing...as BrickCon opens for registration, Brickworld is nearing the end of registration. Even though there is no deadline to register for Brickworld, there are three deadlines on May 28 that you need to be aware of: 1) (...) (16 years ago, 10-May-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !
| | | | | The Adventure Begins: BrickCon 2008 Registration is Open!
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| BrickCon 2008 Early Registration is now available at (URL) the special Early Registration price (prices go up starting in August). BrickCon is an annual adult Lego hobbyist convention and exposition in Seattle. BrickCon 2008 will be October 3, 4, (...) (16 years ago, 8-May-08, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community) !!
| | | | | New Ldraw parts authors tool: Projector
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| (URL) This new tool allows easy creation of non-flat patterned LDraw parts. Create a flat pattern and stamp it on a 3D former. Program, documentation, source code are available (URL) here>. To show the usefulness of this tool, I created the four (...) (16 years ago, 7-May-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.vikings, lugnet.castle, FTX) !
| | | | | LDraw LEGO Ambassadors: Call for nominations
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| In reference to this post (URL) the LDraw.org Steering Committee hereby calls for the community to nominate/self- nominate individuals as candidates for the LDraw LEGO Ambassador. Please read the official announcement at (URL) post (...) (16 years ago, 6-May-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
| | | | | Indiana Jones Building Contest
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| (URL) Klocki> blog, recently moved to it's own domain at (URL) www.e-klocki.com> is hosting the (URL) Indiana Jones Building Contest>. Amazing prizes, interesting building challenges, lot of fun. Don't miss this! (URL) Hippotam PS. If you prefer, (...) (16 years ago, 5-May-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | Release of Color Manager
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| I am proud to introduce Color Manager for MLCAD and Ldraw. (URL) The main feature of Color Manager is to filter your parts list to only those pieces that are available (from Bricklink) in the color that you choose. This allows the user to build (...) (16 years ago, 5-May-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX) !!
| | | | | LDraw.org's April 2008 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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| Congratulations to the winners of the April 2008 Model/Scene/Part Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) POTM - Best Part, Technic Bionicle Claw with Axle by Philippe Hurbain (Philo) and LEGO Universe Team> (URL) POTM – Most Desired Part, (...) (16 years ago, 4-May-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
| | | | | BayLUG at Maker Faire 2008
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| For the third year, the (URL) Bay Area LEGO Users Group> (BayLUG) is taking part in (URL) Maker Faire>. (URL) We have a 25-foot square train layout and several additional tables, including a large Technic crane and excavator. The show is open until (...) (16 years ago, 3-May-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.build, FTX)
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