 | | LEGO® Collectors Guide Premium Edition Registry
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In August 2008 LEGO® released 3,333 copies of the Collectors Guide as a hard cover, special numbered limited edition, with limited gimmicks. In an effort to track the release numbers this registry has been created. If you own one of the limited (...) (16 years ago, 14-Aug-08, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce)
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| | Bricks for Brains Big Announcement
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I am very proud to announce that Bricks for Brains (<www.BricksForBrains.org>) has just received word from the IRS that our application for tax-exempt status has been approved. This will open doors for us in areas such as facility usage, grants, (...) (16 years ago, 8-Aug-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.edu, FTX) !
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| | Herding Sheep Over a Minefield...
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Yeah, I'm kind of in an odd mood - this is the second creation, a vignette this time, in what I've decided to call my "Animals At War" series - a pathetic attempt to give credibility to a sick subject. So here we see some sheep being herded across a (...) (16 years ago, 6-Aug-08, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Voting for "Model Of The Month" is now open
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Hi folks, we've a new round of models and parts in our MOTM contest. Have a look at: (URL) cast your vote! Willy Tschager LDraw Administration Team (16 years ago, 1-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | One Week Left for Discounted BrickCon Registration
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Remember to preregister for BrickCon 2008 this week to secure the discounted price. On Tuesday, August 5, registration fees rise from $40 to $50 (through September 8). To get in on the adventure: (URL) is an annual Lego enthusiast convention and (...) (16 years ago, 29-Jul-08, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community) !
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| | NMRA 2008 report
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As no one else has posted as of yet, here's a brief report on the NMRA's 2008 National Train Show held earlier this month: Location: Hall D, Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California Dates: Exhibition July 18-20, 2008 Space allocation: 65 x 70 (...) (16 years ago, 28-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX) !
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| | Bricksmith 2.0: Mousing Around
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(2 URLs) Bricksmith 2.0> adds the following features: Use the mouse to drag parts within the model, and into the model from the Part Browser Global color list is read from ldconfig.ldr Anti-aliased drawing (much prettier) Lines are drawn with a (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX) !
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| | SCLTC photos from NMRA 2008
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(URL) from the Southern California LEGO Train Club's contribution to the 8-club ILTCO layout at the 2008 NMRA National Train Show in Anaheim, California on July 18-20, 2008 are now posted on the club's (URL) website>. (9 URLs) -Ted Michon SCLTC (16 years ago, 26-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | Annoucing My New Website
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(URL) Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you all know about my new website and my new book. There have been hundreds of people over the years that have asked me how they could learn to build like the Master Model Builders and my answer is my new (...) (16 years ago, 21-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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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) currently have 4 entries for the MOTM, 4 for the POTM and none for the SOTM. As you might know we will run these contests only if there are a minimum of five entries. Please (...) (16 years ago, 20-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | Exporail 2008
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Exporail 2008 will be held at the Canadian Railway Museum August 16th and 17th between 10h00 and 16h00. This will be the third year that QuéLUG (www.quelug.org) will hold a train/city layout at that location. It is QuéLUG’s biggest show; ten of its (...) (16 years ago, 19-Jul-08, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce)
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| | Ghost
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Well here is a little guy I have been working on that I thought you guys would like to see: (3 URLs) Enjoy! Kaminoan (16 years ago, 16-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Win a copy of LEGO Collector's Guide
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A friendly neighbourhood Ambassadorial proclamation... Hi all, Head over to the below link for your chance to win a copy of the _LEGO Collector's Guide_ and _LEGO Collector Premium Edition_ by Fantasia Verlag. (URL) set to .publish for want of a (...) (16 years ago, 16-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | 62 Bricks - What will you build with yours?
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In January, the Lego Company announced that in the past 50 years enough Lego bricks have been produced to give every citizen of the world 62 bricks. So, what can you build with exactly 62 bricks? Try it out, then post your models to (URL) ! Current (...) (16 years ago, 15-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Re: TLG wants your input on the CITY line
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I've given this a lot of thought over the last couple of weeks and I have three themes that I would like to suggest. Here is the first one: TV News Team A News Broadcasting Team would make a great addition to the existing police, fire, and rescue (...) (16 years ago, 14-Jul-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce)
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| | Call for Presentations at BrickCon 2008
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BrickCon 2008 is looking for any talks, roundtables, and special activities you would like to see at the Con this year. This year we have two classrooms adjacent to the exposition hall with real, hard walls so we anticipate being able to program (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-08, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce) !
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| | LDraw History updated
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Hi folks, the "Contribute" page at LDraw.org (URL) said: LDraw History Finish filling out the LDraw History pages. Approx. 1-2hrs time needed to complete task. Posted 01.02.02 To be honest I was a little worried about the estimate - especially after (...) (16 years ago, 8-Jul-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce) !
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| | How to properly "announce" MOC's
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There seems to be some confusion lately about how to post a message announcing a MOC. It was (URL) thought by many years ago> that we should have a separate newsgroup for announcing MOC's that is different from the regular lugnet.announce group. We (...) (16 years ago, 4-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | TMNT
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(2 URLs) Adam Reed Tucker kindly allow me to use his buildings to show case my turtles. In the second photo they are battling one of Nannan Zhang's Monsters. Brickworld was tons of fun. By the way, the photos are links to Flickr galleries where more (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Hellboy
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Well I made my Hellboy figures for Brickworld and figured I would share them all with you. Here is the clan, enjoy: Hellboy Figures (URL) Photo is link to Flickr Gallery where all can be found!!! Just waiting on the hair piece to complete the main (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Arealight's Magnificent mid-year Scoot-a-bration!!
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[Arealight's Magnificent mid-year Scoot-a-bration!!] (URL) The Fine Clonier is hosting a contest for Arealight, drop by and have some fun building a simple MOC to win great prizes. For more information check below or follow the link in the photo to (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.announce)
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| | New Ldraw parts authors tool: Intersector
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(URL) This new utility allows to cut a LDraw file along the intersection with another. All triangles, quads, lines and conditional lines in cut file are split where they meet triangles or quads of the cutter file. Program, documentation, source code (...) (16 years ago, 2-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Server Outage between 11:30 and 15:30 GMT today
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Hi all, this is just to inform you that we had an unplanned server outage today (July 2nd, 2008), taking LUGNET offline from 11:30 to 15:30 GMT. The primary cause was a blown power supply with the main server, which subsequently burned some parts of (...) (16 years ago, 2-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO Castle Adventure in Indianapolis
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I just received the July-August Brickmaster magazine today, and on page 23 it tells of a LEGO Castle Adventure that's a touring exhibit. It starts on January 31, and guess where it starts... The Children's Museum of Indianapolis!!! (Really nice for (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jul-08, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, FTX)
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| | Press release for LEGO Collectors Guide
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Hi all, You might be interested in the flyer for the LEGO Collectors Guide. No word on US availability as of yet. (URL) Flyer (PDF file)> Enjoy! Tim (URL) (16 years ago, 25-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Courageous Class Patrol Ship.
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The Courageous Class Patrol Vessel is a high-speed attack craft designed to engage and destroy or cripple enemy capital ships and defend the shores of Tabletown. It's secondary roles include coastguard duties, anti-piracy, and tracking down drug (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jun-08, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce, lugnet.boats, FTX)
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| | Brickworld 2008 - Thanks to Everyone
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(URL) A HUGE thank you to everyone that participated in Brickworld 2008. Once again, the event was a great success because of your efforts, your donations and your artistic & engineering talents. We never thought we could top the feel of Brickworld (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jun-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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| | LDraw Facebook and Flickr groups
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Whoops. I forgot to post these to .announce. I've created Facebook and Flickr groups for LDraw. Facebook group: (URL) group: (URL) posts: (URL) about that, Tim (16 years ago, 11-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | LEGO Attendees and Sponsored Events at Brickworld
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(URL) Once again this year, The LEGO Group will play a wonderful part in the Brickworld event. This year, we expect 15 LEGO attendees at the event. I have listed their role at LEGO as I understand it wherever possible (I am sorry I don't know (...) (16 years ago, 10-Jun-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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| | RAILBRICKS Issue 3
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(URL) RAILBRICKS Issue 3 has been released. The Tips & Tricks Issue 64 pages (URL) Articles include: •PF Trains + 9v Train Tricks •Creating Wooden Trestle Bridges •RCX (PBricks) and 9v Train Integration •Interview with Swoofty •and much more..... (...) (16 years ago, 5-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish.railbricks, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | LDraw.org's May 2008 Model, Scene and Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the May 2008 Model/Scene/Part Of The Month (MOTM/SOTM/POTM) contests: (URL) POTM - Best Part, Door 1 x 8 x 6 Frame by Willy Tschager (Holly-Wood) and LEGO Universe Team> (URL) POTM – Most Desired Part, Window 1 x 4 (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | New LEGO Ambassador Group!
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New LEGO Ambassador Group! We’re excited to announce the new group of LEGO Ambassadors who will be representing the AFOL Community to the LEGO Group. We had nearly 100 nominations and the choices were hard. We settled on the following forty (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | June Grand Openings for LEGO Brand Retail
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The month of June is going to have two grand openings for brand new LEGO Brand Retail Stores, one in Houston, TX and one in Phoenix, AR. I just wanted to make sure all of the information was posted in one place if you’re interesting in knowing when (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Ambassador Nominations - mails really were all recieved!
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We had a slight hiccup in our mail process today. if you recieved a mail stating that your Ambassador nomination will not be read, and you know full well you sent it in on time, please ignore. We have all of your nominations and they are still (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Official parts restrictions document ratified by the LSC
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The LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) has ratified the document (URL) LDraw.org File Format Restrictions for Official Parts>. This document lists restrictions that aren't part of the LDraw 1.0 spec that are placed on files in the official parts (...) (16 years ago, 2-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Aladdin and the Lamp
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In which Aladdin rubs the lamp, erm, teapot, and is granted three wishes... (2 URLs) Dr. S. (16 years ago, 1-Jun-08, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | "Picking up the Pieces" Post-Apoc contest
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You know what's all the rage in the building world these days? Post-Apocalypse. All the cool kids are doing it. They even started a new contest: (URL) We encourage any and all to try their hand. There's lots of inspiration out there from (URL) (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jun-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Hispabrick Magazine Issue 1 now Avaliable
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Dear all: It's a great day for the Spanish Community. We have the pleasure to launch the first issue of the Hispabrick Magazine. This magazine is destined mainly to the Spanish speaking community, but everyone can enjoy it. We are now preparing the (...) (16 years ago, 31-May-08, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Brickworld Class Registration OPEN
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(URL) Brickworld 2008 will feature four 3 hour classes on Thursday, June 19th. You can now sign up for classes at the Brickworld website. To register for a class: 1) You must be registered to attend Brickworld 2) Go to the Thursday, June 19, Program (...) (16 years ago, 28-May-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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