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Calling all Town / Train MOCs for BrickCon ((URL) am the Town / Train coordinator and will be laying out the space. Please submit to me what you will be bringing so I can make space for it. I’ll need: •The size of your models (if you aren’t quite (...) (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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Hi gang, playing around with colors I was floored by the fact that we do not have a LDraw color number or RGBs for quite a lot of LEGO colors. In addition our RGBs sometimes differ a lot from the official colors: (URL) remember the time when we were (...) (16 years ago, 29-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd)
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| | Server maintenance tonight
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Hi all, due to a disk failure on the main LUGNET server's RAID, we need to take the machine offline tonight at 0:00 CEST. Since this is not the first disk failure we are observing, the machine will undergo some testing, so there may be some (...) (16 years ago, 28-Aug-08, to lugnet.announce)
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| | My Website Store is now Open!
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(URL) It took me a couple of months, but I wanted to let everyone know that my Online Store is finally up! At the moment I'm only selling two things, my (URL) Book> "How to Build a Round Ball with Square Bricks" and an American Flag keychain, but I (...) (16 years ago, 28-Aug-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Less than Two Weeks Left for Advanced (Discounted) BrickCon Registration
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Advanced Registration for BrickCon 2008 ends Monday, September 8, 2008. After September 8, registration fees go to the full price of $60 (from the Advance Registration price of $50). Moreover, those who register after September 8 are not guaranteed (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Gizmodo minifig video contest - cool prizes
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Hi all, Gizmodo is having a contest for best video celebrating 30 years of the minifig: (URL) it out!> Prizes include new in box Galaxy Explorer and Yellow Castle!!! Roy (16 years ago, 25-Aug-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | A simple but colorful sea diorama
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Hey all, For your aquarian pleasure I'm pleased to present my entry for Baylug's first East Bay meeting contest; "School." (URL) Tartar sauce, anyone? ;-P Dave S. (16 years ago, 24-Aug-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | How to Rotate LPub Instruction Images with ROTSTEP (a crash course for fellow Mac users)
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Now that (URL) LPub> is available for the Mac, fellow Mac users may be excited to start creating instructions for your LDraw models. If you're like me, however, you might at first be perplexed about how to tell LPub to show your model from different (...) (16 years ago, 22-Aug-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Very strange server behavior today
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Hi all, unfortunately I had to realize a disturbance in the LUGNET main server's performance today, which at first appeared somewhat inexplicable but ended up being identified as some significant traffic on a normally rather quiet NNTP service. I (...) (16 years ago, 19-Aug-08, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Vignette - Requiem.
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Burial detail for a dead soldier on the battlefield. My first attempt at building a tree! (4 URLs) Dr. S. (16 years ago, 17-Aug-08, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | 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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