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New newsgroups in the lugnet.org.us.* hierarchy have just been created for 6 LEGO user-groups in the United States: BayLUG Bay Area LEGO Users Group (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.) DixieLUG Dixie LEGO Users Group (Southeastern U.S.A.) GMLUG (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.org.us.gmlug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us.wafol, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| | Introducing and Planning .datFest
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Greetings For about a month now, a few people have been thinking about holding datFest, a convention for Virtual Lego modelling/LDraw in Boston, similar to Mindfest. A few ideas have been exchanged and then discussion fizzled on the topic, as we (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.datfest)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.cad.datfest
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A new newsgroup lugnet.cad.datfest has just been created. CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== -> lugnet.cad.datfest (group): ".datFest" virtual LEGO building convention: discussion, planning, facilities, advertising, fund-raising, curricula, technology, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.datfest)
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| | In Case You're Wondering
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Some readers have noticed an increase in my involvement here on LUGNET. This might seem odd in light of my previous post: (URL) keep the curious informed, here's an update. In November I withdrew from the Lab. From then through the Spring '00 term I (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Two new LEGO pages
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Hello all. This is my first post to LUGNET. I just wanted to let you all know that I have created two LEGO pages of my own, and I invite everyone to come check them out! (1) The Crossbots Pages: I was inspired by Jim Cane's Ultra Throwbots page, and (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | New Page: Tim Courtney's Lego Info
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I just threw together a small page about myself and more importantly, links to a couple photo collections I have online of events I've participated in. Check it out, send comments etc... The URL is: (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.people)
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| | Looking for James Jessiman Photo
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I am seeking a picture of James Jessiman for the ldraw.org website. I did not know one existed until Papp Imre emailed me yesterday claiming he had seen one on a website somewhere. He suggested James' site, but I couldn't find any there. My best bet (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.people)
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| | NYC LEGOfest - Saturday, February 5th
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The NYC LEGO Fest is on for Saturday February 5th at my apartment in Staten Island (easy commute via public transportation from all 5 boroughs as well as an easy drive from NJ, LI and beyond). If you are interested in attending, please let me know. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.ny)
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| | LBFR has moved
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The Lego Beach Fire and Rescue Service has moved yet again. This move was necessary due to space limitations on my ISP's server. I wanted to provide zipped instructions for my fire trucks but there was no room for them, so... Our new (and hopefully (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Featured LEGO animation page is up
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I finally finished a page listing some animation files that I have made. They are all of starwars models or space MOCs. (URL) J (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Partsref Updated
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Partsref, (URL), has been updated with the changes from the 99-06 L-CAD parts update. (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | BlockCAD version 2.1 is out!
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Hi all! I'm happy to announce version 2.1 of BlockCAD, my LEGO building program! BlockCAD: (2 URLs) The big thing in this release is that pieces can be placed anywhere in X, Y and Z, not limited to a stud width/height increment anymore. This makes (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad)
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| | Darth Vader
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I am seeking a 1-2 foot tall model of Lego Darth Vader, as soon as possible. Please contact me either by e-mail, or you can call me at 714-444-3533, indicate this is re: Darth, and I or my assistant will call you right back. I am located in Costa (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | "Just Build" at www.lego.com
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I don't know how long this has been in place, but it's new to me. In the members area under "what's new," there is a live, on-screen brick builder app. It contains many of the elements seen in the LEGO Advent Calendar set. Drag and drop. Two-button (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Web Page is FINALLY Up
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Well after months of anticipation I finally got my webpage up. I plan to make changes as I get feedback so things may change often over the next couple of months. I was originally going to post at 12:00 EST, but figured that it is already 12:00 ZULU (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | ldraw.org Model of the Month - January 2000
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I'm getting this month's MOTM winner a little bit early. Ah well, its 2000 in certain parts of the world :) 6 hours to go here. Birger Garbe is the winner for January with his Tower of Bricktown model. Congratulations Birger! (URL) Courtney (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw: New Parts Update Available
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A new parts release has been posted to www.ldraw.org. You can find it here: (URL). This update is called 99-06. In my part of the world, it's still 1999, so we made it just in time. Those of you already on the other side, happy Y2K! But the update (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Fujita LEGO Star Wars Website
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This link sent in by Jin Sato <jinsato@magi.com>... (URL) Mr. Fujita spent "155 weeks of work from the summer of 1992." Incredibly mindblowingly excellent. Check it out. --Todd [crossposted to .starwars, .loc.jp, .build, and .announce; followups to (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
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| | Website update - town, trains, Legoland Windsor pics
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After a good deal of delay I have completed updating my site: (URL) pictures of a trip to Legoland Windsor this summer: (URL) of my recently completed (and then torn down) town layout: (URL) few train pics: (URL) school Technic class pics: (URL) you (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.legoland.windsor, lugnet.general)
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| | Legosub Remote Controlled underwater robot
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I found this really cool project called Legosub when surfing the Mindstorms site! It appears someone took a Divers submarine and outfitted it with some Mindstorms equipment as well as some high-tech gadgets like a live camera, laser, propulsion (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.aquazone)
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| | New ldraw.org Feature Article - BFC Extensions
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I just updated the ldraw.org Feature Article to a short BFC Extensions teaser by Jacob. Also, all future Feature Articles will appear at (URL) and the past articles will be archived there as well. -Tim (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Merry Christmas from SimiLego
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I have posted our "plasticized" annual Christmas letter on my web page for your enjoyment. Here is an excerpt: ...the yellow and blue bricks began to shimmy in their tub-homes. The other colors quickly joined the dance, and soon all bricks were (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | Aus service packs and goodbye
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Hi All, Sadly, my contract with the University of Western Australia ends this month, and today is my last working day of the year. Thus my access to the web and email will be cut off. I'm going to miss the online LEGO community, especially now that (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per, lugnet.announce)
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| | My web page to be discontinued (for now)
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Hello everyone, This is a general message going out to anyone who might have links or bookmarks to my Lego web page. I have just graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, and this means that my current web page found at (URL) disappear whenever (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | MOTM Voting Online
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Voting for the January ldraw.org Model of the Month competition is now online. -Tim Courtney ldraw.org Project Coordinator (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Thanks for the welcome
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Well. Wow. What can I say? It certainly appears as if we have opened Pandora’s Bucket… First, allow me to thank you all for your overwhelmingly warm welcome. I can assure you, it is as thrilling to us to be able to make the announcement of LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Partsref is Searchable
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Partsref now has text search! You can now search for any word(s) in a part's title, filename, keywords or category. Parts are listed by relevance, showing which words matched (since keywords and category are not shown in the results). See it at (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | ldraw.org General Update, Added Press & Awards
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I just finished doing some general housekeeping updates to ldraw.org, as well as adding a new Press & Awards section. This section will feature press articles which have been written about LDraw/ldraw.org and awards the site has won (only one of (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Language slipping?
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(...) James, if anyone flames you for saying what you wrote, then I think they have a major attitude problem. Thank you for drawing this to my attention, and thanks to others who pointed out (publicly and via email) two flagrant transgressions this (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | NYC Legofest
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I'll try this one more time. Anyone in the tri-stae area want to have a LEGOfest the last weekend of January? Ed "Boxer" Jones (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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| | Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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Please allow me to provide some further clarification. I agree that perhaps our position regarding the viewing of images on LEGO.com was somewhat hard- line and legalistic. It was not intended to be so. (I'll take the heat here, as it was my (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.publish)
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| | Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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Questions have been raised recently regarding our stance toward the publication (scanned and posted) of our catalogs, both those intended for consumers and those for retailers. During my visit earlier this week in Billund, and also following (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.publish) !
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| | SW Lego Contest Winners Announced and Voting Available
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Check it out! (URL) J (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.starwars)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.loc.is
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A new newsgroup for LEGO enthusiasts in Ìsland (Iceland) has just been created. CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== -> lugnet.loc.is (group): Ìsland (Iceland) lugnet.loc.* (hierarchy): General-purpose discussion groups for LEGO® enthusiasts, for hundreds of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.loc.is, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.no, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.fi)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.loc.eu
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A new wide-spanning newsgroup for LEGO enthusiasts in Europe (European Union and European countries) has just been created. This will help minimize massive crossposting in the case of wide topic discussions such as a European LEGO Fest. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.loc.at, lugnet.loc.be, lugnet.loc.cz, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.ee, lugnet.loc.gr, lugnet.loc.es, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.loc.ie, lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.lu, lugnet.loc.hu, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.loc.no, lugnet.loc.pl, lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.loc.ru, lugnet.loc.ch, lugnet.loc.sk, lugnet.loc.si, lugnet.loc.fi, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.tr, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.il)
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| | Minifig-scale mech pages posted!
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I have just uploaded three pages for the 86th Mobile Armored Police Division of the NYPD. These pages highlight three new minifig scale mechs I built late one night. All mechs use combinations of pieces from Throwbots and classic lego and space (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | 2000 Sets found in the US
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[follow-ups to lugnet.market.shopping--that seems as logical as anything else] Weee-haaaa! I just got back from Meijers, and they had a *ton* of new LEGO sets. :):):) I restrained myself, mostly. I only spent about $180, and $40 of that was for a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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| | Pics of FIRST Lego Leage Competition in Chicago
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I just scanned in the pictures I took at the FIRST Lego League Mindstorms competition at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago last Saturday. I couldn't get to zacktron.com's FTP server, so I threw em up on ldraw.org. The URL is: (URL) is a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.people)
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| | Students win Legos robotics competition
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I'm stoked about the coverage on this one. The more press the better. (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den, lugnet.announce)
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| | Brad Justus is real
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(...) Brad, I'm very sorry this happened. It seems that cheap attention is easy to be had these days. I wish LEGO the best of luck in determining the source of the forgery on Usenet/rec.toys.lego and hope that it does not discourage the ongoing (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Remy is in the clear (was: Re: YEAR-2000 LEAKS STOP HERE)
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Remy, I want to apologize to you both personally and professionally for what I said and what I did. I was taking near-panic-speed actions based upon evidence which seemed completely sound at the time, but which, in 20-20 hindsight, was unsound. It (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | YEAR-2000 LEAKS STOP HERE
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(...) NO MORE YEAR-2000 LEGO PRODUCT LEAKS ON LUGNET. I'M NOT SAYING PLEASE. ANYONE ELSE POSTS WRONGFULLY-OBTAINED INFORMATION ABOUT A LEGO PRODUCT AND SOMEONE NOTICES IT AND DRAWS IT TO MY ATTENTION, YOU'RE OUT. REMY, YOU'RE OUT. --TODD (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Server being voluntarily taken down (was: Re: Cats and pigeons...)
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(...) The only answer at this point is to shut the server down. That's a kneejerk reaction and it won't solve the problem but it's the only responsible thing to do for now. (...) This is not good. --Todd (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Train Creations - Updated
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Just put up some more creations. (URL) out my water tower in Town Creations, pictures of my bedroom, and underside detail of the tank car in Train Creations. (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build)
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| | New 2000 sets in Lego.com European catalog!
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I was looking at the (URL) official LEGO web site and checked to see if any catalog entries had been updated. Sure enough, there were plenty of them in Europe! I'll admit that I checked most of these numbers by typing them at the end of a (URL) of (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | Introducing LEGO Direct
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To LEGO enthusiasts everywhere: We hope that we are the bearer of some holiday cheer for you all. For those of you who have felt that your love for LEGO was unrequited, this is a new day. With this missive, the LEGO Company asks to open a dialogue (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.dear-lego) !!
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| | Train Creations
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I finally got myself a digital camera, and you can see some of the results on my new page of train creations at (URL) to lugnet.trains. (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build)
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| | New Technic Figure scale P-51 Mustang
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I have finally finished updating my web page to add my newest creation, a Technic figure scale WW2 Era P-51 Mustang, just in time to commemorate the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It includes two motors to control propellor, landing (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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| | Lots of new creations at Allanton NZ
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My LEGO creations site "Allanton NZ" is at (URL) to "Allanton's Latest News" page to see creations of: (Car & Truck Painters & Sprayers) Formula 1 transporter refurbished in red & white with "Formula 1" tow truck signs. Octan tanker refurbished in (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | Re: Scheduled downtime: Monday, December 6, 1999
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(...) Reminder: This is coming up in just a few hours... See you on the other side! --Todd (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | FIRST Lego Leage competition at MSI Chicago
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I just returned from the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago where they held the Illinois state FIRST Lego League Mindstorms competition. FIRST is an organization that uses Lego Mindstorms to help prommote kids pursuing careers in engineering (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Brickset - A 'new' online database
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"Huw and Grahame's LEGO set database" has now officially become BrickSet. This is an alternative to Pause and should be considered as a second-opinion rather than a duplication of information due to the fact the database has been independently (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce)
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| | Press Release- Put the 'Toy of the Millennium' Under the Tree....
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Howdy, Here is another Lego® press release. It appears Lego® is very happy with 1999. Hope you enjoy the reading. Chet ---...--- Put the 'Toy of the Millennium' Under the Tree With a Little Help From LEGOLAND California CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 3 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Scheduled downtime: Monday, December 6, 1999
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(...) This move will affect the NELUG web site www.nelug.org as well as it also uses pair Networks as its ISP. This also means that the Mailing list will not work nor will you be able to send E-mail to any @nelug.org addresses. Fortunately I will be (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.me)
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| | Scheduled downtime: Monday, December 6, 1999
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lugnet.com will be down for approximately three to five hours in the middle of the day on Monday, December 6, 1999, as its ISP (pair Networks, Inc.) is moving to new headquarters and the server needs to be physically relocated. More details: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Lego.com Holiday contest
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Hi everybody, I know most of you aren't to keen on lego's official website. I hope the fact that I scan through it every once in a while to see what's new (1) doesn't lessen me in your eyes :-). But I do, and yesterday I happened to see the new (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Dreaming of a European Legofest
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The great experience of meeting in person other Lego enthusiasts at the MindFest and at some Italian Legofests, makes me dream of a European Legofest. Some remarks about this topic (talking freely): - Saying "European" I use the term in its (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.at, lugnet.loc.be, lugnet.loc.ch, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.es, lugnet.loc.fi, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.loc.ie)
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| | ldraw.org December Model of the Month Winner
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The winner for ldraw.org's December Model of the Month competition is Thomas Burger, with his 'Datsville LMT Out From MacArthur Tunnel' image. Check it out at (URL) Congrats Tom! -Tim Courtney ldraw.org Project Coordinator (URL) timcourtne ICQ: (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Partsref is Moving to LUGNET
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The LEGO Elements Image Catalog, currently at (URL), is in the process of relocating to a new home on LUGNET. See it at (URL). Right now, the catalog is at both locations. This will continue at least until the next release of new parts for LDraw. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
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| | Dennis Bosman's LEGO Trucks and Construction Machinery
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Humina humina humina! Dennis's trucks are the most amazing LEGO models I've ever seen in my entire life! (IMHO, these beat out anything made even by professional LEGO model builders...) If you haven't been to Dennis's site yet, ya gotta check it (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce)
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| | New newsgroups for Fun Projects & Group Activities
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A new topic hierarchy dedicated to fun projects and group activities has just been created with five new newsgroups: CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== lugnet.fun (hierarchy): LEGO-centered projects and group activities for amusement, learning, or awareness: (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Bored? Check out my Site!
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Hi all, Just want to share my li'l site with you all. Nothing spectacular there yet, except for my list of sets. Of particular interest is a few "stories" about me and my personal experiences with certain sets. Here's the address: (URL) a link to my (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | New newsgroup for for MLCad
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A new group dedicated to MLCad has just been created. MLCad is a free program written by Michael Lachmann for modeling LEGO designs (or other construction systems). CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== lugnet.cad (group and hierarchy): Discussions of CAD (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | New newsgroup for for LeoCAD
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A new group dedicated to LeoCAD has just been created. LeoCAD is a free program written by Leonardo Zide for modeling LEGO designs (or other construction systems). CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== lugnet.cad (group and hierarchy): Discussions of CAD (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.leocad)
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| | Eric Kingsley's site move complete.
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Well I finally got around to completing the transition of my personal site from my old GeoCities site: (URL) my new NELUG site: (URL) have only moved over those parts of the site that I have decided to continue to maintain (Mainly my Model pages). (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.publish)
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| | new and improved(?) craigo-lego
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hi y'all ~ i just want to announce a couple of new things in the world of craigo-lego... first off, is the new e-mail address. i've activated an entire webtv account for nothing but lego. this gives me lots more storage (memory is a precious thing (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Global Explorer Website Finally Finished - Space Theme
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At the beginning of this year I build a large-scale planetary exploration vehicle called "Global Explorer". After much procrastination, the website for this project is finally up. It can be found at: (URL) site is simple, but contains over 100 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.space)
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| | WAMALUG was NOVALTC
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This is to annouce that the Northern Virginia LEGO Train Club has officially changed it's name to the WAshington Metro Area LEGO Users Group. This was done in order to meet the varied interests of the train club and to foster new membership who may (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.loc.us.dc, lugnet.announce)
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| | NELUG Turns 50!!
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This is a quick message to announce that NELUG now has 50 members. The member breakdown by region is as follows... (Some of my earlier guesses were a little off. These are official numbers from submittal forms) 30 - Massachusetts 4 - Connecticut 2 - (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.announce)
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| | LUGNET Memberships
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I'm happy to announce that formal LUGNET memberships are now available. :) Things won't be very fancy initially (no map or other web-toys yet) but this gets the ball rolling and begins to pave the way for much more to come later down the road. At (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people) !!
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| | Stay tuned...
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Stay tuned for an exciting announcement later tonight... :) --Todd (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Make-A-Wish
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Hi All, This message is of most benefit to people living in Perth, Australia, but I thought others in the LEGO community would be interested too. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Australia have organised a fundraiser for 8 year old Ben Hamilton who's (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per, lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO name change
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This is an important announcement for any LEGO fan who has a web site containing disclaimers. The descriptive phrase "the LEGO Group" has changed to "the LEGO Company." Its use applies to all LEGO companies, workplaces, and the organization as a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce)
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| | Chicago Legofest/Museum of Science and Industry Mindstorms event Dec 4
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Well, there's been a little interest in the Chicago Legofest idea. Its been brought to my attention as well that the Museum of Science and Industry is having a Mindstorms robotics competition on December 4th. It would be a good idea to couple that (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.org.us)
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| | 2000 catalog FOUND!
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Acting on the tip from the RTL post, I stopped by Target today on my way home from work and picked up a snow speeder. Jackpot! I'm scanning it now... KL (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.cad.ray for LEGO ray-tracing
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A new newsgroup lugnet.cad.ray has just been created. CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== -> lugnet.cad.ray (group): Ray-Tracing as it applies to LEGO: software tools and libraries; tips & techniques; in-depth technical discussions about element modeling, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Three Cheers
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[Crossposted to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, and lugnet.announce; followups to lugnet.dear-lego] All, This is a rally for everyone to give a round of applause to the LEGO Group for its unprecedented overture this past week. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: New robotics sub-groups for RCX-Java, Palm Pilot, Telerobotics, VLL, Scout, Micro Scout, and Code Pilot
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(...) Oops, almost forgot CyberMaster (thanks, Ralph!)... (...) lugnet.robotics.cybermaster (group): LEGO TECHNIC CyberMaster™ programmable brick: software, ideas, radio link, connections to/from/with other programmable bricks and host machines, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | New robotics sub-groups for RCX-Java, Palm Pilot, Telerobotics, VLL, Scout, Micro Scout, and Code Pilot
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Seven new subgroups of lugnet.robotics have just been created, covering the following topics: - JVM/Java/Jini for RCX - Palm Pilot / Palm Computing - Telerobotics - LEGO MINDSTORMS Visible Light Link (VLL) protocol - LEGO MINDSTORMS Scout (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Charters for product-line/themed groups clarified
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All, The written charters for the product-line/themed groups created a couple months ago were too restrictive and over-simplified. Except for lugnet.trains and lugnet.starwars, which were created at the beginning, the themed groups mentioned only (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Fabuland group (was: Re: 34 new newsgroups!)
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(...) Oh, my!...Fabuland got lost in the shuffle somewhere. OK, there's now a Fabuland group: lugnet.fabuland <==> (URL) can't believe nobody noticed! I *know* there are tons of Fabuland fans out there! :) --Todd (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Been to Datsville Lately?
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If you haven't, check it out at www.lugnet.com/cad/datsville. Lots of great new archetecture has been added, and minifigs have started to appear (even if some seem to be "floating"). Residential lots in central Datsville are becoming scarce. If (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Updated web site
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I've updated my web site at: (URL) still contains mostly links, but I've copied all the stuff off my AOL web page, so now there's some non-LEGO stuff there also (some of which may be of interest - some caving and train pictures). I've been slowly (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | BAYLIT suggestions
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All: (This hurts) I'm reaching an impasse with BAYLIT. My job situation will soon require me to travel extensively, severely impacting my ability to run BAYLIT. I don't know how long this will last - could be awhile Thus, I would appreciate your (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | NELUG Star Wars Display in The Construction Site store window
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For those that are interested, Dave Eaton, Shaun Sullivan, and Eric Kingsley have set up the NELUG Star Wars display in the store window of The Construction Site in Waltham MA. (URL) can see some pictures at the NELUG site. Unfortunately because it (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab
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A new newsgroup/mailing-list lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab has just been created. ROBOLAB is a cross-platform (PC & Mac) graphical environment for programming the LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ Robotics Invention System (e.g., RCX). ROBOLAB, like NQC, does not (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Ed Boxer Goes to Enfiled - reformatted and updated
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I have reformatted my Enfield site(s) into one site with thumbnails. I have also rescanned the photos (better quality and smaller file size). I would appreciate your thougths. www.geocities.com/~e...field.html Thanks (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish)
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| | Future Brick page updated
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hi all! Just spent some time today making the page presentable... please stop by and have a look-see! (URL) know that some of the links are not working yet, but all the ones that are relevent to LUGNET are. also, Todd Lehman, please note the new (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Conclusion of the Halloween Lego Design Contest....
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Hello Everyone! Well, here it is the day before Halloween and it is time to announce the conclusion of the Halloween Lego Design Contest! First, I would like to thank my Co-Judges, Anne Sullivan and Felix Greco for helping me run the contest. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Lego Airplane #1775 Arrives!
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Howdy Gang, I had not seen anybody else post this...so here goes. The Airline promotion set #1775 is nice, very nice..... What I found most interesting was the copyright date (1994,1995). So this sets is an good oldie.... For those of you who track (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | First Lego 2000 Sighting
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I'm not trying to steal anybody elses claim, however this is the first I have seen of Lego 2000... It was posted on RTL and I thought all of us on LUGNET would be interested, very interested: Subject: preview 2000 From: "Stephan Kalms" (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | New newsgroups lugnet.robotics.edu & lugnet.edu
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lugnet.robotics.edu and lugnet.edu have just been created. For background information on how these came to be, please see the following messages and related threads: (URL) <-- especially this one (URL) <-- and this one (3 URLs) new discussion groups (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.edu, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | McDonalds Happy Meal Set information
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From the PR Newswire (which I follow since I'm a McD stockholder)... PR info on the new sets they're offering... (URL) to market.shopping ++Lar (in sunny Melville NY, Detroit later today, then on to MSP tomorrow and Thu) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Launch of new site: SimiLego
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My new website is online at (URL) now the site includes the Brick Exchange trading section, a sneak preview of my PlastiCity town layout, and some snap shots of a few MOCs, and Kansas City's Great Create. Feedback is certainly welcome. Andreas (...) (25 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Very Interesting PRESS RELEASE from Respond.com
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Howdy All- I got this very interesting press release in my emailbox: Enjoy, Chet ---...--- Toys Found on Respond.com Bring Back Childhood Memories; Collector Finds Discontinued Set of Lego Bricks REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | MIT Press now has copies of Jonathan's book
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The MIT Press Bookstore received an initial shipment today of 8 copies of Jonathan Knudsen's book, The Unofficial Guide to LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ Robots: (URL) Press is open until 8:30 pm tonight. There were 3 copies left at last count. If you happen to (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.books, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.announce)
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| | [ldraw.org] Model of the Month
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I have just added the Model of the Month pages to ldraw.org. We're going to shoot for the first award being given for November. Entries are being accepted until Monday October 25, and voting will take place until Sunday October 31. The winning entry (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Colin and Wanda visits Sweden (MWT)
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Eskilstuna, Sweden On their round the globe trip, the two famous minifig adventurers Colin and Wanda has made a stop in Sweden. You are welcome to take a look at their diary at: (URL) Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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