 | | Another Technic Creation
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Hi again folks, I've just put my latest creation online, a Technic figure scale small(ish) excavator. The model is powered by motors and pneumatics, and there are MPEG videos of it working to download. You can find it here: (URL) me know what you (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk) !!
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| | Trains 2000 (Burnaby, BC Canada): Award Won
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Greetings! Today, November 12, 2000, a milestone was reached in the short history (so far) of the Vancouver Lego Club. Today, after a couple months of painstaking planning (as can be attested by the number of posts recently), we debuted at the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org) !
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| | Re: Server freakage today
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(...) Good news. It turned out to be a bug in some of my own code. It was hard to find but easy to fix. Technical details follow. I was able to reproduce the symptoms of the problem by asking the webserver for a bogus URL that confused it, for (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO.com updated more!!!
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Lego.com has been updated with a new story contest, "Minifig Comic Adventures" Game, and "COMING SOON: Lego Comic Maker" or something like that. The Life On Mars website is up, but with only a picture and a COMING SOON sign. I got the adress for the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Server freakage today
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Twice today in the past two hours, the load average on the lugnet.com server has shot up to extremly high levels. Normal activity is between 0.5 and 2.0 or so during the day. It spiked up to 300 twice today and then back down to normal levels. I (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Lego Star Wars Trilogy
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Dunno if you've seen it yet, but there's a rendition of the Star Wars trilogy in Lego at (URL) it seems to be slashdotted at the moment.... Enjoy, ROSCO (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | more than 160 additional inventories posted to peeron.com
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Just wanted to let everyone know, that thanks to Heather Patey, peeron.com now has the Margo Kubiak inventories posted. This brings the number of sets now up to 259! Thank you Heather, and to all other contributers. Check it out at: (URL) & Jenn (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.db.inv) !!
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| | So did you wonder about me?
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Greetings all! If you haven't forgotten me since I took my BricksontheBrain.com site down, this is Jake McKee. I am happy to tell you all that the wonderful opportunity that I referred to when I announce BotB was going out of business is my joining (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general) !
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| | Vancouver Lego CLub to participate in Train Show Nov 12
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We're pleased to announce that the Vancouver Lego Club will be taking part in "Trains 2000" on Nov 12th at the Cameron Recreation Centre in Burnaby, BC, Canada (9523 Cameron St) from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. We'll be exhibiting a 16' x 6' lego train (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea) !
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| | Newsserver downtime
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As you may have noticed, the LUGNET newsserver stopped displaying new articles for approximately 90 minutes today. According to the server logs, there was an extremely abnormally high load average for several minutes around 10:00 EST, which seems to (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.nntp) !
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| | [rtlToronto] November 10, 2000 Toronto Dinner
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Hi folks, As usual, it's the rtlToronto second monthly Toronto get together and of course, everyone is welcome, especially those new to the Toronto Lego "scene" (?!) It is at: Mel's Deli 440 Bloor Street West (1 block east of Bathurst) Toronto (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Classic Contest Entries
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(...) I didn't know there were so many parts in this model :) (URL) LMKWYT! --Bram (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce)
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| | Frank's LEGO Castle Links Page
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I've done a re-work of my Castle Links Page. It is now broken down into several pages with tables of contents and internal links. Please check it out at: (URL) you have any castle stuff on the web at all, please check this out. If your page isn't (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Re: Classic Contest Entries
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I took a bunch of pictures of my first entry: (URL) LMKWYT! Comments, questions, and tips appreciated. --Bram (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce)
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| | New Partsref is pure bliss
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Steve Bliss has just completed a major facelift of the Partsref interface. I think the results are wonderful! Check it out: (URL) made it easier to browse, easier to look things up by keyword, he gives you cross-links to other reference materials (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | LDraw MOTM winner for November 2000
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Hi all, The winner of the November 2000 LDraw Model of the Month is Jay Jacinto with his cool "Ice Rat" model. Great work, Jay. See it at: (URL) Terry K -- legoverse@yahoo.com (And if you want your model to be in next months competition, get it to (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | DINO COP ON THE WEB- IT'S BRILLIANT!
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The day is Nov 1st... The place is (URL) ! The dinocop primere is excellent!!! Mind of a Crime fighter; Body of a 50ft dinosaur!!! SPOILER (tells story SPOILER (tells story)SPOILER (tells story)SPOILER (tells story)SPOILER (tells story)SPOILER (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | Lego Movie!
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I was watching Cartoon Network when I saw a lego ad. I thought it was for the movie-maker set, but it's really for a lego movie!!!...!!!DINOCOP !!!...!!! The plot looks like a dinosaur cop is either killing everyone, or saving everyone. The (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | ADPolice web site updated
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I have updated my ADPolice web site on BayLug. I have posted some pictures of my small city layout, as well as two new pages- one for a small six-legged (unmanned) walker, and one for a small one person patrol craft. You can get there from my main (...) (24 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Season's Greetings from The Brick House of Horrors
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Ghoulish Greetings Fellow LEGO fans: For Halloween this year I decided I would build a Haunted House and make an animated video for it. Both of these turned out to be some of my best brickwork yet. Pictures of “The Brick House of Horrors” can be (...) (24 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Re: Survivor poll (was Space Football at my Pathetic Website!)
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(...) I know, someone HAS been stuffing the ballot box!!! But remember, this is only POLLING, not necessarily an accurate indicator of who the ultimate LEGO Survivor is. If I recall, Timmy was leading before the ballot-stuffer got his hands on my (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Classic Space set design and building contest
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I grew up on classic Space (1978-1986) and I still have a huge soft spot in my heart for old simple smileys and single-color astronaut uniforms. It's seeming more and more like the LEGO Space System product line (originally LEGOLAND Space, followed (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Space Football at my Pathetic Website!
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Howdy! Would y'all so terribly mind checking out my newest model--a Space Football--at my pathetic little website? (URL) me what y'all think! And while you're at it, vote preliminary polling continues for LEGO Survivor! onedaycnn (sid) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | November LDraw MOTM competition
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Hi all, The November entries are available for viewing and voting at: (URL) that the only "rollover" entry is the one that requested I do so. If you wish for your previous entry to be re-entered, you must let me know by email. I will not be (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LEGO 2001
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(...) The direct link (URL) Harry Potter on the way later this year and their new catalog's look, appears Lego continues to inch even more towards licensing on future releases and believe you me I hate most of it so far except for Star Wars Classic (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO 2001
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FBTB now has clear scans of both the main and Technic brochures for 2001 online for your viewing pleasure. (URL) also found on lugnet.starwars (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Are we all too nice?
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This is ultimately a CFD (call for discussion) for a new newsgroup, but also asking what I think may be an important question. It's a taboo question, so do try to keep an open mind. The question is: Are we trying to be too nice to one another? The (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | FLL/Robotics play opportunity at LEGOLAND (Volcanic Panic activity)
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Dear robotics fans, LEGO enthusiasts and LEGOLAND passholders: On Dec. 2nd, 2001, LEGOLAND California will host a FIRST LEGO League statewide robotics tournament. Using LEGO MINDSTORMS robotic creations, 30 different teams (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.announce) !
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| | single motor pneumatic pump and switch
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Pneumatic pump and switch using a single motor: Do you need pneumatics on your robot? You want to produce the pressure and you want to switch the valve by motors. With my idea you can do both with a single motor. Have a look at: (URL) for my bad (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce)
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| | 2 Stud Wide LEGO® Train Cars!
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A while back I had some fun building some 4 wide train cars which were amazingly similar to HO scale in model railroading. Well, my daughter and son (12 & 10) thought it would be fun to build some *2* wide train cars, and so that is what they did. I (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | New Lego Fire Pics
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Hey everyone. New pics up on my brickshelf site: (URL) pretty much include all of the airport trucks that I have designed so far, but more will be added on a regular basis. No update for the regular Woodchuck site as of yet, but i wull let everyone (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.brickshelf, lugnet.loc.us.va.roa, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.town)
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| | New newsgroups for product line years
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A new newsgroup hierarchy for focused discussion of product line years has been created. Many thanks to Frank Filz for coming up with this idea several months ago. As information about the upcoming 2001 product line becomes available, please feel (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.admin.nntp) !
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| | Space Mini-build-a-thon
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Hi Everyone, I went over to Mark Rideout's house today, and we worked on his exploration capital ship. Mark had a good start on the cockpit and main section, and was building aft, so I decided to start on the engines and work to the fore. I managed (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Customised Superhero Minifig
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Yet another project documented finally thanks to my new digital camera. Warning: This one involves painted LEGO elements. Well, one, anyway. But I did take the time to document how I did it. Those of you who took the time to look at my VW B3 page (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.announce)
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| | Free legos at www.labvantage.com
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As I was looking through the latest issue of Scientific Computing and Instrumentation, I came across an ad for LabVantage. It gives the total number of combinations for 6 Lego bricks. If you go to www.labvantage.com and fill out a page (to get junk (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | HTO Town sets sighting
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In the Pharma Plus drug store in the Zellers mall in Lindsay, Ontario, they have two HTO sets (and some RoboRiders, but they are pretty common). They are in plastic display sleeves that are designed for a set to be pulled out from the bottom. There (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce)
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| | BMP-2-LDraw32 homepage is up!
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Hello, finally I managed it to put up the BMP-2-LDraw32 homepage. Have a look at (URL) you will find there some parts I already created and which will be hopefully released after next part-vote. -- Greetings, Carsten Schmitz (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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| | Just a little something...
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Hi all, I am finally getting around to building my website again, and I figured I'd post a bit of a teaser. See it here: (URL) Get ready - Broken Earth is coming. -Jeremiah- PS - please ignore the quality (or lack thereof) of the cover shot. That's (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space)
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| | No More T-Shirts
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Hi Everyone, I was contacted by Robin Smith, Legal Counsel for The LEGO Group, and was asked to remove the Classic Space T-Shirts from cafepress.com. I have done so, in the interests of continued goodwill toward and from TLG. I exchanged a couple (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | 2001 LEGO Line (When?)
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Hi all- It's usually about this time of the year (around the middle to end of October) when we hear the first news about the new upcoming LEGO items for the next year. Has anyone heard ANYTHING about the 2001 line at all? I'm so used to hearing (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Volkswagen B3
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Having recently acquired a digital camera, I want to start documenting some MOCs I've had sitting around for a while. The first one can be found here: (URL) feel free to tell me not only what you think about the model, but about the presentation as (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space) !
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| | DATSort, a utility for sorting .DAT files
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Hey gang, For a while now I've wanted a way to sort the entries in a .DAT file according to X-Y-Z coordinates, that way after I build a file in MLCad I can sort the elements so they're in an order much like original LEGO instructions (bottom to top, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Erase the 49th parallel
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I don't have my BB store (URL) yet, but given the timing of AucZilla XIV and the unique benefit to "my fellow Canadians", I figured I should post this ASAP. " As part of our effort to provide you with the best service, StRuCtures has teamed with (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.services, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Shop at Home up and running?
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If I missed an announcement earlier, sorry. Just went to Lego.com and noticed the shop link. After going there noticed Orange Bulk Brick message, which is actually a pumpkin you can make. 87 bricks for $9.99 Haven't checked it all out yet or ordered (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct) !!
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| | *** LDView Version 1.0 Released ***
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LDView Version 1.0 has been completed, and can be downloaded from the following location: (URL) full source code is also available at that location.) LDView is an OpenGL-based real-time viewer for LDraw models written for the Microsoft Windows (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Partsref Update
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Partsref has gotten a slight facelift! Where possible, I've added links from the parts entries in the Partsref browse pages to other parts-references websites. To accomodate these links, the part listings were rearranged slightly. As of now, links (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general) !
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| | Robotized panoramic head
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Hi everybody! I recently uploaded on my site PanoBot2, a RCX-controlled panoramic photography head, which can be build with RIS 1.5. See it, along with full building instructions, LeoCad files and sample panorama photographs at (URL) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Brick'n Fun Fest - Orlando, Florida, USA...
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Greetings Florida LEGO Fans, In less then two week the Brick’n Fun Fest kicks off in Orlando, Florida! The home base of the fest is the Greater Florida LEGO Train Club display at the Great American Train Show. We will have our main display plus (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains) !
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| | New Sculpture: The Tick
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When I get inspired, there's not much that can stop me. Presenting my latest creation, a bust of The Tick, Ben Edlund's fine comic book creation. Find it on the sculpture page. Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general) !
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| | Kyle's Universe of LEGO officially changed to high velocity LEGO !
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Hello! After completly redoing my site, changeing servers and names I present to you High Velocity LEGO! Home to Keppler Imdustries, the official BrickLUG chat page, and the soon to come Cellestial Alliance. The new url is: (URL) the direct url is: (...) (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce)
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| | Bricks on the Brain is closing its virtual doors....
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Greetings once again from Bricks on the Brain! We are both happy and sad to report that BotB will be shutting its virtual doors to parts sales. I am following a new oppportunity that won't allow for continued parts sales. Once things are a little (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce)
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| | L3PAdd-On Version 1.2.3 is up
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Seems there has been a resurgence of L3P and L3PAO use lately (I know I've been doing a lot!) and people have found a few bugs. I decided to correct these problems and also added in new features to bring L3PAO up to speed with L3P version 1.2. (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce)
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| | NYCLUG, Anyone?
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New York City has *at least* eight million people. It is the center of a burgeoning megalopolis that comprises *at least* Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore and just about all of North Jersey. There's GOTTA be some interest in starting up a NYCLUG. Let (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO Survivor Early Voting Underway!
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Yes, another reason to visit my pathetic website: preliminary voting for LEGO Survivor has begun! Be mean-spirited under the guise of anonymity. Vote someone off the island of Okhmosk Isaya! There are 12 castaways in all--not including the host, who (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | New Sculpture: Marvin the Martian
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The subject says it all. Looney Tunes' Marvin the Martian, in all his ABS glory. Head to the sculpture page. www.brickfrenzy.com Adrian (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general) !!
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| | LDraw CD-ROM Issues
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Well... I guess its about time for an update. First off, I must apologize to everyone, because I've been way too busy to work on this project. I feel like I'm letting you down. At this point, I have too many things going on to think about an LDraw (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | Partsref Updates
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[FUT lugnet.cad] A couple of Partsref news items: First, the changes and additions from the LCAD 2000-02 parts update have been applied to Partsef. Second, after recent discussions in lugnet.cad.dev, Partsref's category browsing pages have been (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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| | NGLTC pictures from the October Greenberg show
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The North Georgia LEGO Train Club survived another show, we had a blast. Not only was there the standard layout, we had a few new additions. Including the Kids Layout (great stuff these guys built), video train camera (got to see the layout though (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org) !
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| | Redux of Moonbase Beta-1
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If you remember a couple monthes ago i made a post about a moon base, now. I need parts. I am willing to pay $$ for LARGE ( i mean HUGE) amounts of white and grey pieces. Maybe a brickbay seller could give me a discout for buying all his/her white (...) (24 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic)
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| | SEALUG Meeting Minutes Oct. 7th, 2000
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Hi everyone, We had our second SEALUG meeting at Gary Gerdes' home yesterday. Members present: Gary & Ian Gerdes Wayne Hussey & Terri Walter Jonathan McKay Joel Parker Mark Rideout Mark Sandlin Especially notable is that Jonathan's mom drove him all (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | For the history books -- LUG & LTC dates of formation
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I am starting a list of local users group and clubs. I want it to be as complete as possible and for the history books (and, aw heck, for charts and graphs someday) I'd like to include the official dates of formation of each group/club. As a first (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.ca, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.org.nl, lugnet.org.it, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | ldraw.org going off-line for a few hours - again
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Due to some tecnical problems after the hardware upgrade yesterday, I will take ldraw.org off-line again today. I hope to have the machine up and running again before 10:00 UTC (maybe 11:00). Play well, Jacob PS: Write <sparre-sms@sslug.dk> if you (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | ldraw.org going off-line for a few hours
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In a moment I will take ldraw.org off-line to install a new harddisk. I expect to have the machine up and running again before 17:00 UTC. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- ---...--- (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | SEALUG meeting Oct. 7th
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Hi Everyone, I'm just sending out a reminder that this coming Saturday, Oct. 7th, is our second SEALUG meeting. It will be at 1pm at Gary Gerdes' house in Seattle. There is a map available if someone needs it. Most SEALUG people are already aware of (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Sehr Schnell Catalog Expands
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First, I'd like to thank everyone who voted for the Sehr Schnell Supertuning site last week for the "Cool Lego Site of the Week". Unfortunately the site didn't win, fortunately Todd saw fit to keep me on the ballot for this week, so stop by again... (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad)
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| | Finally -HUGO update -"mission log"
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This update is not big, but it will be growing every day. I added a "mission log" to my Hugo-website, and it will play an important role in the future. If you're happy with knowing just that, and don't want to ruin the surprise, then just visit the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce)
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| | ATTENTION: all current MOTM participants
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Hi, To all of the people who have entries in the LDraw MOTM competition. We have some entries that have "rolled over" for several months now. The page is getting kind of full, and I need to know if you still want your scene to continue to be in the (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | October MOTM voting - - We have a winner!
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Greetings, The winner of this months MOTM is the one and only(1) Jeremy Sproat. His 'Baby Roc' model took a commanding lead early on and just kept going. Congrats to Sproat. :-) -- Terry K -- 1. probably a good thing. (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | LCad Parts Update 2000-02 Now Available
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[FUT lugnet.cad] The LCad parts update 2000-02 is now available from ldraw.org. And it's a biggie. The update file alone is over 700K. There are more than 130 new parts in this one. Get it at (URL). Full details are available there. Steve Bliss (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev) !!
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| | My first Castle MOC - web page
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Ok, my big huge castle in progress now has a web page: (URL) isn't any new progress on the actual castle since August though. (24 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle.org.cw) !
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| | Just a little something...
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Just wanted to make a little announcement, cause Shiri's too modest to speak up...;-) www.geocities.com/sh...i_writing/ Please let her know what you think. -Chris (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.people) !
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| | October MOTM Voting is ready
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Hi all, The voting for the LDraw.org October Model Of The Month is ready to go. Come on over and take a gander at what's new, and what's still in the running. Pick your fave and make someone happy. (URL) a reminder - one vote only. The system logs (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | Unscheduled reboot
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The server was rebooted a few minutes ago in connection with cleaning up some areas of the disk that were overflowing from logs. This didn't affect web or news functionality but was preventing email from coming in or going out. I apologize for the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | FBTB Coverage of Galactic Challenge Event
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Hey! Tim Saupe -- From Bricks to Bothans -- asked me to post some information on coverage they're doing of the Galactic Challenge contest that was held on Friday. Here's the link: (URL) winners were David Michon (US) in the 5-10 age category, and (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.legoland) !
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| | HOORAY! STAR WARS EPISODE 1 VALUE PACK!!!!
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This is the greatest LEGO deal of all time. You get a 7111 Droid Fighter, a 7101 Lightsaber Duel, and a 7131 Anakin's Podracer... all for $16.99 (Canada!) The original prices of these sets total $36.97, and Anakin's Podracer alone costs $18.99- so (...) (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce)
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| | Mark Goes for Donuts
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Hi Everyone, Check out my new story. (URL) thanks to Coby Bassett for help with dialogue. ~Mark -- Mark's Lego Creations (URL) (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Robo Riders on sale at Zellers
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Zellers has a Robo Rider sale September 23 to September 29. They are normally $9.99 and are on sale for $8.00. (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce)
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| | Finally -site re-launch!
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Finally, I've made the complete updated version of my website! Most of the things I had on it is gone. My old creations are not there anymore, except for their DAT's, and that table-menu to the right is gone as well. So, what's new then? I've now (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.space, lugnet.publish, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: meeting in September?...WHEN?
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Since I've seen only one response so far, I thought I'd cross-post this in an attempt to get more responses. (Plz note that follow-up has been re-directed to ".org.us.dixielug".) Thanks, Franklin (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.loc.us.al, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us.tn, lugnet.loc.us.ky, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.loc.us.sc, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | September 23rd Toronto Lego Event
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Hi folks, 6th Annual Lego Robotics Event Saturday September 23rd 2000-10AM Competitors, 1PM Audience St Michael's College Theatre, University of Toronto 121 St Joseph Street Just wanted to announce the 6th Semi-Annual Lego Robotics Event, taking (...) (24 years ago, 17-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | Announcing new set database
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LUGNET is pleased to announce a new and improved LEGO set database: (URL) over the previous database include: New Display Options Chose compact lists, thumbnails, or fully-detailed pages to browse through. Smarter Searches Display any range of set (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | THE ULTIMATE LEGO SHOPPING BUY - LIFESIZE VADER
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FAO has it: "Can there be anything more intimidating than Darth Vadar? Only if he’s standing in your room, protecting your own Lego creations. Made by Lego Master Builders and standing approximately seven feet tall, this Darth Vadar is virtually (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce)
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| | Two original Technic creations
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Hi folks, I've just put a new website online with a couple of my recent Technic creations, a "technic figure scale" skid steer loader and a mobile crane. The loader is fully operated by pneumatics and motors, and the crane by motors. I've put a lot (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build) !!
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| | Greg's Lair of ABS closing for good...
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Hi everyone, I just thought that I'd let everyone know that in a few days I'll be closing down Greg's Lair of ABS for good. You can see the old place here: (URL) of the stuff isn't working anymore because I took it off. My site ain't dead yet, (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Matt's LEGO Train Depot new home
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Matt’s LEGO Train Depot has moved to it’s new home on the North Georgia LEGO Train Club’s site ((URL) We are proud to be able to host the site and plan on maintaining the site in much the same quality way that Matt Bates has done since it’s (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains) !
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| | Web Deals launch on Bricks on the Brain!
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Greetings! Today, Bricks on the Brain would like to announce that we now have our Web Deals functionality ready. If you had signed up to receive our email alerts, you should be receiving an email in your inbox shortly! If you haven't signed up yet, (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Sehr Schnell 8448 Upgrades!
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Sehr Schnell, the world's premier LEGO™ automotive performance tuner, is proud to present our fall 2000 product line. We have now stepped into the 8448 upgrade market by offering our 419Hp BiTurbo kit! Our 8880 catalog has also been increased, now (...) (24 years ago, 11-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce) !
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| | the best laid plans of mice and men
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As many of you are aware, tomorrow (September 11) is the scheduled launch date for the new LEGO.com (aka "LEGO.new"), which features a new interface and content architecture as well as the introduction of LEGO Shop At Home online and to several (...) (24 years ago, 10-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general) !
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| | New LUGNET Feature: Crossword Puzzles
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Hi all, I've made an interactive crossword puzzle on a web page here at LUGNET. You'll notice by the clues that it's made with the LEGO enthusiast in mind. It runs in Java and has features for checking your puzzle as you go and for help filling in (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun) !!
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| | Here we grow again! - Bricks on the Brain
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Greetings! Bricks on the Brain is at it again! We would like to announce a partnership with Charles Adams to incorporate his Web Deals functionality at (URL) into BricksontheBrain.com. Bricks on the Brain is now collecting all the LEGO deals, (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general)
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| | A LEGOLAND California employee is in your midst
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I am pleased to announce that one of your very own is now a LEGO Company employee! I now live in Southern California and was hired to be the Manager of Sales, Promotions and Sponsorships for LEGOLAND California. My job is awesome and the people here (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | Update to My Site
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I have been updating my Legofield Fire Company site over the past few weeks. I've added new pictures & images(more photos are on the way), added .dat files which are accesed by clicking on the images, and also department info and even a map. I'd (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO Stegosaurus Sculpture
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Well boys and girls, I'm finally done with my large scale, LEGO dinosaur sculpture. Come check it out... (URL) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | FYI: Free Storage Cases from Storit
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In my search for perfect Lego storage, I stumbled upon this. Promotional giveaway - looks like a decent enough case - and free! (free shipping too - now THAT's *really* free! How to: 1) register 2) buy the box (listed as $0.00) 3) at checkout, (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.announce)
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| | VLC to webcast their first (Webcast) meeting!
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Saterday Sept. 9 2000 1pm pst till late... The VLC (Vancouver Lego Club) will be webcasting their 'build a thon' meeting. The webcam will be located on the VLC website located at: Vancouver Lego Club: (URL) can be posted to the lugnet.org.ca.vlc (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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| | BrickDB announcement
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Hi. What happens when you combine a computer geek and a lego geek? I create this: (URL) a database driven website for keepin' track of your collection of legos. There are a set of admin pages used for adding users/themes/sets/li...s/managing your (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Announcing the Brickwise™ Shopping Report
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We're pleased to announce a new feature on LUGNET: an online shopping report tool to help you find LEGO sets at online retailers quickly and easily: (URL) and Enjoy! --Todd & Suz (24 years ago, 4-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | edy lego art
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Did I already show you this? (URL) fun. F-Up -> lugnet.fun eddy -- (URL) (24 years ago, 3-Sep-00, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | White Rabbit LEGO Mosaic
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Well, I have managed to complete another 'Alice in Wonderland' themed LEGO piece. This one a large mosaic; (URL) ---...--- Eric Harshbarger / eric@ericharshbarger.org / www.ericharshbarger.org "Oh please, if people are going to start telling the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce) !
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