 | | LDraw MOTM winner for February 2001
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Wow, This was a *close* one. Tim, biting his nails over the outcome, has been needling me to count the votes and resolve which one is the winner. He will be happy to know that this months winner is Amnon Silverstein and his scene "Hot Rod Race". (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | New organization: Mutual Aid Assosciation of Lego Fire Departments
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Good evening, I am posting this per request of Shane Brunazzi on behalf of the new group formed for those who create firefighting apparatus using Lego. The group's name is Mutual Aid Assosciation of Lego Fire Departments, or MAALFD for short. There (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town) !
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| | New newsgroups for LEGO Technic Slizer/ThrowBots, RoboRiders, and Bionicle
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Three new subgroups of lugnet.technic have just been created -- one for each of Slizer (a.k.a. ThrowBots), RoboRiders, and Bionicle. CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== lugnet.technic (group and hierarchy): LEGO TECHNIC®: products (information, opinions, (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.technic)
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| | 10 wide AM General HMMWV MOC
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For everyone who wanted to see a Humvee instead of a Hummer, I've modified the original quite a bit to create a military vehicle that looks a lot less tame than the civilian model. As always, please LMKWYT and feel free to use the rating form on the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.modelteam) !
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| | 1957 Chevy Corvette pics
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Hi everyone! It's been a while since I've posted anything at all so I figured I'd announce my latest project. I recently finished an 8-wide '57 'Vette. I have quite a few renderings of different styles of the car on my Brickshelf page. See (URL) car (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Jambalaya Mini-junk box #1 - New Idea for Jambalaya
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Ok, having just came up with a new idea for a junk box, I'm getting ready to start a new one. This will be a small box which should just cost a buck or two to ship. What I'm looking for in people to sign up is: + 0-3 (1) people who have a few parts (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.announce)
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| | Acronym FAQ Update - links to sets, "play themes" and "lego lines"
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Hi everyone, I just updated the LEGO Acronym FAQ: (URL) free to visit, bookmark it if you'd like, and of course comment if there's anything to comment about. I added links directly to all sets and themes mentioned. -Shiri P.S. I'm not quite so sure (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | www.brickset.com rehosted
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Brickset has been rehosted, onto a server in the US, which should mean it is quicker for those in the US, as well as being more reliable. I have personally been experiencing some DNS errors connecting to it today, but that might be because the (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish)
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| | Ohioans build giant green arch and working ferris wheel!
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Come see the picture from our latest gathering in Northeast Ohio: (URL) old classic sets are Adrian's The cool bug is Gino's The idea for the arch was Gino's, and the large arch was built by Gino and Adrian. The smaller arch was built by Eric. The (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.oh) !
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| | MOC: Brick mixer
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You will find the Brick mixer at (URL) device reads a value on a card, then an arm places colored bricks picked from four feeders on a conveyor belt, ordered according the value read. You will find here photos, films, code and full building (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics) !
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| | More Dinosaur Instructions now online!
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NEW Allosaur head with biting action- (URL) for those who haven't seen it- (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce) !
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| | 10 wide Hummer MOC
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I've put the photos up on my redesigned website: (URL) slightly different from the one in the two pictures in my Brickshelf gallery, and there are of course many more pictures of it. Details include a winch, opening doors, 4 comfortable seats, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.publish) !!
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| | MOTM voting for February
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Salutations virtual brickheads, Voting for the ldraw.org MOTM is now up and running; (URL) intriguing variety this time 'round. -- Terry K -- (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | "Lego-Bowl 2001" to take place in Cleveland, Ohio on January 27, 2001
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Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, It is once again time for all fans of the brick in the vicinity of Ohio to gather and play! In honor of that "other" event that will also be happening this weekend, I have cristened the event "Lego-Bowl 2001". Event Info: (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.akr, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cin, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, lugnet.loc.us.oh.day, lugnet.loc.us.oh.tol, lugnet.loc.us.oh.you, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | [rtlToronto] rtlToronto 7 Event on February 17th, 2001
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rtlToronto 7: The Plastic Dust is Normal! Saturday February 17th, 2001, 10AM Competitors, 1PM Audience Lillian H Smith Branch, Toronto Public Library 239 College St, Toronto. Just west of St George and east of Spadina. Hi folks, Only a month till (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Town building contest update
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We're progressing well with entries for the Town building contest. There are many buildings and vehicles so far, but we could do with more entries in the large and small boats and ships, dioramas, structures, aircraft, microfig, and macro scale (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.trains, lugnet.boats)
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| | L3P v1.3 20010120
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As you can read in "The motive to L3P" it was Lutz Uhlmann's LGEO library (or rather its incompleteness) that inspired me to get started in the LDRAW business. It resulted in my L3 (Lego+Ldraw+Lars) project, which has spun off L3P and L3Lab. The (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray) !!
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| | Re: Scheduled downtime 18 Jan 2001 for memory upgrade
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(...) The memory upgrade is now complete -- although it wasn't 100% successful. The system's motherboard was reluctant to recognize any DIMMs in the 3rd slot, meaning we failed get to 768 MB and we are stuck with only 512 MB. It may be a faulty (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Scheduled downtime 18 Jan 2001 for memory upgrade
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(...) My apologies -- this didn't happen today as planned. My guy at the other end of the line (where the lugnet.com box is co-located) called in sick yesterday and today[1], so the upgrade is postponed. I'll post again when we have a new date and (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Buying lego FAQ updated - new questions and answers.
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I've added a resource list of stores in Utah (thanks to Mike Quesnell), and 2 new sets of questions on buying on eBay and international buying (thanks to William Brumbach for the suggested questions). The updated version is now available at (URL) . (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.faq, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Instruction and Catalog scans
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I'd like to remind everyone that uses the BrickShelf gallery that *complete* instruction and catalog scans do not belong in gallery folders. Uploading that material has always been a violation of the TOS. I'd like to explain some reasons for this: (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !
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| | Missing stickers
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Not quite sure if this is the place for this posting, but here goes- i bought 2 ucs x-wings recently, one from TRU and one from e-toys (which has them for 50% off right now) and BOTH of them were missing the tech spec decal sheet! Does anyone know (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Online Ideas Page...
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I've updated my page, and will be updating it multiple times today, I've decided to stick with the JPEG's for now, the GIF's turned out to be larger & slower loading. If a model has more then 10 steps it will get more then one page, with 10 steps (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.town, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.basic, lugnet.boats, lugnet.castle, lugnet.sports)
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| | Technic Aeroplane
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Hi, My technic aeroplane can be viewed through the link on my LEGO page: (URL) has working extendible flaps, ailerons, rudder, elevators, joystick, and six cylinder rotary engine. There are also instructions for some of the features. As usual any (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce)
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| | New Online Ideas page!
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I have started an online ideas page, with directions created with MLCAD. All ideas come with a full parts list, usually in order of use, and all pages are printable. To view this page go to: (URL) am also taking idea at shi_web@hotmail.com , and you (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.town, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.basic, lugnet.boats, lugnet.castle, lugnet.sports)
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| | Scheduled downtime 18 Jan 2001 for memory upgrade
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On Thursday, 18 Jan 2001 at approximately 5:00 pm EST, lugnet.com will go offline briefly for a memory upgrade (adding another 640 MB of DRAM). This will involve shutting down the webservers and newsserver and physically powering down the machine. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | New Crossword Puzzle: 003
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Hi all, I've made another interactive crossword puzzle 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 words that (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Lego car!?!
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You probably already know this, but Lego.com has info on a car called the "Inmotion or something". It is a car either designed or sponsered by lego. Go and check it out! NICK Will lego be a car company in 2001? (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce)
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| | 8 wide Dodge Viper RT10
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Got the windshield, so I took the pictures. (URL) (more to come, maybe): (URL) files: (URL) always, please LMKWYT! --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.announce) !
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| | New LUG -- RichLUG
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Hi I just wanted to announce that I am starting a LUG here in Richmond Va. I have several friends who are interested in taking part in this endeavor and we would like to welcome anyone who wants to take a look at our activities in the future to come (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Every Magazine Scans are now online
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Above says it all - Just opened on 19:00 GMT 13th Jan 2001 www.lugmag.co.uk Note There may be missing scans that I don't know of or its not display please let me know, and I will update the archive Also, full indexing will come soon, with full (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Lego Cool Kids page (Lizzie's trip to Antarctica)
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Lego sponsored my daughter Lizzie to go on the Students On Ice expedition to Antarctica over the Xmas break, and they've just put put up a page which will have her journal and pictures on it soon. it's at: (URL) House: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| | My Space Web Site is up!
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My space web site is up. uh... so check it out! (URL) Hyde ehyde@mac.com (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space)
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| | About Colors (article)
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hey all, i keep seeing interesting posts about color schemes and design aesthetics, so I'm revising the order in which I'm putting up tutorials/tips on my website. I'll be putting up the "About Colors" diatribe in the "Aesthetics" section of my site (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Back to the Future DeLorean
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I knew there was a reason I brought my LEGO collection home for break besides sorting the miscellaneous parts... This may come as a bit of an anticlimax after the Diablo, but I just finished a Miniland scale (12 wide) rendition of the time machine (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.space) !!
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| | Lego to make Xbox, online games for Microsoft
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(URL) article says that Lego will make nonexclusive games for the Xbox, and "activities" for the children's section of the Microsoft Network. (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Bart Simpson, LEGO sculpture
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All, I have a very brief webpage detailing my latest LEGO model: a three and a half foot 'Bart Simpson'. (URL) ---...--- Eric Harshbarger / eric@ericharshbarger.org / www.ericharshbarger.org "Oh please, if people are going to start telling the (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Model Team scale Lamborghini Diablo 6.0
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I believe my LEGO Diablo phase has come to an end...I think I have finally succeeded in creating a likeness (but that's for you to decide). Modeled after the latest Diablo, my LEGO rendition is fully motorized (with a geared motor and a micromotor (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam) !!
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| | Instruction Libraries for LUGs
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Todd and I have aprox 10 cubic feet of sorted LEGO set instructions which I wish to distribute. There are many copies of some sets, few of others. They represent somewhere around 250 different LEGO sets of all types. If put into page protectors, (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.org, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Fuji Power Armor
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I recently created a Brickshelf account and uploaded pics of my latest creation, Fuji Power Armor. (URL) goal when building the armor was to create a mech along the lines of the Scopedog and those in Heavy Gear-- small, bulky armor that looks more (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce)
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| | New Lego Website
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hello all, i am new to lugnet, but not to legos :-) I have put up a lego website of my own @ (URL) models, tips, sci fi art, etc. please enjoy thx much, -paul p.s. feedback is always appreciated, here or via the website. (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Town building contest begins!
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Announcing the first annual Town building contest! Go here for details: (URL) must be in by Feb 15th. Kevin ---...--- Victorian House: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) store: (URL) auctions: (URL) Lego Web page: (URL) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Ed Boxer's website has new URL
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Geocities changed their naming conventions. Any links to my website will need to be reset. Simply delete the tilda, "~", before edboxer ("www.geocities.com/...lego.html" to "www.geocities.com/e...go.html"). (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce)
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| | Possible virus in "complete.exe"
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Bad news: According to Bas Oskamp <aldjia@freeler.nl> the LDraw parts distribution file, "complete.exe", may contain a virus. I have temporarily made the file unavailable on the ldraw.org web site. Meanwhile the parts distribution is available as a (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | LDraw MOTM Winner for January 2001
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Hey all, Sorry for being a few days late.... This months winner - by a *very* large margin - is Brad Hamilton and his beautiful Cathedral of Ice: (URL) architectural design and detail - good job, Brad. -- Terry K -- (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Announcing the "Buying LEGO" FAQ
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Some months ago I started writing a "Buying LEGO" FAQ with the idea of linking to it from my eBay auctions so as to help (especially beginner) LEGO buyers find what they needed without paying through the nose for it. It got put on the back burner (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.faq, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.theory) !
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| | Winners in the First Annual Classic Space Set Design and Building Contest
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The votes have been cast, tallied, and audited -- it's time to announce the winning entries! 30 people entered a total of 67 entries. There were a total of 205 vote- points applied to the entries and tallied up. Thanks to everyone who participated, (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | News search function reactivated (was: News search function temporarily disabled)
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The LUGNET News search function is now re-enabled. I completely revamped the index data structures and list-merge algorithm and rewrote the core query engine in C. It's a much more solid implementation. Everyone's patience during the outage is much (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | New newsgroups for LEGO moviemaking, still photography, and HTML
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Three new subgroups of lugnet.publish have just been created. Some of these are long overdue. Accordingly, the breadth of the main .publish group has been scaled back slightly. Legal issues are still part of the main .publish group (i.e., not their (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.publish)
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| | Proposal: TOWN building contest
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(Forgot to post this to .announce originally - FUT .town) In the spirit of the recent Classic Space building contest, I'm proposing (and am willing to organise) a building contest for us TOWN junkies. I have some ideas of how we can do it (and I've (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | January LDraw MOTM Competition
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Wow. That time of month (and year!) again. Sneaks up on a person. Some really excellent entries this month. This ones gonna be tough: (URL) the entries that included them, I have added page links to the model names. Adds a little to the fun, I (...) (24 years ago, 24-Dec-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Elwood and Bubbas' Big A** Crane
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Is now up for your enjoyment: (URL) and Bubbas' Big A** Ship is now at: (URL) and Bubbas' House-o-Lego is here: (URL) & Bubba (24 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: STUDS at Powerhouse!
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(...) Here it is! (URL) on the thumbnails for larger (blurrier) images. If I've missed anything special, let me know and I'll update the report. For more info check out James' post at (URL) . While in FTX mode I've also thrown together a homepage (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.general)
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| | The Animated Brick Co. Presents: SANTA 2000
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Yuletide Greetings to All! I have updated my website, The ABC Showcase, with some holiday related videos. The main feature is the stop-motion animation video "Santa 2000" which was created last year as part of my Video Greeting Card for friends and (...) (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | LDraw.org announces new MLCad subdomain and re-organization of resources
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For the past week, I have been working with Michael Lachmann and Jacob Sparre Andersen to give LDraw.org a more MLCad focus. We are proud to announce the new subdomain at LDraw.org: (URL) notice there's not much there yet. Because of some unforseen (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !!
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| | Hard to find 12v track at Georgia LEGO Outlet store
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The Georgia LEGO Outlet store has recieved a shipment of hard to find 12v track, and some other little goodies. Train: 7858 12v switch points 19.60 7850 12v/4.5v straight track 6.99 7855 12v curved electric rails 6.99 Technic 8408 Desert Ranger (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Post Count
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We should all congratulate Julie Krenz on the 200,00th post since LUGNET was started! Her post can be viewed here: (URL) McMillin P.S. At the current rate, 300,000 will arrive in about 159 days(May 22, 2001). (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | Looking For Ali Vahidsafa still
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Mr Ali Vahidsafa please contact me regarding the pirate sets you wish to part with. Thank you, Jon Furman (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Announcing the Seattle Mindstorms and Robotic Techies
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After the November 6th "Workshop 3D LEGO RCX Challenge" in Seattle, Gus Jansson and I decided it was time to start a LEGO Robot specific group in this area. Well, it's about a month later, and we're through talking, time for some action! So this is (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, lugnet.loc.us.wa.tac, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.technic) !
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| | Announcement for Train Event in Braunschweig/Germany
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Hi Folks, as some of you might have heared already, the FGLTC (First German Lego® Train Club) is starting the 5th train event in Braunschweig / Northern Germany. Braunschweig is a town right between Hannover and Berlin (and for e.g. just 415 km away (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
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| | Battlestar Galactica on Mars?
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Has anyone else noticed the distinct name sharing going on between life on Mars and battlestar galactica, the most horrilbe, yet strangely entertaining, space saga known to man? The air tube hangar comes with minifigs named Riegel, and Cassiopeia. (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.space)
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| | News search function temporarily disabled
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The system crashed again. Either it's running out of memory and that's causing a downward spiral or it's running out of CPU cycles and starving enough processes to build up and cause a meltdown. Either way some tuning needs to be done. This is going (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.announce) !
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| | edy lego art: Magic Movers can do it
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Magic Movers can do it. See (URL) lugnet.fun (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | BYFMTWW: Bring Your Favorite Minifig To Work Week
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Almost forgot! -- BYFMTWD is right around the corner!!! (...) [The above is from 1 year ago. :-] Timothy, that sounds great to me! What does everyone else think? If you bring your favorite minifig to work this week (Monday the 11th through Friday (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | 1 of 3 FULL-SIZE Lego Darth Vader's available!
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Good evening! I have the means of getting 1 of 3 FULL SIZE Lego Darth Vader's in the world. This guy is absolutely phenomenal. He stands about 7 feet tall and an average human's width. The piece count is basically unknown but you can imagine how (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | MARS INFO!
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(URL) is updated!!! It has info on the sets and figures. Also, on the enlarged picture of the base, it shows that the mars guys shot through the pipes do have a "container", so it isn't just a dry waterslide! Check it out! NICK ;^D (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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There's a new TLC press release at: (URL) the good stuff: (URL) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.org, lugnet.robotics) !!
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| | NELUG Meeting, 12-18-2k 19:30:00
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(Sorry for the wide distribution, but I didn't want to miss anyone who might be interested. Follow-ups set to lugnet.org.us.nelug) NELUG will be having its next meeting on Monday, December 18, at Bison County BBQ in Waltham, Massachusetts. The room (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.announce) !
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| | NELUG Train Show Pictures
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Here's some more pictures of the NELUG train show this weekend. (URL) show was a blast! Unfortunately I wasn't able to contribute significant amounts of brick, but perhaps next time. The models on the layout were amazing, and the layout was a hit at (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general) !
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| | MOTM entrance question
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Hi all, Just a quick survey of opinion. Given the fact that I oversee the voting, is there any objection to me submitting an entry in the MOTM? Am I trustworthy enough to handle it, or would it be preferable to have some oversight of the results? (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Winner of the December 2000 ldraw MOTM is.......
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Hi all, I was going to do this later, but won't have time, so mid-Saturday it is. The winner for December 2000 is "the Gorgon" by William Fitzgerald. (URL) William for a very cool model. Most all the entries did pretty well, but William had a clear (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Life on mars now available at shop.lego.com!!!
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ALL the LOM sets are available at shop.lego.com, including the areo tube hanger(out of stock though, but to be shipped by Dec 12)! I didn't check the new star wars yet though. NICK :^A (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | There WILL Be african-american figures in 2001?!? (or will they? 2002?)
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In the fourth Harry Potter book (The Goblet Of Fire), it clearly states and I quote: "A tall black girl who played chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, Angelina came over to them,". Angelina is mentioned multiple times, so she will probably (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.announce)
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| | NELUG to display its first Train Layout this weekend in Wilmington MA
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The New England LEGO Users Group (NELUG) will be participaiting in their first ever train show this weekend (December 2nd and 3rd) at the Greenberg Train Show in Wilmington MA. Show times are: Saturday, December 2nd 11:00am - 5:00pm Sunday, December (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma) !
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| | [rtlToronto] The Plastic Dust is Normal, February 17th, 2001
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The Plastic Dust is Normal: rtlToronto 7 Lego Robotics Event presented by rtlToronto, a Group for Lego Enthusiasts in the Greater Toronto and Southern Ontario Area February 17th, 2001 Toronto Public Library, Lillian H Smith Branch 239 College (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events)
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| | MOTM voting irregularities - Florida all over again?
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Hi all, OK, listen up. This message is for a small percentage of people out there. Voting more than once for a model does not work. All IP addresses are logged and it is easy to spot duplicates. Duplicates are deducted from the score. Easy to spot, (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | MLCAD Tutorial in french - Tutoriel MLCAD en français
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Bonjour à tous. Le tutoriel pour MLCAD est disponible en français sur la page officielle (URL) The tutorial for MLCAD is available in french on the official page (URL) Klein (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | December 2000 LDraw MOTM competition
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Hi all, It is that time of the month again(1) - time to vote! And unlike Florida, I have no problem hand-counting votes. So shake off any excess chads and visit: (URL) real good entries this month - an excellent variety. Plus the winner will be the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Website & Entries page for Classic Space contest
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I've set up some web pages on LUGNET for the 1st Annual Classic Space Set Design and Building Contest: (URL) date, we have 26 entries from 13 entrants (PLMK if I missed anyone or if an entry is misplaced): (URL) 2 entries - Itty Bitty Polybag-Size (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Lego Mindstorms Europe Tour
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This weekend there is a large meeting of the members of the largest computer club in the world (about 150,000 members) in the netherlands. On this meeting there was a display of LEGO MINDSTORMS. The LEGO Compagny has build a bar-tender with 17 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | More piece counts and prices, Techinic sighting!
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I was a Zellers in Lindsay, Ontario, and they have a lot of 2001 in stock! LEGO STUDIOS- Most sets were there, including the big one! <set:1325 Explosion Studios>. $40. <set:1354 Dino Head Attack>. $15. Has a white kitty and a baby T. rex, lots of (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO 2001 a TRU Exclusive?!?
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Yes, you read that right - I received word from LEGO about this yesterday, and FBTB has the information about the initial release in the U.S. . . . Tim Webmaster, "From Bricks to Bothans" Your Star Wars LEGO News Source (URL) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Hear ye, hear ye
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NELUG members recently got together and played a BrikWars game set in the Time of Legends. I have prepared and posted a page on Ye Olde Worlde Widee Webe and invite you all to come and have a look. (URL) holidays, eric (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Community to design new LEGO T-shirts
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Brad Justus of LEGO Direct approached us last week with a bold new idea: He would like to allow the community to design its own collection of LEGO branded items, to be sold online by The LEGO Company through a third party such as CafePress.com, with (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.general) !!
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| | LEGO.COM/mars now running!
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The LEGO company must have been waiting untill one of us found the mars sets. It looks like a mission log. Pretty cool. it has some real space photos, but so far it is only one page. Check it out! (URL) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | The LUGNET FAQ
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I've converted all of the recent questions with answers in the .faq newsgroup into FTX format. You can see the results here: (URL) let me know what you think. The FAQs about the FAQ are here: (URL) feedback about the content and the format is (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | 4819 avalible for 2.99 at S@H!! (Chrome set Rebel Chariot)
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Well, I haven't seen any posts about this so........ The 4th castle chrome set, 4819 is availible at S@H for $2.99 US!!!!!!!! Now this is good and great, but just remember, none of the chrome sets are in their computers, so you have to insist that (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Princess Mononoke/San -- LEGO sculpture
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Well, For those at all familiar with the Japanese Animation film MONONOKE HIME (PINCESS MONONOKE), I hope you enjoy viewing my latest sculpture. A five feet statue of the character 'San': (URL) not familiar with the film should probably still (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build) !!
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| | 2001 In Rome, GA... If it's here it's everywhere....
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I picked up the gray and blue Red Planet Protector #7313 this weekend. They had the scorpion looking Mech and the Lego Studio set. They probably have more to put out, but they just haven't done it yet. So like the subject says... if it's here it's (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.space)
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| | Life on Mars sets in Detroit Area!
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Hi All, I went on a metro-area-wide hunt today to find some 2001 sets, and while there's nothing impressive yet, it's looking good. The only sets I could find at any of the TRU's (and these were the only ones available at all of them, strangely) (...) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
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| | Upcoming PNLTC Events
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We have updated our calendar: (URL) next 3 events are: THIS WEEKEND! (Nov 18-19) GATS at the Western Washington Fairgrounds, Puyallup, WA 2 Shows next weekend (Nov 24-26): NMRA show at the Pacific Science Center, Seattle, WA and The Science of Toys (...) (24 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce)
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| | Another Storyline Update for UA/GA Universe
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On behalf of Kenneth Tam and I, I'd like to announce another large update to our Lego Space universe. This is the first major happening since we've linked. Enjoy. His site(GA 826): (URL) (UA Explorien Command): (URL) The updates are made to both (...) (24 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space)
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| | 2001 at Retail NOW?!?
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I have received word of the Life on Mars line hitting TRU in FL. Tim Saupé Webmaster, "From Bricks to Bothans" (URL) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | Holiday Activities at LEGOLAND California
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The holiday season is upon us and I am pleased to announce a great lineup of building activities and fun at LEGOLAND California. For those of you who live in Southern California, LEGOLAND will kick off the holiday season with the lighting of (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Legoland Windsor Photo Gallery
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I recently took a vacation to London with my folks, and Legoland Windsor was on the list of places to visit. I'm in the process of creating my webpage for the whole vacation, but Legoland Windsor was on the second day, and therefore is "done" (well, (...) (24 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish, lugnet.legoland.windsor) !
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| | LEGO Giveaway
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Howdy, ...my company is sponsoring a LEGO giveaway. To enter visit: edventures.com/giveaway?code=wr PRIZES: *1- LEGO® Technic® Resource Set 9609 plus a 1 year subscription to Edventures.COM * 3 - Slammer Racer LEGO® Kits plus a six month (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | Race pictures from Atlanta GATS
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This past weekend the North Georgia LEGO Train Club displayed at the Atlanta GATS. Pictures from the event will be load on the ngltc.org site soon. Currently I have loaded the pictures from the train races on Brickshelf. This event quickly became a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org) !
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| | www.castle-world.org !!!
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We now have a domain name thanks to Dave Eaton! Update your links if you'd like =). (URL) is registered and if you type it in it will take you to (URL) until the automated site goes live (whenever that may be). Thank you Dave! =) ~~~...~~~ In other (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !!
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| | creation of MonLUG
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Hello every one, I am proud to officially announce the creation of MonLUG, the Lego User Group of Montreal and surrounding. Thursday last week at our 4th meeting we agreed on the official name of the club. We presently have 4 members: founding (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.qc) !
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