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| After the Hoth display was done, I've been asked if I also do other themes besides Star Wars. The conversation led to building a cruise ship where I've agreed to do it on the store premises using the Pick-A-Brick wall at my discretion. The build (...) (17 years ago, 23-Mar-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| |  | | Salisbury Cathedral
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| Salisbury Cathedral,located in southern England, will this year celebrate its 750th anniversary. The cathedral was completed in 1258 but the spire was not added until 1320. At the moment my MOC is also without a spire. Ive attempted to build it a (...) (17 years ago, 22-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.arch) !!
| |  | | Narrow Gauge 0-4-0
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| This year's Brickvention Build-In-Bag challenge was: [LEGOSet 4837] I was quite taken by the set, and the possibilities of rebuilding it to minifig scale, but preserving the gauge and, more or less, the width. Eventually, the wheel arrangement, the (...) (17 years ago, 22-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| |  | | technic furniture
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| many years ago i gave away my technic pieces. i felt they had no value (i know, i know, how innocent i was). i didn't feel i had a future building cranes or robots or motorized mocs, ;). how little i knew giving away those gears and things with (...) (17 years ago, 22-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
| |  | | new moc: double decker house
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| (URL) when our lug required a quick infill for our annual display at railfair last october, i made this double decker house with dance studio and ballroom. again, it was loosely based on a house i had seen for a brief moment on a renovation/extreme (...) (17 years ago, 21-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX) !
| |  | | First Flight of the Verdant Fern
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| (2 URLs) flickr> (URL) Hi all, I made a diorama to go with my latest two (URL) MOCs>. Comments and criticisms welcome, Tim (17 years ago, 19-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !
| |  | | The Brick Testament - David vs His Own People
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| WARNING: This post contains links to MOCs illustrating subject matter that may be considered inappropriate for children. (URL) The Brick Testament> website has been updated today with (URL) new illustrated stories> that bring to a close the epic (...) (17 years ago, 19-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
| |  | | Toronto Star Box
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| Last fall I was commissioned by the Toronto Star to do a live one day build as part of a promotion (new sales feature they were launching) at a conference hosted by Strategy Magazine at the Sheraton Hotel (downtown Toronto). (URL) More pics (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 19-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX) !!
| |  | | Dogfighters 2137: Verdant Fern and an automobile
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| (3 URLs) BS> Hi all, I sort of accidentally came up with a new 'subtheme' recently which I've dubbed (URL) Dogfighters 2137> and where the aesthetic is a little bit art deco, a little bit retro future and a little bit WWII. It's rare for me to stick (...) (17 years ago, 18-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.space, FTX) !
| |  | | Gangsters!
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| The Indy fedora sure comes in handy for this theme... (2 URLs) Blood and Bullets> (2 URLs) Scarface> "Big Daddy" Nelson (17 years ago, 18-Mar-08, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| |  | | Old Dutch Farm
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| Hi there, I'm building a farm set in the 1920s of the last century. It's a farm nearby, a village called Bunnik. The farm isn't ready yet, but some vehicles and little scenes are. So I like to share with you: The chicken: (URL) The hay cart: (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 17-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
| |  | | Micro Train Layout
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| Here is a short vid of "phase two" of my "moving moc" Micro Train Layout from our last show. (URL) layout features many souvenir micro sets (three Brickfest, a Brick World one, and a BrickVention one), and a few stock Lego sets. It also has many (...) (17 years ago, 16-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale) !!
| |  | | staircase studies
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| (URL) i have been experimenting with a variety of designs to create curved staircases, and in some cases, wavy staircases. the designs here are all based on the same concept, but each varies slightly in building techniques using different stud (...) (17 years ago, 14-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX) !
| |  | | Mini 10185 Green Grocer by Chiukeung
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| Hello, This is chiukeung from Hong Kong (HKLUG) and first time to post in LUGNET, I would like to present my new creation - Mini 10185 Green Grocer, which uses over 450 pcs and took two weeks to build. welcome to give me your comments. :) Enjoys, (...) (17 years ago, 13-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.loc.hk, FTX) !!
| |  | | new moc: candy cane
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| a fellow afol and i are trying to prod each other to post more mocs that were built in the past and never made it to the light of day. as we were lamenting (that's the kind word for what we were really doing) our lack of recent contribution to the (...) (17 years ago, 13-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX)
| |  | | New (to you) trains
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| Well it had been a slow couple of weeks for new train MoCs, but I see that trend has already changed in the last few days. And now here I am to add my 2c to the pile. I'm slowly clearing through my backlog of creations and getting them up to (...) (17 years ago, 13-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| |  | | Wind turbines
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| Inspired by the last FLL theme, I figured out it would be nice to have wind turbines as part of the layout... even if they actually might not produce energy. At first I thought of having one (micro) motor on each of them, but that would get a bit (...) (17 years ago, 12-Mar-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| |  | | Trogladyte V 2.0
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| Hello again! As I mentioned in my prevoius post, I had a VERY productive week. I'd been meaning to revisit this beastie for a while now, and yesterday's blizzard gave me just the impetus I needed. I present to you the new and improved Trogladyte V (...) (17 years ago, 10-Mar-08, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
| |  | | New Mech, Basilisk
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| Hello all, Had a very productive week. I built a new mech that I have dubbed the Basilisk. There are 5 variations of the design. Primary Config: (URL) config A: (URL) B: (URL) C: (URL) D: (URL) mech was designed to work in conjunction with both the (...) (17 years ago, 10-Mar-08, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
| |  | | Maryland & Pennsylvania RR NW2 Diesel Switcher #81
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| Maryland & Pennsylvania NW2 Diesel Switcher #81 (URL) Originally formed in 1901 from several narrow gauge lines, the now standard gauge Maryland & Pennsylvania RR railroad (Ma & Pa to its fans) traced a meandering seventy-seven mile route to connect (...) (17 years ago, 10-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
| |  | | iBook stand
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| (URL) iBook stand made of ZNAP> I have been meaning to do this project for years and a reasonable solution popped into my head as I was driving. It took about 5 minutes to assemble and adjust once I had the brainstorm. The edge of the iBook is (...) (17 years ago, 7-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| |  | | Captain Lucky
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| It's been awhile since I made a vignette. I found a new use for those Rebel minifig heads today: (URL) "Big Daddy" Nelson (17 years ago, 7-Mar-08, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| |  | | Ghost Train
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| (URL) Point Brique Ghost Train, as seen at Brickvention 2008 (where it won second prize) and on (URL). While Ive built hundreds of MOCs over the years, its only recently that Ive become interested in building amusement rides. Inspired by Stump (...) (17 years ago, 5-Mar-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| |  | | Captain Winthrop's Personal Air Conveyance
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| As my first foray into both announcing an MOC and entering a contest, I present this little flyer. It's an entry in ReasonablyClever.com's LEGO Steampunk in 50 Bricks or Less contest. [Captain Winthrop's Personal Air Conveyance] (URL) [LEGO (...) (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc)
| |  | | Town diorama and a few new MOCs
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| Our club is doing an Exhibition in Budapest, so finally I had the opportunity to assemble my town diorama I've been building for over a year now. The whole layout is much bigger, my stuff is just 25% percent of it. (2 URLs) A club member suggested (...) (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| |  | | Post Apocalypse roundup
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| The Flickr Apocalego contest sent me into a building rampage, and these are the results: For the "No Survivors" category, the Empty Swingset: (URL) Only the wind pushes the swings anymore. It doesn't really scream "apocalypse" to me as much as I had (...) (17 years ago, 2-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| |  | | MECH BAY 13 - Big Blue breaks out!
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| MECH BAY 13 ==== (URL) Big Blue> breaks out! (7 URLs) Deep Links (6 URLs) ==== (URL) Mech Bay 13> (2 URLs) Eric Sophie> (17 years ago, 1-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
| |  | | Lego superhero comic
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| Hello everyone, I posted a new chapter in my ongoing Lego superhero comic, (URL) The Unlikely Society>. Villainous plots are revealed, and the heroes attempt to both rescue their friend and save humanity from a terrible fate involving really awful (...) (17 years ago, 29-Feb-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| |  | | Renault Magnum with stepframe trailer laden with a CAT D7R dozer
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| Hi all, It has been a while since I finished a new MOC. But the model I've added to my (URL) website> today took me more than two years to build. And it has a different color than the previous ones: oranges. That was also the main reason it took so (...) (17 years ago, 25-Feb-08, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| |  | | SLICE-T
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| Taking a quick break for the moonbase project I put together a new SLICE after the (URL) December went crash> and took some other MOC's with it. This is the SLICE-T, a hack job by the EB R&D team to create a quick and inexpensive way to deliver some (...) (17 years ago, 25-Feb-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX)
| |  | | Urban Pool Hall
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| Hello, I had been uninspired lately but broke out of it (for a little while, anyway) to build this Pool Hall. I hope this is the first of many more buildings for my new layout. (Urban Landscape 2008/2009) (4 URLs) After mod: (URL) This was built on (...) (17 years ago, 21-Feb-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !!
| |  | | more vehicles
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| More vintage vehicles for my retro layout... (6 URLs) Disclaimer: work in progress, some part are substituted with odd colors... Akos (17 years ago, 20-Feb-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
| |  | | Three MOCs - space, trains and a vignette
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| ...although only two are actually new. Estonian Hopper (URL) Well this one isn't new but I've finally taken photos of my old Estonian hopper design. Seven-wide and mixing new and old brown. Street Fashion (URL) My attempt at capturing the (...) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
| |  | | It's the machines that control the surface now...
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| Over at CS there is a black fantasy contest generating some interesting biomechanical models. I was able to generate a few myself. The more difficult part is not designing or building but photographing an all black creation. I usually depend on the (...) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-08, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
| |  | | The Quillion
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| (Came across this over on (URL) Brickiwiki> and had to repost here.) (URL) JeremyLego's> entry in Brickiwiki's February (URL) Mixed-Theme Mashup> building challenge: (URL) Quillion>> (URL) The Quillion> (a mashup of Space and Castle) Jeremy always (...) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.contests, FTX)
| |  | | The Beetle and the Lion
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| Ive built two more armored vehicles, the Beetle armored recovery vehicle and the Lion self-propelled artillery gun: The CBU Beetle is an Armored Combat Engineer Vehicle. It is used to repair damaged armored vehicles in the field or, if need by, tow (...) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-08, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc)
| |  | | The Brick Testament - Rape, Murder, Revolt, and Strange Advice
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| WARNING: This post contains links to MOCs illustrating subject matter that may be considered inappropriate for children. (URL) The Brick Testament> website has been updated today with seven new illustrated stories following the continuing saga of (...) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
| |  | | Stonehenge and Chichen Itza
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| These were built for the upcoming March 2008 "Around the World in 80 Days" themed TexLUG display. I think I did a pretty decent job, considering I'm working with inventory scraps and leftovers. Stonehenge (2 URLs) Flickr> (URL) Brickshelf> I was (...) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.org.us.texlug, FTX) !
| |  | | Indiana Jones Lego Store Display
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| Since it's very unlikely that the tank would be done for the Indiana Jones sets, I tried to do my version of it based from pics that I found in the book From Star Wars To Indiana Jones. Now it's on display in the LEGO store at Bridgewater Mall in (...) (17 years ago, 16-Feb-08, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| |  | | Balrog v. Harry Potter
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| I didn't start out to build a (URL) Terror of the Deep>, it just sort of happened. (URL) (17 years ago, 13-Feb-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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