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The editor of Stuff Magazine clearly never bought a LEGO set and failed to do any research on the costs involved. He states: "...this book turns the foundation of Western spiritual thinking into cheap plastic building blocks." Now tell me, since (...) (21 years ago, 25-Oct-03, to lugnet.books)
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(...) Rev B, I went to my mailbox before closing this evening and found a package slip designated "envelope." To my surprise it was quite heavy and firm and from my sister...under a birthday card was none other than the "The Brick Testament:..."! (...) (21 years ago, 25-Oct-03, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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The publisher of the popular new book Virtual LEGO: The Official LDraw.org guide to LDraw Tools for Windows, by Tim Courtney, Steve Bliss, and Ahui Herrera, has authorized LUGNET to distribute a sample chapter of the book as a (URL) PDF> document. (...) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.books, FTX) !
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On page 34 of the current issue (Nov 2003) of Stuff magazine, (URL) Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis> is featured in their Stuff Picks section. There's a scan of the item (URL) here> on the Brick Testament (URL) Press page>, and you (...) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.books, FTX) !
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| | Correcting some misinformation in "LEGO Software Power Tools, With LDraw, MLCad, and LPub"
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I just tested Amazon.com's new "Search inside this book" feature (which provides a cool new full-text search across the content of its books) by doing a search for "LUGNET". I found a few references in various books that I hadn't yet known about. In (...) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.books, lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general) !
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(...) I need to get off my butt and pass along some info so the Australian clubs can bulk order them. Though as I recall, I'm waiting for something to be finalized from the publisher - I'll check up on that. The Australian distributor ordered very (...) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Well, based on that, I think Virtual Lego is the one for me. I checked availability here in Australia at the local book shop today. There is one copy in the whole of Australia, and it's SEVENTY NINE DOLLARS!! (about US$55). I ended up ordering (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Neils! Glad you enjoy the book so far! I wish I could have been in Zwolle with you all. :-\ But, there's always next year! -Tim (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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I bought a copy yesterday at LegoWorld Zwolle. The price was only 31 Euro's instead of 40 USD + shipping costs. Actually they were all sold out and a new delivery was a bit delayed, but Jaco was kind enough to give me his copy ;-) On my way home by (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) --UPDATE!-- The San Jo Merc News alerted me today that this article has been postponed. I also just noticed that I gave a conflicting date above. The article had been scheduled for Saturday (tomorrow), but is now being delayed. I'll post here (...) (21 years ago, 18-Oct-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.books, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, FTX)
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My thanks to Derek Schin for pointing this one out to me. The 5 October 2003 Sunday edition of The Washington Post mentions (URL) Brick Testament book> in their Book World section. Here is the text of the article: Washington Is Also Reading ... (...) (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.books, lugnet.loc.us.dc, FTX)
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Just wanted to give a heads-up for anyone in the SF Bay Area that there will be an article on The Brick Testament in this Sunday's (18 October 2003) edition of the San Jose Mercury News. An interviwer and photographer from the paper came by my house (...) (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.books, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak)
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(...) Not that I want to rub salt in it or anything, but that's not entierly true either. Bying just one book has a s&h fee of $8.98 while bying a combo is $13.49 (to Sweden). You did save $4.47 though :) Not to mention how much cheaper it got *not* (...) (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Heh, I was fooled. : Well, at least I saved one shipping & handling fee... /Tore (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Actually, this isn't true, and is a very good example of deceptive advertising on Amazon's part. Add up Amazon's price for the two books individually, and you get the same price they list there. The "discount" is off the standard list price, (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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Thanks for the info! I do appreciate it. :) -Alfred (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) I almost forgot, on the (US) Amazon page for Virtual LEGO, you can buy the two books together for a discount: (URL). Not sure if this offer is good for Australia. -Tim (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Allister - I've gone through about 1/3 of Powertools, and I'd say the material is organized a bit differently. Virtual LEGO devotes an entire chapter to parts authoring, and from what I've heard, it goes into greater depth with building (...) (21 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Orion you are correct. After looking at my notes and reviewing my files, I did make a type-o! The latest update IS 2003-02. My notes had 2003-03 becuase at the time that is what we have estimated would be ready for the book release. =) That (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) I'm just curious - what are the significant differences, if any, between this book and the Power Tools book? Everyone has differnt requirements and I just want to know which one best suits my needs. I'm interested in getting one of these (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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