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(...) VERY cool news, Brendan. Can I ask a question, namely: what have sales figures been like for the (original version of the) book? They must have been quite good thus far, to inspire translation! (...) Hey, that's the least they can do. all best (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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Oops, must have done the FTX links wrong. Here they are in trusty ol' html: (URL) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.books)
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I am very pleased to announce that a German translation of (URL) The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis> will be coming out in Germany this August. In Germany the book go by the title (URL) 1. Buch L.>. I got my first look at it just (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.loc.de, FTX) !
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(...) (2 URLs) Hi Tim and all others, a few weeks ago I started organizing a mass order for the 1000steine members. The total order is about more then 60 books (40x Trains and 20x Virtual LEGO). The contact to Alex from No Starch Press was allways (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.books, FTX)
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Greetings, No Starch Press would like to extend to you an offer that might help support your user group. No Starch is willing to offer you books at a discounted price which you can then sell for full price to the general public at shows and events. (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, lugnet.org, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !!
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I admit to being the secret owner of a real treasure: The LEGO Publishing comic Den ukendte galakse (The Unknown Galaxy for the non-Danish reader). Here is the cover, Copyright 1986 LEGO Publishing: (URL) You might recognize the gray robot on the (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, FTX)
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I bought a couple of books today at a model rail show in Derby, UK. Model Railroader Cyclopedia Volume 1 - Steam Locomotives ($49.95) and Model Railroader Cyclopedia Volume 2 - Diesel Locomotives ($37.95). These books contain scale drawings of their (...) (21 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.books)
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(...) I too regret the fact that studded designs are hard to find. There are plenty of situations where studded bricks are the way to go. Kevin (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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(...) Has anyone noticed all of the rich variety of parts available to the modern stud-free system that have no comparable equivalent in the old stud-dependant system? Take, for instance, these parts: (URL) triple liftarm> (URL) 1x2 flat liftarm> (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books, FTX)
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(...) Sorry for replying to my own post but I've just had another thought. Has anyone else noticed all the ancillary junk needed to build a studless creation? Compare it with the basic studded version, all you have is beams, of varying lengths, 1xn (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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(...) I've long held the opinion that it is a lot harder to make rigid structures using studless beams. I have yet to build anything of worth entirely from studless, despite multiple attempts. Steve (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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(...) Syngress found me, and then I co-authored in my first book. It was primarily a building instruction book, with little freedom, except in the model design itself. I wrote my first version of LPub for that book. Syngress had another "10 Cool (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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(...) Yes, I just noticed that it was one of your specialities - obvious due to the picture on the Technic newsgroup page. I also major in trains, which take a lot of time, so I haven't had time to develop pneumatics much for a few years. However, (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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(...) Mark, I think the subject of pneumatic sequencing is strong enough to stand by itself as a chapter. Feel free to read my writeup on the subject (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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(...) That would be my fifth book, and my second that contains pneumatic models. I'd love to do more models based on a single 8455 set. It has enough switches to make a half adder, and some cool walkers. It is a challenge to live within the (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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(...) Well, there are books about Lego Mindstorms and now a book about Lego trains, both by AFOLs, so I don't see why not. Chapters may look like this: 1. Basics. Components and simple system. 2. Larger basic systems, up to Backhoe Loader (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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(...) I can only agree with William's analysis of the book, but wanted to be careful in making what might be seen as overly negative comments about something that is likely to be strongly defended. What I really wanted, but certainly wasn't (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.books, lugnet.trains)
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(...) My copy has arrived, and I've read it and I'm not impressed. As requested, I've tried to leave a review at Amazon, but as they still list the book as unavailable that doesn't seem to be possible, so I've posted my review below. I bought the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.books, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I ordered the book about ten days ago and I got it today! (I'm in Taiwan) (Actually I order 10 books for TWLUG - Taiwan LEGO Users Group, (URL) book is really great and it gives the biginner a clear concept of LEGO trains. I took some pictures (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.books, lugnet.trains)
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