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General Impressions - What a blast! Man, fans of the brick RULE!!! So glad to see so many of you again, meet some new faces, touch base with "old faces" and get to know many of you better. Although BrickFest is wonderful, it is nice to return home, (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.vignette)
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| | Micro continues to impress, plus thanks, Janey!
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Watch the galleries for pics of the outstanding micro creations that appeared at this year's BrickFest. Once again, the creations were incredible! There was even a tiny bit of spillover this year as the National Trust competition included a number (...) (19 years ago, 17-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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| | Re: Mecha Contests at BrickFest 2005!
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(...) So who were the winners of all the contests and where are their mecha pictures? I need the vicarious enjoyment during my summer mecha building hiatus. :-) K (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Megaman and Apeboy
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(...) Lenny, I really like these two models. Very frugal with brick but rich in style. Kevin (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Vignettes at Brickfest 2005
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Hey Orion, These are outstanding! Thanks for documenting the vignette room. Looks like it was a smashing success. Bruce (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette)
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| | Re: Moby Dick vignette
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(...) Thanks for the comments, everyone! I'm glad you liked it. I borrowed the 'splashing water' idea from my brother's vignette: (URL) Oiran's Ghost>. "Big Daddy" Nelson (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Vignettes at Brickfest 2005
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(...) What an absolutely fabulous collection!! Thanks so much for sharing these - there are so many good vignette ideas and presentations here!! "Big Daddy" Nelson (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Vignettes at Brickfest 2005
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At Janey's request I individually photograhed every vignette at Brickfest 2005. I tried to include the MOC card in every photograph (although they sometimes appear out of focus due to the closeup nature of the photo). The gallery can be found here: (...) (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette) !!
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| | Re: Newport advanced
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(...) FYI - Biomechanical Bricks Display - "A taste of Newport" 8-24-05 (URL) Eric Sophie (19 years ago, 16-Aug-05, to lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.events, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: The first of the BrickFest vignette pics are coming in...
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(...) At Janey's request I individually photographed every vignette at Brickfest. I tried to have the MOC card for each visible in each photo. I've upload the pics to Brickshelf at I'll let eveyone know when the folder is public. -Orion (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: The first of the BrickFest vignette pics are coming in...
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(...) Janey Cook's TV vigs (...) Scott Quirk's excellent "guess the Shakespeare quote" vigs. The blue-and-black item on the left edge had doors to flip open, with the scene, act, and play name for each of the vigs. (...) This one escapes me, but I (...) (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Joe Vig: Enter the Matrix
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Hey Ryan, The way you've done the figs so high up, and the trans rounds for the bullets flying, is outstanding. As with others I'm not so sure about Joe down below. Bruce (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | The first of the BrickFest vignette pics are coming in...
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Check it out: Lost In Space and The Brady Bunch: (URL) A whole lot of vigs. I think I can identify at least two as Shakespeare vigs: Romeo and Juliet in the upper left rear, and #8 is a scene from A Midsummer's Night Dream. I have a feeling the (...) (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | A Hitchhhiker's Guide to the Galaxy vig?
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Good idea! -THWAP- (URL) Zaphod, Arthur, and Ford arrive on Vogsphere to rescue Trillian. The flatlands, though, hide a mysterious obstacle to their plans... I thought *THWAP* this was one of the funnier moments in the recent movie. Not sure if it (...) (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Moby Dick vignette
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(...) Hahaha, that's absolutely perfect. I love it! Great water effects, too! Ry (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Joe Vig: Enter the Matrix
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(...) Thanks, Rob! :) (...) Thanks, Nathan. I considered making it just Trinity and the Agent, but my friend and I thought it was funny for Joe to be in there. Maybe I'll try another Matrix scene without Joe in it. Ry (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: All His Life...
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Hey Matt, Great scene! It has a real sense of longing to it. Very nice droid, too. Bruce (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: "Who's that walking in these woods? Why its Little Red Ridinghood!"
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Hey Steve, Spotlighted and blogged! I love this series. What's up next? You probably saw this (URL) Cinderella scene> and this (URL) Snow White>, both by Moko, and, while it's not exactly a vig, this (URL) Snow White> by Michael Jasper. Bruce (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Moby Dick vignette
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(...) Hey Nelson, It's up on VB now. I really like how you did the shape of the tail. I did a (URL) Moby Dick scene> a while back, but my whale came out looking dinky. Yours implies a much larger whale, which is cool. Bruce (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Moby Dick vignette
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Nelson, That's sweet! Especially the water - never seen it done that way before. James Wilson Dallas, TX (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Moby Dick vignette
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(...) Nelson, very cool. Gets my vote as the best vignette seen on Lugnet. Of course, being a Melville fan doesn't hurt. Great shape on the tail, and the water effects look great too. Captures the motion very well. Seth. (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Announcing NWBrickCon 2005 Theme Coordinators
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NWBrickCon 2005 is coming up on October 7--9 in Seattle. Registration is possible at (URL) September 9. If you plan to display MOCs or other displays, or have any related questions, please contact the appropriate coordinator (preferably by October (...) (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.western) !!
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| | "Who's that walking in these woods? Why its Little Red Ridinghood!"
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"Hey there Little Red Ridinghood, You sure are looking good, You're everything a Big Bad Wolf could want..." Here's my second vignette in the fairy tale series: (URL) The whole fairy tale gallery: (URL) Steve (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette)
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| | Re: Shadow : scout mech
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(...) Thanks! The service manual was a real "labour of love". It took many months to complete and I'm really happy that so many people have made use of them. It sort of justifies the effort. :) (...) Thank you, and to everyone else for their very (...) (19 years ago, 15-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | SW DS2 Inventory
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The inventory for the new Death Star II is here: (URL) In case you're wondering, I won the DS2 as a prize for taking part in the AFOL survey on the LegoFan website: (URL) I'll review it when I've finished building it, but good points so far are: (...) (19 years ago, 14-Aug-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Joe Vig: Enter the Matrix
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(...) Very cool! The detail of the bullettime and the Matrix code is great! Adding Joe is funny, but this vig would have been just as good simply as a Matrix vig. Now I want to make some Matrix vigs of my own! -- Nathan Wells (19 years ago, 14-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Shadow : scout mech
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(...) Hi Mark, I'm pleased to hear this. Can't wait to see... Marco (19 years ago, 13-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Shadow : scout mech
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(...) Hi Chris, yes I do!! Welcome to LUGNET and .mecha. You did a fabulous first Mecha. I like the overall shape, the poses, the color scheme and most of all I like the technique. Both, the (URL) the background story> and the (URL) the scenes (...) (19 years ago, 13-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Moby Dick vignette
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Just a whale of a tale... er, tail. (URL) "Big Daddy" Nelson (19 years ago, 13-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Shadow : scout mech
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(...) Uh, YEAH! Very nice Chris. I'll echo what Jon and Mladen said on style and color. It's a tad thin, but that conveys speed. ALSO, the thin makes it much easier for those joints to achieve those poses! Yeah. I can live with the thin, anytime you (...) (19 years ago, 12-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Shadow : scout mech
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(...) Welcome to LUGNET Chris! Just as an aside, I remember visiting your main site a few years ago and checking out your superb T-34 page. I even downloaded some of the CAD files. Good job on them. :-) Back to LEGO... For a first mech, or first (...) (19 years ago, 12-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Shadow : scout mech
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(...) Very impressive, Chris This thing is extremely posable. I like the color scheme alot, but then again I'm partial to mixing red, black, and dark red. I love the torso design! My only advice would be to beef up the arms and legs a bit. They look (...) (19 years ago, 12-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Two Down
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Say goodbye to (URL) and (URL) Inevitable as it is and the circle of bricks goes on, MOCs come and go to bring life to new MOCs... This is the start... (URL) Where will this end? AC (19 years ago, 12-Aug-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Shadow : scout mech
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Hi all, Introducing the "Shadow" Class of Mech: (4 URLs) The background story> (URL) Behind the scenes Extra> The Shadow is a light-medium class of mech mostly used for recon work. You can read further details on the above pages. This post contains (...) (19 years ago, 12-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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| | Re: All His Life...
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(...) Cool vignette (and Treadwell)!! Nice job on capturing the scene of a young Skywalker. "Big Daddy" Nelson (19 years ago, 11-Aug-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | All His Life...
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After an overhaul to my WED Treadwell droid, I decided it needed a little scene for itself. So I give you this simple vignette, "All His Life..." (URL) Click pic for large image The galleries, when moderated, can be found here: Scene: (URL) Droid: (...) (19 years ago, 11-Aug-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Looking for a Building
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(...) Those are very cool Tim (19 years ago, 11-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Why not build a MOC to the same (mis)proportions as a mini-fig?
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(...) Er... isn't that what we do all the time? (19 years ago, 11-Aug-05, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Looking for a Building
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(...) Thanks a ton! =D The municiple looking building was exactly the one I was looking for. I guess the pictures I saw before were in an unfinished mode and not as though it had been destroyed. The statuary on it is remarkable, as is the entire (...) (19 years ago, 11-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Joe Vig: Enter the Matrix
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(...) I really like the way you represented the bullet-time turbulence from the bullets! -Rob A> (19 years ago, 11-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette)
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