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(...) I am not Todd Thuma, so I assume it must have been public at one point and now he's added more pics. Sorry about that! I should have done some deeplinks! (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) 'This folder is not yet public' :( (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) That was great! The only thing missing was a crowd of little kids running in to scoop up the parts, piñata-style! James Wilson Dallas, TX (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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Hm.. It seems to be a tad rear-heavy :) Good thing it's not that very stable so there's not that much forces on the bricks as it hits the ground. Still very amazing not a single brick was damaged! I'd guess some plates, technic bricks and pins would (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) "Personal Service Agency" ;-) SCNR, Christian (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Hi- Inspired by Jake's post some months back for "great LEGO moments", here's a list of personal moments from BrickFest PDX 2004: 1. Checking in at LAX with 7 travel cases (plus carry ons), the agent asks "What's in the bag?". I say "LEGO". Next (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !!
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In lugnet.space, Nathan Wells wrote: (snip) PS, this (URL) folder> of Todd Thuma's has about the best pics of the Inn of the Fallen Angels I've seen so far. Lots of details visible in the various views. (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) That one is going to be hard to top unless someone builds an accelerator or we do it in a higher gravity environment, I'm thinking... :-) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I prefer the term "Visiting Trainiac" ... However if you want to call me a Castler, it's OK by me, but check with the REAL castle guys like Lenny, Steve Fisher and Tony H. first... I just dabble, those guys are SERIOUS! (...) I prefer the term (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Well while we're thanking people, I'd just like to thank y'all, especially Steve & Christina for doing sucha great job, Frank for putting up with Todd & me saying "schleim" all weekend, and just everyone for making us foreigners feel welcome. (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) (URL) (...) The SR-71 was built by Kim Toll, and is a sheer beauty! Joe Meno .space paparazzi! (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) 3. Joseph Sibilia-Young's sigfig 8. Nik Pieniazek's sigfig 9. Aaron Sneary's sigfig 19. Matt Chiles' sigfig (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, FTX)
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Just wanted to say a big thank you to Steve Barile, Christina Hitchcock, Larry P, and all the coordinators for a well organized and extremely fun event. I really enjoyed the "International" aspect of this event and the wide range of activities. (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, FTX)
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Lots of good pics of the festivities... Who built the Blackbird? (URL) Spencer Rezkalla (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) So it's okay for fans to mock Lego's ideas (focus groups! brighter colours!), but not okay to mock the mockers (Boo hoo!) ? (...) Should know? *Must* know!. No, they *need* to know! Better yet they have a *right* to know! (...) Of course not! (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Gary McIntyre was there as well on the front of the ISD. Check out some of the reactions of the crowd when you can see the pics. I think that one of Todd Lehman's with the tower separating in mid air is incredible... Geoff Gray, Binkmeister (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Scott Lyttle wrote: <snip> (...) I second that. Getting your truck broken into really blows. Anyone hear how he managed on the drive home? Last I heard he was heading for a Home Depot for plastic. Dan (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) I think Derek Schin would have liked a malfed camera as opposed to what happened to him. Turns out someone broke into his truck on Sunday night and stole his digital camera. No MOC's taken, but he now has a broken window on his truck, a lost (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Allister McLaren wrote: snip (...) I think it should also be mentioned that the color change's delta (i.e. the difference between the old color and the new color) is probably less that the delta between the actual color (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) The castlers had a Brothel at their display??!! I bet some touring parents with their kids were sweating as much as the poor Prof.! (URL) Nathan Wells (URL) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Set the thumbnail size to 400 and view page by page (20 per page). (...) Yes, on the 800-wide versions. --Todd (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space)
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(...) I don't think anyone is accusing Jake and LEGO Direct of lying. But Jake can only tell us what he knows. He was completely in the dark about the color change when it happened. Who knows if Denmark is giving him the real story now? The best (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Where did he accuse Jake of lying? The gist I got from the post was that if that indeed was the reason for the change, then it was a stupid one and the people in the design lab need a boot up the clacker. I do know that from the perspective of (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Accusing someone of lying is serious. TLC and the people of Lego Direct do not have a history of lying. Everything I have seen in the last 2 years shows that Brad and Jake to be honest and straightforward. When they can't answer a question, (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) It only sounded like that because you were so upset about losing the colors. Seemed totally reasonable to me. (...) They did communicate it! The thread is still there! But people disbelieved them! (...) Oh Christian, what about the new (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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"Bryan Wong" <green_paper@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Ht8wxp.zHK@lugnet.com... (...) I was amazed by two things: 1. the portion of the frame that remained intact 2. the fact that none of the Technic beams broke. I was figuring that some (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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Professor Whateverly, in the interest of promoting peace between .space and .castle, made a brief trip to the Castle table. He did some research there, at ++Lar's Inn of the Fallen Angels (did I get that name right?) (URL) After checking out the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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In lugnet.space, Mark Mueller wrote: (URL) (...) Nothing you did, just that you were the only blonde there, you were drinking beer, and he had to try. (...) Fazoom was a little loopy after getting out of the ship full of women. You can't really (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, it was Scott Lyttle and Nik Pieniazek helping out. And I finally got my movies uploaded too. Mine has sound! If you're looking for a nicely compressed .wmv weighing in at a nice light 378K, try (URL) this one>. If, however, you like the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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In lugnet.space, Mark Sandlin wrote: Seeing your SigFig made me think: where will you be when diarrhea hits you? ;^D JOHN (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, FTX)
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(...) #24 is me. Adrian (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, FTX)
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(...) It looks like Scott Lyttle, based on Todd's photos. John (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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(...) I'm pretty sure #15 is Snake Plissken, but I don't remember seeing him at PDX. -Grand Admiral .space Curator (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, FTX)
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(...) That is probably the coolest thing I've ever seen. Unless Gary has like 3 hands, who else was involved in the toss? (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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(...) Congratulations on a great build! (...) Here are mine... (URL) Unless you were one of the builders, you'll probably find these photos extremely boring. I took an excessive number of shots while experimenting with different shutter speeds, (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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(URL) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Designing Train Layouts for Realistic Operation - updated notes, track layout, pictures, timetables etc
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I have updated the info page for my presentation with the detailed notes from the session, which are more detailed and better organised, and with more links, than the presentation on the CD. They are available in HTML or Word DOC format. I've also (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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Bryan Wong wrote in message ... (...) Hey Bryan, when you eventually want to take your ISD apart to use the pieces for something else, bring it to a VLC meeting and we'll drop it for you! LOL Kevin ---...--- Farmhouse kit: (URL) TOWN PLANNING (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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