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| At the Detroit Festival of Trees, Chris Leach and I were reminiscing about Tony Hedglen's train rocket car ((URL) and how much kids loved seeing it whip around the track, and I said, "Y'know, I'm gonna build something like that for this show!" And (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.fun.holiday)
| | | | | The Brick Testament: The Story of Christmas now in stores!
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| I am very pleased to announce that the new Brick Testament book has officially been released, and is now in stores nationwide: (URL) Featuring an entirely new and never-before-seen illustrated version of one of the Bible's most famous and beloved (...) (20 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.publish, lugnet.loc.us, FTX) !!
| | | | | Teaser image for new Brick Testament book
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| I am very pleased to announce that there will be a second book in the (URL) Brick Testament> series released this Fall. My publisher, (URL) Quirk Books>, is very excited about the prospects for this new book, and asked me to design a cover for their (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: IDOL: International Day of LEGO
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| (...) I'm about )( that close to convincing my boss to let me have the day off. :) In which I intend to build a new MOC (something to use at work, actually), do some work in the LMSF Archives, needle everybody in my family about bricking, generally (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX)
| | | | | IDOL: International Day of LEGO
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| Greetings Earth Mortals! Looking forward two days hence A time for fun shall then commence For grown-up kids, no work, just play Some IDOL time will fill our day March 18 2004 International Day Of LEGO How will YOU celebrate? Peace and Long Life, (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ne.oma)
| | | | | IDOL time 2004
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| 27 Feb 04 Greetings, Earth Mortals! Yea, though the depths of digicam and computer malfunction doth yet plague me, I call out from the depths to bring witness to great joy: Betwixt Ides of March and yonder Score, It's IDOL time for us once more. How (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.ne.oma)
| | | | | LDraw Christmas tree scenes
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| Here are some Christmas tree (URL) scenes> I did a couple of years ago in Ldraw and rendered with POV-Ray. I was experimenting with transmitting light through transparent bricks, which explains the "basic" nature of the scenes. Happy Holidays! May (...) (21 years ago, 15-Dec-03, to lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Fun in the snow
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| (...) Ding ding ding. You got it. Andreas (21 years ago, 15-Dec-03, to lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Fun in the snow
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| (...) I'll guess a Duplo Train cow catcher? jt (21 years ago, 15-Dec-03, to lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX)
| | | | | Fun in the snow
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| The neighborhood kids helped me put together this snowman yesterday. Can you guess which part was used for the nose? (2 URLs) Click on images for larger views Play well, Andreas Stabno (URL) SimiLego> (21 years ago, 14-Dec-03, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Holiday Greeting card
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| (...) Thanks Adrian! That's not my "serious" face, that's "my sig fig head has stubble and an eyepatch, and that will probably confuse my mom on the card, so let me upgrade to Luke Skywalker" face. I mean hey, I look movie-star good in the flesh, (...) (21 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Holiday Greeting card
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| (...) Thanks Brendan! Let me say that the Brick Testament was the main inspiration behind doing the holiday scene. The star came about because my NLSO, who comissioned the work, looked at the original tree topper and said "don't you have something (...) (21 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.fun.holiday)
| | | | | Re: Holiday Greeting card
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| (...) Dude, you look so serious. Smile, it's Christmas! Anyway, this is a very nifty idea. If I bothered to send christmas cards out, this would be a great idea! Well done Adrian (URL) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Holiday Greeting card
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| Nice scene, Nick. I love your choice for the star atop the tree. You can just barely see it, but the rubber-bands-as-ribbon on the red present works great. The string of lights also a nice touch. As someone who just spent the day on his own very (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX)
| | | | | Holiday Greeting card
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| Here's a holiday card started last month, to be sent out this week: (URL) It was worked on in bits in pieces over a few nights, while taking breaks from other projects (both Lego & non-Lego), and finished at the behest of my art director/SO to take (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Menorah set at Solomon pond mall
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| In lugnet.market.shopping, Thomas Garrison wrote: SNIP (...) just thought of this & MlCad-ed it: (2 URLs) Enjoy! Jeff (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Menorah set at Solomon pond mall
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| Arrgh, sent a message to Troy when I was trying to post. . . (...) They have made other holiday stuff. It's just limited-distribution. Lego currently has a menorah, a dreidel, a Santa and reindeer sculpture, and a Santa portrait up for auction on (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.fun.holiday)
| | | | | Re: Menorah set at Solomon pond mall
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| I'm glad that someone took it upon themselves to do this. I was just wondering to myself earlier today (my brother had gotten all the seasonal sets to give to my mom) why LEGO didn't make items for some of the other "seasonal" happenings. And it (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.fun.holiday)
| | | | | Re: Menorah set at Solomon pond mall
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| (...) From what I understand, this is a creation a store employee made and started selling as a PaB cup. The memo was circulated to our store (Woodfield), and we'll wait to see if any employees take it upon themselves to assemble the parts for one (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.fun.holiday)
| | | | | Menorah set at Solomon pond mall
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| I went to the Lego Store in Solomon pond mall this past weekend, & got a few sets, & with my purchase of over $75, got a FRE pick a brick cup i got to fill. anyways, at the counter, the employees had used some of the pieces from their PAB linup to (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.fun.holiday)
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