 | | FBTB mentions the Minifig Hall of Fame on their front page !
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We are working very hard these days to make of the Minifig Hall of Fame a website worthy of the attention of the AFOLs. Some think we have achived our goal. From Bricks to Bothans, the famous Star Wars / LEGO related website has posted a message on (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Which weighs more?
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Hey all, In my latest project (making a Gunstar) I'm using a lot of 1x16 Technic beams, however there are two where I'm using none of the friction peg holes for anything. Would a regular 1x16 beam weigh less or more? I'm trying to reduce weight (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | A&M LEGO Place open again with new BIs, poems, and more...
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After a week of being off-line A&M LEGO Place is officially open once again. We have several new goodies for everyone. ***...*** NEW BUILDING INSTRUCTIONS First off we have made another set of building instructions uploaded. We are honoring a very (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | 9750 technic interface
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Does anyone have any info on this? All I know is it lets you control motors from a PC via serial interface. anyway here's some pics: (URL) help appreciated! Thanks ROSCO (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | New Program available that will make your life easier
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Announcing BrickPix, a new internet search helper for making your Lego related item searches simpler and faster. Hope this is as useful to you as it is to me! (URL) (go to Creations) -Rob (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.general) !
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| | NBA/Basketball sets - what fun!!
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Everyone -- I just got <set:3432> for my birthday, and it's a blast!! I fell in love with these sets when I traded Kevin Clague for <set:3428> at BricksWest, so I had to get the full court. It was a lot of fun to play with a mixed crowd of kids and (...) (22 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.general, lugnet.games)
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| | Re: Best Lego Year of all time?
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(...) uh huh huh, you said: "stiffies." Uh huh huh, huh. Dave I hope that TLG never reaches the TOP of its game because that way the product will always be improving. (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Skeleton is March 2003's Minifig Hall of Famer !!!!!
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(...) I don't know, but Skeleton is included in the Castle series for longer, so it's why it is in that category. (...) I always visit the polls by going to the cool site of the week, then there is a poll and i go from there. It's true that LUGNET (...) (22 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 1920's fire engine
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(...) I agree.... that one is a winner. I love the fenders, especially the angle of the ones in the front. Excellent use and great choice of parts for this model. Check out the hood ornament. :) Great work. Allan B. (22 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | 1920's fire engine
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Just noticed this fire engine on Brickshelf: (URL) by William Toenjes. It's one of the most brilliant MOC's I've seen in a while. Big thumbs up hats off for that one! Duq (22 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | The Village of Dahyart version 2.0
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After reading the very helpful constructive criticism I recieved, and after reviewing my recent village MOC, I decided to redesign it. So... I did. I've totally redesigned the layout of the city and added much more detail. Such details include (...) (22 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Skeleton is March 2003's Minifig Hall of Famer !!!!!
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(...) Skellie has appeared in quite a number of different lines, but did he appear first in Castle or Pirates (dunno, which is why I ask)? And why am I saying "he"? No, don't answer that!!! :-) (...) Yes, but I like not being able to stuff the (...) (22 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Gobble Gobble!
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes: <SNIP> (...) A big mess :) --Anthony (22 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Gobble Gobble!
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(...) Actually, Anthony's duck/chicken/goose designs inspired me to try playing around with chickens again (my 1st design): (URL) I *love* the chickeny look that this model has, but, it is a bit too large. Maybe it'd work as a technic-scale or (...) (22 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | "Duvernay" Mk2
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can't wait: (URL) a Anthropological Research Starship, studying feral humans. It is the Karalehn Industries Akins Class, Proxia. note: this is the 2nd version of this ship. It has gone from three decks to one. I realized I was trying to do too much (...) (22 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Skeleton is March 2003's Minifig Hall of Famer !!!!!
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Well, at 20:50 today, there was 37 votes for the new poll. It seems that the change was a good one ! Go vote at www.rotule.qc.ca/mhof/ (...) (22 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Who is Henrik Amsrtup?
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I have a Star Wars postcard with the text Fortsat go' fornoejelse med lego byggeriet Med venlig hilsen Lego Danmark A/S (hard to translate, something like "continue the joy building with lego) Signed Henrik Amstrup No idea where I got from. Sonnich (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Chimalis Transit craft
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Hello, I normally don't post here, but spending the last week experimenting with the new Jedi Starfighter cockpit and 8x8 radar dishes, I ended up with this: Note: The gallery is already moderated, so no need for deep links :) (URL) wanted the craft (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Please Help Identify this Part
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Probably from a large vehicle ((URL) used that style of plates, but I could not find any sets which could have used that piece. Anyway, it is most certainly from the late 60'ies or 70'ies Sonnich Bob Hayes <bobhayes1@aol.com> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Please Help Identify this Part
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Found it. It is ldraw part 781, from set 384 or 780. You should have a similar plate 7x6 too accoding to this: (URL) Hayes <bobhayes1@aol.com> wrote in message news:HB35qG.KKA@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) can (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Please Help Identify this Part
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I did a little used Lego shopping today a bought a pile. In the pile are a number of parts that I have not seen before and was wondering if anyone can identify them and their set origins. Here is one: (URL) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | 40th Anniversary of LEGO in Canada?
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I was wondering if anyone else was wondering this.... Since 1998 brought us the 35th anniversary buckets and tubs here in Canada I was thinking that 2003 must then be the 40th anniversary of LEGO in Canada. However, I suspect that since we haven't (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | When Lego made die-cast models
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This is a list of Lego die-cast models that I stumbled across while looking for something else. (URL) there any here that the guide does not have ? Ray (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Skeleton is March 2003's Minifig Hall of Famer !!!!!
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Oyé Oyé ! For a second month in a row, a castle Minifig is the winner of the Minifig Hall of Fame poll. The skeleton won the poll over Darth Vader and Blacktron 1. www.rotule.qc.ca (in the Minifig Hall of Fame section) To stimulate the voting (only (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.off-topic.fun) !
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| | Re: Lego Shop-At-Home Catalogs
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I always enjoy looking through old SAH catalogs the same way I like looking through old product line catalogs. The SAH catalogs can give you a price reference though, whereas the regular catalogs don't. (Anyone remember the good ol' days when you (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Boy Scouts... Lego Style
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Well, I am a just-turned 17 very soon to be Eagle Scout who still subscribes to the BSA official magazine, Boys Life. I was pleasantly surprised to find two Lego mentions. #1: A full page official ad for the Lego Star Wars Minis line. Page 17. #2: (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Two birds with attitude to spare
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(...) Further exploration into Dave Eaton's Turkey-Chicken design has lead me to another creature creation, and being encouraged to post it, I have. Using Ineke de Laat's peacock design as inspiration: (URL) after looking up a picture of a peacock (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Where's the Beef?
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(...) Your new MOC really mooves me. I snapped this pic at LEGOWORLD 2002, it's from (Reinhard) Ben Beneke's train layout. (URL) you enjoy, and perhaps it will help you in your story :-) -Tim (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | What do you do with completed MOCs? Recap post.
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Hello, Okay, so after the failure of my last thread and being stricken with a cold this week, I can honestly say I'm back on my feet again. (thank god) Anyway, I wanted to start this thread over to collect some opinions about what builders do with (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego Shop-At-Home Catalogs
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I have been saving all Lego S-A-H catalogs since about 1997 (I tossed all prior to then) and would like to know if they are worth keeping? Most of them have my address on a label or printed directly on the catalog. I will probably keep the best ones (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Where's the Beef?
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(...) Yes, I do like them much better now! (...) Yes, please stop ;) ~Kevin Blocksidge~ www.lugnet.com/~1763 (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Jaws, Fight Club, Ghostbusters
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(...) It has been a while since I've checked out your posters- very nice. They're all great, but my favorite has to be Ghostbusters. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Is it Lego?
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LLL! Dear Legofans! I've a simple question: Is this suit-case Lego? I got this suit-case form my grandparents, who bought it for my parents, so it must be very old (50th). There is no Lego-logo on it, but i know that there was Lego inside and there (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Where's the Beef?
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(...) Udderly nice. Hey, have you maybe tried using the 2x3 inverse slope for the head. Rev.Powell uses it (see the Joseph stories), and the inverse slope works really well because of those little slits for the peg make it look kinda like eyes. (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Where's the Beef?
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(...) I'll admit they're pretty thin. So I decided to beef them up. I started with the design that I used, Franklin Cain's bovine design (credit where credit is due): (URL) spent an hour on the hoof, grazing through my parts stock. After bullying (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NEW Créations Rotule Website : More MOCs, more Posters, Minifig Hall of Fame
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(...) We added Jaws, Fight Club and Ghostbusters today. Take a look! www.rotule.qc.ca Terry (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Jaws, Fight Club, Ghostbusters
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3 new posters at Créations Rotule's website. www.rotule.qc.ca JAWS FIGHT CLUB GHOSTBUSTERS LMKWYT !!! Terry (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | Unofficial LEGO Event Calendar Improvements
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The HTML rendering of iCal files published on .Mac has recently been revised, so I am pleased to announce a few improvements to the Unofficial LEGO Events Web Calendar: (URL) at a Glance - a new sidebar calendar displays four months at a time. Days (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Fred died today....
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Fred died today.... "We all long to be lovable and capable of loving, and whatever we can do through the Neighborhood or anything else to reflect that and to encourage people to be in touch with that, then I think that's our ministry." - Fred Rogers (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New MOCs, random other stuff I built
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(...) (as I've mostly been exposed to the Tom Baker one). Anyhow, you've down a great job on all the icons of the show. Thanks, George (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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