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--snip-- (...) I still don't think it should be this way. It's not so hard to focus on what is good in an otherwise mediocre model. I've also noticed that MOCs have to also be photographed well these days to get much response... that makes it even (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.general)
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Hello! (...) You are probably referring to Mocpages. And what happens there is, I guess, this: People come along a MOC, see it's (for example) Castle stuff, are Mecha kids themselves, think "blah, Castle, boring" and rate it 1/6. On Lugnet there (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think you hit it- our standards are so high that a MOC has to REALLY have some element(s) about it to get a response. I don't post much in terms of written feedback but I do use the highlight/spotlight function often. I figure it's giving (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No need for Atticus .........yet. Though we seem to have enough Boo Radleys about :^) -pete.w (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Then there should be a feature for an uploaded MOC to be rated 1 - 10 or something in a poll. Something really quick and easy-- look at the ESPN poll on the front page. It should work that simple and fast. If I have to log in and go through (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I typically post only when the urge comes upon me. I've gotten around this whole issue by posting my pictures to a site that counts the number of hits. If people like what they see, I'll see the hits. That's enough for me. -Duane (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Thanks for bringing this up. I have been posting about some MOCs I built this this year and getting occasional responses but sometimes none at all, and I figured either people just didn't think they were that amazing or something. IMO my best recent (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) --snip-- (...) Hi Jojo, I think you should. What is easy to forget for those who've been around for a while is that the entry-level is now so much lower than the best. The top quality of MOCs has increased so fast that it is almost impossible (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.general)
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Hello! So I have read all the replies in this thread and decided I'd spotlight that post. (And did so.) That made me think: >Hm, every once in a while I see posts with MOCs and no answers but with like five spotlights. It's nice people like that (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Timothy Gould wrote: SNIP (...) Rant or otherwise, you are correct, Tim. Too many members/viewers/lurkers do not post any comments here on new MOC announcements. A part of that may be the LUGNET interface, but perhaps more so is a (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Lugnet is a raggedy dog, dying in the street. That said, I really like dogs, and I'm willing to help get it to a vet. Count me in. -Keith (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi Tim, I totally agree. Your post made me sign in spotlight and answer. This happens very few since my beloved .Mecha is kind of desserted these days. I promise to at least give highlight or spotlight more often now. And as Richie mentioned we all (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That's pretty much how I do it here. Are you not a LUGNET member? If you're not, I'd highly recommend it. Cheers Richie Dulin (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Have you tried posting via the web interface? It's much easier and quicker, too. Try it out. JOHN (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I agree that feedback is much appreciated and important to the development of some builders skills. However, I usually can't be bothered with the posting rigamarole that lugnet puts me through to post anything. It takes me three clicks just to get (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Wise words, Tim. Even if it's a simply "nice MOC" or "me too" post, it can certainly be encouraging. I recall that Legomaster Eric Sophie (URL) an effort> to post about MOCs so that posters make a point to reply so that they feel good and not (...) (20 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, you're right, Tim. I have been particularily guilty WRT providing feedback as of late (this whole year in fact), all the while lamenting in private the decline of posting overall on LUGNET. I have seen the enemy, and it is me:-) I call (...) (20 years ago, 11-Oct-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Well if someone can't accept a little tactful criticism then you learn from the first time and ignore them henceforth. Comments involve two parties behaving well. Tim (20 years ago, 11-Oct-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hmmm. Good idea, I guess. Of course, if you read some of the LUGNET groups, only people who post MOCs are qualified to comment on others' MOCs, especially if you have some constructive criticism to offer (see the next comment). And one really (...) (20 years ago, 11-Oct-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(URL) This recent post> brought me back to something that's been bugging me for quite a while here. People rarely comment on MOCs here lately (with some exceptions like trains). For someone new to a forum I imagine this is extremely disheartening (...) (20 years ago, 11-Oct-06, to lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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(...) These old links never seem to last, but I happen to have captured a few of the LEGO shirt instances in case anyone wants to see them: (3 URLs) All the work and property of Darby Conley and found in Fuzzy Logic, his second volume of collected (...) (20 years ago, 9-Oct-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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"ahui herrera" <jedi_agh@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:J6nr7w.KMC@lugnet.com... (...) Probably Terry Prosper. All available links no longer go to cool lego stuff. And there are no posters in Terry's BS folders. Rob (20 years ago, 5-Oct-06, to lugnet.general)
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I recall seeing a fan LEGO movie poster of the movie Falling Down starting Micheal Douglas. I can not seem to find the post/url/image of this poster. All I recall is that it was on a website with many other movie posters that the person have (...) (20 years ago, 5-Oct-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmmm... I got the magazine, but no set. Paul (20 years ago, 29-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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Ok, thanks for the info - I was worried my Lego treat was lost in the mail. Jeff (...) (20 years ago, 29-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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I just got my set in the mail yesterday (Sep 28th) but no magazine yet. dave (...) (20 years ago, 29-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) In a related story, Irresponsible Parent Magazine is reporting that God has recalled children stating that some parents are found to be unable to supervise children properly. This recall is voluntary but the magazine states clearly that (...) (20 years ago, 29-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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Did the new Brickmaster set & mag come out this month (or was it last month)? I thought I saw mentioned on the net somewhere that it was mailing, but I havn't gotten mine yet. Jeff (20 years ago, 29-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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Hi Mark, The news about the 'recall' was reported about a week ago in the general, Duplo and mediawatch newsgroups. -Abner (20 years ago, 29-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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Unable to post this to LEGO Company.Official LEGO Announcements, or even just .announce, but should be able to! WHERE do RECALL NOTICES go? Is there a Lugnet SAFETY or RECALL newsgroup? U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notice, 20 Sept. (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Lego mailing list (shop.lego.com)
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Hi! I, as many of you, am on the mailing list og TLC (shop.lego.com news), but I have a problem. I get all mails 3 times, when trying to adjust anything, I see that I am only subscribed once. Whenever there is something new, I am told 3 times. I (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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| | Eastern Block Web Site Contest!!! Win a 6980 Galaxy Commander!!!
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Comrades! The Eastern Block web site needs an overhaul! I did the best I can, but alas I am a coder, not a web designer. I know, shocking... So what to do? LEGO fans do seem to have a good bit of web talent, so why not have a contest to design the (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | What happened to BrikTrak?
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Looks like they lost the domain www.briktrak.com to a link farm. Does the BrikTrak program still exist? (20 years ago, 24-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: TennLUG Meeting
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(...) I'm not sure if the above meeting ever took place or not but, being new to the area, I have an idea: let's put on a little show. We can get a meeting room at the Brentwood library (right off of I-65 at Concord Road) for about $15 for 4 hours. (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-06, to lugnet.loc.us.tn, lugnet.general)
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| | The 2nd Halloween Vignette Contest !!!
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Once again it is that time of the year, and so the curators of .vignette proudly announce: (2 URLs) THE 2ND HALLOWEEN VIGNETTE CONTEST!!> - (Click on the link or the image for the Contest rules.) To win, simply build the best “Halloween-themed (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
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| | LEGO is recalling 358,000 toy trucks #
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LEGO® Recalling 358,000 toy trucks Sept. 20, 2006 ENFIELD, CT, United States (UPI) -- LEGO Systems Inc., of Enfield, Conn., said Wednesday it is recalling about 358,000 toy trucks. The plastic wheels on the LEGO EXPLORE Super Truck set #3509 can (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo, FTX) !!
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I designed a model in LDD 1.6 and hit the "Check Price" button. When I got to the Factory page, it showed my model, but without a price and listed it as "Not Available." Why is it doing this? -- Thomas Main thomasmain@charter.net (20 years ago, 19-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | New Aussie LEGO catalogue..and new EXOFORCE set
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The September edition of the world club magazine arrived yesterday, containing a copy of the 2nd catalogue for the year (yellow cover, 9 panels...No obvious LEGO item ID No.) Inside were several sets with new notations: "limited edition" and (...) (20 years ago, 19-Sep-06, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | New Terms of Use for LUGNET
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Hi, due to the fact that this site is now subjected to German law, there are new ToU for LUGNET. NEW (URL) OLD (URL) The ToU are now more clear, changes are as follows: Changes in "OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS" The headline is no longer "Overview and (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-06, to lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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(...) This is great because I missed the live broadcast and I love to hear the archive. "THE" Diana Diana Wong (20 years ago, 16-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Crap. You beat me to the same joke! -Greg (20 years ago, 16-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Our live interview with Joe was a success. We thank those listeners who submitted questions and Joe for being willing to participate in this event. If you missed the live recording you can catch a rebroadcast on Saturday, September 16 evening (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Aw, and here I thought Joe needed a roommate. :) I'll try and tune in at 9:00 but if not will definitely listen to the archive. Very cool idea. It would be cool if you could work with some of the other podcasters (BimP, BrickNebula, others?) and (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yes, Kelly. It will be archived for later listening. You'll be able to find it on the web-site under podcasts. And we'll release it as part of a (URL) BrickNebula> podcast. --Mike. (20 years ago, 14-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Will this be archived for later listening? I won't be able to listen live, but would like to hear it. Kelly (20 years ago, 14-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Live with Joe Meno
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(URL) BlueBrick Radio> is pleased to announce that our first LIVE broadcast will be Thursday September, 14 at 9:00pm EST! We will have Joe Meno, coordinator of BrickFest/Brick Party 2006, as our special guest. We will talk bricks, enjoy music and (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 5 years ago - The day we all came together - 9/11/01
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(...) I most probably am a troll, so you are probably answering one, but I don't think you owe any apologies to anyone about that..:-) There is no need to flame on my side, since, appearently we are exactly thinking the same about "god bless xxx". I (...) (20 years ago, 13-Sep-06, to lugnet.general) !
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| | Drugs are Like That - 70's Educational Film Featuring LEGO
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Back in the 1970’s, an anti-drug film was created – in cooperation with the fine folks at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting – that was titled "Drugs are Like That" and extensively featured LEGO building toys. The film took earlier Public (...) (20 years ago, 13-Sep-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: 5 years ago - The day we all came together - 9/11/01
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(...) It is hard to believe it has been 5 years already since this occurred, and for me, the feelings have not changed. It is interesting to go back and see these series of posts from that day, and she what was going on then. Thanks to Todd, Suzanne (...) (20 years ago, 13-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.year.2006, FTX)
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| | Re: 5 years ago - The day we all came together - 9/11/01
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(...) Excuse me if I answer a troll but feel that I have to. First of all, let's all come to together and pray to the Lord to have mercy on all the victims of 9/11 and it's aftermath. Makeing sarcastic remarks about any of the victims is just bad (...) (20 years ago, 13-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 5 years ago - The day we all came together - 9/11/01
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(...) Yes, let's we all came together and pray to the Lord that he bless America. And let's don't care about if he bless any others or not. Selçuk (20 years ago, 13-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.year.2006, FTX)
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(...) I saw that set, But I've never seen a keychain in a box... Paul Sinasohn Also BayLUG LUGNET #115 (20 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Colts-Giants game last night. --Jack AFOL, St. Louis (20 years ago, 11-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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Huh. Somehow, I completely missed that this was coming out. I know what I'm getting my family for Christmas... well, let's make that the next birthday... or tommorow, whichever comes first. (URL) Brian Davis (20 years ago, 11-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Darth Maul Key Chain: (URL) (20 years ago, 11-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't think I'd use these, but I don't have a lot of room for displays. But I am curious about the small Darth Maul minifig set shown in the compilation picutre - I don't see tha tin the inventories anywhere. Was it a promo set? Paul (...) (20 years ago, 11-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 5 years ago - The day we all came together - 9/11/01
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(...) it's only too bad it didin't stay that way. hopefully that will change sometime soon. god bless america ondrew (20 years ago, 11-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.year.2006, FTX)
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| | 5 years ago - The day we all came together - 9/11/01
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(2 URLs) (20 years ago, 11-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.year.2006, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
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(...) I never said anything about scaling the image. For things like sticker scans or anything else where you don't want lossy compression, there are image formats like PNG. PNG can be used just fine for anything where you don't want to loose (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this? Some more photography basics
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Although most of your advice is sound I'd like to make one comment : You make quite a few save steps before the end result... specially with a format such as JPEG (which is what comes out of most consumer level camera's) loads of info gets lost on (...) (20 years ago, 9-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) NO! Imagine people putting up sticker scans, which you'd want as sharp as possible for reprinting. Using JPEG and having them scaled would kill the details there. Why not educate the clueless user instead of killing features power users might (...) (20 years ago, 9-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's the idea. So many of us have, for example, Star Wars Lego's in boxes that are in pristine condition and they just sit in bubble wrap inside plastic tubs or whatever. Your comic book in a special plastic bag allows you to still view the (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Is this the equivalent of keeping comic books pristine in special plastic bags? (20 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Great point, John. Affordability is important. What other comments? Hypothetically, if you were Mr. Gotta CaseIT, what would you want...something that could hang on a wall, sit on a shelf, fit on a coffee table...??? Role play a little if you (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Since Lego makes many different sets with the same size boxes, you could save yourself some money by not putting the set name on the display case. (20 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Display Case Idea
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Hello, Lego Fans! I am a newbie to this site and I would like to, if I may, open a thread for listening to your honest opinions regarding a prototype display case that we are considering putting on the market. This is NOT to solicit sales, so don't (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
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(...) Yep. That's part of it. I'm pushing those pictures out in part to have an additional backup (I'm horrible at writing CDs for backup, but if I have a copy of my pictures on BrickShelf, on my work laptop, and on my home computer, I've got a lot (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
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(...) [...] (...) Hi Holger, Don't forget that some users use BS as a storing facility for their own needs or just to exchange stuffs with friends...and not for the pleasure of the "spectator" you are. But this thread is a great one and I agree most (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bad examples are getting worse :-(
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(...) Or auto-convert them to JPG when they are uploaded. But that takes lotsa CPU cycles. Steve (20 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO Batman video game
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Looks like the Dark Knight will be the next LEGO video game from TT Games, according to (URL) this article> I just ran across. Speculation was the next game would be Indiana Jones, but apparently not. I'm looking forward to Batman - should be fun, (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.games, FTX)
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If brickshelf were to completely ban BMP files, that would be a good start... (20 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree. But there could be a voting without consequences, like at mocpages. One category could be "artwork and presentation". So blurry pics could cause a "negative" vote. (...) If the photographer takes both overview and detailed pics there (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No, that was my fault. I implied that. Sorry Holger. Calum (20 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Singapore Airlines Airbus 380 lands at LEGOLAND®
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Singapore Airlines A380 lands at LEGOLAND® (URL) Singapore Airlines has unveiled its latest aircraft addition – an A380 aircraft model built entirely of LEGO® bricks – in LEGOLAND®, Billund Denmark. Using over 75,000 LEGO bricks in eight colours, (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Hea inoa! (A call to Hawaii AFOLs and LUGNET members)
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Aloha! ===== This newsgroup seems to be quite inactive and without any posts in the past few years, so I thought I'd make one. (Actually, I wanted to make a post a long time ago, but forgot about this newsgroup.) Auwe! Anyway, I just wanted to (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.loc.us.hi, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this? Some more photography basics
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(...) WRT to time, I think if you're prepared to spend hours building a great MOC, it's not all that much more time to prepare nice pics. Of course that falls down when it's not a great MOC or it only took a few minutes to build. Inclination is (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Agreed. However, I would think if it would ever be there, it would have already been put up. In my conversations with Kevin from a couple of BrickFests ago, he indicated a desire to keep text to a minimum and allow the content to be the main (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I would've thought the most logical place to put an article about how best to upload pictures to Brickshelf, would be on the front page of Brickshelf itself. May I suggest to Holger that he emails a cut down version of the post at the top of (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I have now idea if it's practicly feasable, but maybe have a text file automaticly uploaded in every new brickshelf acount, containing basic reccomondations plus a link to more extensive information, would be another chanel to educate at least (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Hey, BrickShelf-users, seen this? Some more photography basics
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Holger "HoMa" Matthes wrote: Lots of great advice snipped... Though one comment - not everyone has the time or inclination to do all of this. Though certainly are a few thoughts that don't really take all that long to do. (...) This is one of the (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This would be a horrible idea. It would be so abuseable to delete pictures from people that for some reason are disliked, or content that someone objects to. Can you imagine how quickly Brendan Powell Smith's Bible pictures would be voted (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Kelly, I do not say that there are only BZPower "kids" uploading problematic pics at brickshelf. I know a huge number of AFOL galleries (ok, the content seems to be build by an AFOL) which could be improved. I am not that familiar with (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I notice a number of sample "bad" images are Bionicle-related, not surprising given the number of BZPower members using Brickshelf. This is an ongoing education issue for BZP, and one that we are constantly trying to educate the younger (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Calum, yes, I know. Most of the users which really should read this are not acitve on lugnet or 1000steine. But I do not have the time to go to all other forums to do my missionary work. Jojo did a good job while linking my gallery here at (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi Magnus, (...) I tried to write some basics about online pictures here: (URL) If you only use Brickshelf for presentation the display-resize function might be fine. But most of use use Brickshelf also as "storage" room for LEGO pics which are (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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Hello, I've recently started posting pix on Brickshelf myself, and I'm not sure I understand what exactly constitutes "annoying" pix. I posted a bunch of pix that were 1600 x1200 pixels, and they are listed as "Image resized from 1600x1200" When I (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Holger, Your request may not be heard. Most of the people uploading such junk, whether it's out of focus, poorly lit, too low or too high resolution pictures are mostly kids who don't read Lugnet...it might be better if you posted this on (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hello, while surfing Brickshelf recent galleries another "highlight" could be found: An broken, 3504x2336 picture! (URL) No, your computer isn't broken, the picture someone uploaded was allready broken before uploading or brickshelf broke it ... The (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hello! I'm happy that this issue seems to be an issue which is starting to be discussed here and elsewhere at 1000steine. There have been some valueable informations in this thread concerning online pictures of MOCs. To show your great MOCs online (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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--snip-- (...) Exhibit A (URL) B (URL) really not that hard [1] to keep people unannoyed but good photography requires practise and, most importantly, chucking away crap pictures. I usually shoot about 3 or 4 times as many as I use and I know for (...) (20 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Okay, I have read the followups to this post, and I have read a recent followup to another post of mine over at Lugnet Announce Creation/MOC's where ALE Linus Bohman kindly gave me some tips on photography for my MOC's. I am not camera savvy, (...) (20 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I personally use IrfanView since it's free: (URL) If you go to the FAQ page on the IrfanView site, and scroll down to the very bottom, you'll find several tutorials on batch resizing and batch conversion. I used IrfanView to batch resize the (...) (20 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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Thanks Mark! -C. (20 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Cyndi - While you are logged in, get to the folder where the image is. Click on the word 'Delete' in the top right-hand side of the screen. You'll see some red bars pop up around your gallery, and then just click on the image you want to (...) (20 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi All- Does anyone know how to delete a single image from a brickshelf folder? Is this possible to do without removing and replacing the entire folder? Sorry if this is stupid/already answered long ago. Thanks- Cyndi (20 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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I noticed when you add the demensions of the file size to the file name, the image doesn't get resized in the Brickshelf page image placeholder browser window. As if the image was meant to be seen in a large format. Ie.. Desktop or Wall paper sized (...) (20 years ago, 5-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yes! More of this sort of thing! I would just love to be able to view with the option to exclude a category. Then I could search for 'not-bionicle'. I'd have the triple-whammy of elimintating all that un-lego (sorry, ;-), all the s'kiddies, (...) (20 years ago, 4-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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Hello! (...) I'm sure quite a lot of people who send up uberbig pictures got the impression BrickShelf DOES resize them. At least it seems to do, in that it compresses the dimensions of the 2000×1000px pix so that they fit into the 800×600px screen. (...) (20 years ago, 4-Sep-06, to lugnet.general) !
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(...) It could even be done at the Brickshelf end (and already is for the thumbnails). Tim (20 years ago, 4-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I totally agree! .BMP should be banned everywhere. About large pictures (not large in file size), it's might be ok in some cases when you want to show something extra but not on ALL the pictures! There's actually free software out there that (...) (20 years ago, 4-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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