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I'm continuing to develop the game - latest release is 1.2.2.0 with a bunch of improvements in the graphics, and support for adding your own models for vehicles and the like. Hope you enjoy the game - feel free to email me with any (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jan-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: LEGO(R) Group Sales boom in 2008
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Another factor in the sales growth might be parents (and others) choosing to buy LEGO instead of more expensive toys like game consoles. (17 years ago, 22-Jan-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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LEGO(R) sales boom in 2008 Toy manufacturer LEGO expects to post double-digit sales growth for last year, despite lower consumer spending. While many Danish companies are tightening their belts and laying off staff in the face of the global credit (...) (17 years ago, 22-Jan-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND(R) California seek permission for a hotel.
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LEGOLAND(R) California unveils plan for 250-room hotel. Jan. 19, 2009 CARLSBAD ---- The owners of the LEGOLAND(R) California amusement park will seek permission Wednesday from the city's Planning Commission to put a 250-room, Lego-themed hotel on (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jan-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | LEGOLAND(R) California Appears on episode of 'The Bachelor'
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(If you are interested in watching this is for the US TV Market.) LEGOLAND appears on episode of 'The Bachelor' LEGOLAND(R) California will be featured on "The Bachelor" airing Jan. 19, 2009 on ABC. Single dad Jason Mesnick will take his date to the (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jan-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Interview about your LEGO life
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Hi all. A marketing student is preparing her thesis about LEGO. So she asked me to post here the link of this questionary. It takes few minutes, so please help her with her thesis. (URL) you want to know the results of her work, or want to know (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jan-09, to lugnet.general) !
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| | Updated Engine Roster
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(URL) All eight of my steam engine MOCs in all their glory. All told some three years and $216 worth of Big Ben Bricks wheels. Ben probably has a stack of envelopes pre-addressed with my address. --Tony (17 years ago, 12-Jan-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Brickworld 2009 Registration Open
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(URL) Share - Learn - Discover - Explore Hello Everyone!! We at Brickworld are thrilled to be bringing another event to the community. We continue to add to the event, making it more rewarding for the attendees. Some of the highlights of Brickworld (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jan-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
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| | LEGO, WWE, Bakugan gadgets
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LEGO, WWE, Bakugan gadgets By Stanley A. Miller II of the Journal Sentinel, Jan. 7, 2009 (URL) Digital Blue, which makes electronics and software for the youth and teen market, today announced licensing deals with LEGO Systems, World Wrestling (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jan-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | BrikWars windows game - free download
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I've written a free and open-source computer game for Windows, based on Mike Rayhawks excellent BrikWars wargame rules. It's a turn-based strategy where you create an army of minifigs and battle against the computer or other players. Download is (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jan-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Mmm... Beefy
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(2 URLs) Gallery> Erie #2602 L-1 Camelback Angus class (0-8-8-0) Steam Locomotive. This is my version of the (URL) truly bizarre Erie L-1>. Built by ALCO for the Erie in 1907, she was, at the time, the largest locomotive in the world, as well as the (...) (17 years ago, 2-Jan-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Winners of the Go Miniman Go LEGO Video Contest
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Winners of the Go Miniman Go LEGO Video Contest. Posted on Gizmodo on Dec. 29, 2008. (URL) Congratulation to all the winners! -Abner (17 years ago, 30-Dec-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.animation)
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--snip-- (...) Keep in mind that release dates won't be fixed until everything is sorted out and ready to be released. As past experience has shown, from TLG's perspective it's better to be vague and correct than exact and incorrect. Remember too (...) (17 years ago, 27-Dec-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the reminder about Railbricks...I have copies of those PDFs sitting on a hard drive inside a dead desktop PC and had forgotten about them. (...) Well, yes, that's what we've been doing...for a few years now. Always looking for (...) (17 years ago, 27-Dec-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: What I want for Christmas
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(...) I forgot to link to (URL) which in part answers some of your questions. Railbricks 2 ((URL)) has some extra info from Steve B. Unfortunately I wouldn't hold your breath for anything not covered in those articles but I have passed along the (...) (17 years ago, 26-Dec-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Beating up, kicking, and verbally abusing an old dead rotted horse...
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(...) (URL) (17 years ago, 24-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Understandable that some of it may not be answerable right now, but even having access to some of it would help a lot at upcoming shows. Thanks for the help. (17 years ago, 24-Dec-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for looking into this for the community, Tim. I'm sure we'll all appreciate whatever you're able to share. Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (17 years ago, 24-Dec-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: What I want for Christmas
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(...) The head of the PFS group is on holidays presently but I will pass this list on to him in the new year and I'll pass it through the Ambassadors program now in case that gets different results. I suspect that some of this may be answered and (...) (17 years ago, 24-Dec-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) All that would be a good start. I'd like to know recommended age range(s), since so many of the people asking us train questions are parents with small kids. I'd like to know what sort of battery pack they'll have. I seem to remember someone (...) (17 years ago, 23-Dec-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Beating up, kicking, and verbally abusing an old dead rotted horse...
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(...) (URL) (17 years ago, 23-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What I want for Christmas
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(...) A release date (month, anyway) for the first Power Functions train sets would be a major step in spreading the word and I'm sure that's the first thing on J-1's list. Any information on price points and types of sets that are coming out in (...) (17 years ago, 23-Dec-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: What I want for Christmas
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(...) What would you like to know? Tim (17 years ago, 23-Dec-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: What I want for Christmas
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(...) I'd be happy just to get some 'official' information on the power function trains that are rumored to appear sometime in 2009. The last three weekends the GMLTC has been set up at the Minnesota Transportation Museum's Jackson Street (...) (17 years ago, 22-Dec-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | What I want for Christmas
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If LEGO granted Christmas wishes, I would have to ask for: 1) 5.5 length technic axle - so my train wheels don't fall off anymore 2) modular train railing system - so I don't have to cut any more hose and the awkward use of minifig hands 3) train (...) (17 years ago, 22-Dec-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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| | STX Europe invites everyone to build innovative ships – with LEGO bricks!
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I got this in my inbox this morning: STX Europe will launch on 19 December a competition called the BlockDocker. The web based contest can be entered at <www.stxeurope.com/blockdocker www.stxeurope.com/blockdocker> The competition consists of two (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-08, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Seasonal Community Spirit
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Maybe the time of year has something to do with it, but I must confess to have been moved by the generosity of a few talented builders lately. Seperately, we’ve seen (URL) Eric Sophie>, (URL) Tim Gould> and (URL) Mark Neumann> sharing not only their (...) (17 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.inst, lugnet.people, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.cad, lugnet.western, FTX) !!
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| | LEGOLAND Park in Malaysia
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LEGOLAND theme park coming to Iskandar Malaysia. 12/12/2008 JOHOR BARU: Work on the first LEGOLAND theme park in Asia is expected to start here next year. Iskandar Investment Berhad (IIB) will sign a deal tomorrow with the LEGO Group, the Danish (...) (17 years ago, 12-Dec-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Another color change?
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(URL) (17 years ago, 12-Dec-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Call for event graphic submissions
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BrickFest ’09 - Portland, OR - March 27-29th, 2009 The BrickFest ’09 team invites the creative designers and artists of the AFOL community to submit graphic ideas/artwork for the official BrickFest ‘09 event graphic. It will be used on items such (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-08, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
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| | No set review...
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Hi all, Before making my (URL) Level 42>-mosaic, I used to make mosaics from (URL) ministeck>. A few weeks ago I noticed that (URL) ministeck> also has (URL) building bricks> in their assortment. As a ministeck-adept it's only natural that I'd buy (...) (17 years ago, 5-Dec-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Beating up, kicking, and verbally abusing an old dead rotted horse...
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(...) Great News! Even if you don't plan to go OpenSource please do provide information for the file formats of the layout files and the parts library. I guess this is where it is most needed and people are most willing to work on. Opening the (...) (17 years ago, 3-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Yes, the Monypoli game is Lego. WAS: Re: Danish translation needed
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This has nothing at all to do with this subject, but seems to be the only way to answer a problem that David had at (URL) hobe he reads this letter (perhabs let me know that it has reached him). It surely is 1:80 as you ask on (URL) folkevogn, du (...) (17 years ago, 1-Dec-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Decreasing comments in set listings.
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Hello, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, hopefully it is. Has anybody else noticed the significant decrease in comments posted in the set listings? Five or six years ago you could get 90+ comments for some of the most popular (...) (17 years ago, 26-Nov-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Alternate model for 8271
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(...) Hi Anders, Nice work! I already noticed your model on brickshelf earlier. Actually my first LEGO project was the 8674 Ferrari F1, but this wheel loader is indeed much more affordable! ;-) I've seen quite a few alternatives now for this set and (...) (17 years ago, 24-Nov-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Plastic Architecture: JCDC Vs. LEGO (Fashion show)
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(...) Cool video. Jeff (17 years ago, 20-Nov-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: New 2009 sets at Toys-R-Us!
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(...) Any idea when these sets will be added to the LUGNET set database? Eric (17 years ago, 19-Nov-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Plastic Architecture: JCDC Vs. LEGO (Fashion show)
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The first virtual fashion show. Spring/Summer 3001. Jean-Charles de Castelbajac is a fashion designer known as JC/DC in the fashion world. His official website : (URL) LEGO style. (URL) Made a CGI LEGO video link below: Intro. Video: (33 seconds) (...) (17 years ago, 18-Nov-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: New 2009 sets at Toys-R-Us!
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(...) The Creator sets in question are showing up on the TRU website but not yet on LEGO's site. Here are the links: Creator Propeller Power (URL) Creator Street Speeder (URL) -Jordan Schwarz (17 years ago, 17-Nov-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Homemade LEGO gummy candies
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Just thought others might appreciate these. The pics of the gummy bricks attached to real bricks are especially nice. (URL) (17 years ago, 17-Nov-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | No Eurobricks on BrickWiki?!?!
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What a colossal screw up! The oldest, most comprehensive LEGO-wiki, (URL) BrickWiki> somehow did not have an Eurobricks article! I have (URL) posted about it> on the new (URL) BrickWiki Blog> and asked for two things: help on creating an accurate EB (...) (17 years ago, 16-Nov-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: New 2009 sets at Toys-R-Us!
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(...) I stopped at TRU in Cool Springs (Nashville), TN area and found the following Pirates sets and prices: 6239 Cannon Battle $5.99 6240 Kracken Attackin' $9.99 6241 Loot Island $19.99 6253 Shipwreck Hideout $39.99 Note that 6253 appears to be a (...) (17 years ago, 14-Nov-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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| | New 2009 sets at Toys-R-Us!
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I dropped by a Toys-R-Us this morning in VA and saw several new Pirates sets and two new Creator sets that up to now I have only seen in leaked catalog scans on Brickshelf. I don't remember the exact names/numbers for the Pirates, but they had the (...) (17 years ago, 14-Nov-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Neat marketing tip for Technic sets?
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We all know how TLG always includes instructions to build two different main models in their Technic range. How about if they don't tell people what the secondary model is on the box? IOW, you would only find out what the second model was after you (...) (17 years ago, 14-Nov-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Beating up, kicking, and verbally abusing an old dead rotted horse...
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(...) Compiling pre-existing code with the latest Visual C++ won't introduce the .NET framework into an app. The app would have to be rewritten to use .NET in order to get a .NET dependency in, so that's not an issue. Apps compiled with Visual (...) (17 years ago, 12-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) (URL) (17 years ago, 10-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) One particular enhancement I'd like is better track height and slope management. I'd like to be able to set each individual track piece end height to the nearest 1/6 of a plate height. My layout has many track pieces at non-integer plate (...) (17 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Although Mono make it possible to run .NET application over Linux (without wine), currently Mono fully support only .NET version 2 while microsoft already have .NET 3.x and .NET 4 comming soon if not already available. Mono will always be (...) (17 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) My understanding is that the new Wine supports the .NET framework using MONO (open source implementation of nearly all of .NET). I think it is older programs, and game-like programs (like LEGO's designer) that it has trouble with. -Chris Gray (17 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) It is indeed written using MFC, which it makes extensive use of for the GUI. Porting it to another platform would take considerable effort. I think what I'm going to do first is get the source code into a package I can release (and archive!) (...) (17 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) What about (URL) BlueBrick>, as discussed in (URL) #3>? Might be good to coordinate efforts. Benn (17 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) If Matt or someonelse rewrite the code (open sourced or not) I would suggest to use a framework that is available to most of the OS like Qt or GTk. That way it would be really easy to port to all OS not just the most known. Wine is working (...) (17 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Given the reports that its using MFC, it would be easier to rewrite a new version from scratch than to port the existing one. (17 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) For me, the great think about Track Designer is that it runs just fine under the Wine Windows emulator. I've used it that way under my X86-64 Linux machine for several layouts, including working on NALUG layouts for train shows. I've never (...) (17 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Open the source code! My guess is that's the best thing which can be done. Set up a open source project, and even if nobody contributes immediately, maybe a day... and of course you can still develop it (and the source code will never be lost (...) (17 years ago, 5-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, back when I was searching high and low for it, we wanted to intigrate the source in with visual basic to control our switching and such on the layout. Its great that you've found this gem even if it was 5 years later. I still have a (...) (17 years ago, 5-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Now I'm debating whether I should do some development on it myself or let someone else do it or open it up for collaborative development. I have been able to compile it but only with an older version of Visual C++ (version 4.0). Plus I have (...) (17 years ago, 5-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) That is great news, Track Designer is very useful, I use it all the time when I do a LEGO train show as I have a different layout for each show. It still works very well but it would be nice to see a few enhancements. David (17 years ago, 5-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) I've been looking for a backup copy for years. I'd thought I'd lost the source when the hard drive crashed on an old laptop. I spent ages trying to find a backup copy or a copy in an email archive (because I'm sure I sent it to someone once). (...) (17 years ago, 5-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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AWESOME!!!!!! "Matthew Bates" <train_depot@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:K9u5s7.555@lugnet.com... (...) (17 years ago, 5-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) I know this is 5 years late but I think I have finally found the source code! (17 years ago, 5-Nov-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general) !
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(...) Hey, that reminds me: what year did the Nesquick Bunny debut? I'm thinking Summer 2001, but I could be wrong. Anyway, do you suppose that promo minifigs should count in this timeline, or only mainstream "canonical" minifigs? Dave! (17 years ago, 1-Nov-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Legal to sell "reverse engineered" copies of LEGO stickers?
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(...) LEGO is picky about e.g. Vestas, but they don't care (and most other bussinesses too) about other stickers (see www.ministickers.nl for our collection of vinyl/pvc stickers). (17 years ago, 1-Nov-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This is exactly why America secretly hates Canada! The nerve, correcting me like that! Hmf! But now that I think of it, you're correct. I first got a glimpse of the yellow minifigs in a catalog that came with a set my friend Ted received for (...) (17 years ago, 1-Nov-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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In lugnet.general, Dave Schuler wrote: snip (...) Far be it for me to disagree with the much smarter Dave!... However, yellow space dude debuted in '82 in the 6880 Surface Explorer and the 6950 Mobile Rocket Transport I received the first one for (...) (17 years ago, 1-Nov-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Huh-- it looks like the yellow ones existed, but didn't appear in any "set" sets until 1982. Between 1978 and 1981, they only appeared in yellow in minifig packs: (URL) in 1982, they showed up in "bona fide" sets: (URL) LUGNET guide apparently (...) (17 years ago, 1-Nov-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) If memory serves, the yellow Classic Space minifig debuted in 1983, rather than 1978. I will happily recant if I'm wrong, though. Dave! (17 years ago, 1-Nov-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Yeah, it's obvious they put time into it-- all those pictures were seemingly done themselves, not some sort of stock photos or anything. And they obviously spent some time at least trying to do some research. I guess my natural assumption (...) (17 years ago, 31-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Before looking at it, I thought it would be a typical "newspaper-type" article (i.e. poorly written, incomplete research, etc.). But after taking a quick peek at Gizmodo, it looks like they put a decent amount of effort into it (working with (...) (17 years ago, 31-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I dunno-- I'm amazed they say "almost every minifig ever produced", and proceed to miss vast gaping swaths of minifigures like Ice Planet, Classic Castle, BlackTron, ResQ, Rock Raiders, and others seemingly too numerous to enumerate. BrickLink (...) (17 years ago, 31-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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A really nice Lego minifig timeline has appeared on (URL) Gizmodo>, with pictures of the figs introduced each year from 1978 to today. Enjoy Roy (17 years ago, 31-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcement About Historic LEGO
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(...) A great piece of detective work, Gary! Thanks for sharing. Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (17 years ago, 30-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I always wondered why I had never seen a box for the #258, #259, #260 or #275 LEGO 1:87 VW vehicles. I know of a dozen collectors who collectively have hundreds of boxed rare 1:87 cars and trucks, but none have any of these 4 vehicle numbers BOXED. (...) (17 years ago, 30-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: PaB Inventory On-line for the iPhone
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(...) Some thoughts on handing this issue: Since build a minifig is probably a common way to mix stuff, just create a new "part" "minifig parts". Other mixes may be more of a pain. The "too small to be worth a bin" quantities might just be best (...) (17 years ago, 27-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Booty Bay (Yes from World of Warcraft) <that one!
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My husband and I spent a year planning then a month building booty bay =) Now, this isn't exactly a to-scale model of Booty Bay, but rather a Lego adaptation of Booty Bay. The primary problem we had to solve was that the layout of Booty Bay is sort (...) (17 years ago, 25-Oct-08, to lugnet.general) !
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(...) Yes, the "update" and "empty" buttons are Ajax based. (...) Actually, since I'm a super-user on the web-site, I think I turn off the X/Y coordinates for everyone, but myself (that's why it's in the picture)... I need to double check this & (...) (17 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: PaB Inventory On-line for the iPhone
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(...) Hm. So is that ajax-based, or is that something that submits the whole form? Basically, I'm hoping that it's a really simple click to set a particular element, so that I can merrily tromp my way down the page with a single, fast clicks, saying (...) (17 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) In answer to this, yes it's possible to give each store manager a different login that allows them to edit only their store. I invite store managers to help out -- just send me a quick e-mail letting me know you're interested. I've designed it (...) (17 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Basically, you sign-in: (URL) Then you select your store, making sure include empty containers & duplicate parts, and order by "columns down": (URL) You are then presented with the store inventory: (URL) You can "update" the part (meaning it's (...) (17 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) How does it work currently? Depending on how much effort it is, I'd be all for updating the Burlington store's inventory when I happen to be there (and remember), but I'm not sure if I'd continually keep it updated. Would it be feasible to (...) (17 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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TexLUG was invited to participate at Maker Faire 2008 in Austin, Texas this past weekend. We're not the first LUG to display at Maker Faire, but this was our first time, and we walked away with not one but two "Editor's Choice" awards for our (...) (17 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, FTX)
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(...) You're very welcome! Still need people to help keep the inventory up-to-date... Any more takers? --Mike. (17 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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Journal Inquirer By Laura F. Alix Oct. 22, 2008 Former employee charged in LEGO credit card scam ENFIELD, CT. - A Massachusetts woman is facing a larceny charge after, police say, she used LEGO company credit cards to buy more than $16,000 worth of (...) (17 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Congrats to AFOL and NGLTC member Mark Staffa!
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(...) Well drums are Mark's other passion besides LEGO, so the shirt works for him. I couldn't imagine this happening to a more deserving guy. Mark has been a great contributor to the NGLTC, his MOCs are always amazing...now I expect even more (...) (17 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Congrats to AFOL and NGLTC member Mark Staffa!
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Congrats to AFOL and NGLTC member Mark Staffa! (2 URLs) According to the 10/23/2008 edition of the Rome, Ga News-Tribune (URL) Mark now has $42,000,000.00 USD more to spend on his favorite hobby. Staffa, a software engineer, wants to help his (...) (17 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) Michael- I've said it before, and I'll say it again. You are THE MAN. This is a fantastic idea. Nice work. Brian (17 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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The Glendale Store in California at the Glendale Galleria is having an art show/ building event October 25th 1pm-7pm. 4 builders will be there including myself, Brandon Griffith, Andrew Lee and others. More details can be found on the store (...) (17 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Architecture series
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(...) The Brickstructures site appears down at the moment, but here's information on alternative sources in the Chicagoland area... "LEGO Architecture models can be found at specialty stores in the Chicago area including Love from Chicago at (...) (17 years ago, 20-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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Thanks, David - I just ordered them fromthe Foundation (much cheaper!) The Brickstructures site breaks Firefox. Too bad. Best Regards, Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG (17 years ago, 20-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: GOOGLEGO.info beta site for info on all things LEGO
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(...) Much as I appreciate the idea and work you put into it, I am afraid that while lawyers usually can be particularly imaginative when it comes to identifying cases of brand name infringement, they can be particularly unimaginative when it comes (...) (17 years ago, 20-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Yes, the Monypoli game is Lego. WAS: Re: Danish translation needed
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(...) That's pretty neat. I've done some looking up on the game now, and it looks like it's possibly the only board game Lego's done itself (versus things like the "Save the Kingdom" game or the Creator game, etc, which were supposedly done through (...) (17 years ago, 20-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego Club UK 80s Christmas Cards
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Does anyone remember these? :-) I've found a few on BrickLink, but there's at least a couple missing which I remember receiving as a child. Sadly my old cards have long since disappeared but I'd love to get hold of them again. Or at least, (...) (17 years ago, 20-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Paul, Sorry, I didn't notice your reply sooner. I bought them from the Chicago Architecture Foundation (URL) Lego into the search box. There are also some on Bricklink. And, I just bought (off ebay) a similiar set made by Brickstructures and (...) (17 years ago, 20-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Dave, It took a long time before I found a reference to Lego. If you look at the back of the cards, the pattern is really Lego in a very small font. According to (URL) game came out in 1947. I won this in a recent ebay auction. dave (17 years ago, 19-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Huh-- so that was actually released by Lego? I didn't see "Lego" or a date anywhere in the instructions. Is it printed elsewhere on the box? Where'd you come across it? DaveE (17 years ago, 18-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Danish translation needed
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Hi all, I am looking for someone to help me translate the text (in Danish, I assume) of the old Lego Monypoli game. You can see my scans here: (URL) for any help, Keep on bricking, dave (17 years ago, 18-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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Hi all, I have just posted some scans of my Monypoli game. (URL) would appreciate any help I could get in translating the text. I would like to post the translation with the scans. Also, I am missing the playboard. If anyone has one for sale, or one (...) (18 years ago, 12-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: GOOGLEGO.info beta site for info on all things LEGO
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(...) Nice idea. I share others' concern about the trademark violations, though it is a clever name. But, after you get past that obstacle, I think it's a cool idea. How does it compare feature-wise to what you can do on frappr.com? (18 years ago, 12-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Making custom stickers, advice needed
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(...) There was a recent discussion about this on the Trains-n-Town website: (URL) Basically, I've used the RGB values from the ldraw.org color chart, printed on regular white mailing labels as a base, then modified till the color came close. There (...) (18 years ago, 10-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Making custom stickers, advice needed
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I am looking for advice on how to make custom stickers. I have a Canon color ink jet printer to make them with (I dont think it can do anything special like print white ink) Firstly, I am looking for advice as to what sort of sticker paper to use (...) (18 years ago, 10-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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