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(...) Because James Earl Jones isn't 6'7" tall, and (URL) David Prowse> doesn't have the deep booming voice that George Lucas was looking for (listening for?) for Darth Vader... I can't believe we're even discussing this. JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Because (URL) David Prowse> doesn't have the thunderific voice of James Earl Jones, and James Earl Jones isn't as menacingly tall as Prowse. And let's not forget the late (URL) Shaw.> But by all means, let's forget the execrable (URL) Hayden (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Okay?? There is a guy inside the suit, right? So then why would another person be needed to do the voice? (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) The actor doing the voice of Darth Vader suit is (URL) James Earl Jones > JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Of course he is black! Who's colour blind here? Isn't the costume black or what colour is it? If it the person inside you are talking about, he is white, duh. It wouldn't make any sense for him to be black since he is Anakin Skywalker and as (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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Hi All, There have been some responses to an announcement made at BrickFest 2003 about the 2004 west coast fest. I truly apologize that this wasn't accompanied by a post to LUGNET with more details. I have been a bit busy the last two weeks with the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !!
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Whoa, what a fast weekend Brickfest was.... (URL) I had an even better time than I could have possibly ever expected. Huge turnouts for .Space and .Trains. RTLToronto's Mindstorm events have me thinking about next year already. The real fun though (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.people)
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(...) Uh, he's at least one black man and two white men playing a white man. Dave! (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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HE'S our last, best hope for the rebellion?! Wow. Talk about being screwed. lol Nice find. (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) For a time. But it is growing and incorporating the public. Is it not? Take SciFi cons for example. You pay to get in, boy to you pay, but I can go and wander about if I wish. I won't get the extras but I can wander about. Now I believe your (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.general)
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(...) minifigs... (...) Agreed 100%. This only means that the company is working to make the product even better. At brickfest, I asked during the QandA if the NBA race/plastic color was going to continue into the other themes like world city. The (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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Over the weekend at Brickfest, we were given the opportunity to buy up some grab bags from the LEGO Outlet. Now I wasn't really big on the idea of getting the grab bags at first (my mistake), but I went at the end and picked up a few. I bought one (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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This headline from news.com is great: "IBM snaps up Lego, blocks HP" :) (URL) -Anne (...) -- For SCO to attack IBM using IP (\`--/') _ _______ .-r-. is somewhat like trying to eat >.~.\ `` ` `,`,`. ,'_'~`. a live tiger. -Ian Lance Taylor (v_," ; (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) article is interesting if you want to know how Lego runs its computer infrastructure. (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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(...) Further to this I have managed to upload the same images to another location within my space on brickshelf. I think the problem was something to do with my original folder not having any content tags (e.g. train) as this time it asked me what (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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Ladies and Gents If you are planning on coming to NWBrickCon please let us know what you are bringing and what you want to do. We're planning space for classes, an animation festival, gaming, and of course, MOC display. So please, if you think you (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sunscreen, sand and virtually no water - there's a magical combination. (...) So he was only a half-cast eh? No wonder they didn't let him stay with his parents. Cheers, Allister (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Sunscreen. (...) Hmmm.. Don't forget Luke was only half Tattooini. Adieu Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South Pacifique (2 URLs) Misérable Building a safer South Pacifique (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Ever wondered why people that have been baked under the twin suns of Tattooine for generations have such fair skin? Luke and all his family should have been played by black people. Cheers, Allister (22 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) No problem. E-mail me for the address where you can send my outrageous consulting fee. ;P (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for clearing that up. $#@%!@#! :-) James (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Brickfest made the Idaho news
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Last night at the end of the 10 PM news they ran a short segment about Brickfest! -- Rosemary Regner, PE R Squared Digital Media rose@r2dm.com www.r2dm.com (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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To All, (...) Boy, does that bring back some memories. It is hard to believe it has been three years. I am glad my minifigs speak in English, because I am not too knowlegable in Spanish, as I took French for 5 years. : ) As for Lando, I am glad they (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Aren't you forgetting about a minor character who popped up in the first few movies by the name of Darth Vader? Personally, I think you guys have too much time on your hands. Instead of being happy that LEGO is becoming a more culturally (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) After reading the posts, perhaps the issue is no longer "Does yellow=white?" but rather, "Why aren't there more people of color in the mainstream media?" If we had a Star Wars-type franchise that was evenly distributed among White, Black, (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Always? I don't think so... the first we heard of that policy was at the release of the NBA figures. After all, Speilberg (if the director is Speilberg) is yellow, and Zidane (and he is Zidane) is yellow. Adieu Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) You assume incorrectly about what you think are my assumptions. "...what primary color would work best a "flesh" tone." I covered that. Nor did I say that there was any overt racial motivation. What I do believe is that Lego didn't think (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Well, that's true IF you believe that Lego's race card is played across all lines and all themes. From what I remember, they've always been adamant about the race card only pertaining to minifigs and only fictional ones at that. Personally, I (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Actually, I remember hearing that they did polls to see what the public thought would be more appropriate. The public chose "yellow" (or at least "pre-existing brick color") over "flesh-tones". I'll grant you that at the time they probably (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm really beginning to wish they had as well. I wouldn't be surprised if _they_ are wishing they'd done this. And if they aren't yet, they probably will be in a year or two, especially if that set ever hits retail store shelves. (...) That (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks for stepping forward to take the slings and arrows. I have witnessed, as everyone else here has, Lego listening to us. We asked for a small stormtrooper pack, releasing old sets, new colors, new train cars and engines, discounts on bulk (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) However, we do have the clear example of (URL) set 215> as skin colour differentiating 'race'; and this set dates back to 1977 - not too long after yellow skin was established. Adieu Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I disagree with your assumptions. When LEGO first made any attempt at Lego "people", they had very few colors to choose from. Yellow was probably the best looking one available at the time. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I just don't believe there was (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) I got so fed up I just created a new profile and copied the old stuff over. That's why you'll find two members named "Paul Baulch"... :-) Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) It's important to understand that the "race-card" was played a long time ago. A bunch of pale danes sat around a room and decided what primary color would work best as a "flesh" tone. They looked at each other and the choice was ethno-centric. (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Excellent idea (I wish they had done this, in fact), but I don't think the problem really revealed itself until people started begging for a "black" Lando fig. Luke and most of the main characters had already been released by then, so there (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) About three years ago it was revealed that all Minifigs speak Spanish. ("Re: Who's feelin the black pack") (URL) also suggested we have a separate newsgroup just for this issue! (22 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) The NBA situation is easy to figure out on the fact that they include not only the first black minifigs, but also the first white ones. If people complained that there weren't any black minifigs in the regular sets, you could finally point to (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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"Josephine Shih" <bb573@ms45.hinet.net> wrote in message news:HJEprG.1rn6@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] You and a lot of people. I'd be surprised if you either the magazine or your money. Mike (22 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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Damn.... I had ordered three ...... I subscribed online and paied through paypal. Does anybody have the same case? "Joel Hoornbeek" <joel@webaccess.net> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó news:HH59Eo.u9I@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) and (...) see (...) (URL) > here>.?I (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Brad spoke to this at the BrickFest Q&A session. The NBA minifigures depict actual people. For the most realistic effect, they were made with dark or light skin colors, just like the real people they are modeled after. Generic (yellow) (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | BrickFest mentioned on CNN Ticker!
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Much to our surprise, BrickFest 2003 was mentioned on the CNN news ticker! (URL) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) make a "black" minifig is precedent setting, and would also mean that every yellow minifig is white, IMO. I was always under the impression that minifigs were colorblind, so to speak. I know this discussion has been had before either in .Space (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Tim, the easily amused P.S. Who said Bionicle isn't good? Think of the possibilities! (22 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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BZpower has put up a picture of the new Lando fig. Before you go look at it I want you to repeat after me.... "Bionicle is good" Now, that did not hurt did it? You can see the fig here: (URL) P (URL) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickfest 2003 Presentations
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(...) I'll second the question and add...will anybody be videotaping their presentations? I know there are webcams available but I simply don't have the time to sit and watch them 60/24. :-) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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Just wondering how many of the presenters at Brickfest 2003 are planning to put their presentations on their respective web pages, for those of us unable to attend? Max (22 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I don't use Brickshelf, so I don't know about a reset button, but I have it on good authority that your password is "*******". (22 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Cool LEGO Site of the Week??????
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(...) Cool. Welcome back. Sorry to be impatient. Bruce (22 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I believe Kevin Loch is at Brickfest, so I wouldn't expect a response for a few days. But good luck, and I hope to see your Derwood! ~Kevin Blocksidge (22 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) If you *do* hear back, would you mind posting the results? I've asked about changing the password on a number of occasions, but I have not seen a response ... Thanks, Shaun (22 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Arrgh! Forgot Brickshelf password
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Arrgh! I forgot my Brickshelf password. I wanted to upload some pics of Derwood, my new (URL) Fleebnork®>. But I can't get back into my page. Anybody know if there's a "reset" feature? I tried e-mailing Kevin, but no response so far. James Wilson (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: NWBrickCon 2003
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(...) At this time we are planning this event annually. So when you come out to Seattle look us up! SeaLUG is always happy for more members and we love our NWBC! Mark Neumann (22 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Cool LEGO Site of the Week??????
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(...) Yeah I saw that. The review for New Templar Order is in his inbox right now (if I got the address correct that is :) ). /Tobbe (22 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Sometimes these things fall through the cracks, especially during the lazy/busy summer months. I'm not sure how much Todd personally has to do to update the LUGNET home page, but he (URL) posted yesterday> to say that he's on the road with (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I think I'll have to chime in here... As you already have figured out I had a little thight schedule before the vacations here in Sweden (all things come to a crawl during July here). I also thougth that I should be able to pick up my task (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, as shown by the reply, I recall picking up that task, and went along with the original plan, writing a short, albeit descriptive review for the prvious cool cite of the week (might make that month, in this case) Digital bricks.nl, then (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: NWBrickCon 2003
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Is this going to be every year? I live out side of Spokane right now but in the fall of 2005 I will be moving to Seattle to finish up the last two years of college for my four year degree. Hopefully it will still be going on so I go to it then. (22 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Cool LEGO Site of the Week??????
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(...) As the author of one of the current candidate sites for Cool LEGO Site of the Week, I have wondered this same thing. A quick search back on LUGNET for "CLSotW" reveals (URL) this post from Tobbe Arnesson>, who has been reviewing each week's (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Lego Ghostbuster figs (you don't have to know GB to help!)
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So I have a question: I've decided to try making a lego real ghostbusters theme. This is made easier now with the invent of the basketball figures and all the different hair colors. But I've run into a few stumbling blocks (no pun intended) and (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Official LEGO Set Modifications
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(...) They missed one that I know of. The Technic Destroyer Droid was changed to use the red and blue elastic bands in a few places instead of the plain black rubber bands. Sometime in the last decade they changed the formulation of the black rubber (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Official LEGO Set Modifications
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Hi Folks, A recent thread on FBTB has been talking about official modifications and improvements made by LEGO themselves to certain sets after they were released(such as Jango's Slave I and the AT-TE): (URL) you can tell by thread, many people (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Cool LEGO Site of the Week??????
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(...) I nominate LUGNET as the CLSOTW! Dave K (22 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Cool LEGO Site of the Week??????
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Any idea what's up with this? It's been two months on the current poll. Bruce (22 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Japanese Lego book : 'Lego Book Museum'
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I ordered it online (I'm in Taiwan, which is next to Japan) two weeks ago, and the book arrived last Monday. It costs me $30. The shipping charge in Japan is extreme and unbelievable high. Don't ask me why..... I don't know either. The books is (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Signing off...
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Well Folks, this is the last you'll hear from me till Sunday night. I'm off to go for my first time at Brickfest! My MOCs are packed, and my clothes are... well... getting packed. And I'm leaving for the airport in less than 7 hours. I'm bringing (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Believe It Or Not: LEGO! -- Part 2
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As promised, I have written up a webpage documenting the craziness I recently experienced out in Hollywood... a rather lengthy webpage, at that: (URL) or comments are welcome, and feel free to corner me at Brickfest if you want to hear more stories (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | BrickFest 2003 Keynote Broadcast - BrickCast 2003
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Hi folks, (URL) Friday we're going to attempt a very experimental (read, unprofessional) live broadcast of the BrickFest 2003 Keynote Address from Lego Direct SVP Brad Justus. This will be a live video and audio streaming webcast. This will allow (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Dunkin Donuts MOC
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Turns out the cops were diabetic. :) (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Dunkin Donuts MOC
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Lol, great little scene there. :-) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | The first LDRAW/MLCAD-made car for a computer game
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I've been familiar with making 3D models for the computer game "Midtown Madness 2" for a while now, one of my more popular models being a VW Turbo New Beetle. I go by "Legoguy" at the Midtown Madness 2 Central forums ((URL)) so needless to say I (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: NWBrickCon 2003
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Sorry, I goobered the post, this is to add groups to this message Ladies and gents and Lego enthusiasts of all ages, It is my pleasure to announce NWBrickCon 2003, hosted by the local LEGO enthusiasts of the Pacific NorthWest. NWBrickCon03 will be (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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| | Dunkin Donuts MOC
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The Fire Department has been called to Dunkin Donuts for a "Donut Overdose" (URL) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Needed: NT Servers and fast connections
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Hi guys, I'm looking for additional servers for a BrickFest live broadcast. Basically you need to have: -A relatively fast machine with NT4/Windows2000 Server that can be installed, modified, then blown away and reformatted after August 8th. -Fast (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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| | Legoshow in Valga, Estonia
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Hi all! On August 16th I will show some Lego trains in Valga, as a part of the Eurobuss tour. The Eurobuss will drive around in Estonia and inform about the European Union. As a part of this there will be an addition to the local paper, which can be (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | Inspection Car MOC
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I recently saw the neatest inspection car in a group of photos by Stephan Garcia taken at the Hoosier Valley RR Museum. As soon as i found the time, this is what i came up with. (URL) love the inspection cars. enjoy -tk (22 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Zenith CE MOC
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Kane StarCrafters, in our endless pursuit of customer satisfaction, is pleased to announce our most affordable starcraft yet. The Zenith CE. (URL) CE is the compact economy version of our wildly popular Zenith Series. This sporty ride features a (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Roundup Mk3 MOC
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It seems that everytime i put this MOC on public display, I find a good reason or two to keep improving it. I think that this is the final version, as it seems to lift quite high without slowing down and can work endlessly without any degradation in (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.town, lugnet.technic)
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Anubulus, ancient terror of the forgotten underworld has been stirred to back to life from an ageless sleep and is again gathering his strength. Hidden deep underground in a secret lair, Anublus and his minions worship day and night gaining power (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.castle)
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Ever since getting my hands on the 8465 a few month ago, I have been dieing to build a minifig scale monster truck. And here it finally is! SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY... Get ready for the burliest, nitro powered, car crushing ACTION ACTION ACTION! (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Brickshelf problems?
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your not alone. I've been scratching my head all day about this. -tk "Mark Rideout" <madmax_hm@nospamhotmail.com> wrote in message news:HJ2FLK.1oLF@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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I'm seeing problems viewing anything on brickshelf (except for deep links) The error is "There was a server error. Please go back and try again." 1) Goto www.brickshelf.com 2) Click on the "What's New" link 3) See error message. Is there anyone (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Japanese Lego book : 'Lego Book Museum'
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(...) whether (...) so, (...) though. (...) dashes. (...) (URL) (...) placed at (...) with (...) links (...) Thanks for all the info everyone, and the crosspost (I don't check .books very often). The page scans sealed it for me! I placed my order (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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| | The Horde Gathers...
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After reading the suggestions for my Orc War Wagon, I decided to alter it. And after I did so, I decided to, just for fun, assemble the Horde. (URL) I created a double sized wolf head from my Orc Wolf Rider designs, and added it to my wagon. Because (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I met a guy named Lloyd Burchill at SIGGRAPH, he stopped by the LEGO booth and came to the LDraw Birds of a Feather talk held Tuesday. He wrote a Photoshop plugin that takes an image and wraps it around a globe, then 'LEGOizes' it by outputting (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.general)
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I just uploaded my pics from the first day (Friday) of the LEGO RoadShow in Baltimore, MD. As you can see, I also took a tour of the inner harbor. There are pics of various buildings and the U.S.S. Constellation (the real one). (URL) was a fun show, (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Japanese Lego book : 'Lego Book Museum'
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Hiya I am going back to Japan later this month, if anyone wants a copy of this book bringing back.. In Japan, the book costs JPY2500, including 5% VAT (=JPY2381 excluding tax). I am in the UK - I don't know how much it would cost to ship the book to (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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Hey Folks, Onishi Shinji built a new Goblin War Machine: (URL) And it got me inspired to make myself an Orcish War Machine, as well as a Orcish War Standard. Now I'm not sure what that four barreled thing on Onishi's war machine is, other than a (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: How many are using Lugnet? (needed for article)
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In lugnet.general, Sonnich Jensen wrote: [...] (...) I believe that's accurate. -Suz (22 years ago, 2-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Japanese Lego book : 'Lego Book Museum'
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(...) Huw and all, Good news! I found the book at amazon.co.jp by searching on the ISBN number with no dashes. (URL) looks very cool! Quoting their shipping policies: "Amazon.co.jp can ship to virtually any address in the world. Orders placed at (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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| | Final NGLTC open house (closing down the clubhouse)
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This Sunday (August 3rd) will be the final public display at the Discover Mills "clubhouse". This is your last chance to come and visit the NGLTC at the Discover Mills Mall. The display will be open from noon till around 4pm. We will be moving out (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Soccer 8 x 16 Playing Field
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(...) Don't know about the 8x16 base, but for the 8x8, how about a (URL) lego-compatible base for a webcam>? James Wilson Dallas, TX (22 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Soccer 8 x 16 Playing Field
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(...) Well it was the (URL) space seed> part back in January. And because of that (URL) this> was created. I seem to recall that a few other people made neat things with those. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> (22 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Soccer 8 x 16 Playing Field
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(...) Internal structural components of large constructions (22 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | How many are using Lugnet? (needed for article)
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Hi all! I shall write an aticle about lego (trains) for a local paper. (more about that in mid-august! - but you are all welcome at Valga in Estonia on August 16th). I would like to know: how many people are using lugnet. There are 2127 members - (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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Anyone has an imaginative use for the soccer 8 x 16 playing field (or any of the other field pieces, for that matter)? Here's a link to the piece: (URL) seems like these things ought to be good for something other than assembling one of the soccer (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Another Lego PC project
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(...) He should have fudged the speed a little and used "0937";-) JOHN (22 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Another Lego PC project
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Just ran across this at (URL) - a Lego computer case. Yes, it's been done before, and this one doesn't break much new ground. Neat use of TIE Bomber canopies as decorative elements / drive covers. Unfortunately, the builder, James Watson, resorted (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: How does the "recharge" work in the new racers multi-challenge race track work (8364)
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By the looks of it, it looks to have a "winder", basicly runs the wind-up motor in reverse. At least thats what I figured! Josh (22 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: The Truth About Lego
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(...) Legos, Legos Everywhere by Laurie Sontag I hate LEGO. It's evil. Sure, LEGO sounds innocent and educational--but it isn't. Those little building bricks are pure purveyors of evil. First, LEGOs multiply. I once bought Junior a kit with a (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)
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