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(...) Man, this is so cool. The floating heads are fun, but building instructions in comic form...LOVE IT! Who's comic is this? If you'll add to the BIP ((URL) feature it ASAP! Jake -- Jake McKee Webmaster - BIP (URL) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.inst)
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| | BIP Updates
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After a long hiatus in doing anything new with the Building Instructions Portal, I'm coming back! In the coming months, I'm going to be putting quite a bit of effort into re-writing the site's code, and adding new functionality. So in preparation (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Re: Mecha under construction: Make-a-Mecha 5-6-7-8
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Construction pics of the (URL): Current Status (URL) The Chest features a laser pointed at a Crystal Ball peice. Eye Lights by John Barnes. Bread Board Laser Brick Mod by <http//:www.abs-robotics.com/ Rob Limbaugh> (3 URLs) #5 Make a Chest (URL) #6 (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.inst, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Mecha under construction: Make-a-Mecha 1-2-3-4
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If you guys hurry up you can build along with me. Make-a-Mecha Here are the first four steps. Feel free to follow these outlines or what ever suits you. First thing to do to make a Mech is to build a head. Here is the head of a new Mecha I am (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.inst, FTX)
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| | 4100 Maximum Wheels Alternate Model Instructions
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I've posted some instructions I made for my son to be able to make one of the alternate models from the 4100 instruction manual up on brickshelf. It's a sports car from the picture on page 61 of the instructions. (URL) links: (URL) file: (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: Instructions for tall CCC Wall
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Good stuff. I've always thought the standard wall was too low. :) "Jason Spears" <spearjr@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Hx7H63.E0r@lugnet.com... (...) that we (...) calls (...) whipped (...) (URL) work with> the regular CCC walls but are a (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: LEGO.com updates BI database
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(...) link. I think it is great that the comapny shares these instructions with us! Well done. -Alfred (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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| | Instructions for tall CCC Wall
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Peter Guenther and some other MichLUG members got to talking and decided that we needed some castle walls for our medieval villages. However, the standard calls for walls that are only 8 bricks tall and this was just too short. Peter whipped up some (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.inst, lugnet.org.us.michlug, FTX) !!
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| | LEGO.com updates BI database
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If you are interested, LEGO.com has updated their Building Instruction database and functionality. To see the updates, check out: (URL) McKee Webmaster - BIP (URL) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general) !
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| | Smart cars
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Un message en français suit - A french message follows A few months ago Pierre-Yves builds a little car freely inspired by the "smart" car from DaimlerChrysler/Mercedes. He had no CAD skills so I made for him the building instructions : (URL) MLCAD (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.inst)
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| | catalog scan
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Back in 2001 the LEGO Shop-at-Home catalog showed "instructions" for building a schoolhouse with bulk packs. I can't find my 2001 catalogs. Can someone who has one please scan that page for me? Russell (21 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.db.scans, lugnet.inst, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Ben's BR24 instructions
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(...) Very nice work Ben! Can't wait to see it on the BIP! Jake --- Jake McKee Webmaster - BIP (URL) (21 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: A&M LWork's Sea Breeze Hotel
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(...) Opps... need to fix that. =0 (...) On brickshelf you will ONLY find the .MPD and .SWF (FLASH) files. There are no images just yet of the hotel. (...) Yup from the distance I do get that feeling. Perhaps I should of used tan brick? If you look (...) (21 years ago, 25-Apr-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: A&M LWork's Sea Breeze Hotel
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(...) Unfortunately the thumb on that page goes to (URL) is quite a nice picture, but not a hotel :-) Couldn't find the hotel by a *quick* browse at brickshelf. Link? Looking at the .mpd, I'd say it looks mostly like a prison refurnished into a (...) (21 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad)
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| | A&M LWork's Sea Breeze Hotel
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This project has been on the backburner for over 2 years now! I've finally managed to complete my 1st "playable doll-house like building!" Check it out here: (URL) -AHui A&M LWorks (URL) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | A&M LWorks Presents MAFIA; City of Lost Heave - Bolt Pickup
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The MAFIA: City of Lost Heaven project continues to grow. A&M LWorks is proud to present the 1st vehicle in Andrzej Szlaga’s Mafia The City of Lost Heaven Vehicles Set II Building Instructions! (URL) Get the BIs from here: (URL) -AHui A&M LWorks (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: BIP Contest II comes to an end
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(...) I laughed outloud when I read that! A "BIPPY"!! (...) No way, don't thank me! Thanks to all the BIP contributors! Jake --- Jake McKee Webmaster - BIP (URL) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BIP Contest II comes to an end
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(...) Holy shmokes! I was on my way out the door today to head off to work, when I decided to take a quick check of my favorite websites before leaving. I opened up LUGNET, saw this post at the head of the "Top Stories" section on the main page, and (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: BIP Contest II comes to an end
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(...) I just could not get the words out of my mouth. She litteraly had to grab me by the arms, shake me and told me to "calm down what is wrong", she thougth something was burning in the kitchen! -Ahui (21 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BIP Contest II comes to an end
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"Ahui Herrera" <jedi_agh@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HwJsAy.1FLz@lugnet.com... (...) WOW! I (...) "I WOW"? ;-) [ j o n ] (URL) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BIP Contest II comes to an end
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(...) WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! I cannot believe this. I read this post and had to re-read and then re-read it again! I still cannot believe it. Words fail me right now. You guys and girls should have seen me running around (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: BIP Contest II comes to an end
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(...) Congrats to you Jason for winning the People's Choice. Now that you have a bit more free time, you should be able to out do this and the Odyssey.:-) Jude (21 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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| | BIP Contest II comes to an end
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Well, after several months, and with 850 Building Instructions added to the BIP, the (URL) Contest II: Contest Reloaded> has come to an end. You can check out the winning entries at the (URL) (as well as the fat prizes the winners have coming soon), (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Hoping for advice... Best way to get parts? Other "Builder AFOLs?"
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(...) Thanks to everyone who responded. It's interesting to know what other people think about these things and I appreciate the advice. Thanks again, Paul (21 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: Hoping for advice... Best way to get parts? Other "Builder AFOLs?"
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Hiya Paul (...) Unfortunately you're right, getting all the parts for a specific model off Bricklink is a lot of work and you end up with multiple orders and multiple shipping costs. The minimum order thing is getting worse as sellers raise their (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: Hoping for advice... Best way to get parts? Other "Builder AFOLs?"
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(...) ~~ snip ~~ I think it is fair to say that everyone that builds with Lego, regardless of age, ends up wanting and needing more and different parts than they have available. As you have found out, this is especially true when you set out to (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: Hoping for advice... Best way to get parts? Other "Builder AFOLs?"
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(...) This is a problem that will always come up. I've made instructions for some of my models and posted them on my site. Having been playing with LEGO since age 2 I've by now collected quite a bit of parts, some old and rare. When making MOC's I (...) (21 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: Hoping for advice... Best way to get parts? Other "Builder AFOLs?"
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(...) For every builder AFOL like yourself there would have to be a designer AFOL! I'm a designer and builder. I buy sets for the parts that are in them, assessing yield in terms of whether some parts are required in the near future and whether all (...) (21 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: Hoping for advice... Best way to get parts? Other "Builder AFOLs?"
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I like to build from instructions, too. Either instructions of released sets, ideabooks published by Lego or 'third party' instructions. If I don't have specific parts in particular color, I try to build the model using a different colorscheme. (I (...) (21 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: Hoping for advice... Best way to get parts? Other "Builder AFOLs?"
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(...) I see what you mean. When I looked through Jake’s book I was disappointed in what it didn’t contain as well as the really expensive parts that were found in some of the models. Granted the models look awesome but I would honestly explore other (...) (21 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.inst)
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| | Hoping for advice... Best way to get parts? Other "Builder AFOLs?"
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I'd love to hear people's advice on getting the specific parts you need to build a specific MOC. I'd also like to know if anyone else is a "Builder AFOL" like me? Getting Parts: I know Bricklink is the short answer but I feel like I just don't get (...) (21 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: LPub Question
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(...) Ok, I'm giving that a try. Thanks for the help. (I actually bought a copy of (URL) Virtual Lego> from Tim this weekend, so that had some helpful info as well.) I'll post back when I get it figured out. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.inst, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub Question
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(...) Lets make sure we're clear here. For part list images and BOM, you do not have control over orthographic. LPub forces it, and it works with Part Images Minimum Camera Distance. I'll test drive Assembly Images+orthographic+min camera distance. (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Is BIP down?
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Subject says it all (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: LPub Question
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(...) Are you trying to render them with an orthographic camera? I had the same problem when I tried that and no wrangling with the minimum camera distance helped. When I set the camera angle at ten (which effectively looks orthographic) the minimum (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.inst, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub Question
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(...) OK, my laptop is back together and I have enough battery to give more concrete information. In the "Building Instructions"->"Steps" tab, there is a "Minimum Camera Distance". This one can effect the scale of construction images. It cannot the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.inst, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub Question
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(...) The issue you are grappling with has to do with scale..... Since you give me no information to work with I have to guess. I'd guess that your model is very large, so L3P places the camera very far back to make sure that all of the model is (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.inst, FTX)
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| | LPub Question
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Why is it then when I tell LPub to create the "Layouts" it makes the parts needed for this step box HUGE, but the images that shows where they go in the step tiny? (URL) Am I doing something wrong? Is there a place to modify this setting? Could it (...) (21 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.inst, FTX)
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| | BIP Contest II - Update
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We've reached another milestone on the (URL) BIP>, we've passed 800 added building instructions! The site has had a (URL) running for a while now to help encourage link additions, and it's worked like a champ. Joseph Gonzales won the Teaser Prize at (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Call for guest bloggers - BIP
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Blog -- (weB LOG) - A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is "blogging" and someone who keeps a blog is a "blogger." Blogs are typically updated daily (or regularly) using software that allows (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, FTX) !
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