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All - We are hosting another Brickheap War event! This event will be held Saturday afternoon, September 30, from 12-5 ((URL) in the Center House at Seattle Center (Conference Room A). The space we have for the event at Robothon is a bit limited, so (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | [Press Release} BayLUG Upcoming Events and 2007 Preview (long)
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA The Bay Area LEGO Users Group (BayLUG) and Train Club (BayLTC) is pleased to announce our schedule for the rest of 2006, and a preview of the 2007 schedule. ---...--- Great Train Expo Sat-Sun, September 23-24, 2006 (...) (20 years ago, 9-Sep-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.org.us.sacbb, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | 9 Sep Bridgewater Mall Meeting
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Saturday 9 Sep meeting will be held at Bridgewater Mall from 5-7pm hope to see you at the store and later in the food court. Excited to talk about people's experiences at brickfest patty (20 years ago, 4-Sep-06, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Re: Plans for Labor Day weekend? -- Anyone want to build?
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(...) I'd like to do something, but I am out of town in Faytteville. I should be back Monday. We are a bit overdue for a meeting:-) Joe (20 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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| | Re: Plans for Labor Day weekend? -- Anyone want to build?
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(...) Joe, Yep, there are people still looking at this newsgroup. I'm in Boone, NC so I haven't made it to any NCLUG meetings in a long time. I can't do anything this weekend, but I am going to try to participate more later in the year. -- Thomas (...) (20 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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| | Plans for Labor Day weekend? -- Anyone want to build?
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Hey, Kinda new to the Raleigh area and just joined NCLUG (thanks to Joe Meno at BrickFest!). I was wondering if anyone was doing anything on this extended weekend. Due to the bad weather it kinda kills any beach or outdoors plans. If anyone wanted (...) (20 years ago, 1-Sep-06, to lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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| | Upcoming SMART meetings
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At our last SMART meeting we decided that the next meeting (September 30th) will be held at Robothon, in the Centerhouse, Seattle Center. The meeting will be another BrickHeap Wars, and teams will need to sign up ahead of time. More details to (...) (20 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Pirates! Yarrr here, there be dead men...
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Well after a long hiatus of not building anything for a while, sudden inspiration has lead to a few pieces with some nice results. First to come WIP is this Pirate skull from the movie poster for "Pirates 2: Dead Man's Chest" (URL) Will probably (...) (20 years ago, 27-Aug-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.org.us.sealug, FTX) !!
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| | Finally, Our next mmeting will be held September 23rd
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It has been a long time in the coming, but Thomas Mueller has graciously offered to host our next meeting at his office in Santa Ana. Please email me for address information. More details to follow. Scott (20 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la)
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| | Re: LEGO events at Worldcon 2007
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Comments intermixed below (...) I might be interested in sending stuff(but I'm skittish about this sort of thing, any assurances I could get would be helpful). I'd certainly be interested if I could get some help to get over to Japan! Bryce, Soren, (...) (20 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.delvalug, FTX)
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| | LEGO events at Worldcon 2007
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Since I've successfully run LEGO-based events at the (URL) SF/F convention for the past three years, I've been asked to investigate doing the same for the 65th World Science Fiction Convention -- (URL) Nippon2007>, the first Worldcon to be held in (...) (20 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.org.us.delvalug, FTX)
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| | Re: Pleasanton museum pictures
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(...) Sorry, I've tried to get that email address sorted out, but nothing seems to move around here. The address in my profile is correct. Try j dot j dot railton at btinternet dot com. Jason R (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pleasanton museum pictures
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(...) Hey Jason, I am trying to get you in touch with the member who built this train, but your email is bouncing. Can you send me a current email address so I can pass it on to him? -- Russell Clark President/Co-Founder, BayLTC/BayLUG (URL) Chief, (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains)
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| | August IndyLUG meeting
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The August IndyLUG meeting will be on Sunday, the 13th at 2:00 PM at Jeramy's house. (If you've never been to Jeramy's house, or have never been to an IndyLUG function and would like to join the club, please email me for directions.) Things we'll be (...) (20 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, FTX)
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| | Re: Pleasanton museum pictures
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(...) I can see a train motor every other car, but I presume the red wheels then are BBB wheels, and the feature drive is taken from the axle? I've got a piggy-back train that gets its drive from half-bushes with minifig car tyres, suspended between (...) (20 years ago, 6-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pleasanton museum pictures
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(...) Yes. Each car has something animated on it and the ferris wheel spins. We call it the "Goofy Train". -- Russell Clark President/Co-Founder, BayLTC/BayLUG (URL) Chief, PCFD There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (20 years ago, 6-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Pleasanton museum pictures
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(...) That's cute. Is that fairground train animated? Jason R (20 years ago, 5-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Pleasanton museum pictures
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Here are pictures from our latest train layout in the Pleasanton museum: (URL) Clark President/Co-Founder, BayLTC/BayLUG (URL) Chief, PCFD There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (20 years ago, 5-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: NXT "remotes"
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(...) Thanks (and thanks to Bryan who replied off-lugnet) I had forgotten the bit about those motors being pre-prototypes. When I find time, I'll take a look at trying to figure out what to do with the more powerful ones. At the very least if I can (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: NXT "remotes"
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(...) I have mine set so if the reading is between -10 to +10, it stops. So, if the reading is <-10, go backwards, else if the reading is >+10 go forwards, else stop. (...) This is a bit tricky. And, a bit of trickery. The program is very simple. (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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