 | | Our first wargame (QuikWars)
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MOCs and snapshots of IndyLUG's first foray into wargaming with ABS plastic. (URL) folder may not yet be public). (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | BrickQuest first questions
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I just read through the BrickQuest rules, and I'm quite impressed. I have a number of questions I hope Peter can answer, though. I haven't played a game yet, so please forgive the more ignorant questions. 1) Although the Wizard has powerful spells, (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Re: BIA circa 2005
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From: "kyle vrieze" <freze*nospam*@comcast.net> (...) Kyle, Thanks for the kind words. I like your idea about adding some mechs and mech bays. I think I'll work on this in the upcoming week time permitting. Sounds to me like you're a Blacktron I fan (...) (20 years ago, 13-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: BIA circa 2005
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(...) I've been watching the various incarnations of this setup on Brickshelf over time. The sheer scale of it, and the fact that it never wavers from the original Blacktron colors and style is always impressive. The monorail, and monorail stations (...) (20 years ago, 13-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Re: BIA circa 2005
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(...) Very nice. Just remember to leave the rest of us some room for our Space MOC's at Cantigny. Fuzzy (20 years ago, 7-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | BIA circa 2005
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Greeting, I made a few modifications and expanded the Blacktron Intellignce Agency. It now includes a monorail to transport pilots from their ships to the main facility along with a seperate monorail to transport workers to and from other moonbase (...) (20 years ago, 7-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: IndyLUG takes 2nd @ GATS Oct. 16-17
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(...) Here is a link to the pictures I took (URL) Here are the pictures Jeramy Spurgeon took: (URL) Please enjoy Mark IndyLUG (20 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Re: IndyLUG takes 2nd @ GATS Oct. 16-17
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(...) The first place winners had one of those nifty mini cameras on the front of one of their trains and a TV set up so that the crowd could watch where it was going. By the way, thank you for the great job you did on our club's badges. This past (...) (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: IndyLUG takes 2nd @ GATS Oct. 16-17
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Great Stuff-- Golly--who could have come in first? Tommy Armstrong tfa@brickengraver.com (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Re: GATS Oct. 16-17 (gallery link)
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I put in all those linked thumbnails and forgot to put a link to the whole gallery! (URL) IndyLUG @ October GATS> I'm sure surfers familiar with the way Brickshelf works just clicked on the "Up" link to get to the gallery. If not, just click on the (...) (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | IndyLUG takes 2nd @ GATS Oct. 16-17
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The Indianapolis LEGO Users Group participated in the Great American Train Show in Indianapolis on the weekend of October 16 & 17, and won second place. Some of the main attractions in the layout were: A HUGE mountain (URL) A big baseball diamond (...) (20 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | October meeting
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For all who weren't at the September meeting, the October IndyLUG meeting will be at the GATS. Since most of members will be there, we decided that it would be best to have the meeting at the GATS instead of having a seperate get-together for an (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | IndyLUG to display at GATS in Indianapolis Oct. 16 & 17
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IndyLUG will have a town/train layout at the upcoming Great American Train Show (GATS) on October 16 & 17. The show will be open from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM on both Saturday and Sunday. The show is at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, inside the West Hall (...) (20 years ago, 8-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Re: Various MOCS for October GATs in Indianapolis, etc.
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(...) Glad you liked the Swiss Villa adaptation. Maybe I should look for other old sets to see if I can adapt those too :) John (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Various MOCS for October GATs in Indianapolis, etc.
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(...) John (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Various MOCS for October GATs in Indianapolis, etc.
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(...) That appears to be a repeat of the Zoo folder. I think the beach may be this URL instead: (URL) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Various MOCS for October GATs in Indianapolis, etc.
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John, I absolutely love your Swiss Villa. I'm a big fan of the classic stuff and your adaptation is beautiful. Nice details on the Police Station and Freight Station. I think you should be the "Detail Man". I took the opportunity to peruse your (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Various MOCS for October GATs in Indianapolis, etc.
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Hi folks! IndyLUG is preparing a layout for the October GATS that has a lot of new stuff. So I'm posting the MOCs I've created so far for the layout on Brickshelf, with more to come. The main MOC is the courthouse I first showed at Brickfest 2004: (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | September meeting
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The September IndyLUG meeting will be on Sunday, September 12 @ 2:00 at Brian Darrow's house in Lebanon. Anyone who has never been there can email me or Brian for directions. The focus of the meeting will be the upcoming GATS in October, but as (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Badges for the club
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(...) I think it would be great to get a badge. They didn't have them at Brickfest when I went in 2001, so I don't have one yet. Someone should ask about the club discount and maybe we could put an order together in a week or so. -L (20 years ago, 23-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Re: Badges for the club
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(...) Yes, we who have been to a Brickfest do have the advantage as far as getting a badge, since we already have one. So far I think that Eric, me, John, Brian Darrow, Steve Hassenplug, and Robert Miles have badges from previous Brickfests. I think (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Re: Badges for the club
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(...) I'm planning to use my Brickfest badge for future events. I don't have it in front of me, but it has my name, my city/state, and "IndyLUG" on it in red/yellow/blue bricks. Eric (20 years ago, 23-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Badges for the club
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The guy who makes the engraved name badges for Brickfest just announced his new website: (URL) I think it would be a great idea for everyone to get a personalized badge some time in the future. We could wear them to all of our club events plus (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Re: IndyLUG sweeps the awards at BrickFest 2004
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(...) In all the excitement I forgot that Eric also won a 4th level prize (The Santa Fe Super Chief). He showed that it can really pay off to know how to spell "Pieniazek". (20 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Re: IndyLUG sweeps the awards at BrickFest 2004
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(...) I also got lucky on Sunday, and took first place in the regular Sumo event, not to mention getting my ticket drawn on Friday to win a Harry Potter castle, and my name drawn on Sunday to win a Knights Kingdom castle. My wife's been wanting to (...) (20 years ago, 17-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | IndyLUG sweeps the awards at BrickFest 2004
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Well, I guess we really didn't "sweep" the awards; there were plenty of other people from other LUG's who received awards too, but in comparisson to the number of IndyLUG members who were at Brickfest, we did very well. John Kyle won 2 awards in 2 (...) (20 years ago, 17-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Re: Zoo area for GATS
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(...) or an Elephant parade, or maybe we could inset all those minifig horses into the wall. A nice idea. Just so I understand, the mosaic would be on the face of the wall, not on the top of the wall, right? From the park1.jpg pic that you (...) (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Zoo area for GATS
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(...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Zoo area for GATS
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(...) Everything should come in light-grey. And purple. And trans-purple. Oh, and can't forget dark-purple. Anyways, if you order 1000 of them, you can get brown ones for ten cents each on Bricklink (I'm really starting to get curious about how (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Re: Zoo area for GATS
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(...) Excellent idea! I never thought I'd see the day when I wanted a flower stem in gray. (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Re: Zoo area for GATS
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(...) Just use a headlight brick and a flower stem. (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Re: Zoo area for GATS
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(...) Sounds cool. I wonder if it would be possible to make some of those person-counter-roll-...lk-through things (like they have in subways) in minifig scale for the pedestrian gate. (...) It would look really neat if each wall section could have (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Re: Zoo area for GATS
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(...) I was also thinking about putting a pedestrian gate near the middle of the wall. The nice thing about using the castle wall standard is that anyone can contribute a single baseplate-length of wall. I propose using primary and secondary colors (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Zoo area for GATS
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Hi all, I would like to pass on some ideas that I had for the Zoo in the upcoming GATS layout. So far Leah and Brian Alano have said that they'd help with the zoo, but anyone is welcome to make stuff for it. The zoo is right next to the Theme Park, (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Three old MOCs
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Hi all, I've taken pictures of three MOCs built in the past year or so for IndyLUG's GATS layout. First, inspired by the White River Gardens in Indianapolis, is a city gardens area: (URL) Folder: (URL) Next, is a townhouse: (URL) Folder: (URL) Last, (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Blacktron Intellegence Agency circa 2004
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Here's a look at the modifiactions I've made to the BIA. (URL) moderation. (URL) to Steve McD and Jeramy for loaning me a couple of rare parts so I could get this far. There's still some little details I'd like to add.... maybe after the holiday. (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Possible set for next draft
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The LEGO website now has set 4729, Dumbledore's Office for half price ($25). [LEGOSet 4729] Here's a link to the parts list at Peeron: (URL) Dumbledore's Office> I thought that if we were going to do a draft on a $25 set, this one would be nice to (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | MOCs and models from June 2004 IndyLUG meeting.
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Sorry a few of the images are fuzzy. I had a fingerprint on the camera lens :( None of the featured MOCs are mine, but all are from IndyLUGgers. Post-moderation: (URL) lugnet.org.us.indylug (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.town, lugnet.boats)
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| | IndyLUG banner at Brickfest
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Christina Hitchcock just announced that clubs are encouraged to bring their banners to Brickfest this summer for display. ((URL) I would like to take the IndyLUG banner there. As far as I know, we don't have any public club events planned for (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | 2nd Annual Midwest Lego Train Show ........call for participation........
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2nd Annual Midwest Lego Train Show NILTC is pleased to announce that we will be holding the 2nd Annual Midwest Lego Train Show in Wheaton, IL December 4-5th. This show was proven to be a great success last year smashing all previous attendance (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.org.us.lrgoaa, lugnet.org.us.gmlug, lugnet.trains.org)
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