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Mindstorms book?

ingamarie — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:21:21 GMT

Yo-- my brother wants to get my 10 year old a book about Mindstorms, and found this. Unfortunately out kit is an NXT kit and this is for the other system. Any remcommendations??

10 Cool LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Invention System 2 Projects: Amazing
Projects You Can Build in Under an Hour [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1931836612/002-9949908-6159214

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Lego Movies

lemonhead — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 07:52:54 GMT

http://www.brickfilms.com/

I found this the other day when searching out info about animating legos!

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Intro

Mark — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 05:56:20 GMT

Howdy, I just found this site, what an intriguing forum.
I am Mark Neumann, Lego Mecha head, Occassional Spacer, ABS addict, and Lego Cycle 3 Ambassador.
http://www.mechahub.com/index.php?option=com_gallery2&Itemid=35&g2_itemId=7311 (builders->M-N->Mark Neumann)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=ravenswolfmk

Might I recommend checking out www.mechahub.com for all your LEGO Mecha needs? Also, you can oftne find many of the builders (like Soren Robers, the guy who did the Fujikoma you like so much) in the #mecha IRC chat accessable through the site. If y ou find yourself there, I'm the one called "SnowLeopardOne"

Also, I am not sure about your familiarity with Brickfest, coming up in Aug. Or NWBrickcon, coming up in Oct.
http://www.brickfest.com/
http://www.nwbrickcon.org/
There are subforums for both of these on Lugnet of course.

Well, anyway, nice to be here.

Mark Neumann

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Legoland!

Sam — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 03:39:45 GMT

Okay, who's been there? I'm happy to say I've been to the big one in Denmark, which was super extra cool. It's hard to imagine a structure made of several million Legos, and the sheer size and detail that is possible. The two I remember most distinctly were 1) a scale model of the Legoland International Airport, complete with terminals, planes, moving luggage carts, etc., and 2) a model of the Berlin Cathedral, which was bombed out in World War Two and left standing in its damaged state, faithfully reproduced with our favorite plastic bricks. I found a couple of pictures online:

The airport:
http://www.geocities.com/travelphotos42/Denmark/Legoland_International.jpg

The cathedral:
http://www.geocities.com/travelphotos42/Denmark/Berliner_Kirche.jpg

Who else has been there, or has anyone been to the Legolands in California or Connecticut and what were those like?

~Sam

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Very elegant, in more ways than one

regfoghorn — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:36:52 GMT

http://news.lugnet.com/announce/moc/?n=3058

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Looking for Men/Women in Black...errr Brick? o.O

Jackalope — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 19:11:26 GMT

Anyway, I havent been on in a while and San Diego seems Dead for lego Intrests, I Have certain interests Including Area 51 type subjects. I have now discovered that the true size of a Human vs. an SR-71 per say is um... HUGE! lol anyway i have 2 small subjects ive made and now that im starting a new one, can you say OH MY LORD? This sucker is 2.7 feet long so far and the width is guessed (cause not finished yet) at 1.4 ft. its incredible cause for lego this is pretty much how the real thing would stack up to Human=Lego guy and an SR-71. I just want to see if anyone out there shares the same intreset! Contact me if you wish^^ thanks

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calling all Legomaniac Burners

beenjamminj — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 15:19:11 GMT

Lego Block City is coming back to Burning Man, bigger and better. I'm bringing almost a 100 lbs of Legos and we're building a City in the Center Camp Cafe. I'm trying to get more people and more stuff made this year. Here's the link to the pictures of last years City:

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8BctWzdm3aMLs

Here's the link to the Playa Calendar entry. Mark it down in your calendars as well:

http://tinyurl.com/apphl

I'd love for some of you to come help out. let me know who'll be there.

much luv,
Benjammin'

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Serenity/Firefly MOC

chronovore — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 01:56:02 GMT

Not mine, but I want it:
http://www.reasonablyclever.com/lego/firefly/

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Lego MOCs on Flickr

chronovore — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 11:59:03 GMT

Not mine. Someone else's, and they're a lot more patient than I:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124312001@N01/

Also, probably the best Fuchikoma (Ghost in the Shell) I've seen:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124312001@N01/18515877/

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Katamari Blockacy

chronovore — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 01:19:10 GMT

http://www.brickflick.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=521

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cool crane project

etb — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 23:42:33 GMT

The amount of work that went into this is staggering.

http://www.telepresence.strath.ac.uk/jen/lego/demag_crane.htm

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UK Lego Commercial - Looking for online "Mouse & Cat"

DrachenRogue — Sun, 08 May 2005 19:46:17 GMT

I'm looking for an online version of an old (60s-early 70s?) UK Lego commercial that I last saw on one of the "best commercials you haven't seen"/"world's best commercials" TV shows years ago.

It starts out with a Lego mouse, and then a Lego cat shows up. The mouse morphs into a dog, the cat morphs into a dragon?, and so on, to include a submarine, an anti-sub missile, and anti-sub missile-eating kipper... Eventually the cat morphs into an elephant, and the mouse morphs back into a mouse.

Just wondering if anyone has seen it recently online.

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Lego version of Star Wars Line Nerds

chronovore — Tue, 03 May 2005 15:24:55 GMT

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/05/03/lego_version_of_star.html

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Lego Mindstorms CD

Mon, 25 Apr 2005 06:56:25 GMT

Hello,
I have a Lego Mindstorms Lego set but lost the installation CD. Does anyone have a copy I can borrow/download? All the sites I've found do not give complete files to get it working. When I plug in the USB tower it asks for the installation CD regardless of the drivers I've downloaded.

Can anybody help?

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Visual-kei

chronovore — Sun, 10 Apr 2005 23:56:02 GMT

I have figured out why I like Lego now, and didn't for a long while. The whole range of Jack whatsit, Racer-something-or-other, and all the specialized pieces -- I figured out why they bother me.

In Japan, there is a style of rock music called "vijuaru-kei" ("visual type") that considers their look to be as important as their music. It is, but not the way they intend; the music is crap, even though the look is intriguing.

The specialized Lego to come out of the lines from the late 90's are very similar. They're only good for their looks.

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Favorite series?

chronovore — Sat, 25 Oct 2003 16:49:36 GMT

What's your favorite set or series?

Mine would have to be the very first SPACE series, with the blue legos and clear-yellow pieces. As a kid, when Lego started making spaceships, my dreams had come true.

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Japanese Schoolgirl and Drunken Salariman minifigs

chronovore — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 05:10:26 GMT

http://www.imaging.robarts.ca/~dgobbi/japan_shinkansen.html
(from the lego livejournal:
http://www.livejournal.com/community/legos/81380.html?nc=5 )

I'm assuming these are figure-mods, right?

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Seeking Lego Investors

beenjamminj — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:14:03 GMT

Hey people,

I do an interactive Lego exhibit called Lego Block City at Burning Man and Burning Man events. See pictures here: http://share.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=EeAuWrZuzbtGF4

This year, I'm planning to do something A LOT bigger, so I need A LOT more Legos. So, I'm seeking people who care to invest in Lego Block City.

What will your money get you? It wil get you Legos!! After they've been to Burning Man, that is. A donation of $50 will get you a box of Legos weighing about 8 lbs. This is a lot of Legos, roughly a 1 cubic/ft of pure Lego. I purchase old lots from Ebay

Your own personal Legos will go to building a HUGE city of EPIC proportions out of LEGOS. I'm currently working with Center Camp Cafe to get a prime spot in which to produce this event, possibly even the center circle of the Cafe.

Donations, can range from 1 peny to a million dollars. You decide how much Lego you want. If you have a any questions, just ask.

-Benjamin

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PodBrix

chronovore — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 02:57:08 GMT

http://www.podbrix.com/

Pretty funny, including the "silhouette" figure.

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GTA: Lego City

chronovore — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:33:36 GMT

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/meeRonn/GTA-Lego-City/gta_lego_city.mov

Neat o.

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Finally getting off my butt and taking pictures.

Will — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:13:49 GMT

First in a series of 6 (so far). pictures of the rest to follow.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=87942

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LEGOS on the playa?

beenjamminj — Tue, 13 Jul 2004 16:36:38 GMT

Hey people, last year i brought my lego to Burning Man. I had a great time bringing them to Center Camp for people to play with. i was wondering if anyone else has a few boxes of Legos that they'd be willing to bring and share. I'd like to an impromtu event in Center camp with a shit load(pardon the language) of Legos. Maybe even build a HUGE castle in the middle of center camp. What do you think

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x-post Legos and Spider Man

Mad Maxwell — Tue, 20 Jul 2004 18:47:13 GMT

Newest Lego Film

http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=2644145&refsite=6166&htv=12&htv=12

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casemod

chronovore — Tue, 25 May 2004 09:09:44 GMT

Very neato:
http://www.legocase.tk/

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Lego My Opinions

rayhill — Sat, 14 Feb 2004 09:08:08 GMT

I'm curious. Have any of you used the My Opinions or Message Boards sites on Lego.com? And, if you have, what do you think of them?

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nightmare situation

etb — Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:33:29 GMT

Discovering the cat digging in your huge box of legos and realizing that he just peed it them.

This required all of the legos to be washed. I just put a photo of all of them in the bathtub in the album. Washing them wasn't tricky at all. Drying them took forever.

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Selling the farm, brick by brick...

rayhill — Sat, 14 Feb 2004 07:37:48 GMT

I can't believe I'm doing this...

But being a dotcom refugee doesn't pay very well, so I'm forced to sell of 25 years worth of Lego collection to get me by until I can find another job. I'd love it if they could go to someone who appreciates them as much as I do!

You can find a nearly complete list of the collection here:
http://www.waywardbound.com/personal/garagesale/legos/

I say "nearly complete" because only the set are listed there, and not the remaining loose bricks, extra instruction manuals, and vintage catalogs. I counted all of the standard bricks in the blue tubs and it came to 4,000, so I'm estimating the entire collection of loose pieces is around 10,000, possibly more.

So if you feel the need to increase the size of your Lego empire, or know anyone who's looking to do so, please feel free to forward the link. It is much appreciated!!

--ray

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blockcad

majed — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 02:25:34 GMT

http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/proglego.htm

I am sure that some lego freaks know about it, but the above link is for the rest ... it is free, cool, and computer friendly !!!

Peace

Majed

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Sites?

chronovore — Tue, 28 Oct 2003 15:15:30 GMT

What sites make you inspired to break out the bricks?
I like Marsbase.com.

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burning man legos?

SallyServe — Sat, 13 Dec 2003 20:18:01 GMT

I'm interested in making giant recycled styrofoaM legos to bring to the playa for fun this coming burning man. there are particulars that should be considered, al al in al i think it would be fun. n e 1 interested?

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lego logic

etb — Wed, 17 Dec 2003 21:55:24 GMT

http://anon.razorwire.com/lego/

Pity it is stuck at the same progress point as when I last checked it, many moons ago. (The server says "Last-Modified: Thu, 14 Sep 2000".)

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Lego Mindstorms

Adel — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:08:53 GMT

Any Mindstorms users in this tribe?

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The Brick Testament

john — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:10:33 GMT

I'm not a " bible thumper " but I thought this was a really neat site that other Lego aficionado's might enjoy as much as I have ... This website tells Bible stories through the use of Legos ... Check it out @ http://www.thereverend.com/brick_testament/

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