samedi 25 mai 2013

• LEGO Education changes owners
  lugnet.edu, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FUT: lugnet.mediawatch,lugnet.general,lugnet.edu: [LEGO Education changes owners] By Andrew Nash The Morning Sun May 17, 2013 PITTSBURG, KS - While it may seem like a major change, business will continue as usual for LEGO Education employees in (...)
  
  
• 2013 Briqu'expo Mulsanne
  Briqu'expo Mulsanne 2013 le mans
  
  
• The World?s Largest Lego Model Is A Life-Size X-Wing [Video]
  lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.starwars, FUT: lugnet.starwars,lugnet.fun: [The World?s Largest LEGO Model Is A Life-Size X-Wing - Video] By Corinne Iozzio May 23, 2013 This morning, LEGO opened up a gigantic box in Times Square. Inside: a full-scale replica of an X-wing fighter made entirely of LEGO (...)
  
  
• Inside LEGO Life-Size Star Wars X-Wing Fighter With a 7-Year-Old
  lugnet.mediawatch, FUT: lugnet.mediawatch,lugnet.general: [Inside LEGO Life-Size Star Wars X-Wing Fighter With a 7-Year-Old] By Robert Kolker NYMAG.com ?Dad, you?ve got to tell me.? ?Dad, you?re torturing me.? ?Has it been an hour yet?? ?How do you read that clock?? ?What are you writing down?" (...)
  
  
• LEGO Group Unveils World's Largest LEGO® Model: Star Wars? X-Wing starfighter
  lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.lego, FUT: lugnet.mediawatch,lugnet.general,lugnet.starwars: [The LEGO(r) Group Unveils World's Largest LEGO(r) Model To Delight LEGO Star Wars? Fans Across The Galaxy] More than five million LEGO bricks used to create life-sized (...)
  
  
• Hatsune Miku says hi!!
  Mike Dung (MikeVd) would like to present his latest model, a likeness of Hatsune Miku, a singing Japanese simulacrum whose name translates to “The first Sound from the Future”. I came across this video while looking for information on this…”collaboratively constructed cyber celebrity” who has (...)
  
  
• Gorgy Wants a Horse
  ReBrick recently crowned a winner in their LEGO Movie Competition. The video is entitled “Gorgy Wants a Horse” and the responsible party is Brotherhood Workshop. The technical execution seems flawless to my uneducated eyes and the story had me grinning. Now try not to be “jelly”, constant reader, (...)
  
  
• Friday Night Fights (Round 6)
  Welcome back fight fans, to Sin City Nevada for another bludgeoning edition of Friday Night Fights! Tonight’s bout features two hard-bitten fighters from the ancient Bionicle school of building. Let’s go to the tale of the tape: Fighting out of the red corner…the Finnish Firebrand…Pate-keetongu (...)
  
  
• King Candy Cy-Bug
  Bruce Lowell brings the fun with his most recent build…the King Candy Cy-Bug from Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph. Again Bruce shows that he is a master at creating builds with a tonne of character. But where is Ralph when ya need him? More (...)
  
  
• LUGNET Guide updates (Sat 25 May 2013)
  lugnet.admin.statistics, lugnet.admin.database, FUT: lugnet.admin.database: This is a daily report of recent changes made to the data in the <http://guide.lugnet.com/ LUGNET Guide>. No new sets No updated sets
  
  
• News/Discussion Group Traffic (Sat 25 May 2013)
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• News-by-Mail Subscriptions (Sat 25 May 2013)
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vendredi 24 mai 2013

• Brick Fiesta registration deadline is May 31
  If you’re planning on attending Brick Fiesta in Dallas but have not yet registered, you have until the end of May to do so and get your engraved badge. Visit Brick Fiesta’s website for registration details.
  
  
• Atlas & P-Body by eldeeem
  Despite heroic contributions from Xbox friends like Tyler, I never quite managed to get all the way through co-op mode in Portal 2. Still, it was really really fun, and I always enjoy seeing LEGO renditions of the paired test subjects Atlas and P-Body. This version by Ryan H. (eldeeem) is at a (...)
  
  
• sales May 24-30
  lugnet.loc.ca: No LEGO in either the Walmart or Target flyers this week. TRU flyer good from May 24-30. 20% off all DUPLO sets 20% off all Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Chima Speedorz sets. 20% off select Hobbit sets (flyer shows 79001 and 79002) (website has 79003, 79004, 79000, and 79010 (...)
  
  
• Build your own Lego Angry Birds characters
  Max Yang (artifexcreation) created instructional videos with step by step photos on how to build your own Lego Angry Birds characters. The Red Bird is shown below. Check out the other videos and keep an eye out on his YouTube playlist for more to (...)
  
  
• Piscine DUPLO
  Bonjour à tous, je cherche des infos sur la piscine DUPLO, est ce que quelqu'un à déjà eu sur une expo cette fameuse piscine prêtée par LEGO ? _______________________________________________ Freelug-general mailing list [hidden email] (...)
  
  
• Angels on a pin
  I suspect that Pascal (pasukaru76) has more of these delightful fellows coming, but for now we can make do with no-name and Raziel. His first two little LEGO neo-angels (presumably based on Evangelion) are just so cute.
  
  
• LUGNET Guide updates (Fri 24 May 2013)
  lugnet.admin.statistics, lugnet.admin.database, FUT: lugnet.admin.database: This is a daily report of recent changes made to the data in the <http://guide.lugnet.com/ LUGNET Guide>. No new sets No updated sets
  
  
• News/Discussion Group Traffic (Fri 24 May 2013)
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• News-by-Mail Subscriptions (Fri 24 May 2013)
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jeudi 23 mai 2013

• Re: Controversial 'Mr. Gold' LEGO figure is $1,000 windfall
  lugnet.off-topic.fun: In lugnet.mediawatch, Abner Finley wrote: > [Controversial gold LEGO figure is $1,000 windfall] > > Individually numbered and mixed in randomly with LEGO?s other collectible > minifigs, Mr. Gold is gold-chromed from top hat to toes -- except for his > classy (...)
  
  
• Life-size LEGO Star Wars X-wing – official details
  We hope you enjoy our exclusive coverage of the life-size LEGO Star Wars X-wing unveiled in New York earlier today, but we’d be remiss in our duties if we didn’t pass along the official info from LEGO as well. See the full photoset on Flickr for all the official photo’s, along with Joe Meno’s from (...)
  
  
• In person with the life-size LEGO Star Wars X-wing – largest LEGO model ever
  Today in New York, LEGO unveiled a massive model of an X-wing fighter from Star Wars. Built by LEGO Master Model Builders, it’s the largest LEGO model ever made. While TBB couldn’t make it to New York for the launch ourselves, we’re pleased to bring you a guest post by BrickJournal Editor-in-Chief (...)
  
  
• Reminder: Get your LEGO fix with TBB on Facebook & Twitter
  Enough of you out there have joined the ranks of our readership since my last post about this that a brief reminder seems in order: If you’re on Facebook or Twitter, you can see when we’ve posted something new here on The Brothers Brick as soon as we post it. As always, there are lots Continue (...)
  
  
• X-wing 9793 à l'échelle 1
  Bonjour, Tout est dans le titre : http://gizmodo.com/this-incredible-full-scale-lego-x-wing-is-the-largest-m-509484787et il est en cours d'installation sur Times Square : http://www.hothbricks.com/2013/05/the-yoda-chronicles-times-square-est-en-effervescence/A+, Daniel (...)
  
  
• Controversial 'Mr. Gold' LEGO figure is $1,000 windfall
  lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FUT: lugnet.mediawatch,lugnet.general: [Controversial gold LEGO figure is $1,000 windfall] Individually numbered and mixed in randomly with LEGO?s other collectible minifigs, Mr. Gold is gold-chromed from top hat to toes -- except for his classy (...)
  
  
• Valholl Gatehouse
  There are various ways to avoid the big-blank-wall syndrome on different builds (Ships can suffer from it, Castles are prone to it, and some buildings for Town see it, too). I like to look at different ways to avoid that, and we’ve had some pretty fancy stuff here before. Sometimes, though, (...)
  
  
• LUGNET Guide updates (Thu 23 May 2013)
  lugnet.admin.statistics, lugnet.admin.database, FUT: lugnet.admin.database: This is a daily report of recent changes made to the data in the <http://guide.lugnet.com/ LUGNET Guide>. No new sets No updated sets
  
  
• News/Discussion Group Traffic (Thu 23 May 2013)
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• News-by-Mail Subscriptions (Thu 23 May 2013)
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mercredi 22 mai 2013

• Lego Star Wars discounts on Amazon
  There’s some decent deals on Lego Star Wars sets on Amazon ranging from 20-34% off. 9488 Elite Clone Trooper & Commando Droid Battle Pack / $8.55 (34%) 75003 A-wing Starfighter / $17.99 (28%) 9492 Tie Fighter / $40.85 (26%) 9493 X-Wing Starfighter / $45.60 (24%) There are also other Star (...)
  
  
• Re: Brickfete 2013!
  lugnet.org.ca.obb: In lugnet.events, Janey C. L. Gunning wrote: > This is a call out to all AFOL, LEGO collectors, builders, hobbyists, > enthusiasts within walking, driving or flying distance of Toronto, Canada. AFOL attendees there are only 3 more weeks to register for Brickfete. We (...)
  
  
• Forced perspective in Spaaaace!
  A Pigs in Space reference is the best I can muster, for a post title, with a newborn napping on my arm. Regardless, this new offering from John Moffatt really caught my eye. The underlying ship is nice, too. Though I suspect this may be a case of photoshop, rather than true forced perspective, (...)
  
  
• Whoa! Slow down there big rig…
  Disclaimer – mildly sappy post to follow… Remember this post I did a few months back? Well, I still feel the same about the online community, however, I now have some very serious concerns on where this community is headed…yes, and it is all due to the recent changes to Flickr. I felt that these (...)
  
  
• Ooni Brute
  Surprisingly, many LEGO fans have never heard of the Ooni or of Galidor, LEGO’s failed action figure line and TV series from 2002. In my ongoing attempt to make Galidor cool, I give you the Ooni Brute. I envision him as a foot soldier of an invading alien army. His helmet assembly isn’t for (...)
  
  
• What Goes Vroom and Swoosh at the Same Time? Thumper!
  The thing I love about rongYIREN‘s creations is his ability to pack in so much great design while maintaining playability. The Thumper is something the 10 year old me wishes LEGO had produced as a set so I could swoosh the removable, remote drone around while exploring an alien planet in a (...)
  
  
• Duck and cover
  In other news, legorobo:waka snuck this beauty onto flickr, right in between a wall of large and generally unoriginal pictures expressing dislike for flickr. Consider it a mecha chaser.
  
  
• Köf II
  The super cute Köf locomotive is one of the most distinctive shunters/switchers in the world. There are too many LEGO versions out there for me to link to, but this new one by Henrik Hoexbroe was pretty enough to force me to work out[1] how to use the new flickr interface for a blog post. (...)
  
  
• LUGNET Guide updates (Wed 22 May 2013)
  lugnet.admin.statistics, lugnet.admin.database, FUT: lugnet.admin.database: This is a daily report of recent changes made to the data in the <http://guide.lugnet.com/ LUGNET Guide>. No new sets No updated sets
  
  
• News/Discussion Group Traffic (Wed 22 May 2013)
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• News-by-Mail Subscriptions (Wed 22 May 2013)
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mardi 21 mai 2013

• Gare de ferroutage
  
• MOC
  
• Fontaine à eau
  Fontaine avec pompe d'aquarium
  
  
• Boîte à dons Schtroumpf
  Une pièce de 10c et hop, le lutin change de mine
  
  
• Stand by as we figure out the new Flickr…
  Builders are too annoyed with the new Flickr to upload anything, and we’re all too confused to find anything new to blog. What do you think? Long overdue redesign or unusable “new web” garbage? Has Yahoo! jumped the shark? Discuss!
  
  
• Geekopolis, c'est ce week-end !
  Bonjour, Ce week-end aura lieu la première édition de Geekopolis, à laquelle nous participons. http://www.freelug.org/spip.php?page=evenement&id_article=1651De nombreux thèmes, alors venez-vous régaler. Surtout que grâce à un sponsoring entre LEGO et l'organisation, il y aura une centaine de (...)
  
  
• Le gouffre... de Helm... ou de Brique
  Hello J'ai pas vu passé ça sur la liste: http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2013/05/20/les-deux-tours-seigneur-anneaux-lego_n_3304812.html#slide=more298334Bon je sais maintenant où sont passé tous les elfes de la série 3 :-) (...ah non, tiens, il y en a un qui s'est perdu en suivant une amazone à 15 euros (...)
  
  
• Re: [F-adh] Parlons LEGO ....
  Pour ma part, j'essaye toujours de motoriser qqes éléments de mes dioramas: pour du city: arrosage automatique, moissoneuse batteuse, portes qui s'ouvrent etc.. http://youtu.be/IxOv4B00r60 pour du médiéval: moulin qui tourne, mouvement de dragon dans une grotte, avec de la lumiere pour symboliser (...)