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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Erik Peterson I'm trying to get some good video of the outside lighting effects. Much more difficult than I imagined, due to the size of the set and some other factors (good ones) that I hope to be…
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Kevin Ambrose Way Thanks for sharing the photo. I agree, the clock looks good. If you had a choice of lighting up the balcony (where Mickey and Minnie are standing in the photo) or the clock,…
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Re: Lighting up Big Ben
Hi everyone, it's been some time since we updated this thread on the status of our lighting kit for Big Ben. We have good news-- the design of the kit is complete and we have begun gathering the…
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Re: Assembly Square Complete, lit, and on the COMPLETE Modular Street!
@Jim Pirzyk Thanks for sharing your approach, photos, and schematic, Jim! This is more proof that there's no one "right" way to add lights to buildings. As always, great work.
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Tara Osborne Ward Thank you for your kind words. More photos coming next week after we return to the office from the Bricks Cascade show in Portland!
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Kevin Ambrose Way How would you like to see it lit up? We have a light below it on the balcony, but not on the clock itself.
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Re: Stadium lights?
@Paul George Great solution! Keep us posted-- very excited to see the results.
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8 yrs ago
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Re: This is not a Library! This is not a Kwik-E Mart!!!
Wow, you're right, John, this model is definitely one of the more complex sets to light, but you've done a great job-- and thank you for all the additional time spent documenting everything for…
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Re: "She may look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid" -- the Millennium Falcon
Fantastic work, John! As always, thank you so much for the time and effort you put into documenting your steps and sharing your results with the community. Keep up the great work!
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Re: LED lights and magnets?
@Leon van Schoonneveldt Sounds great. Let us know if you have any questions or trouble.
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Re: LED lights and magnets?
Hi Leon, thanks for your post! Magnets shouldn't harm the LEDs themselves. I wouldn't attach magnets to any circuit boards (our effect controllers, for example) as these may damage the parts onboard,…
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Brad spelman We're working on finalizing the design of the kit in the coming weeks, then we'll be able to assign a price, and then we'll also begin assembling kits. Soon! :-)
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Justin O'Donnell @Kari Harris You're both on the list-- I sent e-mails confirming this, but they may have ended up in your Junk Mail folders. Don't worry though-- we've got you on the list!
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
Hello everyone, I'm happy to share that we have completed the lighting design and setup for the exterior white lights for this beautiful model. See the photos below and let us know what you think!…
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
@Thomas Imber thanks for asking! We received our shipment of color-changing LEDs this week, which will be used for the exterior light show.
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Re: Question..
@Greg DiNapoli Sounds good, I'll tally the new total and send you an e-mail. Yes, you can use the USB cable with any standard iPhone/iPad type charger.…
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Re: Question..
@Greg DiNapoli It's difficult to say which would be the best option for creating evenly-distributed light without actually seeing the interior of your building in person,…
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Re: Question..
@Greg DiNapoli Yes, you could use three high-power LEDs combined with the Pico LEDs into one power source. We still have your order in queue-- let me know if you'd like to change it.
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Re: Question..
Hi Greg, thanks for your posting and for your order! Your building looks spectacular, even though it is just over half complete. Yes, it should definitely be possible to power everything from a…
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Re: Stadium lights?
@Paul George Guinea Pigs before LEGO, of course! We've cycled through a few of these critters in our house as well. :-)
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Re: Lights Too Dim?
@Paul George @Jim Pirzyk Thanks for the feedback as always! Jim brings up a good solution-- you can definitely pick up some of our DIY power cables which have power connectors on one end and bare…
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Re: Stadium lights?
That is a beautiful stadium! Would you be looking for lights in a roofless stadium, or lights to illuminate the interior of a roof-covered stadium? If the latter,…
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Re: Lights Too Dim?
@Paul George Thanks for your feedback, very wise! Many of our customers are large-scale LEGO User Groups (LUGs) who have similar needs for large-scale power,…
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Re: Friends Hot Dog Cart
@Jim Pirzyk Thanks for posting! I see you are using one of our old mini effect boards. I wonder if there is interest for us to make these again? The advantage over the micro effect boards is that…
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Re: Light up Disney Castle # 71040
Hi everyone, I wanted to post another update. Work is still progressing on the kit-- we're hoping to have more photos to post of the exterior by the end of next week.…
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