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Hi all,
Stopped by the Knoxville Walmart this morning. I have a bit of a story to
tell...
I've been watching a pile of MTT's ever since Walmart started clearancing
things. Until today, none of them moved. They were priced at $30. I
walked in this morning to check on them, and the toy section people were
putting all the clearance items on rolling racks. I asked what they were
going to do with them (for fear they were sending them back to a warehouse
or something), and found out that in 5 minutes, they would be clearancing
everything even further.
After wading thru a slew of "clearance moms", I got my hands on:
3 MTT's for $15.
1 Watto's Junkyard for $15.
1 Excavation Searcher for $15.
1 T-Rex Transport for $15.
So if any of you local fellas want to give it a try, there was still several
MTT's, a whole ton of soccer stuff, Adventurers Dino sets, and some other
goodies. For those who don't know, Walmart is just off 92/5 on 14.
-Chris
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"Xcalabur" <Xcalabur@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
news:Go33xn.8EA@lugnet.com...
> Hi all,
>
> Watching my local news this morning (WHOTV, Channel 13 for you local guys)
> and saw a bit on 6th grade students from around the state going to ISU in
> Ames and competing in a Mindstorms competition. Each team had to build
> robots to accomplish certain tasks, such as dumping bricks into • containers,
> shooting baskets, and rescuing "scientists" (Arctic figs).
>
> -Chris
Sounds like the latest FLL (First Lego League) competition - Arctic Impact:
http://www.firstlegoleague.org/
-Rob.
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Hi all,
Watching my local news this morning (WHOTV, Channel 13 for you local guys)
and saw a bit on 6th grade students from around the state going to ISU in
Ames and competing in a Mindstorms competition. Each team had to build
robots to accomplish certain tasks, such as dumping bricks into containers,
shooting baskets, and rescuing "scientists" (Arctic figs).
-Chris
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My local ShopKo (Burlington, IA) has the soccer bus marked down to
$3 each. I bought five. :-)
You may want to check a store near you.
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In lugnet.loc.us.ia, Richard Wright writes:
>
> Howdy,
>
> ...On recent trips to Oakland California, Albany Oregon and here in Boise • Idaho,
> I spotted the kits at Shell stations.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Richard
Thanks!
I'm glad to hear they haven't vanished yet. I used to live in Corvallis, a few
minutes from Albany, but unfortunately it's about 2000 miles from me here in
Southeastern Iowa.
Brian
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In lugnet.loc.us.ia, Bryan Kinkel writes:
> Brian,
> These have not been made available yet in the midwest or east coast areas
> yet. For more information check out the threads in the lugnet.promo
> newsgroup.
>
> Bryan
I had been watching that group and hadn't heard them mentioned lately, which is
why I asked. I seem to recall some people spotting them in Michigan, which is
Midwestern-ish, but even further away from me than the Quad Cities. :-)
Brian
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Howdy,
...On recent trips to Oakland California, Albany Oregon and here in Boise Idaho,
I spotted the kits at Shell stations.
Hope that helps!
Richard
Brian Bacher wrote:
Are they still around anywhere? I'm specifically looking for the "Quick-Stop"
> type sets, 1252-1256 in the lugnet database.
> Link:
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?q=1252-1256
>
> I'd rather not make a wasted trip if I don't have to. :-)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brian
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Brian,
These have not been made available yet in the midwest or east coast areas
yet. For more information check out the threads in the lugnet.promo
newsgroup.
Bryan
"Brian Bacher" <aethereal@lisco.com> wrote in message
news:G6yyo0.AC4@lugnet.com...
>
> Does anyone know if the Shell promo sets are available at any of the Shell
> stations in the Quad cities area? Or at the Galesburg, IL station that
> shell.com lists?
>
> Are they still around anywhere? I'm specifically looking for the • "Quick-Stop"
> type sets, 1252-1256 in the lugnet database.
> Link:
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?q=1252-1256
>
> I'd rather not make a wasted trip if I don't have to. :-)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Brian
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Does anyone know if the Shell promo sets are available at any of the Shell
stations in the Quad cities area? Or at the Galesburg, IL station that
shell.com lists?
Are they still around anywhere? I'm specifically looking for the "Quick-Stop"
type sets, 1252-1256 in the lugnet database.
Link:
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?q=1252-1256
I'd rather not make a wasted trip if I don't have to. :-)
Thanks!
Brian
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Does anyone know if the Shell promo sets are available at any of the Shell
stations in the Quad cities area? Or at the Galesburg, IL station that
shell.com lists?
I'd rather not make a wasted trip if I don't have to. :-)
Thanks!
Brian
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> Are there any pictures?
I haven't been able to find any...
-Chris
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In lugnet.loc.us.ia, Chris Maddison writes:
> In lugnet.loc.us.ia, Dave Schuler writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.us.ia, Frank Filz writes:
> >
> > > > 5th Headline down. Pretty cool...there was heavy use of robotics on the
> > > > holes, for motion and obstacles, and one hole that the instructors built
> > > > was a large clock castle, with what I think was a big axe as the pendulum
> >
> >
> > > Do you have a pointer to the actual article? The news has already
> > > changed.
> >
> > http://www.iastate.edu/news/today/2000/oct/oct2.html
> >
> > Dave!
>
> They musta decided since it was on the news, it was important...5th place to
> 1st place in 10 hours. :-)
> -Chris
Are there any pictures?
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Xcalabur at Xcalabur@rocketmail.com wrote:
> I was watching my local news, and a bit came on about a golf course made of
> Lego at ISU...so I did a search, and found:
>
> http://www.iastate.edu/news/today/today.html
>
> 5th Headline down. Pretty cool...there was heavy use of robotics on the
> holes, for motion and obstacles, and one hole that the instructors built was a
> large clock castle, with what I think was a big axe as the pendulum. And,
> somewhat sadistic, but they used Duplo bricks and people to line the
> holes...somewhat funny watching the ball make 6 of those little legless guys
> go flying through the air. <evil grin> If anyone who reads here attends ISU,
> or knows more, speak up and let some more info be heard!
>
> -Chris
>
> Please FUT appropriately
Um.. pictures?
~M
--
Mark's Lego Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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In lugnet.loc.us.ia, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.loc.us.ia, Frank Filz writes:
>
> > > 5th Headline down. Pretty cool...there was heavy use of robotics on the
> > > holes, for motion and obstacles, and one hole that the instructors built
> > > was a large clock castle, with what I think was a big axe as the pendulum
>
>
> > Do you have a pointer to the actual article? The news has already
> > changed.
>
> http://www.iastate.edu/news/today/2000/oct/oct2.html
>
> Dave!
They musta decided since it was on the news, it was important...5th place to
1st place in 10 hours. :-)
-Chris
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In lugnet.loc.us.ia, Frank Filz writes:
> > 5th Headline down. Pretty cool...there was heavy use of robotics on the
> > holes, for motion and obstacles, and one hole that the instructors built
> > was a large clock castle, with what I think was a big axe as the pendulum
> Do you have a pointer to the actual article? The news has already
> changed.
http://www.iastate.edu/news/today/2000/oct/oct2.html
Dave!
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Xcalabur wrote:
>
> I was watching my local news, and a bit came on about a golf course made of
> Lego at ISU...so I did a search, and found:
>
> http://www.iastate.edu/news/today/today.html
>
> 5th Headline down. Pretty cool...there was heavy use of robotics on the
> holes, for motion and obstacles, and one hole that the instructors built was a
> large clock castle, with what I think was a big axe as the pendulum. And,
> somewhat sadistic, but they used Duplo bricks and people to line the
> holes...somewhat funny watching the ball make 6 of those little legless guys
> go flying through the air. <evil grin> If anyone who reads here attends ISU,
> or knows more, speak up and let some more info be heard!
Do you have a pointer to the actual article? The news has already
changed.
--
Frank Filz
-----------------------------
Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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I was watching my local news, and a bit came on about a golf course made of
Lego at ISU...so I did a search, and found:
http://www.iastate.edu/news/today/today.html
5th Headline down. Pretty cool...there was heavy use of robotics on the
holes, for motion and obstacles, and one hole that the instructors built was a
large clock castle, with what I think was a big axe as the pendulum. And,
somewhat sadistic, but they used Duplo bricks and people to line the
holes...somewhat funny watching the ball make 6 of those little legless guys
go flying through the air. <evil grin> If anyone who reads here attends ISU,
or knows more, speak up and let some more info be heard!
-Chris
Please FUT appropriately
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In lugnet.loc.us.ia, Chris Maddison writes:
> Don't mind this. It's just an <a href="http://www.lego.com">HTML</a> test. I
> want to see if I'm doing this right.
Hey Chris!
You'd be better off doin' this in lugnet.off-topic.test, where no one will
mind it. :-)
BTW, no need to add the tags - lugnet does it automajickally.
HTH,
-Shiri
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Don't mind this. It's just an <a href="http://www.lego.com">HTML</a> test. I
want to see if I'm doing this right.
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