 | | Re: Jan-Albert's small MISB sets auction update 3
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The auction is cancelled due to lack of bidders... (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: [CW] Castle World idea
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(...) Sounds good to me although I already have a couple of building's placed in Castle World I am sure we could get Craig and/or Pawel to uproot them to another location if need be. (...) I was actually thinking more "Forest by a River" for my set (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Positioning
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In lugnet.robotics, Andy Gombos <gombos@ne.infi.net> writes: How about a completely different approach?. Two 'beacons'. Each radiates a pulse of IR, and simultaneously, a pulse of ultrasonic tone. With each beacon firing alternately. The receiver (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: URLs for Train area?
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This is a good general reference link. It's the NMRA or National Model Railroad Association. It has links to a lot of good resources including links to most major US prototype railroads (URL) you're safer doing it as (URL) as that link redirects to (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Castle (?) Legofest? (was: Re: [CW] FAQ - War)
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Butting in. (...) If I were your dad, I'd want to know the person that was giving my 15.5 year old daughter a multi hundred mile ride a bit better than just a "hi" when he or she showed up to pick you up. So you may want to factor that into your (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New LEGO Outlets are coming
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Thanks for clearing that up. And now my standard complaint, part 2. When someone posts something on RTL, and doesn't attribute sources, it's a rumor. Posting it here as "fact" without attribution adds little or no value. How many extra keys would it (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Old set off ebay
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Hi, I don't know how old this is, but it seems to be old. It's model number 545, so it's probobly about 10 years old or more. (URL) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Legofest, 26 Marzo 2000
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(...) Direi che da un punto di vista analitico sarebbe bene che la funzione che descrive il circuito (vista nei suoi semipiani di monodromia) fosse almeno di classe C3. Questo per far si' che tecniche di controllo PLC possano evitare i ben noti (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: LUGs???
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(...) :-( some bad news... the ship is in pre pack mode and in pieces. But thanks for the offer Frank! Good luck you guys with your club!! I'll keep in touch. If I have time on my hands I'll make runs to the Lego Outlet store. I should be about an (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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| | Re: Questionable eBay auction
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I think I read John's post too fast. If John is talking about a US money order drawn on a US branch of a US bank, I agree with you, it's blatant and there is no reason for it. The seller may be confused or shady. However all the other examples you (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Half price 8448 from Argos
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Hi All, Argos have just changed catalogue and the new one doesn't have the 8448 in it. I just called Argos Direct and ordered an 8448 for £37.45 (about £41 including delivery). Happy shopping! Regards, Conrad. (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Character Subcategories
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(...) p ~ i think interesting allowances could be made so that "gypsies and nomads" could be added to the list. their Realm could be made to "float" over unoccupied Realm spaces. interesting, no? later ~ craig~ (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | the Balladeers of Castle World
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hello, all ~ well, CW is on my mind 24 hours a day, and i'm working on it about 4-5 hours a day! it would be more if i didn't have two other (paying) jobs. i'm truly loving every mind-boggling minute of it! the mapping and storytelling systems are (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Positioning
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Well, it seems that you all want this to be flexible. How I understand it is that you will have to do at least some preperation to use this landmark system. Now I was thinking about Marco's idea-put a grid of IR beams on the floor, and use the (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Positioning
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Well, I can tell the robot to turn 45 degrees using timing but it's not precise enough. It would be something about 43-47 degrees. I could use a rotation sensor (but I don't have one) to increase accuracy but there will always be a smal error. After (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Character Subcategories
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I'm a bit late talking on the subject, but I seem to remember some of the posts brought up a list along the lines of: outlaw ruler soldier [etc - for brevity] This of course, brought up the stuff of Whether a soldier was in a standing army, or (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Honk if your debugging?
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Hi! (...) Yup, that's why I use the datalog. Ok, I am one of those weirdos that prefer core-debugging over stepping through your source, that might explain it a bit ... bye, Georg (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Cheap American shot (Was: NEW Mindstorms set shown (with picture!))
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Jezek, you are stereotyping and generalizing Americans FAR too much here. I would believe that one as educated as yourself would not fall into this trap. "/rant" Please continue additional discussion in lugnet.off-topic.debate Thanks, -Jon (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: erste Februar-Neuheiten da.
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Christian Gemuenden <GECH1@t-online.de> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: Fp3t3q.Iyp@lugnet.com... (...) ... und kostet daher in den USA auch $9.90! Das Set sollte hier nicht mehr als 25DM kosten, das ist klar (und das sind schon 5DM zuviel). Da hat bei (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Age range for Model Team
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This is interesting: 1989 - 1993 catalogs show the age range as 9 and up. 1994 - 1996 catalogs show the age range as 9 - 16. 1999 S&H catalog shows the age range as 9+ I don't have any other catalogs :-))) The box for 5571 shows the age range as (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.modelteam)
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| | RE: Robotic Ants [Challenges for multiple robots]
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Andre and David: I would prefer the IR beam not be used for a scent trail since the scent trail for ants works in the absence of the ant that laid it. However I think using the IR beam is easier. We have five issues - finding the food, laying the (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Cheap American shot (Was: NEW Mindstorms set shown (with picture!))
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(...) What I wrote are facts and not my own imagination so don't tell me to shut up. You may be an exception but in general, there is less expected out of kids that live in the US than out of kids that live in Europe. What you wrote in your last (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Are these instructions okay?
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(...) Thanks. I still think it'd look better (and take up less bandwidth) in Ldraw. I think I'll break down and download it tonight. BTW, that green background is actually a rubber cutting mat! :] It's the only thing I have that contrasts well with (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: HELP - LegOS for Windows
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No difference ... I even tried moving the files into the current directory, but that also did not help. David, do you have anyother GCC software installed on your PC ? I will try this at work on my other WinNT machine (I do not have any other GCC (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Another update (was: Lion's Cove Update)
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(...) a horse named "horse"? pegasus would be what he _is_, and probably fall under the CW creature category. (nice alternative head on lumina, btw! ~ an excelent example of how changing just one element can create a totally different character.) (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Dobrodruznici
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(...) na (...) Ano proto mam o moc vic rad model team nez technic. V model teamu jsou z velky casti soucastky z ruznych "themes" lega a vetsina z nich maji na sobe "studs" ;))) Technic ma ted v sobe prevazne soucastky na kterych nejsou "studs" ale (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.cs)
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| | Re: P.S.
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(...) korun (...) Take jsem slysel o takovych pripadech v USA. Nejhorsi bylo nekde na zakladni skole kde zabili jednoho kluka kvuli 80 centu aby si mohli jit koupit zvykacky. No tech 80 centu vyjde skoro na tech 30 korun tak je to snad podobny :() (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.cs)
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| | Re: USS Constellation & Model Team
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(...) series (...) cela (...) su (...) Taky by mohli vyrabet modely jinych veci nez jenom nakladaky a ruzne automobily. Ty nakladaky jsou moc hezky ale trochu variety nikdy neuskodi ;) Chtel bych alespon letadlo, lokomotivu a nejakou motorku kdyz uz (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.cs)
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| | Re: GB#3
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This finally went out to Frank on Friday. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Velky Nakladak 5571
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(...) Ano ted jsem se do toho koukal. Opravdu v 89 katalogu je vek od 9+. Na krabici 5571 vidim vek od 11-16. To nechapu. 5571 je preci daleko slozitejsi a detailnejsi nez ty prvni model team sety. V 99 katalogu, model team je znovu 9+. Libi se mi (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.cs)
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| | Re: Castle World
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Hi Pawel, First things first. I love all of the work contributed so far by various people to this Castle World. I hope some day (soon) I'll have the time (and digital camera) to contribute too! (...) The descriptions/stories of your heroes remind me (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Slightly off-topic FOTM (Find of the MONTH)
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You can do this at OfficeMax as well, and the rebate is good through February 26th. However, it's only for $40, so you end up paying a whopping $19.93 plus tax on $59.93. I did it yesterday. You might also try Best Buy; they have the $50 rebate (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | College Campus Pics
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The WAMALUG college campus is growing! Check out the new science building and dormatory: (URL) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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| | what's the best technic propeller?
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I'm kicking around the idea of an RCX controlled blimp, and I'm wondering if an old-style technic 9v motor (the high-rpm one) in combination with one of the technic propellers can really be an efficient propulsion source. Has anyone used one of (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | FA - 1988 Lego Technic 8855 Water / Prop Plane (with actual pic)
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FA - 1988 Lego Technic 8855 Water / Prop Plane (with actual pic) Complete & Boxed! See it at: (URL) have over 70 other auctions, these can all be seen at: (URL) A (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Ute Mechanical Test [DAT]
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Here is a small fix to the main dat file of the ute test I posted earlier. The only change is the position of the steering wheel. I put it in the wrong place for an australian vechicle. 0 Ute Mechanical Test 0 Author: Jonathan Wilson 1 0 0 -21 -170 (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | guarda un po qui...
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(URL) chissa che sorprese ci riserva la Lego per il 2000 ... ... io Mercoledi' lo sapro' ... pero non ve lo potro' dire fino al 10 quando tornero' a casa :) Marco (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Turkey Auctions....
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Actually, I think it does help in the long run to have a picture (and the picture logo on your listing). Some bidders do actually look at only auctions with pictures. (I'm one of them, unless I can get a really clear picture in my mind what the lot (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | discontinued sets seen in carousell shopping center
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maboe poeple will take notice if i mention that the sets are discontinued. (...) wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | 7722 battery train set 12v version [DAT]
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0 FILE m772212.dat 0 7722 battery train set 12v version 0 Author: Jonathan Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1-2tr.dat 1 0 -810 0 -160 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 TRACKS.DAT 1 0 -810 0 -480 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 TRACKS.DAT 1 0 0 0 -640 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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