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Thanks for the tip. I called them up earlier (~3pm). I bought 3. During the time I was on the phone (3 minutes). The stock of these went from "over 16" to zero. Looks like somebody cleared them out (at least 13)... such is life. Scott A Conrad Venn (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: MOC version of the Yellow Castle
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(...) I saw no problems with the camera - great shots. Can you make any of the pictures any bigger though? I would like to look at some of the pictures being twice as big;) Regardless - well done! Now with the new blue corner slopes and the blue (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: John E. Doolittle
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Richard Parsons (<Fp4ws7.16n@lugnet.com>) wrote at 06:03:01 (...) But what about the poor souls you'd have to leave on it to fire the ordnance? They'd almost certainly be captured. (...) This is more like it. I can see a tactic (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: LEGO Clearance in Dallas and my journey back to Raleigh,NC (part 2)
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Actually I got one of these, plus a 7150 for $12. I have a Target store near me which is sloppy about their toy section and do a poor job maintaining Legos. One night I was checking out their selection (seeing what was left on clearance at 50%) and (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: MOC version of the Yellow Castle
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(...) It certainly looks much better in gray. I happen to have the yellow castle, and am planning to do exactly the same. My problem is I lack black extreme slope corners -for now. By the way, the second iteration looks fine (even better than the (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi everyone, Yesterday I did some experiment with a spiral consisting of 75 straight and 48 curved rails. I also test the switch and the new + crossing rail. Following are the results. 1. The electrical resistance of one side of a straight or curved (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello! I'm a LEGO collector and builder from Argentina. I'm considering using BidPay (www.bidpay.com) as a means of paying for items I get at eBay. Anybody who has used it can please give me their feedback? Is it reliable? Is it fast? Any (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Wanted 8448 Supercar
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I have a Mindstorms Discovery set 9735 MISB I would like to trade even or a 8299 search sub MISB (partial trade). I would trade for an 8448 that has been opened (with all the pieces) in excellent condition. E-mail me if interested. Thanks, Rob (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | MOC version of the Yellow Castle
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I recreated the Yellow Castle in Grey and Black, and took some pics with my digital camera (not very good quality). The I redid the first version, by replacing many of the standard bricks out of the wall with current grey castle wall pieces. I think (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Back on the 'net
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Hello all, I haved moved house and got back on the 'net now. I am in Bristol now, are there any Lego fans from round here? ReddiFest ---...--- Count me in, Carbon. I have some suggestions for building activities at future Fests, I'll get round to (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | 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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