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< cross posted to off-topic-debate > Rich, (...) Hmm... Being a Rush fan and a definite AFOL, I can see the logic of his thinking. Testing people on the ability to build anything, regardless of how good they might be, is a strange way of testing (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Informal WB Store Survey
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I ordered 30 8445s on th 29th and 30th, after they were relisted on the site on the 29th. Anyone want to guess what happened to the orders? That's right, CANCELLED. And talking to the Catalog order folks, you can't talk to the web folks, you can (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Wow. Castle was good!
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I only had classic space (pre-Blacktron) and freestyle when I was a kid, so I never really knew what the castle series used to be like. I've come out of my dark ages tuned into castle in a big way (1). I've been collecting a lot of clearance Ninja, (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Cheap Webcams?
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Just a quickie - plans to borrow a 'proper' digital camera have fallen through, so I was wondering if cheap web-cams (less than $100) have good enough quality for taking LEGO pictures? Some of the ones in my price-range are max resolution of (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: John E. Doolittle
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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: (with various others, but the attribs get confusing) (...) could (...) (or (...) in (...) ships (...) impossible (...) I (...) Are you refering to congreaves (which is what this is primarily about) (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Pause clarification (?) -7171 Mos Espa Podrace
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(...) Even though Gasgano has two legs too few, I was at least happy to see that he was built (i.e. not molded in one piece like Sebulba). As a side, about whiffle balls. Not only are they supposed to hurt less if one were to be hit by them (both (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Extraordinary style + details in a spaceship
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"I wonder if he'll accept cash or check?" Man! those have got to be some of the best models I have seen. I swear, that Loader Mech has got to be the best mech models I have ever seen and the spaceships, especially that micro-fig dropship with the (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | Re: 9v train idea book: I might be making one, anyone interested?
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes: <some snipping> (...) Well, send me some of your models, John, I'd be happy to fondl- er, digitize them for you. :) Always ready to help out a poor downtrodden Mac user ;) K.M. p.s. Intel's can L-Draw, norny norny (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: questions
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(...) take a gander at this (long, wrapped) URL. Near the top of the map there should be an orange box with '1' inside it - that's pretty close. (URL) (who lives somewhere in the lower left-hand quarter of that map) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Half price 8448 from Argos
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(...) And? :-) That's never stopped them before. Have you ever believed the UK catalogue? Just because it's in the catalogue doesn't mean it's current stock - one of the reasons why Argos are getting rid of them - I know that shops can't order any (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Can we have a Newsgroup for KIDLUG?
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Sorry about that, i looked at the code and the images was stretched. Still, KIDLUG is in it's early stages, and there are bound to be things here and there. This is all on a waiting list, but it may be up to a week before this is fixed. If there is (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.org)
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| | Re: Informal WB Store Survey
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I got an actual NUMBER this time. 1-877-284-7286 This is their number for customer service for orders that were cancelled, etc. It's a damned message asking you to leave a message though. I did leave a message, asking them why all my orders were (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: questions
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(...) Gaak. Ok, that didn't work. Not only did my URL wrap ugly-like, but even when pasted back together on another system it doesn't even work correctly. Sorry 'bout that. Follow 19 (on which 400's basically built) north until it crosses 53, then (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | WB boycott site suggestion
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(...) Might I suggest any of the following: wbstoresucks.com is available wbstoresucks.net is available wbstoresucks.org is available Interestingly, wbsucks.com gives back the following: Registrant: Warner Bros. (WBSUCKS3-DOM) 4000 Warner Blvd. (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: [PART] 2717 Technic Seat (at last!)
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Nice job! I think it's missing a couple edgelines. Let's see if I can describe the area: looking at the part from the back in oblique view, the sloping back of the seat meets the vertical back of the part, but the sides of the seat back continue to (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Informal WB Store Survey (Direct # for ECommerce person!)
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<sigh> They called me back, that isn't the right number. HOWEVER, they gave me the CORRECT number, a direct line to a person in the ECommerce division. 1-818-954-5674 CALL her, COMPLAIN to her if you had orders cancelled, maybe they'll finally GET A (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: WinNT & legOS
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Hello again Rossz, I have downloaded lfn003 and installed it and ALL WORKED OK :o) It build the demo programs (including running makelx). So although the WinNT saga is probably not over, it mow seems to work for me (and maybe some others). Many (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: WinNT & legOS
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(...) Which make are you running? I've had trouble with mks make and long filenames. Now I use Cygwin's make and things are much better... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- The train stops at the train station, The bus stops at the bus station, (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Castle World Map
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I am playing with the idea of trying to make a map using POVRay which would allow not only a top view of the map, but a rendered 3D view of the map with trees and mountains, etc. Does anyone think this is a good idea, or is it too much work. Timbo (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Cybermaster Expansion ( Mission ) 8450 Wanted:
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Is this available anywhere? What price? (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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