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In lugnet.general, William Wong writes: (snip) (...) Okay, now that I've been *completely* humbled... These are absolutely fantastic. There's got to be something about being immersed in that culture that makes everything come out so cool. Grr...8) (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.modelteam)
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Yes, but note that they are not a technical college, and that they are doing this to recruit minority students to fill a quota. Would you want to be operated on by a medical doctor who got his degree based on how well he could assemble legos? John. (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lugnuts in Miami?
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(...) Also, I think Mark Herzberg is from Miami. (Not me, I'm from Michigan!) Gary Istok (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:3897B05F.EB0C57...ger.net... (...) Besides the fact that most of these packages are a retailers product placement nightmare. Too much shelf space, not enough product. -Rob. (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Poor packaging by TLC (was: Has any one else noticed...)
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(...) I too liked the 70's boxes. But they were no match for some of the very heavy early boxes from 1957-68. The European Town Plan sets (700, 810) were heavy wooden boxes. The USA/Canada Samsonite Town Plan (725) and Junior Constructor (717) were (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: ldglite (ldlite for OpenGL and Linux) new stuff
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(...) Actually the Windows version of LeoCAD takes 0.35 seconds to render on my P2 350 with a TNT card (the Linux version should be more a less the same speed). I don't use display lists, I use vertex buffers or CVA's if the driver supports it. (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Getting into medical school is quite different from getting through it. I couldn't care less how my doctor got in, as long as he has to get through it to the usual standards, and pass the same exams as everyone else. (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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If you mean the bottom piece, I think black, grey and yellow are the only colors it has appeared in. If you mean the top piece I think black, white and grey are the only colors it has appeared in. note that White and Yellow are orphaned, neither has (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Star Wars a loss for Lego?
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In lugnet.starwars, Matthew Wilkins writes: (completely taken out of context) (...) Nor would I wish to!!! :) James (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 5801 ?
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Here's the inventory again, with updates: (...) ... which is still only 13 pieces, leaving only 1 piece unaccounted. (...) Usually, stickers *don't* count as pieces. This seems to be an exception. Steve (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.belville)
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(...) Of course you can fake the nose piece with medium slopes. KL (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Haunted Houses- Im Open to suggestions
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My name is Alex Farlie I DO NOT WORK FOR TLG I am however devloping some ideas for a Haunted House and wondered waht the communities ideas were. I don't want this to be just to me thinking. Come on lets hear your ideas!! Alex (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds"
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OK Scott. Somehow I knew that your conservativism would lead you to agree with Rush. I suppose if Robert Bork said LEGO was a Danish commie plot, you would agree?? Gary Istok P.S. :-) - Scott was the first AFOL that I ever met, and I like to tease (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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(...) - Trap doors in the floor... - Rotating bookcases leading to secret rooms... - A cemetary in the backyard... - Skeletons in the closet... :-) - Black cats, bats, spiders, scorpions, and ghosts... - A creepy-looking organ... - A bedroom in a (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) After making any sense of my Robotic Vision (*mobile* wireless cam) project, this is a good second/side project to do, Stationary cam positioning project :) ...kinda optical-pseudo-local...-GPS-thing :> Usefull links to this kind of projects: (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That price should drop, it did at my WalMart a couple of weeks ago. I have only bought 3 Ninja fortresses, at $39.00 each, but they originally had about 12 at that price. Timbo (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I've had several of these and sent a couple back. It takes a long time for the free gift to arrive in response! Mine was a cowboy minifig keychain. Kevin (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Train nose-pieces
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(...) You can make them virtually any color you want...virtually;-) -John (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Black Weapons? Where?
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There's a little $2 ninja set with two black spears that I've been buying just for that. -- Paul Davidson Bryan Wong <green_paper@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FpACzC.HsC@lugnet.com... (...) (lots (...) a (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Pause clarification (?) -7171 Mos Espa Podrace
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(...) :) Use them to create a piece for display in the Minifig Museum of Modern Art? ... as the trunk for trees in flame-fauna forest? ... as fuel rods in a nuclear reactor? ... as part of the drive system in a starship? ... for frames on an avant (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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