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Again, the only reason I can afford these is the DEEP discount sales. Every single set in those pics that I am keeping have already been paid off through selling other copies on Ebay. I just paid off all 21 8480s by selling 10 on Ebay, they'll be (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 8880 (possibly still) available from Potomac Mills Outlet
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(...) No, as a matter of fact, she did not. Will (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter writes: <<<SNIP>>> (...) I was thinking of setting up an amusement park train with a technic figure as the driver, and minifigs as children. It would work great in either 6 or 8. But in either case would look VERY (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Miniature Lego - Set ID
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I have a number of pieces of what I can only describe as 'miniature' lego. It has the lego logo but is half the size (1/2 the width and 1/2 the height) of regular lego system bricks. It consists of 1 stud wide beams and 1 stud wide plates of various (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You could do it but you'd lose rotations as long as the button was pressed. You'd probably need alternate firmware to even get that working well. So on one port you can have (1 touch + 1 light/temp), (1 rotation) or (4 touch). The last with (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Galaxy Explorer (Was Re: Poor packaging by TLC )
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(...) I'm with Jeffrey. I think a lot of people get very nostalgic for Classic Space, and rate it higher because of their history with the line. Personally, I get nostalgic for the Explorien Starship, because it was the first big set I bought (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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(...) Ouch. Comparing to Lionel;-( (...) Which is fine with me. I don't run any out-of-the-box stuff anyway. What kills me is when they produce elements that *restrict* me to 6 wide (windshields, sharp curves, etc). (...) Mike and I have discussed (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships
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(...) "See Emily Play," a very early (1960s) Pink Floyd song, written by Syd Barrett. I believe it's reproduced on _Relics_ or _A Collection of Great Dance Songs_. I've been humming along with that tune every time I see one of his posts... thanks (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Looking for a part
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Did anyone ever post the bracket which holds the 4x4 faceted hemisphere? I guess it would be 'Bracket 1x2 - 4x4 Round' or something. I remember John VanZwieten being involved in a discussion of the exact angle of this part[1], and I thought it was (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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(...) Nick- Remember that scale and gauge (track width) are two different things. In a particular scale, you can have different track gauges (standard and narrow for instance). 8 wide approximates O scale because 1) minifigs are about the same (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Wanted - Holland / Dutch World Cup Soccer Sets
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Steve Bliss wrote: Hi all, if anybody has Gavin Hall's e-mail adress, please let him reach me, i might have some things for him. Henk Giezeman. (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Anybody use PayPal??
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(...) I just used PayPal this weekend to expedite a cross country transaction....I was skeptical at first, but it worked great... The buyer suggested this method and compensated me $5 of his sign-up bonus. The benefit to me as a seller was (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Radio Shack CDS cells in parallel
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When I first checked out the Radio Shack CDS cell five packs, the cells were all alike, about 1/4 inch and flat on two sides. But when I went back, I found some packs that had different cells. They had three of the usual small ones and a 1/2 inch (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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49.6x28 VR (from my Indy Storm here at work :-) -Peter "David C. Pyatt" <dcpyatt@netzero.net> wrote in message news:FpMG6C.3Hu@lugnet.com... (...) wide (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Anybody use PayPal??
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John Robert Blaze Kanehl schreef: (...) man, just like X.Com it's all wonderfull... but only available in the US!!! That really starts to piss me off. If it wasn't for Larry's factoring service doing buisness overseas would be a real pain for me, in (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Technic wheels
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Those are the same as the ones used in the 8479, but in gray instead of 5571. Anyway, he did list those, if you look again. What he did miss was the fact that the 8868 hub was also re-used as the hub for the _early_ version of the wheels that we see (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships
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There was also a scene in Jedi when Vader goes to see the emperor (after he told Vader to stay on the command ship) and gets stopped by the Royal Guard, but Vader waves his hand and uses the Force on them (just like Luke did to the Gammorean Guards (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Miniature Lego - Set ID
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(...) Are the studs on top of the bricks the size of regular LEGO studs, and Do they actually have the LEGO name on top of the stud? I have never heard of a piece with studs that is only half size. Are you sure it is half? Also most (newer) LEGO (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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Wow! They look great! I love the dragonflies as well. where did you get those big leafs from, Scala or something similar? --Tobias (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Empire Analysis : WAS: [Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships]
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In lugnet.starwars, Scott Edward Sanburn writes: SNIP (...) That is because they are the Villains of the story. Villainy never wins in the end because of many factors, the most important one being "Evil never Prospers". This was an unwritten code in (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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