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(...) <snip> (...) bit... Crossposted to .build... it's THAT good. Modern American locomotives are lumpy. They have weird louvers, access panels, pieces of equipment protruding, doors in strange places, bulges, etc... Christopher has captured the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Exploration Mars Camera
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(...) I read on the X-10 web site that they ARE coming out with a battery pack for the camera... Just information... of an informative nature. Dean (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: My EMD SD40-2
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(...) I did this for my 5 unit container car. (URL) this pic: (URL) this one: (URL) another topic: This car does not do well on grades, there is no lateral flex in it so it tends to work the tiles with center Technic stud loose from the bogies... (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Freeservers.com and Register.com
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What really bothers me about it is that I am prepared to pay money to not have ads once I get things set up, but not if they can't support me... They sent me mail that they were going to close my problem if I didn't go to their site and say it was (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Brad Justus...
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(...) The one thing I think people are missing is this. TLC must be careful not to make the Bulk ordering too easy for the consumer. If I got all the special bits I needed I wouldn't be buying all the dud sets (Or multiples of sets) to get a few (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Is it OK to use new parts for old sets?
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You are hurting my brain. (...) It depends. Better in what sense? I would use new parts if it was for me so I could play with it. I would use correct era parts, even dinged up ones, if it was for sale and I wanted to be as authentic as possible. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: 1200 brick Blue Tubs on sale at TRU
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Thanks for that info (the red 1x1s missing probably are quantity 40 as you surmise which IS too many 1x1s unless all you want to do is bump piece count up for minimum cost...) Hmm... I guess I'd be interested in trading for black. I seem to use a (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Air lock and ship docking discussion
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"Tom McDonald" <radiotitan@yanospamhoo.com> wrote in message news:FqBD5o.52J@lugnet.com... (...) along (...) Sam (...) *The names have been changed to protect the innocent* Would there be anything wrong with "Bill" and "Sam's" force for good (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Does anyone know of a Free Image Splicing tool?
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(...) Not bad, but $99 is like, my total budget for getting my LEGO online. For that I can just about get a cheap webcam and the required USB card for my poor old machine. Not to worry though - I finished the code to splice images working fine, only (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Front Mission 3
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I just saw that Square's Front Mission 3 (PSX) will be released on the 22nd of March here in the US! Yay!! Square is finally going to release one of their excellent Mecha Strategy games here! I saw some pics of a couple mechs, and they look really (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Exploration Mars Camera
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(...) <Whatever!> That's what they say whenever they don't understand what you are talking about (which is almost all of the time.) Their AC adapters put out 12VDC. Fine. You will need to supply 12VDC, but they just MIGHT work on 9VDC, and (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: My EMD SD40-2
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You are correct sir! Actually, I thought of that for a different, and discontinued, project, but it had not occured tom me for this application. To bad I only have them in red and white. Actually, I worry that the studs of the technic plate are (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Exploration Mars Camera
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The down side of the X10 camera is that you still need to provide the sending unit with AC power. I contacted them after buying two and asked about batteries. Their response was that the cameras were not designed for battery power and it would void (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Future of LEGO Trains ? was Re: Model Railroad Scenery
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If they use a Mindstorms like comuter brick then no modofication to the motor should be need. The computer brick would control the voltage...D'OH! I just realized the problem...the motor cnanot get current from the rails and the computer brick at (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Air lock and ship docking discussion
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(...) I also like minifig scale, and use microfig scale only when I want something depicted for which I lack the number of bricks, either practically (see also: WTB: (2) 928 Galaxy Explorers) or fantastically (see also: Building your own minifig (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: New pics on Marsbase
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Thanks Karim! I must admit, the leg design of your Landmate "Mustang" was an inspiration. Hmm, I can see myself getting hoisted on my own petard here. Need to get those credits up soon. Can't wait to see what you've got in store for Pallas! Ben -- (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Freeservers.com and Register.com
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Good... It's not just me... you must have got your domain about the same day I got mine... same story, same scene, just different camera angle. :) Couldn't even get my password to work correctly earlier today, and when I requested a re-mail of acct (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: New models and contest reminder for MGLM
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Holy smoke David! I can not believe the amount of detail you packed in this mech. It is absolutely outstanding! I really like the legs, the complexity is incredible(1)! Any chance of seeing some pics of how the hip joints work? The Fei-Yen and (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Re: Digital Camera suggestions
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(...) How many computers available at your local computer stora have MiniDisk drives?? I think zips would be a good thing as well. The only downfall to both of these ideas is that not many computers have drives to support them. Everyone has a disk (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: [CW] Combining Stories over great distances.
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I would love to have the Mad Mage Cornelius visit my little world! I'm in the middle of building a 'proper' castle for the Fright Knight guys and other assorted knights. I hope to get it done, take pictures and post them up on my (virtually (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Digital Camera suggestions
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(...) Three words: MiniDisc MiniDisc MiniDisc!! :) K.M. (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | 30285ts.dat - Town Tread Section [DAT]
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here is the section file., 28 sections in each tread, it tends to bend in 45 degree angles as it goes around the rim 0 Town Tread 12 stud section 0 30285ts.dat 0 Author: Thomas Burger(tburger666@aol.com) 0 Unofficial LCAD Element 2 24 4 2.50 6 -4 (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Digital Camera suggestions
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(...) I agreee. The floppys arent the best in the world. I have one of the Mavicas. And untill they design a camera that has a internal CD burner, i dont plan on replacing it. I have seen the cameras that use serial communications, and USB. And the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | x504.dat - Town Tread [DAT]
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Just completed, the town tread found in the new arctic sets, requires subpart 20385ts.dat; which is the section file. the rims for this tread (30285.dat)I am working on, just have to find the torus generator... 0 Town Tread 0 Name: x504.dat 0 (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New parts added to Parts Sale Page 2/21/2000
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Subject says it all. Here's the URL: (URL) Tired of waiting for LEGO Direct? Bulk Parts Sales NOW! (URL) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Air lock and ship docking discussion
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(...) Not everyone in Datsville builds at the same scale? This I must have missed. IIRC they are working in minifig scale, and the town is built on the standard 32 X 32 baseplates with roads, etc. It has been a few months since I visited. I should (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: YA Destroyer Droid not unfolding
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(...) in order for mine to work I had to remove two peices. When building the bottom half in step 22 + 24 there are two dark grey connectors/half connectors (I hope you understand what I mean) that I just left out. This allows more freedom of (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Ducks International Box.
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(...) Would it have to be limited to "Promo" sets ? what about the small Paradisa sets that are in Europe and not in the US ? What about those people not farsighted enough to have bought up the local McDs stock when it was around ? Other than those (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Minifig pics for web pages
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(...) I'd suggest building a frame for the 'figs, then scanning them. This way you can pose them. To see some results of this, check out my webpage. Jeff "Was it real, or just my fantasy?" (URL)Bram Lambrecht <braml@juno.com> wrote: (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 1200 brick Blue Tubs on sale at TRU
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(...) oops..my guess would be 40..which is way too many 1X1's.. michael (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Digital Camera suggestions
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(...) Assuming you have a desktop pc and not a laptop (you can get PCMCIA adapters for CF cards - I have one and use it in my laptop) I'd suggest you look into a reader. USB would be nice and fast, but you gotta be running 98 (never could get USB to (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: 1200 brick Blue Tubs on sale at TRU
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(...) Actually, the auctions I have run have fluctuated with green returning more per piece than white 60% of the time and less than white about 40% of the time. I suppose it really boils down to who wants it and when. Overall, I would say they are (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Freeservers.com and Register.com
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(...) No, but I've had good luck moving from Pair from another place, once I got Pair involved in dealing directly with NSI. I like Pair a lot. I used their upgrade request to have them create a MySQL database for me at around 2am last night. It was (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Air lock and ship docking discussion
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(...) This is sort of off-topic, but I just remembered another one -- Clarke's "2001." Remember? "Open the pod bay doors, HAL!" "I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that." (...) Unknown? Nah, it's Major Moonbeam, having a bit of fun with the hapless newbie. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 1200 brick Blue Tubs on sale at TRU
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Looks like you missed the red 1x1s. Thanks for the data. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 1200 brick Blue Tubs on sale at TRU
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(...) A couple of us counted the bricks in tubs a while back because we couldn't find a breakdown anywhere either... blue tub breakdown: 1X1 Green 12 Black 20 blue 40 yellow 40 white 40 1X2 Green 28 Black 28 yellow 60 white 60 red 60 blue 60 1X3 (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Technic Auction
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I have the following Technic sets for auction on eBay. All auctions end Sunday night. Lego Technic 8816 Off-Road Rambler (URL) Technic 8829 Dune Blaster (URL) Technic 8277 Giant Model Set (URL) for looking! -Rich (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Is it OK to use new parts for old sets?
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(...) Well put. I agree that you would expect (but not necesseraly require) parts from the same era. This brings up an interesting question. I got an 8860 real cheap from ebay, with many common parts missing. I rebuilt it with the parts provided (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: 1200 brick Blue Tubs on sale at TRU
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Typically a little more, I think. But the trend seems to be downward, they are not as rare as they were, I don't think. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Kirk's Lego Train Auction - 8th Update
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Kirk's Lego Train Auction - 8th Update February 21, 2000 9:31 PM lots will begin advancing on Tuesday Feb 22! Sets Description current high bid & bidder 4552 Cargo Crane $45.00 Brian U 4537 Twin Tank Transport $41.00 This Guy 4537 Twin Tank (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Digital Camera suggestions
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I have a Sony FD-91. Zoom is radical and macro is kick butt. This camera runs about 1000 dollars. But i know where you can get one online for around 800-850. www.pricewatch.com and search for FD91 at the top. If you would like you can E-mail me and (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: 1200 brick Blue Tubs on sale at TRU
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Anyone: Do the basic green bricks sell in auctions for approximately the same price as white bricks? Does a 1:1 swap seem equitable? I thought the green went for more. Any help appreciated. Rick K (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Is it OK to use new parts for old sets?
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(...) Right, unless it's shrinkwrapped. But the question is, should it have pieces that are from the same era? That is, pieces that COULD have been, but for the luck of the draw, in the box originally? The most purist among us will admit it's (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: LEXICON site finished!
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(...) I can think of a few other CAD related words: LCAD Leocad MLCAD POV-Ray raytrace DAT Datsville --Bram (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Digital Camera suggestions
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(...) YB73m What do you do about downloading the pictures? Did you buy a card reader or do you just go and fix a sandwich while you wait. :) I'm shying away from the Sony digicams because of disk storage, and am narrowing down the search to the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: 1200 brick Blue Tubs on sale at TRU
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Does the K raincheck BOGOs? I think it's limited to stock on hand. Lucky me, I got a friendly and helpful TRU manager who gave me a raincheck for 36 more tubs. (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | gmltc on an ip
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I found a spot to stick it at work again, but I haven't registered a DNS server yet, so it's still by IP only. (URL) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: 1200 brick Blue Tubs on sale at TRU
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(...) Note that when K-Mart does another BOGO 50% sale, the blue tubs (provided you could find some at a K-Mart) sould average out to the same $14.99 price. Ray (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Is it OK to use new parts for old sets?
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(...) Isn't it rare for an old set to have exactly the pieces that came in the original box? KL (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Ducks International Box.
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Sounds interesting... The problem I see is that everyone in the US has the same access to the same promo stuff, what I would want to put in would be McD sets too! So who would want to be 3rd person in the US to receive the box? All the good non us (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Popula, the quirkiest auction site?
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First, a disclaimer: I have nothing for sale here, never even bid on something, but I did register and do get some propaganda from them weekly. (URL) is a very interesting outfit. Nothing to do with LEGO per se, but interesting. By contrast, Serious (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: New pics on Marsbase
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Wow Ben, you've one-upped my new mecha! Now I've got to design a new one for the Pallas Spaceworks re-launch :) BTW, very nice touches. The little details really make the model top-notch. --Karim (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: NQC RCXLib bug & wish
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(...) I didn't realize that kRCX_Message packets wouldn't survive toggling the duplicate reduction bit. I'll fix this in the source. Actually, I think rather than hard-coding the decision with kRCX_Message, I'll make it dependent on whether retries (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Problems with x.com ...
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(...) I've used my check card and the "e check" method - both have worked flawlessly every time. (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 1200 brick Blue Tubs on sale at TRU
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Mike Poindexter wrote in message ... (...) Well, if you buy in pairs, and luck on a well stocked K-Mart, it's possible to find this for $14.99 somewhat regularly (since their Buy One, Get a 2nd for 50% off means that you get two for $29.99, ok so (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 1200 brick Blue Tubs on sale at TRU
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(...) Yeah, but I passed up on these tonight. They were there for the taking but a) I have enough regular bricks (maybe not as much as you, but I have more than enough to fill up a few of the 66-quart sterilite tubs) and b) people are paying less (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 1200 brick Blue Tubs on sale at TRU
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A little faux-paux (sp?) on my part. Let me try this again :) I'd be willing to swap you recently taken out of the bag and not played with only sorted for your greens on a 1:1 basis. Just let me know. Wayne G. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Freeservers.com and Register.com
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I've registered a domain via Register.com, and I chose to just host it at Freeservers based on someone else's statement that it was working out well for them. I'm not happy. The domain is known to the NIC and to Register but is not active at (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Problems with x.com ...
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I didn't reply when this was first posted as I hadn't had to put money in. But I just put 150 in via EFT from my checking account and had no problems at all. What I find most annoying about X is the incredibly short timeout! I feel like I'm racing (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Ducks International Box.
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Duckie Dave wrote in message ... (...) stops. (...) Hmm, sounds like a cool box. (...) Would the US versions of some of the Kabaya sets be acceptable? Are the red/white Ninja sets not available over there? (...) I also don't see any problem with (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: 1200 brick Blue Tubs on sale at TRU
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(...) Just a nit, you have to take them out of the bag to swap them, the colors are mixed together. (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 1200 brick Blue Tubs on sale at TRU
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I'd be willing to swap you brand new still havn't been taken out of the bag whites for your greens on a 1:1 basis. Just let me know. Wayne G. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Building and decoding messages
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(...) [snip] (...) Thanks Dave, I knew I was _missing_ something... DLC (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Brad Justus...
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(...) Apples and oranges. Yes, the current line of sets is rather less than we could wish, but instituting a service in which I can buy one tile for 1 cent is going to bankrupt the company. Some restrictions will be needed or it will fail. Why does (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Does anyone know of a Free Image Splicing tool?
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(...) Academic pricing on Macromedia's stuff is usually pretty good. I think Fireworks, like Dreamweaver, is only $99. (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: 1200 brick Blue Tubs on sale at TRU
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Does anyone know the piece inventory for this tub? I could not find it in the database. Yahoowee! I got 13 of these bad boys. Need to swap the green for white if anyone is interested. Trying my hand at the Eiffel tower, as an artistic challenge. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Brad Justus...
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You lost me here. Is the internet changing everything or isn't it? Are low value add middlemen going away or aren't they? And what point are you trying to make, exactly? Not saying it isn't valid, just that I can't parse it out. (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: 1200 brick Blue Tubs on sale at TRU
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:38B1E0EA.E9D590...ger.net... (...) tomorrow (...) I have never seen this tub go for less than $14.99 and this is only the second time I have seen it get that low. Of cause, I will probably (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | K-Mart clearance
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Hi all, A K-mart near me put a bunch of stuff on 50% clearance yesterday. All Ninja and Adventurers, some DUPLO, some classic or freestyle sets, and some other misc stuff was included. I'm not sure if this deal was specific to that store, or to all (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.nj)
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| | Re: Is it OK to use new parts for old sets?
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It's fine to use new parts if you disclaim it in your listing. An informed buyer is a happy buyer. It's also fine to use new parts if you're just rebuilding it for yourself. IMHO. (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Air lock and ship docking discussion
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Bram Lambrecht wrote in message (...) I think that this is an important issue. I for one have no problems at all with there being inconsistencies in the .space world or universe. We need to consider what the mission and purpose of this endeavor (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Can this possibly be worth the opening amount ?
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(...) No. My track record at selling of parts of collections is terrible and I don't need most of what I was able to see for myself. I'd consider being a silent partner to someone else who wanted to do all the work but is short of cash. Even that's (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Problems with x.com ...
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(...) What exactly isn't working? I haven't had any problems like that. I've moved money into and out of, and from my account to others' with no failure. I did hit a speed bump selling shares of one of their mutuals so I could move the money to (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Building and decoding messages
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(...) The header of '55 ff 00' isn't counted in the checksum - just F7 + 12 = 09 Dave Baum (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 1200 brick Blue Tubs on sale at TRU
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(...) Which makes it sound like 14.99 isn't that great a deal. Until you do the math. We're talking something like(1) 1.2 1-4.cents a brick even in high tax states. And this tub hardly ever (never?) goes on sale... 1 - "something like".... too lazy (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: datalog viewer in RcxCC
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(...) Typo - I meant that RcxCC uses different code than NQC, so a bug in RcxCC wouldn't necessarily indicate a bug in NQC for datalog listing. (...) From the thread I noticed you're using WinCE - sorry can't help you much there. Dave (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Glen's 4th Lego Auction - 2/21 Update
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Welcome to Glen's 4th assorted Lego set auction. Listed below are the sets I am selling. This e-mail is separated into three sections. First is the listing of the sets for sale and the current price. Second is a detailed list of the set containing (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | RIS 2.0
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I just saw this and didn't know if anybody else did, so I thought I would post it: (URL) the power adapter will be coming back. The photo shows a 2.0 printed RCX with the AC adapter port. I had heard that it would allow USB support, but cannot find (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | OT: Re: FA: technic, mindstorms, general
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(...) OK, so this was my first ever post using the web interface. Is there some trick to getting the URL to be recognized as a link when it crosses lines? Is this a web interface thing, or am I just remembering it wrong? It seems like it has worked (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Too much for anyone? Well Larry, are you going to pick up the guantlet and bid just to prove Brad wrong :) :) :) Mark (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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Hi all, I just posted 257 lots of brand new LEGO to eBay. This includes an RCX and sensors from the mindstorms RIS, other misc electric parts, a large supply of general elements including black slopes, technic gears, minifigs and a whole slew of (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | RE: 'Bot Camera
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You could do this with a video camera as well... Just have the RCX signal the computer to capture the next X frames that come through to disk. This way your bot could roam around the house and only capture things it thinks are interesting... -- (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | New models and contest reminder for MGLM
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I just want to let everybody know about some things going on at my website. First, I have 5 new models to introduce. One of them (The AT ST) is by Carl Greatrix, the other 4 are my own. One of my models is a large scale Mech, with fully detailed (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Re: [CW] Combining Stories over great distances.
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Jeff Johnston <sakura@mediaone.net> schreef in berichtnieuws 38B1B340.D8BA46DA@me...one.net... (...) not (...) has (...) sets (...) :-(. (...) know (...) YB73m Ayup, we're both recreating eachother's characters and it'll be great! More people could (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Air lock and ship docking discussion (and "Spaceville")
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(...) Nothing rendered yet, but if you go to my site and see the M3 module, you might be able to imagine the new airlock module looking like either end, starting where the sliding doors start out to the end. The airlock module itself (model #A3) has (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Pod Racing Bucket
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(...) That makes sense - it would let them keep the price down, and encourage folks to buy the Anakin's Podracer and Mos Espa Podrace sets. I notice that there's no Padme figure included, sigh. My predictions (and hopes) for what it'll include: * (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Webpage with 12 to 9V Signal conversion
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(...) give (...) The problem should be fixed now, a little script at the start of the page selects the right stylesheet for Internet Explorer or Netscape. Netscape seems to handle tables with background images wrong, so the Netscape version has no (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | [FT] Some Fire pieces (torsos, black helmet, hose reel, etc)
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I know I just posted an updated trade list, but I know there are plenty of firestation and firetruck fans out there, and I have a bunch of parts from 6477 Firefighter's Lift Truck that I added even more recently. Check out my 'for trade' list - it's (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: No gimmicks, just some free background images
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <38B0CAA9.25214679@v...er.net>... (...) built (...) Sounds like several times what I have... You must be pushing close to a million pieces if you haven't exceeded that... (...) Nah, I'm the one who probably should (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lavaggio mattoncini in lavatrice e tanto altro...
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Gabriele Bellumori <bellumor@dada.it> wrote in message Q3qxOBeOjFX7V8Th=Km2...4ax.com... (...) usato (...) li (...) la (...) Diciamo pure in tre ;-) Penso che la differenza sia da individuare nel sostantivo al quale viene accostata la parola LEGO. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Space Mini-figs
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I've recently aquired a box a lego containing a number of Classic Space sets amongst other sets. I'm sorting them out to sell but am a bit confused about the mini-figs. The sets in questions are 928, 926, 924, 918, 897, 894, 891, 889 and 885. All (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | LEXICON site finished!
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I have just uploaded the first version of my LEGO LEXICON site. LMKWYT! The url: (URL) 'red' words are LEGO related words and the 'green' words are community related (when you see it you know what I mean...). There are some words (all the town and (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Track Designer newsgroup?
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I'm surprised this hasn't come up before. What I think is needed is a group for exchange of files similar to the dat newsgroups and a group for further development etc. Maybe with such low traffic they may be one group to start with. Just a thought. (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Brad Justus...
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(...) Not yet, that's what they do just before Chapter 11. Already they have had to ditch an almost entirely electronic affair in favor of "bricks and mortar" warehousing. And that's not the end of it either... I see the splitting stocks and 0 (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | 'Bot Camera
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Don't forget that you can use a film or digital still camera that the robot itself fires. Your robot gets to decide what to take a picture of! And you don't have to watch your tv or computer until you are ready. Dave Paule (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Request: wheels for 8459
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Has anyone done the wheels for the 8459, the tires are marked 68.8X40 I just need them for pictures, and haven't really got the time right now to do them myself:) Regards John (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Is it OK to use new parts for old sets?
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In article <Fq6uu6.5tH@lugnet.com>, ffilz@mindspring.com says... (...) So that would rule 1990's 2x4 bricks out because they are thinner walled and have teeth to grip the studs. I came across this problem when rebuilding old sets and I'm not sure (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Building and decoding messages
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Hiya, Well, I'm back to my RCX message decoder project. But, I have a question. I know of the serial protocol for the individual data bytes, but I'm curious about the packet level checksum. A packet (for a message) looks like this: 55 FF 00 F7 08 (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lavaggio mattoncini in lavatrice e tanto altro...
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Si dice "le Lego" perche sono le "costruzioni" Lego ;-) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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