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Ah. (...) Right. Make that square opening thing into a separate brick. If you widen the nose you can leave it centered. (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Is it possible to have too much LEGO?
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(...) Boy do I know that feeling... That's what's behind my buying habits. Fortuanately, setwise, I'm reaching the point of having much of what I want. I've got almost all the pirate stuff, in plenty of quantity, I've got most of the castle stuff I (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Pure theory on castle auction ...
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I think Pawel worded his post rather poorly. one could read it as he is plugging his auction here on .theory. But if one examines the listing, one discovers that he's plugging *Castle World* via an auction. Pawel, you need to be MUCH more careful in (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Who has a space base?
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(...) I'm not sure if you're looking for single building bases or accumulations of sets. Mine's pretty much 'out of the box' then slung onto some baseplates, but I like having it set up; I'm moving soon though so I took some pictures, and if you're (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 1200 brick Blue Tubs on sale at TRU
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Mike, I got 19 of the blue tubs for you @ $14.99. Since you are coming to the BAYLUG meeting on 3/12, I'll just give them to you then, OK? Paul Sinasohn (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Lego Dacta Wall Wart
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Got my Pitsco order today. The Lego Dacta power cube, wall wart, had the Lego logo on it and said Lego Dacta on it several places. It had a warning tag on the wire showing it was not for tape recorders etc. It was marked 12 VAC 7VA output It was (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Future of LEGO Trains ? was Re: Model Railroad Scenery
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(...) I think Mike has gotten to the crux of the problem. All the issues brought up are merely technical puzzles to solve. Personally, my investment in my 5 trains and assorted train items wouldn't hold me back from 8 wide. Again, I think if TLC is (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Strange problem of expansion board and handyboard
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it's all a software config issue, there's nothing wrong with your hardware. two questions: 1. what is the root library file that loads when IC starts up, and 2. what files are listed there? f. In your message you said: (...) d (...) s (...) I (...) (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Coming Soon
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(...) as (...) Okay, the HTML is done. I can't solve the Zip problem. (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.org)
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Sybrand Bonsma <sbonsma@molphys.leidenuniv.nl> wrote in message news:FqDxGv.IHn@lugnet.com... (...) now (...) the (...) Thanks bunches! The Memory Game card pictures are wonderful. (Do you have examples of the other 10 ?) Are the figures in the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| | Re: Who here is from Michigan?
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(...) Woohoo! House-warming at Larry's! :) 'course, that means I've got to actually *build* something to bring. Steve (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi)
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(...) Okay, I'll hurry it up then. I wrote them in Wordpad, but save them as Document 6.0 or something like that. I'll go back and check my options. (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.org)
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| | Re: Is it possible to have too much LEGO?
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(...) myself (...) be (...) person. (...) In a lot of ways you are right on both counts. For many years I restricted my purchases due to lower income and a growing family, and other concerns. In that time period, I was still able to build some (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Blue Tub (and more distribution)
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Ok, I went ahead a documented the brick GROUPINGS within the #3033 Blue Tub for those of use who are really curious (and who isn't?) (URL) ---...--- Eric Harshbarger / eric@ericharshbarger.org / www.ericharshbarger.org "Oh please, if people are (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Future of LEGO Trains ? was Re: Model Railroad Scenery
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Christopher Masi <cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.edu> wrote in message news:38B42AE5.D23FB9...ane.edu... (...) anyone recall (...) weight a lot (...) to hit the (...) both current (...) pushed (...) high enough (...) the technology (...) it another (...) (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Is it possible to have too much LEGO?
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Here's what I do, not as a law, but as a rule of thumb. I decide what it is I really want before hand. I avoid impulsive shopping unless I see a clearance that's really cool. My next lego set is the River Expedition from the Adventure series. I know (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | All of those minifigs
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What do you all do with the Adventurers minifigs you accumulate after buying a few sets? I find the models to be fairly interesting (mainly the Egyptian theme), and buy the sets based on the models. However, I now have a bunch of minifigs that I (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Coming Soon
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(...) I'll have to wait for the HTML version. Got the ZIP file and uncompressed it, but the .DOC files inside seem to be in a some propriety binary format, most likely MS-Word. --Todd (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.org)
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| | Re: Future of LEGO Trains ? was Re: Model Railroad Scenery
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Christopher Masi wrote: Yes, Mr Horshack? ;-) (...) No, they be heavy;-D But it's all relative. They are feathers compared to my 14 wides{:^D (...) I use 2 motors in my 8 wide engines. To tell the truth, I'd use 2 motors in 6 wides, too, because (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Just some questions...
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Hey all.. I got my handyboard a few days ago.. and I have some questions.. 1) What is a good battery to use? I don't have 8 nicad batteries.. I use a R/C car 9.6V battery pack.. is there some specific need for certian mAh values? 2)What method did (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Space logo, digital version (was Re: Who has a space base?)
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Doh, I meant Scott, not John. :) -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars www.filmforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Film News Paul Davidson <tinman@direct.ca> wrote in message news:FqDGMK.G2@lugnet.com... (...) but (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Storing My LEGO
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Hi all, I recently moved all of my surplus bricks up into my attic wherein I have plenty of room to sort and such. I, of course, had to make a (brief) webpage to document the set-up, and I thought others might be curious to see my storage (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Strange problem of expansion board and handyboard
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Hi all, I had a handyboard and an expansion board, they do not work together. I had definitely unzipped the explib into the libs directory and overwrote the files it need. But a strange problem occurs, when the board is downloading files at (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | what do these MOW vehicles do?
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Hello, I was stopped at a crossing today and I saw four Union Pacific MOW vehicles go by. Two of them were Pandrol Jackson model 6700s and the other two didn't have any obvious markings. They all looked weird to my untrained eye. Does anyone know (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GMLUG meeting on 3/18?
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I have cut and pasted from a previous post here: ---...--- Okay, here's the scoop... The La Crosse Train Show is March 18th and 19th. The GMLTC will arrive Friday afternoon (17th) to set up and will stay in a hotel attached to the Convention Center (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.gmlug)
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| | Re: Future of LEGO Trains ? was Re: Model Railroad Scenery
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Tom Stangl <toms@netscape.com> wrote in message news:38B41F69.3A1A53...ape.com... (...) pieces;-) (...) with. Then (...) to make (...) 6/8/10/12 wide (...) <shudder> (...) With the extra size, it is much easier to make to nose look proper with (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Surging, yep I saw it too.
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Just wanted to say that I have seen the periodic surging Larry was talking about. There were two short cars in the train, and there were 4 long cars, long red train baseplate length, in the train. Sure enough the caboose slowed down and sped up (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Future of LEGO Trains ? was Re: Model Railroad Scenery
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Oh oh oh...another problem with 8 wide (main reason I am avoiding it): anyone recall how many engines John uses for his 8 wide stuff? Eight wide is going to weight a lot (unless there is exstensive use of thinwalls). Eight wide trains are going to (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 4,5v / 12v Train Offers
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Todd Lehman ha scritto: (...) Sorry, I want to apologize for it. However, I have to say that I'm a bit confused about this kind of things. I always thought that a market post outside the lugnet.market newsgroups was inappropriate, but I recently (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Pure theory on castle auction ...
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(...) Pawel, The intention of creating .market.theory was not to have yet another forum for making auction flogs/plugs, but rather to have in-depth discussions and (even more so) meta-discussions about auctions and other marketplace stuff. --Todd (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Future of LEGO Trains ? was Re: Model Railroad Scenery
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The lower half of the nose piece has two square openings. To my knowledge only the special trans-yellow "Y" will fit into these square openings and allow a single bulb to illuminate the right and left side simultaneously. If you increase the spacing (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Rare Andrea 3133
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I got a very rare Andrea doll from Lego Outlet in Georgia the other day. This doll is from 1999 and the item # is 3133. I had thought they never made Andrea doll for that year because no catalogues mention it! They officially released only Emma and (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.scala)
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| | [not a part, a wish] Pneumatics
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Hi, I scan most of the part list repository I could think of, and there seems to be nohwere part descriptions for the pneumatics. Is there a problem to include them in ldraw? or is it a lack of interest with them? If you know someone or somewhere to (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Future of LEGO Trains ? was Re: Model Railroad Scenery
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(...) Technic brick with a lens in the center? I'm not sure I follow what the problem is, exactly... can you elaborate? (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Metroliner Dream
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(...) Nonono - each car will be one color (maybe black/grey/white accents) - no WAY would I mix them, ick ;-) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| | Re: Future of LEGO Trains ? was Re: Model Railroad Scenery
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By making the nose split however you would run into an issue with the trans-yellow headlamp piece. The only solution I can think of would be to use two light bulbs to light-up both sides. -Nick Tom Stangl wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Future of LEGO Trains ? was Re: Model Railroad Scenery
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(...) I've NEVER understood why Lego didn't make nose pieces split to begin with. Then they could make each half 2-wide, and you could insert slopes between them to make them any width you want. Then they'd only have to worry about making 6/8/10/12 (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | ** ACTUAL STOCK FROM DYA**
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Hi Legofans, Here is the actual stock for following references : 6544 : 40 8440 : 12 5561 : 20 See you later, Emilie (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Utah Lego Shopping Info
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(...) Oh yeah, one more suggestion: let's date the shopping tips; e.g. the Crossroads Hammond's has had some decent Lego sets in the past. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us.wafol)
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| | GMLUG meeting on 3/18?
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I heard there is going to be a meeting on 3/18 in Lacrosse, WI from Tim Courtney. Does anyone have anymore information on this? Like where, what time, who will be there, what will be done at the meeting, what hotel will anyone be staying at? Any (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.gmlug)
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