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I have just watched a auction with a 4558, the winning bid was $276 (URL) this sound right for a 4558, bear in mind what is the vaule of a 4558 with a 4547 and both have good boxs? -- Michael - - - Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk - - - - - - (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Broken pieces in 8448 Supercar?
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(...) Yes, this happened to anyone who bought the first round of these sets (8445, 8446, and 8448) because the first round of the hydraulic cylinders was defective. All I had to do was write to Consumer Affairs describing the problem, and they sent (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | LEGO Bulk Sales in 1950's.
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This week I came across a new revelation. LEGO used to sell pieces via "bulk sales" back in the 1950's. But that was only in Denmark around circa 1954-56, and it was from RETAILERS!!!!. I came across two old 1950's LEGO retailer boxes for 2x10 white (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lutz Uhlmann's New URL
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(...) thinking about the ones under download->software->L2P. Fredrik (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Contest Idea [was: Re: Ow. [was: Re: BeltWars Update]]
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(...) ...Convenient for u!! At this very moment, I'm modeling the Nodatchi in leoCad even as we speak!!! I wanted some shots for my webpage and figured I'd just work a bit with it and its now become an obsession to do the whole thing :-) ...Give me (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Thinking of selling my entire 9V collection
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I am "thinking" (I might or i might not) of selling my entire 9V collection So please can i have some prices or offers on the following trains I have 2126 2150 3225 4525x2 4531x2 4532 4539x9 i think 3 are Mint 4537x2 4539 4544x2 4546x2 4547x2 4551x2 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: How good is 8485 Technic Control Center?
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(...) One slight clarification. The 2 push buttons that control one of the motors both turn the motor on, but in different directions. Also, one nice thing about the joystick is that it has 8 different positions, allowing you to control the two (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Senator Palpintine / Emperor
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(...) Oh, it won't go that far. Ewoks are dumb, Jar Jar is dumb... I haven't even ever met any kids who like Jar Jar. I find him midly amusing, but if I had my druthers, there wouldn't be any screen time wasted on him. I just find it difficult to (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Contest Idea [was: Re: Ow. [was: Re: BeltWars Update]]
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(...) You can definitely run the basic LDraw program. It is DOS-based, and will run fine on just about any DOS/Windows machine, especially older ones. It is not the most easy-to-use program, but there is an excellent tutorial to get you started. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Senator Palpintine / Emperor
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(...) Millions of whiny kids will love it if he is. But I'm going to stop now before this denegerates into another "Ewoks are cool" "Ewoks are stupid" spiraling thread of despair. James (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Senator Palpintine / Emperor
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(...) Actually, I'd say that Lucas isn't pandering to the masses. Millions of whiny fanboys would love it if Jar Jar Binks weren't in Episode II, and yet he will be. eric (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Popula, the quirkiest auction site?
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(...) Yes, the auctions are a bit slow as compared to other venues. But the fact that sniping is eliminated should be incentive for bidders--they can rest easy that they will not lose their high bid standing without time to react. Of course, many (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: [not a part, a wish] Pneumatics
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(...) John Jenson posted a short while ago, saying he was working on pneumatic parts. Check the thread starting at (URL). Steve (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Senator Palpintine / Emperor
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Mike, (...) Hmm... I don't know. I guess we will have to wait to see how it all turns out. Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Page -> (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Sir Steve interviews someone from Lego
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So what do we learn from this interview: (...) Approximately nothing. "At this time," "possible..." (...) Ooh! a hard answer! (...) "At this time," "possible..." Why do executives waste their time and the interviewer's time granting an interview if (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Senator Palpintine / Emperor
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Jeff, (...) Yes, I know the senator is the emperor, I wasn't asking about that. I was asking if he had his powers then, or not. Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Is it possible to have too much LEGO?
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(...) (semi) (...) is (...) more (...) rarely (...) while, (...) Why???" "Grandpa, (...) For me it's not a question of "I should have stockpiled pieces," (like clear bricks,) it has always been, until recently, a question of "Can I even get this set (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Wanted Technic Catalogues and Manuals
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Hello everybody I am after a few Technic inset catalogues, please can you email me with your list, i also have a few to swap if interested I am also looking for some Manuals for Expert Builder's sets and the following complete set, please click here (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Flex tube material
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"Christopher Jeris" <cjeris@math.mit.edu> wrote in message news:FqEKx2.JuE@lugnet.com... (...) [snip] (...) The rigid flex tubes first appeared in 1991 in sets 8074 Universal and 8856 Whirlwind Rescue. In these sets the tubing was used soley with a (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Pure theory on castle auction ...
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(...) OK, just to go to the other part of this thread for a moment...I kinda thought this was plugging the auction, especially since it's still going on. Had the auction ended, I don't think there would have been any problem. Another idea would be (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: White baseplates
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(...) Historically, the 10x20 (thick) white baseplate was made from the mid 1950's until 1982, when it and the 10x20 grey baseplate were discontinued. But that is the older type of baseplate. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Is it possible to have too much LEGO?
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(...) It is interesting to see that others are also "improving" on some original LEGO concepts. I took an old LEGO blue castle (from 1961), and made it from a 2 tower castle into a 4 tower courtyarded castle. I am working on taking the old '57-'65 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: set 1271 Jungle Surprise
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(...) The Food Lion on Western Blvd. in Raleigh HAD 3 of these last night (now I do...). What I haven't figured out is how to tell which Food Lions will have LEGO sets. The Western Blvd one seems to reliably have them. I haven't found another Food (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | Re: Senator Palpintine / Emperor
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(...) <controversy> You're trying to tell us that SW isn't predictable? Next, you'll claim Lucas isn't pandering to the masses...</controversy> (tongue in cheek) James (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Senator Palpintine / Emperor
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(...) I'm not a big Star Wars fan but I assumed he already WAS a Dark Jedi/Sith/whatever in Episode 1. Wasn't he "also" Darth Sidius, master of Dark Maul? That's how I saw it. (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Senator Palpintine / Emperor
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(...) Well. First, you're making the big assumption, that Senator Palpatine = Darth Sidious = Emperor Palpatine. One or another of those may actually not be true. Lucas has avoided direct questions about this. I know it's an easy assumption to make, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Scott, Ever wonder who it was under that hood that was talking to Darth Maul? Didn't he look a little bit...familiar? J (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 6195 neptune discovery lab
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(...) Great job! What editor did you use? I'm working on a scene that has one of those canyons, and it's taking forever to work on! (...) You mean you actually used MY humble creation? I'm touched :-) I'm very happy someone used this. I lost the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Second source for DCP sensors
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Does anyone know of a second source for the new sensors the RCX now supports? These would be the DCP microsense sensors. If you thought the Lego sensors were expensive at $10-$28 USD, the Lego prices for DCP sensors start at $50. They want $95 USD (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: How good is 8485 Technic Control Center?
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The control panel has three outputs. One is off/on controled by separate push button switches. The other two are controled by a 2-axis pad which behaves like a joystick with North-South/East-West output. The controler has a 9VDC power input jack and (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: printing on more than one page
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(...) students (...) on (...) I have not found any Robolab solution to printing large programs. Robolab 2.0 has not changed this annoying limitation. I use screen print programs to print Robolab programs, which is not very convenient. (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Robolab 2.0
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Robolab 2.0 is out, and the software is much improved. Robolab 2.0 now supports more programming structures, more sensors (sound, ph, etc.), and the RCX datalogging feature. In my opinion 2.0 now compares very favorably to nqc. Robolab 2.0 is the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Metroliner Dream
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(...) The lightist pink will make up the body with the striping done in the darker colors along with white. However, the body may be white with pink striping. It all depends if LEGO ever offers pink train windows... (...) Will Middelaer did make a (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| | Re: ZB Sale: 6195 Neptune Discovery Lab $45
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(...) [...] Oh, no trouble! FYI, there *were* a number of ZBs selling Shuttles at 25% off the 50% clearance price. Several AFOLs got them, including myself. Unfortunately the 6 I picked up got resold to friends and colleagues, several of which I got (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Brad Justus...
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(...) the (...) I just received the latest catalog in an order from LS@H ("Galaxy of ADVENTURE!", Spring 2000) and noticed that the "Limited Quantities" is still mentioned on the accessories pages. The catalog is shorter, so perhaps this explains (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)
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| | Catalog at Legofest
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I am looking to buy some catalogues from any sellers at the fest Is anybody here have a list of their catalog's for sale and there prices I am also looking for some inset Technic Catalogues and A4 Sheet ones as well, Also to go with that any Technic (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | LDS ver 0.28
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(URL) in 0.28: * IF-THEN-ELSE-END IF * GOTO Fixed a bug in the LINE command. /Tore (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: NEW PICTURES
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For a German WWII helmet, you can custom make somthing that works pretty well. I cut down a motorcycle helmet, and one of the flare-necked castle helmets. Glue the bottom of the flare to the top of the motorcycle helmet, repaint, and you get (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Senator Palpintine / Emperor
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To All, I am listening to ROTJ on my Minidisc player, I was wondering something. In ROTJ, the Emperor seems to have the gift of prophecy, of the dark side of the force. Does he undergo Jedi training at some point or something? He just seemed normal (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: ZB Sale: 6195 Neptune Discovery Lab $45
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(...) I think these extra 25% off all clearance items may be enacted on a store by store basis. Sometimes they also have one day reductions on clearance. (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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