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(...) LOL :-) (...) Yes, it is sad. I'm a townie, but I almost never post here, because I'm busy building my own town. When there are no good sets to discuss, all we townies can do is build our own things. --Tobias (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Hangar 33
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Tom McDonald <radiotitan@yanospamhoo.com> wrote in message news:FqF6yu.4Kn@lugnet.com... (...) long (...) I (...) Lars' (...) sure (...) time (...) two, (...) bricks (...) Some very nice detailing on the hangar walls. I look forward to seeing more. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Our numbers grow. Soon we shall be invincible! Or invisible! Or insurable! Or something. Welcome aboard. Eric "the" Lind (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Where have all the townies gone? long time passing....... A once lively little newsgroup has turned into a rather barren ghost town (no pun intended). All because of one word.....junior....It seems the only posts here ae about how bad Town Junior (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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Where have all the townies gone? long time passing....... A once lively little newsgroup has turned into a rather barren ghost town (no pun intended). All because of one word.....junior....It seems the only posts here ae about how bad Town Junior (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Thinking of selling my entire 9V collection
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Thanks Larry for pointing it out, i do need to sort myself out, but time can only do that. (...) Yes, please do state your offers clearly, For the other people that have been dealing with me and it does turn out what you think it does, I think Larry (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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To Michael... If you are looking for prices, fine, but if you want offers, I beleive you are off topic for this group. "Best offer" deals belong in lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade. Auctions, which is what I would characterise what you're doing now with (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Website update: Moonbase Io
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To Pat & Ben: Here's some hints on my intake construction techniques. For the Osprey: Take two 3x1 hypotenuse bricks & stick them side-by-side to a 2x1 single-hole beam brick. Then attach a 2x2 helicopter pin plate to the beam brick. Finally, mount (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Another (semi-) standard field for inventories
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I couldn't find a definitive prior discussion to followup-to, so I'm posting this fresh. So far, the general standard set of fields for an inventory has been: Part Name Part Number (where available) Color Quantity I'd like to suggest another field (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Proportion of bad bidders on eBay?
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(...) I don't agree. Out of 234 completed auctions this year I have one possible deadbeat. Out of >500 this year and last I had <10 deadbeats total. I think that's pretty good. Are your figures very different from that, Scott? Kevin (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Popula, the quirkiest auction site?
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(...) This is really a chicken-and-egg situation: in a venue where there are not enough bidders to run the price up, sellers set the price to what they hope to get and usually the item sells at or near that price. This is one reason I don't use (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Catalog at Legofest
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Ok 1970-1994 whould like them in good condition, don't mind creases, but rips, no thanks . Same goes for pen marks on the catalog's -- Michael - - - Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Likeness of a Talgo: Shared monoaxle
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(...) How can I like you better than I do now? You're already aces in my book. (...) Mostly imported except for the power unit. There was a big write up on it in Trains a while back... Acela is way way behind schedule though. (...) Sounds workable. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | [REV] Insectoids: the smaller the better
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Just thought I'd ramble on a bit here to kill some time before lunch... I haven't written up a formal review of these guys for my site yet, but while I was in Japan last October I managed to get my hands on the 4 Kabaya candy promo Insectoid sets. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Likeness of a Talgo: Shared monoaxle
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(...) need (...) The black nose comes from this set 6473 - RES-Q Cruiser (URL) set 6473 does not come with the trans yellow "Y" shaped headlight insert. later, James Mathis (...) a (...) two (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Catalog at Legofest
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It would be easier if you said which ones you wanted... "Michael Edwards" <medwards@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message news:FqFvv0.F5H@lugnet.com... (...) - (...) - (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Thinking of selling my entire 9V collection
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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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| | Re: Senator Palpintine / Emperor
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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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| | Re: Staircases!
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(...) There are seven ladders (at least - maybe more I don't know about) if you count the ones you've listed. The single piece you list is (I believe) the modern stack-as-many-as-you-want slip-joint variety. There are also a two- piece and a (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NEW PICTURES
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Carl, Brilliant work. I've made a fairly cool Panther tank (lotsa slopes), but need some tracks. Where did you get yours? Also, the Vader helmet (with the mask & some of the bottom trimmed away) would make a very good stahlhelm. Kevin (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Storing My LEGO
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Eric Harshbarger wrote in message <38B42BFA.542314EE@e...er.org>... <snip> (...) would make sorting easier. Brian (bbq) Sauls (Whenever I train a new cook, I always tell them "Laziness breeds effiiency." After a couple of seconds of blank stares, I (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Staircases!
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sheree rosenkrantz wrote in message ... (...) (ex.Hospital#137). (...) (URL) don't know what I was looking for to have this turn up, but here it is. Looks like red, spiral staircase to me, but I just woke up, so my eyes may be fuzzy. Brian (bbq) (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Just some questions...
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Is there a general guide to what fuse I should have with a certian current? Please excuse some of this if it doesn't make sense, I am learning a lot of electrical concepts as I go... Would the internal resistance of the battery be shown if I measure (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Popula, the quirkiest auction site?
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(...) got (...) TSC (...) Time is limited for me. So I only search ebay/lugnet/rtl for the stuff I want online. I'm sure if I monitored TSC, yahoo etc I'd get a better deal... but I can not justify the time. (...) There is often a lot of talk of (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Can we have a Newsgroup for KIDLUG?
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(...) Well, as you know, the internet, is an evergrowing tool for communication, and for the way we plan to run things, it can cover a much larger purpose over the web. We also plan om haveing information for kids, and not just the disscussion (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.org)
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| | Some MOC pictures
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Yes, just some average MOC pictures..:-) An Attack helicopter, A Colonial Viper from Galactica, Titanic (somehow) and NASA Space Shuttle. Here are there: (URL) thanks to Kevin for supplying this magnificent utility to us..:-) Selçuk (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Another 6wide/8wide ramble
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I just purchased a few three foot high trees for my back yard. They cost about $40. I guess I will have to return them to the nursery and say "Nope! Nope! These trees are too small. I need trees that are at least 20 feet tall. A guy on the Internet (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | RE: My RCX's life as a dog or hacking the x10
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Hi "o.o", This is a cool idea and really easy to do with the LEGO light sensor. I have two so I will report tomorrow on results. Michael "o.o" wrote: Not knowing much about the X10 cam2, I remember my friends taking some small PC cams apart. Once (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Sir Steve interviews someone from Lego
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(...) Yeah, you don't need to clear out some space! That's like getting rid of your bricks because your apartment is too small! You just need a bigger brain! J ...build one out of LEGO...? (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Popula, the quirkiest auction site?
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(...) I used TSC as a seller early on and got market rates, but after a while it never seemed to get the traffic. As a result some buyers (including Larry) got bargains, and I lost out on what I might have got on eBay. I switched from TSC when two (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Efterlysning: Ask 3040
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"Tobias Möller" skrev... (...) www.leknet.se - per märke - lego - basic - husask - 69:- www.bazaren.net - leksaker - lego - lego system basic - husask - 55:- Finns i lager hos båda. www.toycity.dk har den inte i lager längre. // Eric (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: ZB Sale: 6195 Neptune Discovery Lab $45
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Well I apologize for any trouble I may have caused. There were signs in the back of the store that said "25% off all clearance items." Near the signs were mostly old Christmas and assorted holiday leftovers. I went to the manager to ask specifically (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: LEGO on CNN
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(...) So, uh, what did they say? I assume you waited up to watch it... :D eric (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Vota il set tecnic preferito
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(...) E' dura ... 8485, 8480, 8868, 8880, 8479, 8855, 8094, 8460, 8848, 8865 E il peggiore? 8428-8432, 8250-8299, 8280, 8414, 8417, 8826, 8857, 8255, 8229, 8408 Marco (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | RE: My RCX's life as a dog or hacking the x10
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Michael, Not knowing much about the X10 cam2, I remember my friends taking some small PC cams apart. Once the lens/filter was off, the image was not too great, as the filter was some sort of IR type filter. What they did was mount it on the front (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | [OT] Quotes - was: Where is everybody?!
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"craig hamilton" wrote... (...) Ah, thanks. I knew it was close. (...) You sure about that? It sure sounds weird enough to be mr Martin. // Eric (yet another (or rather yeti another, cause it's snowing like hell[1])) [1] Well, if it'd been snowing (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: FA (Ebay) Old Space Sets
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In lugnet.market.auction, Todd Lehman writes: <snip> (...) Am I correct in reading this as disapproval of posting links to eBay auctions in the lugnet.marketplace.auction group? Since I have switched to pretty much only auctioning through eBay...I (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Where is everybody?!
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(...) Looks to his left... Looks to his right... Your right! Were did everyone go! :-). Anyway I have been mostly lurking. Most of my free time has been spent building lately. Nothing has been officially posted yet but if you want a sneak peak you (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) of (...) come on eric you know that isn't true, about wanted to give up some Star Wars brain space. :) Travis, the so called Star Wars and Lego freak according to his fiancee. (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Nice work. Thanks for the piccys, I've nabbed 'em and 'll have a page up soon (ish). (...) I think it was a case of none of us really wanted to be photographed... (...) Bummer.... (...) <Spock voice/>By my calculations captain the next one (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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(...) Agreed on all points!!! I have 5 allready and am probably going to get another 5 or 6 this weekend. I think for $2 you can't beat it. The only thing I think this set is missing is a Sword if this set had a DkGray sword it would be perfect A+, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Richard Schamus (<FqEEIJ.Dno@lugnet.com>) wrote at 19:37:31 (...) Yep. I had that feeling all last year, and spent a fortune. Now I think I *do* have too much LEGO, but I still run out of the parts I need :( The sense that LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickish Museum of Natural History (BMNH)
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This is so funny I don't know where to start. I laughed out loud a lot. On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Richard Parsons (<FqEtwJ.FB@lugnet.com>) wrote at 01:09:55 (...) You could just go and let off a few broadsides. Wonderful for relieving that pent up (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Note about this 4558 Auction: (URL) above auction has COD for payment. The seller has contacted me and said this is an error. However, he has not clarified this by adding to the text. If you bid, please take this into account. I think, unless he (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: What is Znap?
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(...) Ugh. I can almost _see_ the steam. :| --Colin __ __ __ __ __ __ | |_| |_| |_| | | |_| | | | Brick Engineer | | | Colin R Gutierrez | __ __ __ __ | 2000 | |___...___|| |_| |_| |_| ||___...___| |___...___| (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks for fixing my name, Todd. Now if only some of the other entries would bow out, I might have a chance. ;] --Colin __ __ __ __ __ __ | |_| |_| |_| | | |_| | | | Brick Engineer | | | Colin R Gutierrez | __ __ __ __ | 2000 | |___...___|| (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Contest Idea [was: Re: Ow. [was: Re: BeltWars Update]]
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(...) Unfortunately no. I'm not sure which, if any, of the CAD software will work on my computer. I have a 486DX50 with 32 megabytes ram and Win95. (Also don't know if I have the time to use it.) If anyone has advice or suggestions regarding this, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Cool! I've found that the traditional flex tub straws are a bit too rigid for my taste, so a more "floppy" version fits my taste just perfectly! How about the tan flex system straws seen in 8001? Are they of the floppy, bendy type too, or the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yes. Exactly the right point. The two different things to woory about, are the mA/Hr rateing of the battery (which tells you how long a particular current can be delivered), and the _internal resistance_ of the battery, which limits the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | R: Mindstorms in svendita a Zany Brainy
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Carlo Ottolina <kruntz@tiscalinet.it> wrote in message FqEqqD.C8w@lugnet.com... (...) avete (...) 1.5 purtroppo :-( Mario (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: varie
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(...) elastico (...) resistente (...) Vero. E' molto più efficiente di puleggie ed elastici. Io lo uso spesso. Ciao Mario (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: "Technic"ally deficient
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(...) Are you absolutely sure? I heard this rumor and I called S@H and they never heard of this issue and they were selling Indy Storms same as always. Regards, Kurt (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) only took photos of Lego!!!! I wanna put faces to names. I know what Peter looks like (did he show you guys his pirate ship hats, they are pretty damn good!) but what about the rest of you? I am not going to be able to make it unless my plans (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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Gianluca Morelli ha scritto: (...) Visto che hai votato 10 set faccio lo stesso: 8460, 8485, 8092, 8868, 8480, 8880, 8448, 8856, 8862, 8872 Ciao Giulio (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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(...) As I said in a compiled ideas lsit forwaded to TLC/TLG through my contact/ "' What we create is what we can explore, What we can explore is that whoich we create, Imagination is the key, To improved creativity!' You cant do that with (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Porta infrarossi RCX
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Ciao a tutti, tempo fa avevo già posto questa domanda, ma ora ci ritento: qualcuno è a conoscenza di interfacce LEGO/RCX via IR per Windows CE? Io ho un Mobilon Sharp e non mi diaspiacerebbe usarlo per programmare l'RCX. Grazie. Angelo Brugnoli (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: 2 Wanted Parts - Not Rare
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I'll trade or buy to get the parts. Thanks Scott A (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | 2 Wanted Parts - Not Rare
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I need/want the parts below. I thought I had a few of each, but it turns out I have none of each... I hate parts like that. Last night I also found I was low on 2*8 yellow boards - I had to rummage around, and wash, car boot sale plunder to satisfy (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: varie
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Gianluca Morelli ha scritto: (...) Il sistema a puleggia è usato in tantissimi set Technic. Però il clucth gear ha un uso leggermente diverso dal sistema ad elastico. Il vantaggio è di avere solo due movimenti possibili: o funziona come un (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Where is everybody?!
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(...) "talking about music is like dancing about archticture!" it's one of my favorite quotes! it's been attributed to everybody from philonious monk to laurie anderson, (and yes mr. zappa): but it was originally uttered by none other than the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) come nella 8082,dove a valle del micromotore,c'era la trasmissione ad elastico cun 2 piccole (1cm) pulegge,il che generava slittamento se la coppia resistente era eccessiva...piu' semplice ed economico... (...) Marco, abbiamo un'abitudine (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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