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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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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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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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(...) 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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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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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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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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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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(...) (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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"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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(...) 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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(...) 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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