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test test test..... The rain in spain falls gently on the plain. Bye, bye miss American pie, drove my chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry. Saw the good ole' boys drinkin whiskey and rye sayin' "This will be the day that I'll die..." (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.off-topic.test)
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| | Re: Hangar 33
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(...) Yeah, they looked that way in LEdit too. I just went with it, though I did receive a suggestion to make the entire floor of tiles instead, which sounds intriguing. -Tom McD. when replying, spamcake doesn't make good landing pads because of (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Just some questions...
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(...) CAVEAT: I'm probably full of it, but here goes.... My understanding is that a 12 V NiCd battery pack would not damage the HB, since the HB can handle up to 12 V. The problem is that in order to charge a 9.6 V battery pack, the HB built in (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: My RCX's life as a dog or hacking the x10
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(...) This was a big surprise to me also. I found my little B&W camera sees the output of the remote control very brightly. Even with the big lens I added to considerably sharpen the picture vs the pinhole "lens". Even remotes with filters on the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Sir Steve interviews someone from Lego
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(...) To be fair, the LEGO guy said right in his first answer: "Because future launches are confidential, I can't say what will and won't be available in 2001 (yet)." It's not *his* fault that the interviewer then went on to only ask questions about (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: FA (Ebay) Old Space Sets
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(...) Lugnet == fast eBay == slow Also, for sellers: Lugnet == trusted eBay == unknown I've just signed up a search on the eBay Personal Shopper. Now, I can't figure out how to get back to the service. I hope they plan on sending me e-mail, or I'll (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | 2001 sets!
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I know that this alittle early, but..... With the SSG interview done and "published". Although there were NO real answers! Accept we will get some Imperials in 2001. Anyone want to take bets on some 2001 sets. Here are some of mine: ---...--- (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Senator Palpintine / Emperor
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(...) Well, the story as I understand it is that he (Palpatine/Darth Sidious/The Emperor) is a Dark Lord of the Sith, a dark side equivalent of the Jedi - basically the whole Empire/Rebellion/Galactic Civil War thing boils down to "a bit of a tiff" (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: How good is 8485 Technic Control Center?
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Michael Cotsford <cotsford@lexra.com> wrote in message news:FqG00C.Eww@lugnet.com... (...) motors (...) Correct, my error. (...) but (...) Was there ever a US version of this set?? I wonder what portion of the shipping cost from DYA can be (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: What is Znap?
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(...) You're right. It does look useful for that sort of thing. It's just...Not Lego, you know? It used to be Tyco, Ritvik, etc. copied Lego. Now Lego is copying Erector, Tinker-Toys, Ramagon, Construx, etc? Just gives me an icky feeling inside, the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Hangar 33
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Larry, (...) Looks like the parts are buggy, all the lines should be lined up. 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.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Hangar 33
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Very nice scene. Very nice indeed! One question for space plate experts... take a look at the plates in this image, where the T and + intersect tehre is a bit of a difference in the yellow lines... Do the real ones mismatch on line width, or do we (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Another (semi-) standard field for inventories
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(...) Very interesting. I was wondering if bag-contents changed over time. But I could only think of one or two people who I was fairly certain would know the answer, and I wasn't sure they'd feel like sharing. So thanks for passing on that bit of (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: Tiger 1 WW2 Tank
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(...) I see. Clever! I have only been able to bring myself to paint a couple of Timmy heads, so I know what you mean. ;] (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Just some questions...
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(...) The self-resetting thermal fuse that's part of the HB ought to be just fine (see item F1 on the HB schematics). I think that if you use a 9.6 V NiCd battery pack with less than a couple thousand mAH capacity, you probably have nothing to worry (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: ZB Sale: 6195 Neptune Discovery Lab $45
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(...) These can almost be like the infamous K-Mart blue light specials. I was at the Raleigh ZB last summer when they announced that all clearance items were an additional 50% off for the next 30 minutes. Mike --- Mike Walsh (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Is it possible to have too much LEGO?
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Interesting subthread. I guess I'm from the "build it per directions" school. I tend to build stuff to learn what there is to learn, then I go off and build my own stuff from scratch. Only very rarely do I modify TLC sets into something improved... (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Likeness of a Talgo: Shared monoaxle
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(...) I have indeed seen Erik's tilting metroliner. Very nice! I credit him for showcasing the use of the Technic spring-bricks to me in his crocodile locomotive. Master creations from Mr. Brok. I love his work. later, James Mathis (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: What is Znap?
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(...) Think out of the box, please. Znap is tres useful for large engineering structures. Anyone who doesn't want their Znap is invited to drop me a line, perhaps we can work something out. (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: megabloks answer our requests (Re: Brad Justus...)
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(...) With all of the positive comments that I'm reading about Megabloks, I'll have to take a second look at them. I sincerely hope that Lego is reading this thread. Memo to Lego: Does it mean anything to you that some of your most loyal fans are at (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Proportion of bad bidders on eBay?
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Transatlantic shipping may be part of the issue. I had one bidder whinge about fixed shipping charges being too high, and some other misc whinges from other bidders lead me to believe that there is a non zero fraction of bidders that don't read the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Contest Idea [was: Re: Ow. [was: Re: BeltWars Update]]
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(...) Excellent. Where's your website? --Colin __ __ __ __ __ __ | |_| |_| |_| | | |_| | | | Brick Engineer | | | Colin R Gutierrez | __ __ __ __ | 2000 | |___...___|| |_| |_| |_| ||___...___| |___...___| (URL) (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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(...) I usually prefer a Mac/Windows style interface for CAD programs, but I'll give it a try...[it's down right now.] Thanks for the tip. --Colin __ __ __ __ __ __ | |_| |_| |_| | | |_| | | | Brick Engineer | | | Colin R Gutierrez | __ __ __ __ | (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: FA (Ebay) Old Space Sets
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(...) No, it's not disapproval, it's a mixture of confusion, dismay, and surprise. Why doesn't eBay make it _easy_ for people to find or follow auctions of a particular type? The fact that people [have to] resort to re-listing things elsewhere is (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | nodatchi battle armour (with the dat inline this time :-) [DAT]
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...A .dat from Colin R Gutierrez's most excellent Nodatchi Battle Armour... including some optional weapons and equipment. (Colin's web page: (URL) HERE---- 0 Model exported from LeoCAD 0 Original name: MECHA.lcd 1 8 189.77 -12.22 0.72 0.50 -0.00 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Imperial Guards (was: Re: Sir Steve interviews someone from Lego)
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(...) Noooooo! An Emperor's Shuttle. comes with 1 Emperor, 2 Imperial pilots, and 6 Royal Gaurds. Trans-red head with a red helmet. The helmet would have eye cut-out like the scout troopers but shaped correctly. Price point $99-$150. Put rebels in (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: MPD spec
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OK I have found the source code in Jacob's site, strangelly I got there from ldraw.org following the link for the MPDbuilder. I'm still searching for the spec ! P.S. Did someone already think about adding a search feature to ldraw.org ? I would be (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Contest Idea [was: Re: Ow. [was: Re: BeltWars Update]]
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(...) ...They should be posted up to lugnet.cat.dat.models shortly (ie, may already be there). I modeled the main model and a few extra armaments and equipment :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wildlink.com lugnet (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Senator Palpintine / Emperor
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Maybe Jar Jar will become a Jedi when they are all being killed off. The Jedi might be so desperate for reinforcements that they'll take anybody. (...) Jorge Rodríguez rodriguez.136@osu.edu (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | nodatchi battle armour - MECHA.lcd (0/1)
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...A .dat (actually, a .lcd leoCad dat file thingie) from Colin R Gutierrez's most excellent Nodatchi Battle Armour... including some optional weapons and equipment. (Colin's web page: (URL) can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Senator Palpintine / Emperor
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Just to add my useless two cents ... I consider Lucas to be the greatest example of anti-pandering there is. He financed the production of Episode I (and ROTJ, I believe) with his own money, for that express purpose: so that he could do exactly (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Another (semi-) standard field for inventories
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(...) A side note: The contents of any particular bag in a medium- to large-sized LEGO set can change over time on different production runs. I've seen it happen many times -- one copy of the set has, say, a 2x3 black brick in the same bag as a 2x4 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: Catalog at Legofest
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I think Ian Bishop has a list of catalogues for trade at his web site. Try: (URL) think he said he wasn't make the next fest though) Phil. ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Edwards <medwards@ukonline.co.uk> To: <lugnet.loc.uk@lugnet.com> (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Sir Steve interviews someone from Lego
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(...) Let's try this one more time... ;^) "Tydirium" is the correct spelling. ~Mark (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Is it OK to use new parts for old sets?
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(...) Well if you want 14 pounds of clones w/ a polybag set that would even out your Lego v. Clone eBay lot stats... Wow, all those big lots you outbid me on, and you only have 10 grams of clones?.....oh my.... (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | MPD spec
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Is there such a thing ? The ones I have seen, are very simple, they just use the 0 FILE filename Meta command, but is there any docummented spec. Also, where is that program which splits an MPD in it's DAT parts ? MPDsplit.exe ? Both those things (...) (25 years ago, 24-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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(...) leave....and my cats are only interested in LEGO bricks.......I'm thinking of refilling my litter box with Tyco..... = ) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: set 1271 Jungle Surprise
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(...) The new Food Lion in Mebane (just off 85/40 - i believe it's exit 152) has them... don't know if you'd classify that as Triangle or not... but it's the only place that I've seen any Lego. rich. (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | FOTW: Classic Castle figs and much more
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Yesterday I got the following for $9.99 at thrift store. While 85% of the weight of the bag was about 175 Duplo, primo, and Duplo clones it also had the following: 6 Horses (3 with saddles, 3 with older style caprisons), 3 16x16 green baseplates, 1 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | FOTW: Classic Castle Figs and more
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Yesterday I got the following for $9.99 at thrift store. While 85% of the weight of the bag was about 175 Duplo, primo, and Duplo clones it also had the following: 6 Horses (3 with saddles, 3 with older style caprisons), 3 16x16 green baseplates, 1 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Such a dark and drizzly place this has become.....
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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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| | Re: Where is everybody?!
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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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| | Such a dark and drizzly place this has become.....
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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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| | Such a dark and drizzly place this has become.....
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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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| | Re: Thinking of selling my entire 9V collection
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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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"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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| | 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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