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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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