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Gianluca Morelli <moebiusring@yahoo.it> wrote in message FqC9xr.E3u@lugnet.com... (...) Italiano :) (...) la (...) zappatore di (...) passi per l'inglese, passi per il plurale in italiano, ma al singolare non hai scusanti: non puoi chiamare un (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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marco berti <arcmberti@dinet.it> wrote in message FqFsIp.sn@lugnet.com... (...) tra quelli che ho: auto chassis 8860 trattore 8859 unimog 8848 go-kart 854 (il primo set non si scorda mai :-))) shuttle 8480 tra quelli che ho intenzione di prendere (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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(...) Those photos aren't my best side. Actually I'm not sure if I have a best side. Blokes don't really think about people shots. I know I'd rather look at a picture of a LEGO creation than my mug. (...) Just as well we're the understanding types (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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:-p Sorry! Thank you very much though for counting. Man, that's going to be expensive! I figured I'd buy 10 sets just to be safe. Approx. $60 will give me enough for two tanks or so! The guy that sits next to me at work is a big time scale modeler. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) & (...) Vader keychains. Alan This message's random set is: 6362, (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Way cool dude! Definitely link it into Port Block. With all the work you're doing you're becoming the unofficial "Chairman Stud" <bows in awe "Oh hail great master, holder of the ABS">. After a good session last night with the LEGO I'll have (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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(...) Three other examples of gray pneumatic tubing are the ones that came in 6160 Sea Scorpion, 6180 Hydro Search Sub, and 6198 Sting Ray Stormer (all 1998 Aquazone sets). Each of those tube is gray and 19-studs-long. --Todd (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thank you for showing it to us! That looks good! Those wheels are completely original, and are a new use for that piece! Alan This message's random set is: 6902, (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, actually, they're just plain old pneumatic tubing, nothing special. They're much shinier nowadays than they were back in the late 70's, but it's still just basically the same old pneumatic tubing. Another color these have come in is (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Eric, You've made me sit here and count them!! On the Tiger there are 64 links on each side, however, the Challenger has 74. Obviously, different wheel arangements will call for more or less links. Buying 200 links will give you enough deffy. "grin" (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) I think you've confused Flex System tubing with Pneumatic tubing. The rubber tubes which come in 8002 and 8250, for instance, aren't Flex System tubes -- they're rubber pneumatic tubes. --Todd (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Christopher Jeris" <cjeris@math.mit.edu> wrote in message news:FqGDMC.HvE@lugnet.com... [snip (...) Actually, all of these sets use the rigid tubes. The soft tubes are only used on 8250/8299, 8002, and (as someone else -- sorry I can't remember (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Don't affix them in the first place. :-) Seriously, I've never liked the decals, and always go through a little "sticker shock" when I'm asked to place them across a span of bricks. *shudder* Are you looking to permanantly remove them? There's (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I let the kids my mom watches play with the clone bricks. I've designated, "These are bricks for you to play with... These are bricks you're not supposed to play with." I feel guilty for it sometimes, but if you saw how destructive these kids are, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: LEGO Architectural Postcards
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(...) Ooops, Todd just reminded me to put this in PUBLISH. I just went out there and checked all 1586 message headers (I've never gone there before, who has the time!), but none were related to this topic (as far as I can tell). So I'll cross post (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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How do you deal with decals that span more than one piece? I first encountered this on my 8445 Indy Storm, and resigned myself to cutting the decal in half with a razor knife. Do any of you have a better solution? Chris Jeris (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Darth Vader minifig keychain has printed face!!!
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Yesterday, I conducted a tactical assault on the Lego Outlet store here in Georgia. One of the things I bought was a Darth Vader minifig keychain, just to answer the question, "Is his head printed?" After a few minutes armed with my (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle)
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| | Jain's guide to the fighting men and equipment of the sector...
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...Well I started up a site for my creations and copies... so far all it has are some shots and information on Colin's BA-13 Nodatchi BattleArmour, but I'll get around to working on it more soon... (and filling in the back story too) (URL) can go (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ... (...) No, the flex tube appearing in 8000 and 8001 is the stiff kind (it's used to make radio antennas, and body lines on the head of 8001). Mark Koesel mentioned in his reply that soft flex tube first appeared (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Contest Idea [was: Re: Ow. [was: Re: BeltWars Update]]
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(...) ...Just posted some pics of the BA-13 Nodatchi in action to my newly created 'Jain's Guide to the fighting men and equipment of the sector' (working on the backstory :-) available at (URL) can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: FOTW: Classic Castle Figs and more
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(...) $9.99 for ALL of that stuff? That's not a thrift shop, that's a theft shop! Why don't we have these deals out in New England?! What with the Target deals and stuff like this, I should just move out west! The further from Enfield you get, the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: "Technic"ally deficient
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Kurt Williams wrote in message ... (...) No, I'm not sure. My only information comes from previously posted rumors on lugnet.technic. If you can still get it, so much the better :) Thanks for clearing this up, Chris Jeris (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: FOTW: Classic Castle Figs and more
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(...) So... what did you say your address was..? (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Mike's Auction Update 9 Sold, but some left !
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Here is update 8, this is where it gets complicated for me ! I have reduced some of the open items, some late bids will revert status to before G1, G2 etc. Items will progress in 24 hour stages from now on. G2 items below will be sold at UK time (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | LEGO Architectural Postcards
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I received (on loan) a set of 30 postcards from a USA collector recently (I won't divulge his name in case he minds me doing so). These postcards are from the "L'Architecture... c'est un jeu magnifique" (Architecture is a wonderful game) LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | New version of my steam engine
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Greetings !! I modified my steam engine C62,today. It was a big modification and the train wheels are completely NEW !! Now it is equipped with a connecting rod and piston rod,with big three large wheels. Please come and see at: (URL) thank you (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Sir Steve interviews someone from Lego
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(...) They may not have been manufactured- they may have been hand-created by TLG's Japanese Master Builder. See the posts by the website's author for more details. One thing is definite- they are on Scout Trooer torsos. I would think if they had (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | ho trovato una nuova miniera di lego
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Se andate a vedere a: (URL) e cliccate su "mercatino" trovate l'elenco. Ciao a tutti Marco (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Welcome to lugnet.org.us.kidlug
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(...) Whopps, not .or (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.kidlug)
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(...) never (...) Not in NA. Only 2 voltages, plus the push trains in NA. 12V was _never_ available here from Lego Canada or Lego USA. The 12V was also concurent with the 4.5V, and most sets were availabe essencially the same (the 4.5V train was (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 50% off at kidsarespecial.com (max disc. $30)
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Can you check your statement on-line? Dennis (...) -- Dennis Williamson - Certified Y2K Complacent Bad News: The next millenium starts on a Monday. Good News: You get the day off. (remove .NO and SPAM. to reply) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Welcome to lugnet.or.us.kidlug
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Welcome to the Kidlug Newsgroup. Here we hope that many young adults can start off in Lugnet, and disscus issues of their own. Enjoy! (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.kidlug)
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| | Re: Tiger 1 WW2 Tank
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Let me start out by saying that your models make me want to shelve my castle project! Seeing your models, coupled with seeing Saving Private Ryan recently, has given me some inspiration! A couple of questions... 1) I know where to get the links you (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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It's eight fiber cables on my fiber optic modules. Dennis (...) -- Dennis Williamson - Certified Y2K Complacent Bad News: The next millenium starts on a Monday. Good News: You get the day off. (remove .NO and SPAM. to reply) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics.codepilot)
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| | Re: Can we have a Newsgroup for KIDLUG?
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(...) Oh, Thank You Thank You! Finally! (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.org)
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| | Re: "Technic"ally deficient
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(...) Hmm. They are somewhat large sets, but the 3-in-1 Car and the Search Sub (assuming they are still available) are frequently half-off from S@H. Great deals on sets that are fun to build, fun to play with after building, and demonstrate quite a (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 50% off at kidsarespecial.com (max disc. $30)
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Thanks for the warning, but I took a chance on it anyway... my order arrived today, one Dacta Castle Set, no problems. Wow, I only ordered it two days ago! Now I just need to double check my credit card statement to make sure it's the correct (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Just some questions...
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(...) you are confusing mAh capacity (the amount of energy stored in the battery) with how fast the batt can deliver the power. the two are not the same. the fuse is in the design because nicad cells can deliver a *DANGEROUS* amount of power if (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Sir Steve interviews someone from Lego
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(...) Well we know they have manufactured some - they were shown at that Japanese Toy Fair - I was impressed by the likeness. Carbon 60 (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Millennium Slizer for a tenner
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(...) The crooks only reduced them to £12 up here. Ian Bishop, Ayrshire, UK (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 2 Wanted Parts - Not Rare
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(...) I need some really simple parts but I can't get hold of them in reasonable condition. 2 1x2 yellow plates for double 4559 conversion, I would also need 2 1x2 black plates and 2 extreme slope pieces in black. 2 2x8 Dark Grey plates - for 12V (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: NEW PICTURES
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Kevin, well lets see it then!!! :) I got my old colection of Lego down from the loft, and the tracks where in there :)....I seem to remember having a yellow bulldozer technic set when I was younger, and I think thats where the tracks came from....I (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Control six Micro Scouts with a fiber optic module?
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I had this really sick idea last night, and I thought I'd throw it out for discussion. In theory, you could control up to six Micro Scouts or Code Pilots using two motor outputs and one sensor input. Each of the six fiber optic cables from the fiber (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics.codepilot)
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| | Re: LDS ver 0.28
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GOTO was very easy to program. :o) A little more seriously now: I think it belongs to the BASIC-like syntax I have chosen. Especially in IF statements. Anyway, noone is forced to [ab]use it. I don't think WHILE-WEND will be too hard to code, and it (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: NEW PICTURES
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Shaun, hmmm I had wondered where on earth you got those helmets from in the AT-ST...I looked everywhere for them...Now I know!!:) I dont know if I'm prepared to start cutting Lego about though!! (...) well. I (...) Glue (...) get (...) but (...) You (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Still have lot to sell/trade
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I still have a ton of pieces to sell or trade away. Once again most of my pieces are over five years old so please don't ask for something brand new. I still have a lot of town, tech, some castle, and misc accessories pieces to rid myself of. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | IR sensitivity of CCD cameras
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As has been noted, a lot of CCD cameras are very sensitive to IR. You can take advantage of this by building IR illuminators out of half a dozen or so higher power IR LEDs. I think radio shack sells them. String them in series, add the appropriate (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Pure theory on castle auction ...
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(...) In your first post, you wrote: (...) Try changing "this is more of a plug than anything" to "the auction is more of a plug for Castle World than an attempt to make money by selling customized figures". That would help clarify what you were (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: LDS ver 0.28
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(...) Better to have both. GOTO has its uses, albeit rare. --Todd (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Can we have a Newsgroup for KIDLUG?
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(...) OK, I just set this up. (...) All right -- well, good luck! -- sounds like a great thing if you can make it happen. Hopefully the new group will help some! --Todd (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.org)
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| | ------( Terms of use for lugnet.com )------
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.kidlug)
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| | ------( Welcome to lugnet.org.us.kidlug )------
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Welcome to lugnet.org.us.kidlug, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.org.us.kidlug (group): KIDLUG: Kid LEGO Users Group lugnet.org.us (group and hierarchy): U.S.-based user groups, clubs, and organizations for LEGO® enthusiasts: (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.kidlug)
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| | ------( Terms of use for lugnet.com )------
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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| | ------( Welcome to lugnet.org.ca.vlc )------
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Welcome to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.org.ca.vlc (group): VLC: Vancouver LEGO Club (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) lugnet.org.ca (group and hierarchy): Canada-based user groups, clubs, and (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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| | Re: De Bouwsteen club
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(...) Hi! Coming back to this thread now that things have settled in more... There is a hierarchy of groups for organizations/clubs in the US, and now just starting is one for Canada: lugnet.org.us lugnet.org.us.baylug lugnet.org.us.dixielug (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | 3033 1200-Piece Blue Bucket
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Here is an example of an inventory with the bags identified. It's tab-delimited, so the columns won't line up, unless you mess with your tab settings or import the data into a spreadsheet. Read Todd's message in this thread about bag-inventories (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: Gloat
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(...) cool! despair is run by 3 friends from high school that i worked with for a few years at a previous job. oh. you mean your lego site, huh? :) :) -dave, the smart*ss -- David Wiggins o: (214)574-1443 Sr. Facilities Engineer, Dallas P-NAP p: (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LDS ver 0.28
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(...) Good!! (...) Reasoning for GOTO? GOTO is a construct which can very easily be abused. better to have "proper" strcutures likw while-DO, repeat-until etc. Alex (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Just a doodle
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(...) Just stack up some building fronts and stuff, and make the background sky blue. But you knew that. (...) I like it! Perhaps, being at the brickshelf, you are planning on posting the instructions to it? -Tom McD. when replying, new (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Classic Space Gray Baseplates Wanted
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I am looking to purchase as many old gray space baseplates as I can find. I am looking for the ones with roads and landing pads on them. I am not even sure what is fair pricewise but I am sure we can work something out. If anyone has any to sell, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Town test
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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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