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(...) I dont have the tubing from 483 but I suspect it is the same as the tubing in 854/948 Go-cart (which I also dont have!). (...) The flexible tubing has a slightly smaller id and od compared to the hard plastic flex tubing (which taken with flex (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Classic Space Gray Baseplates Wanted
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(...) I've got four or five moonscape plates and a couple of space road and a couple of landing pad plates. They're all in very good condition (just a bit dusty) The only hassle is I live in Australia. If you're interested, the things I'm after are (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Hangar 33
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(...) Hehe, my wife was very understanding about this (but I ain't pushing my luck) as the computer is in our bedroom. (...) camera (...) Yes I did that, thinking the same as you, but for some reason, they were still off just a little bit. I don't (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Castle Parts
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(...) Just a general endorsement of this set, for parts only. I've picked up several at $20 CAD, mostly for the castle bits and the 3x3 black corner slopes. (Although, with the new castle sets, I'm better off spending my random $20's on Guarded (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Using ROBOLAB for FIRST LEGO League
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(...) Our team used Robolab for the 1999 FLL competition and the programming was very easy for the 11 year olds. We noticed several teams who struggled with the limitations of RIS. How can we get the word out that Robolab is a viable alternative to (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: What is Znap?
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Argh. I just replied to this via mail, because Colin mailed me his posting without any indication that it was a post to the newsgroup To everyone, PLEASE do not send me mail copies of your posts. Tres unuseful. I'll see your post and respond, there (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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I found a new Plano type storage box at Walmart, called Travel Logic (maybe owned by Plano). It has three compartments and the front one is half the size of the box. This allows for larger (width and length) compartments. The other two compartments (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Toy vs Model...The real issue (was Re: Another 6wide/8wide ramble)
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(...) The problem with TLC is that they DO WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. The old 12V trains were too complicated for younger children and needed much care. Thus, they were replaced by the easier-to-handle 9V ones. The trend continues; modern sets consist of (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Where is everybody?!
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(...) I'll second that :) "Fear the wrath of a swinging fish" <<KM>> (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Skip wrote in message ... (...) about (...) 10,000 (...) methods (...) long (...) I bought some portable file boxes and I use the dividers for specific themes and pocket envelopes for smaller instruction sets. The larger instruction sets fit (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Darth Vader minifig keychain has printed face!!!
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(...) Are they still doing the free brick keychain deal? (...) In the future, I think you will find that if you give it a slow steady pull, the chain part will come out of the minifig without any damage. I've removed the chains from two like this (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Brad Justus...
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(...) But the brick packs will remain. I didn't ask about certain accessories like technic, etc. But this explains a lot, apparently the limited quanity on all accessories is a mistake, and more or less are for certain items. I mean lego just (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Toy vs Model...The real issue (was Re: Another 6wide/8wide ramble)
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Ben Roller <broller@clemson.edu> wrote in message news:FqGGKz.C3G@lugnet.com... (...) attitude, (...) models, (...) needs (...) some (...) toys. (...) I say they should make what people want. If some people want 8 wide trains, then they should look (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 6085 Black Monarch's Castle on eBay (3-day auction)
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I have a copy of 6085 Black Monarch's Castle from the 1988 LEGO castle theme for auction on eBay. Bidding starts at $0.99 and there is no reserve. Good luck bidding! (URL) Main main@appstate.edu (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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In the hopes that I could get a fussion of something classic, and something modern, I've recreated #4561 with some new details. It should be compatible with the Metroliner, but I wont know until tomorrow. You can see a sneak peek on the brickshelf (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Typewriter and Slot machine
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Noticed this at BrickShelf.com: (URL) wonder how many touch sensors Soren has? Or maybe he has some other way of figuring out which key was pressed? --Bram (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Tiger 1 WW2 Tank
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(...) Larry (...) In (...) with (...) fits a (...) some (...) them ... :) (...) lot (...) it! (...) links (...) you (...) turret (...) castle (...) does it (...) the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) risk an RCX to try to build something like that? --Bram (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Vota il set tecnic preferito(era:Re: 44° iscritto...)
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(...) Basta basta, mi fate star male con tutti questi set fine anni 70 e primi anni 80. Io che quando trovo qualcosa del 92 sono già al settimo cielo, e questi due stanno qui a parlare di set technic a tre cifre... Io le mie preferenze non ve le (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: James Jessiman Photos
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(...) Thanks for sharing, Tim, but couldn't you have used one of the pictures where he's smiling? james1.jpg looks so somber... --Bram (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: ZB Sale: 6195 Neptune Discovery Lab $45
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Hi again, Just to clarify, my local ZB has the 6195 Neptune Discovery Lab for sale. You can get it for at most $45 + Shipping. You should get the 25% discount on top of this and I hear that shipping may be free. My ZB has been out of the Shuttles (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Flex tube material
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(...) Hmm, same inner diameter -- that would mean they'd work just fine as pneumatic tubes, then, right? (Unless they'd *pop* because they're too thin? :) --Todd (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Flex tube material
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(...) Ho-HO! Wow, so there are TWO (maybe 3?) kinds of rubber tubing? 1. Real pneumatic tubing, as seen in pneumatic sets and in the 1998 Aquazone sets, and 2. This new thinner rubber tubing, as seen in 8002 Destroyer Droid and 8503 Scuba. How does (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Control six Micro Scouts with a fiber optic module?
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in article 38B5939D.DA488333@SP...trata.com, Dennis Williamson at dennis.NO@SPAM.netstrata.com wrote on 2/24/00 12:25 PM: (...) You're right. I misremembered the number of outputs on the fiber module. The Technic Element Registry set me straight (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics.codepilot)
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| | Re: Hangar 33
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(...) That is a pain--but then again, that's what nights are for! :) (...) Couldn't you get the exact same position by just copying and pasting the camera and light sources? (...) Good idea...except if shadows and reflections of the objects are (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Flex tube material
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(...) Sorry to reply to my own message, I just knew that I couldn't actually write anything that short. Actually, the thin rubbery tubes have the same inner diameter as regular pneumatic tubes, even though the outer diameter is considerably smaller. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | R: Magliette ItLUG
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Giulio Ferrari <giuliof@iol.it> wrote in message 38ABDADA.5AF2D7A4@iol.it... (...) Due M x me grazie, magari con il numero 10 sulla schiena la foto della 8880 davanti, il maghetto blu sulla manica destra, lo scheletrino sulla sinistra, i bottoni (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Where is everybody?!
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(...) Or insane:). Alan This message's random set is: 7740, (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Rotation Sensors - slightly dissapointed...
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Stefan Elsner wrote in message ... (...) ...No, and that wouldn't do any good, because the error occurs before it returns home - and if it's already at 0 (home) then clearing it isn't going to make it any "homier" (^: The only practical solution I (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Flex tube material
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(...) The brown soft flexible tubing in the 8002 set is different from pneumatic tubing, it has thinner walls and has a smaller diameter. To my knowledge this tubing came with one of the throwbots, the 8250/8299 as the connection between the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Hangar 33
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(...) I noticed that as well and e-mailed the parts author. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.general)
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| | Lego outlet in Georgia (was "Re: Darth Vader minifig keychain has printed face!!!")
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(...) Check out: "(URL) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Castle Parts
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It's probably your last to buy some black castle walls and a castle crenallation porch piece(for 19.75). The Time Losers set 6497( (URL) )is at half price for a S@H special(for info go to (URL) ). It has quite a few pieces that would be useful to (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Tiger 1 WW2 Tank
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(...) Larry (...) In (...) with (...) fits a (...) some (...) ... :) (...) You were Oh so close though. Try this: (URL) not sure if the address line-wrapped or not, but look for the conveyor links, not the chain links. -Duane (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 6195 neptune discovery lab
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(...) I used ledit. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: Darth Vader minifig keychain has printed face!!!
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(...) What's that? Lego Outlet store here in Georgia? Please share! Sean Frantz (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Brickish Museum of Natural History (BMNH)
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(...) I almost fell over right here in the Department lab. It was sort of like MUDding (not that I ever did that, nudge nudge, say no more)... (...) Else, you could keel-haul someone. (not me) (...) I think we know who's getting keel-hauled. ;) (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: [not a part, a wish] Pneumatics
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(...) Uhm, I've got it started allright, but it may take a few weeks before it's finished, I'm rather hung up in other stuff at the time. I'm working on the large cylinder, and am planning to tweak it into the large pump, when finished. Regards (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Darth Vader minifig keychain has printed face!!!
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(...) Nope... It's *bolted* on. There's this screw/bolt stuck *through* the helmet and head, and into the minifig's neck. Like I said, I was able to *snap*off* part of the bolt, enough to be able to remove the helmet and head. (The head is still (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Toy vs Model...The real issue (was Re: Another 6wide/8wide ramble)
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(...) I think this point is key. 8 widers seem to think of Lego trains as models, where a majority of 6 widers (there are exceptions) see them as toys. My opinion is that 6 or 8 wide in your own collection is up to you, but Lego needs to keep making (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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