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This weekend, WAMALUG will be invading the Great American Train Show! Our first show was a huge success, and we are going to make this setup even better! So come join us at the GATS show at the Montgomery County Agricultural Center in Gaithersberg, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.dc)
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| | FIRST Lego League
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Does anyone knopw if the robotic competition aka FIRST Lego League is strictly a US affair or if there are (or it is possible to set up) local competitions in other countries? The FIRST Lego league page on Lego's website mentions a couple of events (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Alternate Minifig Torso (was Re: Woohoo!! I'm First!!)
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(...) you (...) bucket) (...) Heh, they just look stalky or barrel-chested to me. (...) No it works fine! I just did that after reading this thread and thinking that my space hangar could use a new droid. The tall hip studs just make the bottoms of (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.build, lugnet.space)
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| | Ingenous eBay advertising posts
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I wonder if I am the only one who rolls my eyes when I read eBay advertising posts which read something like "price still only $x... or 40% of retail cost... and 3 days to go". Some people even sound really *worried* about it. This is really silly - (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Proportion of bad bidders on eBay?
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(...) You're certainly right about people not reading the listings carefully :-) All my deadbeats have been N American and I do quite a lot of international orders - I encourage them. Just worked it out... 21% non-USA so far this year. It may well (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Has anyone got new Throwbots?
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If I remember right, it's Millenium $20, Blaster $15, Spark/Flare $6. Tx, +Z+ (...) and (...) Division (...) ago. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | OT: some Construx and Robotix motorized set on ebay
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Lego Gods don't strike me down but... there's a few motorized and non-motorized sets up for auction. they tend to go cheaper than Legos since their not as versatile. but have their uses. i bid on too many and am afraid i'll get stuck with them (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The Great Guinness Toast (was: Re: Any parties planned for the odometer clicking one over?)
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(...) Hey Todd, doesn't this really belong in Off-Topic.fun?? :') (Sorry, couldn't resist) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: Multi-piece decals
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Too funny, I was thinking of posting the same question. As of yet, I have not applied any of these multi-part stickers. Rather, I just have set them aside until I decide what to do. I am trying to decide whether to: a) Just leave them off, or b) (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: The Great Guinness Toast (was: Re: Any parties planned for the odometer clicking one over?)
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(...) [snip] (...) NYC is not participating. We'll be in Key West, who is also not participating. But I guarantee we'l be in a bar at 11:30 on Saturday night!!! (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: FA (Ebay) Old Space Sets
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(...) Well, people don't _have to_ re-list things elsewhere... but doing so definitely increases the exposure. I notice a difference when I advertise my auctions on LUGNET and when I don't. I think the thing is that people like different ways of (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: New storage box at Wal mart
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Indeed, I bought 4 of the TravelLogic 3750 boxes to help store my collection. I use 4 Plano 3730's for the big stuff (like tires), 8 Plano 3700's for most of the stuff, and now have 4 TravelLogic 3750's that I mostly use for the rarer stuff that I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Self as a minifig II
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Scott Costello <scottcos@spamfree.aol.com> wrote in message news:FqGMnB.KrL@lugnet.com... (...) have (...) Skywalker, I (...) cap (...) hi Warning this is only for the desperate ( or anyone who is avoiding a deadline). I have experimented with (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: Control six Micro Scouts with a fiber optic module?
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(...) That's a good idea actually. That would make use of all them pointless units. Too bad you can't change their speed... TFM (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics.codepilot)
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| | Re: Brickish Museum of Natural History (BMNH)
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Mr L F Braun (<FqGH9p.E1E@lugnet.com>) wrote at 22:32:13 (...) While not knowing the details of this (shame on me), I *did* think about the woodworking possibilities, but discarded it as another scurrilous nasturtium on the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Toy vs Model...The real issue (was Re: Another 6wide/8wide ramble)
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<38B5C904.EF423D8@v...ager.net>) wrote at 00:12:52 (...) Not actually being in either column at the moment, I must say that my perception points to more people being in Larry's column than the toy one. At least (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Completing a few Fire Engines...
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I am trying to build the Fire Engine in Lego Idea Book 250, and I can't seem to find my extra Battery Packs needed to complete the model, or the lenses or the lights, or the Decals. (I had like 3 of them I stripped from incomplete models I bought on (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | The Great Guinness Toast (was: Re: Any parties planned for the odometer clicking one over?)
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(...) Hey!--The "Great Guinness Toast" is coming up soon! This Saturday night (2 days away!) at 11:30 pm EST, February 26: (URL) like the same day as the NELUG "TCS dry run" (URL) if people happen to be back in town by then, this could be a fun way (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Roommate Moving Out LEGO Auction Update#2 (Pirate, castle, etc.)
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To All, My roommate is moving to Texas, so he wants to unload some of his LEGO collection, so I get to run it for him again. There are a lot of good items, from shooting cannons to Pirate minifigs, various ship sails and parts, and Castle (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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