 | | First NELUG Jambalaya Box (Mini-Fig's)
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Well I thought I would start up our first Jambalaya box (hopefully it won't be the last). This is going to be a Mini-fig box. At the moment I have a bunch of Adventurer Figs to throw in plus quite a few other supprises including a couple older 80's (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: Ingenous eBay advertising posts
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(...) Man I thought I was the only one that thought some of those posts were ridiculous. I don't even bid often on E-Bay but I check it enough to know that what the bid value is at 3 days before in no way reflects what the final bid is going to be. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Brickish Museum of Natural History (BMNH)
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(...) Much as I would not dare cast nasturtiums on the Brickish weather (I'm told nasturtiums are better cut and cast into a lovely crystal vase, with some nice fresh water, to brighten up living rooms against the almost permanently overcast skies (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | WAMALUG takes on the Great American Train Show!
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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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| | RE: New storage box at Wal mart
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(...) I'm not sure about Travel Logic and Plano. I have not been inside a WalMart or similar store in months (it's part of my ongoing 12-step program...) I went to the (URL) website. I don't have cable modem or DSL access up here in the frozen (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: FOTW: Classic Castle Figs and more
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(...) Why (...) get, (...) Here's a trick for those of you who want to get pieces fast. I'm 14 and many of my friends think that they are to old for lego (not me). Some of them have pretty large collections, and you can often ask for pieces. They've (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Castle Parts
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(...) 2. James (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Twisted Time Train (was Re: Castle Parts
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(...) No can do. Most of the ones I have were picked up around Christmas '98, when Walmart clearanced them up here. Shortly before Christmas this year, when Walmart did their major shelf space shuffle, a couple more of these appeared, and they're (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Castle Parts
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How many black 3x3 corner slopes come in a set (6497)? (...) slopes. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Control six Micro Scouts with a fiber optic module?
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Congrats, Dennis You just wrote message 110,000!!! - John Rudy (having nothing to do with this conversation) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics.codepilot)
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| | Re: Lego outlet in Georgia (was "Re: Darth Vader minifig keychain has printed face!!!")
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(...) Dawsonville, huh? I think I can get up there somehow. Thank you very much. Sean Frantz (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: Brad Justus...
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Tom, I certainly hope you are right, but I don't see the parts to make train cars anymore. I cannot see them changing the wheel sets or bogie plates. I would like to see a new window pack that would have the newer town windows in more than just one (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)
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| | Self as a minifig II
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Quite a few of you have made mini-figs of yourselves and your spouses. I would love to do this, however here is my dilema, my wife is blonde. I have never seen long blonde hair; come to think of it, other than Luke Skywalker, I have never seen any (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Twisted Time Train (was Re: Castle Parts
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Do you have a line on these? I'd give 18 US quantity 10, if you paid for shipping, which would be a bit of a profit for you.... Not a huge one, but a bit. James Brown wrote: I've picked up (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Toy vs Model...The real issue (was Re: Another 6wide/8wide ramble)
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(...) Put me down in the exception column. I do models. Just not scale models. I don't design for play value, I design for evokation of a look within the imposed palette limitations. This may be semantics but I suspect most of us, across all genres, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: How good is 8485 Technic Control Center?
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(...) Can the train speed controller be used to control regular 9v motors? That could be useful, especially since it has a wall transformer. I'd be interested to hear a bit about the function of the speed controller. I don't know anything about the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: NEW Jambalaya Status Page
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Hey Dan, I was looking through the updated page and noticed nobody got my last name. My full name is Joel VanAtta, sin case you'd like to update that. Thanks, Joel (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: 3033 1200-Piece Blue Bucket
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(...) <snip> Lines up for me... (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: Hangar 33
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(...) Thanks John. I'll clutter it up just as soon as I can :) -Tom McD. when replying, in order to discourage jumping ship at ports, seasoned pirate captains used to sprinkle powdered spamcake in the crew's rum. (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Brad Justus...
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(...) I don't think they are cancelling the acc packs, I just think they are bringing out new versions with new #s, which they do from time to time. There have been several times in the past where a "new" acc pack was just an old one with a couple (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Just a doodle
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You have the engine, bulkhead and hydro tanker already. You won't be seeing the hopper posted, although there are people who are buying copies from me. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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