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(...) You can get them from S@H for 19.75, which is only $1.75 more. Alan This message's random set is: 6463, (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I got a reply from Suzy Demers It's a word attachment with a list of 369 or 379 sets I think. I deleted the e-mail already, but saved the attachment! If anybody is interested, e-mail us we'll send it. -- Thanx Mark & Milissa MMillere@Charleston.net (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Castle Parts
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(...) Same reason I bought it, for parts. Alan This message's random set is: 2129, (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | What's a Beefeater?
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I've seen these in the Ultimate LEGO Book. What are they? Alan This message's random set is: 2556, (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Toy vs Model...The real issue (was Re: Another 6wide/8wide ramble)
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I'm in it as a toy builder!! And even though I don't think I'm switching over any time soon, John Neal's 8wides are very nice. Just tougher for me to play with!!! -john 3 (...) (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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(...) yes (...) controller. as the controller is rotated, the motor goes faster, just the same as the train motor (...) you (...) I'll be careful, I only have 2 motors running on it now John Matthews (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Flex tube material
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(...) Yup, I tried it. But considering that I have only two small pieces of thin tubing and probably about 20 feet total of regular pneumatic tubing... (can't get T connectors without buying tube, just got two more service packs :-) It crossed my (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Kirk's Lego Train Auction - 11th Update
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Kirk's Lego Train Auction - 11th Update February 24, 2000 10:03 PM lots are now advancing! Sets Description current high bid & bidder 4552 Cargo Crane $50.00 Brian U Going1 4537 Twin Tank Transport $46.00 This Guy Going1 4537 Twin Tank Transport (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | RE: New York Toy Fair
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The risk is very low for most people because they don't have enough bricks to build a wall that tall :-( This page is very interesting. I wish the pictures were sharper so that we could make out more details. I'm curious about the various projects (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Ingenous eBay advertising posts
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Kevin Wilson <70641.507@compuserve.com> wrote in message <38B5E085.DE1BF524@c...ve.com>... (...) THis is just one of many reasons I no longer use eBay. (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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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <38B57391.B41BEE42@v...er.net>... (...) I punked out of two auctions (not YOURS Larry) because the sellers were trying to rip me off on the shipping, as if they don't make enough on the sale. (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Popula, the quirkiest auction site?
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(...) The Serious Collector's prices are even worse than eBay (no, I didn't think this was possible either). Plus, the auctions semed to take forever to end. (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Reminder: Adventures in Anime Music
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Once again, I'd like to remind interested parties about Adventures in Anime Music tonight at midnight (eastern time). The theme will be majestic music. Enjoy! Adventures in Anime Music: (URL) WMNR Fine Arts Radio: (URL) Jeff "Growf!" (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | 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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