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(...) I read this as the tride-and-true mislabeling of the SpacePort series as being "space-themed." Space Port was the line that was recently discontinued, unless he's referring to the Insectoids. At any rate, none of this is really news. Why the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Tiger 1 WW2 Tank
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You guys are amazing :) Thanks, shaun (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: First NELUG Jambalaya Box (Mini-Fig's)
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(...) I think for now this will be something we do at meetings but like I said if meetings get going in other locations then the box could travel to those locations as well. For example you are most likely to attend a Vermont meeting if one is held. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: Disingenuous eBay advertising posts
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Scott A - wrote the following about e-bay searching for Lego (...) Type in Lego*. The asterix allows other words or letters to be added to the end of the Lego name such as "Legos". Good Hunting - Daniel (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I don't think it does. I always search for "LEGO*". -Adam (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Once Again, Legoville...
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I'm sure that quite a few of you fellow adult fans of Lego were eager to see how Legoville turned out, but looking over it this morning, it seems to me as if my 'Town' has turned into a 'Town, Jr'. Why? As it would appear, I have no sense of modern (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Lutz Uhlmann's New URL
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[ FUT lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw ] Fredrik: (...) It should work correctly now. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: FOTW: Classic Castle Figs and more
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(...) Rob, Welcome, Ah to be young again... This is definitely a benifit of being 14 unfortunately I am 30 and most of my friends gave up and gave away their LEGO years ago and those that didn't you could not pry a 2x4 brick away from them if you (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Disingenuous eBay advertising posts
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(...) (yes, (...) never know (...) in a (...) leave out (...) Well I'm afraid I do search for "LEGO" quite often. Also does a "lego" search pick up "legos"? (...) Well, if only auctions posted in that group we could bet rid of this. What does bother (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Rotation Sensors - slightly dissapointed...
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Stefan Elsner wrote in message ... (...) I developed a vector-based code in which I set a variable to the location I want the motor to spin to, and mount the sensor directly on the gearmotor. The idea is I can implement this code into any of my (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MLCad Grouping Feature Specification
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SHIFT + Left klick will not work, since this is commonly used for extended selections. e.g. Click on a part, than SHIFT click on a part 3 lines below the first part and all parts between get selected too. Also CTRL + left klick is used already, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Rotation Sensors - slightly dissapointed...
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I think that motors need time to stop. If you rotate a motor backwards until the Sensor shows 0, then turn it off, it might go to -2 until it is fully stopped. So if you do a ClearSensor() afterwards your motor is off by two counts and your code (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Disingenuous eBay advertising posts
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(...) I really hate that all the LEGO auctions which are all in the category LEGO have to waste title space with LEGO (and some make sure they catch stupid searchers and add Legos also). I mean really, if you want to look at all the LEGO items, look (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: MLCad Grouping Feature Specification
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(...) I prefer the toolbar the most and the shortcut as close second. (...) I would like to see it like this: Normal left click selects the group the part belongs to. If the part doesn't belong to a group select the part itself instead. Shift + left (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: LEGO Architectural Postcards
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(...) Are these the same buldings as in the so called "Ultimate Lego Book"? Scott A (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Cybermaster : date of release
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Hi Just a question: in which year the Cybermaster set has been released and has it ever been sold in the USA? I think it was released in Europe during 1998 and has been never officially sold in USA. If someone has better information, thanks in (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | Re: First appearances of colours
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(...) Nope, train track, 1980. (...) Hair, not sure of year (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ingenous eBay advertising posts
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(...) I don't think I use those methods, but I do like to be sure that my costs are covered ASAP in the auction duration. After that, I can sit back and relax. Scott A (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: First appearances of colours
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(...) Hairs of "bendyarm" people, 1974? (...) Competition sets and Giant Robot set, 1998? (...) Town sets, 1985? (...) Divers sets and 6490 Amazon Crossing, 1997? (...) 9. Metallic Green Space Port, 1999? 10. Metallic Blue Aquazone? 11. Light Pink (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Flex tube material
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Mark Koesel wrote: <snip> (...) But the yellow ones (from 8207, 8286 and 8479) have dull and the brown (dark gray?) ones (from 8230, 8286, 8422, 8425, 8440, 8443, 8459 and 8479) have bright outer surfaces, though I might be wrong. Selçuk (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Flex tube material
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(...) They should be same ones from 8841 Desert Racer and 8860 Auto Chassis. I may not be correct, but they have a little larger outer diameter and a little bit larger inner diameter as well. Their appearance is duller and their color is more black (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Proportion of bad bidders on eBay?
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(...) I'm not sure what the problems is. I'd say about 1 in 20 - 30 never pay. I'm not sure why this is. Normally is is for low value items - the cost of the MO and shipping may out way the actual value of the item. On a related note, this was in (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | First appearances of colours
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I was thinking about Lego colours today (I remember when we documented some 38 of them not long ago), and wondering when the first appearances of many occurred...especially since the number grew a lot during my Dark Ages. Here are a few I'm (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Nuova miniera
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gianluca morelli ha scritto: (...) Questa è la 1910: www.geocities.com/gf...go1910.jpg Ciao Giulio (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: LEGO on CNN
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(...) Yeah, what did they say? Or are you teasing us? ;) LFB (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | The BrickShelf.com Gallery
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Nel caso a qualcuno fosse sfuggito, Kevin Loch dà a tutti la possibilità di caricare immagini sul suo sito Brickshelf (quello con le scansioni delle istruzioni). La Galleria si trova qui: (URL) siete da quelle parti non perdetevi la slot machine e (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: How to make shackles
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(...) could have a really (...) And now for something completely different..... Monty Python's The Lego Grail..... A figure outfitted in black and blue armor, crested w/a black hawk, shouts insults and taunts from high atop his Yellow Castle wall, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Tiger 1 WW2 Tank
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(...) I learned a trick from Chris Moseley when it comes to the need for lots of tread links: You can put in an ordinary chain link (not the wide tread variant) between every two tread links: ##=##=##=##=##= That way, you can make treads that are (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Disingenuous eBay advertising posts
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(...) That's true to a point. I think you can make general predictions that are pretty safe; if an auction has no bids for four days, it's not likely to shoot into the stratosphere. Also, if it has no bids or few bids in that four days, the right (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Vota il set tecnic preferito(era:Re: 44° iscritto...)
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(...) Invece non ce l'ho! Ho solo detto che e' tra le mie preferite...pero' ho tutti i pezzi per farla... Pero' ho la ruspa cingolata pneumatic... Saludos Gianluca (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Nuova miniera
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Io prenoterei 1 passaggio a livello 7834;se nessuno prende gli altri 2, li prendo io. Sei sicuro del prezzo del 7860? Io il mio l'avevo pagato 20000 lire(*). E sei sicuro che la foto della 2033("universale") sia giusta?E' un Duplo .. Come sono la (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | MLCad Grouping Feature Specification
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Since many people asked for a grouping feature in MLCad, I would like to ask what you think is usefull and how the grouping feature should work. My suggestions so far: - User selects one or more parts and either selects GROUP from a menu or hits a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Proportion of bad bidders on eBay?
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(...) Define "bad bidder." I define that as anyone who wins a lot and does not end up paying for the lot--and, of course, if they don't pay, they don't get the lot. There's only a handful of people to whom I will ship before I have received (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | 6799 for a good home
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If anyone is looking for a new 6799 set, I have one waiting for a good home. It's shop-new unopened but surplus to my requirements, so contact me if anyone should wish to purchase it. (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Self as a minifig II
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Spmeone I work with did a graphic for my web site that has a minifig of myself. (URL) Clark (URL) 39423705 ---...--- (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: Such a dark and drizzly place this has become.....
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You have a 'Lego' room? Damn! Maybe when I live on my own I can dedicate an entire corner of my apartment to Legos. Whew! (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: My EMD SD40-2
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(...) Word. Long live tiles;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Toy vs Model...The real issue (was Re: Another 6wide/8wide ramble)
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(...) That's why I put a rim of tiles on my 8 wide passenger coaches' roofs, J-3! {;^D -John (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Such a dark and drizzly place this has become.....
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Well, where are all the collectors? If hardcore collectors want to talk about their town then I would come on here and talk about my town...however I'd have to agree that I'm busy planning a suburb for my city. I just painted all the wood strips on (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: How good is 8485 Technic Control Center?
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Gus Altobello Jr wrote in message ... (...) It has three programmable time based motor outputs. On my remote controlled train level crossing I had the outputs controlling the barrier arms, flashing lights and bells (siren module). At my fair ground (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Semiconductor Specific Search Engine.
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Semiseek now has the latest Semiconductor News and New Product Announcements from the Manufacturers of Semiconductor Equipment. Follow the latest Industry trends. Submit your Company Press Releases and New Product Announcements. See the most popular (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Senator Palpintine / Emperor
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Very well said Shaun, very well said. -Will (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: How to make shackles
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"You lucky bastard! You lucky, lucky bastard! What I wouldn't give to be spat upon!" Dave Jason Catena <catena@xnet.com> wrote in message news:FqE911.F1o@lugnet.com... (...) old (...) you, to (...) Bloody (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Dave's first auction - update #1
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Let me reiterate, these items below are the boxes ONLY. I've had a few mistaken bids. (...) very (...) shelfwear, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Castle Parts
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(...) A grand total of: Two. Bryan (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Castle Parts
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I don't suppose anyone has an inventory for this set do they? I looked but couldn't find anything. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Any interest in Kabaya sets?
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I'm making my semi-annual trip to Japan in a couple of weeks. Any interest in Kabaya sets? Let me know what you are looking for; we can work something out. -Phil Watt (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Senator Palpintine / Emperor
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(...) Food for thought: There is no "Darth Sidious" in the credits to Episode 1... I think that Lucas assumed people would know that Sidious and Palpatine are one in the same, but then again perhaps he wants us to think that for some future plot (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Lego Zeppelins/Blimps for Sale or Trade
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I picked up several Lego Air Zeppelin sets (5956) from my local Walmart and have about 14 extra of the plastic blimps themselves (and Stickers (not applied)). I am willing to trade these in groups for some simple items that I just don't have yet in (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Proportion of bad bidders on eBay?
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(...) I always either list exactly what the shipping costs will be (if it is a smallish-medium set under 2 pounds 3.20 for PM) or I say cost plus some amount - normally 50 cents. I'd hope the auctions you reneged on didn't specify shipping terms in (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Updated trade page
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I have updated my trade page and added a bunch of sets. Castle (6038) Rock Raiders (4930) ResQ (6415, 6431, 6445) Extreme Team (6567, 6568, 6572, 6580, 6580, 6589) Adventurers (1271, 5900, 5978) Train (4525, 4539, 4552, 4555) Town (1096, 1821, 6546) (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | I have castle lego's and minifigs id like to sell as whole
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Ok, I recently have to purchase some adult things like a car and a new computer (for college, which is just around the corner) and no matter how much id like to keep my lego's i can't. And if i am to remain in what activities i do at the moment i (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Is anyone here?
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That is a very comforting thought. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.us.hi)
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| | Re: What's a Beefeater?
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(...) They are ceremonial guards to the queen or somesuch. I don't know that much about them, having grown up in Scotland.. but you'll find them in London, where they are a popular tourist attraction etc etc. And they wear silly hats. Richard (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Sale on SW + others in HI
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Longs in Salt Lake, HI has some pretty decent prices on Star Wars sets by local standards: 7110 Landspeeder $2.99 7111 Droid Fighter $2.99 7121 Naboo Swamp $4.99 7128 Speeder Bikes $4.99 7130 Landspeeder $15.99 I picked up 3 copies of each. There (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: First NELUG Jambalaya Box (Mini-Fig's)
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(...) things (...) Excellent initiative!!! But I wonder if the box will be available only to those who go (or can go) to the meetings? Do this box (or any other Jambalaya box) is going to be post by mail to other members of NELUG in others states (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: Ducks International Box.
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Hmm, just had a thought. At one point we tossed around the idea of people bidding for being the next one to recieve a particular box. This might work real well here. After a person decides exactly what they are going to take out and put in, and (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Such a dark and drizzly place this has become.....
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(...) I would assume some of them are in Trains (come on, a trainset without a town is boring, and a town with a train (and a monorail (woohoo!)) is just that much cooler). (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: How good is 8485 Technic Control Center?
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(...) Yes. That is it. (...) Unfortunately no. There is no speed control on the Technic Control Center. John C. (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | NCQ ?
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i was wondering whare i could get a copy of the latest NCQ software any help would be great ondrew roj23@aol.com (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: My EMD SD40-2
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(...) Oops, sorry so late... It seems someone (;-) introduced this thread into lugnet.build (which I read daily), with followups immediately to lugnet.trains (which I don't normally read). I kept wondering why there was no further discussion on an (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Imperial Guards (was: Re: Sir Steve interviews someone from Lego)
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(...) I don't care what they call it, I just want that ship. ^_^ It's one of my two favourite Star Wars vehicles (the other being the AT-AT). (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Senator Palpintine / Emperor
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(...) Ah, but at the end of EP1 Palpatine called Annie the little red headed girl...er.."young skywalker" (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Control six Micro Scouts with a fiber optic module?
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Why, thank you. I wondered where that tiara came from. 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, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics.codepilot)
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| | RE: Typewriter and Slot machine
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(...) Cool. I would be nice if there would be a place for a description in the Gallery. Both of these are excellent examples how you can make up for the limited number of RCX sensor inputs with smart mechanical constructions. This is pure (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Ducks International Box.
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Doug wrote in message ... (...) ? (...) Which paradisia sets? I'd happilly hunt them down for the box if it was likely to return as Roboforce. In other words, if you have access to it, but others do not, then someone will surely welcome it. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Ducks International Box.
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <38B1EE6D.34EFF1CD@v...er.net>... (...) You never know, maybe you have 50 copies of McD#5 and someone else missed out on #5, though you do have a point. Interesting stuff will quickly vanish from the box, so perhaps (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Ducks International Box.
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Frank Filz wrote in message ... (...) AFAIK no versions of the Kabaya sets have ever been available in the UK, and I have yet to see a non keychain red/white hooded ninja, so yup, they would probably be welcomed here. (...) Again no problem. The (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Possible J-Box4!
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That is if it receives enough interest. To cut a long story short, I may be starting an international promo box, but only if there is enough noise in 'Duck's international box' thread over on .market.jambalaya. Just think, purple 'n' green McD (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: How good is 8485 Technic Control Center?
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(...) Pitsco Lego Dacta 2000 print catalog describes the Technic Control Center #979752 ($92 + $19.50 AC Adapter) as: - Precisely control and program motors, lamps, and sound elements. - 3 output ports. - Stores 2 programs. - No computer interface. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Flex tube material
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(...) Yeah, you can...I have way more T's than pneumatic sets--they're used as details in Model Team engines, eg, 5571 comes with eight. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Twisted Time Train (was Re: Castle Parts
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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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| | Re: Can this possibly be worth the opening amount ?
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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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