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(...) "Frank didn't that creation you brought over to show me have red classic windows? And I thought it was only 3 stories and didn't have windows in back." follow-ups to: lugnet.off-topic.fun (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Is it OK to use new parts for old sets?
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Frank Filz wrote: snip... (...) Not to impugn your watchfulness Frank, but are you sure you're looking closely enough? I had a couple complete sets that after I assembled them, I took them apart to clean, and then found clone pieces. I just expect (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Contest Idea [was: Re: Ow. [was: Re: BeltWars Update]]
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(...) cool, too. And the security variant. Wee! --Colin __ __ __ __ __ __ | |_| |_| |_| | | |_| | | | Brick Engineer | | | Colin R Gutierrez | __ __ __ __ | 2000 | |___...___|| |_| |_| |_| ||___...___| |___...___| (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Architectural Postcards
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(...) For the record, these are my postcards, a lot that I won on Ebay quite a while back. I'd been meaning to scan them and get them to Gary, but finally ended up loaning them to him so he could scan them. As to posting them, I have 4 of them (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Unique nose piece for an airplane
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I want to create an 8 stud wide jet, which is double the width of the normal airplanes made by Lego. I've created the basic shape, but am having problems with finding a nosecone which would work. The new StarWars sets have really helped creating a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Mecha terminology (was: Mech terminology)
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OK, here are a couple more I'm confused about (I know, I know, I gotta get to a bookstore someday to check these out)... On ColinG's page mecha page, (URL) got things like AW-42, AW-90, BA-100, BA-13, FAW-16, LGAW-20, and AW-32A. Do the letters and (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: LEGO as a work centerpiece...
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I envy your collection, Gary. If I ever visit your house, you better check my pockets for cypress trees on the way out. ;] --Colin (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mech terminology
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(...) Bummer! (...) OK, I've started using "mecha" for both singular and plural forms. I'll try never to write "mech" again unless I'm talking about FASA products. Thanks for pointing this out. --Todd p.s. Do any fast food taco joints have a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Can You Top LEGO Customer Service?
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(...) Or, of course, any of the various Divers sets. (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Camera positioning for animation in POV with L3P files
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Just a quick question or two for anyone that can help out. I've been reading the POV documentation on animation and I'l like to give it a try with a couple models I converted from L-Draw to POV with L3P (and L3PAO). Specifically I need to know how (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New Mecha from Orbital Alloys, Inc and Behren Mechawerks
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(...) <kneel eyes="averted">Colin, you RULE!</kneel> -Adam (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: What is Znap?
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Sorry. Bad habit of mine. Just wack me with a rolled-up S&H catalog a couple of times, I'll eventually learn. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO on CNN
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(...) I was surprised -- I was expecting only 30 seconds of blurbage, but it was actually about 2 minutes' worth. Some comments from KKK and a few seconds of a TLC management/marketing meeting and talk about the recent product lines. Narrator said (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Gloat
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(...) Really? Cool. I loved the 1999 calendar. I'll have to get the 2000 calendar. Steve (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | New Mecha from Orbital Alloys, Inc and Behren Mechawerks
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Added two new mechs, the Cestus and the Siren. (URL) __ __ __ __ __ __ | |_| |_| |_| | | |_| | | | Brick Engineer | | | Colin R Gutierrez | __ __ __ __ | 2000 | |___...___|| |_| |_| |_| ||___...___| |___...___| (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Such a dark and drizzly place this has become.....
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(...) Erin, did you look at my web page? Ask Randy and the gang about the first time they went to my apartment...they can tell you, that I had a massive town layout. (URL) still do, a full room of it...and I want more...when I get back to Vic, I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New storage box at Wal mart
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I also forgot to mention that the back two compartments are similar to the Target Plano type boxes that have more divisions. My local Target has not had these boxes in a while so I was happy to find a substitute.Now I have to reorganize the parts. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Once Again, Legoville...
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(...) Well, depending on how much of a purist you are, you could use stickers (yes, I said the S word). I'm not certain, but I think that you should be able to find some at either model or train shops. I've not really had the chance to look around (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: LEGO Architectural Postcards
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I have the official softback book of the results of this contest - I can check whether it has an ISBN and/or if it has any copyright statements in it if you like. Without digging it out, I'm not sure if it was an official LEGO publication or not. I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Once Again, Legoville...
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(...) Ge me your legos? ^_- Anyway, joking aside here, take a look around the web of course. Another place for inspiration is outside, yes, that's right, take a look around your town. Another thing you could do is cross themes? A couple things I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | LeoCAD spotted in Nautilus screenshot
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Hey, looks like one of the Nautilus team members runs LeoCAD: (URL) out the first screenshot. :-) --Todd (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.leocad)
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| | Re: Brad Justus...
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(...) The spring S@H catalog is usually smaller than the others. And the Holiday edition is usually larger. That's at least part of the reason for missing items. Accessory pages are often squeezed down or omitted in the Spring edition. Ditto for (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 3033 1200-Piece Blue Bucket
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(...) Hey, cool! I didn't know the web-interface did that. Nifty. (if you don't get it, go to (URL) to see what we mean. So much for arguing over spaces or tabs in inventory posts. Steve (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | My Ninja figs.....
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After amassing a good size Ninja army...I felt the need to introduce soe more diversity.....so heres what I came up with..... One day I was in the mood to build without hauling out all my Rubbermaid bins of bricks...I was confronted w/ many extra (...) (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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(...) *laughs* I used to have a Lego room in our first house, which was about half the entire floor. Then in our second house, for about the span of a month, I some how managed to claim an entire floor. When I move out and get an apartment, I figure (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Searchlight car
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I personally would use a motor on that car to feed it up to the light/motor. If I build this, I'll probably make it a generic light car, with the searchlight in the middle, and banks of floodlights on each end. If you look at the pic, it looks like (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: First appearances of colours
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(...) I thought it was Blacktron. (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Imperial Guards (was: Re: Sir Steve interviews someone from Lego)
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(...) Aaaah, that would be very cool (the Emperor/Royal Guards). Lets hope that they don't do the Han/Chewie/Leia/Luke/3p0 crew. (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Can You Top LEGO Customer Service?
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(...) :) Yeah, I think it would be phenomenally helpful if they just built from sets currently on the market-- at least then they can more or less guarantee that the pieces are available SOMEWHERE! (...) The other thing about the Amazing Animals (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Senator Palpintine / Emperor
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 06:54:16 GMT, Lutz <isa@flash.net> wrote: ...Is that Lutz as in the Phantasy Star Esper? (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Sir Steve interviews someone from Lego
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(...) No kidding, his interview wasn't particularly informative. I know as a huge space fan *I* would of asked that question. Oh well. (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: First appearances of colours
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(...) Ice Planet? (...) M:Tron? (fairly sure about this, but who knows, I just remember thinking that they were "glow-in-the-dark" due to the "glow" effect on the box photos). (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: Rotation Sensors - slightly dissapointed...
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(...) Ben, I have to go back over the changes, but does legOS sample at the same rate as the standard firmware? The standard rate is about 333hz, so debouncing would likely reduce the effective rate to 166hz, which limits the max rate at which the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Can You Top LEGO Customer Service?
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(...) Hi John, I can probably help you with items.... 2, 4, d, e. The 1x4x2 arch can be created with a 1x4x1 arch and (2) 1x1x1 bricks. These pieces make the same identical arch. I just looked at your BAYLIT website, and maybe we can do some (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Can You Top LEGO Customer Service?
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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Jon Kozan writes: <much snippage> (...) These are/were available, 6 to a set in 6337 Fast Track Finish: (URL) you can't find it locally (it is a 1996 set) There are some in my area, but at about MSRP+10% - which is (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Rotation Sensors - slightly dissapointed...
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(...) If you check the legOS group you can see my posts with some extensive analysis of the sensor values for the rotation sensor. There is a patch to make legOS less sensitive to voltage fluctuations and one to debounce the input (which is what (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LEGO Architectural Postcards
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(...) Frank, I'm afraid I'm not familiar with "The Gate of the Present", so I can't answer that one. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Looking for an 8880
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I'm tentatively on the lookout for an 8880 to build the alternate model (an F1 car). Anyone got a loft-full? Not being a real techie I'm not sure of the continued availability of them. Trades and cash waiting anyway, thanks. (Or do you know (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Second source for DCP sensors
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(...) were (...) Cory Smith sent the following email in response to the above posting: I saw your posting on the rcx newsgroup. What are DCP sensors? Where can I find out about the ones Lego offers? Thanks. Cory Smith I think this question is best (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Can You Top LEGO Customer Service?
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(...) [snip] (...) Check out set # 6277, the Imperial Trading Post, one of the *best* Lego Pirates sets *ever* (and one that I DON'T HAVE...grumble) >:-( (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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