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There is a more basic theory.. The 4'8 1/2" is measured to the inside edges of the rails. When the original railways were pioneered in Britain using horse/gravity power and correspondingly lighter section rail (40lb/foot) there is evidence to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Mike's Auction Update 10
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Here is update 10, this is where it gets complicated for me ! I have reduced some of the open items, some late bids will revert status to before G1, G2 etc. Items will progress in 24 hour stages from now on. G2 items below will be sold at UK time (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 17:07:04 GMT, lawrence wilkes uttered the following profundities... (...) and i was thinking it was something that works well to water- down tonic... (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) alternate model (...) techie I'm not (...) I've got one which I'm mildly interested in tentatively trading...... except I want trains ! Michael Pratt (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Is anyone else using the Mobile Robot Development Kit from the KISS Institute? I was curious to see how other people had mounted the break beam sensors which come in the kit onto LEGO pieces. I've been having a lot of trouble getting them aligned (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Scott, Yesterday I built a pretty good model of a 737 jet using only basic bricks and plates (I think its width was twelve studs) I suggest you not use any specialized pieces, instead try using bricks and plates, they look realistic (But a bit (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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Or you could use what they did with the new snow plow set and make it mechanically powered. If only there was a good way to do this with bogie cars... Anyone have ideas? Ben F (...) searchlight (...) it (...) plain (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Finding LEGO on eBay the easy way (Was Re: FA (Ebay) Old Space Sets)
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(...) That doesn't sound easy! :-p (...) Was it pretty easy to come up with special targeted searches, or did it take a lot of trial & error? --Todd (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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I purchased my car from TRU this past month (I think; or was it Jan.?) and am hoping my parts do fine. So far, using only the one because I have the convertible body build right now, it's working fine. I've had it open sometimes for days at a time (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I thought that WHILE-WEND was easy to code, but I'm having great problems with it... :( And yes, GOSUB and RETURN have crossed my mind. Could be wrong again, but it sounds almost as easy as GOTO. (...) Oh dear! *sigh* If I get the time then I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Apparently, they're done analyzing. My replacements arrived today, and Susan Williams didn't ask me to send back the broken ones. Seve (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | FA: Technic Space Shuttle on ebay - last day!!
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This is the last day for my shuttle on ebay. Check it out at: (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I liked the canopy, too. I wish I had some of those in yellow. (I'v only got the sickly neon green and orange.) (...) __ __ __ __ __ __ | |_| |_| |_| | | |_| | | | Brick Engineer | | | Colin R Gutierrez | __ __ __ __ | 2000 | |___...___|| |_| (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Hi all, I copied the following from an email sent to me by a freind, can anyone confirm or flame it? The U.S. standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Ben Vaughan wrote: <snip>(Follow-ups to legnet.cad) Sounds like a fetish site if _I've_ ever heard of one. ;] <duck> --Colin __ __ __ __ __ __ | |_| |_| |_| | | |_| | | | Brick Engineer | | | Colin R Gutierrez | __ __ __ __ | 2000 | |___...___|| |_| (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: New Mecha from Orbital Alloys, Inc and Behren Mechawerks
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(...) I'll comment more after I recover from the shock. ;-) Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build)
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| | Finding LEGO on eBay the easy way (Was Re: FA (Ebay) Old Space Sets)
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(...) Actually, it IS easy to find or follow LEGO (or any other) auctions. 1) There is a LEGO category: Top : Toys, Bean Bag Plush : Modern : Lego (URL) You can search for "lego*": (URL) You can search by ANDing keywords: In search box: lego* ice (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) That's a designation system I came up with for the BeltWars universe. Some are more obvious than others. I've been lazy about putting the explanations for these on my website. Standard: AW--Armored Walker BA--Battle Armor F--Fighter (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) can (...) I totally agree. I have been a town collector for 15 years. But in the last 5 years I have started building my own designs. There are two reasons. 1: The short life span of some town related themes and 2: Town Jr. Allan J Smith -- My (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) #1703 Dalmation Fire Station (US:~1994) Send me email if you still need the brick. /Eric/ (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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