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(...) Who says the word snot is bad? Just watch Earthworm Jim! :-, Some of the maligned parts, such as BURPs, have found some very good uses as well. But they still keep the derogatory name. A piece is only useless or overspecialized until someone (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Any AFOLs in Portland or Sanford, Maine?
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Hello...just wondering if any of you people live in Maine, specifically Portland or Sanford. I was born in Sanford, grew up in Portland, and now live in central California. =) Aaron (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.org)
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| | Re: New Mecha from Orbital Alloys, Inc and Behren Mechawerks
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I liked the forms of the legs in LGAW "SIREN" that look like some well trained sports players. It sure can have a good response and manouverbility :-) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Can You Top LEGO Customer Service?
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(...) Great. I see it; (URL) you're interested in trading, send me an email, otherwise thanks for the info. -Jon (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Proportion of bad bidders on eBay?
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(...) I think you're well within your rights to do so, and further i think your "tough" status is perfectly justified. However, and this is NOT criticism (of anyone except me) I personally have to cut people a bit more slack... but that's because (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Pneumatic T connectors (was Re: Flex tube material)
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(...) They are used on the engine, which would be hidden in the lugnet picture. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | Re: Flex tube material)
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(...) 5571 has an 8 cylinder engine under the hood. Inserted in the hole in the middle of each cylinder (2x2 round brick), is a T connector. I would guess that some of the other cars with engines, such as the Blue Fury, *might* have T connectors... (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | Re: Camera positioning for animation in POV with L3P files
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(...) A few posts back in lugnet.cad.ray, I posted some lines of POV code that calculated the camera position using a polar coordinate system... HTH, --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Toy vs Model...The real issue (was Re: Another 6wide/8wide ramble)
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(...) Unless, of course, your layout is 22' long like the GMLTC's is (and growing;) (...) Not true. I rabbit sleep time;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Twisted Time Train (was Re: Castle Parts
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(...) Yes, I knew that, thanks! I wanted to see if I could get some Canadian a small profit... But I do appreciate your reminding me... (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: LEGO Architectural Postcards
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(...) Gary, the book <<L'architecture est jeu... magnifique>> is copyrighted 1986 Groupe LEGO, so the postcards, which are the photographs of all 30 of the buildings in the book, would conceivably by regulated by the Lego Fair Play statements. The (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Vehicle year/building year? (Was: Imperial Guards (was: Re: Sir Steve interviews someone from Lego)
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In lugnet.starwars, Mike Petrucelli writes: [snip] (...) [snip] Is this an observation or a quote? It's true enough as an observation, since the static architecture (buildings and the like) has been very minimal in the Star Wars sets to date. I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Using ICC11 with the handy board
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John, The 1 KHz system interrupt is set up in the IC pcode, which you are not loading. Furthermore, the bootloader for the Handy Board is loaded into the first 255 bytes of on-chip RAM when you load pcode, and disappears on reset. It can't cause you (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Using ICC11 with the handy board
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Hi John, Using compiled programs with the Handyboard is not difficult, the steps used to download a compiled program are exactly the same as downloading the "pcoder" file in the Handyboard documentation. The compiled program is used instead of the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Can You Top LEGO Customer Service?
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(...) I just found some white 6x6 bow pieces in a lot I got off eBay....it included instructions from a police boat and plane set labelled in bad penmanship Jet Speed Justice...I previously only had these parts in red from the speed boat Dark Shark (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Millennium City
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Well, here it finally is, the Millennium City(1) webpage. Like the Death Star in "Return of the Jedi", the Millennium City page while operational is far from complete. Currently only the City Tours page is working but it includes over 30 images of (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Home is the wanderer
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Sorry to any of you who have had to wait for e-mail replies, I am just back from 2 weeks in Colorado. Anyone leaving Gatwick soon they have reduced the promo Mars/Freestyle sets to £8.00 - there are 3 sorts (I got 2186) I have a BA promo set (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Searchlight car
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I'd go with B currently. Someday I hope TLC comes up with a way to pick up power that is separate from the motor. Power and propulsion should be separate... (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Storing My LEGO
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(...) that here, all I would have at the end of the summer would be a pile of multi-colored goo. Heck, it gets hotter outside than the recommended 40C. The attic probably gets up to 50C or higher. (Not to mention our cars, in which, every year, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Searchlight car
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(...) One word: Wrecks. Two words: Construction Sites. Frank probably beat me to it as I've been moving all day... think about when and where you need light, and why you might not have it, and the need for a searchlight car becomes apparent. Now, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Instructions for that oven/stove?
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(...) Tamy, Way cool oven. I might just have to borrow it for some of my town. Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) My Creations at: (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: My EMD SD40-2
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I think that SNOT is a malformed acronym then... We have been using derogatory acronyms to exemplify parts that we dislike because they aren't true to the spirit of Lego. Now, I would say a part like the 1x1 with side stud, or a part like the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New Mecha from Orbital Alloys, Inc and Behren Mechawerks
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Two more excellent mechs! There seems to be a lot of great new mecha being built right now. I especially like the Siren, reminds me a lot of the Talgeese from Gundam Wing. Great design, and big too! My favorite design element on the Cestus is the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.build)
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| | Greetings and Welcome to...er, Me. Heh...
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Hello everyone! I've been lurking here for a few weeks, and decided to sign up. (Check's in the mail, Todd.) Since my member page won't be up for a while, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Aaron Hines, and I'm a Lego-holic. I have been since (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Self as a minifig II
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(...) barber on ST-TNG, despite whatever computer he's pushin. -Tom McD. when replying, spamcake makes effective snailbait, but unfortunately, it's also an herbicide. (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: Can You Top LEGO Customer Service?
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(...) Acutally NO... Thanks for pointing that out. I got confused with the 2x3 inverse greens. OK, I'll call Consumer Affairs again. (They probably won't like that too well) Let's see what they dredge up. Can anyone help with these parts? -Jon (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Looking for ZNAP 3533 and 3593
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Hi, I have seen a picture of these two Znap sets (3533 and 3593). Can you tell me where I can found these models? Thank`s Andre Potvin (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Instructions for that oven/stove?
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thanks Pawel, I always forget that ~ in front of it :( (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: LEGO Architectural Postcards
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(...) I've some extra space to post them, if you'd like. Alan This message's random set is: 2845, (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Can You Top LEGO Customer Service?
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(...) Eh, um, which one? I know of Blue, Gray, Red and Black in the diver's series. But no White 6x7 Plates... 6x6 White Bow Bricks are in 6441... No plates though. -Jon (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: What's a Beefeater?
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(...) prodigious the amounts, I don't know, but clearly enough to inspire the name. Bruce (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Instructions for that oven/stove?
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(...) Try: (URL) stove! -- pn (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Unique nose piece for an airplane
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(...) Take a look at (URL). Especially, look at Version 3 of these beautiful Japanese bullet trains. Cheers, Hao-yang Wang (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Very Small Castle Accessory Auction
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Some things I recently found that I have no need for, so...I'll auction them to feed my habit :-) Item descriptions are after the listings. THE RULES 1) This is a G1, G2, SOLD auction with advances occurring approximately every 24 hours. 2) Bids and (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: What's a Beefeater?
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(...) Thanks. Alan This message's random set is: 8872, (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Searchlight car
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Here is a thought: The spotlight could not rotate 360 degrees. There would not be any way for the internal light to receive constant power without the wires getting tangled (using pure methods anyhow.). To power the light you must use a wire to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Unique nose piece for an airplane
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Well Scott, I made a space shuttle model for my 6th grade science class that used the tower top from the Black Knight's Castle as the nose cone...of course, somebody stole it. (Not the shuttle, just the nose cone!!) So how about some steep sloped (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Instructions for that oven/stove?
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possibly in my link below???? Or.. (URL) I believe??? If that's not the one... then I have no clue :) Tamy (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Is this true?
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(...) brought (...) Thanks for that James, it's a literal translation which is about as accurate as the general French opinion of British Beef. Jon (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: What is Znap?
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Oops! Ben just pointed out that I had a stray period hiding in my reply-to. I've fixed it now. Sorry for the hassle, Larry. Can you send me that reply again? I'll promise to behave in the future. =} --Colin "Incompetence" Gutierrez (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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