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Hi all, Just a quick troll for comments: I have new pictures of my rowboat-based Steam Lanuch (circa 1890-1920)--let me know what you think. (Granted, it's not just for pirates, but at least they can stand in it without having the mast whap them in (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Fiber Optic problems...
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I am not familar with this set however it sounds like the same piece as in the Technic Space Shuttle. I had the same problem. The part that turns is very sesative to binding by other pieces. Make sure it is mounted loosely and that the center turns (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Once Again, Legoville...
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I've looked at CompUSA but could fine nothing... (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Fiber Optic problems...
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I'm having fiber optic problems with 6979, the UFO set. I think that the fiber optic wires are supposed to be turning on alternately but the motor (if that's what it is) isn't turning. Is anyone familiar with the system that can tell me if I did (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Once Again, Legoville...
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(...) Well, I wouldn't integrate space port and space. Although I have been known to shoot down a few Space Police I Mission Commanders over the town and well...destroy a few buildings. Anyway, what I had in mind was more along the lines of Town (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Chiles' Train Auction: Weekly Lugnet Update:
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2/25 Update: Welcome to the Train Auction! Updates are daily except weekends and US holidays unless otherwise noted. Be sure to read the set descriptions in the original post or on my web page before bidding! Details are at (URL) are now advancing! (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Once Again, Legoville...
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(...) Well, I don't know if they still make it, but we did sell some at Computer City way back in '97 when it was still a Computer City. (I know, it's helps alot.) Dumb quote of the day "That'll be Sixty-Sixty, a three hour long special 20/20." -Me (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Map of Legoville...
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I have put up a bare-bones map of Legoville at - (URL) should give you all an idea of the space and proportions I have to work with. The three plates to the far left just replaced the Harbor; I have decided that by making Legoville an inland town I (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Feedback.....
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(...) Buy something from me - I leave feedback on 100% of my transactions and I always reciprocate on feedback (I occasionally give feedback for non-ebay transactions). I also solicit feedback from people who do not reciprocate. I went through all (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | No LEGOFest...
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All, The GFLTC was going to organize a LEGOFest at the H & R spring show(1), but it’s not going to happen. I met with the owners of H & R Trains for more than an hour. I showed them my plans for the event and they thought it was great idea, but (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: First appearances of colours
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(...) No, those are trans yellow. Blacktron's colour scheme is Black/(trans) Yellow with a bit of trans Red. If I recall correctly, even the technic wheel pins on the Battrax were black instead of grey. (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Proportion of bad bidders on eBay?
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(...) That's really what I do--I use tough language in the general auction, but I gauge each individual bidder's position and situation once we get the money-ball rolling. I start from toughness and soften, because that's a lot easier IMHO than (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Feedback.....
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(...) The "power users" are the ones with really high feedback levels--I'm not above 25 yet either, don't feel bad (although you're now at 25, you're welcome ;) ). I think it's much more important to be both above 10 and have all (or almost all) (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Why I hate Lego
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After getting home with 13 of the big tubs this weekend I wanted to challenge myself with the hardest thing I could think of that people would recognize. I casually thought I would try my had at the Eiffel tower using just basic blocks. After a few (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Building A Better Page
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was another reason I started coding my own pages with notepad. They're still a bit rough, but they get the point across. I'm not real good with HTML but I have an old book for HTML 3.2. I noticed you said you use Notepad. I know that its mainly (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My EMD SD40-2
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(...) Ya know, I never thought of it (the acronym) that way, but that's a very decent angle (1) as well -- and very closely related to SNOTs as pieces, to boot. Perhaps a better acronym would indicate an aversion to stud-oriented thinking, or an (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Building A Better Page
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(...) I started out using the page builder. After a few months I felt that the page builder wasn't doing the things that I wanted, so I started doing my own page building with pure HTML. (...) The only custom graphics that I use are my MOC pictures. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Disingenuous eBay advertising posts
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(...) Using a standard newsreader client for RTL enables filters and killfiles to be used at ones discretion. When traffic on RTL was high (Pre-lugnet) I had many, many filters turned on to take out all stuff like FA, FS, FT, Auction, Sale, and (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | FS: Lots of CHEAP New SW Sets From My FOTY!
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Hi everyone- What a day! What a week! It was like one of those “Lego Aisle Dreams” people have been talking about in .general, except it was **real**!!! This is easily my Find Of The Year, which says a lot considering that I had two major clearance (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Once Again, Legoville...
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Legoville has a lot of custom made signs, but they don't stick very well because all I use is typing paper and rubber cement. I want to get sticker paper, but where the @$%*! do I get that? (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Once Again, Legoville...
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I've toyed around with the idea of making a hybrid city, but it just doesn't stick. I'm a Town fanatic, and I doubt that will ever change. Besides, how do you intergrate Space Port and Space? The two themes are generations apart! (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Can You Top LEGO Customer Service?
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(...) I stand corrected--I was thinking of the top bow-plate with walls, not the standard plate. best Lindsay (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: $9 Blimp for $100 on eBay (was: Bi-wing Baron $2 at Walmart)
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I'd file it under "Someone is screwing with them for that deadbeat bidders comment". But then that is just me.... Troy Kevin Wilson <70641.507@compuserve.com> wrote in message news:38B75072.3E7E8E...rve.com... (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Feedback.....
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(...) Funny, I have this exact same problem. My feedback number should be double what it is and I always leave feedback unless the deal is not quite right. Withholding feedback on a well-done deal does not sit too well with me. If it has anything to (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: A New Update
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Steve Campbell wrote in message <38B6C51D.A60A0C37@l...sa.gov>... (...) Fantastic. Loved the authentic French accent, and the Redbeard party thing - ROTFL, didn't LMAO, but I' sure Salty will give me reason to do so soon enough ;-) Pics? Glad you (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | FA-{eBay} New Mega Blok specialty pieces and bricks
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Check them out. All starting at $1.00 219 Lego compatible Mega Blok 2X2 Blue Tiles (URL) Lego compatible Mega Blok 1X2 Brown Bricks (URL) Lego compatible Mega Blok 2X2 Brown Bricks (URL) Lego compatible Mega Blok 2X4 Brown Plates (URL) compatible (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Fredrik is winning!
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Fridrik Glockner's Le Mans car is winning the Theme Gallery on lego.com. This means he will probably win, since most people vote within a week of the voting's start. Alan This message's random set is: 1898, (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ingenous eBay advertising posts
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(...) Well.. I've found that flogging on the "days in between" doesn't do much, if anything. I just flog at the beginning and the last-but-one day and that does make a difference. I also have settled on 5 day auctions for most things because really (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | colour sensor caliberation
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Hi all I mailed the list a few weeks back about implementing a colour sensor. someone suggested using three photo resistors with red, green and blue filters over it. I have built the sensor with four photo resitors, three with the different filters (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: $9 Blimp for $100 on eBay (was: Bi-wing Baron $2 at Walmart)
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(...) Truly. MUST have been a typo on the high bidder's part! Although... to get up there more than one person must have bid $100. !!!!! Kevin (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Kirk's Lego Train Auction - 12th Update
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Kirk's Lego Train Auction - 12th Update February 25, 2000 10:39 PM lots are now advancing! Sets Description current high bid & bidder 4552 Cargo Crane $50.00 Brian U Going2 4537 Twin Tank Transport $50.00 James cf Going1 4537 Twin Tank Transport (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: [CW] A Question
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(...) Ah, that would be my blacksmith (my signature character in Castle World). He's done a fair bit of travelling, having been on a boat for several years and visited lots and lots of places. (He's also the thread I'm using to tie all my varied (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Can You Top LEGO Customer Service?
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(...) Sail and FLy Marina had at least one, I'm pretty sure. Kevin (25 years ago, 26-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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I saw those books and I though...you MUST be kidding me. It is bad enough that LEGO claims that LEGOLand is made with bricks that anyone can get, but in that book. It is almost criminal to suggest that a regualar kid could come up with the parts (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Exploration Mars Camera
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(...) The first two are very similar I believe. But the Xcam2 is new tech. There is no way to focus the camera. They state it does it it's self. That's good for roving cams. I plan on gluing a 4x6 plate to the bottom of it and also a couple of (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: $9 Blimp for $100 on eBay (was: Bi-wing Baron $2 at Walmart)
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Check out: (URL) that under nuts. -Rob. "Bruce Schlickbernd" <corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote in message news:FqHxzz.JJq@lugnet.com... (...) (relatively (...) around, (...) price (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | RE: Exploration Mars Camera
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(...) The smaller (and cheaper) the CCD sensor, the worse it's low light performance. There's not much you can do about that, except to turn on the lights. All those cheap PC webcams have the same problem. The Lego camera will have the same problem. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Zany Brainy online discount
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Check deal-finder.com and flamingoworld.com and other online discount code web sites. 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. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Millennium City
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(...) Looks great! However, the images, especially the map are quite large. I think the map would best be saved as a gif file instead of jpg. Since the file was already a kpg, I couldn't make it into a nice gif, but here's a file showing how much (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Technic Box #1 update
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Thanks for the update Mark. I felt the same way when I had the box and saw the broken bits. Thanks for taking the time to seperate them into another bag and doing such a fine job with the packaging (I'm sure Larry would be proud). I actually did'nt (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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