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(...) Oh well, if you want them to shoot *well*, then yeah. :) But battle archery was very different from target archery. In battle archery, there was no aiming, there is 'point in the air' and shoot. The only real reason combat archery was (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Yeah, Sproat straightened me out on that. I'd originally thought to have folks choose what they use *the most*. Maybe it would be better to have people choose *all* the tools they use? The database this is generated from is ridiculously simple, but (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad)
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Does anyone know why they quit distributing the shooting (spring action) cannons in the US? They were really pretty slick, and had a great range. Those little babies would shoot 4 feet easy. I lucked out and have about eight. But i have close to 10 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) In the late 70's, there was a paranoia against any toy that fired projectiles in the US, which came fom incidents revolving around the Battlestar Galactica Colonial Viper and Cylon Raider toys, which shot little missles that got lodged in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) ...Do what I do... click randomly :-) (...) ...Hmmmm... didn't realize I had it turned off... prolly a hold over from style sheets :-) (...) ...Thanks (ran out of green slopes, so the trans-blue worked well as a bigger windshield, ya think? (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) I think it works super-duper well! Trans-dark-blue is me fevvorite color! --Todd (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Partecipero`. Con annesso figlio maggiore. Ora chiedo anche a Bruno. Ciao. Marco. (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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Ah, that explains why, after collecting all five lions to make my Voltron, I saw a foreign import version which had little missile launchers that popped out all over, but mine didn't. (They were virtually the same toy besides that...my Blue Lion (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Need volunteer to test LdGLite on accelerated hardware.
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(...) Yeah, I know all about that. A few experimental releases back I was printing NULL strings instead of actual version info (Which made it crash on linux). The current experimental code grabs the version after opening the window. So have you (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Help! - MLCAD won't read 754.dat
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:s1m5bs49sah2vvq...4ax.com... (...) is (...) *valid*, (...) next (...) Steve, Those two lines can just be deleted from the file. That's probably what you meant by cleaning up, but just to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Thanks - looks like I introduced this error when I split out the decorated surface. Please send to partsref@worldnet.att.net for inclusion in the next update, as a correction. Chris (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Why did they quit making shooting cannons in the US?
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(...) I remember that era well....I also remember Kenner advertising a limited addition Boba Fett w/ firing missile pack that you had to send away for...I also remember being bummed when I received it w/ no weapon and a missile glued in place... (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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I've just recently come out of my Dark Age which was mercifully short (8 years or so) so excuse the lack of familiarity. If we don't count the Ninjas when was the previous castle theme produced? Chris (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Lego is duty-free going INTO the states. Other countries can (and do!) have import regulations and duties of their own. Like Canada, for example. The gov't, if no greater duties apply, slaps a 7% GST to all incoming goods, and a *really* (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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I wonder if anyone could help me. Did they all have the dedicated cab with three holes for the batteries or did any use the 4.5v battery box with the lever switch ? I have motorised a 7715 with a 4.5 volt motor and wonder if there is a design for (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Wayne have you given any more thought to the layout tables? I have been thinking of setting up a layout in the garage (no basement) and hang it from the rafters this weekend. And with a two-car garage I can put up a fair size layout. My thought is (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | Re: Why did they quit making shooting cannons in the US?
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(...) anything.) Ah! I have GoLion, which was the GoDiakin robot by Bandai that the Lion Voltron was based on. That SOB shot missiles all over the place. It was, in fact, the toy that caused the scales to fall away from my eyes and realise that (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Diana's town auction, update 7
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Welcome to Diana's town auction. Updates are emailed to all bidders and anybody requesting to be on the mailing list. set condition varies. n = new in box. b = used with box and instructions. u = used with instructions but without the box. s = see (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-97, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Just a quick "heads up" on a slight interface addition -- We need to add a clickable "Search" button next to the newsgroup search boxes at the top of most pages, due to a forms bug in Microsoft Internet Explorer (and possibly other Netscape clones). (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Diana's town auction, update 7
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Welcome to Diana's town auction. Updates are emailed to all bidders and anybody requesting to be on the mailing list. set condition varies. n = new in box. b = used with box and instructions. u = used with instructions but without the box. s = see (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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