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Closing Tuesday: 289796899: Bulk Lego/Legos 360 White 2x4 bricks - New! Current bid: $9.99 Auction ends on: Mar-28-00 18:28:25 PST (URL) Bulk Lego/Legos 360 Blue 2x4 bricks - New! Bidding starts at: $9.99 Auction ends on: Mar-28-00 18:29:40 PST (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Peter White <aztekium@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:FrxB2H.Fr1@lugnet.com... (...) 24/3, (...) I went down to my local toy store (Toyworld / Uncle Pete's, Wollongong). They also had all three droids. The prices were 8000 $43.99 8001 $65.99 (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: 5542 Black Thunder (no doors no windows)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <38DE1787.486FA246@n...ra.com>... (...) I have trouble valuing white train doors right now. I don't know if kbkids.com still has 5561s for sale, but there are enough good parts in there that my buying price for (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| | Re: Does age affect value?
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Whytcross, Benjamin wrote in message <1D0812CAE3E7D2118BC...G-NE01>... (...) It would depend on the parts. From my perspective, for the most part, the only standard bricks for which older would get me to pay anything more for would be old pre-tube (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal) !
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| | Re: Purimish fun
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Bram Lambrecht wrote in message <20000326.125628.509...no.com>... (...) So true, though these days I mostly use a non-RPN calculator. I keep watching for a modestly priced RPN calculator, but it just doesn't seem like it will ever happen (HP's (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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WHAT???????? $99.99 for 8002??? What in the Sam Hill are they smoking at your local toystore? The MSRP for 8002 is $49.99. All the prices you mention are WAY high, by nearly a factor of two! I suggest you move to a bigger town ASAP! :-) -Bill Leue (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Oops! Well, of course, I should have looked at your return email address more carefully! Australian dollars! *blushes* Sorry, typical Yankee assumption that 'dollars' means 'U.S dollars'. What is the current exchange rate? -Bill Leue (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | RE: Does age affect value?
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From memory, the parts are generally bricks, with some of the 2x2 and 4x4 wheels with assosiated axle bricks. There are also quite a few of the 1x1 round bricks, which don't have the indentation round the base like the modern ones. There were also (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| | Re: FA : Lego
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Or if you are lazy like me, you copy the second line, then right-click the first line, choose Open in New Window, and when it pops up, copy the second line to the end of it. This DOES work for ebay URLs, but may not for others (the ones that pop up (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Guess they didn't want to break the $ 100 mental barrier ,but as we all know 99.99 gets rounded up. At TRU $42something for 8000 and $64something for 8001 seems to ring a bell. By the way what's Wollongong like toystorewise for Lego, is it (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | [MOC] Desert Outpost of the Dragon Clans
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After a long hiatus, I finally have an addition to my page! The new pics and pages are of a desert fortress built to control a small oasis, and currently occupied by a small detachment of soldiers from the Dragon Clans (the same detachment, it (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle) !
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| | Good, cheap storage boxes at Home Depot
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Our local Home Depot (Albany, NY, USA) has a good bargain for Lego storage boxes: Tuff 'Tainer by Flambeau Products Corp, Middlefield Ohio, 44062, 800-232-3474. These come in two sizes. I like the larger of the two. (Part #5004)The outside (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Lego Direct (was Re: Georgia LEGO Outlet is Cool!)
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Richard, I'm certainly not an economist, so my feelings are just a mildly educated opinion, but I don't think you will ever see any major company have a distribution channel like you want. It won't work. If it was such a good idea, retail outlets (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego) !
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(...) assumption (...) Hi Bill, the way to work it out is to multiply the above by 0.6 , with the exchange rate at the moment just hovering above 60 US cents to the 1 Aussie dollar. I know, it's still more expensive but that's the story down here. (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | VB 6 subprocedure stumper
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I sure could use some help. I'm trying to recreate the BugBot program from the book "Definitive Guide to Lego Mindstorms" in VB 6. It's a simple program with a tank-like robot that has two "feelers" - one if the robot hits something on the right; (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: [MOC] Desert Outpost of the Dragon Clans
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Hey Jeff! Now, 'tis 'bout time we saw some of your excellent creations! I really can't write long, since it's getting late, but I love the creative use of the sphinx baseplate, not to mention the lack of castle-walls - the "stone" effect is (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Jeff Johnston wrote in message <38DEDBD4.3AEB20DC@m...ne.net>... (...) Sain (...) a (...) Very nice. Great use of the baseplate. I like the way you did the bit with the lion head carving. I really need to sit down some weekend and build... Frank (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Jawn Henry construction notes (was Re: infrared remote control of LEGO trains using NQC and RCX
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(...) If you do this (1) you need to arrange for articulation of some sort. I used a ball and socket(2). Others have used an arrangement to allow the non motor wheelset to slide sideways. (3) But if you make the 6 wheel truck rigid, you won't be (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: [MOC] Desert Outpost of the Dragon Clans
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(...) Please do! I couldn't do much this weekend (end of term) but the next one is targetted for clearing out the lego to our sun porch (1) and of course, building a bit on the way is unevitable ;-) -Shiri (1) Now that the sun's out, I can actually (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) My big problem is that I really need to do a bit more sorting down of sets to clean out enough space in the apartment to not feel claustrophobic all the time... (at least it looks like my buying will actually finally be diminishing, though I (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Great 3/35 meeting
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Henry and Rick, thanks for making the meeting so much fun for me. I eagerly await our next meeting in May, and encourage others in the Los Angeles area to join us. Great creations, idea exchanges, and parts trades were had by all. I promise not to (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.la)
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| | Re: Availability of Pole Reverser, etc.
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(...) You order spare parts like that from s&h I believe. The s&h catalog should list the stuff that is available. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Throwing Down the Gauntlet: The Challenge!!
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Paul Foster <pfoster@execpc.com> wrote in message news:38DE9297.1C3DE3...cpc.com... (...) Yes, six wide definately. I'd use a 2x2 airplane window for the window at the back of the cab and leave the middle (door) window open. For the windshield I'd (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Dannon/Lego promotion
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(...) Actually saw this at the grocery store today. The yogurt six-pack has a special Lego sticker/booklet on it. We bought a pack because we needed yogurt for our son, anyway. But, we haven't won anything yet :(. Tx, +Z+ (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Direct (was Re: Georgia LEGO Outlet is Cool!)
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(...) and I don't. I guess I'm rather put off by this attitude. Economic reality is what it is and your wishing that TLC cared about us to the point that they lose money isn't going to change that. And I'm tired of you whining about it. That's (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Lego Direct (was Re: Georgia LEGO Outlet is Cool!)
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(...) I don't think that both sides in this debate are essentially disagreeing, just stating (seemingly) incompatible ideas. That is, I agree with both sides to some extent - I would like to see a "fair" distribution of LEGO, but I don't think there (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Yep, that was the reason for my 0 too. If you're going to flog, do it correctly unless there are extremely extenuating circumstances. ++Lar (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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3/35? 35 days in March? Or was that a slip of the finger? 3/25 is the proper title....sorry about that. (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.la)
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| | Re: Cool vehicles at BrickShelf
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(...) Bring 'em on! The ones you did so far are great. Thanks for sharing. ++Lar (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Not only that, but your remedial math students are a lot less likely to try to borrow your calculator when they forget to bring theirs to class! : ) Maggie C. (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Is there any way to stop a URL from breaking up like that from the web-interface? I've tried encapsulating them in <>, but that didn't seem to work :/ Richard (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: 5542 Black Thunder (no doors no windows)
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(...) Last time I checked I could not find any, and I did searches for bigfoot and Big Foot without restricting to Lego. If someone knows a search that definitively will determine whether they do or not I'd be grateful if it were posted to (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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(...) Ahh, you're using the wrong search, you need to search for "model team" at kbkids.com... Still $39.95. I think as long as an item is on their web page, they have them available. Frank (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | matching motor speeds on mutli-motor trains
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Today, when my green trolley rearended my red trolley I decided to test my motors. I ranked them in order of speed. Then I thought that it would be bad to have a fast motor paired with a slow motor. I thought that pairing motors with dissimilar (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) is (...) Cool, thanks! Well I either have 40 or 60 now (I ran across some boxes today that I can't remember if they were from my first order or not) I can use them either way. ++Lar (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Jawn Henry construction notes (was Re: infrared remote control of LEGO trains using NQC and RCX
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Lar, When I read your comment I jumped up to check it out. The center slider[1] evolved from an unattached wheelset, which is why it had to be in the center. When you said end slider I thought, "Power for my SD40!" I did not try to make it, but (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Recall of 8445 Indy Storm
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(...) You're safe, I got about 10 from WB a while back... Believe it or not, I am going to be giving one as a wedding gift on Friday. ++Lar (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: FA : Lego
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(...) Well, yes. Don't break the line when pasting it in. If the URL is more than 80 contiguous non-space characters in your clipboard, and you paste it into the text area box, and your browser causes the line to split (it _shouldn't_!), then that (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Wal-mart website sale
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Hi all, This may be old news but Wal-Mart has a few sets on their website at discounted prices you won't find in the stores. The best deal is for the "Mummy's Tomb," set #5958, 253 pieces. They're selling it for $10, retail $29.97. They also have (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Lego Direct (was Re: Georgia LEGO Outlet is Cool!)
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(...) that (...) True, it is their job to pay attention to what fans want, but the bottom line DOES show that. Profit is a measure of consumer satisfaction. The fact is that what WE want is not necessarily what the majority of Lego consumers want. (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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