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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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