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(...) Wow. And half-timbered too! It's so much eye candy tonight that it makes me able to wish again that I could be minifig-size. Anybody else wishing for that? May your kin never tire of your Lego. (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: NC people - Roll Call
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Name: Thomas Fulk Age: 25 Work: NCDOT, Charlotte Equipment shop Interests: Technic, Model Team, Mindstorms, and assorted sets from other themes. (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed!
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(...) [snip] (...) No, thank YOU, Dan! I've been looking forward to seeing your castle for some months now. [Stumbles away into the shadows, repeating "my collection is too small, my collection is too small...] -- John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D. (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed!
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(...) Yes, yes, and the throne room shot can carry the caption, "In the court of the Crimson Keep!" (Somebody out there will get this one -- FUT lugnet.off-topic.pun) -- John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D. Department of Structural Biology Stanford University (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Re: Ebay acution - Potential Fraud?
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Gus Altobello Jr <altobello@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:g638esgabu57n7u...4ax.com... (...) if (...) on (...) Agreed. (...) people (...) at (...) cost (...) cents, (...) it (...) of (...) NO! That is something that has actual artistic or (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed!
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(...) Actually the stone was salvaged from the lost city of Nazarine, stained eternally from river of blood left that washed over it after the butchery of its citizenry at the hands of the Northmen... doh! I'm giving the story away! Dan (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: forestmen target piece
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(...) It's in King's Archer, #1624. I just bought one just for that piece. -Marc (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed!
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(...) I failed to say in my earlier response how awesome this is (hit SEND accidentally first; how I miss nn). And I didn't quite get the sense of scale until I went back and looked at it more closely... Incredible! Kind of puts my work in progress (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | The mythical gender-changing plates
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Hi, folks, Forgive the rather broad initial newsgroup distribution -- there's a method to my madness. Followups are set into a single newsgroup that many people may filter -- namely, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands. I have heard tell of a very useful (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed!
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(...) "purists"!? there are purists in .castle!? ;-) THE original, most "purist" castle is bright yellow! red, being, as you said, the most common lego color for bulk and diversity makes it the ideally pure building color. the elaborate (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Forestmen, Wolfpack, Bull-men, and the Undead
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(...) Timber-Framed Buildings of England by R. J. Brown ISBN: 0709060920 $30.00 It's on Amazon, but I borrowed it from the bookstore where I work. Yes, it has a lot of great pictures. They are B/W, but since the buildings are mostly black and white (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | M-Tron Bird of Prey
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Hi Everyone, I have uploaded pics of my M-Tron Bird of Prey. I built this about 7 years ago, I think. It's been sitting around ever since, so please forgive the dusty condition. There are technic gears inside, so when you rotate the big engine in (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Black Falcons
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(...) I would pay $1 each for the shields and $2 each for the torsos (assuming there are all in good condition and that the torsos are Black Falcon as well). Please let me buy them! -Marc Nelson Jr. (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| | Starship Command Chairs
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Hi, .space folks-- This little issue has been on my mind for some time, as I feverishly and wishfully plot my magnificent (yet humble) starship plans. We've had discussions of bridges, bridge layouts, and the like; among these have been some (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.space) !
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| | Re: Grey Concave Octagonal Corridor Pieces?
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(...) set. Pretty juniorized otherwise, though. Dave (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed!
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(...) Speaking of purism, I have another question along those lines (and one that you can probably answer better than anyone else, Craig). So how much of a faux pas is it to modify plates, etc. for your structures? I can see it for minifig character (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Have you ever warped or broken parts?
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Hi there, I've started to construct things I would never imagined building as a kid -- things that might strain or even break parts. I've seen some examples of these types of building on various AFOL web pages, and perhaps so have you. For example, (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: LEGO DUPLO eggs and K-Mart sale!
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(...) LOL!.. Don't afraid, most of the families around the world has at least one member with "bumps" on her chest, and I don't thing there are too much around offended by these members..:-) Selçuk (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.duplo)
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| | Black Falcons
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This is a great NG, I must say first... I have a dozen or-so Black Falcon shields, and a bunch of minifigs (torsos) that I'm thinking of unloading, perhaps in a trade. My question is: How much would you pay/trade for Black Falcon shields & Torsos? (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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(...) building as a kid -- (...) seen some examples of these (...) perhaps so have you. (...) that runs across the (...) down. Several of the (...) the edge, such as... (...) that space. I've found (...) Cathedral model. (...) 14-stud long wall that (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: LEGO DUPLO eggs and K-Mart sale!
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(...) He was off in another world, still trying to figure out if all four eggs had the same set number. :-/ --Todd (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: Wanted - 404 set black roof peak and blue T-bar
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(...) I don't think that a part like this ever produced. It must be combination of several parts. I never heard of a "x" roof peak brick, although it is possible to make one by using 3 bricks instead (two 3049s and a 3041). Look at : (2 URLs) (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Black Falcons
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Dylan, I would trade almost anything in my collection for the shields & Black Falcons torsos. Let me know what you are looking for. I have minifigs parts, weapons, Town, Classic Space, Classic Technic, and Castle pieces. Clark (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| | Meeting this Friday?
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Hi guys and gals, Um, I might not be able to make it this Friday... (DARN IT I WANNA GO!) <calms down> Yeah it's nearing the end of my school term and I've got tons of stuff to do/catch up on. Unless someone can help me complete my C++ program... (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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| | Re: Ebay acution - Potential Fraud?
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If you look at my original posts I didnt go on about copyright. I only observed that he ignored it, and on copyright grounds alone I could have asked for the auction to be stopped. Which I didnt. The main point I made was that this was someone (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | FA : LEGO SLOPES / ROOF TILES
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FA : LEGO SLOPES / ROOF TILES Black (URL) have other auctions too: (URL) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | ------( Welcome to lugnet.org.us.lugola )------
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Welcome to lugnet.org.us.lugola, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.org.us.lugola (group): LUGOLA: LEGO Users Group of Los Angeles lugnet.org.us (group and hierarchy): U.S.-based user groups, clubs, and organizations for LEGO® (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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| | ------( Terms of use for lugnet.com )------
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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| | Thanks, Todd!
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We are most appreciative. The idea of a 'local' voice is most appealing. Now onward to other pursuits.... (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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| | How does one become a "Guild of Bricksmiths(tm)" member?
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Congratulations, Bricksmiths, on your new endeavour! Your first wave of models look great. The big questions is, "How does one become a 'Guild' member?" It would be great to see the answer to this question in your FAQ. Ashley LM90 (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | WTT Female figures for All-Girl Pirate Ship
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I'm looking for female minifigs, heads, or torsos from the pirate, forestpeople, or town series that would fit in on an all female pirate ship. I have Classic Space, Classic Castle, Classic Technic, and bins full of spare parts to trade. Let me know (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Blood Stone Castle completed!
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First things first, words cannot describe the supercalafragalespie...aladocious quality of this amazing LEGO castle. This is what LEGO should be all about, letting people create large models by making cheap bulk orders available. But the other thing (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Thanks, Todd!
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(...) You're welcome...enjoy! And remeber, it's not only a newsgroup and web-forum, but also a real-life mailing list too -- lugnet.org.us.lugola@lugnet.com <-- address messages to (URL) <-- setup for receiving via email (URL) <-- setup for posting (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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| | purist modification, from(Re: Blood Stone Castle completed!)
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(...) well this throws the "have you ever warped or broken parts" thread into a new light of consideration! ~ doing it on purpose! if it's a good idea, such as yours and you can spare the piece, why not!? i'm looking at these pieces now, and will go (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: How does one become a "Guild of Bricksmiths(tm)" member?
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(...) ya! me too! same big question! later ~ craig~ (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | open source & inventory ?
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Hello, I've just resently discovered Ldraw and Mlcad and I'm absolutely amazed at the power of these programs, allthough I've not yet build a real model (other than the tutorial). I have got 2 questions however. 1) Are any of the programs open (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: open source & inventory ?
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(...) ldlite is open source. Ldlite is a viewer for ldraw .dat files. (...) There is a way to do what you want, if you have dat files of a lego set, using steve blisses ldraw addon. (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Agenda for next meeting
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Hi all! I'll assume that we'll continue showing our creations, selling and trading of pieces, and throwing out ideas for the following meeting (July?). However, before we have a meeting in May, we need to decide on a day, time and location. May's (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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| | Re: UK Shopping Update
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(...) Thats why I am holding back on my own hoard of £18.99 7171s. They can gather dust in the loft until they are unavailable and Star Wars collectors fight for them. (well I can hope anyway) regards lawrence (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: purist modification, from(Re: Blood Stone Castle completed!)
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(...) Oooh, I must have missed that one... But I've got a doozy involving 24 gray castle walls if the thread resurfaces. :) (...) Ick. :) Then you're suddenly at brick height with a slightly lesser range of motion... (...) :) (...) Cool! I just went (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Mars Explorer and other MOCs
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I updated my MOC page this week with a couple of photos of a model of the Mars Rover I built using Mindstorms. Unfortunately, the model exists no more. I built it last year , but then I bought a digital camera, and the photos I had taken languished (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Starship Command Chairs
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(...) I think those are the best LEGO minifig chairs I've ever seen!!!! Especially the very last photo -- man, I like that!! --Todd [added lugnet.build to grouplist] (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Sticker Reprints
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Will Hess schreef: (...) I agree! Most of my collection is already 15 years old or more... and back then I wasn't as careful as I am now, so a lot of stickers got lost :-( Most of the stickers from the old days were lateron included in the Idea (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Microfig scale (Was Re: future BRICK updated (sorta))
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Mark Sandlin wrote in message ... (...) (see (...) Hehehe, thanks very much for the flattering compliments, but judging from recent threads, "that guy" is currently Ken Takeuchi.... I think that these two are my favourites: (URL) there's anything (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: '59 Caddy Hovercar
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(...) The bubble is available, somewhere but I cant say I have seen the light holder (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Sensori home-made in gara ?
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Solo una info ... sono vietati i sensori homemade anche se funzionalmente identici a quelli Lego ?? In fondo ... che differenza c'è tra un sensore di contatto originale o no?? Sempre sensore di contatto resta ... no ?? CiaoCiaoSergio (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: purist modification, from(Re: Blood Stone Castle completed!)
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(...) it's only a few hours old in .build! (...) gah! now i have to do another one! that would work even better! the pieces fit together quite nicely, anyway if not for that center nub. accomodating it is better than removing it. the side bar plate (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: UKLUG Membership Page
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(...) pictures (...) Ok with me to use pictures on my site. Your thumbnail isn't a very good likeness from what I remember, though :-) Huw (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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Hello Look at following link, about time we get something before the USA, gtfthis is a scan of of upcoming sets for Lego end of the year, YEAHHH...HHH: (URL) happy 9V Trasin Collector and builder Paul (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) !!
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| | Re: Thumbnails - Any advice?
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Brad Hamilton <bhamilto1@home.com> wrote in message news:Fs7oDr.LKD@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) if you are Windows user, try ThumbsPlus (www.cerious.com) which will create thumbs for whole directories and create index sheets for them. Huw (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | RE:Something non lego related
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CLASS! That thing is truly ace! If only you could save it to disk with the java classes.... (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Introduction
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David Drew wrote in message ... (...) Welcome indeed. I too have/had a bucket of classic space, long since merged into my sons' collection. I was into technic for a while, and there are some classic technic sets lying around here in mothballs (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Something non lego related
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You can. Just type '(URL) as URL in Internet Explorer (not Navigator) and save it to disk. Afterwards you can instantiate it (in an HTML page as an applet) with the following tag : <applet code="Constructor.class" archive="JavaClasses.jar" (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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Thank you for posting these fantastic pictures! Just looking at the models, we can all see that trains these don't look like Town Jr. I can't wait to see exactly what the new features of these trains are. Looking at 2.jpg, I see the word "PC" in (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO shows
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Santosh wrote in message ... (...) year. (...) I seem to recall at LegOz 2000, or something, someone mentioned a weekend in April - it might have been .... wait a minute ..... I'm being silly. <<rummage, rummage, sound of electrons being picked up, (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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(...) MOC's I've seen around here. And that's not bad! Fredrik (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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4439 - automated switched! Looks like sets can use existing track! So happy.... Bryan Kinkel Paul Rutenberg <paul_germany@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FsA9v1.9Cs@lugnet.com... (...) gtfthis is (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | brickshelf gallery: tutti vuoti?
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Aiutatemi a trovare una risposta: perche' in brickshelf gallery,quasi nessuno ha "uploadato" foto,pur essendosi registrato? Io sono il primo ad aver fatto cio',ma tutti gli altri? Cliccando sui nomi,quasi il 70% di essi ha solo la scritta "empty". (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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(...) Pinch me and tell me I am not dreaming! 1/4 track sections brown and green wagons New sizes of wheels more realistic train station new COLORS of wheels AND Digital Control This is a happy day. Yahoo! ++Lar (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 4012 (Wave Cops) from DYA
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Hi Legofans, This mail may interest you. I have some news for you. First of all, I decided to reduce the cost of packaging in the global costshipping for all the mainlands: to summarize, now, you can buy more lego sets, but you pay the same price (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | 5542 (Black Thunder) from DYA
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Hi Legofans, This mail may interest you. I have some news for you. First of all, I decided to reduce the cost of packaging in the global costshipping for all the mainlands: to summarize, now, you can buy more lego sets, but you pay the same price (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | 6560 (Diving Expedition Explorer) from DYA
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Hi Legofans, This mail may interest you. I have some news for you. First of all, I decided to reduce the cost of packaging in the global costshipping for all the mainlands: to summarize, now, you can buy more lego sets, but you pay the same price (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes: <raving> Two minor downsides I saw: - while we got new wheels in both powered and unpowered, we still don't have a good piston rod/valve gear solution - Looks like old motors may be obsolete. The DCC unit (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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(...) My mouth just hit the floor! They are wonderful. James (who has to go to schoool...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | FT: 8483 Cybermaster
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Hi everyone, I'd like to make this trade offer: Two sealed 8483 Cybermaster aluminium suitcases (retail value ~$250) for one MISB 4558 Metroliner I'm also looking for a 4564, various railcars and of course any 12V sets. I prefer them MISB but would (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Auction Reminder: Lego Technic 8862 Combine / Backhoe Grader
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(URL) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Correre, ragazzi.....
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(URL) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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(...) older gray train in the middle? Puts most of the trains over the last few years to shame! Scott S. Scott E. Sanburn Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Soon: The Sanburn Systems Company (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Starship Command Chairs
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Lindsay, Impressive. Most Impressive! (...) Hmm.. I used the 2x3 Rocket chair, as I call it, for my starship bridge. (I really need to post pictures of it sometime!) I have not yet made the captains chair different than the other two chairs, for the (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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OH MY GOD!!! This is awesome, totally awesome!!!!! I love the digital control and the new engines! Looks like it's time to retire my computer control project and start saving my money now!! Long live trains!!! yippie! james Paul Rutenberg wrote in (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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Larry, Where did you see 1/4 track sections? Did I miss something? jt Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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Oops, never mind I see them now. My vision was blurred by the excitement. jt James J. Trobaugh wrote in message ... (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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(...) Upper right of first page, above the switches. ++Lar (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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(...) I love people that casually talk about owning more than eight trains... (...) Hmm, not sure which bits you can't read but here goes. The bottom corner of the first picture advertieses a competition to drive a train, visit a museum in Berlin (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: BFC: LITS 2
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Second in a series, collect them all... (...) I believe the language around the 'defaults' has been cleared up sufficiently. (...) Hmm. I don't think there was much more discussion about whether every file should have an explicit 0 BFC CCW CLIP (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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(...) That grey steamer is going to be a gold mine of dark grey parts. Also, for Mike Stanley... (and other castle heads) did you see what the farmer behind the white horse is holding in set 4479(1)? 1 - which begs a question, why 44xx? Are we (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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(...) GMLTC for one... but i'm more worried about accessories than trains. However maybe you use NETWORKED PCs, each controlling 16 accessories on one layout section... in other words, maybe blocks aren't dead just yet. They just got bigger, that's (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Get a fork!
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For those people that are sad about not having pitchforks for their revolting peasants to wave (or just to use when not revolting:-) the new train wagons in this picture (URL) one! Cool hmm? also check out 2.jpg on the same page the station might be (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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(...) Hmmm... Anyone besides me find these suspicious? The images just don't feel right... Not to mention the font is wrong... Jeff (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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| | Re: Get a fork!
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Whoa, whoa, whoa... THESE will be sets sold later on sometime? What is going on? I've never seen them and they are all incredible for parts! Will we be able to get them in the United States? -- pn (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | April 1st sometime in the world ... ? (Re: New Trains)
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I'm with you on this ... did you notice the pirate torso on the woman at the station? If it's a fake then it's a well done fake ... Could it be April 1st already? -- pn (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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To All, (...) All I know if we do, Mike Stanley is going to buy lots of sets, and he will have a lot of parts to sell! : ) Scott S. Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Soon: The Sanburn Systems Company (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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That would be the most amazing April fools day trick ever if it was. They would have had to actually make some fake pieces or some some really good image enhancements. Pawel Nazarewicz wrote in message ... (...) the (...) 1st (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I've been looking for a good excuse to get a train set ... I've been fascinated, but timid due to the large price tags. But this dark gray train looks like the little shove needed to finallly push me over the edge. Look out below ;) I like, I like. (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Is it time to re-hash the 'is this a sale or an auction' debate? Although its been done to [near] death, I don't think a concensus was reached on the topic. From (URL) Todd says: "- Sealed-bid auctions are "technically" (by name) auctions but in (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Larry, (...) Indeed, and train doors and windows! Blue, red, white. Gosh, my credit cards are going to melt again. : ) Excuse me for being a naive trainhead here, but with this digital system, you will be able to operate the points and things with a (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) is (...) I'm with you Larry! The red weird train front is back again. It looks like street lamps in red will be back, (service packs hopefully available for those, sorry, it might cut into your new business). A few people are concerned that (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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For any and all who might be interested !!! Tomorrow is the long-rumored, much anticipated Brikwars event! Please feel free to come by, even if only for a little while. Take pictures, socialize, see some of the creations ... or just join us (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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You can. I saved the entire page in disk. If you use MSIE, just go to File/Save As. "3090" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:200003310809.SM...6@lib08... (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I had someone here at the office translate part of it for me and it mentions that you can convert you old type engines to work with the new digital system!! Excellent! jt (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> (...) OK, my German s frightful...but here is a very loose traslation of the IMHO most important paragraph (top left) on this page: (URL) and ride the new Lego Digital Train! Now begins a new railroading fun with digitally controlled (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Jeff, (...) feel (...) You know, I was thinking the same thing to some extent, the pictures, the font, who knows? I was wondering, though, did you ever see the part in this set before: (URL) red part, the 3x3 wall part, with the window in it. I (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Infrared? Could this possibly work with the RCX?? :-b... (drooling!!) JohnG, GMTLC (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi everybody, please read the message below I rarely watch this group But i am amazed by the pictures, but the following things puzzle me 1. Since when those DB stickers come back? I thought they belong to the 12V not to 9V 2. Look at 4450 Right at (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains) !
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The National Post (www.nationalpost.ca or .com??) had an article yesterday about robotics for the Mars missions and fitting insects with sensors, etc. I was an interesting read...I'm not sure if the article would be on the web but it was in the (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Wow! For anyone who does not read lugnet.trains, and is wondering what this is all about (like I was) try here for the original link that apparently started this thread: (URL) God, these are some of the most beautiful Lego sets I've ever laid eyes (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes... "engines", but not motors. That is, you'll have to find a hollow space in your engine body somewhere for the DCC receiver module (that gray thing in the picture with the power truck, Nr. 4468) and then replace your current power truck (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm going to hope that it is real... I'm thinking these aren't the final versions of the pictures, that this is being used to test layout, colors, whatever. Yes, the picture quality is lower than what we're used to, but I've seen prototype (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, I'm not sure what you mean by "3x3 wall part, with the window in it", but all windows have appeared in other sets. Jeff (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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What Irony! The four thousandth post in .castle is about.... trains. And possibly hoax trains at that. Sorry to burst your bubble there Shiri! James (still laughing about life...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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