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The last time I complained to Ebay about someone selling instruction CD's they sent me a form letter stating that the rights owner should join Ebay's VERO program and kill the auctions themselves. Apparently it wasn't blatant enough for Ebay to take (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Re: Podbucket shot is up at FBTB
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Todd - piece count for the bucket is 291. (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | FA (eBay): 2585 LEGO Loco Hand Car set, $1.00
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Last chance for this one, I've sold all the rest that I found: Rare! LEGO® 2585 Loco Hand Car, MISB! NR! (URL) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: ZNAP at Cary TRU
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(...) The Raleigh Zany Brainy had the DUPLO eggs, so you might want to check Zany Brainy (you have one nearer to you than Durham if I remember, though it may be in Winston Salem). (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | WTB - Slopes
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Hi AFOL's, It's that time of year for me, where I have some free time to focus on building. As I was going through my collection, I decided that I could use some more slopes. I am looking for the following slopes in Black, grey, and Dark grey: (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: '59 Caddy Hovercar Raytraces
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this is quite cool, bram. i particularly like the use of pink elements and the bubble over the cockpit/driver's seat. it opens up a whole new range of possibilities (flying versions of classic cars). good stuff! ..joseph g (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Silver Swords FA on eBay
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Starting today: 8 new silver swords (URL) 8 x 8 green base bricks (URL) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Horse Progress Report
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(...) Thanks. :) (...) Thanks for the hint, Steve. I'll give it a try. But if you're wrong, my daughter will not be too happy about you! :o) /Tore (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: BFC: LITS 2
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(...) I've kept thinking about it, and I don't see a solution. There are some algorithms that can figure out the normal/inverted question in some cases, but these algorithms would be too slow to implement in a rendering program. And they are not (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: X10 Wireless Camera
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I got one also. I think the batteries get drained even when the camera is not plugged in. Looks like the battery ox has a small circuit--maybe a voltage converter that is always on. -gyug (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: ZNAP at Cary TRU
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The Durham TRU at Westgate has the following ZNAP: 3502 3504 3532 3551 3552 3571 3581 3591 The 3591 at 29.97 has the Technic motor also. I picked up some of the 3552 and 3571 for the motors, but I'm curious what else if anything the ZNAP will be (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | Re: CO BrikWars get together
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(...) I say bring as much or as little as you want. We'll worry about limits later, or at the event itself. I'm just going to start madly building stuff, and when my inspiration ends, that's what I'll bring with me. Adrian (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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| | LUGNET streaming news client in Java 2
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Hey all, I've just uploaded a streaming news client for LUGNET, which I've written in Java 2 (JDK 1.2). It doesn't use any external Java classes! :-, It's downloadable from: (URL) run it with JDK 1.2, type: java -jar table_streaming_news.jar The (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Using ROBOLAB for FIRST LEGO League
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They now have information about the new FLL season on their web site at: (URL) Veteran teams can register now to reserve their team number from last year (after First fixes their frontpage bug). (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | batterie sanyo 1600 NiMh
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Una buona notizia per chi attendeva le batterie, sono arrivate oggi, e lunedì andranno in spedizione. Per chi non le aveva prenotate, ne sono rimaste disponibili poche decine ... non perdete tempo. Il prossimo arrivo è previsto per inizio Maggio. (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Wheel Arrangement (Re: Stupid question about steam engines)
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(...) You might want to add this to your info page or something: "For main line diesel and electric locomotives the system whereby the number of driven axles on a bogie or frame is denoted by a letter (A=1, B=2, C=3 etc.) and the number of undriven (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: dear lego, please set up a global sales site
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(...) Do (...) of (...) I think that this might be the reason that it is taking so long to get Lego Direct up and running. They are apparently pplanning to offer their product worldwide, and thus are most likely dealing with these fulfillment (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Horse Progress Report
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(...) Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Zany Brainy Has #3409!!!
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I'd just like to let everyone know that, while unpacking a shipment today, I ran across a couple of boxes of 3409 - The New Football Series (Championship Challenge.) I'm not sure if these have been widely released yet or not? If not, I'll be happy (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | MTT available "now," ATT available "May."
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According to the coupon book found in every copy of SWI:Phantom Menace videotape, the MTT is presently available, and the ATT is "Available in May." The layout of the images of sets shows a given model (there are a total of 7 shown; all are (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Southport & Furrin Parts
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Dear All, Firstly, are there many people going to Southport for the fest in May ?. We are turning it into a family trip (wife son and two dogs - one of which is a lurcher, and could pass for a small donkey) If all goes to plan we will have a (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: BFC: LITS 2
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(...) Unless we have a solution to the invert case, the document's assertion is correct. (...) I think you are correct that NOWIND/UNKNOWN is not important/needed. For now, let's proceed assuming that decorations will be handled by using NOCLIP or (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: CO BrikWars get together
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(...) It looks like Todd puts an X-Real-Life-Name header into the NNTP stream. I expect that OE strips all X-* headers. You might be able to coax it to display it. I'm going to look into setting my newsreader to show it. Thanks for defending me. ;-) (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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| | Re: Stupid question about steam engines
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(...) have (...) Yes, I'm actually a real live minifig and your big huge trains scare me (too many echos). Jon Ps We call Joe Lucas "The Prince of Darkness" over here! (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: O'Reilly book news
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(...) What happened (apparently) is that LEGO now has their cake and eats it too. This makes me sick. I just discovered their page devoted to (quote) "some 'introductory' Books about LEGO MINDSTORMS." There I see two books, Jonathan's O'Reilly and (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dear-lego) !
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| | LDRAW Troubles
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I have LDRAW, downloaded from LDRAW.org, and I keep getting a runtime error 200. I downloade and ran the patch that the site has. Still doesn't work. Any advice? (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Where has all the traffic gone?
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(...) This has given me food for thought (v.dangerous) How about all of us AFOLS fake our own dark ages, much like Lord Lucan etc. fake their own death? Just think of the advantages - That wonderful feeling when you re-discover the joys of Lego, but (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: WTB/WTT: Blue 3x3 corner low-slopes from 3053 Emperor's Stronghold
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Yeah, 3x3 low black corners are pretty darn rare - Twisted Time Train has 2, 6598 has 2, not sure what other sets. But the Dacta roof pack has tons in red. I'll trade red for black if someone wants to give up their black ;-) (...) -- | Tom Stangl, (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: BFC: LITS 2
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(...) I think we're using different meanings here. By 'local clipping', I mean the clip-setting in a subfile disappears when that subfile is finished. It is not carried back up to the superfile, and it is not reinstated if the same subfile is used (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFC: LITS 2
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(...) Oh, good. :) I wasn't sure before, but after posting a follow-up to John today, I figured it out. Now, about those transparent parts with decorations... Steve (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: X10 Wireless Camera
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(...) I wondered about that. Since the camera claims to require 12 volts but the amount of batteries equals 6 volts. I wonder if there is a way to get it to work off of 9 volts. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | FA (eBay) Chrome, Train Doors/Windows, Low/Steep Slopes, etc
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Hello, All. I've just listed my #5561 Model Team Big Foot 4x4 on eBay. Highlights include: -A pair of white train doors -4 white train windows -2 red train windows -Lots of red & white steep slope bricks -Read and white low slope bricks -***Chrome (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | FA (ebay): Bulk TILES!
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I have 5 lots of bulk tiles on ebay, along with some other parts. Links to all the lots are here: (URL) will want to scroll down to the bottom to find the lists of what I have. Highlights include Parts from 14 Mystic Mountain Tim Lab sets (pun (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | WTB/WTTT: 6x24 or 6x28 black train wagon plates, grey train windows
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Did anyone part out a bunch of 2126s? Got any of the 6x24 black wagon plates left? I needed 3, tried to order 2126 from S@H, but they only had ONE left, so I still need 2 more. I have any of the parts from my 1 2126 and other parts listed at (URL) (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: BFC: LITS 2
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(...) Actually, the problem is that their determinant is 0, neither positive nor negative. So the renderer would have to disable BFC processing for any file with this kind of reference. Another problem (that L3P handles in most cases) is that (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: FA (eBay) Chrome, Train Doors/Windows, Low/Steep Slopes, etc
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(...) Oops sorry. That should be... -RED and white low slope bricks I should learn to red my messages before posting them. -Adam 8^D (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: CO BrikWars get together
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meloneg@oclc.org (Gino A. Melone) wrote in <8F0E82D1Fmelonegocl...4.211.95>: Too folow-up (to myself no less). So far we have the following people who've expressed an interest: LegoMasterLuke (aka Drew Lawrence) {Buckeye Lake area?} Gino A. Melone (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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| | Re: BFC: LITS 2
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(...) Yes, it did. But I'm pretty sure that all important topics have been addressed (or re-addressed) since that thread started. (...) Yes, and today it will change to version 10. But version 4 was a big rewrite, where the language changed from (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: My forestmen loss
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(...) Although always washing any Lego elements picked up from boot sales, charity shops etc I've found that the worst cases are those amongst my own collection which have been played with a lot. When I left the dark ages about three years ago I (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Central Ohio BrikWars
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We're planning to have a BrikWars get together 4/15/00 in the Columbus area. We are still working out the details of when and where. So for we have 5-6 attendees and no previous BrikWars experience. If anyone is interested in joning us, let me know (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: Dark Side Developer's Kit at Toy World
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I know; bad form replying to your own post and whatnot. This is a special circumstance: I noticed some factual errors in my previous post. The preview of Toy World 2000 is in Tomart's Action Figure Monthly, not Lee's Action Figure Digest, and it's (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: CO BrikWars get together
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Oh yeah! Does anyone have a digital camera? (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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| | Re: LDRAW Troubles
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(...) I had the same problem when I upgraded to a faster computer. I couldn't solve the problem, but then I thought: "Why should I? I never use LDraw.exe or LEdit anymore." Now I use LDLite exclusively instead. /Tore (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Is James' website finally gone for good?
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(...) Sure. They said they'd be in contact with me as soon as they returned, so I'll bring it up then. -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: BFC checking program (was Re: Some Words To BFC)
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(...) Umm, it's a little more than that, but facing the faces is a very important part. Basically, I meant: 1. All polygons wound correctly 2. All subfile references clean Good point about primitives not being solid. I don't think a renderer (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Horse Progress Report
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(...) Just try not to make a mesh of things. (...) I've taken two or three horses apart. Be a bit careful, to avoid marring the edges where the two halves come together. Steve (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Sito ItLug
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(...) Ok. Provate a caricarlo adesso e ditemi che ne pensate. Modifiche apportate: - Dalla home page potete scegliere se accedere alla versione italiana o inglese, che hanno due menu dedicati. - La maggior parte delle pagine che avevano doppi testi (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: CO BrikWars get together
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(...) A Dragon is a one-piece Flyer (5 CP) who also acts as his own Pilot (6 CP), so he has the following stats: Name: Dragon Skill: 1d6+2 Move: 22" Power: 2 Armor: 1d6+2 Cost: 11 CP One of these days I'm going to have to write better support for (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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| | RE: CO BrikWars get together
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I'm sure I can scrounge one up from somewhere. tif -----Original Message----- From: Gino A. Melone [SMTP:meloneg@oclc.org] Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 5:41 PM To: lugnet.loc.us.oh@lugnet.com Subject: Re: CO BrikWars get together Oh yeah! Does (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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| | Terrain
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What are we using for terrain? tif (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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| | Re: Sito ItLug
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"Mario Ferrari" <mario.ferrari@edis.it> wrote in message news:Fso2MH.6un@lugnet.com... (...) Fantastico, in così poco tempo.... Molto meglio, ora. Se manca qualche foto, io credo di averle tutte. Lunedì posso metterle su un ftp. Ciao. Carlo. (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Where to find the best LEGO $$$
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(...) Aye, I'll bet they're watching me as we type... (...) The BEST place to buy legos in bulk is...(drum roll please)...Garage sales. Yeah, really. You can get some great deals, and get alot for cheap. Just hunt around town, several days a week. (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | RE: CO BrikWars get together
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Are there hospitals? tif (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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| | Subparts for Black Falcon and Wolfpack Patterns ?
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When I fix the bowties in the Black Falcon and Wolfpack shields (this weekend), would it be more sensible to make each pattern a subpart (or two), which could be shared between shields, torsos and flags, scaled appropriately? If I had done this to (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: O'Reilly book news
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(...) If your browser doesn't support JavaScript (Lynx, W3M, etc.) or if you're running a browser that does, but you have it disabled, you won't be able to load the page. But if you still want to view the page, here's the page's actual URL (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: 71184 Bar 4.5L Straight is too short
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(...) I hope the added length doesn't mess up any models... (but I suppose the short version made some of my models look weird on other people's machines :) (...) I'm flattered. Maybe I should attempt a complete part sometime. --Bram Bram Lambrecht (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: CO BrikWars get together
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(...) I don't think there ever was a Cleveland one. I won't be able to go to Columbus, but then again, I'm not so interested in BrikWars either... --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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| | Re: '59 Caddy Hovercar Raytraces
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(...) a (...) No. (...) OK, I'll email the file to you (or if there's enough interest, I'll offer a 1024x768 for download) (...) White works fine too. If you ahve trouble finding 1x1 bricks w/ five studs in white, don't panic. I used gray. --Bram (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: '59 Caddy Hovercar Raytraces
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(...) Thanks! (...) I'd love to see other people take a shot at it! (I wonder if all those pieces exist in pink? It looks fine in white, too, which is the RL color of the model) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: BTTF DeLorean
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(...) I actually have a lump on the bottom from the motor (placed in the same way as on the muscle car I built--see cad.dat.models) (...) cad.dat.models (...) I think you've mentioned this before :) But I'm not great at remembering who said what... (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Estuary Stronghold Pictorial Tour
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"Eric Brok" <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl> wrote in message news:FsnKzF.69z@lugnet.com... (...) over (...) Great stuff! The detail is awesome, I think you've lifted castle-building to a new level , like you did for trains with the dutch-railway station (for (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Jason Moulding and eBay
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(...) Yes. My negative entry was preceded by another recent negative entry of identical situation. (His eBay ID# is jaws73) (...) you'll (...) If you see him, please inquire about our unfinished deal and encourage him to contact me if he has not (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | My Mecha's Head [DAT]
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I got hit by builder's block while working on my mech a while ago. I was very unhappy with the Torso, and I couldn't visualize the legs. After demolishing the torso and staring at the pieces, I decided to try a new tack, and work on the head. After (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.ideas)
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| | Re: CO BrikWars get together
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(...) There sure are, look in chapter seven (7.2.7: Medix). At the bottom of the Medix section is a paragraph about SickBays. For ten points, you can build a SickBay of any size into a building, even the size of the whole building. Build a couple of (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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| | Dat file for my Mecha's Head
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I posted the Dat file for my Mecha's Head in cad.dat.ideas. Please Let me know what you think! :) Here is the post: (URL) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: O'Reilly book news
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Suzanne D. Rich wrote: [snip] (...) Could you please explain further? What is an "associate code" and how does it work? /Eric McC/ (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: O'Reilly book news
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(...) I assume Jonathan (and ORA) went through the same discussions my publisher did with TLG regarding using "Mindstorms" in a book title. Lego had no problem at all with people writing books...in fact I've gotten a lot of encouraging feedback from (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dear-lego) !
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| | Re: O'Reilly book news
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(...) I don't really understand how the associates stuff works: if no one collects the referal fee, doesn't Amazon just keep it as extra profit for themselves? Certainly the authors don't collect a smaller royalty if a referal fee is given? So I (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Another Lego Technic #8680 Arctic Rescue Base
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Here a new auction :-) and direct URL to follow. (URL) Luck! Alessandro. (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Znap
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Hello, The Sunnyvale TRU still doesn't have any Znap. It's in the computer but not on the shelves. Has anyone seen Znap in the Bay Area, and if so where? Thanks, /Eric/ (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Calling ROM from libc
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Hi all. This is just a quick moral question. I noticed that the RCX ROM has a copy memory routine (0x042a). I've modified my memcpy.s to use this: _memcpy: push r0 mov.w r1,r0 add.w r2,r1 pop r2 jmp @ mem_copy .end And added mem_copy=0x042a to (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: My forestmen loss
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Jonathan Reynolds <scorch@tinyworld.co.uk> wrote in message news:Fso1BF.3qs@lugnet.com... (...) charity (...) collection (...) years (...) years (...) bricks (...) the (...) People in general seem to really dislike discolored brick. I don't (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: O'Reilly book news
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(...) I just think it's incredibly ironic, if not a bizarre turn of events. It's surprising to see TLC jumping on the opportunity to take advantage of books written by people in the AFOL community that support it. Maybe they'll give a portion of the (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Value of set 6377
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This past February I acquired, among many sets from the same person, a 6377 Delivery Centre. It was from someone who has sold off his old LEGO Town collection over the internet, and he sold me much of what was left. I paid $30 for the 6377. Mint, (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| | Re: O'Reilly book news
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(...) I suppose after paying $200 for a LEGO set that most people would be unhappy that LEGO got yet more money after buying a book from a third party that filled gaps in their original product. --Sean (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Auctions
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I am preparing to place my first lot of Lego sets in an Auction. Can any one recommend one site over another for placing my items? I have never participated in online auctions. Also, I am looking for a listing of the acronyms...MISB, NMIB, MISP. Any (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: WTB/WTT: Blue 3x3 corner low-slopes from 3053 Emperor's Stronghold
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(...) Sorry, for some reason the DACTA availability just didn't cross my radar screen. D'oh! I got my red ones in sets, so I was going with that value. So I guess I'll just hang on to my low-slopes--but I do have a lot of other things to trade for (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) For .pirates, sure! But not for .space--it makes great plasma screen material. best LFB (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) However, it seems extremely unreasonable in the case of books about a product. In fact, although I'm not a lawyer, this use of trademarks seems 100% within the precedent set for fair use: it's impossible to describe _without_ using the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Not to mention, of course, the whole thing where these books are nothing but beneficial to Lego, and much more beneficial if they actually use their name in the title. (To make another analogy: a book called "How to use Linux" is nice for Red (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hey Eric! I'm flabbergasted, that's great! ^^^...^^^ (wait, is that the right word? Um, I mean positive connotation anyhow). I like it a lot and can't wait to see more. I've already been planning on copying your round-building design for a while and (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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Hello, I was wondering what types/brands of rechargeable batteries people have used and recommend for common use in electronics such as alarm clock, portable radios, etc.. Thanks, John Jeong (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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In lugnet.robotics, David Schilling writes: [...] (...) From what I understand, Amazon makes no profit when a book is 30% off list and then grants a 15% referral fee.[1] The 15% is a maximum. A visitor to their site would need to buy directly (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I hope people don't get too worked up about all of this. I assume TLC decided to put links on their site, then someone had the idea that if they used an associate link, they'd get a little extra income. From their perspective, why not take (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) When I signed my contract with O'Reilly, they indicated that net income on a book was approximately 50% of the cover price, so yes, if they make a profit it's negligible at best in these cases... (...) In my case, the contract was based on net (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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The following announcement was posted to the rec.toys.lego newsgroup earlier this week. Posted here FYI. If you are looking for LEGOS, then you should be shopping at A T O Y F U L W E E K E N D Antique & Collectible Toy Megashow Sunday, May 7, 2000 (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ny)
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(...) I agree with Suzanne -- it looks shoddy and unprofessional. I don't think it's immoral or anything, but it puts them on the same psychological level as some random person with a geocities page full of banner ads. (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics) !
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(...) That's certainly their choice. I just hope they realize it's sending a mixed message. If you don't know how to recognize an Amazon.com associate ID when you see one, it looks as though TLC is finally (yay) supporting these two wonderful books, (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics) !
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(...) Yeah! -- Well said! Here's what was going through my mind (and mouth :) when Suzanne showed me the page[1] earlier today: Suz: "Check this out...you're gonna love this..." (sarcasm) Todd: (seeing page on screen) "Ahh, [expletive deleted] cool (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That sounds like a reasonably good idea. :) Steve -- Reduce, reuse, recycle ... bits (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Y'know, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if if it turns out that the Amazon referrals aren't going to TLC at all, but rather to an employee of whatever web firm they contract out to. (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics) !
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Dan, Bob: (...) The current URL is: (URL) realize that this is probably a little LATE to be of use to you. I also realize that I need a shorter URL! Thanks for your and everybody else's interest in the site. (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) We were wondering that too. It wouldn't surpise me too much if "management" there was oblivious to the fact. I guess if the URL changes anytime soon... (smile) --Todd (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Waaaaah! What cool armor on Jimmy Seifer! What set is it from? I just got into legos at age 29 (never could afford them as a kid), so I haven't seen many of the old sets except on LugNet. Haven't seen that armor type, though. Very cool! Love the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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David M. Jones wrote in message ... (...) I (...) (Championship (...) The Raleigh NC Zany Brainy has 3403 ($14.99), 3408 ($29.99), and 3409 ($49.99)! 3403 has 3 minifigs 3408 has 5 minifigs 3409 has 12 minifigs Frank (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | Is there a problem with Italy?
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I won a Lego auction from a seller in Italy, and i've heard that Italy has the worst Mail System in the world. Advice on sending payment? (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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"Dave Baum" <dbaum@spambgoneenteract.com> wrote in message news:dbaum-FAB69A.18...net.com... (...) Get both books, cheaper, from Varisty Books: (URL) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Ummm, obviously that page isn't visited much by LugNuts. I found it by accident about a month ago after trying to log onto the forums after someone emailed me that they had rendered my compressor in MLCad. The hoops I had to go through to get (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I have sent payment to Italy, for at least six times, to three different sellers, and so far so good. Their shipping fees to US seem to be higher than from other European countries (such as Britain or Germany), though. As usual, use the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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