 | | Re: Interesting Lego bricks, and a question to the historians
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(...) 1949, but I am not exactly sure when the "slotted" bricks ended production. I have a 1957 set #700 (wooden box with contents), and all of the bricks are without the tubes on the bottom, but they also are without the slots on the sides. The (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | [Java] TinyVM for Windows available
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Hello everyone, There's now an edition of TinyVM that runs on Windows, and pressumably other platforms (its tools are pure Java). It was developed by a team led by Dr. Donald Doherty. What they have done is really cool. You can get TinyVM CPE from: (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Need help with Part
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(...) Welcome! Glad to have you around, and the part is the main computer screen from the Beta-1 Command Base, I believe. That was my main viewscreen in most of my childhood space cruisers. Check the set browser on the main LUGNET page and go to (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Dacta in UK???
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(...) No problem, just call Commotion on 01732 773399. They're in Tonbridge, Kent. They'll even send you a free catalogue. Conrad. (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.dacta)
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| | LUGNET membership arrives!!
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I just wanted to take a moment to say that the LUGNET membership kit has arrived at my home (ironically on the same day that I received my Mania Magazine, and no, LEGO did not give proper credit to LUGNET). Thank you Todd & Suzanne for taking the (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Roll Call Time?
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(...) Watch it - Chis Magno holds that castle pieces prove useful for filler between technic beams. Right, Chris? :) And I'll go next... Name: Jeff Elliott Age: 28 Gender: M Height: 6'1", uh, and a half. Yeah, that's it. Weight: 190. used to be (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: Star Wars sculptures at Eaton Center Bay.
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(...) No, the Bay is perrenially understaffed. You have to mug one & spirit them off to the Lego section, basically. BTW, I checked out the sculptures last night: There's a 6'6" (or so) Darth Vader (The cape is fabric, the rest is Lego); a battle (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: Busy Bee goodies
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(...) Or for people who are self-employed or work in jobs where you can do reading/computing type work at home - how much work could you have done in that time - and how much is that worth financially? (even after deducting time to walk or drive to (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: FA : "NEW" 12v 7735 CARGO TRAIN + Track + Tranny
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I also have a 4560 fa: (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Site with piece pictures?
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(...) A instruction scan can also so be a good idea - if it can be seen clearly! Scott A (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Price Guide
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(...) Well, there are at least semi-professional resellers. At least two of the people I used to buy lots of LEGO bits from off eBay were not really collectors. They were stay at home moms. They did have some interest in LEGO for their children, but (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Coming Soon ... Brickbay.com (Replacement for Bricks)
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(...) I think it's debateable that SC is better than eBay, especially WAY better. And I think there's more to eBay's success than simply 'first mover' advantage. Steve (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Site with piece pictures?
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(...) Hmm. You mean the piece, introduced with the Stingray/Aquazone sets, that's the cockpit bottom, holding the 6x6 dome as the canopy? That element is definitely not listed at Partsref. It's possible someone already has an online image of this (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Which set to buy?
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I've bought a number of copies of several of the larger sets: 3551, 3552, 3571, 3591 as well as dozens of the smaller ones. I haven't done a part analysis, but it seems like I get proportionally more straight beams in the larger sets. I'd recommend (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: Premi e pedane
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"Guido Truffelli" <guy@aga.it> ha scritto nel messaggio news:Fuqwq9.BAD@lugnet.com... (...) Io porto i pezzi di un robot (o forse un robot intero se ho tempo per metterlo insieme) e la pedana... ;-) La pedana non costa poco, ma non è una cifra per (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: non tutti i matti sono qui da noi ...
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(...) I pezzi più belli sono sicuramente le bottiglie :-)))...))) Ciao Ernesto (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Upadated part 4444p01
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(...) Mark -- nice work, but both 4444p01.dat and 4444p02.dat were updated, in exactly the way you've done, in parts update 99-05. Steve (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Secondary-colored Classic Spacemen?
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(...) I used two images (check out hand positions to see the difference): the red and blue mini-figs from Fibblesnork images...good call! My friend Pete is sitting next to me now and saying the same thing about how I should've scanned them (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: A new scan for 371 (doubting on fake or real)
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Maybe I'm missing something really basic here, but I'm certain that the 2x2 "L" shaped plates used in the fender assembly shown in step one were not even available until the late 80's. The 1x3 plates were also not available in this era, and were (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Do you think there will be a soccer truck?
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I was looking at the May Mania Mag last night and the schedule for the soccer tour with the green tractor trailer. And it got me wondering if they'll make a special green truck set like they did with the yellow truck for the traveling truck show (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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