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"Maelstrom Technologies... The cutting edge in obsolete technology." Proud sponsor of "THE OFFWORLDER BRIGADES" (mercenaries and competitve rates) (URL) recently had the opportunity to visit my family home and retrieve a box full of my Old space (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Official Lego storage
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A few days ago I unearthed some official Lego storage trays at my parent's house (currently used for pens, sellotape etc). I would like to know their origins and as I have not found any reference on LUGNET, could someone possibly enlighten me? (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | HALF PRICE AT BIG W
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HEy every1.....last night I bought some of those tiny sets from Big W at Erina on the Central Coast...dont know the numbers...but they're called Lego Impulse.....normally around $3.45....when I took them through the checkout....they charged me $1.88 (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: MF Owners (more info)
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(...) Ahhh...That's good information to have. Thanks! Toki (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Millennium Falcon Opinion
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(...) True, but I know that when I was a kid, I could distinguish color much better than piece type. For example, I could distinguish red 2x4's from blue 2x4's easier than I could blue 2x4's from blue 2x3's. I looked for color before piece type. So, (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Southport - probably can't make it
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(...) I can make it on the Saturday but not sure how involved I can be - I'll have the family in tow. Is there a 9v circuit being built? If so, I'll bring my tilting train to boost the ranks for a couple of hours. It might even stay on the track if (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Busy Bee goodies
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(...) shows, 'learn a language' CDs, phone calls (hands and brains free), eating burgers (it can be done), typing (not recomended because the daylight reflects off the laptop screen), freely breaking wind and of course, picking ones nose. You also (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | What are these worth please ?
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Could I have a guide price for the following sets all of which are complete with plans and box..... Technics 8868 Pneumatic Truck 8094 Control Centre 8865 Car 8860 Car Castle 6090 6077 6076 6075 6264 Train 6990 (no plans, wheel bogies missing, one (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| | Re: Spirograph Formulas??
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I had better luck using felt tip markers and butcher paper that was masking taped to the floor. You dont need to apply near as much preasure as you do with chalk. b ---...--- (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | [kinda OT] Using other processors (6809)
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A friend told me he has a development system for the motorola 6809 and he could give it to me. I guess this would be good, I would be able to make my custom boards. But, how does the 6809 compare to the 6811 or other microcontrollers (Basic Stamp, (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Millennium Falcon Opinion
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(...) While putting togrther my falcon I noticed a pattern with the different colored pieces. Example: All 1x3 plates were brown All 1x8 tiles were gray All 1x2 grill tiles were blue All 1x4 tiles were dark gray All 2x4 bricks were red All 3x3 (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | help needed repairing axles [not technic]
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I've got a few axle sets here for the detatchable wheels like cartwheels, and the two halves of the pin have been forced together, so that the wheel just slides on and off, without gripping and holding on. Does anyone know how to 'reset' the pin so (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Spirograph Formulas??
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Funny, I went to google right after I posted and found those same sites. Cool, aren't they? No pics of the result of the robo-graph, but soon. I have to redesign the chalk holder assembly first. Did you ever notice that the minute you add a non (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Southport - probably can't make it
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I will definitely be setting up my 12v and 4.5v trains if anyone can bring track or rolling stock please do so as they will be lonely on their own. :-( Michael Pratt (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Center for Creative Studies, anyone?
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Just thought I'd repost this in case people missed it. If nobody else here goes there, I'm gonna be awfully lonely sitting in a big pile of Legos.:) Ah, well. I guess I'll stop pestering you Detroiters (Detroitians?) now, at least until I move (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.det)
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| | Re: 3225 Classic Train engine
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(...) Hello Ryan. The 3225 Locomotive has generated a lot of derision on LUGNET but I actually like it partly beause it is Lego's only recent attempt at a steam engine. I think it is supposed to represent a typical European shunter (US=Switcher) (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | How about another general NELUG meeting...
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Just wondering if there was interest for another general NELUG meeting. We havn't had one for a while because we have had a lot of themed meetings lately. I should be around for the next couple of weeks anyway. I would suggest either BU or Bison (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: Spirograph Formulas??
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I wrote a director program once to graph those equations and made it into a shockwave movie. Ill see if i can't dig it up. b ---...--- (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: A new scan for 371 (doubting on fake or real)
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(...) era (...) Hi Jason, I'm just a half expert on old sets, since I'm too young for those really old sets out of the 60ies, and I live in Europe, so I have kno knowledge on Samsonite era. But as far as I know I have never seen a red 6x1x1 brick (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | making your own handyboard.
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Hi. I'd like to make my own handyboard if I can find all the parts in my city. But I have a problem with making the PCB... I have a friend who has a plotter and could draw it, but the layout files are GIFs and he uses Autocad (old computer, old (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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