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(...) Thanks!!! I appreciate it, and I will. -Shiri (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.general)
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yes, a variance of 1 kHz in the carrier frequency makes no difference at all to these sensors. f. In your message you said: (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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well, until he becomes Gandalf the White, that is ;) but that's just nitpicking .... -s (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Page 44, Grafton three book edition of The Lord Of The Rings (Part one); "An old man was driving it all alone. He wore a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak anf a silver scarf. He had a long white beard and bushy eyebrowss that stuck out (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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Hi all, Are any LUGNuts going to GenCon? Want to get together for a lunch or something? My schedule this year is pretty flexible. Chris (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Light/sound with PIRATES? That sounds kind of dumb. Come on, TLC!! (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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Eric, (...) Oh, you know it as well, huh? I kick myself everyday for not buying those wondererful 5.00 Futuron minifig packs when they were out, so I can have a force for my ADF. Sigh..... Did you ever wish you had a few hundreds, went into a time (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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Ecco come stanno le cose: The shipping cost for the 3-589S Droid Dev. 2-pack to Italy is $65.00. This does not include the local duties and taxes you must pay to your government at the time of delivery. Those charges are separate and we can not (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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Hey, Sam, welcome to the world of half-crazy Lego builders. We're all half-crazy; it comes with the territory: that of spending long hours staring at legos until finally, around 2 AM, a brilliant idea comes to you. ;-) (...) Hear, Hear. Every week I (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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Man... If I could go back, I would scoop up every Black Night set I encountered. Think of all the armor... That's why if I ever see clearanced Lego now, regardless of theme, I pick it up. You never know what your going to be longing for in a few (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I started that rumour :) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) 99$+65$+chissàquant'altro ... ... ancora qualche addizione e conviene comprarne due da Marco sperando in uno sconticino comitiva 8-)))))))) CiaoCiaoSergio (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | WAMALUG/WAMALTC show in Chantilly Va July 15th-16th
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...Ok, so its short notice, but we are doing the Greenberg Toy and Train show this weekend (July 15th-16th) in Chantilly Va at the Capital Expo Center (directions and more info at (URL) will have our largest display yet at 32'x13' with over 330' of (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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Deidre Rushton Brumby <drb@tasmail.com> wrote in message news:Fxn09H.5qB@lugnet.com... (...) [snip very long but thoroughly enjoyable rant] I've read the original thread, and the replies to it as well, but has anyone ever tried introducing their (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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What is even more mysterious is that Ben's reply appears as the starting thread when yours should be!! What is going on?? :o) And I've had one of those pieces come off too, from one of the 40xx boat series. Small ship with cargo containers, maybe (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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Kerry Raymond <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in message news:FxoF3s.1A7@lugnet.com... (...) models (...) They are quite rare. I think one came in blue or white in a bi-level parking garage, quite a large set. Also, you should be aware that they do not (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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| | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand
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(...) I disagree, Bradley. The Pink, Magenta, Lavender, etc., if used properly, can look very good. At the very least, they work with white. Eric Kingsley's Main Street is a good example of how to use pink with other colors. Also, I love the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: This will get someone upset...
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(...) As an example, section five of the Discussion Group Terms and Conditions states that you won't post defamatory or profane (among other things) messages. If you look at the snippets from your note above, you may find three breaches of this (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Planes & Requirements for a generic download-tool
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(...) We can always either: a. Enable directory listings for the appropriate directories. b. Supply a parts.dir file, containing the directory listing. BTW, unless something radical changes with the current situation, FTP is the wrong way to go for (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Revamping of the NELUG mailing list.
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I mentioned this briefly at the meeting but as many of you know I would like to revamp the mailing list to make it more meaningful. As some of you know I felt I had to create a smaller mailing list to discuss issues that have come up lately. This is (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: Lego Clubs in Australia/New Zealand
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Jamie, Though there is nothing official between LA and any clubs yet, there has been considerable talk on here about various club fromations. To date the suggestions are for the following: LegOz - a national club - though this is still in the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | Re: HELP!
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(...) Frank's Blacktron stuff... (URL) his pirate creations... (URL) inn: (finished state) (URL) process) (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: rehashing potential spoilers (was: Re: Harry Potter Lego Line)
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(...) back (...) just writing (...) This is the stance that I have always seen her express -- since early on in the popularity of the series. I think that she either mis-expressed herself, or she was misunderstood, in the interview in which they (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: ddk
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(...) molto messo Robostore Marco :-) e' ma molto dirlo, daccordo Non probabilmente con si volevo e' Questo tipo di codifica serve per non far capire quello che ho scritto a Marco :-))) Scherzo e'. Dovete AMARE GRAMAN per capire, e se non lo amate (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line)
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(...) Hunh? (...) Oh, you just mean that you like the game boy game, right? Have you seen the show? Is the game just the same? For what age group do you think that Pokemon is appropriate? Chris (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: ddk
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(...) Mumble ... vuoi dire ??? 8-)))))))) Dici che ci stiamo mettendo nelle mani del boia ??? (...) Ah beh ... pen sa che h anno pu rete m po d ape rd ere per cerc are qu al che i tal oa u strali ano ch e gli tra duca i me s saggi .... !!! (...) E (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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I'm also interested in going to the LEGO truck either at the game or TRU. Any idea what tickets to the game cost? I'm not a great soccer fan, but it might be fun to go to. And actually the tickets to the game might be cheaper than going to TRU (but (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
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(...) Io del modello A cambierei la scritta itlug da gialla ad arancione. Gli altri modelli pero' li lascierei uguali. (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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(...) Well I have some Star Wars and a tiny bit of Space stuff on my site. You might also check out my Castle section as many of those buildings fit well in a more modern town. (URL) also have a modern town that I am working on and I currently have (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: ddk
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(...) Devi AMARE GRAMAN se vuoi tradurre, adesso non basta piu' spezzare le parole. Et voila' sempre piu' difficile :-))) (...) Guardiamo se hanno tempo di AMARE GRAMAN :-) (...) Potrei anche costruirmelo, il basic stamp e il microcontroller ce (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | FA: eBay auctions ending today
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Lego 6572 Extreme Team Wind Runners $2.50 NO BIDS (URL) 6589 Extreme Radical Racer MISB w/Bonus $2 NO BIDS (URL) Technic 8480 Space Shuttle MISB VISA/MC (URL) 6499 Time Tunnelator - MISB w/Bonus (URL) #6180 Aquanauts Search Sub (DUTCH) (only one (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: ddk
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(...) Hoccapito .... guarda che sono stato abbonato per anni alla settimana enigmistica ... 8-))))) (...) Bisogna anche vedere se GRAMAN si fa amare da tutta questa gente ...... 8-))))) (...) I servi li puoi comprare da Marco per aumentare lo sconto (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Lego Clubs in Australia/New Zealand
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In lugnet.loc.au, Jamie Obrien writes: Yep, another late nighter, I'm back to being a uni student now, so I HAVE to be up late just so i can tell everyone about how little sleep I get ;-) (...) Isn't getting them onto Lugnet enough to show that (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) wouldn't that be an air force of? (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | FA: Discontinued and other sets Update July 14 2000
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This is an Auction by Lutz Uhlmann, ending in August. I don't like the idea of letting someone else (ebay,...) auction my stuff, so I do myself. I have run some auctions in 1997 and 1998, perhaps someone remembers. All items are unopened in original (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Southern California - have they even spread to the rest of the country yet? They are pretty much down to the dregs (Fright Knights are the last ones left at every station I've gone to). Bruce (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: How Lego Direct could Make Jar-Jar an Orc
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(...) Thanks James! I guess the animators liked the blue hat notion because they gave him a blue cloak in the 1979 movie... which the board game was based on... The board game is fun... the colorful orcs are black, red, brown and yellow all at once. (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) 1. Bill doesn't design games (though Microsoft markets some). 2. Extremely high prices will kill sales unless you have built up some kind of reputation. 3. If it's a "stupid" game, chances are it won't sell. 4. Few people love Bill. 5. (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) They (...) You are absolutely correct! One checker at Target simply said, "I love Lego. I use to play with it all the time when I was a kid." I pointed out that it was on heavy discount (at the time) and that she had a job and that it is okay (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: ddk
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(...) Vuoi dire che: Non volevo dirlo, ma molto probabilmente Marco si è messo d'accordo con Robostore :-) ...però mi restano un "molto" ed un "è" :-) Ciao Giulio (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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(...) Mi dispiace deludere entrambi mà il modello più bello è questo: http//brickshelf.com...cgi?i=8532 GIUDITTA :-)))...))) Ciao Ernesto (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Building the A10 Thunderbolt "Warthog"
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(...) though. (...) I am assuming that by 'low-sloped canopy' you mean the canopy that can be found on the X-Wing? The biggest problem with that is: A) The friction-attachment pieces on the back of the X-Wing's canopy B) The little midget-bumps that (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: ddk
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(...) Ops, il cut & paste. Era per renderlo piu' codificato ;-) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: ddk
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(...) Pero' che coltivatura :-))) (...) Ma lo stiquito mi sembra alquanto deboluccio, vuoi mettere il bug che voglio comprare io con lo stiquito. Non c'e' storia, facciamo a gara ? :-) Lo stiquito come lo programmi per farlo camminare, con una botta (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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(...) When and where? SteveC (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: How Lego Direct could Make Jar-Jar an Orc
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(...) I'm using my spares to make Jar Jar torture scenes... ;) hehe, I've got enough of them to make a complete set... The Jar Jar Inquisition... <G> -Bryan (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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| | 2001 themes
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We all want to know what will come out in 2001. We know there will be a Harry Potter theme and maybe Pirates. (Some other messages go into more detail on that)But I like to speculate on what may come out, even though there's no proof. One of my (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: This will get someone upset...
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(...) Yeah, seems like a fairly simple case of a personal dislike, motivated by I don't know what, but not really important to me. I use the web interface now as well, but if I ever switch back to a news reader I'll have my sig pre-defined for every (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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(...) I bet the fire coverage for our layout would be about the best of any LEGO train/town layout :-). As far as the tables go I think we could knock out 6 tables on the PNLTC model in an afternoon easy. They have plans for their tables on their (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: My Goal for Before I Leave
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(...) I'm afraid I don't build really amazing pirate ships. Since they are primarily for gaming, they tend to be kept on a scale reasonably even with the stock ships. I clean up designs, change color schemes, stretch the odd ship into a bigger one, (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Building the A10 Thunderbolt "Warthog"
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(...) Some people unkindly say I'm not that bright, but... I'm sort of missing why this is in ***off-topic***.debate??? ++Lar Assistant Chief exorcizer (after Frank) of incorrectly set followups and general Lugnet nuisance extraordinare... (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | FA(eBay): auctions ending Saturday - Bricks, Castle, Shapes, Slopes, Space, Technic, Town, Trains
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Auctions ending on Saturday 15 Jul 2000 ---...--- 8 multi-piece palm trees (URL) 200 light grey 1x1 round bricks (URL) 44 dark grey tiles (URL) 70 blue 2x2 round bricks (URL) 34 dark grey 4x4 round bricks (URL) 6710 Blacktron space landing plates (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Funtech Summer Holiday Computer Courses
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Had a leaflet through the door today advertising the above. Targetted at kids. What was interesting is that it featured a large photo of a 'computer controlled car test bed' that was part of a Lego/Dacta robotics course. The model looked real (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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(...) Actually, in that vein, I was thinking about something: The best train layouts I've seen have *action* occuring in them, not just trains running around. With the absolutely beautiful engines available to us, why not have a fire going on? I'm (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Updating the FAQ page on the NELUG homepage.
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I will be taking down the current FAQ page on the NELUG homepage very soon so that we can rewrite it. I would even suggest that we have 2 pages. One would be the FAQ page and the other would be a simple "Membership" page similar to the PNLTC members (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: OK then I'll try again... more MOCS
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(...) Ah, that is why the 1x1 cylinders are there, huh? I was wondering what they were for. If backwards is a problem the thing that pops to mind is, does the rounded technic beam need to pivot? If not maybe it could be locked down in two places? I (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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(...) It gets less embarrasing as the years go on. I am 47 and not embarrased at all. In fact, I am quite proud to point it out to people. Though they are usually surprised that someone my age 'plays with toys'. Obviously shopping isnt a problem, (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Tente?
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"Huw Millington" <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:FxoFDI.28C@lugnet.com... (...) Not too interested in space or 'wild' vehicles... More interested in architectural / ships / 'normal' road vehicles. Will happily take one of each set you (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: FOTL
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Hmmm I'll have to remember that :) easier than digging in all the bags to see what parts are in the new sets : ) So far I haven't had much time to build the sets, though the 6034 and 6042 are complete. I've gotten the ship done from the 6277, it is (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: LUGNET T-Shirts
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"Huw Millington" <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:FxotEB.FGx@lugnet.com... (...) dish (...) Put me down for one (or more) please :-) Thanx, Jon (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Brickbay.com shop-opening approval
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About how long does it usually take to get approval to open a shop on BrickBay? I registered today and I can't wait to get started building an inventory. Thanks in advance. -Adam 8^l (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Sussex Minifest 19 August
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"Huw Millington" <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:FxoFBL.235@lugnet.com... (...) OK. If you insist ;-) Jon. (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line)
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(...) I discovered that I actually like Pokemon. Anyone hear an echo? :-, (...) It started from that, yes. Barbara and I have also recently started buying into some of the cooler miniatures; I currently have Cubone sitting Shiva on my computer (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Bowlin' Fer Souls
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(...) Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Something I didn't know about LEGO...
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"Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote: <chop> (...) ...Just be warned about toddlers and lego (not swallowing, but worse!!) My daughter is almost 3 and loves to 'play lego with daddy' (she abandoned Duplo as soon as she saw daddy's toys:-)... (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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Part of growing up is learning how to march to the beat of your own drum. If you realize that there is actually noting at all wrong with you purchasing LEGO (with or without your mom), you should have no problem. If you find yourself worrying about (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand
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(...) district, building in a Deco/Mediterranean style makes pink a very useful color, as well as teal, orange, light blue, etc. Check out the neat Miami Beach Deco website (I love the wavy lettering): (URL) Istok (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line)
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(...) Make that 7, (either that or my son and the rest of his classmates are, on average, brighter than average, which is entirely possible, given where we live.) because that's when Nik started hugely enjoying the GB game. The card game is playable (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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(...) Ahh, now this got my heart a-pumpin'!! While talking with Joe at the last meeting, I had been describing my woes about how I have motors and wires and enough stuff to make some very hip motorized devices, but never any inspiration. Well, here (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: New stuff at Legoland Kidvention
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(...) ...Now _this_ is good evidence that they are starting to try to market to AFOLs. This kind of huge set with lots of parts and details is what will appeal to lots of us, and going LD exclusive is more evidence, since lots of us know and use it. (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: ddk
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(...) Certo che facciamo a gara .... il mio costa 30 $ .... e il tuo ????? 8^) (...) Guarda che al di la della tecnologia per realizzare i movimenti, un motore e' sempre un motore !!!!! CiaoCiaoSergio (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: ddk
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(...) E io che volevo risparmiargli la figuraccia .... 8-)))) CiaoCiaoSergio (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line)
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(...) Heh Atop my monitor: Gengar, Sandslash, and Lickitongue (who I joke looks as if he wants to grace the cover of the next Rolling Stones album). I'm hoping to win a bid on a Marril ("Pikablu") figure on Ebay at some point. :^) My gripe about the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: LUGNET T-Shirts
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I'm not going to be able to make it to any of these fests due to lack of car, but I would like to join in the t-shirt consortium. I presume we're not going to all be restricted to one design, otherwise it could get like a very strange Reservoir (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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(...) ...Our first show had about 12 40"x40" tables. It really isn't hard to cover that much table space with train, track, and assorted models. You guys will love it :-) (...) ...I also recommend green stain (should be available from any home depot (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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(...) Wow! Excellent ideas! I have to admit, I was pretty much just thinking of a static setup for the burning building, sort of "implied" action- but this is light-years better! And the fiberoptic addition is a stellar idea. With moving (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Whew! (...) The cartoon basically simulates cockfighting, which is an image that I would prefer not to idealize for the kids. Chris (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Next NALUG meet attendees so far
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Looks like we have the following able to come at 7PM on Sunday July 23 for the third NALUG meeting. Michel Magnan Chris Gray (host) John Koob James Brown Joel McKale need to confirm with him by phone (home 479-0463, cell 909-6816) Lara (aka Raven) (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | Re: Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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(...) ...Lots of tricks like that are fun to include in a display :-) in our first layout, we had protestors at city hall carrying signs and all, compleat with police escorts, and a truck wildly out of control about to plow into them... Then there (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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I'm looking for little projects to do in Macromedia Director 8 to get my skills up. Soon I'm going to be responsible for programming projects from start to finish as opposed to assisting the senior programmer... cos he's been sacked. So, I need a (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Paradisa Castle
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(...) Paradoxa; or Paradonna (allusion to either Madonna or Primadonna) Just random thoughts... (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line)
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(...) The reason for different mosters in different version is pretty simple- you're supposed to buy one and trade (via the Link Cable) with other players. Pokemon was Nintendo's answer to the Tamagotchi trend. The advantage that Pokemon had was (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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(...) store). We (...) stain it catches (...) field of green (...) I was wondering why you guys at WAMALUG used stain instead of paint. Personally I like the clean look of paint vs. the wood grain look of the stain. Since I don't have tables built (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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(...) I know all about the fear of being ridiculed at the checkout counter. I went through that in the 1980's. I didn't make eye contact with people, etc. I think sometimes we are our own worst enemies though. Now, however, I don't care what people (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) to (...) knowedgeable (...) I shoulda asked first - doh! My bad. I've got relatives out there, so I still have connections that can get the stuff we need from there in a pinch until I return again. (...) Mostly the drive - not enough (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ny.syr)
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Kevin, (...) purchases, (...) theirs. (...) make (...) your (...) Funny how with one sentence you say you should not worry about what other people think about purchases, and then in the next sentence, you are worried about other people's purchases. (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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(...) I found a UFO set w/ fiber optics, but it's pretty near impossible to see what color we're talking about here: (URL) of the spaceport ones did too, but I still can't figure it out: (URL) any case, that would be great if they are orange. I (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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(...) (URL) think it's either red or orange. In a way, red would be better... (...) Hey, I was just throwing out ideas. Don't feel like you took anything away from me. Your idea sounds incredible, and I'd love to see it in action. (...) Heh. eric (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Well, you're right. However I will say that I wish we hadn't gotten our Durango, it's a gashog, and I'd rather have spent the extra gas money on something else. Getting Josette to drive the Stratus (which get 35 mpg driven correctly) is a (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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Who cares, he's rich!!! If you have a few billion dollars, you can buy a couple hundred dollars worth of legos, give the cashier a few thousand in cash, tell them to keep the change, and will thay say anything: I don't think so!!! NICK ;^) (If you (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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(...) ...Well, there is something to be said for 'toyish' :-) The stain seems to hide when we don't have baseplates better tho (which is rapidly becoming a non-problem :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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(...) To make this really spooky, use magnets. The GMLTC has an ore carrier that runs with magnetic power, the LEGO magnets are powerful enough to work through 2 layers (one plate, one tile) and there is a mechanism below them that moves around, the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | looking for 8205, 8216, 8840 manuals
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Howdy I had such luck finding spare manuals for some Star Wars sets that I figured I'd try over here on some Technic manuals. I picked up a big fat eBay pkg of tons of sets & there were a few Technic sets w/out manuals. I'm looking for: 8205 Bungee (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Cylinder fighter [DAT]
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no colors yet... lmkwuthink (URL) for you mac users :) 0 Untitled 0 Name: CYL_FIGHTER_ION.dat 0 Author: MLCad 0 Unofficial Model 1 33 -5 8 -42 0 0 -1 -1 0 0 0 1 0 6259.DAT 1 0 32 9 58 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 -1 0 6259.DAT 1 0 -47 9 59 0 0 1 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Soccer buses inconsitencies
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(...) Then, of course, the America's bus' players don't even match the U.S. National Team in color, at least the Men's team. The Men's home kits (uniforms) are a red shirt with black shorts. I'm not sure what they wear on the road, I'll find out (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Anybody out there?
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(...) That's got to be handy....lol...I wish there was a place like Construction site around here (hmmm....as I ponder the business possibilities = ) (...) AHHH....priorities.....l...bricks before brews = ) (tough choice although stout wins out, on (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ny.syr)
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