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(...) I think it's clear fiber but the light coming out is red. Clever mounting can feed that light into the end of a trans orange flame for a great effect Also, consider this trick: Mount a standard LEGO light behind a pulley wheel or gear wheel or (...) (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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(...) Thinking about this ... I bet it's the fact that you go there with your mother that sets the context for them to make the comments. Having mom there casts you in the role of "kid" ... and some people always feel a little dismissive of "kids." (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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Well, I must admit that I was baffled when I heard that TLG picked up the Harry Potter lisence. I looked it up on here a was enlighted to the story, I might go pick up the first book now, it sounds interesting! Wizards, castles, ect... However, my (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bumper site needed
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Was it this one: (URL) MIME ATTACHMENTS DISCARDED: 1. Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Length: 568 (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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(...) Arrr, yeah, that's what I meant. :D (...) Hmm. Something on the box indicated to me that the fiber was scored or "broken" somehow such that light flashed out of the fiber at even intervals down the fiber (note here that I do know how fiber (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand
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(...) The comparison here is a little skewed, in that you're lining up Lego's largest basic tub against a specific MegaBloks building set. Conversely, one could compare MegaBloks' 1500 brick tub for $20 with Lego's UCS sets for $150; obviously the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) wouldn't (...) I'd like to hear more about the idea of true costs. What would be included in the true costs of automobile ownership? The cost of maintaining roads? The cost of pollution? -- Jeff <jthompson@esker.com> "Float on a river, forever (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Soccer Player
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(...) It's in the LEGO soccer bus that is touring the MLS cities (which means I don't get to see it being in Washington). It will be in your area two weeks from tomorrow for the MLS All-Star game. P.S. Crew suck, go Rapids! 8-) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
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| | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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My biggest problem as a teen is buying my friend's sets. They think they're getting a good deal, when I would pay twice as much on ebay. I usually just tell them the truth, and though I see these people every day, I get suprisingly little flak from (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: How Anyone could Make Jar-Jar an Orc, or something else
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(...) Sheild, (...) very (...) Actually, I've been planning on using a Jar-Jar head to help me represent a Lizard-man type character. This comes from my plans to put my rpg group's TORG adventures online in Minifig form. Two of the characters are (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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(...) [rubbing hands together gleefully] ooh, I like this idea - I have dozens of magnets, and hadn't even thought of this <g> I'm glad you mentioned that the fiber optic cables are clear, too ... I actually have the Space Shuttle Set and was (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: Building the A10 Thunderbolt "Warthog"
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Because of the earlier discussion about the original aircraft, the A-10, not the Lego version. (We were discussing the USAF's policy of camoflauge.) ~Drew "Luke" Lawrence (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line)
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(...) with (...) Well...The 64 game is just the fighting aspects, with none of the (admittedly limited) RPG elements from the Game Boy version. It does let you use your GB pokemon in the 64 environment, which is cool, and offers a better GUI for (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Shako Problem
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As my imperial horde slowly expands, I am facing the Shako Problem. The imcreasing rarity of the shako leaves many of my minions hatless. I have not once seen a shako sold independently of a soldier, and so it is near on impossible to complete a (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Gen Con?
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(...) Dunno. Saturday at noon? Let's see, there's: Toys (Chinese), the thai place on the same block, Major Goolsbys on the corner, Wendy's (down the sky way), a Chicago style pizza place in the mall, Athens Cafe was bulldozed for the new building, (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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(...) I did. I can clearly remember buying a pair of Lego sets (it was two Castle minifig packs, with three Black Falcons and three Crusaders [?]) when I was in Junior High and telling the cashier they were a present for a nephew. I don't have a (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | R: Brickbay.com shop-opening approval
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Less than one day Ezio Adam Hoekwater <ahoekwat@nd.edu> wrote in message Fxp2y5.CxD@lugnet.com... (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Pokemon (was: Harry Potter Lego Line)
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(...) One of the things that has kept me from buying Pokemon Stadium is that it seems heavily geared towards people who own a Game Boy and the Pokemon game for GB- the "rental" Pokemon in Stadium are always described as "inferior" to Pokemon you (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: non-pre-fab hulls
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(...) I have had good luck with inverse med. slopes, large plates, and long beams. I used these in the longship at my models page: www.cyberis.net/~tco...models.htm Timbo (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) He did state using a SUV as a "commuter" was stupid. I'd tend to agree. Of course I drive an hour to work, so 15 MPG won't work for me 'cause I don't get paid that much. Also I want to blame those types of vehicles for why our gas prices have (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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