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(...) Hebrew. (Maybe Shiri can confirm this?) That's interesting because I never quite realised that they made Israel-only packaging. best Lindsay (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Dwindling inventory marked down by 50% at Brickbay
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(...) I wish I'd been able to get my site up and running, but I can't do the trickle-in parts sales--it had to be eBay for me this time around. However, once I"m back...muhaha etc. (...) Interesting--lately they've only been pulling in $90. A (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: GPSP -- $22.45
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(...) Gungan Sub's RRP is about $135. TRU usually has it for a bit less, KMart regularly has it (and the Mos Espa Podrace) for 50% of RRP (if you can still find one there). James found the Sub at Target for $37.45, which is unbelievably good value (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | Re: Autonomous Robot
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I've done that exactly that. It was almost finished about one year ago. I used a CyberMaster. I lost all the sources when the partitions in my hard disk gone kaput. I'm almost certain I've made a backup in a diskette, but it seems to have gone also, (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.sports for Football/Soccer
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(...) Yes. (...) Yup, it's soccer. Football possibly refers to Rugby in some parts of Aus, but generally football refers to AFL which is a different game altogether. (...) Yes, but I don't think Lego Australia think for themselves in matters such as (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | New items on Yahoo
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Next to the BIG e-bay, there is the much smaller Yahoo auctions site. I will be putting there some interesting older sets (including the rare Holiday Villa 6374 and some castle sets) over the next days. You cannot pick out of 3000 items, just 250, (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: set number 1181 - Space hovercraft...
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(...) You could be right, it looks like Hebrew, but it's not the packaging. It is a picture from a Lego Catalog. Selçuk (26 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: does anyone actually play this?...
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(...) Yes, it's great fun. One field becomes a bit too easy once you are used to it, 2 fields offer lots of possibilities including a "proper" 11 players per team setup, there has been some discussion of this over in loc.au. My 11 a side setup based (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.sports for Football/Soccer
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(...) Expanding on this point: In Australia "round ball football" is called Soccer universally. It is very popular with schoolkids and there is a national competition (see (URL) ). There are three other codes of football that have a major following (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: set number 1181 - Space hovercraft...
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(...) It was not in the annual 1999 Catalog in Australia but was one of a bunch of "impulse" sets that are added to the regular range each year. I think it is still fairly common here. Deidre drb@tasmail.com (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: DAT: Technic Liftarm 3 x 5 L-shaped
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(...) it aint from the 8448, thats for sure, if it was then it would have been on the list of "parts from 8448 not yet available" that steve bliss posted a while ago now for one thing. (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New newsgroup lugnet.sports for Football/Soccer
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In lugnet.football, David Low writes: <some really good descriptions of different Aust. football codes snipped> Nicely explained, thankyou! I was hoping someone would explain it in more detail, I am really out of my depth with anything other than (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: PS Enterprise
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"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:39892EAA.BF50F2...msu.edu... (...) As far as I'm aware, that wasn't a problem, as steam ships were pretty damn thin on the ground back then. Coal was used for heating and furnaces, (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Lego reacts on pirated pictures in Theme Gallery
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In reply to an e-mail which I sent to the Lego Company, concerning the picture piracy in the www.lego.com Theme Gallery, I just recieved this from someone there: ***...*** Datum: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 11:36:22 +0200 Von: Consumer Service Help - LEGO (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Help wanted with old UK catalogue [long and contains most text/in fo from it.]
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"Whytcross, Benjamin" <BWhytcro@pacificaccess.com.au> wrote in message news:1D0812CAE3E7D21...ccess.com. au... I'm looking for some information on a catalogue I acquired yesterday in a bunch of mixed parts from the 50's (?) to possibly the 80's. (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My first Mech
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(...) need (...) I love your missile launchers, at least that is what I think they are...:-) It is hard to tell with everything in black pieces. Where does your pilot sit? TTYL Jude M minus 7 (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: set number 1181 - Space hovercraft...
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(...) yes, it is hebrew (I'm the one who scanned it :), and yes, it's a catalog picture. I'm not sure if I ever saw hebrew printed on a box before, but I'm not sure - I barely ever bought lego in .il... Dan (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: New train MOCs
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(...) the (...) even (...) size (...) There is an upper limit on length somewhere in the 80-100 foot range, and there is an upper limit on height as well. Of course width is the most tighly constrained. HiCubes (what the B&O boxcar Paul is referring (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Problem (was Re: Velux promotional set (1854) buying)
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It seems the people at Velux are very eager, as the email fragment below shows. Before I discovered the cash problems I was trying to get hold of three, and although I was trying to organise the mass purchase due to the cost of the exchange they've (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Robots In my mind - Robots with the power of learning
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My 1st step to make robots with artificial intelligence giving them the power of learning and experience as a human by Dr. G.I.Patel Dear Friends I Hope all of you in this community Help each other as no single brain can have a solution to make a (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | R: R: lego bulk
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Axeman <arrarraamici@tin.it> wrote in message 3988A48B.FCC05384@tin.it... (...) a (...) sono (...) giocavo a (...) Sei veramente di un crudele unico,per caso tra i tuoi modelli ci sono anche le macchine delle torture?????? Ciao Fabio (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | NEW LEGO MODELS OF THE MONTH
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Hi Legofans, I present you new Lego models of this month: 6088 (Robber's retreat) 6089 (Stone tower bridge) 6093 (Flying Ninja fortress) Cheap price, big businesses ! ... and always special offers concerning the following Lego models: -10% about (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: R: lego bulk
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(...) abbiano (...) No, ma mi hai dato un'ottima idea per le prossime realizzazioni .... 8-)))) CiaoCiaoSergio (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | 65° iscritto: Anna D'Agostino
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Tutto in un colpo abbiamo raddoppiato la presenza femminile tra gli iscritti :-) Benvenuta Anna! (...) (www.valia.cjb.net) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | FS: A bunch of fully armed brand new Johny Thunders
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Hi All, For Sale: 14 new Johny Thunder minifigs from the Adventurers series equiped with brown slouch hat. They are all packing two dark grey six-shooters each. Also included are 14 new black scorpions for the Johnys to keep an eye on. Price: $25.00 (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: lego bulk
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(...) anche (...) 8-)))) Una bella macchina robotica che strappa braccia e gambe ai minifig :-) Hai letto "Nella colonia penale" di Kafka ? :-))) Ciao Mario (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Is this piece currently available?
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Hi all, Just wondering if anybody knows whether there are any sets in the current line that have piece number 2817 in black? (URL) a modified 2x2 plate with two technic-peg holes on opposing sides. I'd like to get ahold of about 10 of them - I know (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: 2001 sets
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(...) to (...) I'll drink to that...I've had to build my own strip malls and Main Street shopping district in my city. What I would really, really, really love to see is a skyscraper or a pool for minifigs. I do agree, we need a balance between blue (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: cybermaster
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(...) Here some advices: 1. Don't try to do everything at the same time right form the start. Do the basics then add features with time. That way you will not get discouraged by the complexity of the project (and bugs all over the code). 2. Be (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego train exhibition in Aberdour, Scotland
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(...) Indeed I was - an almost ideal way to spend lunch. In the end the score with the kids and adults was : Small Animals 1 Lego Trains 5 David is a brave man allowing hyperactive 5 year olds full control of is trains. While I was there were (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Brickmania calls it quits on custom model kits
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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Todd Lehman writes: <Dan Siskind is exiting the custom kit biz, but may make a CD of instructions available at some point> (...) Can you, or Brad, elaborate on this? It begs a lot of questions: - Any restrictions on (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Web Design help!!!
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I just got a page at SciFi.com and now i need Grafix help! How do u get the menus on the side that look framy but are not frames? (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Harry Potter Figures
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(...) <SNIP> Nick- What you posted here is what a lot of people call a "spoiler"- it could potentially spoil part of the story for people who haven't read the first Harry Potter book. With the announcement of the Harry Potter Lego sets and the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New Hope Valley Railway Event
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(...) Who is coming today so I know who to look for? (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| | Re: New Hope Valley Railway Event
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"Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:Fyp2vD.Dtt@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Crisis Alert! I have to go to a meeting at at customer @ 11:00 AM this morning so I will not be able to meet at 11:30! We could either (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| | LegOz.5 where's it at?
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Hi all, I haven't been told where the meet is exactly yet. Could someone please let me know, so that my car has somewhere to take me and my sets on Sunday :) Either on here or to my email: santosh@student.unsw.edu.au . I think it's preferable to (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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| | Re: The 42nd Marine Unit "Screamin' Balrogs"
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(...) Very nice! For totally different reasons, I had been trying to build something that resembled the newer 40k Assault Space Marine Jump Packs- and these look dang close! I'll have to try building something like them... Can't wait to see more! (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: set number 1181 - Space hovercraft...
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(...) Well, I can confirm it, after several years of Hebrew classes. Of course, that was a long time ago, but I don't imagine the letters have changed all that much. eric (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | LegoMonkey reopens...
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Hi All. After a mind-bogglingly successful grand opening a couple weeks ago, LegoMonkey has been restocked with all new items it hasn't had for sale before. It is my hope that I still have the absolute lowest prices on the web. If not, let me know (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: New Hope Valley Railway Event
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(...) I can't do either. Jimmy (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| | Re: Web interface to LUGNET news moving from www.lugnet.com to news.lugnet.com
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(...) Yes, under MSIE (...) I can't even get one window up. I get a JavaScript error. (...) What I wanted to do is leave the quickset window running all the time. What happened was that when ever that was the only browser running, an app that wanted (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Web Design help!!!
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(...) Honestly I don't know exactly what you mean but if you want a menubar on one side and the content on the other without frames I suggest using something like this: <table width=100%> <tr> <td> MENU ITEMS </td> </tr> <tr> <td> PAGE CONTENT </td> (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: set number 1181 - Space hovercraft...
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(...) I am Lebanese and speak Japanese, so I can definitively say that it is neither japanese or arabic :) My first impression is also that the writing is hebrew. --Karim (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Anyone want a 7824 box?
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(...) Where on earth does Phil find these places?!! He's got to be the luckiest finder ever. Ian Bishop, Ayrshire, UK (26 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 2001 sets
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(...) Town- (...) What I'd like to see is that Lego get back to its early Town designs (early to mid 80's). I've said it here before that the Town sets from lego in the 80's are what made be become town complete. Now, I just buy the Town sets (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Help wanted with old UK catalogue [long and contains most text/in fo from it.]
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(...) Well, okay... (URL) a warning, the images are 1-300 K each. I'll try and create smaller copies of the pictures tomorrow/over the weekend and post them, along with a 1969 range catalogue [8 pages, printed in the UK, no prices/country given...I (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My first Mech
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Hi Greg, Looks like you've got a good start. I don't think I've seen anyone use technic beams to simulate missile ports as of yet, so that's a neat idea. The pistons on the legs are a nice touch. Are they functional? I also like the articulated (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Hmm...
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I was thinking of getting the Shoot and Score, since the board costs around $50. I have a question about it. Would I be able to expand the Shoot and Score if I bought just one of the football accesories packs? (That is, if I had two goals.) -- (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports)
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| | Chicago Legofest - UPDATE
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Good news! We have tentative use of Jameson Gagnepain's house on Sunday the 13th of August - located in St. Charles, IL, about an hour west of Chicago. That is conditional on his health and whether he gets back to work (even for an hour today) - so (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.org.us.gmlug)
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| | Re: Autonomous Robot
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I explored the use of a single rotation sensor to make a robot drive straight here: (URL) can use a differential to take the difference of the two motors' output; if the motors are not moving at the same speed, you'll see some movement on the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | When we gonna BrikWar?
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I've been thinking about trying to organize a regular BrikWars battle in Columbus. It looks like we could get a room at one of the local hobby stores on a weeknight evening. I've been thinking about trying to organize a weekly, or more likely (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
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| | Re: The 42nd Marine Unit "Screamin' Balrogs"
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(...) That's funny, I wasn't actually copying any particular design when I built my Jetpacks. I do plan to blatantly copy the SM Landspeeder when I get a chance, though. :^) Aren't those helmet-thingys great? I love the chrome! ~Mark (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Is this piece currently available?
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(...) I don't know if it is in any current sets, but I have 9 of them that I have no use for. E-mail me. Tom D (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Classic Lego 6370
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A classic set, the week-end home 6370 is for sale on www.seriouscollector.com. The auction ends tomorrow, so do not wait too long. Opportunities to get this set are rare. (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: lego bulk
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(...) Ah e quello crudele sarei io ??? 8-))))) (...) No, ma mi hai messo una certa curiosità con la tua frase precedente, sempre che le due cose siano correlate ... CiaoCiaoSergio (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Lord of the Rings
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Dear Lego I would like to make a suggestion that I'm sure has been made here before (but I don't have time to check the archives to see what was said). I think that LEGO should buy the rights for the upcoming "Lord of the Rings" movie. This movie is (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: The 42nd Marine Unit "Screamin' Balrogs"
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(...) Really? It shares a lot of the same features- Big Jets exhausts pointing at skewed angles to the trooper, over-the-shoulder intakes, etc. It's very evocative of the GW one, although there are also several differences. (...) Yeah- the new (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Lord of the Rings
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(...) I heartily second this. Aaron West (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Brickmania calls it quits on custom model kits
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(...) I will include instructions for the Windmill (it's just waiting for a few parts to be done), but I'm not sure about the Chruch as that one could be a CD-Rom in it's own right! Dan (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Help!
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Well I would vote for tripod (www.tripod.com) There I have had the best luck so far. It has FTP so you can move your site fast and easy and you can install custom cgi's and everything. And if you get enough hits they will PAY you $$$$ for hosting (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Some CW character teasers
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(...) . (...) Chris, Great teaser! I like your character descriptions, the different personalities, character conflicts, and hints of danger to come, are very interesting. I hope you can get some pictures you like soon, I'm eager to see your (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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| | Re: New train MOCs
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(...) The enclosed car carriers, Autoracks, are about 90' long, and they dwarf the signle door box cars on the trains that I see. I know...you are talking about box cars, but I had nothing to say about box cars that had not alread been said... (...) (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Dark Side Developer Kit
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Hi, I just talked to a very friendly Lego customer services representative in Canada regarding the set 9754 (Dark Side Developer Kit). She told me that Lego (Connecticut, US) has some on hands now but very few. As far as Canada is concerned, the set (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New train MOCs
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Preliminary tests suggest that my design idea may work. The problem is that if I use 2 3x3 wing plates with a 1 stud gap between them the mechanism is 7 studs wide. Obviously, 7 studs wide is not going to work on a 6-wide design. On an 8-wide design (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Is this piece currently available?
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(...) IIRC, 2963, the Extreme Racer, has two, and may be avialable for clearance, at least I picked one up at Target on clearance. George (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: My Site Updated
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(...) some (...) Anthony, I enjoyed the longer villain descriptions. The way you have thought out each part of Ethelred's army is terrific. -L (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: cybermaster
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Hi Laurentino :) As you know (if you remember) I also have a CyberMaster. I prefered the RF-link to the IR-link, primarily because of the mobility and freedom it would give to the robot, and the processing power of the PC. My current (looong) (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Harry Potter Figures
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(...) What do you think of the possibility the Harry Potter line might replace Castle the same way that Star Wars has replaced Space? I don't really know enough about the Harry Potter books/movies to tell if that would be a problem, but I'd much (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | OT: Kafka (era Re: lego bulk)
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(...) sempre (...) Sono correlate. Nel racconto si narra di una colonia penale in cui un "geniale" inventore ha concepito una macchina che incide ripetutamente nella schiena del condannato le ragioni della sua sentenza di morte. Un po' come quando a (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Lord of the Rings
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(...) I GREATLY THIRD IT!!! Matt Brooks (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Directions are on the way...
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I don't think we're going to make it to the BBQ. Karen's new store [1] just opened, and she's extremely busy and exhausted both at once, so we need the weekend for quiet relaxation. See you all at the next meeting, though! [1] Little plug -- Karen (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: Do blue 3x3 rocket nozzles exist
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(...) What's a rocket nozzle? I didn't see that reference in the Lugnet Partsref.... Matt (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Harry Potter Figures
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(...) It shouldn't replace it. While Hogwart's is described as a "castle", and the students carry wands and are wizards, it's definitely set in a modern period. eric (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Lord of the Rings
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I agree! _Lord of the Rings_ is such a huge and detailed world, just imagine all the possibilities for mini-figs and playsets! If they do make _Lord of the Rings_ LEGO they would, like you said, have HUGE, HUGE success! (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Chicago Legofest - UPDATE
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Hello, i may be a little wierd, but can we have one in the michigan area? I am below a alone-driving-age in michigan so i cant go to Chicgo and my parents wont take me....could we have a uh...um....maybe a Lansing Legofest? or Detroit? Not (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.org.us.gmlug)
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| | Re: Autonomous Robot
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(...) Great approach :) ! Using "hardware" to "calculate" the delta, instead of doing it by software, "wasting" a second rotation-sensor. Great :) (...) Yup, just like every multi sensor-enabled living beeing, using a mix of memorised (/learned) map (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New train MOCs
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A "full length" High Cube Box Car is 86 feet long. That's what I was going for with mine, but it was too long to negotiate the curves, so I shortened it considerably. High Cubes came in many lengths from 40 feet to 60 feet to 86 feet. "John Neal" (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New train MOCs
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I was thinking of using the "spring" to center the coupler when it was not coupled. This way you could back up to the car and couple without having to manually align the coupler. When negotiating turns the spring would allow the coupler to swing, (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Enfield, CT Visit & Question
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I will be in the Enfield, CT area next weekend and was wondering if there was anything to see at Lego Headquarters? I remeber a few years back someone posted directions to get there but I cannot find them. Anyone have any suggestions on how to get (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: thinking about a triangle LEGOfest...
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Karim, Since I live in Boone, NC I would prefer a weekend fest. I am interested in practically all themes, but especially TOWN. -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc.dur)
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| | Re: Harry Potter Figures
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(...) problem, (...) Really? That's good to know. I have no knowledge of the books, but many of the Harry Potter wish lists seemed Castle-like. I'll have to start reading the series to see what we can look forward to. -L (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Anyone want a 7824 box?
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FYI: This particular find was in a small toy shop in Poole, Dorset...so there's no need to try there now because it's empty :-) (except for, I think, a Belville(?) set and a few recent small supplimentary sets). Good Hunting, Phil. ----- Original (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | RE: Is this piece currently available?
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Shaun, This part, 2817 - Plate, 2x2, with 2 Pin Sockets, is available in Black, in the following sets: 1 in 2540 - Shell Promo: Fright Night's Catapult 3 in 3038 - Cyber Slam: Spider Slayer 1 in 6496 - Time Twisters: Mystic Mountain Timelab 2 in (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.db.inv)
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| | 3148!!!!!
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just called s@h and ordered 3148, it's not available until the 18th, but you can order anyway and once they get it they'll send it along. the name she gave me for the set was "Carla's Winter Camp" and she told me that Carla was new to the SCALA line (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.scala)
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| | Re: Mission 1 giving lego robots power of intelligence and memory form Dr Patel
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hmmm... Have you ever thought of browsing the (URL) section and read some of the discussions *already* taking place about similar problems together with various already available solutions and hipothesys ? First (not second) problem: Moving. Only in (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | 8277 giant model set still available
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Anybody know if the 8277 Giant Model Set is still available? I haven't seen it lately (1 yr or more?). Need more Technic beams to try again to build a Lego trebuchet (counterweight catapult a la Northern Exposure, or the recent Nova on PBS). Thanks, (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Bulk Ording Downside?
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I just wanted to voice my concerns about the aparent downside to the Lego Company's new method of selling parts. While I love the idea of being able to order bulk parts, especially when they are special parts the you normally have to buy several (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Custom Kits & Communications
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(...) I missed Dan's offerings. Larry, I have seen your hopper cars. Does anyone have a comprehensive list of sets being sold by individuals? I would guess it's short and sporadic. (...) Really? When and how did Brad say this? (...) I agree. I'd (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: [new part] Animal Bird (falcon)
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(...) Uuugggg. I just realized what my mistake was. And Chris, you are absolutely right. What I did was print out the reference photos from my website and used the 1x1 brick as a reference. I measured the height and width of the brick and calculated (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Dwindling inventory marked down by 50% at Brickbay
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(...) A dream come true for most of us, Mike. Anything that allows me to get rid of items I don't need is useful. I didn't always think this way, like when mom used the vacuum to get rid of some parts.... Seriously though, I joined the 50% club 12 (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | time travelers 2?
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Does anyone think an adventurers time traveling theme may be coming soon? I mean, First, they run around looking at dead guys, then they find ancient jungle guys, then they find dinosaurs, SO WHY NOT JUST GO BACK IN TIME!!! It seems logical... NICK (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | time travelers 2?
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Does anyone think an adventurers time traveling theme may be coming soon? I mean, First, they run around looking at dead guys, then they find ancient jungle guys, then they find dinosaurs, SO WHY NOT JUST GO BACK IN TIME!!! It seems logical... NICK (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Chicago Legofest - UPDATE
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(...) I am (...) parents (...) 10 (...) friend to (...) FF7 (...) PPL (...) have (...) me....Kamauzinama@aol.com That wouldn't be impossible for me, but improbable. And impossible probably for the people in WI. Chris Leach is planning on coming - (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.org.us.gmlug)
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| | Big CW Update
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Hi all, I've added Robert Bone, and all 11 of his characters...whew! Also, Daniel McNeally and Frank Filz have been added. -Chris www.geocities.com/ca...orld_temp/ (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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| | Re: Proposed Mini Alterations
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(...) Hey, they're twins, they have to have the same face, right? ;) best LFB (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 8277 giant model set still available
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(...) it (...) on (...) I saw the same NOVA episode about the counterweight style catapult and also thought what a perfect contraption to be built with LEGO. But sadly I never made it to far before I was pulled back to my train layout. I guess I (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Custom Kits & Communications
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(...) How about going to: www.bricksmiths.com. We don't have a single list of items for sale at a single time, because some stuff is constant (my 2 smaller kits for example), and some stuff (for example my Tyne Dock hopper) is limited production. (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: [new part] Animal Bird (falcon) [DAT]
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Why not just inline the bird: 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 1 2546.DAT /Tore (...) -- Tore Eriksson Sweden ICQ: 76066510 LEGO: MOC++++ FS,SP,TO++ TC+ LS YB@m (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Legofest
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Hey, theres been a lot of talk about Legofests recently. Is anyone in the Southern New Jersey area planning on having one? -dead (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Legofest
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(...) You might want to check the GardenSLUG newsgroup or the local NJ group. (URL) Luck, Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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