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(...) What do you mean by "LDraw won't load the file"? Does LDraw crash? Does it only render the model partially? In the latter case, the problem may be the use of MPD or other extensions which are not supported by LDraw. Or the problem may be line (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi! Bryan Wong schrieb: <snip> (...) Hmm, maybe TLC will not use the same scale for all UCS models - Personally I would like it since it would give TLC the opportunity to produce cool ships like the Nebulon B Frigate or a Star Destroyer. CU, Stefan (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Hello Jason I have following to trade for it: 3225, MISB, brand new, will add a circle of track to that and a transformer or 4560, MISB brand new, will also add a transformer to that If interested get in touch with me, i am in Germany. Paul (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: BayLUG/BayLTC next meeting? (discussion)
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(...) I am not available on Saturday 9/16 or Saturday 9/30. Otherwise any other weekend until the end of the year is good for me. (...) I think one meeting in September and one in December would be good. (...) 'bout time! :) Russell Clark, (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Very cool. (...) And we don't take LEGO trains too seriously? :) (...) But how many trains use purple and magenta? (...) Very true. Just look at the mess if an old Lionel train falls a few feet to the floor. Russell Clark, BayLUG/BayLTC (URL) (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Excellent news! (...) Excellent news! (...) I can commit to the Hayward show. I will have to make sure that when the date is confirmed that it doesn't conflict with any of my classes. (...) I think setting up a layout at the county fair would (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) I think 4 or 5 remotes is a good number. (...) I was outside for a while taking pictures and talking to people. Good thing I was too. Saw a few "problems" out there. (...) It did look a little crowded in there. (...) I am designing a wild west (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Or even the nasty "last line Empty" syndrome, that Ldraw can't live without. Just add an empty line to the end of the file and then save, to solve this problem. See ya Rui Martins (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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Hello Have following MISB sets for sale, all prices plus shipping Please use following email address to get in touch with me: paul_germany@1000ste...every1.net Payment by Money order for US residents to my account in TN, USA, all others please ask (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I wish I would have been prepared for the show, but I had a busy month with some personal problems and a position change transition at work. I will be ready for the next show. It was fun being there to see the layout and all the happy kids. (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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2 MISB LEGO PIRATE SETS FA See (URL) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) You guys rocked based on the pictures I saw. I would caution you to be selective in what shows you accept going forward. I have no comment on the Hayward thing in particular, but in general, pick the shows that will get you and the hobby the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Experience with Tow Truck 8462?
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(...) hi, Yep, it's a cool set for pneumatics fans with 3 large pneumatic cylinders, 3 valves and 2 of the (hard to get) blue air tanks. They're on offer at US $62.50 at DYA Shopping (France) (URL) get 'em before they run out. Then you can stop (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Maybe we'll see some other UCS models besides in Star Wars(okay , i think this has been talked about before) like some town models: how about a car factory, with realistic two-seater cars, conveyor belt, robotic machines for building them. A (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Minifigs added to my Brickbay
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(URL) Battle Droids, and Adventurer... More to follow this week. Eric (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | 4539 Sold
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(...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Throwbots: An Introduction
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(...) I haven't tried this yet, but it looks like it might make a good "trailer hitch". Especially for remote-controlled or robotic vehicles: the flex in the middle of the arm, and the design of the hand, suggest that you could get a couple of (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | South Africa Lego Fans
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Am I the only South African in this mailing list ? (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 2001 Set info
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(...) This cuts both ways, Target can't NOT sell Lego at all or they will lose sales too. However they can deemphasize it or cut shelf space for it (which seems to be happening at Target and Kmart at least) ++Lar (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Which again would cause them to loose sales/profit? In the UK there is a phrase "cut your nose off to spite your face" - that is what target would be doing if they even deliberatelly reduced lego sales by 1%. Scott A (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Magazine- any intrest?
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This my third posting asking for contriubutions. I only got a single repsonse form the previous postings and can only assume they got buried. ( TO: M Edwards, Did you recive the mail I sent. If not there is problem at hotmail.com ......) I am trying (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Hidden Technic Kits for 2000
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(...) Are any of them even available yet? (...) Plusses: 1. Looks kinda cool (but not "way cool", by any stretch). 2. Has a molded-in ruler calibrated in studs. 3. Partitions are slightly more configurable than a Plano box. Specifically, you can (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Studfest: Part the Fifth (Re: LegOz 2000.8 - BrikWars)
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(...) TL2. Oh well, fair enough. (Keep TL3 for the next next time - Studfest: Part the Seventh! ;-) Richard Still baldly dreaming up grand armies... (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: 2001 Set info
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(...) Not if they can then push Mega Bloks more and make up for it.... (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) <SNIP> Interesting, but I suspect that the movie version of Hogwarts School for Wizards will be heavy on the CG images. The Cathedral will likely be used for MOSTLY interior shots, Hogwarts is supposed to have four towers (one for each dorm (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Is this a print, or an online magazine? What is the subject matter? Anything lego? A particular genre? I'd be interested in contributing, let me know what you want. Jason (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Clearence deals
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Has anyone got any good clearence deals lately. I got 5986 (URL) for $20 and 5976 for $25 at target. I got the last 5986 (they look wiped out of all last years legos). Walmart is clearenced too but still are at $59 for 5986. Just waiting for them to (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: South Africa Lego Fans
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(...) Take a look at (URL) and you might find yourself a bunch of locals :) I recently did and found a whole newsgroup of Swedes. Remember that this e-mail list is also a newsgroup on lugnet.com (or is it the other way around?). I'm thiknking of (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | TLG Does Listen to us. (if not officaly)
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I wentback to look at some old Dear lego postings and found some intresting ideas, that subsequently got adpaoted by TLC/TLG. Posting titled; Theme Sugesstion dated (Wed2 Dec 1998) suggested Antartic Explorers- 2000 catlouge we have Arctic Posting (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set
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(...) Err... This isn't really a spoiler, as it has very little to do with the plot, so: Hogwart's has multiple towers, but not all of them are House dorms, and not all the House Dorms are in towers. In book 2 we find that Slytherin's Dorms are in (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: TLG Does Listen to us. (if not officaly)
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(...) Well, if that's the case, I've only got 4 words: LORD OF THE RINGS. -Chris (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set
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(...) Actually, the old news that I has heard (from www.aintitcool.com) was that the C of E turned down the request because they weren't happy with the idea of one of their cathedrals being turned into a wizard's school. eric (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set
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(...) for (...) all (...) in (...) Did I not say that I would be posting no spoilers? I thought that I read that the first view was with four prominent towers, if I was wrong, fine, I just need to re-read it. Thank you for your corrections and (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Lego the Bully
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Did anyone look at FBTB today? Seems that Lego strong armed Tim to remove the list of 2001 Lego sets from the page. Has Lego done this before? It seems to me that since the information was not gotten from a source inside Lego (whether or not it may (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Magazine
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Does anyone know how to get back issues of Lego magazines? There's a strange dearth of contact Email addresses on the Lego web site. (26 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.service)
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| | Re: Autonomous Robot
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(...) Thanks! (...) Not if you used an omnidirectional laser sensor. Picture, instead of only one face of paper, a paper cylinder. There would be a tube of paper mounted on top of a circular LEGO piece (or *pieces* arranged in a circle) with a paper (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | New Catalogue
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New Catalogue I am rather reliably formed that a new catalogue will be released imminently. The twist is that the whole of Europe will have the same catalogue.. and the same product line! The only exception to the uniform distribution will be Scala (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 2001 Set info
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(...) No, Lego asked Todd not to publish information they consider "confidential", and he agreed to not do that. You're still free to discuss it. But, if you want to *publish* it somewhere, you'll have to find a publisher that won't honor Lego's (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | New theme suggestion - Roman Era
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Dear Lego, I think a good idea for Lego would be the Ancient Roman Empire. It could be somewhat historical too (educational?) Santosh PS. And trains! more realistic trains too. (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | mandtal
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Navn.........: Søren Hilmer Køn.........: M Fødselsår.........: 1966 Bopæl.........: Allingåbro E-post.........: sh@itplus.dk Websted.........: intet LEGO-websted.........: intet Børn.........: 2 Arbejde.........: R&D Manager i IT+ På Lugnet (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.dk)
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| | New Adventurers Themes
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In my opinion, the Adventurers theme should stay in its time period, at least vaguely, of very-late-nineteenth through early-twentieth century. Some may say that the new "Jurassic Park" dinosaur theme strays from that, but except for a few (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: 2001 Set info
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(...) Either way, the problem is at Target. Once it's out, it's news. Frankly, I find it silly when companies "crack down" on things like this. It's their own fans they're hurting -- and it's the most rabid fanatical ones who *care* about stuff like (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I'm a new LEGO user but I'm trying to catch up fast (kicking myself for missing the whole Pirates line). I love the Adventurers! I'm grabbing as many Amazon and Egypt sets as I can still find. I subscribed to the Lego club a few months ago, but (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | any one from india??
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Hello there Any one from India or Asia??? (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Missing Pieces
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"Michael Jorgensen" <jorgensen@iprimus.ca> wrote in message news:<FvBu5L.Joy@lugnet.com>... (...) I myself just bought a set yesterday that has two deformed pieces in it. It is the "Fright Knights" 'Witch's Castle.' The legs of the two 'guards' (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.service)
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| | Re: Trip to TESCO (6452)
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(...) Are the trans blue parts printed - or is it a sticker? Scott A (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: eBay Outrageous prices!
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In case anyone's wondering... This auction ended at $305!!! "sobafett" ended up the "winner." i got in touch with the second-highest bidder--at $295--who now knows better than to overbid. I let him know that we weren't being a bunch of obnoxious (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: When we gonna BrikWar?
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(...) Drugstores, schmugstores! Who's gonna' game? So far the only affirmative I have is Drew. What about the rest of you? If the timing is bad, let me know. Who, in the Columbus area, is interested in gaming 1) soon and 2) semi-regularly? Later, (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
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| | Re: any one from india??
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Hi, I am from India, but reside in the US. Does that count? :-) Ram ----- Original Message ----- From: "DR. G.I.Patel" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> To: <lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 10:20 AM Subject: any one from india?? (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Newly revised and updated web page
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(...) Very nice! Thinking through everything about how to do that must have taken quite a few evenings of effort! I'm not sure I'd have the determination. (...) I like it! Can you show a closeup of how you did the chandeliers? (...) They loaded (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: FS/FT: OLD and NEW SETS
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(...) I have to admit that this entry surprises me. Several times over the last few months (as recently as July 24th), you've posted messages indicating you want to buy or trade for the 6090 castle. Now you have it and want to sell it? While (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 2 or 3 Sealed copies of 6078 for sale (Now SOLD)
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(...) Both of the 6078's are spoken for. I'm keeping the third one. :) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | US $ HIGHER THAN FRENCH FRANC !
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Hi Legofans, Sorry to disturb you, but this mail may interest you. With new rate US $ service on DYA's website, I notice than US $ is, today, very high following french franc. I believe if you come, on DYA 's website, and if you pay in US $, you may (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Censors / information
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Sure is a lot of deletion of posts going on lately. I thought the whole idea of a private site was that it was not affiliated or endorsed by TLG. This give you freedom to say things they would not agree with. This week, (the catalog issue in (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2001 Set info
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(...) Exactly. What, precisely, is the point of telling us not to talk about it? The sets might get cancelled? The prices might change? I think anyone reading this information knows that might happen. Competitors might get the info? Uh, so? I'm sure (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: When we gonna BrikWar?
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(...) You realize, of course, that I'll never be able to attend if you do these things on weekday evenings, and that would be sorely disappointing. But I guess if that's the way it's going to be... Adrian (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
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| | Re: TLG Does Listen to us. (if not officaly)
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(...) Here's an Idea: Classic Space! Or how about this one: Town! Oh well, those are probably fantasy, but here's an interesting idea: How about a printed element (1x2) with a computer screen with the brickshelf logo on it? That would be neat. KL (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: 2001 Set info
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(...) Even worse, they didn't even ask us. They asked the admin of the site to remove the posts. (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Where are the Neimoidians?... (SW:EpI villains)
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Bit of curiosity. Huttese sounds identical to Attic Greek (pre-New Testament, that is pre-Koine). When I took Greek in college, the professor had a tape of a researcher who was trying to figure out how the inflection and rhythm would have sounded (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set
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(...) Ack! I just wanted to reassure other that what I was going to say wasn't a spoiler. I'm very sensitive to spoiler information of all stripes. In fact, I would advise anyone within the sound of this post to avoid the second half of the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: When we gonna BrikWar?
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(...) Timing is rather short, so I'll need your answer by tonight, Gino. 1) Did you get the room at the gaming store? Which gaming store is it? 2) Are we still going to do this, even with a mere 2 people? (Hey, I'm up for it.) That is it for (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
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| | Re: Hidden Technic Kits for 2000
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Hi Sean, all the sets are shown in the latest german consumer catalog so we can be sure that they will appear this year. However, 8516 should have been released in June (like all other Roboriders) and no retailer was yet able to tell me anything (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | R: Legofest VI, seconda puntata
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Io la prima settimana di ottobre sono in Francia :( <BASTARD> Però non c'è problema, se lo fate in una data in cui non ci sono mi riprendo il premio :))))) </BASTARD> Ciao Ezio fabio sali <fabio.sali@tin.it> wrote in message FyqG0y.CLC@lugnet.com... (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: tubing
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(...) Cool. That worked. I had to edit the MPD by hand, though, I could not just edit the matrix values in MLCad directly. I think I found an MLCad quirk though. With non unit scaling/rotation factors I found that I could not move the part in the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: 2001 Set info
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(...) Uh, kinda... NICK #:^< (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | RE: Talking Points
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I thought magenta was purple... its just the whimsy in me i guess m (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | RE: Booth monitors and crowd control
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I bought some twin sheets for Ross about 3 years ago when they were a S@H special. Last time I asked about sheets, they had none. (Wanted some for Kristen too.) That was about a year ago. They are not the best from an overall appearance/fun (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: A real live working LEGO Shelf railway...
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Very nice!!! My brother-in-law was thinking of something similar. I will have to show him yours. "Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:FywFon.EH9@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) a (...) but (...) response. (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.fun.crafts)
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| | RE: Booth monitors and crowd control
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"as well as concealing our chairs, and personal belongings." No to mention our legs! m (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: 2001 Set info
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(...) Not to put you on the spot, but how long do you envision waiting for Brad J. (or somone at Lego) to post explaining their position before you post his email? I'm very interested in insight into (wow, three "in" words in a row) TLC's reasoning (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set
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I got books 1-4 in hardback by joining a book club - 6 books for $1-2 (plus shipping of about $10), and I have to buy 4 books over the next 2 years - of which I figure 2 will be Potter books 5 and 6. It should work out to less than paperback cost by (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 2001 Set info
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(...) reading (...) Ooh, mabey they'll cancel the M****** T* M*** like sets and make pirats!!! NICK #:^A (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | RE: Booth monitors and crowd control
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Hi I just re read this from mike. If we can get sheets for a skirt, they should be flame retardant. m (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Very nice design. No springs either! I will definitely try it. The slack action, as you mentioned, is a concern, but kudos to the design that allows you to push and still have the coupler pivot. "Christopher Masi" <cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.edu> wrote (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Clarrification needed
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Todd, Is this section for debate about how Lego and LD are working with the consumer? Or should all that be moved to .debate? I was wondering because I posted a large opinion piece about LD and "recent events" into .debate. Bryan (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: 2001 Set info
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Eugwe Coral <eugwecoral37@cs.com> schrieb: FyyoI7.MJ1@lugnet.com... (...) What you wrote makes a lot of sence for me, but if this was the case, why did TLC ask Todd to cancel the message and not Target. Note that only Target would be affected if (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | A Really Nice Day
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I just wanted to say that I thought the layout at NMRA was very exciting. My wife and I came down for the day just to see BayLUG/BayLTC's setup. It was a real treat getting the chance to see a big layout in action. Congrats to all that helped make (...) (26 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Controling the RCX with Gameboy Color's Ir Port
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I am shure it's possible. It's just a matter of getting it to send the right massages (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RC control on Pneumatics, gearboxes and polarity switches
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There is one very important point that no one has considered. The FCC has set up laws prohibiting use of air frequencies on land vehicles. This is to protect RC pilots from interference from other people on the same frequency. Someone could be (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Hidden Technic Kits for 2000
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(...) Thanks for the input. I'll stick with the Planos for now. But the Lego suitcase looks pretty cool. Maybe it's because I also have a lot of DeWalt power tools, and they all have the same types of cases, along with that mesmerizing electric (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Cheap Fiber Optic Cable
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Has anybody made a successfull fiberoptic cable to link the scout and micro scout? I was thinking when I remember these old toys they use to make. They were a flash light with lots of plastic strings coming out. This would create a cool effect when (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I just started with NQC and attempted to make a light-seeking program. It is supposed to go forward for a wile and them stop and then turn a little, check the light level, turn again, check again and keep doing it until it gets darker then the last (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Booth monitors and crowd control
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(...) I can do this!!! I have 2 or 3 large signs from the Shell station outside Fresno that was Mike's main supplier. I can make a tall pole (1" diam) with a crosspiece to hold the signs. Paul Sinasohn (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Need help with my program
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(...) Why don't you post the code here? That'll help us help you! (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Booth monitors and crowd control
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Well, they must be CERTIFIED as flame retardant, which means more than just being so. Also, what is wrong with people seeing my legs? :-) Mike Benz, Mark <Mark.Benz@BroadVision.com> wrote in message news:FB90BFF591F3D31...ion.com... (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: RC control on Pneumatics, gearboxes and polarity switches
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(...) Not to worry, I've been using that equipment for long and are well in to the laws and such here in Sweden. It's in a legal and open, free band with no restrictions at all. No one uses that frequency for airplanes anymore here in Sweden, and if (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Need help with my program
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(...) Oops I forgot the code. Here it is. #define RUNTIME 100 #define REVERSTIME 30 #define TURNTIME 100 #define BUMPTURNTIME 100 #define STOPTIME 25 int lastlevel; // STARTUP TASK task main() { SetSensor(SENSOR_1,S...OR_TOUCH); (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: BayLUG/BayLTC next meeting? (GATS)
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FYI, The Great American Train Show (GATS) will be in the Bay Area the weekend following Thanksgiving, at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. NO, I'm not suggesting that we exhibit. ;-) I'm just pointing out that there may be a date (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: RC control on Pneumatics, gearboxes and polarity switches
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Ohh I didn't realise you are from Sweden. (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Booth monitors (look and feel)
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Tom McDonald reminds me of another point; When you are in the middle of a layout, folks presume that you are in charge...but when you are on the outside, it is easy for visitors to think other club members are 'just visitors' when we're all dressed (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | RE: Booth monitors (look and feel)
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Actually, John Neal ("J-2") ( johnneal@uswest.net ) is the GMLTC person to contact. He runs a tshirt screening business out of his home, and has contacts for embroidering shirts. He could probably give you estimated costs, timeframes, etc... I think (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: TLG Does Listen to us. (if not officaly)
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(...) While that would be kinda neat, I hope they don't get too caught up in licensing other people's ideas, though. They'd be losing the LEGO 'brand' that they've been working hard to establish. I'd much rather see something they came up with on (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Where are the Neimoidians?... (SW:EpI villains)
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(...) I lived in Japan for a year, full emersion, and am conversationally capable (not quite fluent) in the language, and I've been complemented often on my Japanese accent and a couple of times mistaken for a native speaker on the phone by native (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: My first time at LL Windsor!!
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Cool, I have hol's coming up from Monday and hopefully I'll be able to go to LL Windsor for the first time. Just need to convince my fiancé...she's half-way there (she's got the car!). Andrew. (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.legoland.windsor, lugnet.general)
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| | RE: Autonomous Robot
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I had a similar idea, but I was picturing a funnel-shaped mirror above a light sensor so that no matter what angle you hit it at the light is reflected down at the sensor. -----Original Message----- From: Ian Warfield [mailto:ipw47@hotmail.com] (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Where are the Neimoidians?... (SW:EpI villains)
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(...) But in the story as it stands, there aren't many places for subtitles. Boss Nass could be a possibility, but I don't think the plot would have been better served by having JarJar speak in full Gungan with subtitling. Any inclusion of JarJar at (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: does anyone actually play this?...
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(...) ...ahha :-) Rich was using this layout. I like it. The non-symetrical sides make for interesting approach, I would think. But there's no center attacker :-/ (I wish u could line up a small base on the midline of the side of a big base :-( (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.sports)
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| | Re: When we gonna BrikWar?
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(...) This is really meant to augment the big get-togethers like the one you, quite graciously (although, that may apply more to Shelley :-), hosted. By all means, start a Cleveland area regular game. I would hope that you guys would do so. The big (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
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| | Dark Side Developer Kit
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Does anyone own one of these yet? Can you provide details? - Is the MicroScout the same as the DDK? (Is the coloring the same?) - Any cool new parts? - Any news on programming the P mode yet? - Sean (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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