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(...) all! (...) That's funny! Now TLC has removed the wrongnamed stolen Testarossa (which was a Mustang in fact) and has exchanged the model of the month against the next stolen picture: (URL) model with name "top fueler" has been created by Alex (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: What colors does the minifig monkey wrentch come in?
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(...) Bucket 4291 had(has) them in it. I have a bunch (5+) that I can sell to you for .25 each (lt. gray). AFAK, they have only been made in lt. gray so far, and are available in rockraiders sets and the 4291 bucket. James P (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| | DDK and RIS going cheap in Leeds
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Anyone in the Leeds area might be interested in this: the Dixons in the town centre is having a stock clearout, and they have the DDK for £29.99 and the RIS for £69.99! I think these are very good prices, even though the boxes were a little (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Sussex minifest details / Sunday at LLW
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Unless Larry's itinery changes, he and I will be going to LLW on Sunday, so if anyone fancies meeting up there, let me know and we can arrange a time and place. Huw (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | eBay: ending 8/20 PM, Castle & Technic
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Current eBay auctions ends Sunday night. This week, Castle (mostly Black Knights) and Technic. (URL) Garage: (URL) trade page: (URL) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | tightening up mecha joints
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What's the best way to tighten up technic friction pin joints used for mecha? I have an old-style technic pin (a little tighter than the newer ones with the rectangular cutouts) holding the shoulders and hips of my new mech together. The shoulders (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set
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I know this is going on a bit and a little off topic, but my mum can confirm that the opposition to Harry Potter being filmed in Gloucester Cathedral consists of a middle-aged couple connected with the Elim Pentecostal church in Gloucester (typical (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 4-4cone1.dat and stu25.dat
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(...) 4-4cone1.dat is actually named 4-4con1.dat. The only officially-released part which references 4-4cone1.dat is 2500C01.DAT. To fix this part, or any unofficial part, open the part-file in a text editor, and change all occurrences of (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Just Started 8479 Code Pilot Truck....
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(...) Well, at least the instruction books look quite impressive. ;) (...) I think that's the point -- LEGO is trying to lower the bar on these sets, avoiding barriers that will prevent the largest number of people from enjoying (and buying) these (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8458 Silver Champion is incredible!
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(...) It may be listed at those stores, but is it orderable? (...) Out of stock - can't order. (...) Hmm. No indication (without an order) of back order or out of stock condition. (...) They're out of business. Steve (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: gun1 project
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(...) Could you use a hammer mechanism to launch the projectiles, or are you focused on a pneumatic solution? It seems easy enough to imagine a setup with a magazine of piston heads, a spring-loaded striking rod, and a rotary device to cock the rod. (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Lets Vote
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(...) Maybe. I'm not in a position to do a price breakdown on it right now. Teepees shouldn't be that expensive -- cloth is cheap. Baseplates and BURPs are pricey. And the canoe. Does the RRV have a greater percentage of large pieces than a (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.western)
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| | Smilme, nya set.
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Tjo! Verkar som Smilmer (www.smilmer.se) har en hel del nya set i sin lista. Iaf. på Technic delen. /Tobbe (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: gun1 project
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(...) Talking of guns: (URL) can't understand the writing but the pics look ok. /Tobbe - (URL) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| | Anybody want a 4011 Cabin Cruiser?
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I recently got ahold of a <set:4011> There's no box, no instructions, the set is complete minus the string and stickers for the boat hull. Some pieces are in played with condition, but on the whole it's fairly excellent. My want list is at (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: gun1 project
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(...) guard's almost too big to hold it comfortably. But the internal gear setup looks ideal, and the grip looks nice too. This person's got some real talent. -Chris (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| | New Mega Bloks Reviews in Brief
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Hey Y'all: There are some WAY cool new Mega Bloks sets out right now. Fail to buy them at your own risk -- they are better by far than Lego's own Throwbots or Znap lines, are about even with some other system sets, and are even better than some (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Sussex minifest details / Sunday at LLW
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(...) As of right now that is definitely the plan and I have no known reasons why it would change. I will not be there Friday nite, but will be arriving with Bob Collins, my UK factoree, as soon as we can get there from Ipswitch, on saturday (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: partial archive of colored parts online
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(...) Cool. Might be nice to run with shading turned on.. or maybe not. It does add a lot in many cases but subtracts in some. ++Lar (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: A couple of pictures of the GMLTC layout at Carlsbad
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go to (URL) a programme I made for that purpose unzip, store and run! I'll take it down later... Sonnich ----- Original Message ----- From: John Gerlach <john.gerlach@bestbu...om.nospam> To: <lugnet.trains@lugnet.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Downloading DAT files
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This post is in follow up to some others that have been sent recently. It has to do with the DAT files that people post here. Why is it that they only appear as ldraw.cgi? I would like to know how I can get these parts with a .dat extension as (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | play wav files on HB
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I've seen mentioned in the last few weeks something about playing wav files on the hb, is this using the standard hardware or is there a utility that can convert small wav files into a format playable by the hb. I have gotten as far as playing the (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Lego Measurements?
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(...) Except for Hagrid, who will be a technic-fig. ;) Steve (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: What is that mysterious green thing?
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(...) Or a bat glider to stand and fly on. And a stocking hat with a very long top/tail. And big ears. (...) Looks very cool. More organic than most mech. Or have I just not been paying attention. Steve (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: gun1 project
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(...) Well, it could be done, but then the barrel seems useless - it'll only stop the piston with friction. The long barrel is only an advantage when you use compressed air (in a pneumatic gun) or other compressed gases (in a regular gun). I really (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Downloading DAT files
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It's relatively simple: Just right-click and choose "save target as" and use the pull-down menu on the screen to select "All file types" and name your model anyway you like and make the extension ".dat" If you have now idea what to do with what I (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: I have the box!
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I sent Sid my Address last night. I'll post here when I get the box. Jon -- Starship Bardiel (URL) Mark Dinsay" <onedaycnn@aol.com> wrote in message news:FzF5zu.4ut@lugnet.com... (...) off! (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: questions about parts
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(...) There are a few links on the www.ldraw.org site to unofficial parts (but I'm not sure how up-to-date these links are). Probably the best place to find files is at (URL). (...) Sure. You can either put them in your ldraw/models/ directory or in (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Tips on how to make transactions more successful (was Re: Dopey ebay seller!
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I responded to this offline because Mark sent me an email with no indication that it was also a post. Sigh. THis post is a copy and amplification of those offline remarks. EVERYONE, Please, PLEASE, stop this annoying and wasteful habit of sending (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: More newbie questions
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(...) I don't think the file extension will effect the actual functionality of the file. Well, maybe if you called a DAT an MPD, things would act a little weird. So, if you don't know the exact file type, try DAT. (...) The file-type isn't (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: A couple of pictures of the GMLTC layout at Carlsbad
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(...) Thanks! I just downloaded it. Maybe I'll have to 'convert' and upload some more pictures today... JohnG, GMLTC (standard spam block instructions apply...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Project proposal: Seven Wonders of the LEGO World
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(...) OK I hope you don't mind me showing my colors but how about the NELUG Star Wars Display. Particularly this picture: (URL) is by far my favorite picture of what I consider one of the best Non-train group projects set for public display. If that (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Excessive(?) use of Sub-parts (Was: New Part - 30200 Windscreen...)
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(...) Well, until the voting page is up, I won't say absolutely not. But I've got a bit of a backlog now (after moving/kids to camp/week at the lake/etc.), and I am seriously trying to get to a point where I can post the voting page. So if I get a (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Project proposal: Seven Wonders of the LEGO World
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(...) Neat idea. I'd love to see it happen but not a lot of time for helping out. (...) I was happily nodding my head and going "yep, that would be a good one" till I got to this one: (...) Huh??? I think I may have slept through something when this (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | RE: Lego Breaks
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Thanks to some helpful remembrances (which gave me keywords), I was able to locate the article I'd read. (URL) Doug Wilcox Senior Web Developer iMcKesson Provider Solutions Group-Needham 160 Gould Street, Suite 130 Needham, MA 02494-2308 Phone: (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: tightening up mecha joints
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(...) Well, it's kinda annoying to do, but something I did for my mech (the legs would just bow right out when I tried to pose him) was a method using paper slips. I cut some very narrow slips of paper, and for each technic pin joint, I would stick (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: IC registration number
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Hi John, (from their web pages (URL) Newton Research Labs, Inc. 4140 Lind Avenue S.W. Renton, WA 98055 Tel: 425.251.9600 Fax: 425.251.8900 mailto:support@newtonlabs.com I've had a similar problem (system I was running lost the HD, big time crash) (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: tightening up mecha joints
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I use Saran Wrap, personally, but I suppose any thin material will do. ~Mark (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Project proposal: Seven Wonders of the LEGO World
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(...) Ah. It's Bo**S**man not BoWman. Do we have a soundex search facility? (URL) those, drooled already. Definitely a candidate and then some. And to John K's point about 7 being limiting, yes. However we can get more than 7 if we artificially (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Project proposal: Seven Wonders of the LEGO World
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In lugnet.publish, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) I don't think Dennis posts to LUGNET but he won CLSotW Late last year: (URL) will get you there and believe me it is worth it!! Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: UPDATED Part - 30200 Windscreen 6 x 6 Octagonal Canopy Base
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(...) Nice job! Do you mind if we put this part in the Cockpit category? It fits better there. Steve (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: [part] Updated S\973S01.DAT [DAT]
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(...) Since you included the update-comment: (...) I'd be inclined to not change the author line. Earlier version: (...) Jeremy's change: (...) If you're going to remove the neck-mark, you might just as well do: 1 16 0 -4 0 6 0 0 0 -8 0 0 0 6 (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: MLCAD rotation (future request)
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(...) But an include function is different from a subfile function. Basically, anything in a subfile is scoped to that subfile, and doesn't exist outside of the subfile. Yet another reason for a 0 INCLUDE (or 0 MACRO) meta-statement. Steve (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | West End TRU
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I went to the West End TRU last night. Only a few things of note. First, the UFO large ship (Interstellar Starfighter?) was on deep discount for $27.99. They had two left. Ironically, with 280 some pieces, this is right around $.10 per piece. The (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.va.ric)
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| | Re: MLCAD rotation (future request)
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(...) The original definition for MPD states that data before the first 0 FILE statement will be ignored. This is because it was assumed that MPD streams would appear mostly in e-mail messages with included DAT content. Something like: ===...=== Hi! (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: LEGO, August 15th Battle Write-up
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(...) Um. I didn't think we had a consensus. I thought we were still going back and forth between LEGOhio and BLOK. Later, Gino A... (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set
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Gloucester (pronounce "glou-ster" where the "glou" rhymes with a ships "bow" ) Cathedral is not considered one of the more famous medieval cathedrals in England (Canterbury, York, Winchester, Salisbury, Lincoln, Ely, Westminster, Exeter, Wells), but (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: tightening up mecha joints
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(...) I saw your suggestion about the cling wrap before and I used it on my own mecha to make the friction pins fit tighter in place. It works great! My mecha can stand up on his own now! =) He can aim his gun for days without ever lowering his (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: A question about BrikWars robots
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(...) Um, no comment. :-) (...) Neato! (...) Ok. Un-official supplement. (...) I was really trying to avoid bookkeeping. I was trying to follow the spirit of the combat system. You survive the attack or you die. I toyed with a hit point like system (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: Screamin' Balrogs Update!
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I don't know about anyone else, but the name "Screamin' Balrogs" is just about the greatest name for a military unit that I've ever heard. Just their name tells me that I wouldn't want to mess with these guys. Wonderful creativity, Mark. Tim (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: What is that mysterious green thing?
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(...) I'm working on a four-legged robot tank that would easily take him on. <evil grin> (...) I've had to go completely TL6 in order to have enough power to get my mechs standing on their own legs. Why is that unfortunate? Later, Gino A... (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: More newbie questions
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"Steve Bliss" <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:6jqnpsg4q0shhd0...4ax.com... (...) Why not? AFAIK, that's the only way to do it, if you want it to be automatic. Otherwise you have to select 'open with' each time. At least that's my (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Snapshots in MLCad
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This is either a request for info on MLCad, or a feature request, I'm not sure. I would like to be able to load a model, go into edit view and move down a bunch of parts, orient the oblique view so the parts are all visible, then print a picture of (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: New Mega Bloks Reviews in Brief
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(...) AAIIIEEE!!! INFIDEL!!! (...) Well, maybe I'll let it slide. ;^) In all honesty, I'd like to see Lego make some mecha. Using the Throwbots ball-joint parts, it wouldn't be hard for them to make some pretty cool mecha. ~Mark (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: tightening up mecha joints
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(...) Silicon tape should work well. You can findn it in the plumbing section of a hardware store. It is a white tape (no sticky) about 3/8" wide. It is very stretchy and will conform very tightly to any shape. It's used on the threads of pipe for (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: The Spamcake Diner
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Hehe... very cool. Except... you need a closeup pic of someone eating some Spamcake. ~Mark (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish, lugnet.build)
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| | Maffe's Bargain Shop Open Doors
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A nice new shop has just opened it's doors. It will feature 'rare' promotional sets eg. Shell-sets. For now there's the 2556 Shell Formula 1 Ferrari for just $45 and 2872 The Witches Fireplace for $7 , it will be followed shortly by some 2555 Shell (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: MLCAD rotation (future request)
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Steve Bliss wrote... (...) If you by "subfile" mean an MPD subfile, I think the scope is public, see the thread (URL) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Fire when Ready.
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Not particularly being a history junkie and being a bit of a lazy git. I'm asking a question here that I probably should be able to answer for myself. Anyway, What are the diffenences between a longbow and a musket in terms of range, damage caused, (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: Bridget
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Karim Nassar wrote in message ... (...) so (...) Well, the feasibility of each method may or may not be superior to the other, but I think that my supercavitating-bullets idea was a whole lot sexier. Lasers? Whoopee-doo ;-) Cheers, Paul LUGNET (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | Looking for ZNAP sets
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I went crazy on ZNAP and am missing some sets. I cannot find the following: 3505 Aeroplane 3506 Motorbike 3510 Polybag 3521 Racer 3554 Helicopter 3555 Jeep 3582 Ant I got the other 12 sets and have already cataloged and inventoried them. I was (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| | Meijer's 20% Sale
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I think this may be a one-store thing. The Cascade, MI Meijer's is having a 20% sale on all LEGO, in conjuction with two guess-the-number-of-bricks contests (they've got the life-size-plus R2D2 and Darth Vader). The main purpose of this post is to (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Fire when Ready.
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I'm not an expert, but I think that being proficient in the longbow was difficult, and it was much easier and faster to train soldiers to use muskets. -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Howse" <jehowse@yahoo.com> To: (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: tightening up mecha joints
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(...) Actually, that's a great idea! Not only will it not show up when seen from the side (as is occasionally the case), but Saran Wrap (or any plastic wrap for those against using brand names :) is DESIGNED to stick to things... Not to mention that (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Lego Skeleton Warrior on Warhorse
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I have made my first attempt at customizing a Lego figure. Um, my first attempt is really a horse... Take a look at my pictures and tell me what you think of them! There are three pics showing my leaders for my 100 plus member skeleton army. (URL) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Fire when Ready.
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(...) I'm the one who started the move towards having LBow stats in BrikWars. When I was discussing them with Mike, I was only comparing with other bows. As I understand it, the big advantages a musket has are portability (a LBow is easily 6' long) (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: Lego Skeleton Warrior on Warhorse
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(...) *thoughts begin to percolate through Matt's head about an undead artmy.....* Keep up the good work! Matt (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Lego Skeleton Warrior on Warhorse
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(...) *thoughts begin to percolate through Matt's head about an undead artmy.....* Keep up the good work! Matt (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Lego Skeleton Warrior on Warhorse
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(...) *thoughts begin to percolate through Matt's head about an undead artmy.....* Keep up the good work! Matt (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: [part] Updated S\973S01.DAT
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(...) For the sake of keeping the basic part free of marks, how about putting the neck mark in a bitmap subfile, like how the torso patterns are done? Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: More newbie questions
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(...) MLCad isn't the only thing that one could associate with .cgi, unfortunately. That's why. (.Dat either..., like I said before, we can't change it but it was a bad choice....) I don't know if this is a change in LUGNET, or a change because I (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Lego Skeleton Warrior on Warhorse
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(...) out what piece you used at the base... Please share! -Shiri (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Lego Skeleton Warrior on Warhorse
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(...) I'm also wondering about this'n...and I'm glad someone finally found a good use for all those extra red wands! Sweet horse and emblem, btw! -Chris (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Grim Reaper
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(...) Not quite like that, I don't think so... but Richard M has a really nice one up on his site, here: (URL) Tell me what ya think! I might post my headless horseman later if I can (...) Cool! Please do! -Shiri (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Snapshots in MLCad
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(...) Since MLCad now implements the ability to rotate the oblique view to whatever viewing angle you want, how about a command that just takes the current oblique view and gives you an absolute rotation step to that rotation and origin value, (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: US S@H Specials, Aug 16 - Aug 22, 2000
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(...) nice (...) popular (...) Too late. They are already out. Steve (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Lego Skeleton Warrior on Warhorse
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(...) The drum is made of the cone style 1x1 round bricks with a 1x1 red round plate stuck on top. I then used black string to tie the three tops together and then around the waist. The horse was a white horse with black paint. I have painted many (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Snapshots in MLCad
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(...) Isn't there a way to copy what you see on the screen into the clipboard, and paste it into a paint program? I think it's like: Alt+PrintScreen or Shift+PrintScreen or something, then open your paint program and hit Paste. Right? Am I wrong (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | WTB:
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I'm looking for a fair quantity of parts # 6564 and 6565 (2x3 wedges) in red. I know they are in the island hopper (2 of each), and are interested in getting 60 or so of them (so 30 of the island hopper). I'm willing to pay up to $.50 each... Anyone (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Finally!!!
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Well thanks Jeremiah, but your 4 legged SpiderTank is way cooler than all my multi-legged mecha! ;-) And who cares about the Tyco piece; if I have it, I would use it! ;-) And I really, really like the colour sceme of the ZOOT Suit; it's cool! BTW I (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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Sergio, ma per caso eri appassionato di quel giochino per pc che si chiamava proprio Axeman? Ciao. Marco. P.S. Complimenti per il tuo lavoro di traduzione: mi e` capitato di dover tradurre degli articoli e so quanta fatica costa fare un bel lavoro (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | L-draw
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I have a Mac...am I screwed if I want to get in on this L-Draw gig? (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Finally!!!
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(...) with it at first, but it just keeps looking cooler and cooler. I'll definitely have to re-think how I do toes now. :-, What's really cool is that the Toad is, like, only 2 or 3 pieces away from being a WH40K Space Marines Dreadnaught -- but (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | A couple more pictures of the GMLTC layout at Carlsbad
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I just uploaded several more pictures. These are smaller images, (Thanks Sonnich!) so they should download quicker. If you want to see the full-sized files (they're each over 1meg) let me know... (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: What colors does the minifig monkey wrentch come in?
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(...) Assuming that I know which part you're talking about (I called it adjustable pliers), it was available in grey (in set 3666, 3670, 3673 and 3782) and in blue (set 3626) Greetings, Sybrand (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| | Re: More newbie questions
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(...) Some issues here: 1. The automatic way of getting MLCad (or any DAT/MPD viewer) to launch when you download a DAT or MPD file is to register the correct mime type with MLCad. (1) LUGNET serves DAT content as mime type "application/x-ldraw", so (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LEGO, August 15th Battle Write-up
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(...) Eh?! I thought we had already decided on LEGOhio?! ...d'oh... ~Drew (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: automated rendering??? (was "Re: New White Tiger Mecha")
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(...) I guess I should note that I'm using POVRay v3.1, L3P v1.2 20000616, and Anton's library v415. I'm mainly having trouble wrapping my head around the texture changes from POVRay 3.0 to 3.1 (needs a major version number change, IMO), and how I (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: The Spamcake Diner
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(...) But that would be cruel and unusual nourishment. Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Re: Lego Breaks
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(...) didn't mention any company that *encourages* it. It's not even clear that Sun-Netscape permits it. It only says that Tom Stanfl has Lego creations in his cube - not that he built them at the office. You had said: (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 2001 Sets
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Hi! Jonathan Wilson schrieb: (...) Hmm, I rather think LEGO would like to use this opportunity to give us a few more Rebels. But on the other hand they would have to include six minifigs (Leia, Luke, Han, Chewie, R2D2 and C3PO ). Han and Leia in (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Care of bricks
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Can anyone suggest a good product for getting rid of paint / permanent marker from bricks (I've just bought some from a market stall and a lot have been spraypainted silver...) Also, has anyone got a good cure for minifig floppy-leg syndrome, as (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | See Technic Store Display 1995 or 1996
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Hello, All, See an interesting acquisition: This is an official LEGO store display from 1995 or 1996. It contains built and displayed models of sets 8440 Formula Flash, 8422 Circuit Shock Racer, 8412 Nighthawk, and 8230 Police Buggy. Clear plastic (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Snapshots in MLCad
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Just press the "Print Scrn" key on your keyboard. That will copy the desktop to the clipboard. Pressing "Alt + Print Scrn" Will copy the current window to the clip board. After copying the screen or window to the clip board, Launch some art tool (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Meijer's 20% Sale
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Both of the stores in Ann Arbor, MI also have the sale, but neither has the X-Wing or Tie Interceptor. :( (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: tightening up mecha joints
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(...) a (...) Teflon Pipe Tape! Yes!! I've got tons of that stuff! I'll give that a try, or the Saran Wrap (thanks Mike). I tried scotch tape, but it wouldn't conform to the holes well enough. I love Lugnet. You guys rock :) Adrian -- (URL) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Vagone ItLUG partito
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...e felicemente arrivato! Si trova sano e salvo nelle mani di Dwayne Towell (a cui è piaciuto moltissimo) e parteciperà al grande evento che inizia domani e prosegue fino a domenica mattina. Potete seguire la manifestazione in diretta tramite (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: More newbie questions
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"Sproaticus" <jsproat@io.com> wrote in message news:399C0CBF.901134...@io.com... (...) this, (...) type (...) Alrighty. (...) save (...) No, I wouldn't. But I haven't run across a case yet where I have. (...) Which brings me to some ideas I was (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Snapshots in MLCad
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:FzG04H.DFn@lugnet.com... (...) not (...) move (...) but (...) whatever (...) and (...) is (...) P(rotated) (...) almost (...) That would be very cool, and combined with Adam's (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Lego Breaks
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" Martin Eberhard, a toy aficionado and CEO of the Silicon Valley startup NuvoMedia, had to put his foot down when he caught his entire engineering department -- who were supposed to be designing an electronic book -- sitting on the floor playing (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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