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Below are the current bids (as at 4:00am (PST) 23/3) for six Unopened Maersk Cargo Trucks (#1831) (URL) Maersk Cargo Truck $26 P.Schildknecht MT2 Maersk Cargo Truck $31 P.Foster MT3 Maersk Cargo Truck $40 Verraco458 MT4 Maersk Cargo Truck $30 (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Pictures of (very?) old Lego Idea book
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Hi all! I've tried to take pictures (no scanner yet!) of my old Lego idea book. It must be from about 1960, I'm not sure exactly when - perhaps someone else can give more details... (URL) page is slow, and the picture quality is not the best, but (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: anyone out there?
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(...) Hmm, As my web pages show, I'm primarily into space (though I have a soft-spot for castle sets), but even as a kid, I remember never being too interested in the "Official" Lego models. They stayed built for about 20 minutes before they got (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc.dur)
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| | Re: Triangle folks
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You know, I think we in NC would be better served if there were a lugnet.loc.us.nc triangle (and possibly: lugnet.loc.us.nc triad). Having seperate groups for durham and raleigh really isnt that useful, since we're only 20 minutes away, and having a (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc.dur)
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| | Re: Microfig TIE Advanced Prototype (Darth Vader's TIE FIghter)
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(...) Hmmm, Good point. I wasn't really paying attention I guess. I'll take alook at this. Though, I think that the TLG model is not quite right either. I remember having the original Die-cast model of this ship and it wasn't quite *that* disk (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: blasters in sw sets
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I read in an article on the new Star Wars line that the initial classic set release had the fastest turn around time at lego ever - 1 year. I would guess that the number of new pieces in the sets would be limitted by that short turn around. They (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | ldraw part update?
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i remember seeing the voting last month.. is there an approximate date when the new parts will come out? ..joseph g (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Twin Cities LEGO minifest 033099
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Sadly (or maybe not so sadly) I will be in Florida during our first mini Legofest.[1] I propose, however, a monthly or bi-monthly meeting to get together. A mid-May affair sounds good; I'm toast for June, but July is good. We still are up in the air (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: blasters in sw sets
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(...) One of these comes with the Snow Speeder set for the Hoth Rebel Soldier that is included in that set. Although I would not call it the best blaster in the world. Seeing that they have Guns in the Adventurers sets I hope somewhere along the way (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: people i would most like to build with...
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(...) Wow, I didn't know you were so close! Barbara and I are going to Mesa Verde in Colorado this summer or fall -- wanna meet up with some Legos? :-, (...) I find that if I surround myself with talent, it gets much easier for me to, erm, "borrow" (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Nice Models all...
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(...) I have lots of Freestile bricks but when I was collecting sets it was primarily Classic Space although I don't have all the sets I have a fairly large collection. I would say that most of my bricks are Freestile (or became freestile over time (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: part: technic connector cross
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(...) Whoa! The "Technic Connector Cross" is NOT the 3651.dat Technic Connector minus the studs. The shape of these two pieces is vastly different. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: blasters in sw sets
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The old Classic Space sets had a piece that looked a hell of a lot like a blaster, The Official instructions showed it being used like some sort of camera but if you turned it around it made a greate Blaster/Rifle Check out some of the old sets like (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Any SW in VA?
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"Maria W. Campbell" zapped: (...) I went in last night (3/22) and even the shelf stickers were gone! I guess I can't rely on the TRU info from TRU people, either. She said that the trucks would be in on Thursday and they showed up on Wednesday. Good (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.va.new)
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| | Re: Twin Cities LEGO minifest 033099
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(...) So who else is going? What faces will I finally get to put to names? So what is the traffic like from 5 to 6 pm on 35W? Everybody is bringing stuff to show off I hope. I'll bring a box of six wide fire trucks. And John Neal, if you show up, I (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Who built the AT-ST??
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(...) Why not? It worked for Time Cruisers/Twisters.... ;-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Missing Letters in Lego unvierse?
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(...) That is a problem. How do the engineers express the concept of Delta Vee? ea ee? -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Star Wars @ Tesco (Roytson, Herts.)
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Huw Millington wrote in message ... (...) Yes, I've used the high-res pictures from the LEGO site, but rest are scans I've taken. Ben (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: help with ICC11
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(...) Hi Gary, I haven't used ICC with the HB but I do use it with the miniboard. I've had good luck with dlm which I believe is available from the HB site. Karl Lunt (who wrote the brilliant SBasic compiler for the 6811) has a version of motorola's (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Star Wars @ Tesco (Roytson, Herts.)
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(...) I'm sure Ben will answer in due course, but aren't they the official box pictures? (...) HP scanners at 75dpi seem very good for LEGO printed stuff. Never any moire/screen and pretty sharp. (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Star Wars @ Tesco (Roytson, Herts.)
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Richard Dee wrote in message ... (...) *snip* (...) With all the scans I do, I always scan the image in at a larger DPI/Image Size than I actually need, then when you reduce the image to the size you want to display/save it as, it's lost a lot of (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: people i would most like to build with...
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(...) We're all probably pretty far apart. :-( I am in Phoenix, AZ - not _too_ far from Sproat in Orem, UT, I guess. Besides, if there were a legofest like that, I would probably not be much use.... being among so much talent would render me (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Simtek memory
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(...) [short snip] Problem is the Simtek chip needs a few (...) Bruce, they *do* work well. I haven't had to add any caps. I just plugged it in and it worked 8^]. And they don't collide with the LCD or exp. board like the Dallas battery backed (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: toolchain
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(...) Read the MPL again. It's not clear to me that you need to MPL all your code if you include unmodified source from something that is covered by MPL. But if you include MPL'd source, you certainly have to make it clear what code is covered by (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Mega-Fig at Joe's Lego Page
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I want to add a me too. I think your fig is great. I cannot wait to see what you do to fine tune it! Chris (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Star Wars @ Tesco (Roytson, Herts.)
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On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 20:58:24 GMT, Ben Rogers uttered the following profundities... (...) Like the site! Question, if I may..... Your pictures are de-screened *and* sharp! I have tried de-screening and have very unsharp pictures! I am quite sure it (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Star Wars @ Tesco (Roytson, Herts.)
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On Tue, 23 Mar 1999 13:13:27 GMT, Huw Millington uttered the following profundities... (...) Thanks! (...) I would forward the motion that LL Windsor be a price barometer.... Landspeeder-5.99 Speeder bikes-7.99 Snow Speeder-14.99 X-Wing-24.99 (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: help with ICC11
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I'm using win98 an ICC11. I was unable to get ICC11 to communicate with my handybaord. I instead used hbdl to download the output (s19 file) from ICC11 to my handyboard. This worked without problems. My biggest problem was that in my project I (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Missing Letters in Lego unvierse?
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On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 02:42:00 GMT, Tim McSweeney uttered the following profundities... (...) And therein lies the answer to your question! Those letters were sold to help pay for the hammer! (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Microfig TIE Advanced Prototype (Darth Vader's TIE FIghter) [DAT]
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Karim, another nit to pick, with Darth's TIE Fighter. Its body was a different shape from the TIEs the grunts flew, more disc-shaped than spherical. I've made a stab at it, LMKWYT. 0 0 Name: TIEDV.DAT 0 Author: Karim Nassar 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dat)
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| | Re: SW Microfig X-Wing (w/ movable S-Foils) [DAT]
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Whoops, wrong newsgroup! :-P Sproaticus wrote: Karim, your X-Wing is superb except for one detail. LMKWYT. Cheers, - jsproat 0 Name: XWING.DAT 0 Author: Karim Nassar 1 7 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3710.DAT 1 4 0 0 -20 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3710.DAT 1 7 0 (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dat)
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| | RCX IRPD - Kits being made
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Well, I think the initial analysis is in, the RCX IRPD works on at least three Mindstorms bricks! For those of you who can't leave "well enough" alone, read on for a directionally sensitive IRPD for the RCX For those of you who wanted me to put (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Missing Letters in Lego unvierse?
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John Neal roe in message <36F667B9.A1DD6AE2@u...st.net>... (...) Ony a crimina ou not kno he ifference beteen ha is iega an ega. I hink he shou be sen o jai. P.S. John, I hink his is prey amn funny. :erek OBLego: You can't even spell lego with the (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | (canceled)
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| | Re: WTBOT: red 1x14 bricks
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(...) To the best of my knowledge, the only 1x14 brick TLG has produced is the brick with a slot down one side that is part of the garage door ass'y. One of the 1999 ninja sets uses one of these, not as a garage door part, but just as a basic brick. (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: I have a page up showing the current status of my Lego Tantive IV!
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Karim wrote in message <36F6D686.1E494319@m...ng.com>... (...) scale (...) Falcon...) It looks pretty good to me! As to scale--the Millenium Falcon is 27 meters long, while a Corvette is 150 meters long. So if it's roughly 5-6 times as long as the (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: WTBOT: red 1x14 bricks
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Uh?? I've seen 1x1, 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, 1x6, 1x8, 1x10, 1x12 and 1x16 bricks. But 1x14??? Do they exist? (...) 6109. (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Best Lego Store in Western Mass?
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Not Really, I tend to rely on Toys 'R Us and Wal-Mart. Unfortunately no little country stores that I have found. But I haven't given up looking yet either. Kipling Morris wrote in message ... (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.spr)
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| | Re: Nice Models all...
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Welcome home, Eric. All classic Space sets, huh? :) Scott Sanburn (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Thanks Lego!
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snip (...) another (...) The Anakin Star Wars minifig (in the Episode I logo) *suggests* a new minifig 'baby' may be born.... Eric (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | help with ICC11
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I have an expanded Handy Board, and version 5.0 of the ImageCraft C Compiler. I am running Windows 98. Setting up to talk to the Handy Board is a bit of an obstacle for me. Has anyone done it with the ICC11 compiler, or is there a site someone knows (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | WTBOT: red 1x14 bricks
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I'm looking for red 1x14 bricks, either technic or plain doesn't matter. I'll either buy them outright or trade you for the big manta ray that came with 6109. (URL) Patrick Sayre-Little | "Someday we'll look back on all this (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Who built the AT-ST??
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Pah! Shows you what TLG knows! I would buy one in a heartbeat! Scott Sanburn (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | RE: A Sphere
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I have definitely been looking for a Lego sphere in the 16-20 stud range...I should be more clear I guess. Thanks for the real sphere program though and the compiler. I have tried several configurations of Lego spheres in the 16-20 stud wide range (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Simtek memory
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A few weeks ago Duncan Orthner mentioned the Simtek memory chips on the HB newsgroup. They sounded like a good idea so i tried them. They work very well. But..... The HB may need a little modification to make them work rite. When the HB is powered, (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: A Sphere
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(...) Here's some code that should help you creating a spherical LEGO model: ---...--- -- The orientation matrix or the order the coordinates are _printed_ in -- needs to be fixed. Radius : constant Positive := 45; -- LU ( = 1/2 plates ) Half_Width (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: A Sphere
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(...) A "real" sphere or a LEGO "sphere"? I have been thinking of building some LEGO "spheres" in various sizes, but here's a sketch for a program that writes a "real" sphere for LDraw: ---...--- procedure Put_Point (Latitude, Longitude : in (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: PWM and executing 2 function at the same time
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(...) Umm, not sure which 'pulses' you're refering to. How are you generating the pulses and what are they for? Do you mean the PWM going to the motor drivers? The HB can generate lots of different pulses 8^] and for question 2, i mean is (...) try: (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Triangle folks
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Alan Clegg asked me to post this for him since he's having trouble posting... For some unknown reason, the lugnet thing won't let me post. Can you pass this on to the readers of the 'nc' (Raleigh area) lugnet list(s)? <BIO> Alan Clegg -- 36yr old (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc.dur)
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| | Re: 5571 Big Truck Auction
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Current bid for 5571 is $110 by Ted, going twice set will be sold in 48 hours if no further bids by then. (...) sealed (...) auction. (...) to (...) bid. (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: high speed railways and strange flat bed cars
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(...) the (...) encouter (...) ends (...) Exactly; rather than the wheelset turning the cars, the first car to enter a curve (or leave it) turns against the "stationary" second car, while the wheelset turns "half as fast", or to half the angle, (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: high speed railways and strange flat bed cars
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(...) That is in fact the reason that they are separate. If they are on a common axle, the outer wheel tends to want to climb up and rub the flange against the inner side of the rail (remember, train wheels have a tapered profile, the diameter on (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PWM and executing 2 function at the same time
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thanz Duncan for your advice. but for question 1, what i mean was to count the number of pulses generated without any external device. what i am asking is to count the number of pulses internally. and for question 2, i mean is there any command to (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Ninja Figs - Reverse Auction
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Low bid so far is 25 including shipping by Mark Parker. Remember, I am not picky about WHICH figs these are, as long as they are ninja theme figs. (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: ldraw.org
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(...) I'm just speaking for myself, but I think that this is because people would rather see a site now with content than an professional-looking one later that is easy to navigate. In other words, there are few reasons to give over the James (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Misc. Lot Auction -- SOLD!
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The+ Misc. Lot Auction is now over. The winning bidder was Christopher Weeks at $17. Thanks to those who participated! Steve Berry (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: *Orange*Orange*Orange*
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(...) It is a shame-- the orange bricks look sweeet in a lot of Lego color combos-- you should get some. I am actually a little less desperate because I found a stash of them and was able to complete my project. BTW I have a lot of slopes for sale (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | SW at K-Mart
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I haven't been shopping lately, but my remote spy network (ie, a guy I work with who has a Star Wars fan for a kid) reports there are a lot of Star Wars lego at the K-Mart on 28th Street and Lake Eastbrook Drive. Steve (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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| | RE: Starwars Microfigure Model Catalog up on my page.
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I don't know what all the fuss is about...I heard that TLG is about to take Karim's designs and mold them as one piece specialty parts - sort of like Town Jr except for the more discerning Star Wars crowd... Karim, I've said it before, but the more (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Lego Truck in Wellington
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(...) That's a straightforward solution (and it's suggested in the holiday S@H catalog). But it allows the trailer to separate from the tractor too easily. (...) Oooo. That would be juniorization. But it might be reasonably good juniorization, for (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: toolchain
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(...) Yes, I believe GNU configure is covered by GPL. I already changed legOS licensing to MPL because Kekoa's math routines are MPL. I'm not sure if we may continue to use them if we change yet again. What's the status on menuconfig? Are those (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: 1857(?) Brick boxes spotted
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Richard Dee wrote in message ... (...) I guess it goes without saying that the bigger the branch the more likely they are to stock Lego... the actual amount they have is pretty poor - a fair bit of Duplo and a few Res-Q sets, and these 1857s - and (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: TM's 6399 Airport Shuttle monorail auction (Update 5)
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NOTE: a couple more pieces were found and are listed below. I have a 6399 Airport Shuttle for auction. This set is missing several pieces; however, it also includes extra track segments. The set is being auctioned without instructions and includes (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Star Wars @ Tesco (Roytson, Herts.)
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Ben Rogers wrote in message ... (...) Neat site. I _finally_ got my SW sets today, so here's some Beatties prices for your list: landspeeder 6.49 Speeder bikes 8.99 (steep?) Snowspeeder 15.99 XWing 24.99 Tie 39.99 Total 96.45 All the toy shops in (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: *Orange*Orange*Orange*
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Err - I don't see why it's not right. If I say orange, I'll pronounce it 'orrinj'. If I say lozenge, I'll pronounce it 'lozzinj'. Looks like a rhyme to me - same vowel sounds, same emphasis on the 1st syllable, same final consonent. ????? And isn't (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | WTB royal knight KINGS torso's!
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Hello, I would like to buy some royal knight kings torso's. I need 44 of them. I am willing to pay $1.50 each torso. I also need dark gray arms with black hands. Thank You, Doyle (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: ldraw.org
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(...) It is a work in progress, but a couple things need to happen first. I still need to iron out kinks in the Lego Maniac's Webring site and make it public before starting work on the new ldraw.org site. Also, I want to take my time on this and (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Znap Hover-Sub 12.99 in Argos
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(...) I forgot! TRU in Glasgow have them at the same price I think, at least it was a motor, at that price, with znap as extra packaging material ;) Richard (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: toolchain
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(...) What about a simplified gnu 'configure' ? Or would using that scheme mean incorperating the GNU license as well? :) Richard (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Twin Cities LEGO minifest 033099
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Greetings, A group of us are getting together for a Twin Cities LEGO minifest on Tuesday March 30th starting at 6:00 pm. at the University Lutheran Chapel, located at 1101 University Avenue S.E., Minneapolis MN in Dinkytown. It is 2 blocks east of (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Mindstorms: Use of Far Mode on IR Transmitter
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Far mode allows you to download or control RCX via suplemental software (NCQ). The IR range can be boosted a bit by reflecting off a white surface (ceilings or walls), I think Radio Shack has a remote control range booster. This should be able to (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | (canceled)
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| | Re: Who had the 5571 Inventory?
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(...) Sorry to be pedantic, but I'm not sure I'd agree with this. You seem to be saying that whether it is profiteering or not depends on what you're using the money for. I'd say it depends more on whether the profits you're making are reasonable, (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | ldraw.org
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dod anything ever come off about the possible creation of ldraw.org? is it work in progress or has the idea been abandoned? (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: fright knights,dark forest
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i think that the judge of wether a set is available should be the lego online catalog. if a set appears on either the US or European online catalogs it is a current set. also a set should be promotional if it is in huw millingtons promotional set (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | blacktron II super vechicle
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someone sent me a message saying that they were going to scan the blacktron II super vechicle instructions... did you scan it? can i have the instructions? (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Any SW in VA?
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(...) Thanks for the info. TRU in NN did have a <small> shipment on the 16th... but I didn't know it. The Star War Lego sets sold out in less than 20 mins. (a stockgirl told me) on the 17th when they were just put out! That really jerked my chain (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.va.new)
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| | part: technic connector cross [DAT]
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here it is: the technic connector cross... it still needs a lot of work... but here it is. anyone got the part number for it? 0 Technic Connector Cross (needs work) 0 file: X999.DAT 0 Author: Jonathan Wilson 0 Un-Official Element 1 16 10 0 -20 0 -1 (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dat)
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| | blasters in sw sets
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has TLG made amy element sutable for use as a blaster in any set ever? do the SW sets have one? anyone got any ideas of how to make one? (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: fright knights,dark forest
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dark forest has been discontinued. i checked the lego online catalog for all countries and there were no dark forest sets on it. i think that any dark forest available from either TLG or elsewhere will be remnant sets... (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Storm Trooper backpacks
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(...) They aren't backpacks for the Scout Troopers; the troopers didn't wear backpacks in the movie. The Speeder Bikes, however, had saddlebags on the back. (...) They're made to fit Lego Minifig heads. Get used to it, if you're going to keep buying (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Thanks Lego!
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Like Tom McDonald said, (...) In short it aint LEGO, multi usable pieces in a great stock and use your own imagination to create your own surroundings. (...) I think theres no need for all of this, when I look at my own kids, 2 girls and a boy, and (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: SW sets are in Ann Arbor Meijer's! :)
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(...) </lego> Eh, that's just your run-of-the-mill U-M combativeness. They don't have basketball to watch, after all...;) Unfortunately, my Spartans are liable to get walloped by Duke. On the other hand, it wasn't Ann Arbor that suffered the rash (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nj.new, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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| | Re: Mega-Fig at Joe's Lego Page
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As Dickie V has uttered once or twice these past few weeks, "It's Awesome, Baby!" Nice work, Joe. Planning any moves to Enfield? (megafig looks like resume material;) (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NEEDED: 2x4 BRICKS!
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What?! You can't recall *that* long ago, can you? Weren't you still in asbestos diapers 15 years ago?;-) (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Storm Trooper backpacks
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The backpacks don't fit with the helmets on. The helmets are bulky. Are those blasters on the side of the Speeder Bikes? Otherwise the set is Ok. Woulda liked to seen the Princess. (sigh) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: FT: 2 5571s for 1 8880
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Well, I will only be trading with one person. I don't WANT more than 1 more 8880, and yes, I DO want to keep as many 5571s as possible ;-) I offered 2, knowing at selling prices, it would be a good deal, I just didn't figure on that many people (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Lego Truck in Wellington
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Steve & Larry wrote (...) I had imagined just replacing the 2x2 grey tile with a 2x2 turntable. Does that not work? From my perspective the 16x1 bricks are simply hard to get, and at the scale I build they're not excessively large. A 1x16x5 (...) (26 years ago, 22-Mar-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: anyone out there?
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(...) So do I. I also just got an e-mail from Mike Walsh who also is in Cary. (...) 36 What are peoples theme interests? Right now I think I'm all over the place. Frank (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| | Compiler
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I have discovered that the instructions for building the compiler on the legOS site have changed. They now say to build egcs, whereas they used to say to build gcc. This could, conceivably, be why I cannot build good files with 0.1.7, since I'm (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: *** LEGOLAND Truck Trailer ??? ***
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(...) You don't buy the trailer. You (maybe) buy the parts and then build the trailer. Go here: (URL) Lego Shop at Home: 800-835-4386 (USA) / 800-267-5346 (Canada) www.lugnet.com/news/ - A great new resource for LEGO fans worldwide (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Starwars Microfigure Model Catalog up on my page.
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(...) Thanks! I've never actually done Microfig before (in a dedicated fashion). In a way, all of my models are microfig (at least micro detail), since I'm always thinking about the effect of using one piece over another and the overall form as well (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: anyone out there?
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Hi! I'm local to the triangle. I grew up in Durham, but I live in Cary now. good to hear from your guys. What ages do we represent here? I'm 24. --Karim ((URL) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc.dur)
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| | Nice Models all...
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Just thought I would compliment you all on your models they are all very impressive. I am just getting back into Lego now thanks to the Star Wars sets. I have all 5 and have actually now bought a couple of none SW sets. This MicroFig scale is very (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: PUTS MONEY INTO YOUR POCKET!
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tangelo@indiasite.com writes: > E MAIL KING AND ASSOCIATES > PUTS MONEY INTO YOUR POCKET!! Bastards. Okay, I'm going into 1/4-moderated mode. The first time you send mail to the list, the mail will go to me for moderation. Subsequent mails will go (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | *** LEGOLAND Truck Trailer ??? ***
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Heya all ! I bought a LEGOLAND California Truck #3442 (Limited Edition) and on the back site of stickers there stands: See page 3 of the order form in the Holiday 98 Shop At Home catalog for building tips on how to build a trailer for your LEGOLAND (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Curiosities
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(...) That's just the Answer to the Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. Who said the Question has anything to do with meaning? ;) OBLEGO/SW: I checked the local Walmart yesterday (Cleveland Heights). The only indication of SW was a price (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Why lego should not make so many new colors
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(...) Agreed with Gary. (...) <snip> (...) <snipped other thought-out comments> IMO, I do agree and I think there needs to be more thought put into which pieces to make which color, including trans colors. I don't mind TONS of trans pieces IF they (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Mega-Fig at Joe's Lego Page
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Hi all, I got in a building kind of mood over the weekend after seeing all the great Legoland pictures. Now I have a model of a giant mini-fig. It still needs some fine tuning, but I posted pictures if anyone is interested. (URL) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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