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Zellers has Speederbikes ($14.99), Snowspeeders ($29.99), & Y-Wing/Tie combos (which are on sale @ $54.97). Randy (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic)
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| | Re: How do you convert light sensor data to bmp image
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I just put a Win32/i386 port of netpbm on my ftp site (ftp://ftp.phred.org...bm-e.zip). Very little documentation, but it should be easier then uploading and downloading files from a unix account. I'd recommend generating the PGM, then using (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Who had the 5571 Inventory?
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For me the most notable reason why our little market isn't perfect is that IMO we are in a constant state of short supply on most elements (because of TLG's unwillingness to offer bulk), not to mention that most sets are not available through Lego (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: new stuff on my site (coach, trolley...again, LEGO Logo art)
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(...) There are two major types of power pickups that work on overhead wire. See my site, in the glossary section. A trolley is a kind of train... but anyway, any sprung single pole is a trolley pole, no matter what sort of train it's on. The LEGO (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Starwars Minifigs
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Look at (URL) are some nice self-made Star Wars Minifigs (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Star Wars in Colo. Spgs.
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Still no luck in finding these in the Springs. I hit the Walmarts at Academy and Highway 83 and at Platte, the Targets at Academy and Union and on Platte, and Toys R Us. Pretty much everyone looked picked over. Oh, this happened on Monday. I'm (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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| | Lego CAD for Mac?
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Does anyone know of a Lego CAD program for the Mac? Has anyone tried running a PC Lego CAD program through Virtual PC or Soft Windows? Rob (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | UK bargain
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Argos are currently selling one of the ZNAP kits (I forget the number - the one that is a helicopter / dinosaur!) for under UKP 13 --- which contains a (RIS-style) motor, battery box (useful for testing) and a couple of flexible axles... Stuart -- (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | FAorT: 6988 - Alpha Centauri Outpost
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Greetings all, I have a new in box 6988 available to a good home. The box has been opened, but the bags have not. This set is great. It has two cool baseplates, 9V lighted bricks, and lots of good Blacktron II elements. This set is from 1991, is (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: new stuff on my site (coach, trolley...again, LEGO Logo art)
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Thanks Larry. You told me what the bubble thing was; so, I figured you would eventually go to my site and you would eventually tell me what the power thingies are. I figured you would get a laugh if I asked by name. I like the (wait for it) part of (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | House of the Future contest winners
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I have just been looking through the winners of the House of the Future contest Lego sponsored a little while ago. I must say that I am pretty unimpressed by most of the entries. I did like Alicia McDaniel's underwater city: (URL) think this is also (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: new crown gear
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(...) It is N. Droid Development Kit. It is down at the bottom of the robot. - Tom (...) -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego & Canada Post are S-L-O-W
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(...) Still waiting, Everyday I go to the mail box and hope it's in. And it's not the only people how love me are the bills (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | RE: new crown gear
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# From: brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl # Sent: 24 March 1999 13:50 # To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com # Subject: Re: new crown gear # ---...--- # Go to (URL) *choose LEGO Mindstorms photos from the menu* # and THEN click for the full size view of the L-3GO robot. # (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: blasters in sw sets
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(...) What about the rifles and revolvers in Wild West and Adventurers? Those are close enough to 'modern' for me! :( Steve (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | RE: new crown gear
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(...) (URL) Brok -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: blasters in sw sets
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I dislike how TLG promotes violence by including these megaphone pieces in so many of today's sets. The verbal abuse that minifigs volley at each other through these pieces has a profound and disturbing effect on the young ears that must listen. (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Voorstel
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(...) werken (...) Nico, de reden dat we alleen lugnet.loc.nl gebruiken is dat we gewoon met te weinigen zijn om de subgroepen waardig te maken. Gewoon alle Nederlanders in .loc.nl Natuurlijk blijven we gewoon andere nieuwsgroepen volgen (zoals (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.nl.bn.hdb, lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: Lego Truck in Wellington
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(...) The problem with that (and what got us started here) is that the base of the 3442 Legoland California Truck (and its predecessor/twin, 2148 Imagination Celebration Truck) is a pair of 1x16 bricks, side-by-side, making a 2x16 solid core. The (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Light blue bricks
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(...) Eric, I think it more likely that this is a scanning artifact. It looks to me like the image is color shifted and these are probably cyan elements seen in previous Technic sets. Notice how light the gray elements are? If you darken the entire (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Students, Teachers: spare 5 minutes please
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Fellow-researchers and I are working on using Mindstorms (referring the entire range of programmable LEGO products) for teaching robotics in school. The work would be published at an IEEE conference. We would like to ask students and teachers to (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego Truck in Wellington
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(...) That's a pretty good idea. Replace the 2x2 tile with a 3x2 plate w/ round-end and hole (ex: (URL)) and you're in business. The trailer still sits a bit too high, but at least adding the hitch mechanism isn't contributing to that problem. Steve (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: lego turn table/list seems to hve slowed down
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Have you used the turntable? I have been trying to build a turntable base for my digital camera (for panoramic shots) but have been having a hard time trying to get a stable base that rotates smoothly on a single shaft. cheers, rob cairns (...) -- (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Picayune request for LDLite
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I'd like to have more colors available in the Background Color and Default Piece Color drop-downs. Or the ability to type in different color codes. While editing parts, it is useful to set the part-color to a transparent value -- it makes it much (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: lego turn table/list seems to hve slowed down
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In article <003401be75a3$576358...0@u7x9h8>, billyd <billyd@bcn.net> writes (...) Yes, the volume has lessened considerably. (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: blasters in sw sets
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Yes, I have several outfitted to my Rebel pilots now, I am using the megaphone one for the Imperials. Scott Sanburn (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: TM's 6399 Airport Shuttle monorail auction (Update 6)
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NOTE2: Please let me know if you would like to be taken off the update list. Thanks. 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 (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: lugnet.cad.dev (1999.03.24.1000) #794-799 (6 articles)
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(...) You have a good point there. I never really considered that, but it makes sense. (...) Right. I agree. However, the memorial navigation in my opinion is lacking, but the graphics are quick to load which is a plus. (...) Yep.. Well, I hope that (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voorstel
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Hi Mark en Jasper, (...) Ik weet niet wie de aanstichter is, maar ik heb op dezelfde manier gereageerd op de franse oproep voor een franse LEGO groep. NEE NIET DOEN Dat ik deze na 4 maanden gevonden heb is puur toeval, door Lugnet uit te werken en (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.nl.bn.hdb, lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Little more info on the Simtek mem chips
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I did a little more playin last nite with the Simtek mem chips. Whether or not the Mem chips will save memory depends on a few things. If I am powering the HB with the serial/charger line and unplug it, the Simtek chips will hold their memory. If I (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Lego Truck in Wellington
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Hi Larry, (...) It might be the same remark as Selcuk made but his set number does not tell me enough and I dont keep a count or list of all the set numbers they ever made. But in the Octan petrolcar was an small technic axle with and knob. That was (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: toolchain
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On the subject of licences: I always forget the details, coz they bore me, but as a result of working on Apache, I do know a few things: 1. There is an LGPL that is less restrictive than GPL. 2. GPL licences are not compatible with all other (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Source Of GP2DO2
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Hi all, I am located in Sydney. I want to buy some IR detector GP2DO2 (sharp). These are not available in Australia. Can any body give me a reference of any stockiest located in USA, who can send me these detectors. I will be highly obliged. Regards (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: ldraw part update?
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(...) The boat is one. There are a few others. The good news is that the majority of the pieces will be released soon - tomorrow or Thursday. And that includes the spear. :-) Been working on it all evening - good thing this was a sucky night for (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Who had the 5571 Inventory?
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(...) Ah - the theory of the perfect free market. It'd be nice if it always worked like that - but it doesn't for various reasons, most notably that people don't always have perfect knowledge of the market. The going rate for something might be $300 (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Light blue bricks
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Eric Brok wrote in message ... (...) This should be: Go to (URL) LEGO Mindstorms photos from the menu* and THEN look at the full size view of J. Robotics Discovery Set (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: new crown gear
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Eric Brok wrote in message ... (...) That should be: Go to (URL) LEGO Mindstorms photos from the menu* and THEN click for the full size view of the L-3GO robot. It will reveal a new type of crown gear. (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: new products
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S. Crawshaw wrote in message ... (...) I doubt it will even be *possible* to connect a second motor (see my previous post). (...) Let's hope it will have something extra to regular cams for the steep LEGO price. (...) I ordered it immediately from (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Light blue bricks
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Go to (URL) look at the full size view of J. Robotics Discovery Set It shows some light blue LEGO elements, including regular plates. This better not be a trick of the eye! Eric Brok Visit LEGO ON MY MIND: (URL) Control section: (URL) section: (URL) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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