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If you haven't seen the news, the guy who posted about buying this mystery set said it was a joke. However the guy who heard of it from a TRU employee stands by his story (although you'll note he didn't really believe the employee). Rob (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Fishing for a tasty linkage/gearing/robotic building thread...
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(...) <snip> (...) Surely the only reason there's usually complication is that the assembly needs to be able to rotate any amount in either direction. If 0-90 degrees is the total range, then there are lots of really simple solutions. [This next bit (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Fishing for a tasty linkage/gearing/robotic building thread... (fwd)
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(...) Jim, a nice suggestion. I love the escapement mechanism. But can't see how this would make us to save a sensor: we still need to know WHEN it's time to read the code sensor, I mean when the escapement is in one of its two terminal positions. (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LEGO Racers screenshot
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(...) You haven't spent much time playing any of the LEGO Media titles, have you? Minifigs regularly fly apart (the opening sequence in LEGO Island features a yellow head bouncing out of a LEGO ambulance, the driver chasing it down, and chucking it (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Just got back from...DEKA...Auckland, New Zealand
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I just got back from the mid-night release of EP1 merchandise at the toy department of one of our biggest retail chains here - DEKA. We all know DEKA right kids? It was quite cool, a bit of hype before hand and a demonstration of the new figures (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Fishing for a tasty linkage/gearing/robotic building thread...
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(...) Or third, a synchro drive constrained to a ninety degree throw. This is simpler than the independent wheels since it doesn't require an extra motor or complicated mechanism for raising and lowering. It is also easier than the rotation sensor (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Fishing for a tasty linkage/gearing/robotic building thread... (fwd)
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----- Forwarded message from Mario Ferrari ----- From: "Mario Ferrari" <mario.ferrari@edis.it> Subject: Re: Fishing for a tasty linkage/gearing/robotic building thread... Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 12:39:53 GMT I like a lot your idea of a "phisical" (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I like a lot your idea of a "phisical" program stored on a 2 x n plate. You could use one sensor eg on the left side as a sort of "clock" mechanism which marks your steps. Doing so you very precisely know when to read the right sensor which is (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Moving AUCTION (Update 18)-All sets Going 2 - Many Sold
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Hi, Sets with no bidding activity in 24 hours will be Sold on the following update. New Sets in Sealed Boxes Set Number:Set Name: Bid (US$): Bidder: Status: 6991 Monorail Transport Base $150 E. Lee SOLD 1 6991 Monorail Transport Base $150 GB Chek (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Architectural Wonders theme
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(...) Yes- and as far as larger buildings, selective compression goes a long, long way. Sure, the doors to Notre Dame are REALLY BIG, but if we use the regular "Large Arched Wooden Castle Doors", it's still a realy big door. And yeah, the towers are (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Does anyone know William Grant?
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I'm trying to get hold of William (Will) Grant from Woodworth, Los Angeles. Does anyone know how to get hold of him? Thanks - Ben (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wot???? Have I read this right? 6278 as in Indigo Island?? I'm afraid I'm not interested as I've already got 2 of that one - but I'm intrigued - where on Earth did Tesco dig it up from - that went out of the catalogue aeons ago, didn't it??? (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Sith Infiltrator
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(...) I have that book, and I don't think it's really the same size as the Falcon (err, the Infiltrator, that is, not the book! :D). It does seem to be smaller. (...) That is true. Also, the whole back end of the ship doesn't fold down, etc. (...) (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: LEGO Design (was: Where does everyone live?)
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(...) Whoops, you got me. Forgot all about that one. But on the other hand, it was never available in the Netherlands, where I get most of my Lego... Okay, lets try again: Complete in: Unitron, Spyrius, Insectoids, UfO, Space Police I+II, Blacktron (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: castle minifigs list please help
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the scans are ok. thanks. you can get my castle .dat files from (URL) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Request regarding "Spoilers"
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(...) wrote: (...) I'll just chime in here and point out that Owen and Beru are from the Lars family, not the Skywalker family. Popular conjecture is that Beru is the sister of Anakin. eric (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Fishing for a tasty linkage/gearing/robotic building thread...
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Michael Gasperi skrev i meddelandet ... (...) An idea we have (but no implementation ideas yet), is to drive the program in discrete 'steps', sampling the sensors during the step, and decide the action. This would make exact turns possible. The main (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Old Lego colors
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Kevin Wilson <70641.507@compuserve.com> skrev i meddelandet <373A3D5F.B68B7A79@c...ve.com>... (...) Well, in my old Idea Book (from ~1960), (URL) can see a lot of blue pieces. I know for sure I had them too, but never as many as reds and whites. The (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Question about classic ESSO Service Station
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Gary Istok skrev i meddelandet <3739E513.D9092180@u...ch.edu>... (...) You can also see it on my scans of an early Idea Book (URL) more precisely: (URL) and (URL) sure looks like the edge is painted red, or something like that. I am almost sure this (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 99-03 Voting: Quick Comments
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(...) Coz they didn't? The nut is a unique part, as far as I can tell. It is round, and ribbed on the outside (ribs parallel to the axle), and I've never seen a part that could be machined down to make it. (well, not easily, you could probably (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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