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Hi, We've put up the three parts of the Pirate Ship Hull in brown as an auction in our BrickLink Store: Straa-Vald Parts. Ends January the 4th, 2003. See and bid here: (URL) We've just stumpled on a bunch of smaller Soccer sets 3412, 3413 and 3414. (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Freight Destinations
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I suppose I should have cross-posted this ... From lugnet.trains Having de-lurked to post the pictures of my monorail freight train some months back ((URL) its time to de-lurk again to post the "raison d'etre" for the train. At one end is the port - (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Float and int
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(...) You should look in the gnu gcc compiler documentation for this. Float support is not OS but compiler specific. As I recall, gcc uses IEEE float format, the specification should be found somewhere in the net. But doing float with the brick is (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | has anyone made Ghostbusters stuff in lego?
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I have seen at least one picture of the Ecto-1 from somewhere but other than that, nothing. Anyone know of any ghostbusters stuff done in lego (without modified pieces that is) or have any links? (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Il mio NQC per BeOS
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Ciao Gabriele, credo che noi non ci conosciamo, è da poco che conosco il gruppo. Circa sei mesi fa sono venuto a sapere che un manipolo di irriducibili amanti dei lego stavano organizzando un Legofest a Modena a 1Km da casa mia e che l'organizzatore (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: New primitive box3-2.dat (was Re: What's up with box3#8.dat?)
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(...) I'll have patience. These dull and rainy holidays in the Netherlands are ideal to do some part authoring ;-) Yes I have families to consider, too. My grandparents celebrated their 84th and 85th birthdays. And I could borrow some old parts my (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Roll Call! Anybody else?
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John Henry Kruer wrote: > Castle ROLL-CALL - updated list (the 44 knights): > > (1) Jeremy Scott - .castle since I came lugnet... .castle until I DIE! > (2) Joey Finnell > (3) Yaron Dori - proud to be a part of castle > (4) Dan Thompson > (5) John (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Brick Testament site linked with child porn case??!!
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(...) Would the FBI care? (I don't think the FBI starts looking at you until your a suspect of something, so unless you've got a reason to think the FBI may be after you...) I'd think the NSA, CIA, or the newly formed Homeland Security Department (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Top 1000 noisemakers
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Thanks to both Maggie for the reminder, and *Dan for the compilation. I like the fact that I’ve posted more than Suz for the past 2 years! …it make me feel somewhat kinda special… ;) <blushes> (...) These figures are a gauge of my self-worth… (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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| | The Dark Side comes to Fremont
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Hey all, Just wanted to let you all know that Dad and Grandma did what Dads and Grandmas do best and I will be bringing my ISD to the next meet. Man, it's cool, and it's so BIG!! Dave (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Pic of Mount Everest set in Instr. for #7418
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Hey all, My apologies if this has been mentioned here already. In the back of the instruction booklet for #7418 there's a picture of one of the Mount Everest sets. At first glance it contains the following parts of interest: 2 (possibly 3) white (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Help me name Ikros!!
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The name you choose will hardly be relevant if you actually get a contract, as the publisher is likely to force a crappy name on you anyway. That said, a spiffy name might help you *get* that contract. I don't know. I really doubt that "Chronicles (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 8475 until a little while ago was seemed to be lacking.....
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(...) Swiss Chalet in Etobicoke is closing for six months for renovations. For January, we'll be at Mel's downtown. I'm going to mention once again, that I don't want to see anything larger than a shoebox at rtlToronto dinners. It's an inconvenience (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Things I should never do....
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(...) I also blew apart a Commodore 1084SP2 14" NTSC preview monitor by feeding it bad sync off my edit card. Any ideas? I presume flyback circuitry is gone. Calum (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Pipe Racers Demo Videos
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Hey folks, John Guerquin came by this afternoon and we went over to the Home Depot, buying some 1.5" PVC pipe and some 45 deg joints. Total cost for 12' of pipe and four joints? $10- tax inclusive. Anyways, we decided to build some ideas for pipe (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: My Porta-Botty
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I love the name, Tony. It's the twisted sort of humor I've come to expect from .Space. Maybe I should do the same. I could use some lunchtime entertainment... -Duane (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Top 1000 noisemakers
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Dan Boger wrote in message <20021230055017.GA10...on.com>... (...) That can't be so - I'm on the list at 413 posts, and I post via newsreader, not the web. Kevin ---...--- NEW Half-Timbered Shops kit 1400+++ pieces! (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Call for Mechers @ Bricks West 2003
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(...) I'll be there! I'm bringing about 6-8 "small" mechs (compared to your and Bryce's) Adam - (URL) - (URL) Hayashi - (URL) - (URL) Dragon - (URL) some new surprises!! See ya there! Jeff (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.events.brickswest)
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| | Re: ISD Cheap!(er) was: Review of 10030 ISD
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In lugnet.loc.au, James Howse writes: <snip> (...) You mean how it would be 9.7 or 9.2 cpp (depending on whether or not you include museum admission in your calculations)? And yes, well worth the price of admission, I would think! Who would write a (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Surprise bags at S@H
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I haven't seen anyone else post about these (under exclusives). I noticed S@H has surprise bags again, SP01 and SP02. Thrre models and a keychain, value at least $16.96. Cost $11.96 (SP01) if you don't order anything else, or $7.99 (SP02) if you (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | My Porta-Botty
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I have a Portable Bot Factory, and I'm not afraid to use it! Mua-haa-haa-haa-haaaaa! It was surprisingly difficult to build, too - took me over three hours. The hardest part was deciding what should stay and what shouldn't. I'm going to take it (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Brick Testament site linked with child porn case??!!
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(...) stronger bastions of respectable journalism in the UK. In any case, I sent the following letter to the editor. It's couched in the usual over-assertive letter-to-the-editor style that seems the only way to get past the sub-editors. to: (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Top 1000 noisemakers
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(...) ok, here it is. Like last time, only people who posted from the web interface were counted - it's too much of a pain to deal with parsing email addresses for unique ids. So as /. says, if you use these numbers for anything at all, you're out (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.statistics) !!
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| | Re: My New Website
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Good start, Steve. Your characters look good. Can't wait to see more! Oh, the Rogue's Gallery is a fun idea. Who else is going to go in there? Still Building, Josh (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Things I should never do....
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If you'd like, I can take a look at it. Admittedly, monitor/tv's and I don't get along too well - I bat about 50% repair rate, but I can take a stab at it for you. Just keep in mind that I've got school starting in January and any montor repairs (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 8475 -- motors and steering Oh My
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(...) Th - Time signal is High Tl - Time signal is Low Tt - total time ------________ Th Tl <---- Tt --------> Matthias Jetleb P.S.: Th/Tt is defined as the duty cycle, expressed as a percent. Therefor: Th=2ms, Tt=3ms = 66% duty cycle. This is (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 8475 -- motors and steering Oh My
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(...) It doesn't matter. DMM's are not good at measuring pulsed signals. (unless you have one of the more expensive true-RMS meters which can calculate the average of a non-sinusoidal waveform. You really need an oscilloscope for this. (...) It will (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Brick Testament site linked with child porn case??!!
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(...) (URL) bother - the FBI already knows you like LEGO. And their logic might not be as rigorous as that reporter's. (That was sarcasm. I hope.) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Jango Fett "knockoffs"
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I finally finished my JangoFett sculpture knockoffs of the custom one that the Lego company put up on Ebay last month. (URL) ldraw files came together pretty quickly with MLCad, and I used LPub to create the final images. I'm still getting the hang (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: Keppler Industries Update: KSS Farsearch Class
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(...) Thanks. The lighted engine was made a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. Acutally, when the former Grand Admiral posted his Blacktron gunship thingy with the lighted engines. But apparently he cheated using a laser pointer. I considered (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Keppler Industries Update: KSS Farsearch Class
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Soem people appear to be geting 404's from my URL. If you get it, would you (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Displacement Tonnage for Spaceships?
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In Traveller, spaceships use a convention of how much hydrogen might (...) Whomever created "Traveller" obviously didn't think things through. Nor did (s)he know much about physics or space. Mass is a MUCH better way of comparing the sizes of space (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Keppler Industries Update: KSS Farsearch Class
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That's a nice ship. I especially like the fork-like bow and the glowing engines, which are quite a unique touch. (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | My New Website
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Hi all, Well I finally got a digital camera and have taken some pictures of my lego world. So far there isn't much beyond a cast of characters, and a little other silliness. So far it isn't anything elaborate or much beyond a skeleton page, but I'd (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Large red train wheels
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Thanks for the information. In general when a part seems to be just a scaled version of another, is a new part made or is the existing one just included by a new dat file and scaled appropriately? Thanks! Karl (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Himoda Temple
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Great job Keith! It looks good and accurate, and the close ups are cool. It does look like something out of a japanese movie. (you know, the good kind with subtitles : )) Hasta la Vista, Sean (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New MOC: Micro Mech
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(...) Wassssup -snip- (...) Cool mini mech Matt, never seen a small one before. Actually gives me a few ideas instead of using half my blue and yellow bricks on mechs. Nice gun too, got to get pics somehow someway of my customs. (along with other (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: the perfect way to sell lego trains
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It is my belief that as long as LEGO® markets trains toward children, we won't see much progress being made. I too, would like the company to aim it's train line at fine hobby shops worldwide...then we should see a sharp rise in interest when the (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Brick Testament site linked with child porn case??!!
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This is very weird how they grouped the Brick Testament site along with the other offensive material...I guess I better purge my cache at work! Seems like they have blown this way out of proportion at this poor guys expense (or they were just (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Re: Lame Parts Entry - Strix
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You know what I thought of when I saw this and I loved it! Remember in the Buck Rogers episodes, when the Bird guy "Hawk" had that cool Bird like Space ship. It was the coolest right! I remember trying to make countless versions of it when I was a (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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| | Keppler Industries Update: KSS Farsearch Class
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Hello all, I've finally updated with a microfig scale capital ship. A KSS Farsearch Class vessel. (URL) it out and let me know what you think. This was my first real attempt at microfig, and I think it turned out well. Maybe now I'll make a small (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
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(...) There is the law, and then there is the moral overlay. What constitutes sufficient proof of having created the "first" instance of a given, disputed design? I am going to assume that what is being asserted is a claim of authorship for the (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Things I should never do....
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Even though I was warned by Calum..... Even though all the stuff I have ever read in my electronics magazines says don't bother.... Even against that little voice in my head that said DON'T....... I thought I'd try to repair that monitor flicker. So (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: New primitive box3-2.dat (was Re: What's up with box3#8.dat?)
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Chris, I'm alright with the 'u' convention. It'd be wicked cool if someone sat down and figured out all the possible box configurations (there can't be *that* many of them), so we could have a clearer idea of what we're trying to describe. Then (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Large red train wheels
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(...) I don't think that part has been modeled yet. :\ Steve (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Wheel axles
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(...) It looks like 35b has lines drawn where notches might belong. I don't have this part, so I don't know what it is *supposed* to look like. 35b does not fit current conventions, but I'm willing to ignore that, since it's an existing part. More (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Brownish Transparent
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(...) Your best bet is probably to use direct colors instead of the regular LDraw color codes. That way, you can specify the RGB values in your model files. If you are using LDLite, you can use the 0 COLOR metastatement to define your own color (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Top 1000 noisemakers (was: Re: Posting frequency?)
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(...) yesterday... (...) <snip the next 999 noisemakers...> LOL, Brian K.'s post in b-s-t has reminded me, it's just about that time of year again-- Todd? or Dan, if Todd is too busy? Maggie C. (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
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(...) I agree completely. Plus, I am not really sure it matters whether the auctioned model is an original from the ground up or a derivative work based on Bram's design -- if there are sufficient differences to distinguish it from Bram's then they (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: Lando and Mace
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(...) Interesting observations, I must agree. I was able to pick up 3562 and 3563 at WalMart today. They had all of them except 3565 (with Paul Pierce) They were in a box at the base of the display, I'm not sure whether they were supposed to be (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Review of 10030 Imperial Star Destroyer
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"Bryan Wong" <green_paper@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:H7wB7H.GFs@lugnet.com... (...) small (...) being (...) many (...) Uh? Was it a typo? I thought i should be like that and built one flush against the edge and the other 1 stud away. When (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | New Poll: Why do you buy LEGO?
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Check it out! (URL) Wells (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Is the norm for multiple .market posts changing?
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I agree that Larry is flexing his 'muscle' again to cause strife in this community. Track record shows that Larry has the most posts, including the admin! Pieniazek= 'about 12000', Lehman= 'about 7100' & admin= 'about 3500.' So, let's think about (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Jamocklaquat - The waters are still - a brief pause and analysis -
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(...) It'd be nice if it had some AI. Perhaps a camera in the head, hooked up to a computer, sending messages to the RCXs? If you wanted it more advanced, you could have multiple cameras, plus microphones, a speaker, and maybe more sensors (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Float and int
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(...) int is 16 bits, big endian, signed. It goes from -32768 to 32767. unsigned int goes from 0 to 65535. char is 8, long is 32, long long is 64, with the standard limits. Floats and doubles are emulated in software, as the H8/300 processor has no (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
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(...) Let's be careful to distinguish between what one *has* the right to do, and what *is* the right thing to do. Others have posted some great analysis of the legal side of things. I'll leave that to them, (after giving my hearty thanks, I learned (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
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"Matthias Jaenichen" <mj@edv.jaenichen.biz> wrote in message news:upsnua.5k1.ln@g...hen.biz... (...) Hopefully (...) I can't believe this is so hard for some of you to understand. Bram has no problem with someone copying his work. Nobody should. (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: Lame Parts Reminder
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(...) extension. If anyone else sent me an email after that I probably missed it, but given the difficulty I'm having getting online at my parent's house, and the fact that I'll be in Stahan for New Year's I've decided to extend the contest for (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Re: "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
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(...) I didn't have a problem with the seller selling a Lego Lamborghini, I had a problem because he was selling my Lego Lamborghini, or a close approximation thereof. If you still don't believe it's copied, see some of the other posts in this (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: Lame Parts Entry - Strix
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(...) Wow. Very nice model. Sorry I didn't get to it sooner - I've been offline for a couple of days. I'll get in on the contest website ASAP. I particularly like how the manta rays have been integrated by partially hiding them. they really fit in (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: New primitive box3-2.dat (was Re: What's up with box3#8.dat?)
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(...) Patience please - it's the holiday season and some of us have families to consider. I was hoping to get more replies to (URL) I explained the naming convention as currently implemented. So, if no-one is bothered, I'll change box3#8p.dat to (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Float and int
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Does anyone know what the maximum and minimum size of integer which can be stored is? Likewise, what is the floating point accuracy of BrickOS for variables of type "float" and "double" (is there such thing in BrickOS?) ? Both of these questions (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Mine is LEGOFAN (CA) (Re: an other LEGOMAN plate)
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(...) Gosh, who knew there was such a great collection of LEGO plates here? Maybe someone could put them together in a collage with a link from the people page. As soon as I can come up with a decent one that isn't taken, I'll have to get me an AFOL (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Intellectual property and the Internet (Was "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de)
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(...) No, *she* does not! But we are getting into the areas where the laws of various countries differ. Generally you can only assume that copyright is protecting the text/image and not the idea. For example in Australia ... taken from (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
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"Bram Lambrecht" <bram@cwru.edu> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:H7wIr4.BL4@lugnet.com... (...) been (...) of (...) his (...) compensate (...) can (...) credit (...) I am sorry to read that you still feel you have more rights here. Hopefully you never (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: Trademark infringement by LEGO and Lucasfilm?
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(...) unit, which is often referred to as a 'gonk droid' for short." (URL) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
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Good, it took guts to speak up and say something. Plus you found out what you suspected. wow. e (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: Jon Palmer Banished to Phantom Zone
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(...) LOL, John feel out of place as I do?? Josh (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: "Borrowed" Lamborghini Diablo design on Ebay.de
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Well, I contacted the seller, and he apologized. He admitted that he had been inspired by my model and built a similar car. Then, in order to get rid of some white parts and Ferrari wheels, he built another copy to sell. He mentioned that this was a (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: Lame Parts Entry - Strix
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(...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Lame Parts Entry - Strix
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(...) Thanks! It's always nice to hear good things about my MOCs. Reed (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Lame Parts Entry - Strix
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(...) Thanks! I appreciate your comments. (...) The head was the hardest part, so I'm glad it worked (and I was inspired by pods when making it). (...) Actually, I didn't use any turntables in the wing construction. Each wing is held on by 3 click (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Black Falcon minifigure sculpture
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Hello Andrew, I realy like your "minifig". This might turn into a new trend. (Who's making the Pirate Wench ? :-) With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: Call for Mechers @ Bricks West 2003
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Eric Sophie writes: Looking for Mechers to gather at the Pavillion in Legoland Carlsbad for Bricks West 2003. An estimate is needed to allow for Table space for the Mecha Display. Please state your intentions and give an (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.events.brickswest)
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| | Re: Jamocklaquat - The waters are still - a brief pause and analysis -
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Thanks TJ and Thanks for Spotlighting the Technic Beast in the Cool MOCs section too, that really made me happy. I have just figured out a few deatils of its construction. We may see it completed sooner than I thought. I would love to bring it to (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hmmm. Well, often when I need info on stuff like this, I harass people at traditional plastic modeling sites for information. A Google search will turn up a few. (URL) is a good site. BTW, if you read Japanese, I'd advise picking up a copy of (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks John, I'm glad you liked it. I was goin' for the swift, sleek small ship look, glad it came out that way :D (...) At first i wasn't sure about the canopy and tried a few other ones but they just didn't look right, so i stayed with this (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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snip (...) snip I disagree, as a child the only lego train set (as opposed to a single vehicle) I could ever afford was the unmotorised 7715 (URL) had a battery motor from when i was younger so used that, doesn't give you the remote control I am (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Excellent rendering with MegaPov 0.7 (long post)
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Hi all, Since the code for photorealistic pictures where released (see (URL) a lot of people have been experimenting with it. Allister McLaren for instance added light (see: (URL) which not only looks better but also removes some radiosity artifacts (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Ah, yes, now I remember. The rest of the manual all showed one dome 1 stud away, but on the pictures both are flush. I just put mine flush, I think it's a typo. I snapped a picture with my camera of it: (URL) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Technic Transmission Driving Ring Extension, I got mine from Jango Fett's Slave 1. I like minifigs the most i think, the stranger they are the better they are is how i think :D T. (...) 8< snip >8 (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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That's cool. The back contrasts nicely with the front. The greeblies are nice, and the whole thing looks like a really swift, sleek small ship. It has a nice look around it, that canopy is always cool. -JHK (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Anything good in Boxing Day sales?
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(...) Zellers recently cut the price of the Bionicle Bohrok series down to about $4.97, half of what they used to cost. I bought a 8210 Nitro Bike GTX (a 1995 Technic set!) for $0.01 at a Zellers a couple days ago, but it was probably the only one (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Alien Fighter+a variation on a theme by Jon Palmer
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(...) Glad you liked it, Kyle. In my next MOC (ISD-spurred) I plan to use color blocking, Mladalen-style. But I'm glad the colors worked well. Though, since it is supposed to be 'junky,' it could be excused even if it didn't work. (...) Working on (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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Neato Tim. The black looks good sticking out of the smooth white.. good contrast. And those bombs are nice, but what peice is that right after the 1x1 w/ fins? Looks unlego to me. You and minifigs.. always a strange combination... (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Review of 10030 Imperial Star Destroyer
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(...) I'm not sure if it was only me, but I noticed some discrepancies with the deflector shield domes ("golf balls"). Most steps show one dome flush against the edge of the plate it sits on, and the other dome 1 stud away from the edge. Can someone (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Displacement Tonnage for Spaceships?
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Sounds cool. Of course, the 5-foot high wall thing is a bit off, but for the sake of simplicity we can say that 8x8x5 studs equals ton. Sounds like a cool idea! I wonder if the actual measurements taken in the game RPG Traveller is true, though. (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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Hi, I've uploaded my port of NQC 2.4.r3 to the BeOS. You can find it here: (URL) looking for help with the USB driver, anyone can help? Regards Gabriele Biffi (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Soudns inneresting, but waaaaay too complicated. Counting the length of my ships is bad enough, let alone calcuating anything. I prefer to call my stuff big, really big, insanely big, and ludicris big. But I think Jon's SHIP term is good enough for (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | The XR20 Tadpole.
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Hello All. I've built something new. The XR20 Tadpole, it is just a small atmospheric bomber. Here is the link to the mainfolder: (URL) are a few links to some of the pictures: (URL) Inspiration for the Tadpole is Dan Jassim's Comet fighter, seen (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: Alien Fighter+a variation on a theme by Jon Palmer
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In lugnet.space, John Henry Kruer writes:> (...) Yes that works too. I can see how the Nightshadow might just be freight, like ships of today carrying autos overseas. :) (...) Hmm. That sounds interesting. I honestly hadn't looked into the details (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Wipeout Fans! I bring you the new and improved feisar AG-craft!!!!
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(...) notice any interior shots. Did you have any? I'd like to see how the rear hatch opens up (assuming it does).... :) Play Well! -Hendo (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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A long long time a go, in a thread far away.... actually, I think it was buried somewhere in this thread here: (URL) again here: (URL) of us had discussed ways of indicating a spaceship's size, perhaps measuring it in hundreds of studs with Roman (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Wipeout Fans! I bring you the new and improved feisar AG-craft!!!!
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That's a cool ship. I dunno about it's storyline, but just looking at it its a cool ship, with nice angles and colors. I think you did it pretty well. I don't particullarly like modifying parts, but here it's sort of 'O.K.' Good job, very cool! -JHK (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 8475 -- motors and steering Oh My
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(...) cool. Thanks Trevyn. now if only I had an O-scope and knew what Th, T1, and Tt meant?? ;) Chris (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 8475 until a little while ago was seemed to be lacking.....
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(...) someone (calum) should call Swiss Chalet and ask if they have been inundated with calls asking about "when those lego guys meet?" Chris (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Wipeout Fans! I bring you the new and improved feisar AG-craft!!!!
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(...) That shouldn't be a problem. ;-) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Review of 10030 Imperial Star Destroyer
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"Kerry Raymond" <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in message news:H7szBH.CAG@lugnet.com... (...) ISD] <snip> (...) together, (...) greatest (...) (in (...) I agree about the unusual use of the magnets. They are a bit weak, yes. But If you take in count (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Alien Fighter+a variation on a theme by Jon Palmer
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(...) colors thrown in on some mocs these days, but the colors seem to work well on this model. (I tend to prefer consistant blocks of color that work together...). Now you need to make more cargo thingys for it to carry. --Kyle (URL) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Toa Nuva have knees?
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(...) If the sneaked preview of several weeks ago was any indication, I was being prescient in my post above. (23 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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