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Hey all, I'm pretty sure this is a Town piece, because I've never seen it in any Space sets that I've had or read about. Yet, at our last local club meeting, one of the members had this piece for sale. I bought it immediately, incredulous. Anyone (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: [PRESS RELEASE] INTRODUCING BRICKST MAGAZINE - THE LEGO® FAN MAGAZINE.
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(...) Depending on how you guys are printing these, it could never happen. If you guys are getting these printed by professionals, then I doubt you will ever see a separate European edition based on the costs involved. If you guys are printing these (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.loc.eu)
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| | Re: Christmas in Australia (ISCC entry)
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In lugnet.build.contests, Melody Brown writes: <snip> (...) Excellent work again, Mel! You definitely captured the flavour of an Aussie Christmas. Cheers Richie (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Dragonfly Hoverbike
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Looks like a powerful bike. Good stuff. I like how you used the door pieces. The pieces to the sides of the seat are cool, too. -Andrew (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Valstier's Zoological Gardens (ISCC entry)
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(...) Nice work, Mel! I'm particularly taken with the aquatic exhibits (and the polar bear's habitat). Cheers Richie (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Three HoverBikes
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I'm officially hooked on HoverBikes. You can see my entries at: (URL) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: A Generic Idea
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Nick Tarleton wrote: > I don't know how fast the speaker can change frequency > or how soon it can be reacted to, so I can't get a bandwidth estimate. The telephone system can (at best) transmit at 56Kbaud (that's the speed of the fastest possible (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: TECHNIC IS NOT DEAD!!!
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(...) Must be something wrong with your eyes. Extensive studies have shown that this optic green (think that's the name) is the most visible color over a wide range of viewing conditions. Red is a really bad color in the dark and at twilight. Most (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Dragonfly Hoverbike
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Just go to "Updates" Side pods inspired by this: (URL) Dickinson (URL) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: "Challenger" version 2.0
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(...) Don't forget we were published in the manaic mag Paul (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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Is there a transparent route chart on the platform? (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Technic is not dead!!!
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(...) That was also my first guess, but my second guess is that one knob would rotate the water cannon, and the other would steer the 3 axles. As for other mechanisms hidden in the back.... not sure, but I would hope that a large-ish technic model (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: The Black Pack is Back!!!
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(...) And "ivory" figures are here. And so are standard issue clone-yellow in the basketball, too. I've mentioned it before, but the attempts at more realistic skin tones seem to be limited to real people (actors portraying fictional characters so (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | LNP problem
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Hi, I'm just getting started using LNP, read the howto and tried to play around with the examples therein. However, somthing goes wrong. I have a little programm on the RCX increasing a counter every second, displaying it's value on the lCD and (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: A Generic Idea
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(...) The problem is that the 27MHz frequencies are fairly tightly restricted in some countries. Here in the US, it's pretty much open-season, it's used by CB radios, radio controlled models - and various toys. However, in other countries (the UK (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The Black Pack is Back!!!
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(...) Yep. Another precursor to perhaps some better future minifigures. (I've always thoughts a lot of diversity as in color was needed in the minifigure department, so perhaps next year those changes will grow appraent with the new wave of sets. (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Harpy Air Superiority Fighter
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(...) Hey Ryan, welcome to the board. You've got a very nice model there. I'm really getting an F/A-22 meets F/A-18 vibe off of it but that's probably intentional on your part. Your use of the slope parts really help to give your model a "blended" (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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(...) It's a case of 2. So, it's actually $140. (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Snap rivet toy?
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Hi folks, Something has been driving me nuts for the last few weeks and all the searching on the Internet and asking on rtlToronto has yieled nothing. The other day I read about Ankersteines (very cool!) and it got me thinking about this toy I once (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | The Black Pack is Back!!!
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Read it and weep suckers!!! None of the AFOLS took the Black Pack seriously, but when those fools get the new LDMI catalogs they gonna get they feelings hurt!!! All of the chumps who protested the inclusion of ebony minifigs can go die and F@%# all (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Target pricing
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Hey there folks, I wanted to send a note out to tell you guys that several Target stores in the area have sets marked down about 50% on average, primarily focusing on Alpha Team, Railroad, and some Star Wars sets. My best find was the Sopwith Camel (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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| | Newer version of 9v motor found in RIS 2.0
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I just purchased a RIS 2.0 at Target's 2002 Christmas clearance, and it contained the newer 9v motor, PN 43362 (or 43362c01). Perhaps a note should be made of the change and when it occurred in the inventory of this set. Others have also mentioned (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | LEGO SW Haildire Droid will cost....
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49.99!!!!! At least that will be the SRP. Found the info here: (URL) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Have HoverBike, will travel. Build your own today!
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(...) Thanks Andrew. The frame is the best part about them - very versatile. (...) That's what started the whole thing (again). I was looking at my Frostbite and said "what if there was a cone there"...and here we are. (...) I'm looking forward to (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Glory, glory 2003!
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(...) It is $179.98 for a case of that particular set, and a case contains 2 sets as written in the description. That means they're $90 each. It looks neat, and I'll probably get one when it's on sale sometime, but I won't pay $90 for one. However, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.year.2003)
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| | Old Moc: Ranch house
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I found some old scans of a house I built back in ninth or tenth grade and decided to throw them up on my website: (URL) LMKWYT! We're also busy scanning old slides at my house (even as I type...boy is it exciting...), and I came across one of my (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: TECHNIC IS NOT DEAD!!!
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I too, am very interested in making some interesting project with those gears. I am wondering if they will mesh with gears already produced or only work with the mechanism included with that set. Now to dream up something good to build with (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: I am not so sure on how to say this in here.
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(...) From what I saw, the commercials didn't amount to much. (my younger sister thought they were rather lame. Well of course, aren't commercials supposed to be lame? They all are these days! :) And she's within the target audience, and does build (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Have HoverBike, will travel. Build your own today!
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Those all rock. It's a great frame, and these bikes make great use of it. I really like the horn on the Rhino. I made three today. Hopefully I'll have them posted soon. I'm stuck coming up with a name for one at the moment. Thanks for giving us this (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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(...) Oh, I guess "each" means each carton. So the Bullet trains are $180 for two? They come two to a carton also, and both sets say "each". At $90 for the Bullet trains and $140 for the cargo trains, it looks - great! Bert (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC: Sunstreak Hoverbike
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Great bike. Maybe this is the Harley of hoverbikes. I like the antennas. Nice colors. -Andrew (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: My hoverbike.
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That's an intimidating looking bike. I like the asymmetry. The pilot looks good, too. -Andrew (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 4 HoverBikes waiting to join the circuit
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Those are all cool. I think the Reaper's my favorite. The variations to the bike skeleton for the Tempest are cool. -Andrew (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | AT-AT
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I don't know if anybody has seen this pic. (URL) awesome! (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: [PRESS RELEASE] INTRODUCING BRICKS™ MAGAZINE - THE LEGO® FAN MAGAZINE.
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(...) Hi Jude - This sounds like an excellent idea for handling the preview issue for overseas AFOLs. I hope to work out shipping on physical copies of the sampler for them too, if the recipients are willing to pay the additional cost (since we are (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Glory, glory 2003!
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(...) I was thinking along the same line as well. (It's nice to see a fresh new line of products to start off the new year, probably the best of these pieces being the new tibetian hats scimtars and halbierder pikes! Finally another part to rival (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.year.2003)
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| | Re: [PRESS RELEASE] INTRODUCING BRICKS™ MAGAZINE - THE LEGO® FAN MAGAZINE.
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(...) Hi Eric - Thanks for your interest :-) Per the website, you can send ideas to ideas@bricksmagazine.com, or material submissions to submission@bricksmagazine.com. If you want to chat more about how you can help out, please don't hesitate to (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: My hoverbike.
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Nice Hoverbike Tim. I think my favorite is the nose of the bike. I see some of the parts from your new Slave 1 are coming in handy. Is there a background story for Arty? Jamie www.ozbricks.com/jneufeld (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: MOC: Sunstreak Hoverbike
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Nice bike Gil. As always you've done a great job. Nice and oversized. How many miles to the Fleebnork does it get? Jamie www.ozbricks.com/jneufeld (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: TECHNIC IS NOT DEAD!!!
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(...) O.K. I'm willing to bend on the lime green thing. At least that they are out there and in use. It's hard to argue with eyewitness sightings. But it doesn't mean I have to like it. :) (...) Wow. I'm not sure the trend has been as popular in (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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"Bert Waters" <lhwaters@hsc.vcu.edu> wrote in message news:H8850G.I0G@lugnet.com... (...) haven't- (...) boxcar! (...) I believe the $280 SRP (suggested retail price) number is for both sets (there are two to a carton) making a single unit $140 (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: "Challenger" version 2.0
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"Robert Powell" <rpowell@soundvet.com> wrote in message news:H87yM9.M37@lugnet.com... (...) NCLTC also just completed a six week run. We were not on TV and we don't have a 70 brick tall dam but we were on the marquis, we did get a two page write in (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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(...) Bert Waters (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | NCLTC Christmas Layout Display Wrap Up - Long
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NCLTC just completed (it came down today) a six week run - our layout has been on display at a mall here in the Raleigh area since Thanksgiving. This was an interesting experience for us and it actually worked out much better than I expected. While (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.town) !
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| | Re: [PRESS RELEASE] INTRODUCING BRICKST MAGAZINE - THE LEGO® FAN MAGAZINE.
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(...) Hi Pedro - Thanks for your interest! (...) You can probably understand why I don't want to give a definite answer here, but I really hope this will be the case. Like I said before, when I went to LEGOWORLD, there was an overwhelming amount of (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.loc.eu)
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| | Re: A Generic Idea
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(...) You could use an alternate firmware that can generate any tone, a custom modulation-demodulation protocol, and a condenser microphone soldered onto a sensor wire to send at reasonable bitrates for robot communication. Of course, it would take (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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(...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: TECHNIC IS NOT DEAD!!!
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(...) Sorry, I didn't mean to give the wrong impression. I'm quite fond of the 'real' crash trucks. I think they are a wonderful blend of function vs. form. They are superbly rugged looking... something the LEGO model lacks woefully. It wasn't the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: [PRESS RELEASE] INTRODUCING BRICKS™ MAGAZINE - THE LEGO® FAN MAGAZINE.
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(...) Thanks Chris! -Tim -- Tim Courtney BrickMedia, LLC tim@brickmedia.com (URL) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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Oh, oh.... (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: my first seed
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(...) Thanks, Got to see what's next. Mark (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: my first seed
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(...) Yep, I sort of remembered my car training class in high school. The big boxes all lined up in front of a movie screen. No matter what you did, the movie didn't change, even if your controls said you were doing 120mph. I miss those. (...) Nah, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: MichLTC Show Report from Toy & Hobby Expo 2002
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(...) Another great-looking layout, and the show report also looks good. I need to get to one of these shows. How did the crowd compare in age/enthusiasm/size to the GATS shows? Amy (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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| | GG-1 Model Complete
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I have finally gotten around to finishing the LDraw model of the GG-1 that I built last year. You can see a rendered version at (URL) am thinking about creating and posting instructions - is there any interest in instructions for this model? Bob (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC: Starship Cygnus
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Wow. I really like the simple streamlined shape of this ship. I always find myself thinking in X and Y - I always neglect to conceptualize in Z. Really sweet. The exterior is very cool yet extremely simple. No flashy details is a good thing on this (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: BrickOS & LinuxUSB & lnpd
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Hi, I would like to get your patches to make the tower and lnpd to w ork. I already have the tower working but I would like to see if did an ything different. So can you please send me your patches? (X) the patch to legotower.c to get the (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: 4 HoverBikes waiting to join the circuit
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(...) Yeah, I know just what you mean. Way back when I did the first one (before the Marine bike featured in the Dundee's story), I was hooked on the basic frame. (...) Heh, this is cool. Great job with the horns, and that big fin thing in the back (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: TECHNIC IS NOT DEAD!!!
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Its worth taking a close look at some of the other items on marz. 4481 (a Star Wars set) seems to have some interesting looking ring gears. (What might once have been referred to as Technic parts ;) I wonder what options will exist to attach things (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: "Challenger" version 2.0
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Well, it wasn't actually "one set-up" as the layout evolved and grew during the 6 weeks. Tables were added to expand the overall size of the layout, at times even while the musuem was open, which brought on a whold new set of challenges to deal (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: MOC: Starship Cygnus
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Sweet Mother of Pearl! You had something that size rolling around in your head. So what defines "quick planning"? 1 maybe 2 hours? lol. In all seriousness that is a cool looking ship. I thought it resembled the ship from homeworld. Good job, keep up (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: TECHNIC IS NOT DEAD!!!
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As one who has spent alot of time in recent days complaining about the lack of new sets, I am thrilled with these new sets. I love the backhoe and I think the fire truck looks great too. Count me in to preorder these and get them as soon as Lego has (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: "Challenger" version 2.0
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>But getting people to cover shifts for 6 weeks, ya, that's impressive. You hit the nail on the head. We had a few members definitely take one for the team to make sure the layout was covered, especially during the Winter Festival. For 2 nights the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | 2003 Trains - great!
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Many of you may have seen this from other posts, but for those who haven't- NEW TRAINS FOR 2003! Passenger Train (bullet style) (URL) Train (URL) Station (URL) Crane (URL) other 2003 sets can also be seen, including some of the new town lineup! Roy (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains) !!
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| | MichLTC Show Report from Toy & Hobby Expo 2002
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MichLTC had another great show the weekend of Dec 27-29, at the Toy & Hobby Expo 2002. It was in the Novi Expo Center in Novi, MI. It was our first 3 day show and it went off great. We had a 20'x20' display featuring Larry P's mountain, Ken K's (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains) !!
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| | Re: TECHNIC IS NOT DEAD!!!
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Yeah!! :) I think, despite the odd looks of some of the models, the message is clear - Technic as a name may have fallen by the wayside, at least in TLC's plans, but the idea behind the parts is still alive and well - "build working models". That (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: A Generic Idea
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"Steve Baker" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:3E171F4A.400050...ail.net... (...) :) (...) inventions (...) I'm (...) IR-connected (...) enough (...) would (...) processing. (...) legally (...) country. (...) at (...) Ok, if radio (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: TECHNIC IS NOT DEAD!!!
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"Allan Bedford" <ExpertBuilder-DELET...otome.com> wrote in message news:H87rMF.3Ay@lugnet.com... (...) I totaly agree. I take 3 of that one, please! :) Can anyone see if there is a pnaumatic tank in there some place? I dont have one yet... (...) (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | 4 HoverBikes waiting to join the circuit
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Well I thought I would jump on the HoverBike band wagon and build one. Then one became 2 and then 3 and then 4. Darn you Chris for making such an addictive easy moc to build ;). The Longhorn: (URL) Steed: (URL) Reaper (URL) Tempest (URL) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Displacement Tonnage for Spaceships?
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(...) Don't worry, building large ships is actually easier than it might seem. I was building mere 100 studish long ships for years, then I decided to make the jump to large ships. I now have built a 240 or stud long ship which weighs upward of 25 (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: My first MOC ever posted!
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(...) thanks Rosco! That's version 2 of the racer (for version 1 take a look at the link at the bottom to brickshelf. for the original, take a look at the other link.) The wishbone suspension uses 4 1x6 plates w/holes connected using ordinary (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: "Challenger" version 2.0
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(...) That involved what? *One* set up and one tear down? Not impressed by show duration as a measure of level of effort as far as setup/teardown goes But getting people to cover shifts for 6 weeks, ya, that's impressive. (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: A Pet Idea ~/\~~/\¤
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Hummmm, Henrik that was a nice idea for my two cats :) I've allready made a modified rover that can be found here: (URL) can also download my modified RIS program there. But the cats always attack the wires on it. Your idea with an tail sensor and a (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MOC: Starship Cygnus
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(...) Sweet, I guess this means you are running low on grey. :-) I really like the detail of the interior design. How much does it weigh? Jude (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: "Challenger" version 2.0
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Well, the SCLTC just finished a 6 week show! We were on 3 differnt TV stations and have a 70 brick tall dam!! :-) Next... Robert Powell SCLTC (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: "Challenger" version 2.0
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(...) It's so cute to see GMLTC and PNLTC squabbling... Meanwhile young upstart clubs like MichLTC are 3/4 of the way to completing 4 shows in 4 months which will be a new record (for US anyway...) here's the writeup on our most recent show. Jason (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: TECHNIC IS NOT DEAD!!!
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(...) Of course you do... why wouldn't you? ;) Don't worry Larry, I'm not interested in making this into a federal case. You make good points and I am not going to just pretend that my opinion is the only one. I certainly don't want to offend anyone (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: "Challenger" version 2.0
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I think you meant PNLTC ;) Nothing like a little friendly ribbing! ...anyone else? SteveB (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | MOC: Starship Cygnus
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I've finally escaped my cubism (to a certain extent anyway). I've had the idea for this ship rolling around my head for quite some time. After some quick planning i started building (planning on creating the interior as i went), but overanxious as (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | Re: TECHNIC IS NOT DEAD!!!
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(...) earlier this year and saw those actual trucks or ones very like them. It's sort of what you'd get if you mixed that reviled lime green LEGO color with the standard LEGO yellow we love so much, and then added a bit of white to lighten things (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Glory, glory 2003!
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(...) My-bad, it’s the Vampire cape just in black. I barely noticed the collar… Wouldn’t an Adventures accessory pack just be phenomenal around now. I'd purchase loads of the set if it included the different head-pieces, (turbans,helmets, and those (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.year.2003)
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| | Re: TECHNIC IS NOT DEAD!!!
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Before reading any more of my reply, remember, I **agree** with you, I'm not very keen on the model either. Although... Nik likes it better than the backhoe. But then, he's 10. (...) How about this prototype? (URL) (from the site you referenced.... (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Really? See the link near the bottom of this post. I think a lot of them are still traditional red, or often bright yellow. Just my opinion, I really can't back this up with any data. (...) Mechanism to do what do you think? I figure the two (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Ka-ching!! (...) Many thanks Chris...it really is a blast to build. I've got a couple more in the wings as well. Actually, this comes at a perfect time as I'm in the midst of minor renovations to my office (aka 'playroom') and these little (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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Here's an LDraw script to use if you wish to make a very specific Classic Window. By setting the variables, you can decide: * Thin or thick walls * Long or short ledge * With or without glass * Solid or slotted bottom pins. See (URL) can also set w (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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I have spent a couple of hours sorting and making some statistics over some of my Classic Windows and Doors. See below. I have come to some conclusions that I wish to have confirmed or confuted. See (URL) for vocabulary reference. * I guess LEGO cut (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, or ARFF's as they are affectionately known. But I should have qualified my proposal by saying, "if you asked the general public." Larry, you are far too knowledgeable when it comes to transportation, vehicles etc. to not see the vague (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Glory, glory 2003!
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This is just a glorious year!!! Ninja is totally born anew, and Castle has 'BOTH' the Adventures line and the new Harry Potter sets to feed off of… A new style of Halberdier/Oriental Pike will be quite useful. (URL) the new Black-Cape… looks like (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2003)
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Hello. It sure has been a long, nice dry spell since I was last online. Anyway, I was watching my local UPN affiliate and I saw the new LEGO commercials for the new Adventurers sets, the new Star Wars sets, and an all new LEGO theme that has to do (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Preview of new 2003 sets
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Ken Dowd <kadowd@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:H87IMG.1KI@lugnet.com... (...) Totally fantastic line-up for this year. My whole family, Mom, Dad and two young boys, could hardly contain their excitement. I hope Lego continues to sell train (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: sfbay target clearance @ 50% off...
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(...) That's the Mindstorms set I bought. I guess it looked so bad it scared most people away. For those who didn't see it, the cover flap was totally ripped away and parts were jumbled inside. But I checked and all of the sensors and both motors (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Wow! 9 cylinders, that's unprecedented, It's also the same number as on my AK912 crane. The thought of adding pnumatics to the shovel on the original JCB had crossed my mind before. Jonathan Wilson's right, the lack of beams is appalling. The (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I like the backhoe model as well, although I wonder if there are going to be any blue airtanks included... hopefully, since this looks like a large model using the 8466's large tires. It seems strange to me to have one technic set with 9 (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I talk to myself in real life, too. That comment as I was writing up the last mini got me started again. I like this version best: (URL)Reference photo: (...) Peter (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Thanks Tim! Yeah, that angled ammunition drum did come out better than I originally thought. Before I made it, I was tinkering with a rectangular ammunition box, but that went nowhere (not enough tiles to cover the exposed studs). Anyways, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) It looks a lot like an airport crash truck (a kind of fire truck) to me. Right down to the low slung body and fat all terrain wheels. The sickening lime green color is all the latest rage in crash truck colors, apparently.... (URL) that ugly (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Releasing sets like that is NOT the way to get me to reach for my wallet. The 3 small mini sets look acceptable though. As for the backhoe, its got some good points (the large quantity of Pneumatics for one) but the worst point is that it (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Hmm. This got me thinking (as I had thoughts along the same line already) as I sorted today, and from Tusken Raider and AT Mission Deep Sea sets bought on clearance this week most of the right pieces came to hand... The version on the left was (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | hi lucny
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hi lucny eric drumm here nicoles brother inlaw im out on my own in my own place with my own computer and road runner eric (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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| | Re: [PRESS RELEASE] INTRODUCING BRICKS™ MAGAZINE - THE LEGO® FAN MAGAZINE.
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In lugnet.general, Matthew Gerber writes: <snip> (...) Matt, Tim, it's good to see all the hard work you guys have been putting in come to fruition. Congrats to the both of you. -Chris (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: [PRESS RELEASE] INTRODUCING BRICKS™ MAGAZINE - THE LEGO® FAN MAGAZINE.
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Yay! How can I help? Eric Sophie LMHoF www.mylegomaster.com (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
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