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| Hey cool, I like the white one and my Mom does too. e (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | error on shop.lego.com
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| This picture (URL) the set as having the police boat, police car and front end loader However, the larget picture (and the description) (URL) that the set comes with the fire station. So, the small image is incorrect and needs to be changed. (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) Sigh. That's like buying an SUV and complaining gas is expensive. You knew the Mac has little applications support from mainstream vendors. You knew that going in. You even paid your turtleneck yuppie tax to get the hardware! Bunch of Mac (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| | | | | Technical nits (Was: Jormungand Carrier Strike Craft)
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| OK, as long as we're picking nits... :-) (...) Actually, heat (a form of radiation, *not* kinetic energy) will propagate in space than in an atmosphere. But for a bomb outside the atmosphere, a higher percentage of the yield will go into direct (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Steambots
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| (...) You turn it of. JP. (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| (...) Nice Retro looking robots too. I like. I recommend to anyone who like this kind of Retro Science go see "Steam Boy" if at all possible. It is Katsuhiro Otomo's first feature film since "Akira" and I believe that Sony is distributing it. I saw (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha)
| | | | | Re: My First MOC
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| (...) Cyndi, it's about time you posted this as yours :-)! This is a great first effort...the thumping sound that was heard at the GATS show this year from our table was all of our jaws dropping after looking at this home! This is one of those (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
| | | | | Re: Steambots
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| (...) In seriousness to a joke of a post, via air. I am a air computer maintainer. Professionally. So, I maintain a analog computer. Hence why if you look around, you will find my posts sometimes tagged as :analog computer programmer: or suchlike. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | Re: LEGO Millyard model to cover 2,000 square feet, Sponsored by NELUG
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| (...) My favorite quote from Saturday, from Erik V.: "Don't bother sorting, just take all the loose brick and put it in the play area." Oh, and my pictures are here: (URL) -Alfred Allug dictator-in-chief (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
| | | | | Re: Steambots
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| (...) How do you run the control algorithms on steam? Is it all open-loop mechanical activation? --B (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Combat strategies and tactics in space. Was: Jormungand Carrier Strike Craft
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| (...) I didn't say that you didn't account for the physics involved, I said that you didn't consider what impact the sheer scale of space would have on combat strategies and tactics. One can postulate methods around the laws of physics as currently (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Steambots
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| (...) Sometimes I think you build stuff just so you'll have an excuse to create those crazy captions and commentaries. Well played. Do they ever shoot blasts of steam as an attack? (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Finalizing Hobby Show Details
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| (...) Me?? Did I volunteer for this?? ;) Seriously, I'm just riding on other people's coat tails--"Hey Dave, do this" K, done "Dave, call that person..." K, called... "Dave, stand on your head and do the Macarana..." K, probably not... For the most (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
| | | | | Entry to the ol' wheels in space contest
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| Are you tired of putzing around the moon in a (URL) go cart?> Kinda dull going just slightly slower than a fleebnork, don't ya think? Well, my fellow spacefarer, save that 9 volt cart for the weekend and 18 craters of astro golf, 'cause your (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Steambots
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| You don't know my mother. Thanks for explaining steam as a power source. My favorite steambot is the short legged one. And I like steamrice. JP. (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
| | | | | Steambots
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| (URL) Steambots aren't powered with fancy-dancy unobtainium power-fusion or uber-posh magic crystals. No. Steambots are powered by STEAM, yeah, thats right, steam as in evaporated water for all you science geeks out there. And when they run out of (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: Finalizing Hobby Show Details
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| (...) All the thanks this year should go to Dave. I posted a couple of messages a few months ago, but Dave has been collecting the names and working with the show to get the booth details finalized. I did not have time this year to handle the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
| | | | | Re: Scale
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| (...) Well as the dimensions of a minifig are nowhere near proportional to a human, it's difficult to get an exact scale. I've seen scales ranging from 1:40 to 1:60 look ok with them, I think most people tend to scale in the low 40s if they're (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Minifigs have an exaggerated scale compared to the avergage human. However, the generally accepted 'standard' for minifig scale is usually stated as 1 stud= 1 foot, or 1:38.1. Personally, I think guaging a scale of the figure is a mistake in (...) (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
| | | | | measurements
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| does anyone know the measurements for the diameter of a lego technic axle? (22 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.technic)
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