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You guys won't believe what I got from a trip to Markville Mall today! Couple weeks ago I picked up a Mars rover for $30 at the Walmart there, with a couple dozens around. Today I picked up another one. They now had 3 left after I'm out the door. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca, FTX)
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| | Re: WOW!!
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(...) I just discovered you can do the same thing with the 1x2 log. If you look closely at the bottom, you can see the ridges. Steve (22 years ago, 29-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Partsref DAT download problems?
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(...) Ack. I forgot the "d" in my message, but not in the email addy. I sent my first message on 9/29, and I believe I used the link on (URL) this page> though I'm not positive. My email program saved it, and shows it did get addressed to (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: The Nightmare Before Christmas
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(...) "I am the pumpkin king!" (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: New Moc - Stained Glass Window Mosaic
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(...) A very kind AFOL (that shall remain nameless to protect his identity) that hates pink "donated" them to my collection. I'm glad I found a use for them, and thankful for any bricks that come my way. Janey "Red Brick" (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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| | Re: Partsref DAT download problems?
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(...) I don't recall receiving such a request, and if you really did email parts@lraw.org then you would not have got an answer, since the real address is parts@ldraw.org. The link on the main web-page looks OK to me, but if you found a link with an (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Armor!
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(...) And Sir Jayko bravely ran away? (...) I guess he has to carefully select his battles, huh? Make sure it takes place during daylight hours in the lowest part of a relatively open meadow and such... (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: Most redundant Lego part
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(...) Yeah, that seemed really odd to me as well. Thinking on it from the other direction, though, I've noticed that those little palm trunk segments can be fairly tough to link together compared to basic bricks and such. Perhaps they changed the (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Moc - Stained Glass Window Mosaic
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(...) Apparently you do ;) Very nice work Janey. Now how exactly did you "magically end up" with those trans pink bricks? Enquiring minds want to know! ROSCO (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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| | Re: Armor!
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(...) Ha! ...so true! (...) That woulda been a nice choice... Coulda done a lot more with a royal/primary blue. (...) That would be truely funny! If only it worked that way... However, i have the impression that Jayko, "the wuss-blue-knight," quite (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: What sort of LEGO-related printed materials do you collect?
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Hello! I collect - Instructions for sets I own. I only consider a set complete if I have original instructions for it. If I get by chance instructions for sets that I don't own I keep them, though. You never know if you'll need them once... - Idea (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.books, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: What sort of LEGO-related printed materials do you collect?
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(...) I think I got lucky and picked up a near new condition paperback copy for around $12 U.S. earlier this year. I see now on Amazon that that same version goes for around $25. And hardcover versions are down-right pricey! :) (...) Have you (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.books, lugnet.inst)
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| | LegoWorld Pictures
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(URL) Steve (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Vehicle Scorer
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(...) big snip (see previous post for Dave's in depth excuse) (...) Per usual, Dave chimes in late but with enough bluster to make up for tardiness. You were my unwitting target when I wrote this email months ago. I'm all for using the new vehicle (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, FTX)
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| | Re: Partsref DAT download problems?
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(...) I sent several messages to parts@lraw.org about this, and about how to become authorized to submit my AutoCAD/SolidWorks-created parts. I used the link at ldraw.org that says, "email Steve Bliss or Chris Dee" for both questions.. No problem, (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: New Moc - Stained Glass Window Mosaic
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In lugnet.build.mosaic, David Koudys wrote: (URL) (...) Thank you Dave, I appreciate the kind words. I'm having lots of fun with this project and I have a soft spot for creating "Canadian" MOCs. Janey "Red Brick" (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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| | The Nightmare Before Christmas
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I build this scene for the BayLUG Halloween building contest, but I was not able to enter because some of the pieces didn't arrive in time. (URL) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.org.us.baylug) !
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| | 50% på SmartClub
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Var en tur innom SmartClub i Oslo i dag. Som vanlig hadde de en del LEGO til 50%, men denne gangen hadde de faktisk en del bra sett på salg. Bl.a My Own Train-vognene 10015, 10016 og 10017 til kr 89,-. De har også en haug småposer med brikker til kr (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.no)
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| | Re: New Moc - Stained Glass Window Mosaic
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(...) Wow! I saw the two at Brickfest, but all of them together (thus far) is such a spectacular view! And to know that they're the Provincial flowers on top--that's just pure-D-icing on the cake. Nicely done! Dave K (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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| | Re: One day and counting(was Re: Six Days and Counting Down....
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(...) The part that says "sea tac mall"... that map is actually to the La Quinta where we are staying. (...) I found that street address myself but mapblast doesn't find it. (well actually the MS site that is where mapblast.com used to be) We have (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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| | Re: BricxCC 'Float' Command not working on Scout
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(...) Try adding a Wait(500) after the Float command. It'll float for 5 seconds then brake. Apparently, the default state is brake when no program is running. Mark (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | New Moc - Stained Glass Window Mosaic
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Hello all, A long while back, I was talking to an AFOL about mosaics and he said he had wanted to create one in transparent bricks. I thought, "gee that would be cool", but I don't own *that* many trans bricks. Then magically, I ended up with a pile (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX) !!
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| | Crazy idea - analog computer
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Hello, 1st I don't want to put this as an alternative to mindstorns but since I don't have mindstorms and the money for the starter kit I was thinking after seeing a web of old analog computers, Is it possible to do a programble analog computer with (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Battersea Power Station
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Hello! (...) That's in fact the case, the power station was built during the 1930s. For some reason looking at the BPS I always get somewhat queasy moods. It looks brute with its massive corner towers, unnatural in a way, because it's a unusual (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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(...) Well, I could have been adamant, but that would have disenfranchesed the voters--i mean the other competitors, and also figuring there was those that can't make a block stacking 'bot but wanted to enter--I was quite adamant that it was block (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Pneumatikslang
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(...) Går det att sätta en 1 x 2 Technic kloss över slangen på anslutningen? Det är ett rätt bra sätt att låsa dem med originalslangarna. Funkar med vad som helst som en Technic axel kan rotera i. /Tobbe (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: What sort of LEGO-related printed materials do you collect?
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(...) Yes, I find the idea books great, and have many of them, including the 4 technic ones, and 7777. I also went looking this year for "The Robot Book" by 1986 by Richard Paswon. In the back of the book it has a variety of instructions for Lego (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.books, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote: <snip> (...) I thought of that--what if the opponent gets all 30 blocks onto his square without stacking. That'd be 30 points for him (assuming that there was no wrong colour there) I would have to (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 - new plan
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Ok, I came up with a loophole over lunch. Here's a slightly new plan: 1) Fabulousi sequence for stacked blocks OF THE CORRECT COLOuR 2) +1 for blocks at home of correct coloUr 3) -1 for blocks at home of wrong coloUr See below... (...) New score: (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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(...) More flip flopping then John Kerry has been accused of on this one. I thought David said it's a block stacking competition, you should get points for stacking blocks. (URL) another note, I don't like the negative score idea personally. I'd (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: What sort of LEGO-related printed materials do you collect?
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(...) I think "The World of LEGO Toys" is an excellent book--I have a hard covered edition that's extremely well read--I leave it on my coffee table usually (it's a 'coffee table' book) and many guest just pick it up and peruse. As well, a long time (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.books, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: One day and counting(was Re: Six Days and Counting Down....
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(...) Yes. They name changed a short while ago. Doesn't sound like they have changed the phones over yet. (...) section. This is a better guide. (URL) (...) Yes the address is currently listed in the FAQ. Where is the event being held? The event (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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(...) Okay, I'll change it. (...) Assuming your roll of the global dice gives you that sample that's 1:1. You could come up lucky and get all your colour just for pushing them in. Anyone else want to weigh in on "no tower creation" Steve is yes, (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Shield Designs?
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(...) Hi Shaun, here they are: (URL) Ronald (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: What sort of LEGO-related printed materials do you collect?
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(...) If you follow the link above you can read my review of it on Amazon. It is a beautiful book to look at. Probably more true insight into the company than was offered by the Ultimate LEGO Book. The writing is good, but tends to fall on the side (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.books, lugnet.inst)
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| | One day and counting(was Re: Six Days and Counting Down....
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(...) Nik and I are looking forward to this and are in our last stages of prep. One of those things is to print out maps to find the place... Is "the Commons at Federal Way" also known as "SeaTac Mall" ? I am trying to do my mapping thing and not (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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| | Re: bad motor output because of lego firmware?!
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(...) I suspect part of this delay is inherant to the firmware, and won't be "patchable" In any case, if you want your extender to be something you can market to most users, it should work with the standard firmware, without modification. Just my (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: 8865 and 8475
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(...) Once agian I made the mistake of using hte 'higher speed' one, just like the last robot event. IN the 8448 that was just fine, but these are bigger tyres and a heavier chassis, so it takes a little bit to get up to speed. You can barely see' (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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(...) See, trying to keep my head down so as to not rock the boat anymore--but I thought about this after I saw Calums pic and I thought taht what Rob said could work better, so I'll just agree with him. As for the scoring issue--lets see if I got (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: bad motor output because of bad lego firmware?!
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(...) The firmware (at least version 0328) intentionally prevents you going directly from forward to reverse (or vice versa). I guess the designers felt this would be too rough on the motors. Try inserting a Wait(50) in your first loop. It'll work (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Weekly Update of New AuctionBrick Listings - 10/28/04
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This is weekly update of new items listed at (URL) as of Thu Oct 28, 08:41 AM PST. To bid, review details of any item listed or to register go to (URL). (2 URLs) 6273 Rock Island Refuge '90s plus box and instructions> Used - Great Minimum Bid: (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.market.auction, FTX)
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| | Part number for old Technic piston?
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I'm doing a cross-check on a part number. Can anyone confirm the number of the older, square Technic piston? Peeron shows the number for this part as 3652: (URL) shows the number as 3562: (URL) seems likely that the number on Technica is a typo, but (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8865 and 8475
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Are those the RC Motors tucked in there somewhere? If so, which axel hole are you driving it with? (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Paranoie & perversioni...pazzie e pazzi
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(...) ciao Io uso partscatolog regolarmente per i pezzi sfusi ( tipo il bulk) o per i lotti presi su e-bay, dove capita che i set non sono completi. Mi piace avere tutto ordinato e sapere quanti pezzi ho di ogni tipo..... Una forma della malattia (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: DCC Controlled Signal
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(...) I think with a red/green bi-colour LED you can get any colour between the two by varying the mark/space ratio of the alternating waveform. A DCC controller varies the mark/space ratio of a square wave in order to drive the motor at different (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.mod)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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(...) Is it possible to make the blocks the other way: TILE BRICK PLATE ?? It makes it easier to handle the blocks as they don't have a significant concavity on the bottom that way. -Rob A> (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | bad motor output because of bad lego firmware?!
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Hi there, I've spent the last two days trying to write a function in NQC that transfers data to the Lepomux I/O-extender. The data transfer is normally done by connecting the Lepomux to one of the motor ports. Each transition from one motor state to (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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(...) Maybe one should start by asking all the people who have entered past block-stacking events... Then, ask Dave if grabbing a 2x2x2 cube is harder than a 4x4x4 cube (used in past events) From my experience, I'd say block stacking is NOT an easy (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: What sort of LEGO-related printed materials do you collect?
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(...) Allan - I've been waiting to get the 'The World of LEGO Toys' book too. I hear it is pretty good. Personally, I collect idea books (the older the better) and anything I can find from the 1960's and 1950's (catalogs, pamphlets, etc). I don't (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.books, lugnet.inst, FTX)
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| | Re: Dracula Study
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(...) Thanks, Bruce. I felt that the upper part of the wall looked too plain. Sorry that the images came out a little dark. As you know, I'm still hoping for a (URL) .vignette group> to post these MOCs to. There are quite a few vignettes showing up (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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(...) No, we need to beat the horse. Beating the horse is part of the process, the discourse is required. Your comments are appreciated. (...) So, scenarios with the posted ruleset for home are: Pile of unstacked bricks in home: No points. Tower of (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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Sorry, I hate to keep beating this horse, but... (...) having a -1 for wrong blocks and +1 for right blocks should (in average) result in a value of zero for people who don't sort. So, there is no color bonus for blocks AT HOME, unless they are (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Help installing brickOS
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(...) Sure. The configure script tries to find the gcc cross compiler toolchain for the brick's hitachi processor. This chain is needed to compile brickOS to a program that can be run by the RCX. But it seems that you did not install the tool chain. (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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(...) Now that you mention it, it should be the sixteenth then, shouldn't it? (...) Yeah, that would make more sense... (...) Well, what I read from everyone here was that we shouldn't impose a penalty for NOT sorting, but only to give a bonus to (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Shield Designs?
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(...) Yes, these can be fount on (URL) the left column on this page, first clik on the button 'How-to', and then on the word 'Creation'. If you scroll down on this page, under the header 'Customization' you'll find a link - 'Triangular Shields and (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Offerte Bennet
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C'è un po' di Lego in offerta al Bennet Molto Duplo a prezzi scontatissimi, più alcuni set normali... Qui a Pavia le quantità sono ingenti ma l'assortimento è scarso. Da segnalare un 8386 a 50 euro, 4652 a 4 euro! Ciao Dino Baldi (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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(...) While the concept is solid, I think the math is lacking. With the above numbers, rtl3 would be the 3-3= 0st robotics contest. :) It looks like rtl4 was the first. Ignoring all that my suggestion would be to remove the whole "fifteenth contest (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | FYI
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Potentially the most valuable site you'll visit over the next five days: (URL) OT.Debate (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Always Welding
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"Do you know why I had (URL) Chewbacca work with a welding torch on the Falcon?> That was the only thing I could find where you could see what he was doing. If he was screwing something with a tool, you wouldn't see anything. So whenever anything (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Crab steering idea
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Ross- Looking at Nathan's crab design, I realized that the center steering mechanism resembles a differential. Realizing this I came up with a sketch (since that's all I'm able to do until I move into a house and open my legos) using a differential (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Shield Designs?
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Hi All, Is there a reference page that shows a picture of all the small triangular and large ovoid shield designs produced by LEGO? Any help would be appreciated ... Thanks! -s (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | BricxCC 'Float' Command not working on Scout
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While programming a Scout using BrickCC, no matter how many times I tried, I could not get the Scout to 'float' its motors. The program was as follows- task main() { OnFwd(OUT_A); Wait(50); Float(OUT_A); } After a half second the motor would brake, (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Public Display Tips?
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(...) I will have to add this somehow maybe a flyer instead. (...) I will write one up. This poster is great although I don't have this artistic talent: (URL) This press pack is extremely helpful: (...) I never knew you could get Lego to list the (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Partsref DAT download problems?
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(...) Sorry, I must have missed your email? (...) It means "the file you asked for isn't on the PT". [snip the rest, as it's been addressed further down the thread]. Steve (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Partsref DAT download problems?
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(...) It's not a search field - it's a quick lookup field. It's a place you can type your part number, when you know what part you want to pull up. It's a convenience for people working the files on the PT, rather than a general resource for (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Partsref DAT download problems?
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(...) Yes, the location of the DAT files changed on ldraw.org -- about 3 or 4 years ago. For awhile, we had fixed it by telling the webserver to forward the URLs. But that forwarding must have been lost when we migrated to Peeron's server. I fixed (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Problem creating .pov using LGEO parts in L3PAdd-on
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<snip> (...) I suspected something along those lines, but I wouldn't have had any idea how to fix it, so thanks, I wil try it tonight (...) Ahui sent me a link to the relevant help page on Ldraw.org (URL) (...) tim (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | The Message
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Hi all, Crossing Germany by car is very dangerous, since there are no speedlimits, and maximum speed of my car is rather limited - especially with 4 passengers and lots and lots of luggage (LEGO?). Before driving to Billund in August I built this to (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.de, FTX) !
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| | Interview with a Sorting Bot
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(URL) Interview with a Sorting Bot on LEGO.com (URL) e (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | WOW!!
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(...) I never knew that! Just tried it and COOL! Sometimes I feel like I should have an entire display shelf of unusual part combinations as reminders and inspiration! Dave (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Click-Rotation Parts - Somebody else can finish my 48169.dat
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(...) I see somebody else is working on these parts. I'll give my part into anybodies hands. I haven't the time and the liveliness to have more than three parts unfinished. So sombody else can finish my 48169.dat. CU Bernd (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | "Aliens"-style Armored Personnel Carrier for sale
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The Brickee Mart has just released an Armored Personnel Carrier in the style seen in the movie "Aliens". It has armored wheels, and a low, mean profile. It has two guns, a small turret up front, and the main gun, which can slide back and retract (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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| | "Aliens"-style Armored Personnel Carrier
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I made a special creation, an Armored Personnel Carrier in the style seen in the movie "Aliens". It has armored wheels, and a low, mean profile. It has two guns, a small turret up front, and the main gun, which can slide back and retract over the (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Transient Lunar Phenomenon
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Man, it's cool when the billiard balls arrange themselves thusly: (URL) 2 second exposure taken through the eyepiece of an Edmund Scientific Astroscan... Cheers, Mark (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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(...) In the words of Biz Markie: "Oh, snap! Guess what I saw?" Good catch :) That's what happens when you cut and paste too much. At least I made some nice diagrams. I didn't even have to ask JohnG or JeffVW to do the LDraw...I did those myself! (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Stormtroopers in bulk $2.39 each!
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Minimum purchase quantity is 20. Other deals to be had as well. (URL) well, Justin (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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"Tom McDonald" <radiotitan@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:I68xLG.Coy@lugnet.com... (...) I'll bring it to the next meet (whenever THAT is!) before I dismantle it. (...) long (...) For (...) I have to take pics and make the page for this ship and (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.space)
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(...) raised (...) Thanks, Nathan! I wanted to give the appearance of the temple being on top of a plateau. Dave (22 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah, okay, it's confusing. Blame Chris. (for no reason) rtlToronto3 was the first robotics contest. 18-3 is 15. That's all. Calum (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I was dropping some things off before the show, and happened to see Dan Parker's race course ... it's amazing! If you have an RC race car, you should definitely bring it! You'll enjoy the course! It's quite big, and will be a lot of fun. Dan's not (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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(...) OK Clark, Here we go..... (...) Yes, the white/off white inner boxes are of parts packs from 1955-59. The black inner boxes are 1960-62. The full color with flap and no inner box (tray) are from 1963-65. The monochromatic blue boxes are from (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset Posted
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(...) You mean like in the last section, entitled "the rules", point 1: <<Robots must be safe-physical safety is required. A minimum distance will be required for audience members from the ropes. If your robot breaks apart while at the top, you are (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"rtlToronto18 is a robotics design competition run by rtlToronto, a group for Lego enthusiasts in the Greater Toronto Area. It is the fifteenth such contest in six years and intends to challenge Lego fans to build complex contraptions that solve a (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Faster than Chris can say "Seven Layer Burrito" here's the rtlToronto18 Draft Ruleset for February 2005: (URL) think we're pretty much in as much agreement over the main aspects of the rules. However, I need your help to find any potential problems, (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes, it does. It is all computer controlled though. Incidentally, Nathan's design can be used with 2 fixed steering wheels: reverse the rear steering bar, so that tilting the "steering column" now operates crab steering mode remove the knob on (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Hi Laura! Looks great. I really like the Keep and village. Very detailed and thought out. Your mill is excellent as well. I recall seeing it in a thread on Classic-Castle.com. It was spotted on Brickshelf and we talked about it. Very (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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(...) Gary, Thanks for the pictures and information. There is an interesting variety to these boxes: (URL) have a few questions: 1) Most of the boxes are colored sleeves that surround a white or black box with mono-colored graphics. But I've seen (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Partsref DAT download problems?
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(...) I didn't see it myself until today, when I spotted a new reply to it in the .admin group. (...) category entry correctly links you to .../parts/3001.dat. I'd guess the category pages are hard-coded, since they're HTML, while the search results (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: The RE_wing. A recon version of the E-Wing fighter
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In lugnet.announce.moc, brent skadan wrote: snip (...) I'm really impressed, for a lot of reasons. The Technic-fig scale is quite a challenge, being quite a parts hog. Despite that, the color scheme is very tight. Others have commented on the (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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(...) Wow, if I had seen that I wouldn't have even tried. Peeron it is then. I guess I go to Partsref just out of habit... No wonder Steve won't talk to me anymore! ;^) (...) Partref search results link: (URL) directory link: (URL) all, Darrell (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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Nathan- Thanks for showing how crab steering works. I also like how you designed it, but the fact that it doesn't have a fixed steering wheel bothered me, so I designed one which has. Also, I might impliment this in my realtime version of my crane (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | 8865 and 8475
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So why did I want to get the hubs and the rubber to stick together on the old large Technic tyres? After a very successful 8448 and 8475 merge, and a mostly successful 8466 and 8475 merge, I decided to have another go at it. Thought about the 956 (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I recommend "LEGO Software Power Tools", I know the guys that wrote it. :^) (...) LPub guarantees the consistant scale, not L3P or POV-Ray. Without LPub the images always fill the window (L3P), so the scale would constantly change. L3P does (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I'm more partial to the term "wuss blue", though that probably comes from being a long-time fan of Legends of the Five Rings. I can understand why they went with brighly colored good-guys (worked for BIONICLE), but I'm at a complete loss as to (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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(...) Something like that. I was saying more on the basis that if you're already involving Peeron in your search process, there's no point in using that information to hunt the parts down in another database when Peeron already provides direct links (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: another moc: orchard house
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(...) thank you. the group had worked really hard together & is looking forward to the next opportunity to show their stuff. -§ deborah §- (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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(...) I've scratched my head about this as well, but I suppose Parts Tracker is just for unoffical files. To get an offical DAT file, you can just type a URL into your browser (substituting the correct part number, of course): (URL) This is (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Armor!
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(...) Yah, purple (accompanied with a purple cape) works not bad... That is, if you should desire a rather mystical figure. I actually have a picture of this demonic apparition: (2 URLs) (...) Indeed, i too find that "Barbie Blue, a derisive term (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| | Re: Partsref DAT download problems?
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(...) So... You're saying the solution to my problem is just don't use Partsref at all? "Doctor Doctor it hurts when I do this?" I'm trying to figure out if this link problem a real problem, or just something funky with our systems? Darrell (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Problem creating .pov using LGEO parts in L3PAdd-on
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(...) the problem is that LGEO doesn't use the same origin - at least with the libraries I have installed. So, to fix it, add the following directive at lines 159 and 308 of the LGEO file lg_6187.inc: translate <0, 0, -2*LG_BRICK_WIDTH> (...) I had (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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