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(...) Thats even more amazing. Their website must be a bit backdated in spots. (21 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) No, it opened in January (well, December 2003) last year. Iain (21 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Indeed. 6 months it's been operational already? Amazing. That is way cool, thanks for sharing! (21 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I having some trouble identifying a set I purchased in the late 1990s. I'm pretty sure it was a freestyle set, but it came with a strange base, shown here: (URL) base didn’t have any studs, just spaces to place one 16x24 base plate and three 8x16 (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) "Pilot", if I am not mistaken about what part of the loco you are talking about. In particular, this is a switcher pilot since it has steps or footboards (1), not a snowplow. 1 - terrifically dangerous to actually ride on, and now banned to (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) SET 357 SOLD (21 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) LOL, this is available at a dozen well-known LEGO websites including Peeron. Now you can add those RGBs to your 'program'. It seems silly to me to create a LEGO mosaic... using colors that are far from the colors of the corresponding LEGO (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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then maybe they wouldn't have had to change gray, dark gray and brown to save money? Dave (STILL trying to make sense of things) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.color)
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Man, the color variations on certain parts in these sets just make me lime green with envy! Why do the girls' sets have such cool parts? More importantly, why don't these sets show up on store shelves? I know I'd shell out (no pun intended given the (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> (...) The basic schematics for the LEGO and FT pneumatic elements are here if you need them: (URL) all you've got to do is to join them up... Mind you, pneumatic circuit schematics may be far harder to read than electronic circuit (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi all, Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill, NC will be having a LEGO®Polluza event on February 26th, 10 am - 4 pm. NCLUG will be displaying and assisting in the event, which is free to the public. Representative MOCs from WAMALUG, DixieLUG and (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) Ok, like this; (URL) kids toy versions have multiple tracks. There are single track ones too but I can't find a link. I think building something to do this would be hard. But then, you guys don't like Sumo, 'cos its easy, right? Let me know if (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You're gonna need serious psych after care if you keep that up! (...) There is only one path around the things I'm thinking of. Can't find a website with a picture. I'll post if I can find one. JB (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I was amused (in a good way :-) ) to see the range of (URL) Brick Built Trains apparel> at Cafepress. When I have a baby he is going to have an (URL) Infant Creeper>! There's nothing for (URL) my dog> though. Tim (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) Way to ruin a perfectly good Lowell-Sphere, Lenny. This thing looks like a Pokemon, just a sphere with some random parts snapped onto it. I can picture you running around your hovel with this moc shouting "I choose you!",pausing only to (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Looks like there are some more Mathis innovations here. The loco has real character and the livery choice works well. I like the front bufferbeam(1) I was interested to see the (URL) build>, did you paint the roof bricks or mock them up with (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, John Barnes wrote: Hey John! (...) It's okay up here. I actually spent two evenings building something this week for some inane reason. This is very peculiar. I even attended an academic research group meeting too and (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi guys! How's life up in the GWN? South of the lake, we've had quite the mild winter so far, makes a change. Anyhow, to business; I have been working through a bunch of ideas for BF05 competitions and; One that I rejected as too hard (mainly cos I (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Shouldn't you people be heading to dinner about now! Especially you Ian! (...) Yes, same rope as rope climbers. (...) No. (...) Give a reasonable range. Something 2 long power cords could easily cover in case someone wants to use a sensor. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) :) (...) Well, a couple of things have to be decided: -Do we have a standard rope? (difficult to organize) -Do we allow each entrant to bring and string their own rope? (time consuming at game day) You're right on consideration for sag. Unless (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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