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Hi I have for some time admired some very exciting train models on Brickshelf made by "UR" (URL) would very much try to create a ABS-version of his Swiss Crocodile, so I am interested to study the dat-file if available. It would also be great to (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Introducing.... Joe Vig !!!
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Hey guys, Very cool idea! (URL) Blogged!> My thoughts are very similar to Jason's. From Nelson I think the Grease Fire and Pit Stop are the stronger creations. In the Grease Fire one, the kitchen details are superb, with the drawers, the tile floor, (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Any LUG in the Albuquerque area?
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Seems like it's been a while since anyone posted to the NM section, but a good friend of mine is a designer/writer for the Albuquerque Journal and asked if there was a Lego Club in the ABQ area. If you're there and interested, please email me at (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.us.nm, lugnet.general)
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| | Two Vigs
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Hey all, I was stuck home today because I'm sick, but I managed to build two vigs. The first was inspired by my school's track meeting that I'm missing today. (URL) second was inspired by every teenager's hate of school. (URL) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette)
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| | Re: "The LEGO Group" or "The LEGO Company"?
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(...) That's Ambassador Trobaugh to you mister! :) jt (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Deathstar playset MOC
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(...) That's funny it was the first one I did. (...) Can do. give me 24 hours. (...) I had not even thought about this problem until last night when I put the minifigs in the bay. I didn't like using the plates but it's a play set and no minifig (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: Raccolta a scopi benefici
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(...) Io ne ho un biroccio! Li porterò molto volentieri! ...bella Willy!! 6Lovers (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: "The LEGO Group" or "The LEGO Company"?
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"James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:IDGKMy.1xzF@lugnet.com... (...) Oh, pardon my intrusion into your territory Mr. Trobaugh... :P r (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: "The LEGO Group" or "The LEGO Company"?
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(...) That's enough out of you Rob; there always seems to be one "smartass" in the group...LOL! jt (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: "The LEGO Group" or "The LEGO Company"?
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"Jake McKee" <sink@countersinkdg.com> wrote in message news:IDGJJE.1or5@lugnet.com... (...) Kinda like Prince, that became the unpronounceable symbol (the artist formerly known as Prince), and then Prince again? Rob www.brickmodder.net (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A reason to watch the CBC!!
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How many regenerations does the Doctor get and how many has he used? Has there been a revision of this number over the years? My recollection is it was 12 or 14, but a friend here at the office thought it was 7. Didn't the Master steal a (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: fall of an engineer
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(...) Yep... She came up with that one all by herself. -Rob A> (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Robolab Conference - Call for Papers
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1) The Call for Presentation and Papers for the Annual ROBOLAB Conference (August 15-17th, Austin, Texas) has been extended to APRIL 1st. Please consider submitting a presentation or a paper for the conference. Details are available at the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: "The LEGO Group" or "The LEGO Company"?
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(...) You'd think :) Actually, the background comes down to legal and tax issues. As I understand each country office/branch is a separate "company". So in Billund, it's LEGO A/S. In Enfield, it's LEGO Systems, Inc., etc. I don't know the specifics (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Deathstar playset MOC
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(...) Excellent work. I love the detail that went into the frame for it. Very classic. All the little rooms and their wonderful detail is delightful. I think this is my favorite room: (URL) I'd love to see a few pics showing where the rooms are in (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: "The LEGO Group" or "The LEGO Company"?
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To add to the confusion... I emailed Lego through the form on their web site, and asked: "What is the difference, exactly, between The LEGO Group and The LEGO Company? Would you please give me a specific definition of what each term refers to?" The (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | A reason to watch the CBC!!
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Flash! News just in!! (URL) I found out about it a few days ago, but all new eisodes of Doctor Who, on the CBC! Starting April 5 at 8 p.m. Being a relatively huge fan of the previous incarnations of Doctor Who, I'm pretty excited! Dave K (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Deathstar playset MOC
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(...) ABSolutely beautiful! Spotlighted!! Rob www.brickmodder.net (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Introducing.... Joe Vig !!!
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(...) Neat idea to continue interest in vignettes. I hope to see more Joe Vig adventures. (...) Toxic Trouble is my favorite of this bunch. The toxic substance buring through the floor is great. Also very nice work on the lap itself. I will be (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Deathstar playset MOC
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So here is my first starwars MOC. The Deathstar! It has the main landing bay. On the outside there is walkways and rooms you can get to. Some of the rooms and walkways are removeable so you can get to the things behind them. Let me know what you (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.starwars) !!
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| | Re: Introducing.... Joe Vig !!!
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In lugnet.build.vignette, Nelson Yrizarry wrote: <snip> He's wearing the same colour clothing as Gilligan from 'Gilligan's Island'. Coincidence? I wonder... I'm going to like seeing the contributions to this one... Keep up the great work! Dave K (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette)
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| | idea alternativa
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perchè invece di portare tutti i pezzi al lf nn proviamo ognuno a vendere i pezzi che nn usa più, e il ricavato viene dato ad un'associazione di beneficienza? (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Introducing.... Joe Vig !!!
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Meet Joe Vig... (URL) Who is Joe Vig? He is the unluckiest and most oblivious minifig ever created. Joe has no clue of what’s going on in the area just around him! He is also electro-magnet for bad luck, and never quite seems to know what’s about to (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Raccolta a scopi benefici
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(...) Provvederò anch'io. Ottima idea, Willy. So che leggi, anche se non scrivi più... ;-) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Herakles: A Endoskeleton type thingie
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(...) Absolutely fantastic! I agree with whateveryone else in the thread said. But whatreally caught my eye is the use of the elastic band holders on the arms--very nicely done! Dave K (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | How to build a shared library
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Hello! How can I dynamically link my c++ classes or rather build a shared library with the brickos Makefiles? Anne. (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Herakles: A Endoskeleton type thingie
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(...) Yeah, they're probably just not used to seeing the Metru head without a Kanohi. I personally think the fierce look is very appropriate for the bulk of Herakles. (...) Interesting - I guess it was the background that was deceiving my eyes. (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: NQC release
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Ahh...I shouldn't add comments to anything before my first green tea of the morning. I moved line 56 back to public: and went to line 81 and found private: was already there... 81 private: 82 class Chunk 83 { 84 public: 85 86 const UByte* GetData() (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Who is...
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(...) It would appear to be a guy name Heiner Berg. I believe this is his website: (URL) Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> | (URL) CLB> (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | If I were a Minifig....... (Kitchen, dining, rec & gym)
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If I were a Minifig this would be the rest of my pad. (4 URLs) Once again there all a little to big for system minifigs but I guess thats the cost of a little detail. I'm really happy with the rec room. (Anyone want a drink) I think the pool table (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Who is...
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HeinerBerg on Brickshelf? (URL) would like to contact this person... Rob www.brickmodder.net (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NQC release
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(...) I was not sufficiently clear. My apologies. Line 56 needs to remain unchanged: public: Comments, by the way, in C++ are specified by '//' rather than '#'. I say that because it looks like your compiler is complaining about a line (56) that (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Pat Pend Parts (3P)
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(...) Gary, did you mean to put the ABS switch in there somewhere? I would like to find a 2005 CA brick :) Eric (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts)
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| | Robolab as a tool for teaching programming
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(...) I apologize for the "doesn't allow using a real programming language" statement. It was clearly false and I realized it immediately after I posted. I didn't want to issue an immediate correction because I hoped that people would ignore it as (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: fall of an engineer
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(...) THANK YOU!!!! all i saw was a folder full of COOL stuff, then this other thing, with ummm not so cool stuff for an adult tech guy. ~BUT~ If as you say, your daughter did make it, then i can forego the "fall of the engineer" thing. Chris I (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: O-Train
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(...) Wow! That's a fantastic light rail model. And in six wide! Brilliant work. I was wondering how you used the engine in the shared bogey? You have pictures of the other wheelset (with the spring loading) but not the engine. I ask because I want (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: FLL not allowing NQC; Mindscript is allowed
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On Wed, March 16, 2005 10:22 am, Steve Baker said: (...) <discussion of cost...> Actually, I'm not talking about the cost. How often do we see LEGO robots out in the "real world" performing tasks? Not very often. I'll bet it's less often than (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 4421 box (and other 2005 boxes)
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(...) The 500pc box 4780 is Eur 9.99 in Dublin so could save 1 c. by getting 2 of these instead of a 4221 it's hard to make out the brick size distribution, but there are fewer colours in the smaller set... Ronan (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | RE: FLL not allowing NQC; Mindscript is allowed
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I've got an idea. Use the scientific method. Open your mind long enough to coach two FLL teams. Honestly give both teams the same amount of effort and dedication. Honestly divide your team members so the teams are as even as possible talent-wise. (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | O-Train
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(URL) All aboard the (URL)! Built for ParLUGment's Winterlude 2005 train layout, the O-Train is a light passenger train that runs a commuter route through Ottawa. According to the (URL) website> it is a Bombardier Talent BR643 DMU. I'm sure someone (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, FTX) !!
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| | Re: A small car
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(...) I agree--I grew up thinking all cars should be four wide, but six is where it's at if you want it to be more detailed. (...) I think this is the key--it's the illusion or pinching of shapes to make them look different than what they really (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: fall of an engineer
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(...) I was like "Oh man, Rob's getting all soft on us". Then... (...) I read this and it's like, oh that's cute! (...) Yeah, the little stack of drawers which uses the axlehole to represent the knob/pull is clever. Or at least I think that's why (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: NQC release
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Making progress: I changed the public: to private: in RCX_Image.h and here was the output after I did a `make clean`: [root@aluminum nqc-3.1.r1]# make g++ -o bin/mkdata -Inqc/ -Iplatform/ mkdata/mkdata.cpp nqc/SRecord.cpp bin/mkdata (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: fall of an engineer
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(...) It's very cute. A lot of really creative ideas. Quite impressive. Maybe, to avoid people like Chirs, she should have her own brickshelf account. You know, it's not like they cost a lot. Derek (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: NQC release
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(...) Can you try adding "private:" directly above the declaration of the nested type Chunk in RCX_Image.h? I'd like to confirm that that change fixes the problem. If any more compile errors (or warnings) show up let me know here or via email. (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Cybermaster
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Har funderat lite och kanske är jag intresserad av att köpa en... Vem var det som hade den och till vilket pris? Tore? /Andreas (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: FLL not allowing NQC; Mindscript is allowed
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(...) So this is that same response we've been hearing for the last couple weeks, right? You are trotting out the same responses you did a week ago - you have not replied to my criticisms of those responses - only repeated them. If that's all you (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Redesigned mini train wheel (!)
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(...) Oddly enough when I noticed it my excitement turned into disappointment. From what I could tell on the box art in the store, I thought it was actually an axle hole, and I had a mini-celebration for a minute there. Then when I got home and (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: fall of an engineer
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(...) She did? Its actually really nice. I see some interesting things there, wheelblocks as drawers, brackets as seats-- although if I were you I'd tell her to think about the holes in the middle y'know... Some people may get the wrong impression (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Redesigned mini train wheel (!)
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(...) I hadn't noticed that, but COOL. That's a very nice set to begin with and this is the icing on top. Hmm, now you've given me an idea about a coal mine for a medieval layout. Thanks LEGO! Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> | (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Ordine pezzi lego.
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Ciao, vorrei sapere come fare (e se posso farlo!) per ordinare pezzi Lego nel forum che di solito si crea tra gli utenti iscritti a ItLug. Qualcuno potrebbe darmi le informazioni riguardo questo servizio? Grazie Paolo (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: When the King got more money (bigger yellow castle)
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(...) Welcome to Lugnet. I hope you choose to post more. Very nice work. I like that you didn't let a scarcity of grey hold you back. Your yellow castle looks excellent. All those great shaped towers and walls at angles. There are some ideas in (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Raccolta a scopi benefici
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Anche a me sembra un'ottima idea....dovrei avere dei pezzi che non uso sia per colore che per vecchiaia...cercherò di portarli a Torino. Buona giornata a tutti Paolo (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: fall of an engineer
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(...) Hey.... My daughter built that all by herself..... ....maybe I need to go get some Belleville.... -Rob. (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 4421 box (and other 2005 boxes)
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(...) 4423 (800 bricks) in "Carrefour" for 19.99 euros here in France since this week. (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Pat Pend Parts (3P)
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(...) I'm born '72. So I think my oldest part are 1975 (that's the reason why I initially thought I don't possess 3P). I certainly bought these 3P on yardsales. A friend mail me this link : (URL) guy (from Belgium) is searching for 3P and talk about (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts)
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| | 4421 box (and other 2005 boxes)
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How are the new cardboard boxes being priced around the globe? There's little information about these "packs" anywhere. They are in www.legoideas.com but not in shop.lego.com yet (mar 16 05) I saw 4421 (1000 bricks) on a shelf in Dublin @ 19.99 euro (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Raccolta a scopi benefici
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Ottima idea, qualche cosa possiedo anche io, anche se i miei figli usano anche i pezzi "brutti" per farci un pò di tutto. saluti Giuliano (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Herakles: A Endoskeleton type thingie
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(...) Hey Kelly, Not many of the kids like the "naked" Metru head. Oh well. As for the silver pieces, the shoulders, chest, and feet are made from a mysterious grey with a greenish tinge. And there aren't any lilac pieces from the Jango set. Just (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | When the King got more money (bigger yellow castle)
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Hi everyone This is actually my first posting as up to now I've mostly been lurking. Very much inspired by the yellow castle contest on Classic-Castle I decided to built my own version of the classic yellow castle. For the contest I was however both (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle) !!
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| | When's the next meeting yo?
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Hey when is the next LUGOLA meeting?? (just a shout into the void) Jeff (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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| | Re: Herakles: A Endoskeleton type thingie
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(...) Thanks Chris! Yeah those hands are good, but they only work for larger scale stuff. I wish there was another part other than guns and minifig hands that we bioniclers could use for fingers. Hey Chris, do you still have the same e-mail (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Herakles: A Endoskeleton type thingie
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(...) Hey waitaminute...!!! (...) Yeah the side view of the head looks pretty silly. I tried to add more greeblage in there but it became ugly. More is less. Yeah. (...) Thanks brother Mark. Maybe I'll make a Terminator-type gun on steroids for him (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Raccolta a scopi benefici
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(...) Felicissimo di partecipare, Penso di avere 4-5 kg (o forse più) di pezzi che non posso usare. Metto tutto da parte per la LF. Ottima idea ciao Francesco (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Raccolta a scopi benefici
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Il nostro amico Willy ha avuto un'idea che mi è subito piaciuta, e che mi sono offerto di far rimbalzare qui sul NG. Molti di noi hanno in casa qualche vecchio mattoncino troppo segnato, graffiato, usurato o sporco per far parte degnamente della (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Di ritorno.... con un'idea
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(...) Ciao Dino Per un certo periodo si era parlato di fare una versione italiana di "a brick too far", una sfida ideata dal gruppo canadese rtlToronto a cui ho avuto la fortuna di assistere di persona. Avevamo persino steso una bozza provvisoria di (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: BimP Updates (15 March 2005)
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(...) Looking forward to that podcast! I've gotten totally hooked on the concept of podcasts, so a LEGO-related one would be terrific! Jake --- Jake McKee Webmaster - BIP (URL) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Pat Pend Parts (3P)
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(...) One other thing I didn't address was the different Lego bricks. I am waiting for a large group of 1949-56 Lego bricks from a Danish seller. I will be studying them for the different types. But here is what I know of so far: 1949 No (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: NQC release
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Hi John! Thanks for the new release. On my Linux box I get a compile error. uname -a: Linux aluminum 2.6.10-1.770_FC3smp #1 SMP Thu Feb 24 14:20:06 EST 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux [root@aluminum nqc-3.1.r1]# make g++ -o bin/mkdata -Inqc/ (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Saturday Dads and Kids Group
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I am doing a Saturday Dads and Kids Group. As a LEGO fan it will be a part of what we do. If anyone is interested let me know! Sincerely, Brian Kelley email: kelley01@visi.com (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.us.mn)
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| | Re: Pat Pend Parts (3P)
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(...) Some additional patent information - sorry it is USA-centric. The first USA sets in 1962 did not list any patents on the boxes. Around 1963-64 Samsonite started printing the two USA patents Gary referenced above on many USA Samsonite boxes. At (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: Pat Pend Parts (3P)
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(...) PAT PEND was found on Lego bricks and parts from 1958 until the mid-to-late 1960's. 1958 was the year that TLG introduced the "binding brick" with tubes underneath. There were other patents issued for such things as sloped bricks and Lego (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.parts)
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| | fall of an engineer
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Looks like the mighty Rob A., engineer, and former all around tech guy is now "playing house" Page titeled "sleepover for the minifigs" (URL) before that; I saw Dave play with dolls, (URL) (scroll about half way down) What NEXT??? Chris (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Wanted to Trade: 6090 Royal Knight's Castle for Mindstorms.
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The 6090 is complete wit instructions, has a box (shipping may be expensive though) and needs an outer box for me to put it in or I'll have to make one up. I believe the pieces are all there. If interested, please contact through my email address. (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Annual Irish Holiday sale - 25% off most parts, sale on sets, etc!
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Limerick's Pot of Gold (URL) Scott (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Re: New excavator
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(...) One good source for these tracks is the Tonka toy company. They make several bulldozer models that are fairly good size. I assume they can be ordered overseas. Another good source for tracks are Remote-control toys. Many of them have tracks (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | BimP Updates (15 March 2005)
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Think of it as BimP: Reloaded. I know, I know, how many times are you going to reload? That's the great thing about a not for profit hobby...I can reload as many times as I like! :) Check out the new BimP at: (URL) new? Can you say podCAST? I am (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce.bimp) !
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| | Re: Town & Train Display - GATS Pictures - MichLTC
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Feeling ill... looking at this... it's like my chair was pulled out from under me... I have seen many pics of your guys' layouts but, well, wow. Um, can I join your club (any high tech work out that way?)... or at least can I run one of my trains (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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This seems to have slipped by under the radar, but the mini train wheel has been redesigned and improved by LEGO. The old one [1], available in M.O.W. cars, Gringott's Bank, etc., was high friction, and tended to be very squeaky. The new one [2], (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: FBTB Forums code of conduct changes
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(...) Actually the policy of [NOT] having Yahoo!, Hotmail, gmail, etc. as emails went into effect a long, long time ago prior to their last hack attack that killed the fourms. I did not follow the entire discussion but part of the problem was (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Herakles: A Endoskeleton type thingie
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(...) Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack! It's a beaut Jeff. Big and beefy, just like you. It's got the musclebound idot look, just like.... I can't speak much more than what the others said, the hands are primo. The one piece head nestles in there nicely. (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | NQC release
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I've released a new version of NQC today (3.1r1). (URL) would be most grateful if a few non-Windows platform folks could download the source release and make sure it builds and functions correctly on your favorite platform. I *think* I fixed all the (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Lego Robotic Sumo Contest - Sunday 6/12/05, Austin, TX
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Folks, The Austin chapter of TexLUG is holding a Lego Robotic Sumo contest! Win valuable Lego prizes when your robot outwits and outpushes its opponents out of a circular arena! Rules, schedule, and entry details may be found here: (URL) contest (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx) !
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| | Re: Legoland LDraw model repository
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(...) All spoked wheels LEGO released had smooth hubs and ten spokes. When LEGO switched from studded wheels to spoked wheels LEGO made prototypes with ribbed hubs and twelve spokes. These prototype wheels were used in lots of photographs for set (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Part images through LPub coming out white
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(...) Geoff, The reason that your part images came out white is because you overdrove the ambient and diffuse controls in the lighting section. It is my understanding that ambient+diffuse should be <= 1. You are driving things at 1 + 0.6. This only (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New excavator
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(...) Yes, are these tracks still available, and from where? And, if they are available, are they sold in the U.S., or are they from a different country? I know there are some things that can no longer be purchased in the U.S., like the Scout/SDK (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Part images through LPub coming out white
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(...) Well, Here is the real link: (URL) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Large Front Loader
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(...) Thanks for feedback Yes - the steering definitely is pneumatic, and works quite fine for such a large model. The axel you see coming from rear to front section of loader is the main engine drive shaft. One interesting design approach is that I (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Herakles: A Endoskeleton type thingie
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(...) Just say no to steroids... This is another fine example of Ranjo Bionicle engineering. The hands rule - maybe the best Bionicle hands I've seen yet. The hoses also give a very mechanorganic feel to the model. If Lego made Bionicle sets like (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Billeder fra Klodsfest 2005
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Der er begyndt at tikke billeder ind på Byggepladens galleri: (URL) følger senere. Hold også øje med hjemmesiden, (URL) for en artikel om arrangementet. Tak for denne gang! På Byggepladens vegne Carsten Straaberg (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.dk)
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| | Re: Legoland LDraw model repository
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(...) Great work! I couldn't get the download to work, though, even though I typed in some of the OMR numbers you listed. I also have a comment on the sets 123, 124 and 125. Are those the correct wheels? My own 120 and 125 sets, bought in 1970, had (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Comments wanted: Plans for easier parts authoring
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(...) Thank you, very good and useful links! They were good examples to start me out in Python and LDR import/export for Blender, and the latest script was a very well working import. Export needs some more work to make a working parts authoring (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LEGO in CG classes was: easier parts authoring
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(...) (Sorry for the late reply, I forgot to check up on the thread.) You may share the movie freely, just keep the credits in there. The other Lego-related student animations I would have liked to share were computer-animated Lego minifig remakes (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | Re: FLL not allowing NQC; Mindscript is allowed
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On Tue, March 15, 2005 12:01 pm, John Hansen said: (...) So, this is the same argument we've been hearing for the last couple weeks, right? NQC is the only "Real" programming language that can be used on the RCX (with standard firmware). If we can't (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | A LEGO Theme for my iPod.
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Hello all I have been working on amy first none brick MOC. I have a 4th generation iPod and there is a program that lets you change images on your iPod. Well it was only natural that I would want to change them to something LEGO. So with a little (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.fun) !
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| | Re: Classic-Castle forums
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Hmm, Sorry to respond to myself, but it appears that the old address works again (not my doing). Bruce (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: cerco set
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Ciao, io ho il 4729 a 65 euro ed il 4730 a 85; nuovi e in perfetto stato; se vuoi posso inviarti delle foto in modo da valutarne le condizioni; ti invito a visitare anche il mio negozio su bricklink all'indirizzo (URL) e le mie aste su Ebay (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Classic-Castle forums
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Hey all, The bad news: The classic-castle forums have been hacked. Right now they look ugly and the normal url doesn't work. The good news: The data is all still there and you can post. Use this url: (URL) Hopefully everything will be back to normal (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | HUGE VINTAGE AUCTION 26 BoXES in one lot from 50s-60s
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More info at: (URL) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.auction)
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