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Wow. Imagine what it would be like if some team of scientists could design a molecule corresponding to each LEGO element. Then, you could use LEGO as a prototyping system for nanobots. After you have the basics of your mechanical design worked out, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Some window questions
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(...) 1x4x2 windows have come in many sets over the years. For more information, search Deja-news for "History of Lego Windows" by Gary Istok. It was posted to rec.toys.lego about a year ago, and it is the most comprehensive (Lego) window thread (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mindstorm in UK ?
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(...) Hello, after contacting the Finnish LEGO headquarters (RIS is not yet available here), I was referred to the Hamleys toy shop in London (seems to be a famous old company). They were very helpful and sent me the kit to Finland; very good (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Silver buckets and tubs
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There are several Silver buckets (bricks) and Tubs (freestyle) at the Toy Shop in the Woburn Mall. KL (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Excellent time at "The Construction Site" & NELUG update.
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Probably but remember that with the shared registration system, competing registries registrations do not show up in Network Solutions whois database. KL (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt)
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| | Non-pivoting free wheels (was Re: odometry (was Re: Homing with the IR Tower)
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You'll have a very hard time making a ball-and-socket design bear a load and turn without lots of friction. Putting wheels between the ball and the socket just brings us back to the problem that we were trying to avoid by not having wheels. A much (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Some window questions
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Hi, I'm still waking up from the dark ages and have a couple of window questions: Do 1x4x2 windows come in other sets besides london bus #760 and police heliport #560? Do they come in other colors besides red and white? I was surprised by the lack (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | FS/FT dacta activity cards
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I have found a small quantity of dacta Technic instruction packs, if you are intrerested, please make me an offer. 1033 contains 20 activity cards 1090 contains 5 building instructions and user guide. Peter D Simpson sterlingIT@interalpha.co.uk (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Train sticker sets
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I have been recently renewing tacky and missing stickers on some of my old loco's, using excact copies made by my brother on his sticky plastic cutting machine. They look as good as the originals with the exception that the white print and logo (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Can we say, "Plagiarism"?
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(...) Or that the Postal Service delivers it to the wrong address I would think. Ben Gatrelle (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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