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Too complicated for adults? Or too complicated for children? Did LEGO determine that the automated parts were too complex for their target audience (children?) Assuming it is *financially viable*, why can't LEGO have introductory train sets for (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PROPOSAL for new track (was Re: New Lego Track!
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(...) How's this for a "big risk": I say, scrap the 9 volt system, and produce specialized train parts (from the trucks on up) that are to scale with "O" gauge. Have AFOLs use existing trucks, motors, couplers, and track currently used (and already (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: PROPOSAL for new track (was Re: New Lego Track!
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(...) Those were deemed too complicated and that's why they're not in the 9V system anymore. (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I saw this whilst looking through the moonbase stuff. I really like the blue-shell-over-greebling look. Can you use the grey stands to separate the units vertically and miss out a floor? Or can you build a few vertical connectors too? It (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Kind words from Charles Urbach
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(...) Ha. Actually, my wife was the one that started the bidding on said piece, and it was my Mothers Day gift to her - which she very much appreciated. I'm a very lucky guy... (...) Oooh, I like that - will that fit on a Bricktag? (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, FTX)
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| | Re: ABC's Extreme Makeover--May 22nd, 2005
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There is an announcement about this at club lego (URL) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Submissions are due May 22nd! The entry deadline is fast approaching :-) Send ideas and entries to info@brickfest.com Christina Hitchcock & The BrickFest Team August 12-14th 2005 www.brickfest.com (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: LPub 2.3.0.6 available (ldGLite working and looks Marvelous)
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(...) After some fixes in LPub, I got ldGlite renderer working with LPub! The images are comparable to LDView, but ldGlite renders blindingly fast! I rendered all the images for pedmatic in less than 5 minutes. Amazing. (URL) seems to be a bit of a (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Train design (roof)
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I managed to find some of the parts and came up with this: (URL) want to use the other parts (43710/711) but they are not in my MLCAD. Besidesm the slope 18deg does not exist in 1x4 as I see it Sonnich (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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As promised, I have posted this set to my website: (URL) under the Racers category. -Orion (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Dat file for x1201 1x1 plate with tooth
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(...) (URL) that this file is unofficial. -Orion (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Moonbase demonstration module
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(...) Very nice. I like how all the cooridors come off and the matching modules. The stripes of greebles offset with blue is very striking. Now of course, I need to make up some matching modules as well. I'm looking forward to some more close up (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Help finding slope brick striping VIA model
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(...) Sounds like mine. :) (URL) I built it early out of my dark ages and I plan to rebuild it as an 8 wide. The last pic shows some building detail but if you want better pics let me know as I now have a better camera and pulling it apart will (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Small Pneumatic Hex Radial Engine
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It has been a while since I posted any new MOCs, so it pleases me to share this with you. Well, after the success of my compact small piston radial pneumatic compressor, I decided to try my had at an engine. (URL) that pistons have two ports, and (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics) !
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| | My MOCs: large scale jets, cars, and trucks
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In the last few weeks I have been expanding my brickshelf folder. perhaps you've seen some of my MOCs on brickshelf's "recent" pages. If not, I would like to invite you to visit: (URL) examples: A black F-14D Super Tomcat (scale 1/36) (URL) Kenworth (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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| | Slightly more rational? (was: New Lego Track!)
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(...) How about if lego provided just 3 things for us: 1. Bulk rail material that we can cut to length, as we need 1. A new 2x8 sleeper part to hold the new rail 2. A new half-sleeper to connect to existing 9V track parts This would obviously be a (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: 12V to 9V - why the switch
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(...) Was there a Lego community in 1991? I can see a lot of advantages in the change: 1. Better pick-up of power through the wheels on the inner edge of the track. Sprung contacts like on 12V trains are prone to wear and spark damage. 2. One-piece (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | [Ann] Jurtle 1.8 - Now with LeJOS support
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I would like to announce the release of Jurtle 1.8, a simple IDE for learning programming in Java. What makes this release pertinent to this group is that Jurtle now integrates with the LeJOS tools and API for programming the LEGO Mindstorms (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | 12V to 9V - why the switch
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Can someone explain why LEGO made the switch from 12V to 9V ? There appears to be some discussion about the switch in these catalogs: 1991 Netherlands (URL) German (URL) Europe (URL) there any reaction in the LEGO community when this switch (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: PROPOSAL for new track (was Re: New Lego Track!
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Gary, Don't get all disappointed. It was me who originally made the post about the subject of the message. I was catching up on emails, LUGNET posts, etc and saw the "New Lego Track!" subject. Of course it was not what I expected it to be. If my (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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