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(...) Gary: This court case was remarkable for GKCs testimony that the original Lego block was in fact a copy of the Kiddicraft block. There is a summary (which is VERY biased) on the Best-Lock site: (URL) the expiration of Lego's major patents they (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: More esoteric Lego history
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(...) Yeah, every new fact I uncover raises many new questions, my head may explode eventually. I originally thought that both sisters were older than KKK but Dave has sent me a high-resolution copy of the image above and it is clear that one sister (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Samsonite 118 Train set
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(...) Ben, thanks for the correction. So, FAO Schwarz marketed the 116 in 1968 and Sears marketed the 118 in 1969. There may have been other retailers too but at least we know about those two. Eric (21 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: More esoteric Lego history
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(...) That particular picture came from a 700/4, however that same picture was featured on 700/0, 700/1, 700/3, 700/3a, 700/4, and 700/5 (and supplementary sets too). There are Mursten, Bausteine, and System varieties depending on the year of (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Blocking SetUserDisplay?
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(...) Neither of these work, although the second one does introduce a temporary for everything except for the 0 part. It will result in the display sometimes showing a value of zero. NQC tries really hard to use as few variables as it can so you (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: The pseudo-intellectual ramblings of a cool-guy wanna-be.
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(...) Even though I'm from a different continent I can relate to much of what you're describing here, although the end result was somewhat different... I can definately remember weekend cartoons (Transformers, GI Joe, MASK, inspector Gadget etc (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Technic Designers?
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Mark Neumann wrote: SNIP good points (...) I absolutely agree. the Technic basic sets of yesteryear were GREAT for this type of bulk, open-ended creativity. For me, these 3 sets are my technic designer sets: (3 URLs) The yellow (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the ideas! Actually these yielded some interesting results: a = 0 + ((x * 100) + y); occasionally yielded 0 (as expected), but never yielded anything other than 0 and the correct value (that I saw). a = ((x * 100) + y); and a = (x * (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: The pseudo-intellectual ramblings of a cool-guy wanna-be.
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(...) Wow. What a great post (I mainly say this because you linked to Mr.Ham). Warning: Rambling About to Commense I think a better title might have been "The Art of LEGO: A New Perspective" - that usually when we think of the 'Art of LEGO' - we (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego City Airport at Myer
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(...) No, I think I gave them too much credit for appreciating the retail pricing of Lego sets. (...) I wouldn't pay 19cpp if I had a reasonable expectation of being able to pay 17cpp for the same parts in the near future. I don't recall many lego (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickFest DC 2005 Technic/Mindstorms events
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Great!!! Today I started to think how to recue the miner, I have a doubt about the cage dimension is 6x6x5 (stud) right? Best Regards Gustavo Lugenet 566 Santiago Chile (21 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | [rtlToronto] June Monthly Dinner!
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Anyone want to feel the freaky flow with some mad beats? Then don't go to Swiss Chalet this Friday. But if you're in line for some nerdy Lego talk, then run, don't walk to: June 10th , 2005: Monthly Dinner @ 7:00PM Swiss Chalet 5487 Dundas Street (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Brickmaster $5 coupon
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I went to Lego shop@home, got my cart set up & was ready to pay, but did not see an entry area for the Brickmaster $5 coupon (I tried entering the code in the gift certificate area, but no luck). Am i supposed to have entered a brickmaster member #? (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Samsonite 118 Train set
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(...) Hallo Ben! A couple of things..... The exchange rate in 1968 was about DM 4,00 = $1.00. I know that very well because I was 15 years old visiting relatives in Germany in 1968. I still have a pair of Hummel figurines that I paid DM 90,- (from (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Gianpoldo' auctions, first ones ending tomorrow!
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(URL) luck, Gianluca ___...___ Yahoo! Mail: gratis 1GB per i messaggi e allegati da 10MB (URL) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Aste di Gianpoldo...
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Ciao a tutti, volevo solo reclamizzare le mie aste: (URL) Yahoo! Mail: gratis 1GB per i messaggi e allegati da 10MB (URL) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Campioni del mondo, campioni del mondooooooo !!!
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(URL) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug, FTX)
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| | Re: Samsonite 118 Train set
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(...) (URL) (...) Dear Eric! Call me confused - but I do not see the Samsonite 118 (similar or identical to European 119). But what I recognize is the 116 train set for cheap (?) 20$. Does anybody haven an idea what the exchange rate between Dollar (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The pseudo-intellectual ramblings of a cool-guy wanna-be.
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Hello! (...) Actually it is. :-) Bye Jojo (21 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Space! at BrickFest 2005
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(...) Haha, Brian! You called me on my bluff! But really, there will be more than enough room. Make sure you make a MOC Card for the BIA, and I'll make sure I have some extra width for it! -Lenny (21 years ago, 5-Jun-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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