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(...) Hmm, build lego robot, or spend week at a cottage with the Ladies[1]. I think the choice is clear. Derek [1] Sadly they are all spoken for. Oh, Maybe there will be that cottage across the lake with all the sexy ladies. If beer commercials have (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Could someone PLEASE change the front page banner
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That Brick-thing-fest is LONG since over. What do I have to do to get that banner changed from the front page of lugnet (1) ? OR should i just wait for the servers to go to a more efficient country? Chris 1. (URL) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: LDraw Design Pad v1.5.7 Released
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(...) news://www.lugnet.co...lugnet.com Thanks (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) ummm you COULD be building a robot for BALANCE of POWER. all the cool people will be buiding one. ME IAIN JANEY Calum and a few others Chris (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
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(...) your right, i've tried several times to line up those weird and rare lego bricks. I only have a few of these weird bricks in my collection, so they MUST be VERY RARE. (1) I mean when i tried to line up the studs to the hole in the next (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Request for LEGO Factory bag content information
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LEGO have stated that they will not be answering questions about LEGO Factory here on LUGNET. So people that are interested probably should watch over on LEGOFan.org There is a request there: (URL) someone that currently can't post here, for info (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | LDraw Design Pad v1.5.7 Released
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LDraw Design Pad (LDDP) is a tool for editing and handling LDraw files in a very comfortable way. The new version can be downloaded here: (URL) are: -Fully customizable editor with syntax highlighting -Open multiple files at the same time -Unlimited (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Lego Parts You Hate....
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(...) That's probably the one. If so, I retract my general hate for it. It's handy (in transparent) but I hate opaque versions. Tim (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Do you mean [LDrawPart 30151:46]? That part started out as a cover for treasure in the Adventurers; its hollowness is an important aspect of the part. Steve (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Even newer roadplates
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(...) lower cost. ondrew (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Oooh. Fun game... I discovered a new piece just last night which I already hate. Don't own any or know what it's called (2x2 tall dome?) but it is a single part which could be made from a 2x2 round with a 2x2 dome on top. I can see absolutely (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Even newer roadplates
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(...) Hmmm... they look like dark bluish gray to me. Black would be nice, though! Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) I really dislike the basketball net. I wish it could connect in some way to more than one piece. It would be useful for numerous things if onlt it could be connected better. For that matter I dislike nearly all of the specialty sports parts. (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NEIRG vs Brickfest
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(...) It's allowed, it just hasn't been *demonstrated* yet... (...) No no, making balls fly through the air or even disappear is very good. It's making it happen consistantly, for hours on end, in exactly the way you want it to, that's tough ;-). (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: LEGO as jewelry
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(...) Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG/BAYLTC (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Art Deco Miami Hotel
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"Jim Garrett" <jsgarrett@twmi.rr.com> wrote in message news:IM0on4.1oGG@lugnet.com... (...) Very nice Jim! I like the graduated stripes at the corners especially, and the way you've dealt with the newer style roadplates. Good use of train windows (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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I notice in the latest S@H catalog that the roadplates seem to have changed again. They are now all black with white printing, and come in packages containing either a straight with an X, or a curve with a T. I can see there being an awful lot of (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Newbie questions about Lego CAD
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Thanks for the fast repley (...) I also though doing this with submodels. But this way, each submodel will have it's one step numbers, meaning that the steps of each submodell will beginn with 1. In the offical LEGO BI (see) both, the chassis and (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Dean! I don't know why I didn't try this before. I used a full with bush and in conjunction with 4263 and it works very smooth. I'll update the instructions to use the new configuration. Ben (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You don't like headlight bricks? o.0 Wow. I never thought I'd hear someone say they disliked one of the most useful and beloved pieces out there. The piece I "hate" (its more of a love/hate relationship) is the old technic ball socket: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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<snip> (...) Thanks for suggestion. I didn't consider that part. I tried it, but the larger diameter interfered with other parts. Ben In lugnet.trains, Jordan Bradford wrote: (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: LafLRC @ IndyLUG
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(...) The show is in Indy on Oct 15-16. I think it is being put on by someone else. (the great train expo) (URL) got my 10x10 module working pretty well. It doesn't fit the above criteria, but I like it. Other suggestions for these modules: Higher (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: Overview of LEGO Factory suggestions
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(...) Hundreds of dollars is what it should cost. What it would actually cost under the current LF system, even if the parts were available at all, would probably be thousands of dollars. I'm seeing about a factor of 25 waste here on realistic (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Big Box with the Yellow Sticker of Joy
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(...) I tried so hard to figure out how to spell that word. Finally had to give up and hope people could figure it out for me. fain would actually suggest a willing interest in something. But feign is definitely what I meant. (...) No problem. I'm (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: NEIRG vs Brickfest
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(...) 100% reliability??? I didnt' think that was allowed in GBC modules. I thought if it didn't drop, fling, or magically make one disappear every once in a while it wasn't a real GBC module :) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: LafLRC @ IndyLUG
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(...) That sounds like fun. I'm assuming the show in question would be the one in Ft. Wayne near the end of October, right? When do you need to know? John (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Oh no, feigning interest would be like "Oh...what a nice Lego set you got...<looks down at cue cards>...it's much better than Cats". I've heard many a bit of feigning interest in Lego in my life. :) (...) I'm going to guess than there's (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: My humble opinion about LDraw animation
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(...) First I should apologise if I sounded harsh - I have spent the last few months of my day-job dealing with a nightmare UI built by other coders with absolutely no end-user consultation. So I recognised similar patterns and had already gotten (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
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(...) Nope. I tried for a while to use some when I was teaching a LEGO robotics course for kids. I thought it would be nice to have some directions for them initally. Forget it - it was just too much trouble. I ended up building robots and then (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Finally an update: quickview of the B-24 liberator
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(...) Robert, This is good, it really captures the look of the B-24. It would be great to see this in ABS someday. Thanks, George (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw Animation - Why MPD?
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(...) I think you may need to explain you choices further. Python supports variable numbers of function arguments, as does Perl. In Python it is relatively easy to check the types of the arguments, and implement overloading and type checking inside (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: FischerTechnik
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(...) There are a couple of areas where FT does outshine Leg a little. Namely - Pneumatics - FischerTechnik has a larger range of cylinders, more advanced valves, serious compressors, and most importantly solenoids. Also their robotics controller (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Panels to offer a 5-wide space in a 6-wide MOC
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(...) I did some brief testing last night with this. The Technic motor((URL) does fit into the 1x4x3 and 1x2x3 panels, with possibly a very slight amount of bending. The 1x2x3 panel works better as the 1x4x3 panel has two small strengthening ribs (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Thank you for faining interest. :-) Here are some blurrier then I expected, but I didn't feel like retaking, pictures of what I've built so far. Basically I'm up to the point where the first boat steering wheel gets installed. This wheel (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: How do I get these new applications working?
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(...) I'm glad you got it working. I am also glad that you had the patience to fix it. Now we know we have to fix the distribution. I wonder how many people just gave up. Chris (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | LEGO as jewelry
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Just stumbled on this site: (URL) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | LF Torino - Raccolta a scopi benefici
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Cari fratelli in abiesse, colgo l'occasione per ricordarvi che a Torino si farà anche una raccolta di mattoncini vecchi a scopi benefici. L'annuncio di Mario in marzo: (URL) materiale raccolto sarà portato in un orfanotrofio nella città di Botosani (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Set in offerta
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(...) ma sei un mito... sai per caso anche gli orari? ciao e grazie Cristian (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Lego Parts You Hate....
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(...) That must be that darn nylon hinge: (URL) I remember as a child always battling with this - it fell off when it was supposed to stick, and it stuck when I was trying to remove it (hence all the teeth-marks). With regards to the wheels with (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego Parts You Hate....
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I didn't want to bury this thread under lugnet.parts.... so I put it in lugnet.general... We all have Lego parts that we really like..... But what parts don't you like at all.... what parts do you really dislike? (Yes I know it sounds like Lego (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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