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Early Learning Centre in Crawley has a stack of the radio control car set for 25GBP, as well as a lot of RESQ and Xtreme Team sets at about half price. Even at that price I was not tempted. When its 15 I'll think about it... Huw (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Mechanical question
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This thread already offers a lot of interesting explanation about the thrack slip, but on the wheels part you may want to have a look at: (URL) in menu: going in circles Animations explain how side slip in wheels is (practically) zero as long as (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego is like nanomachines
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Robert Munafo wrote in message ... (...) a (...) mechanical (...) design. (...) Being serious, this wouldn't work. Scaling down would call for different structures. Eric (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Why 5 to 6?
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(...) Neither do I. Robert Munafo said that a 1-1 ratio would have been better than the 5-6 ratio we have today. I just wanted to give some examples where a 1-1 ratio would have been inferior to the system we have today. I did not say anything about (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Why 5 to 6?
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Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ... (...) i don't suppose these were considerations back when the first brick was designed in Brittain. Eric (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Shell Promotional Sets Online
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Although LEGO Review is primarily an inhouse publication, it is obviously also targeted to bussiness relations, job candidates, guests and others seriously interested in the company. Hence, the contents are always in a positive, motivating tone. You (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: FS/FT dacta activity cards
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Which set is 1033? (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | FREE LEG0 STAR WARS Droid Fighter and Naboo Swamp
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Hi, Hope you all have seen the new Typhoo tea promo with free sets up for grabs? you need 21 tokens for both sets and tokens are only available on the 80's size box. If your quick they are on offer in somerfield. I have just bought 63 boxes!!! Jakey (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | UK Jambalaya Box - Reply if you want to join in!!!!
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In the absence of any replies to my request to join a UK Jambalaya box scheme. I've decided to start one up if anyone can be bothered to reply? I have sorted out a few bits and pieces and want to know who in the UK would be interested in joining up? (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: An aside on the "Plagiarism" thread...
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One of the reasons why I publish some of my models on the net, other than boosting my ego, of course, is to share my ideas with other people. If someone got inspiration from looking at my models and tried to make something slighlt different, I would (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4.5 Train for sale.... and much much more.
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>70 grey straight track sections >85 grey straight track sections My mistake, the extra track is in fact BLUE. (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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| | 4.5 Train for sale.... and much much more.
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4.5 Train for sale.... and much much more. Basically, this is all you need to get started in the world of 4.5v trains. You will get: Boxed 7720 Battery Train Set Engine - Complete & working Battery Car - Complete Black and grey car - missing 1 4x1x1 (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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| | Fire Control Center added...
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Fire Control Center added to my sale... 6389 1991 Fire Control Center Complete, with instructions 6486 1997 Fire Engine MISB See everything at: (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Darn those definitions (was: The new Super Car)
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(...) easy (...) Like I said, everything is compressible, with the probable exception of the stuff in a black hole. Even the exclusion principle (the law that controls elecron 'orbits' round an atom) is reconed to be overcome by sufficient force (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Using the Motor as a Tachometer
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(...) I'm not a EE, but here's my take on the situation... Turning the motor increases the electrical potential (voltage) between its two contacts. If the motor isn't connected to anything, then its easy to turn - relatively little energy is (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: General Box #1 Log
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(...) anything in that pile! :) --Todd (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | CFD: lugnet.lego.* newsgroup hierarchy
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Ever wished there were a Fabuland newsgroup? Got a soft spot for DUPLO Toolo? How about Pirates? Wild West? Castle? All of these (and more) are definitely in the plan -- it's just a matter of giving them names and positions in the larger newsgroup (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Thalys data file(s)
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hey there tim courtney do you still have the thalys train file? (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Handy Board software
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(...) They're both 8-bit microcontrollers with a roughly similar set of peripheral functions (timer, ACD, serial port, etc). But the similarity ends there. The programming model for the H8 is compltely different from the 68xx series. (...) I don't (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Mindstorms
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Hello all... I was wondering how many Calgary Lego Mindstorms builders are out there? Are you one? Do you know any others? I know two others, plus myself. I would be interested in seeing some robot contest get togethers... <ICS> (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.ca.ab)
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