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(...) Oh ok, got ya. When I build, I find a good rule of thumb is to make the hips narrow as compared to the shoulders. In this case, using the rotational click hinges, the female socket end for both inner hip connections, are both 4L. So they are (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Voidfighter, Brickfrenzy style
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(2 URLs) This little guy was built for the (URL) FBTB Voidfighter Contest>. It's all smooth and swoopy and black and evil and stuff. Whee! Adrian (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Questions
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(...) The older style pumps didn't have a built in waist valve. (URL) If you connect an older pump to your compressor, then a hose from the pump to the centre port of the 2x4 "distribution block", (URL) one of the other ports (i can't remember which (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Hey Christina!! We're having our monthly dinner fri night in T.O. It may be difficult for you to get all the way to the Big Smoke from Buffalo. I'll help where I can! Dave K (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.loc.us.ny.buf)
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(...) Not more compact per se. Just under the waist so the thighs don't jut out so much. But that's only a small comment and we've talked about it before. I'm just tryin' to say something other than "kool 100!!!/10!!!!OMG!!11" (...) I like the (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thank you! (...) Hmmm, I'm a little confused, please explain. Hips more unders the waist? Like more compact? right? (...) I was tempted. (...) I was trying to add more Trans Green, Everything looked "Stuck on" and I was trying to learn from (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: New Mecha: The Cub
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It's a Sophiesque Gundam! Like the head & some of the slope stuff going on. Overall has that slouched look that Mark refferend to. Would love to see the hips up under the waist a bit more, but havin' them come out the sides is pure Sophie. I'd like (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for your reply Sean. I was just in the process of composing a message to send to MOCPages feedback outline what I thought the problem was. Now that you appear to be fully aware of it I won't bother. Not knowing you personally I wasn't (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Question for Gary Istok
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(...) Gary, There is a slight chance that these jumbo bricks made it into the Europe market for a short time. There is also a chance these are just prototypes and were never sold. (URL) The 501 shown here (in the LEGO Billund archive) is in a Europe (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Derek, everyone: Yes... this was a design flaw on my part; I would never, NEVER sell people's personal information. I, myself, get over 400 pieces of spam every day, and am very sensitive to giving out my own e-mail, phone numbers, etc. I'd (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Katana (Was: Yes or no?)
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(...) Yes. (URL) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: 2006...eccoli!
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(...) E qui: (URL) prescindere dal meccanismo copiato... è un pugno nello stomaco una porta ad espulsione su una PCC !!!!! Luca (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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Hello rtlToronto’ens, I just wanted to know if there are any of you in the Niagara Falls area. I’m in Buffalo till Saturday AM and wanted to see if there was anyone that might be interested in meeting up. If so.. drop me a note.. and hopefully we (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.us.ny.buf)
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(...) Don't be so humble. I printed out some pics of your figures and referred to them frequently. They're a great source of inspiration, especially since I'm a bit starved for ideas at the moment. Dapper Dan and Polly-Ann are my very favourite. But (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) No problem. Just for quick reference, if it's a katana, and it's flexible, it's LEGO. Rich (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) Hi, Rich-- Initially I wasn't sure if I owned any LEGO Ninja sets, and then I couldn't remember if MBI produced two versions of the katana. Thanks for the quick answer! Dave! (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) Dave, It's a LEGO katana. Rich (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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Hi Everyone, in the comming weeks before christmas I'll auction off my MISB Star Wars LEGO collection as well as some other new and used sets (see list below). As I ship worldwide, I will auction these sets on ebay.com, ebay.co.uk and ebay.de. I'll (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.market.auction, FTX)
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| | Re: Största bygget? (Var: SWELug8 + 8421 (Kranbilen))
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(...) Minns inte, och jag har flyttat ifrån huset jag då bodde i. Vad är takhöjden i äldre hus? 2.30 kanske... /Tore (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.loc.se, FTX)
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| | Re: Största bygget? (Var: SWELug8 + 8421 (Kranbilen))
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(...) Hur högt blev det då? Jag kommer ihåg att jag byggde ett 4 meter högt torn av technic, men det var väldigt instabilt (ungefär 4x4 i tvärsnitt också) Nu senast håller jag på och bygger ett rymdskepp som är ca 100 studs långt - minst sagt (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.loc.se, FTX)
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Is this a LEGO katana? (URL) Or is it a variation of a Mega Bloks sword? (URL) Thanks for any info. Dave! (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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(...) Never mind. I just figured out the answer to my own question. It was an easy one. (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Question for Gary Istok
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(...) Thanks guys! Any idea why they were not made to be compatible? Russell (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2006...eccoli!
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Ciao..... non lo so non mi convince molto, sembra un pezzo della serie Jack Stone, la prossima volta perchè non lo stampano in un unico blocco così la finiamo di perdere tempo a montare tutto!!!!!! Molto deluso... ciao ciao GAetano (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Questions
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(...) Just out of curiosity, how would one go about creating a continuous vaccume? A temporary one can be created inside a piston by clogging one end, but how could one create a continuous vaccume? Would this need to be done in, say, an accumulator (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: SCC rules in favour of Mega Bloks in Lego battle
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(...) Thanks for linking to this story. I'd dispute one point, though: (...) That's technically true if you cherry-pick which Mega Bloks you want to test, but then the same can be said of LEGO:LEGO linking. Micro-scale Mega Bloks are almost 100% (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | SCC rules in favour of Mega Bloks in Lego battle
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From (URL) Bloks Inc. did not infringe on Lego's trademark, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday. Danish toy maker Lego had appealed to the higher court, alleging that Mega Bloks had copied the "look" of the tiny knobs that allow the blocks to (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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I guess you guys discussed the T3 board while at Chibots. I agree, the extra 2 studs around the perimeter would be a good thing. So after changing my prototype robot last night to work with the extra area, I will be making the changes to the LDraw (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: Recensione set 8873 - 8874 - 8875
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(...) Hahahahha bellissima questa :-)))) è vero con le nuove serie tendono sempre a identificare tutti con un nome proprio ed un ruolo ben definito, quando io giocavo, mi ricordo, avevo solo un cavaliere che per me era il re, senza nome, non c'era (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Has MOCPages been harvested for spam?
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(...) Dan- Not complaining, just observing :) I'm just surprised that if the effort was made to munge the web display of email addresses, no such effort was made in the email portion... You just can't win against spammers. For example, When I hit (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Pinball INFO - passed on from builder
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(...) have a look at the following deep link; (URL) used 2 motors 2 axles and 4 rotation sensors: one set for signals towards the newball RCX and one back towards the Points Collector RCX. (...) Right only one IR message at a time. there is no (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Has MOCPages been harvested for spam?
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(...) A spammer that goes to that muvh trouble to get our addresses cannot be blocked by automatic tools. All spamblocks are designed to protect against generic spam bots, not humans or custom written bots. (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Black Friday deals
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(...) thanks for this. I noticed tons of Millenium Falcons at my local Target. Was suprised at that. I wonder if this price will applicable being that the reg price is $108.95 where I am. I'll find out Friday! Jonathan (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Has MOCPages been harvested for spam?
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(...) Well bother. Shows what I know, I haven't subscribed to LUGNET via email (or used a newsreader to read it, for that matter) since forever. Never mind then, I guess. XFut admin.general, this issue affects more than just this group. (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Has MOCPages been harvested for spam?
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(...) Shhhh, Quite you. Derek (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Has MOCPages been harvested for spam?
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(...) But if you subscribe via email, the from is unmangled. So a smammer would just have to subscribe for a while and collect all the "from" addressed (the reply-to is set to the mailing list, however) and bingo - has a nice big list of valid (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Black Friday deals
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Hi all, Check out BF2005.com for possible deals at the big Black Friday sales. I found: 50% off all toys at Kohls Millenium Falcon $49.99 at Target Knights Kingdom Castle of Morcia $49.99 at TRU Knights kingdom Citadel of Orlan $24.97 at TRU X-Wing (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Oh No!! The zombies!!!
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First there was the zombie demo... (URL) there was the advanced demo, where people could shoot back (and drop the occasional nuke...) (URL) Zombie 3--where you just drop nukes to kill the 'undead' (URL) now my favourite zombie game-- Zombie 4, (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Questions
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(...) This is a good question. When using traditional pressure only, the force producde by the air pressure on the faces of the pistons is enough to flip a switch. Just yesterday someone asked me "If instead of using pressure, you used vaccume" (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: LDraw files for Large models/scenes?
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(...) One possibility would be to make the 'background' town and render it with a spherical camera (angle 180,90 IIRC). This can be saved and then mapped onto the sky_sphere (or a smaller encompassing sphere) and used as the background for scenes. I (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad)
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