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(...) Hey guys, Thanks for all of your suggestions--the event organizer is handling the gluing of the trophies now, so all I had to do was build them. He had been using Crazy Glue as one person had suggested, but it was pretty expensive. I had a can (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Questions
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(...) Hi Dr. Soh, Nice to hear from you. I've never actually built with the original pneumatics, but my understanding is that the way to use switches in the old pneumatics is different than the way you use them with dual ported pistons. Don't you (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Even wizards love Space
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(URL) -The Chief (2 URLs) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) I would expect that he is now a former inventory admin. (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Shroomtastic
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Man, I usually get to Lugnet via a bookmark to the .space page, but this time I had to go looking for the Castle newsgroup. Never thought that would happen.. So yeah. I, uh, made a castle-ish moc. I broke from my usual spacey bias and went nuts in (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) Reposting in several additional groups. This is an important story with potential impact upon a whole bunch of people. Thanks for posting the article. I've been reading the comments over at the Bricklink forum, where the sale/resale aspect may (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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William A. Swanberg, the inventory admin on Bricklink was arrested for switching UPCs on Lego sets. Full story here: (URL) COUNTY - - Early this morning (11/17/05), members of the Washington County Interagency Fraud and Identity Theft Enforcement (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch) !!
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| | Mange tilbud på Extra Leker
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Hei å hå! Tenkte bare jeg skulle si at det er nå kommet mange tilbud på LEGO sett på Extra Leker, iallefall her i Tromsø. Nå forsvinner LEGO settene unna som varmt hvetebrød... I går var jeg å sjekket hva de hadde inne, i dag var jeg å skulle kjøpe (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.loc.no, lugnet.loc.no.tr.tro)
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| | Re: Fame at last! (In the Romford Recorder)
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(...) That's great! Good story, congrats! (Highlighted, and added to Mech Expo) e (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | possible deals at Dollar General
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[ a last minute post ] Some Dollar General stores are having a 'friends and family' sale tonight (Friday, the 18th). If you know of any that still have Bionicle or Sports on the shelf, you may be able to get a 25% discount tonight (also good on all (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Voidfighter, Brickfrenzy style
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(...) Very slick! I like the tapered nose and I love the crescent wings. Even the engine design is cool. My only complaint is that my monitor is too dark to let me see all the details. You should bring me a new monitor so that I may view your MOC (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: T3 Board colors
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(...) ... (...) The baseplate should be green. The crosshatch plates should be gray, because that's the most common color in the Mindstorms set (for plates), and it can be seen as different from black & white (the cube colors). The other parts don't (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: [RTL DINNER] - i think its tonight..
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(...) mmmmm. I can't make it either - setting up for my kids school silent auction library fundraiser... I'll have to wait for my 1x1 technic beam :( -Rob A> p.s. my son comes up to me the other day and says "Dad, do we have any more of these?"..... (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [RTL DINNER] - i think its tonight..
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote: <snip> (...) Like the secret newsgroup and the seret handshake... THere's a whole 'underlayer' to rtlT and I ain't in it!!! Dave K -who will be at din-din tonite... (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | NovaLUG at the Dartmough Sprotsplex
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NovaLUG is once again participating in the annual Train and Hobby Show at the Dartmouth Sportsplex (just over the MacDonald bridge). The show is open to the public Saturday Nov. 19, 9 AM - 4:30 PM and Sunday Nov. 20, 10 AM - 3 PM. Cost is Adults $4, (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.loc.ca.ns, lugnet.loc.ca.ns.hal, lugnet.org.ca.novalug)
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| | [RTL DINNER] - i think its tonight..
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HI guys. We haven't heard from Calum in a while, and I found the BEST way to get him today something is to use the Square brackets In the Subject. So... GOOD NEWS... BAD NEWS...... Good news, I got a gig tonight.. yay, Bad news, I'm going to miss (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: MOC: Notre Dame, Paris
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(...) I'm looking at doing this for the arches that support something (i.e., have bricks above). It would be hard to make it look right for a stand-alone arch, though. Right now I'm working on the groin vault for the interior ceiling. I'm using a (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: BrickJournal Issue 2 is NOW available for download!!
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(...) John, It still is but I have had a train wreck of a month. Many apologies. There are some things that have to be revised on the printed BrickJournal that I haven't been able to get to because of pressing projects and 'real life.' I hope to get (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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| | HAPPY MOVIE DAY!!!
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The movie comes out today and this board is very dead so I thought I would make a post. (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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| | Intervista a Giocando su Radio 2
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Ciao a tutti, Ieri m'ha scritto Beatrice Parisi che, insieme ad Anna Cinque, conduce il programma "Giocando" su Radio 2. Scusandosi per non essere riuscita ad intervistarci subito dopo Billund come previsto, m'ha chiesto se ci sono novita' o eventi (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: 'The Avontuur' A Zeppelin
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(...) Well done Mark! I liked very much the way you had placed the engines and as you made the poop. Ideas that almost for certain I’m going to use in the future in my "OutroMundo" series. Don’t have more photos? Of the interior structure, inferior (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Fame at last! (In the Romford Recorder)
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(URL) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: BrickJournal Issue 2 is NOW available for download!!
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(...) Issue #2 doesn't show up on Lulu yet. Is it still planned for release? (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Questions
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(...) Did you? Was it? Haha, I recall there was a long discussion on vacuum not a long time ago. CSSoh (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Questions
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(...) Sort of like a DPDT reversing switch arrangement? However, if you study how the LEGO pneumatic valve is built you know it's not going to work. Namely, it has a fourth exhaust port that's inaccessible. You'll have to plug up this port for your (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: New Mecha: The Cub
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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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| | Re: in the area...
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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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| | Re: New Mecha: The Cub
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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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| | Re: New Mecha: The Cub
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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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| | Re: Has MOCPages been harvested for spam?
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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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| | Re: Has MOCPages been harvested for spam?
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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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| | in the area...
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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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| | Re: Sergeant Destroy - Greco Stylin'
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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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| | Re: Yes or no?
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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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| | Re: Yes or no?
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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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| | Re: Yes or no?
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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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| | Discount on eBay auctions
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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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| | Yes or no?
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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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| | Re: Pneumatic Questions
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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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| | Re: T3 Board colors
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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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| | That's annoying was Large Crawler/Track-Layer And New Shovel Project
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(...) Your track design is extremely similar to one I've been working on Yours (URL) mine (URL) back view (URL) I wasn't going to publish mine till I'd finished the moc, but theirs no point waiting now. As you can see we've both used basically the (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw files for Large models/scenes?
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(...) Aah! Mr. Goldman's stuff, yes. Well, I kinda figured out that needed something like that, but you've just hit the same wall that I did, when I'd finished those mocs: None of those architecture guys seem to be interested in modelling their (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New Mecha: The Cub
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(...) -snip- (...) the better pics... (URL) The Cub>> (URL) Pilot (URL) Back Brain Case with coverings removed. (URL) Desktop (URL) ....and other Art work...> (URL) e (URL) Bricks>> (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: The importance of studs in holding storage shelves
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(...) I volunteer to help you clean up. Fortunately I have a pickup and a bunch of Hefty bags... :) Same thing happened to me on a smaller scale a few months ago. That totally bites, especially after all the sorting you've been doing. Kelly (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.storage, FTX)
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| | The importance of studs in holding storage shelves
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And I don't mean Lego studs - I mean wood studs... (2 URLs) My wife kindly took these pictures of me in my Lego room, after she removed what little Lego remained on the shelves, while I still held the remnants of the shelves. This wall was mostly (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, FTX)
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| | Re: 2006...eccoli!
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Ciao a tutti, a me questi sets piacciono, anche se in effetti hanno degli aspetti che non mi convincono... aspetti positivi: - sono proporzionati con quelli veri - gli interni sono carini - l'aspetto è realistico (anche se duploso/playmobilloso) (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: The World according to Harshbarger, Lambrecht, and Lowell
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(...) was thinking about doing a small one myself, or a decent size virtual one, but I never got around to it. Did you consider doing more colors to create a 3-D mosaic? Perhaps a more realistic color scheme with forest, desert, and clouds...I (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | Re: Question for Gary Istok
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(...) Thanks Clark! Russell, those bricks were sold in USA Samsonite sets from 1964-72. Here is a cut/paste from my upcoming Lego Set/Part History CD (the chapter on Duplo/Pre-School). This table lists all the sets that were produced with Jumbo (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Pneumatic Questions
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I am comtemplating the purchase of one of those one-way valves from the old pneumatic sets. I was wondering, if you set up a system in which one tank was pressure and one was vacuum, and applied both to a 2-cyl engine, would it turn with more power (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Sergeant Destroy - Greco Stylin'
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I actually saw this a while back when you posted the WIP pics on brickshelf. I was hoping it would make it to completion. You give me too much credit. This figure is thouroughly awsome and original. The sculpting on areas like the side-burns, (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: New Exo-Force lego anime influenced minifigs and mechs!
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In lugnet.general, David Simmons wrote: SNIP (...) yep, thats why they had to come out with new grays jeff (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Re: Question for Gary Istok
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(...) Samsonsite in the US (and possibly Canada) in the early 1960s thru the 70s. They produced several sets in the line (URL) bricks come in 4 colors (red, white, blue, yellow). There was also a truck in white or grey with red wheels. They are NOT (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Sergeant Destroy - Greco Stylin'
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(...) Often in art, the viewer sees whatever they want to see. Do you have something you'd like to share with the group? Or, better yet, a review of the actual moc and it's contruction?(1) A (1) - wouldn't want the '.space is dead' claims to start (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: New Exo-Force lego anime influenced minifigs and mechs!
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Some interesting parts, but I'm "meh" on the designs I've seen so far. Not much variation between the mechs and I'll bet their flimsy as all get-out using the smallest click-hinges. New hairpieces and othere pieces too, so that's groovy! BTW, it (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, I was also thrown off by the use of the KK swords. What exactly are those supposed to be modeled on anyway? I've gotten the impression they are totally a fantasy design. ...If that's true, then I don't much like them for use in Vikings. (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(URL) Hello! All you crane and excavator builders out there should like this one - At the link below are pictures of a huge crawler I've been working on: (URL) Like most of my recent projects it does not use Lego brand motors for power, I'm using a (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC: Notre Dame, Paris
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It would be nice when you where able to use SNOT for the underside of the arches, buiding these curves from normal slopes placed upside down. The more versatile range of slope gradients that normal slopes show, would allow one to build a much (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: Opening Door
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--SNIP-- (...) --SNIP-- (...) Thanks for posting this. I saw it on BS and was wondering if it was posted in response to my query. It's a nice solution and should work for double doors when the space can be left free. Tim (20 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Re: Gluing Lego
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MEK is about all that will work well. The parks use a combo of MEK and liquid ABS resin, but MEK will work well enough. You can get pint cans of it at various hardware stores, I'm pretty sure HD/Lowe's would have it in the paint dept. If not, try (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 2006...eccoli!
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(...) già...anche per me ci sono aspetti positivi e aspetti negativi: positivi: - finalmente sono proporzionati - il conseguente maggior dettaglio degli interni negativi: - pezzi juniorizzati - mi preoccupa lo spazio che occuperebbero in un plastico (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Opening Door
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(...) snip (...) snip (...) I saw doors, on somebody's bus MOC a while ago, that opened using only one droid arm and thought they were cool. So I added them to one of James Mathis's Club Trolleys that I had built. It took me about an hour to add (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Re: 2006...eccoli!
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(...) L'ho notato, l'ho notato... Eh, eh, dovrei mettermi in contatto con "l'ufficio legale" della LEGO (vero Gianluca?) ;) (URL) ciò mi rende più che orgoglioso ;-))))) (...) Questo no. Il muso e la coda sono 3 pezzi in tutto ma finalmente la LEGO (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: 2006...eccoli!
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"samurai74" <baldi_nospam_@venus.it> ha scritto nel messaggio news:Iq1zpt.10rF@lugnet.com... (...) secondo mel'aereo è molto bello, anche se in effetti muso e coda sono piu' DUPLu che lego e anche l'ala è un pezzo unico (...) si che poi quello (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Has MOCPages been harvested for spam?
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(...) The address shown for me is : <lar(at@at)miltontra...t.dot)com> (that is, it's been mangled, if you "view raw message" for THIS post you'll see what I mean) Todd put in a way for you to force-mangle your addresses. Not perfect since the coding (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Sergeant Destroy - Greco Stylin'
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(...) Are you sure he's not in the closet? Because he certainly looks like he might be. Tim (20 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Sergeant Destroy - Greco Stylin'
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(...) You ain't seen nothin' yet. (...) I knew you'd like the thighs, Janey. And yes, the original does indeed sport a pony tail. (...) Not familiar with him. :( (...) I didn't have the parts in sand green, or I would've stayed a bit truer to the (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Opening Door
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Hi Mark, (...) However if we reduce the width of the door by one plate as I suggested we free up the 90degree requirement (which is why I suggested it). As such, I can't help but feel that a dual pivot solution should be available. (...) Hmm, I (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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| | Re: Opening Door
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(...) There are two key differences between the plane and your solution: 1. The plane's door is a lot thinner and does not require movement in one straight direction at 90 degrees to the body as your train door does for the first 1L of opening (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.schleim)
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| | Custom Robots
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CyberCare are proud to present the first wave in a limited edition run of custom robot kits. For more details see: (URL) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Has MOCPages been harvested for spam?
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(...) There's the same problem here on Lugnet: if you're reading this from the Lugnet web site, just look over the "reply" icon, there's a "View raw message" link. Try it... Before I shut down this address, I received a lot of spam: mechanical (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks Larry, I wanted to understand method by which my email address was harvested before address it to MOCPages. Clearly it's a design flaw, and not something more sinister which was one of my original concerns. Derek (20 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 2006...eccoli!
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(...) "juniorizzati" non è la parola giusta... questi sono proprio pezzi di un giocattolo da bancarella cinese :-( (...) Già, hanno fatto quei pezzi strafighi e poi sotto mettono questa schifezza che anche un bambino farebbe meglio. Avete notato (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: OT - anyone own a robot vacum?
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(...) I wouldn't take that statement too seriously -- it's a lawyer spouting turf-talk, not a product review. Steve (20 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Has MOCPages been harvested for spam?
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(...) It would take a little more development effort to do a hash, but ya. Ouch. I agree. Ouch. Not only that but it seems to vary across time, some of my creations have older email addresses embedded, presumably matching when I changed my emails as (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 3x1 curved slope available in dark bluish gray
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(...) I found this just now. The pictures are good and clear. (URL) Jonathan (20 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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