 | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) How pathetic. They say innocent until proven guilty but it sounds like they got him dead to rights. I hope this doesn't end up giving all AFOL's a bad name! (20 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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SCLTC returns to the San Diego Model Railroad Museum for club's fourth annual winter show starting the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and running through Saturday January 14, 2006. The show will feature: A double tracked under and over cloverleaf Over (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Plasmic Bricks dot com
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I always told myself, "The world will be a better place when three things come to pass: 1. When Tooth Brushes have digital displays, 2. When Bryce McGlone makes his own web site, and 3. I can't mention here. Rest assured it has lot's to do with (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Plasmic Bricks dot com
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(...) Hmmm, strange, the link is broken. Had to copy and paste it to work. :-( Let me just start of by saying that I’m blown away. Phew... Okay. :-D Bryce, your website is wonderful. It has been years since I have actually explored a LEGO MOC (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Plasmic Bricks dot com
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Hey Ya'll I finally got around to making my own website. Still a bit of a labor of love (aren't they all?). <plasmicbricks.com> I tried to keep it clean, fast loading, and java free. All hail dial uppers!!! (20 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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| | brickfetish -- a history site
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Hi: After about a year of screwing around: (2 URLs) The beginnings of a history of Lego, a repository of documents/images/etc....... I am greatly interested in your comments, suggestions, etc Jim jhughes@fuse.net (20 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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Wow. How effin' sad. (20 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Ora capisco come fanno i venditori americani su Bricklink ad avere prezzi così bassi... ;-)
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(URL) Luuuuuca, ce l'hai un programma che stampa i codici a barre? :-P (20 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug, FTX)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Questions
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(...) Thanks, Kevin. Had to break-in as matters seem to be getting outta hand. It appears we're getting a new generation of pneumatic fans. Great! (...) No, you use them the same way. The pneumatic switch is basically a directional control valve. It (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Questions
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(...) It is possible to combine multiple switches into a release-free switch, but they would probably be more load than a single switch used on dual ported piston. Kevin (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Gluing Lego
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(...) I glue a lot of Lego bricks. (In a good cause.) I use clear PVC/CPVC pipe cement. It is MEK based but has filler so it doesn't vanish after you apply it and before you press the pieces together. Apply with a tooth pick. Practice first. You can (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Questions
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(...) I'm glad if I saved you some bucks. The fourth exhaust port is a necessity (for the cylinders to work) and a nuisance (being inaccessible). I first learned about it from Erik Brok's site. In real-life pneumatics, this port would be brought out (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Fame at last! (In the Romford Recorder)
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(...) That's really cool!! Any chance it will turn up on BBC America? Cheers! Mike (20 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Gluing Lego
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(...) I think it is a rare sort of glue where I say that crazy glue is LESS nasty, but it is... Oateys IS nasty stuff, so in my view that's a reason to use CA/ACC. That said, and while I know Ondrew has done some great work (and others have too) (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Questions
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In lugnet.technic, Andrew Meyer wrote: "...if you set up a system in which one tank was pressure and one was vacuum, and applied both to a... 90d phase shift 2 cyl engine... so that when one side of a cylinder had pressure applied, the other would (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Gluing Lego
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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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