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(...) Thanks Jim! Yes Norway was the first country (besides Denmark) that sold Lego. As has already been mentioned the first Lego sales to Norway were sets that were produced IN Norway. This production probably continued on into the late 1950's. By (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Vote for your favourite toy
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(URL) notice the link they have for LEGO is to the LUGNET Cool Site of the Week... ROSCO (20 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Myre Sale
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I was just in Myre doing the rounds and found they are doing a 20% off toys sale again. They also have a few sets discounted further such as : (URL) at 50% OFF! Of special note is the first time i have seen the RC Red Beast in a retail store (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: A double crossover
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(...) levers, i don't need no stinkin levers =) seriously though i have a pile of well over 40 of those little levers that i never use. there a waist of time and they just draw attention at train shows. there like magnets for kiddy hands. besides (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom)
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| | Re: New Mecha: The Cub
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(...) -snip- (...) You gotsit. If the sacle of the Mecha was a little bigger, I would have made all the fingers like that. (...) e (20 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto20 Draft Rules Posted
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(...) Hey - I took a 2x4 to the head due to my own stupidity in Balance of Power and while painful, do not consider such an incident as violent (so my judgement of violent may be a bit skewed). That is why I wanted to get a ruling on the definition (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: New Mecha: The Cub
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(...) Ahh - you mean these: (URL) Ahhhhh! I get it. I wonder if I have some of those parts. Whew- I was working up a sweat trying to explain it there... danny (20 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Thanks, I know you were asking Bryce, I was able to grab the link at the time. Those white "brushes" are Mini-fig epaulettes. You know the thingies that go on the mini-fig's shoulders. (...) Awesome. (...) Yes! That one is classic and very (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: What the? Hydraulics
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Vineet, if I have been following the threads properly- the breakthrough that may allow the use of hydraulics with Lego penumatic components is the set up which takes out the implicit forth port so you dont get squirting oil from your creations. It (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: System to allow pressure and vacuum for piston at the same time
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(...) Thank you. (...) Well we must agree that the switch solution is a bit gangly. I'd like to work on a more compact solution before I bother with the engine. When simply run on compressed air, the sequencer cycled faster than I would have (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Hydraulics and pneumatics are similar. Pneumatics uses air, which is a gas and can be compressed. Air pressure difference is what makes pneumatics work. Hydraulics uses fluids which compresses a little, but not much compared to gasses. Both (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: ballista
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(...) thanks Tim, I have some more stuff to share soon, your advice will help a lot. Darren (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> (...) <snip> (...) <snip> (...) Wow! Great stuff! But why hypothetical? Would have loved to see the running engine and how it compares with the traditional ones using just compressed air, which was the original question. (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New Mecha: The Cub
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(...) Well you are breaking the mould I suppose. Not that I didnt appretiate your mecha in the first place. Dont want to give you a big head or anything, but it was basically Jama that turned me on to .mecha.. (...) It would be nice to have (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto20 Draft Rules Posted
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(...) I guess it makes sence that way you know when a robot is ready to accept bricks. (...) You can try grabbing it and not letting go until brick is transfered. (But that can cause trouble with the law. ;) Vitali (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | What the? Hydraulics
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Kevin Clague- How can a lego pneumatic do hydraulic work? If I'm not much mistaken, hydraulics and pneumatics use two diferent sources of power. (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | AAA OFFRESI posti letto
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Ciao a tutti gli Afol LONTANI io sono disponibile ha ospitare fino a 4 persone. Offro letto e prima colazione .... GRATIS naturalmente :))))) !! Contattatemi acarabel@tin.it Salutissimi Antonella (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto20 Draft Rules Posted
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(...) Violently enough to hit a child in the eye standing at the edge of the table, causing a trigger happy American parent to sue a nonexistent entity. I know where you're going, I'm glad you're going there and all I'm going to say is that text was (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto20 Draft Rules Posted
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(...) In my opinion (and the way it's written now) the light has to be on ONLY when the robot is stopped. It should NOT be on while the robot is moving around. Here's my reasons why: 1. No provision has been made to stop a robot remotely (ie, there (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto20 Draft Rules Posted
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(...) Questioning one of the "standard" rules.... "not firing bricks violently," What is violently? -Rob A> (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hi Guys, I have three questions. First it says that the becon light is on when the robot is stopped? Does that mean the it can't be on while the robot is moving around or what? Or is it that it can only go on when another robots has stopped it (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: T3 Board colors & rules
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(...) No need to do that. My prototype sits completely behind the board. It doesn't extend along either side of the board. Speaking of which, I finished up the controls last night. I've just got a little bracing I'd like to do then it is on to (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Tidningsartikel om mitt lego
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Hej allihopa. Nu äntligen har jag kommit med i lokaltidningen.Det blev en ganska stor artikel med en fin översiktsbild av tåget.Här kommer en länk (URL) Hoppas ni gillar det ni läser dock är det en del fel som jag pratat med inblandade om.Ha det så (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.loc.se, FTX)
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| | Re: Random Pneumatic idea/question
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(...) Yes, I was wondering what method should be used to bleed them successfully. The clamp idea is a good one. My compressor is very basic. I don't have buggy motors. To build the pressure/vac engine all you would have to do, I assume, is split the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Random Pneumatic idea/question
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(...) You will undoubtedly have to bleed the air out of the system when you put in your hydraulic fluid. Otherwise the system won't perform as well. (...) Kev (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Random Pneumatic idea/question
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(...) Hi Billy, Well, my recollection of a composite five port switch was faulty. When I tried to create a two piston timing circuit (precursor to motor), it would leak because all four switches would be on, letting pressure directly through to (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | System to allow pressure and vacuum for piston at the same time
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Hi, Single LEGO pneumatic switches are not capable of controlling a pneumatic system that uses both pressure and vacuum to drive a given cylinder at the same time. A single switch does not let you capture the exhaust inherint when a piston contracts (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | How's LEGO Factory working out?
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I got trapped under something heavy and haven't followed things in the LEGO world for the last couple of months. Last I was in it, a few of us had just figured out how the LEGO Factory bags are organized, and how to get part sets into LDD that (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Legofest di Crema
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io ci sarò solo la domenica. porto un piccolo e semplice modulo GBC giallo, ma che ha mi richiesto mesi di preparazione... porterò anche l'855 così da poter fare la storia delle "crane technic" se qualcuno porta le altre! ciao ciao, luca (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Striscione ITLUG
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bello! se possibile, io farei la scritta molto più grossa, diciamo delle proporzioni di quello dei francesi di freelug. ciao, luca (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: NQJ - wanna trade? -Followup
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(...) Calum, The great thing about NQJ aka Brick It Forward is that there is no ending time set. Just to keep you in the loop, I was in deep discussion with several people yesterday who were offering me fantastic sets. I am not at liberty to name (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Striscione ITLUG
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non è su pvc, è su tela... poi non so di che parlate :-) "Paolo Borzini" <autopri@tin.it> ha scritto nel messaggio news:43834BE0.9060008@tin.it... (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: New Mecha: The Cub
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(...) There is this pic of the face taken by Brian Heins: (URL) me trying to figure it out hilariously: (URL) Eric - I think the Cubs face puts me very much in mind of the (...) Thank you! Nice to hear from you. Ya, you know me and those heads. :) (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: When to have December dinner?
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(...) I think sometime in December might be a good time. Let me know what you think. Chris (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) Ouch! I feel bad because I have traded with this guy and a lot. He had great deals. Everything was always 20% less than retail ... even the new stuff. I would even have he find me special orders. I always wondered how he could find stuff I (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Striscione ITLUG
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(...) ciao! Purtroppo non ho molto tempo per leggermi tutti i post, ma se c'è qualcosa da dare per questa iniziativa contate anche me! Io ci sono! Fatemi sapere! ciao! Matteo (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Tall tower
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(...) Looks like you're running out of house! Good luck on the record attempt. Your posting was just fine, BTW. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: Legofest di Crema
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(...) Mi è venuto un po' lungo :-) Mi serve un po' di spazio per caricare 5 ruote ed un minimo di "invito" anteriore... fai presto a fare 48 stud :-))) Dino (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: My first mecha: Proto-1
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"danny staple" <orionrobots@gmail.com> wrote (...) I got a lot of my parts (starting from scratch!) from Bricklink with the following recipe: (1) choose a random largish store in the UK; (2) buy some interesting pieces (3) hope they're useful. One (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Striscione ITLUG
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Ciao Aetan, (...) per quel prezzo sara' stampato con plotter a solvente (Roland o Mutoh) su pvc trattato. Bye bye da Paolo (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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