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(...) That's exactly how I see it, too, except for one thing: it's that "at least until" part that makes me really nervous. What happens when there -are- dozens of clubs around? This could be as soon as 6 months from now. Do we delete or move groups (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Sensors
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Hi! I have just started to really get into the whole RCX/sensors thing! I've started on some more sophistocated sensors, and wonder if anyone else out there is interested: #1 - Ultrasonic ranging sensor electrically compatible with the light sensor (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: help me spend some money!
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(...) Jim, assume you cared enough to have already read these books...they really are quite good, aren't they? Thanks for correcting my initial post... Cheers, Ralph (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Invitation to my new train site
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(...) Just some friendly advise, It would be a good idea to capitlize the word LEGO on your site. I also hope that you capitlized the word LEGO in your letter you sent. Dave (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Specials at K-Mart and Big W
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(...) I haven't seen that flick but does the set come with a female minifig? -Tom McD. when replying, be advised that some "foam fingers" may be made out of spamcake. (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: ***RCX BRICK VERSIONS***(RIS 1.5 tie in)
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After talking to lego to get the DDK software to work, unsussefully might I add, but I did get some info regarding the RIS 1.5 out of the guy. Turns out the RCX will not be updated, it is just software updating. Didn't get much about the parts of (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: brictionary request
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(...) Probably not -- unless the output format just happens to work with your program. When a real database of parts does get off the ground (with the ability for people to contribute directly to it in an automated way), I'm almost certain that you (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | Re: What are the most valuable Service Packs?
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Actually, Gary, I think that they may well be the same as those used in the Lego train Line during the same era. These two pictures seem to confirm that at least the yellow and black parts are the same; I suspect the red one is also: (URL) even (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: Gears & Mico Motor (Plus Wired Remote Control!)
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Greetings, Your wired remote description is a great idea. I have been using a battery box to test the mechanics behind my projects but never took it that far. Looks like I gonna have me one of them there lego quickies tonight when I get home (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: help me spend some money!
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A correction on the books by Gordon (J E, not G E), here are the details: The New Science of Strong Materials : Or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor (Princeton Science Library) ISBN: 0691023808 Publisher: Princeton University International (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: do red minifig heads exist?
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As we've said, the unprinted red ones were only available years ago. You'd be better off in purchasing the relevant UFO sets today, and simply removing the printing. It is a small enough part that the damage done to it by whatever you use to remove (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: What loc group does Brighton fall in?
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(...) There wasn't ever a Sussex group, but up until a couple weeks ago there were groups for Brighton, East Sussex and for Chichester, West Sussex. More details about the history of the UK newsgroup hierarchy: (3 URLs) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Specials at K-Mart and Big W
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(...) One of the supermarkets around here had the name of 2849 misspelled -- they gave it as "Gynocopter." For anyone who's seen the movie _Dead_Ringers_ with Jeremy Irons, this is quite a scary name. --Todd (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Gears & Mico Motor (Plus Wired Remote Control!)
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I bought two shuttles in response to a posting that I saw on the Massachusetts local forum. K B Toy was selling them for about $130 apiece when you could still find them. (There were still a few left in Kingston, MA when I left the store, but that (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 30373 - tie fighter wing piece
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(...) That's too bad. If I knew anything at all about how to make parts, I'd consider taking it up, but I suspect the results won't be worth the effort. Maybe I'll just use the mockup in my set. Unless some kind soul out there is willing to take up (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: What are the most valuable Service Packs?
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Gary Istok wrote in message <37B3212D.FBD2183B@u...ch.edu>... (...) <Rob likes slopes snipped> (...) Gary, Rob, others... I have a 283 parts pack, too, in red. I wondered about the 2x2 piece Gary mentioned as only being available from 58-67. Its a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What are the most valuable Service Packs?
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I agree with Gary on the 1119 - it is probably the most valuable parts pack out there, just because of the rare parts it contains. However, I doubt it is the rarest - I think some of the old 60s parts packs must be rarer, and its likely that one of (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Books from DK
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(...) Sorry. wasn't very crisp. I've leafed through them all while killing time at the MoA and we have most all of them. So ya, I do. But I'm too lazy to write reviews. Quick take on the action maze books is that they did not hold Nik's (7 but a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What are the most valuable Service Packs?
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(...) I am no Lego train expert, but I think that they are different in that the Thatcher Perkins Locomotive is much much larger than any of the Lego Train locomotives. The Thatcher Perkins was a "model" kit, and not a part of the Lego Train (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: do red minifig heads exist?
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OK, now that we have established that unadorned minifig heads come in all sorts of colors Yellow, Black, Transparent Clear, Transparent Orange, Transparent Yellow, and Red I need a red one! Anyone interested in selling or trading for an unprinted (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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