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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:37b46776.174180...net.com... (...) Perhaps we should take this debate to a more appropriate group: lugnet.cad.dev.on-topic :-) (...) In general the cut-off for details is 1 LDU, or so (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Man, that super car, Giddy up, I accually left mine built I love it that much, right now I'm have that and a varient to the 8448 set done and I still like the 8880 far better. Good for parts, yeah, but I haven't scrapped it yet. KGB AgEnT #4 OUT AKA (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: toyrus.com online sale
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(...) I did that too.. only mine was $0.73 (I guess I paid a few cents more tax) Great price for some great LEGO :) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Ralph Hempel skrev i meddelandet <000001bee5a5$a5ca0f...pro150>... ... (...) My oleset boy, Johannes (12), built these StarWars models all by himself, while waiting for LEGO StarWars to (finally) arrive in Sweden. (URL) Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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Mookie skrev i meddelandet <37B4507F.81B41AA8@w...tt.net>... (...) Well, throwing people out of the door is not the most pedagogic (w/sp?) way of teaching them, is it? -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | FA: 7862 12V train Remote controlled decoupling set
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Hello I have a new 7862 Remote controlled decoupling set for sale. The Set is brandnew, never used. I will sell to the highest bid until 17th aug 1999, 12:00 GMT+02:00. Please send your bids to: sigrid.schroeder@gmx.de If you want update please let (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Richard, I am currently working on a playing card device. This initial project involves sorting a deck with randomly face down/face up cards into all face down. So far, I've managed to build a reliable feeder which feeds one card at a time from the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have made a couple of updates to NELUG.org I have not included all of your FAQ's but my wifes Birthday is this weekend so I will be off for a while. Eric (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | Re: New version of BlockCAD released - 1.8
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John VanZwieten skrev i meddelandet ... (...) If you're really going to use it, then you should learn about subassemblies, and piece selection/duplication too. You can select any number of pieces, and move or clone them. Build one floor of the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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to place for sale/trade posts? I have a small collection of parts (horses, knights) that I'm looking to trade, preferably with someone in the UK to save on postage. Oh, while I'm delurking... Name: David Leese Age: 22 Sets in collection: 16 (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: KAPAs first holiday auction
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In article <37B43956.8F8978A9@v...ager.net>, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> writes (...) I think he probably means eight o'clock in the evening, Central European time, the Sunday after next :-) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Which set is the infamous Forest Wench in?
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(...) But it was correct, and it was better than nothing, yes? If Thomas went to the search box and typed "siege tower set" he'd be right there. Sure, an actual URL is more useful, but if I was looking for more information on some element, I'd be (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | CanGrabber 2 - Improved entry for Joel's RCX Challenge
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I have revised the design for my soda can collector and updated my page at (URL) - The robot now collects all three cans before returning to home, improving the time on my test course from 5 minutes to a bit over 2 minutes. I have also posted the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Parts for LDraw or parts for POV-Ray? (was: Re: i admit i was wrong)
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(...) I disagree on this point. LDraw parts should be primarily focused on optimizing rendering in LDraw-tools. Among other things, this means that small-radius curved edges are better drawn as sharp edges. Heck, when you get right down to details, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Pics of Dutch railways models
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Hi Eric, Very nice site. I really liked all the detail you put into the train station. The trash spilled on the ground was very realistic. And I loved your trees. The whole thing was very creative. Thanks for sharing it with us, Adam (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:37b44e0d.143876...net.com... (...) Yup. When it's just things that annoy me a little, I overlook them as I have a rather high tolerance for such things. But when it begins to really harm the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:37b3f4c3.121015...net.com... (...) That (...) Todd, I think you're making this too personal. Vote against a part not a person. (...) it (...) group (...) I honestly don't know what to do here. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | 8480 Space Shuttle (was Re: Gears & Mico Motor)
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(...) 8480 Space Shuttle is still at the Toys-R-Us in Kingston, MA (I was there last night). They have at least two (probably 4 or 5 but I didn't dig all the way to the back of the shelf to count them). Despite a $159.99 price on the shelf, it comes (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | RE: Gears & Mico Motor
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At 19:19 13-08-1999 Friday , you wrote: <snip> (...) Question: Is the super car worth all that money? I love my space shuttle and after building it I never touched it again. Can the same happen again if I buy a Super Car or it's only good for parts? (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MKOC - A new kind of building
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(...) Thanks for bringing this up! I was meaning to post a message on this subject, so read on... Check my website--I've got two of my kids' creations posted. I had a hand in one of them, but the other was entirely kid-built. I'm supposed to be (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Myrmidon Class Starfighter
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(...) LeoCAD has been around for quite awhile, which will output LDraw files. There's MLCAD, of which not much has been said; at least around here. Maybe there's more about this package on RTL? Also, LDAO has two editors. One is the Modeler, it's (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | RE: Gears & Mico Motor
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Greetings, Does anyone know of a place to get the 8880 from in the US. I do not wish to buy one from auction (I'm not that desperate yet). Any store locals or phone numbers would be appreciated. <<...>> -----Original Message----- From: Tilman (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Has anybody noticed... (Space themes)
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(...) <snip> (...) You came up with the answer yourself: it's a craze over new things. As a kid when classic space came out, I remember looking for any new classic set I didn't have yet. You must remember that generally speaking, the younger someone (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | toyrus.com online sale
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I was just surfing the web and discovered that TRU has an online special. $10 off your first purchase. They have a decent selection of legos. I just picked up a landspeeder for $0.60 ($5.99 plus tax plus shipping minus $10). Almost free lego. TRU's (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: MKOC - A new kind of building
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(...) If I understand correctly, Ralph is mainly speaking to parents who have kids who play and build, not so much to the kids themselves. And I think he means children. While I like the fact that by themselves more kids are posting their creations, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | RE: Gears & Mico Motor
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Yes, if you get your hands on one of the Space Shuttle sets, buy it! The main motor drives four different functions through a gearbox that contains at least 50 gear wheels of various types! The landing gear locking mechanism by itself is pretty (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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(...) I worked for a company that had to have a custom mold (actually several molds) to manufacture plastic parts for the product's enclosure (the plastic "shell" that most electronic products have). The mold pieces were made for us by the same mold (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think Ralphs means models by KOAFOLs (kids of AFOLs). That is, an adult LEGO fan who has models up, but who also has pictures of their kids' models up as well. --Todd (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Pics of Dutch railways models
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I just finally got onto seeing this. Wow, Eric, simply awesome! WoW! :) Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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Greetings, Are you referring to the green truck in the new catalog? <<...>> -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Clark [SMTP:dlc@verinet.com] Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 2:00 PM To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com Subject: Re: Droid Development Kit (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) Sure, that's always possible. On the other hand, perhaps they have finally let JW under their skin to the point that their emotions finally allow them to be rational and fair -- finally seeing the problem for what it is, in other words -- and (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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<Very large, but *very* respectful snip!> (...) wow! my friend Todd, you are a wordsmith... that was great J (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Translating NQC 1.x to NQC 2.0
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(...) Thanks Mark! Your RCXCC is a great environment - now if I can get it to stop munging the screen after some scrolls... I, as an RCX fan, salute your work and commend your efforts (gets out big gold star to stick on your lapel.) NQC is great, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Droid Development Kit
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(...) LEGO S@H has them in stock today (August 13) I just ordered one. There is a small shipment in now with a big one coming towards the end of the month, according to my conversation with them. Also, The Crane Truck that we have all be waiting (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) This kit forces all other LEGO Technic kits to look pale by comparison. It is just awesome - the Rube-Goldberg gearbox function changer is a work of art IMHO. DLC (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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(...) Well, one thing that could happen is serious clones of Lego bricks. I don't know what the costs are of doing ABS molding, but model railroad hobbyists are pretty resourcefull. There is a TON of small manufacturers in model railroading. If (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) be (...) here) (...) than (...) Yeah, but it uses frames. I hate frames. I tried the power user link but then I couldn't save any bookmarks. They all come out with the poweruser link. I suppose I could have asked for more help with the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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Mark & All; (...) I would disagree to a point here, I think several Lugnet/RTL people would love to place a few special orders, say for 5000 train doors or something to that effect. (...) Gee, lets get our customers even madder at us! YES! (...) (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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I thought this mentoring thing was already done with him.. when it came to doing parts??? from what I've read.. I haven't checked any of them though.. it seems to have helped a little as far as his parts??? though it seemed as of the time he then (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: FOTW - 5988 for $49.99 @ Toysrus in San Mateo, CA
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Or maybe Adventurers is going to be slowly phased out and replaced with a new system theme: Timmy in Super Kiddy Land and the Underchallenged, Understimulated Kiddy Raiders (all sets preassembled). (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: random()
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(...) extern long int random (void); Looks like -2^31 to 2^31-1 to me, unless you cast to unsigned int. Or does liberty use 16-bit ints internally? Why not write a short test program to check this out? And why doesn't LegOS use a wrapper around the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: no new SW LEGO this year
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(...) [snip] (...) [snip] (...) [snip] In the UK, I've never noticed sets before Christmas, but then I've avoided toy shops then anyway(1). Lego here seems less likely to appear before the official date than it did- the Rock Raiders stuff turned up (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | WTT: 6034, 6038, 6049 for Royal Drawbridge
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These three castle sets (Black Monarch Ghost, Wolfpack Renegades,Viking Voyager) I'd like to trade for a 6278. The sets are all used, but complete w/instr. and in very good condition. Thanks Arnold -- ***...*** I HATE EBAY: (URL) in all it's just (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Space sets FS
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Hi, I have several used space sets (all with instr., no box) that I would like to give away (Space Police, Ice Planet 2002, M:Tron, Blacktron 2, Aquazone). Please have a look at my sales page, thanks Arnold PS: I'll be away until Monday, so don't (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Has anybody noticed... (Space themes)
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(...) History! My favorite subject! According to the Fibblesnork LEGO Guide, the order of space themed sets goes like this: 1978-1990 Classic Space 1987-1993 Futuron 1987-1990 Blacktron I 1989-1991 Space Police I 1990-1992 M:Tron 1991-1995 Blacktron (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Pics of Dutch railways models
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Eric, Once again, very nice. I was looking at the directions for making the Hondekop train to figure out how you made the "doors", but the directions do not reveal how you made the door look like two slinding doors. How did you split the window ? Is (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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(...) Frank I have to agree with most of what you've said there... the Train groups really do give TLG a lot of exposure.. and I'm sure will kindle or even rekindle a fondness in people... THOUGH... If these "new" people think that they can create (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: KAPAs first holiday auction
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(...) Daily updates? Wow, that's a lot of typing. Me, I think I'll think about bidding the first time sometime around May 2000... I bet he really means 1999. (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: 8 wide? was Re: Box Cars
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(...) I just caught those, guess I didn't brace myself very well, did I? (...) We won't go into why that was but suffice it to say it had to do with tiles. And bathrooms. (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Um, who would you classify as a "kid?" I mean, what age. I think more "kids'" creations are already on the net than you may think :) Greg "I'm so hip I can hardly see over my pelvis!" Majewski citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL)Cheers, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: when they say "fresh" batteries, they mean it!
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(...) Actually it is common practice these days to power small peripherals off of the supply voltage pins on RS-232 ports as long as you're not trying to pull tooooo much juice. And even a device with a 9-volt power supply can produce higher (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: GMLTC at the NMRA National Convention
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(...) Good luck, LEGO Systems Inc. runs 24 hours a day. Maybe you need to do a weekend night raid. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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I just skimmed this whole thread while waiting for a compile. I certainly do not want to stand here and claim that I have never done things to annoy others and I certainly do not want to stand here and claim that JW doesn't need to change his ways, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | MKOC - A new kind of building
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I've been part of this group for a few years now and I would like to say what a pleasure it has been discussing LEGO stuff with all of the knowledgable and friendly folks here. A special thanks should go out to Todd since he has really created an (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Update Auction Sets from the 70's, Edition 2
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* * * Sets from the 70's: Edition 2 * * * First sets will be sold tomorrow!!! Set Name St Bid Bidder 133 Locomotive G2 60 EddyM 134 Mobile Crane and Waggon G2 50 TOMKMIT 137 Passenger Sleeping Car G2 55 EddyM 367 Space Module with Astronauts G2 40 (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Myrmidon Class Starfighter
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(...) <snip> (...) like that (...) I wanted a new fighter that was small, had pleasing lines, low profile, and did what I wanted. Definitely playable. Even my 2-yr-old has played with it (I keep having to put the lasers back on though :-) Ben's (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New version of BlockCAD released - 1.8
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I finally checked this out, and I like it. It's a much faster way to get the studs-up parts of your LDraw project started. I'm also going to test this out on my kids, who don't have quite enough patience to use LEdit. A couple of comments: 1. The (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: do red minifig heads exist?
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(...) In fact, I did exactly this very recently. I purchased the V-Wing fighter, and used a Swiss Army Knife blade to scrape off the paint on the face. I then used a micropore cloth (which I got with my sunglasses) to polish up the head. It didn't (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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(...) Being a public company is absolutely no guarantee of better customer service. If anything, I would suspect it would provide less incentive. Public companies are ALL about the almighty profit (actually, the almighty stock price). Public (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) And you're showing a lot of attitude here. How much does it take for you to realize that something DOES piss people off? Ten posts? Twenty? Fifty?? Because people have been posting complaints about Your Arrogancy for months and months. And (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) And use a signature??? That pisses people off too. How about ignoring peoples' constructive posts about your behavior, like this one: (URL) received no response or apparent change on your part (and took up a good 45 minutes of my busy life to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: when they say "fresh" batteries, they mean it!
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From: John R. Galloway, Jr. <jrg@dbengines.com> (...) I believe RS232 is in the 9v range (or maybe even 12v), so they are probably fighting that spec there. They could use a voltage up-convertor, but at a loss of efficiency. Two 9vs might have made (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Myrmidon Class Starfighter
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Thanks for your praise guys! Don'tcha love it when all the right parts fall together? It is a Photoshop post-processed scene, as I'm not fluent in POVray like that, though I'd love a crash course in how to do stuff like that with POV. -Tom McD. when (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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I don't read lugnet.cad.dev, but I still see enough annoying traffic from Jonathan. In fact, he even has made demands of me (he asked once about instructions for a set, of which I happened to have enough copies I was willing to MAIL him a copy, his (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | 1887 Blacktron Scooter [DAT]
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I recieved this set in a #1891 Value Pack. It is missing one piece, a black radio thing (# unknown). Enjoy! --Calvin Walton 0 FILE 1887.dat 0 MPD Author: Calvin Walton 0 0 This .MPD was compiled using M-Peedy 0 (URL) Blacktron Scooter 0 Name: (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Logs
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I sure haven't seen any logs lately. It's hard to know who has a box, and where it is on the list. I know some people thought seeing the logs would ruin the surprise, but it helps for us to see the progress and who on the list has a certain box. If (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) Mike, I sympathize with you. Jonathan really t's me off too. Its sad that his rude arrogance caused you to leave. -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Rubber chickens are the best applied use of polystyrene to date. Get paid to surf the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: help me spend some money!
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(...) Probably just me, but the first time I glanced over that I saw, "4. Lovers, how can we...." Made me do a double-take there... Guess that's what I get for trying to give up the mighty coffee bean. -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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Bram Lambrecht <braml@juno.com> wrote in message news:19990813.073557...uno.com... (...) The type 5 lines only show up at the outer edges. There still would be no edgeline extending the length of the edge between the top and side faces, simply (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: What are the most valuable Service Packs?
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(...) guage (...) I _do_ have a firm grasp of the obvious :) (though the 396's gauge is narrower than you'd expect from looking at the pictures) - I was asking about the (apparently not) unique rod/piston parts. BTW, where's the panic about the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: Myrmidon Class Starfighter
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(...) YES!!! Great model in that the scale is just right for kids to deal with. Not like that amazing, but incredibly large, Millenium Falcon. I don't have (or really want) to install LDRAW right now, is it possible for you to post a rendered GIF of (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) I agree 100% here. Jonathan, that was completely rude, arrogant, selfish, and inconsiderate. I know Tore's situation somewhat by talking to him. HOW DARE YOU put your SELFISH desire for LDRAW PARTS you CAN'T even make properly above his (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) Actually, he did provide a workaround on the server end. (URL) use it all the time. In fact, that is the link *I* use to access Lugnet via the web. (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) I did, months ago. That's one of the reasons my mirror of the L-CAD updates are usually a few days behind the main site - I don't find out about them (or anything else having to do with LDraw) until Terry e-mails me. (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Myrmidon Class Starfighter
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OK, then I would say it's an absolutely, possitively, 200% way cool model with a 10/10 wicked stunning presentation. -John Van Terry K <legoverse@geocities.com> wrote in message news:37b3a891.245438...net.com... (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | The Ruthlessness of Lego was (Re: Spare Parts Service - How it works)
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Hi Sanjay, Does that mean that all the pieces from the model room at Lego NZ will be transfered to Australia or will they just dump them? That's what Lego Australia did when they moved from large premises to their current smaller premises. Tonnes of (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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The Sears Tower is outside counsourse F. It is off to the side as if you were going towards councourse G. You can't miss it. Pictures are at: (URL) - mike_walsh@mindspring.com James Beerman wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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What is the range of values returned from random()? Thanks, Jonathan (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: no new SW LEGO this year
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(...) That is how it is where I live, but the offical release date for those sets is alway January 1st of the new year. (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: De Bouwsteen club
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(...) Actually, NOVALTC covers Northern VA, DC and adjacent Maryland, so it would fit better in lugnet.loc.us.org.novaltc . We should really think about our name. I'll put this on the list of things to discuss at our first meeting this coming (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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(...) So they are all chimps. Ooh ooh... More bannanas... ooh ooh... how?... ooh ooh... alienate our customer base?... ooh ooh... mmm... bannanas. Seriously though, how can TLG not understand that many people go to the toy isle, see mega blocks with (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | I won't be contactable for a week until 22nd August.
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Hi All, If any is after me in the next week, they'll have to wait till after 22nd August 1999 as I won't have net access until then. Mark H. (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi All, If any is after me in the next week, they'll have to wait till after 22nd August 1999 as I won't have net access until then. Mark H. (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) don't (...) part[2], (...) the (...) Type 5 lines would make up for the lack of edge lines on curved edges, wouldn't they? (But I won't pretend that I know anything about using type 5 lines :/ ) Also, as more and more people raytrace their (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: no new SW LEGO this year
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(...) Huh? Seems like there's always some new LEGO sets released *just* before Christmas. Like within a week or two. Steve (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | MIT Mindfest Opportunity
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I seem to be having some problems sending out E-mail at the moment so I will post this here. I sent this E-mail out to all NELUG members so hopefully you will get it soon but just in case you don't here you go. If we decide on doing this I think we (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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| | Re: What are the most valuable Service Packs?
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The 396 Thatcher Perkins engine is classed as a "carpet" train as it has a guage which is unsuitable for the standard lego train guage. It was designed to go anywhere the child wanted to push it. Mark H. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi Gary, 1119 was also useful for building train set 133. Mark H. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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They have changed strategic direction, pleasing individual customers is not a priority once a company has established its dominance in the marketplace. It was always a lego CSO that was not designed and not required to show a profit. The next (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi Chris, There are five red minifig heads in set 277 Home Maker Fire Place. I picked this set up in a fabuland colection I bought recently and no, its not for sale. Mark H. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi Alan, So you got got the other two 5071 packs. I got another two packs prior to these but they had different numbers...I think they were 114# or 10##? I used the first two packs to build a 7750, almost, still can't find the 1x1x2 Black windows or (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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To: Mike G. Ultra-sonic ranger I agree that the available power is a problem. I am very familiar with the polaroid device, but rejected it for this application in favour of the piezo devices. total power budget is about 75mW, so everything has to be (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: De Bouwsteen club
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On Thu, 12 Aug 1999 21:39:04 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) wrote: [Snipped good reasons for doing ng's right the first time] You make a great argument. I *hate* it when my newsreader settings get messed up. (And don't get me started on (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.admin.general)
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I would like to sign up for this box. Thanks. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) How could you *not* know? People have been blasting you about it for weeks. The lack of capitalization in your messages is not a major peeve for me[1], but I was very aware that it annoyed many other people. (...) So get them. Look at how the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Robert Ashford <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:003101bee514$a5...ntl.com... (...) Sasuraibito in Japan has developed a pyroelectric sensor. His page is a little hard to read, but the diagrams and photos are very good. (URL) > > #1 (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) This was me. I thought I would try and give you all my feelings on what I have seen from the outside. I am an LDraw user and like to follow lugnet.cad.dev but I rarely if ever post there. I have also seen Jonathan on other groups as well and (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) Sometimes this is the only solution. A while back you yourself forced me to make a fix at my end for something I still believe should be fixed at the source. OK, I accepted that and I still read the newsgroups and occasionally make a lame (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: TM's Early 90s Town Auction (Update 6)
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NOTE: Bid progression has started. This will be a going once, twice, sold auction. Thanks for your bids. Take a look at these great early 90s sets I have for auction. I will update this newsgroup as well as the webpage daily, except weekends, with (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: 1857's, (remember those!), £7.85!!!!!!!!
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(...) If you can find a Tesco Extra near you (there seems to only be 6 in the country though) you can pick up a pamphlet type thing at the entrance which gets you a pound off any toy worth over £3, but only one coupon per transaction. Nothing to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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