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(...) Good idea, we shouldn't be discussing this in lugnet.flame.flame :) and Steve said: (...) I've done that to LeoCAD a few months ago, when you export a file to POV-Ray it first searches the LGEO library for the parts and then if it cannot find (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Gears & Mico Motor (Plus Wired Remote Control!)
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(...) <SNIP!!!> Oops. I think I meant Toys-R-Us in Kingston, MA. (I just saw Robert Munafo's recent post about having been there last night, and I'm amazed that he had the restraint not to buy every shuttle he could grab!) I'm very sorry if anyone (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) Thanks Todd. The way I see it is that he has plenty of enthusiasm, but just isn't cut out for the part-designing facet of Legodom. But as the CLSotW has pointed out, there are 1,060 ways to connect 3 8-stud bricks, so there's got to be a way (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Lego for Myth 2
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(...) Wow, that looks pretty fun! Is this by the people who develop games for LEGO Media? --Todd (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) How bout some help on rudimentary tasks on ldraw.org? There's a lot of stuff that needs to be done that is menial minimum-wage type stuff. Note: 'minimum wage' is an expression - no one's gettin paid here :) -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Parts for LDraw or parts for POV-Ray? (was: Re: i admit i was wrong)
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(...) Any interest in LDLite-meets-L3G0? (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Lego for Myth 2
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If you're a Lego and Myth (or any real time tactical game) fan, check out this link: (URL) a Lego based plug in for Myth 2 being developed! Rob (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Parts packs being discontinued? My rep says "no"
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I also got confirmation they are NOT stopping them. The rumor may have come about from only certain packs being discontinued (which they do all the time, sometimes releasing the exact same or nearly exact same contents under a new number). (...) -- (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) Hmm. Wow. Deep. Yeah, what Tom said. Can things be broken into levels? tasks assigned (via voluntary cooperation)? Are there sub-tasks which could be accomplished by beginners or apprentices just as well as by masters? What's that word? (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | In-set catalogues this year
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How many different in-set catalogues are there in UK sets this year? At the start of 1999, the new sets (Space Port, Adventurers) came with the 1998 in-set catalogue. 1. The Ep4-6 Star Wars came with a folded 2xA4 flyer with pilot Luke on the front. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) bad, (...) [...] Very nice analogy. This is how restaurants, neighborhoods, dance/night clubs et. al. of all kinds start losing patronage and favor. It all starts with "I'll do what I want in here", which BTW can include the attitude of the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Has anybody noticed... (Space themes)
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(...) Because it's easier to market and inspire buyer excitement for entire new lines than for updates to existing lines. Compare these come-on lines: "Wow! This year, we're going to new places with theme XYZ!" and "Hey! You loved last year's stuff (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Parts packs being discontinued? My rep says "no"
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(...) I saw it mentioned either here or on RTL (more likely here); I called either S@H or (more likely) CA. The rep I talked to immediately said that it was apparently being planned - he went to find out more and came back saying that it has been (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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(...) I don't think Mark was implying that going public would improve customer service. He was just saying it would be the natural end-product of TLG's short-sightedness and indifference to high quality standards. Steve (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) Must be one heck of a system, to compile that slowly. (...) Yes and no. I'm trying not to reiterate too much here. On other lugnet ng's, I'd be willing to say that jw is just annoying. But under lugnet.cad, he occasionally reaches the level of (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Which set is the infamous Forest Wench in?
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(...) Actually all I was trying to do was make sure the correct ladder was being talked about. :-) Larry had mentioned Pirate sets possibly so I looked quickly those up on Fibblesnork at work and didn't see that ladder, forgot to look at the Castle (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Ruthlessness of Lego was (Re: Spare Parts Service - How it works)
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(...) , Legocide! :-( ' Mark, I know exactly how you must feel. Ruthlessness doesn't even begin to capture the levels of corporate mental retardation required to carry out an action so abominable. However, for what it's worth, I can assure people (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Parts packs being discontinued? My rep says "no"
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So I've come across rumors of Lego cancelling their line of parts packs. Very disturbing, especially since they've been getting slightly better (green bricks, black roof pieces, etc). I called today and ordered a half-dozen packs, and asked the rep (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lancelot - Camelot Alliance [DAT]
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here's the latest entry in the camelot alliance: (URL) it'll be awhile until i get the chance to make an actual page for him. (wings can also be locked in "closed" position.) ..joseph g ---...--- 0 Lancelot - 1787/1789/1793 combo Alternate 0 Name: (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | to: Jacob on the subject of sensors
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Hi. I do not have a web site yet. I will be creating one in the near future as soon as I have final working versions and pictures. For sensors in general: The main detail is staying 100% light sensor compatible (as far as power supply/sensing (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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