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Sign me up for this box please. Doug (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | WTB: 6566 Bank
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OK, this is most embarrassing. No one's allowed to laugh. I've had my eye on the 6566 bank and 6565 construction crew sets for a couple of years. They were about the only Town Junior sets that I liked the look of. And I always thought there was no (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Give me strength...
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This is stupid. Why do I find it so hard to sell sets? I'm sitting on a 5571 Black Cat. I bought it specifically because it was reduced to clear and I thought I could probably make a few dollars by auctioning it off. It's not even my kind of Lego. I (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: IR-Tower and PowerBook-G3 ?
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(...) Well, that beats my Centris 610 (1993, with a 68040 upgrade) as the oldest Mac I've heard running NQC. -Tim (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: ID this minifig?
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(...) :-) But the digging is fun <g>. I have one of them accounted for - I have 98% of 6381, Motor Speedway (which is now built and sitting on the shelf). I thought the other one was from 6502 Turbo Racer because I also have the "2" tile off the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 8448 ramblings
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Here are some musings/reflections/whatever about the 8448. This is really rambly - I suggest trimming the original message if you have any replies. I got my 8448 last Tuesday, and put it together over the course of several evenings (maybe 4-5 hours (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Invitation to my new train site
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(...) Thanks. I love elegant solutions too. Yes, it works -exceedingly- reliably on every car I've tried, from the lightest (two wheelsets and a plate), to my heaviest loco. The more I use it, the more pleased I am with it. If anyone else builds (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Are you sure that the Aquanauts were a Town subtheme in 1988? This strikes me as a bit odd.. :) Greg "Hey, I just thought of something!.. No, wait, that's just subtraction." Majewski citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL) -- joshua (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Jargon
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(...) Eww. How unfortunate that there's reason to place my name in a list next to one of the only two RLT'ers to ever rip me off. :-( -- joshua (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Minifig Scale Game Boy
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(...) Thanks, I was originally going to put the design on the internet, but I don't know how to do that. I don't know how to convert bitmaps into jpg's or gif's, but once I find out how, I will post it, as well as some custom minifig torso coverings (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: ID this minifig?
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(...) Might be tougher than you think (to find additional matching items). :-) Here's what I've got on the subject: Mini-Figure Torso: White, Racing "S", Smile Qty Color Set U.S. Set Name Year Theme --- ----- ---- ---...--- ---- ---...--- 1 White (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mookie's Website
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sure is... in the sig I've changed ISP's... (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Mookie's Website
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Mookie's website is down (according to Exec PC). Is there an alternate site for tracking the boxes? Thanks, Will (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Minifig box #1
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Please add me to the list for this box. Thanks, Will (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: General Box #2 Thread
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Please add me to the list for this box. Thanks, Will (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: General Box #1 thread
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Please add me to the list for this box. Thanks, Will (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) Heh cool :) Us Lugnet youngn's are all from around the same time of year :) (...) :) -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Commonwealth Edison: What do you do with OUR power? Get paid to surf the web! Visit: (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) <puffs his chest out with pride> ;) (...) I couldn't agree more. One, I'm definitely not a parent :) and Two, I'm a teenager and am annoyed to death of (little) kids (c'mon, we've all been there). Now obviously, Jonathan isn't a *little* kid. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Minifig Scale Game Boy
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(...) you (...) Cool! Could I have a copy of the paint file you made? My firefighters want something to do between calls. Thanks, Will (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: One little MOC
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Very nice. I especially like the way you used the 1x2 plates w/ ladders as bread racks...and I'm sure that I'll be shamelessly copying it someday :-) Will (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: S@H Canada Specials July 5-9 , '99
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Kevin Wilson <70641.507@compuserve.com> writes: [Cdn Summer S@H catalog:] (...) Nope. The small folder in the middle has some "Hot Picks", all under $15.00, but no sign of any parts packs at all. And, my black roof bricks *still* haven't arrived - (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: What pieces do you wish existed?
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RING RING! "Hello?......Lego Purists? Just a moment." "Simon, it's for you." ;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: FA - SC items - 6982 exploriens starship, 8456 technic fiber, custom hopper
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(...) Mine, however, is THE Gary Louie Memorial Hopper and would *never* be for sale. I can vouch for the design and would say it is easily as good or better than anything TLG has put out:-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Banner ads by any other name
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(...) Most of his were really good! I thought up of some of my own just now while reading those: Mean Minifigs Suck. (not that good, I know), or the word "Aquazone" or "Divers" in the shape of a phish.. Greg "..I was attending Mardi Gras with Fidel (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) difference is less (...) March 4) (...) And then mine's March 14(2 years later) so we have three bdays within about two weeks time. Ryan "We're here to serve God, glorify Him, and share his light with others." Avery Johnson (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Questions regarding 4533(Snow Remover)
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My design is more straight forward and not as cool as Will's. I put a 5114 9 volt motor just behind the blade and simply ran an axle out of it. I get my power from a 5115 9 volt battery box (which has the two red switches for forward and reverse, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Banner ads by any other name
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Huh. It just occurred to me that a few of the phrases on this thread from last December... (URL) work in webpage banner ads. --Todd p.s. I love TomMcD's "GIVE PIECE A CHANCE." :-) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What pieces do you wish existed?
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I have to agree with you there Simon! Use some of the new pieces we've already got, give us more of the better ones and give us more in the new colors besides one or two in the bigger sets.. and give us some of the new pieces in the old and new (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | FA - SC items - 6982 exploriens starship, 8456 technic fiber, custom hopper
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I have listed a few items at SC that I am selling. Please go check them out! 6982 (URL) 8456 (URL) hopper (URL) some reason, all the starting bids are 45 USD. Just coincidence. You will see if you examine the listings that I make no bones about (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: GMLTC at the NMRA National Convention
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(...) ...Well, I think it might be the only choice we have! They don't take personal orders (like for the 13,592 2x4 red bricks I need), and they don't want to release good service packs (like a 20 of girders)... I think a night raid just might be (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Revised Arched Latticed WIndow Pane
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Adam Howard wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) Traditional procedure would be to submit to Terry, and let the Numbers Group provide the number (if possible). -- joshua (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Pics of Dutch railways models
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I'll add my voice to the chorus of praise for this. Those are some great models. Excellent graphics on your web site too. That must have taken a lot of work! (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) Wax on, wax off. <sorry> (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: What pieces do you wish existed?
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No! No! No! There's already too many different Lego pieces. Everytime they bring out new pieces it just becomes harder to keep track of what's out there. Lego should stop designing different bricks and start producing more sets that make imaginative (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Parts for LDraw or parts for POV-Ray?
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(...) IIRC (this would be from e-mail he sent me that I almost certainly no longer have, and is stuff I know because I was making an attempt to port it to a Windows version): - It was LEGO Germany - The dispute was over TLG's rights to "studded (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) Yes. I think it's time to call the question among the stalwarts and take whatever action is decided on. We're belaboring the point now. (don't ask me for my opinion, BTW, I'm not a cad stalwart, so don't count for what cad.dev decides...) (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | touch sensors types? and initial ROBOLAB review
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The Pitsco Lego Dacta catalogue has two touch sensors: N79888 a 2x4 brick with attached wire: $18.50 N77991 a 2x3 brick using seperate std 2x2 brick lead connectors: $11.00 (you get 4 of these sensors in the robolab starter set). Is the first just (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Questions regarding 4533(Snow Remover)
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One thing I sure want to put into this puppy is something from Will Chapman's page... Anyone else build one of these???? (URL) so, how did you make the contacts to the battery? just straighten out the end of the spring a little so it touch's the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) Sorry, but I can't snip this masterpiece. Nice anology?..No!..This is wonderful...:-) I can see your point, of course (it is not possible after reading this). Actually, I could already see it before my post, too. You are of course right, but (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) Yeah, that's right. Mine is February 27th. -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Commonwealth Edison: What do you do with OUR power? Get paid to surf the web! Visit: (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Parts for LDraw or parts for POV-Ray?
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(...) Yep. Jacob Sparre Anderson has created a fractal landscape generator. It works in two steps, first you create a PGM bitmap (in an image editor, or using Jacob's fractal generator), then you convert the PGM to LDraw. Sorry, I don't have the URL (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) Correct, we're almost the exact same age. I think the difference is less than a week. (Tim, wasn't your birthday late February (mine's March 4) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Parts for LDraw or parts for POV-Ray?
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(...) (URL) (...) (Waterfalls (...) That is a very interesting scene. Really hard to describe :) Ryan "God is always polishing my personality, giving me new things to work on. Since I've become a Christian, my whole perception of life has changed." (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) Yeah, I'm annoyed by it too. I quick glanced over my program's (Eudora Pro 4.2) options and couldn't see anything connected to the problem with my replies to the group. That's why I'm including your personal email address in this message, and (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) Adam, I hate to beat a dead horse, but I neglected to point out perhaps the most significant flaw with the "kids at school" way of looking at this. I agree, enthusiasm is a great thing!! And it goes a *loooong* way toward fostering effective (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | RE: MindFest
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Ben wrote... (...) I did the same thing, and noticed that the 24T gears that came with my Mindstorms DON'T look like that, they are missing the little hands. Fortunately I have a lot of the older ones... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Questions regarding 4533(Snow Remover)
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I also have built one using the windmill blade attached to a motor. You can kind of see it in a few of Steve's pics from the show (next to the roundhouse): (URL) modeled it after a Rotary plow from a USA trains G scale catalog:-) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Parts for LDraw or parts for POV-Ray?
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(...) Did Carsten ever post a copy of the letter or anything like that? Anyone know what year/month this was? How about what country he lived in at the time? Very odd... Obviously (er, apparently) TLG has lightened up considerably since then. --Todd (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) OK, I'll go back and answer the question (with my own *opinion*, naturally!) even though it may have been a rhetorical question. No, throwing people out the door is *not* the most pedagogic way of teaching them. Of course not. (Pedagogic (...) (25 years ago, 14-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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FA: 7862 12V train Remote controlled decoupling set 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: (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Questions regarding 4533(Snow Remover)
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My apologies, I don't know what i just did, I sent this 2 times! Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Questions regarding 4533(Snow Remover)
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Well, I am glad because my rebuild was probably going to look like some Futuron model or something, anyway! Hmm... :) Anyway, I know how you feel, Mookie! Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Questions regarding 4533(Snow Remover)
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Well, I am glad because my rebuild was probably going to look like some Futuron model or something, anyway! Hmm... :) Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Questions regarding 4533(Snow Remover)
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Oh man.. that bites! I just traded for one of those blades to rebuild the snow remover... and now I find someone else already did it :( here I thought I was gonna be the first! hehehehe Oh well... I'll still work on mine! (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | !!!! MLCad V1.3 (Mikes Lego CAD) IS READY !!!!
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MLCad V1.3 is ready for download now. MLCad is a powerful cad system for creating building instructions of your self- made Lego models. The program creates similar instructions as the known one from Lego itself. New features in this version are: - (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | KAPA's first holiday auction - Update
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Hi! This is to update you on KAPAs first holiday auction. No bids in yet - strange, thought I had at least some quite interesting sets on offer. Maybe, everybody followed Larry P. in misinterpreting my auction schedule: Sunday August 22, 2000 cet (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Voting page for 9906
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(...) Terry is responsible for the updates but he is away right now. As there wasn't any serious issues to be solved, it shouldn't take a lot of time to package everything but I can't say how long it's going to take because it depends on how much (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | KAPA's first holiday auction
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Sorry for the confussion. Tony is right, the auction will end next Sunday at 800 pm Central European. Kai (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: One little MOC
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(...) Why, thank you. (...) D'oh! It means "Bread Shop", loosely translated. That's why the bread rack is behind the counter... I thought I put that in there. I'll have to add it. Thanks for catching that! eric (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Minifig Scale Game Boy
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Neat Idea, greg. I have been thinking the same line in terms of circuit boards for starships, signs, and various labels for things. Scott "No, Captain, I wasn't playing while piloting the ship" Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Minifig Scale Game Boy
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H'llo all, I just uploaded a scan of a minifig scale Game Boy. Please tell me what you think...: (finally something on my site that Townies might be a little interested in, though not much..) (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: One little MOC
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(...) Very groovy! I like the idea of using windshields as display cases. I really wanna see how you did the desk out of saddle bags, though. What does Panetteria mean? ' Sounds like something important. Greg "..and I'd also like to say that my (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: What pieces do you wish existed?
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(...) Excellent idea. Then I could incorporate all of the puny 6 wide train stuff into my 8 wides;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Voting page for 9906
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Hey all. I'm new to this whole LDraw thing, and so don't know the timing of these things. How soon might the 9906 update be released to the rest of the world as an official update? Adrian (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) Same here, I probably should have said that a little more clearly :) (...) That's what I meant when I said that.. if no one would have ever told me that Tim wasn't an "adult" a never would have guessed otherwise, Same with Bram, though I don't (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: 1887 Blacktron Scooter [DAT]
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Thanks for telling me. Now this is a fully completed model! --Calvin Walton (...) <snip> (...) 0 FILE 1887.dat 0 MPD Author: Calvin Walton 0 0 This .MPD was compiled using M-Peedy 0 (URL) Blacktron Scooter 0 Name: 1887.dat 0 Author: Calvin Walton 1 (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Possible e-mail snafus for a tiny bit
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Well, I decided last week to find a new home for my guarded-inn.com domain, and it's mostly completed now. We're in that weird phase, though, where some DNS servers have been updated and some haven't, so while some (most) people may be finding (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: 6 wide, 8 wide, 10 wide vs scale of the radius of the track.
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Remember Ben, *gauge* refers to the distance between the rails, and is not to be confused with *scale*. I don't have any HO or N track lying around so I can't measure, but if someone did we could figure out what the "real world" radius of LEGO track (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Questions regarding 4533(Snow Remover)
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Thanks, Larry, I found it. Now that's a snowplow! Lego Train Minifigs on the *awesome* 4533 Snow Remover going down the track: "Gee, Bob, you would think this snowplow would have some kind of cover on it so it would protect you from the snow and (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | One little MOC
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I built a little building, and while I haven't yet had a chance to take pictures of it, I did make an LDraw DAT file of it, and convert it into a POV ray file through L3P- so I took some screenshots and started the Lego section of my homepage. The (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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Tim, You need to fix that bug in your poster SW that is not referencing quite correctly! :-) I keep having trouble finding your replies. Well, found it so here I am. To net it out, I agree with you, mostly, on this. (and I tend to think of you and (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) For logical reasons. To be fired, you have to be employed, or at least there has to be some sort of fixed arrangement that you can be dismissed from (you can be fired from a volunteer job, but you can't be "fired" from hanging around the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Questions regarding 4533(Snow Remover)
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See Will Chapman's model, you can find it from the PNLTC.org site. Scott Edward Sanburn wrote: <that snowblower sucks> AGREED. Needs a rebuild in the worst way. (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: What pieces do you wish existed?
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I want halves. There are a number of pieces that form the entireity of some shape that I wish came in halves. I won't try to exhaustively list them but here are a few examples. Fenders. There are two 2x4 pieces used in a lot of vehicles, one with (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Parts for LDraw or parts for POV-Ray?
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(...) TLG sent the author a letter saying that they had the copyrights over the bricks/studs and if he didn't remove his pages he would be sued. The author got so disappointed that he left the net. Leonardo (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Parts for LDraw or parts for POV-Ray?
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(...) are one of the hardest things to make, IMO). I did a fractal terrain thing on my jade outpost model. (URL) ended up with a set of 32x32 "terrain" baseplates at varying resolution. One trick is to only include the visible bricks, and group (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: What pieces do you wish existed?
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Greg Majewski wrote in message ... (...) [...] (...) Hehe, does this include RCX inputs and outputs? The list could get pretty large - Mmmmmm, miniature video camera with built-in vision-processing chip ;-) More seriously, though, I feel that it'd (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Update Auction Sets from the 70's, Edition 2
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* * * Sets from the 70's: Edition 2 * * * Advances have started (G1, G2, Sold / 24 hrs each) Set Name St Bid Bidder 133 Locomotive - 61 Johan Bosma 134 Mobile Crane and Waggon - 51 Johan Bosma 137 Passenger Sleeping Car - 56 Johan Bosma 367 Space (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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Ok... I think this is getting off the beaten track some here... I don't think anyone minds Jonathan asking questions... what they do mind is the tone of his messages. Which he's been called one more than once.. I also don't think anyone would mind (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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On of my rare posts on rtl got me thinking and decided to post something here that would get the attention of the more serious Lego trainers. It's been hashed through many times before. If you were to build trains based on the scale of Lego track, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Parts for LDraw or parts for POV-Ray?
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(...) Funny, after almost a year away from the lego ray-tracing world, I had just gotten back into it and had downloaded the latest versions of tools I had tried in the past, including leocad. I just spent the last couple of hours playing with (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | FS/FT Some Space Stuff 6951, 6926
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I have some space stuff which I am currently sorting out. So far I have found 2 x 6951 and 1 x 6926. Is there any interest in these? Are they worth sorting? I noted that 4 train windows are used in the 6951's. There are many other small sets from (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: S@H Canada Specials July 5-9 , '99
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(...) <snip...> (...) No parts packs page? Uh oh.... Kevin (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Parts for LDraw or parts for POV-Ray?
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(...) I didn't place all 10,000 parts separately, though. Thanks to Jacob's fractal landscape generator, I was able to convert a contour map and a color map of the Fallingwater landscape into a DAT file. To create the contour map, I first scanned (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) LDrawing sets is useful, I'm not disagreeing. But the thing is Jonathan has stockpiled bunches and bunches of these LDrawn sets and will just submit a flood of them without editing out his own 'parts' first. I'm more concerned with adhesion to (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) [...] Bryce, excellent post, thanks for sharing. I think when someone who recently joined the group sees a large problem here like the rest of us, its really time to do something about it. And I don't think any harm was done by your 'smart (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: What pieces do you wish existed?
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I would like to see a rack gear segment that would mesh with the worm gear, slanted teeth with a concave contour. I would also vote for a plate with studs on both sides. Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Excavator and Joystick
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HI, I have been putting a few renderings on a friend's webpage. Stuff that has been sitting on my HD waiting for me to get my own webpage done :). Anyway there are a few rendered pics of the stuff, and instructions for a card shuffler. (URL) usual (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) True, but in this case throwing Jonathan out would not lead to factions. His posts have been an *entire group* annoyance and though many people have tried to help him throughout these months he has refused this help by his silence. It would be (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: S@H Canada Specials July 5-9 , '99
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(...) I got mine early last week. Star Wars on the front cover. 6 pages of Star Wars 2 pages of Space Port 1 page of Ninja 1 page of Adventurers 2 pages of Rock Raiders 1 page of Rescue 1 page of Town 2 pages of Train 1 page of computer stuff 1 page (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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Yes, but those plungers as you call them (I heard rods) cost a lot, much less getting TLG to give the logo over as well. Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego for Myth 2
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(...) It couldn't be sanctioned by TLG - too violent! Looks, cool, though. Watch out for the lawyers on this one! :) Scott Sanburn (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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Robert Munafo (munafo@gcctechNO.SPAMcom) wrote: : [1] I am not counting the carving of the tiny letters "LEGO" on the studs. Your : hypothetical model railroaders wouldn't bother with such detail, and it : probably doesn't affect LEGO's cost anyway (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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Todd Lehman skrev i meddelandet <37b47be5.155614673@...et.com>... (...) of (...) I didn't _suppose_ anything, I just wrote down a gut reaction. When a group starts throwing people out, it's the beginning of group decay. Some people will always be on (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Twisted Plastic
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Yes, it has three installments, TM1 & TM2 were great, but the third one really stunk. I heard the fourth one will be better. Scott Sanburn Follow up to off-topic.debate (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Twisted Plastic
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(...) Yes, it is a game for the Sony Playstation where you choose a car and go to various locales, blowing the heck out of everything. Greg "Basically, me with a wakizashi and some weird lighting." Majewski citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | FS? Technic Space Shuttles
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I found a store that has some Technic Space Shuttles in stock. The clerk said they've sold quite a few of them, but I don't have the overhead right now to buy the rest of them. I figure that with shipping and handling, the total cost would be $130, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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