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(...) As does the points pack. Another two redundant curve pieces. And some people thought that the 8 curves in the standard track pack were a waste... Jason R (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have to say I don't think I would bother with it on a Mk1, possibly on a Mk2 built 8 wide.. Tim (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | 120 copies of set 10027 Train Engine Shed parted out!
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I have parted out 120 copies of set 10027 Train Engine Shed into my inventory. This added over 78,000 new parts to my inventory! Newly added items can be found here: (URL) of interest: Black Train, Door Sliding - Type 2 (URL) Door 1 x 5 x 10 Curved (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Thanks Mike and ILTCO! Something just occurred to me and maybe I'm just clueless, but it appears to me that the wheels on the green croc are new, a la BBB small wheels, using a technic axle. Does the ICE train use the same wheel type? And if (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Wow. Now that is what I call "sub-til";-) I must confess that I don't see much difference, and gauging from the curvature of the Mk1 I would have to say that it is nominal at best and trying to account for it at such a small scale is futile. (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) ROSCO (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I really do love Pedant Alerts! :-) This is news to me, and greatly appreciated! I find that trying to nail down fine details like this is a serendipitous process at best! When building, I may choose to omit certain details for any number of (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I'm assuming that your winky steals any thunder of pointing out the irony of that statement. But not so fast... have you checked for one under your hat? Hi-0 I'll be here all weekend, and I'm hijacking this thread to OT.fun! JOHN (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, but you like 8 wide too, so... Well, I have no point, really... ;) Dave K (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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(...) ??? What a jaundiced perspective;-) I, for one, LIKE "fleshies" and all who don't like theirs should send them to me! JOHN (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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(...) I have to admit, it's not time-efficient or really very cost effective (yes, with careful packing you can fit more... but with the way many of us buy LEGO, would buying another cup really kill you?). It is, in some ways, an experiential or (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: Jesus Redux
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(...) Hey. Yeah, I was out of town last week and only had minimal internet access, so didn't get a chance to go through in detail till I got back. (...) Since you already did Christmas, it seems like one on the ministry of Jesus and one on the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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LEGO has provided ILTCO with some new images of the 2006 Trains. Check them out in the ILTCO Gallery: The new images start after the box images. (URL) Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Train Club (URL) - Carolina (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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"Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:Iv2034.JDp@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ .. snipped ... ] I really don't understand doing this. Don't get me wrong, I am all for getting as much as you can in a cup. However, if you (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Michael Zecca" <fizzixrat@mn.rr.com> wrote in message news:IuruxG.1s3G@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I agree wholeheartedly. The flesh colored minifigs are creepy. If LEGO really feels the need to have all of their licensed minifigs have (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: turtle coding kit (Re: How would we (the rest of us) communicate ideas to the MDP?)
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In lugnet.robotics, Justin Fisher wrote: <snip> (...) When I was a mentor for a local FLL team, I was so hard pressed to convince the kids that 'dead reconing' wasn't the way to go. THey had the entire program coded like 'go straight for 10 seconds, (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Pedant On As far as I can tell from looking at pics of the web of the Hogwarts Express the coaches are painted in the standard BR maroon livery of the '60s. In which case the twin yellow pinstripes actually have a black line between them, (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) The profile of the coaches used in the film (BR Mk1) is actually pretty much a constant large radius curve down the whole side. Newer designs of British coaches have a different profile with a far sharper curve at the bottom. (URL) This (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: turtle coding kit (Re: How would we (the rest of us) communicate ideas to the MDP?)
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(...) I'd go further than that - I may be wrong here, but AFAIK professional roboticists largely consider dead reckoning to be a losing game, an amateur red-herring that you can waste all the time and money you want on and it will still never work (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Yet another blog, and video, and build, and... whatever...
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(...) That's the exact configuration I had, down to the axle joiners :) Problem is, the spacing is too far--it doesn't grip the brick. It's like as if it needs an extra millimeter of diameter on each wheel. I might 'cheat' and put some rubber bands (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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