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(...) Is that just super-affluence of red curved slopes or was the carriage affected by a passing dementor? :-) Anyway, to compare notes, here's a link to my 8mm scale Hogwarts Express, a scale model of the Hall class engine (5972 Olton Hall) used (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I think that by leaving this option open many will build one part that goes around and dispense the blocks and the second part which can just stand in one spot and have many transfer openings. If everyone agrees to it then I'm fine with it (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I dunno man - the idea is fun, but the execution is really lackluster. I think there's a lot of potential in the concept of mechbays that you haven't tapped with this giant-box-around-the-robot thing, and that's kind of sad, because I could see this (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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(...) Okay, that's funny! Sorta like life imitating art imitating life. JOHN (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) This sounds like a good demo that someone within the MDP program can create (hint, hint, wink wink, nudge, nudge). Show the difference between navigating through a maze using (1) the 'dead reconing' method, (2) the ultrasound sensor and the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The motor... easily, the loco/rolling stock however... :) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) The pics I got at Toy Fair were of preprod stuff (witness the use of a metal railed turnout in old gray), so don't really help. The spoked wheels are there but the motor block on that one appears not to have technic axles: (URL) (and others in (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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"Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:Iv3u6K.vu0@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I think is where the disconnect for me is. I find the "cup" aspect of P-a-B annoying. I have purchased quite a few (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Well, I want to hear what others (eg Derek, RobA, Iain, Vitali) have to say, as they are more important than my opinion...but... I would take the block count inbound of the two as the greater of the two. So if Part A gets 5 unique blocks and (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: BrickJournal 3 is REALLY out!
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(...) Great work Joe! I finally finished reading it yesterday and can't wait for #4! The writing and in particular the graphic design are excellent. It's truly a professional quality magazine that anyone in the hobby would be proud of. I'm sure if (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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| | Re: New Images of 2006 Trains
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(...) I've had a plan for a while now to build a Paris Metro train that runs on racers track using the new IR engine. Unfortunately the baseplate/batterybox design put a a minor dampener in my plan and I'll probably have to wait to get one and try (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I originally thought that, since the set comes with 2 switches, you could do a smaller half loop in a big one-- Bad ASCII graphix below-- ------ / \ \ | | | | | | \ / / ------ But I think you would need at least 4 spare curves, combined with (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Presumably you could make something like an articlated lorry, with the motor in the cab and the baseplate for the trailer. If you fitted an anti-jack-knifing mechanism you could get some control through reverse steering too. Then again, you (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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--SNIP-- (...) --SNIP-- Now I see what's wrong with you eight-widers. You try to make things look accurate instead of doing things that are fun. :P Of course a square carriage would have been fine and looked just as accurate if not more so but (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) The only thing you missed is people saying the same before. ;-) These pics are the first ones where it has been possible to properly see the wheels,they look like cheap BBB knockoffs! (baecause the spokes are only relief mouldings) Pity they (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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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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| | Re: Shop At Home feedback requested.
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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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| | Re: Hogwarts Express train - collaboration with James Mathis
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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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| | One more rule verification
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If I have two 'bots that start in 1x1x1 cu ft, and both have transfer openings, and at the word 'start', these two 'bots separate and go about their business... At the end of 3-5 minutes, do blocks in each 'bot count together, or separate? Dave K (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote: <snip> (...) thanks! (...) If I recall correctly (and everyone knows that my memory is oft faulty)... Wheel-- (URL) axle extenders on technic motors, put 2L axle in the extenders, attach the wheels and (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Jonah Goldberg mentioned this today on National Review Online's blog, (URL) The Corner>. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.western, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) I enjoy these blogs, btw. I've been trying to build a block cannon and one of the problems was getting the blocks to slide down the channel properly. I will set up a blog page for mine tonight. Has anyone figured out a good spacing and choice (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Imperial Garrison
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My first thought seeing this was "Mmmmmm.....Brickwars" -plucky (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.starwars)
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