 | | Re: The Ruthlessness of Lego was (Re: Spare Parts Service - How it works)
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What, every single one of my blue windows wasn't enough?!? ;-) Oh, I've managed to gather a few more 1x4x3 and 2x2 windows, but I think I'll just throw them in my next auction. (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: WTB: old, scratched up window panes for 1x4x3 windows
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Derick Bulkley wote: (...) Derick, do you mean train windows? Kevin (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET
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(...) Heh. Well I think Bram might've been suggesting was more like this: --Jonathan When he said, "the same way you would sign a letter," he meant a written letter, not signing with letters. (I think. :-) --Todd (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Everything LEGO links page to LUGNET
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(...) Good news -- Linc Smith <linc@bulkley.net> has volunteered to help out with this massive page of links. (URL) please send additions, corrections, comments, or questions to Linc. :-) --Todd (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Spare Lego for us (Re: The Ruthlessness of Lego was (Re: Spare Parts Service - How it works))
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(...) Wow. That's much lower than we were expecting... Marcia and I could probably swing several hundred dollars for it. (Rent - what rent?) (...) If there aren't enough people in New Zealand to split it up by weight, it should all be shipped en (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET
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(...) Aaah. now I see Like this: JW (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: The LEGO history - Interesting book found at the library
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Has anyone else come across this page before... (URL) we are talking history... kinda offers an alternative. I have no Idea if any of it is true, but it is a neat read, and a nice color scheme. LINC Hope it is not considered Blasphemy :-) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 1298 Classic Advent at Target
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I found the 1298 Classic Advent Calendar today at Target on West Main in Kalamazoo - they were priced at $19.99 - not as cheap as Walmart (re, Steve Bliss in loc.us.mi.grr & lugnet.market.shopping post on 8/10/99: The basic/classic Advent set! (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: ideas for a RIS 2.0 - Rechargability
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(...) This would be nice, but remember that toy companies are one of a few reasons disposable batteries exist. :-) On the subject of rechargability though, has anyone used the new Energizer Ni-MH batteries in the RCX? How do they compair to normal (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The Ruthlessness of Lego was (Re: Spare Parts Service - How it works)
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I'll endeavour to get a breakdown of the parts available but I'm not making any promises that I'll be able to get a good enough deal on the whole lot should it contain a large number of valuable parts. I haven't been able to establish if the (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters'
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in article <37BABC45.D033E4A@umich.edu>... (...) but 9 got (...) builder for 20 (...) qualified (...) provided me with (...) them (...) Be careful what you wish for Gary. Sometimes working in a business where you (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Train Club Forming
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Mike Walsh wrote in message ... (...) some (...) this (...) Cool. I like the idea of highlighting that Lego trains may be one of the best intergenerational ways to model trains. Very serious models, and quick toy constructions (specifically not (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc.dur, lugnet.loc.us.nc.cha, lugnet.loc.us.nc.fay, lugnet.loc.us.nc.gre, lugnet.loc.us.nc.win, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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I was channel surfing tonight and stopped at the quiz show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" on ABC when I heard someone mention LEGO. The question was something like "What toy name means 'play well'? ". The possible answers were (a) Atari, (b) (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Finally done !
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Impressive! Very creative use of splitting the model. Cockpit looks good. Landing gear are simple. Regarding the number of landing feet. According to the ship or riddles page, there are five in 'new hope' and seven in ESB and ROTJ. Put some lights (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Lego on TV
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(...) What a maroon... :-) Any Go player can tell you that Atari is the Go equivalent of "check". You say it when you are one stone away from capturing a group. He was one clue away from capturing 64K. Actually more than one clue, since 70% of the (...) (27 years ago, 19-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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(...) I'd want some rough idea of what was there and some sort of rough idea of the per piece cost. I don't want 5000 dollars worth of belville suitcases and starfish at a dollar a piece! But I just freed up a chunk of capital so... (...) Yes, let's (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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I saw an American TV show tonight called "Who wants to be a millionare?". This poor soul was up to $32,000 with 5 questions left to 1 million. his next question was for $64,000. The question? "What toy translated into english means play well?" I (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET
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(...) That shouldn't keep you from signing your messages. When posting from the web interface, I sign by adding "--Bram" to the end. If I'm emailing, I use a complete signature. There's nothing stopping you from typing your name at then end of a (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Dark Forest #6079 - Will buy and/or trade
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(...) Mmmm... I think I'd need about 5 7131's to make me want to let go of a 6079, maybe more. Or did you mean the 7131 would be a part of a trade? (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: The Ruthlessness of Lego was (Re: Spare Parts Service - How it works)
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Just spoken to the spm. His gut feeling is somewhere in the region of US$4000 to $5000 BUT he reckons the managers' (who although consider the whole lot to be a plastic junk) would value the spare parts much, much higher. How much higher I don't (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 50x50 baseplate (was: Re: The LEGO history - Interesting book found at the library)
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(...) If the one Gary is talking about is the same type as the one we have here, then imagine a regular modern 48x48 baseplate, except make it 50x50 instead. Suzanne has a picture on her website of one of these baseplates, although it's completely (...) (27 years ago, 19-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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I can put up financing for a significant part of this if something comes of it. Keep me in the loop. All I ask in return is a small profit, and the blue windows... :-) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: FA 8860 Auto Chassis - update
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Sold to Chris P for $60.00. (...) to (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Q & A
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Well I received my S&H catalog on Monday. It seems from the mail and postings that the West Coast is sent out last. My one disappointment was that there was not mention of the "Classic Train" #3225. When it was mentioned from people in the US I (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Poweruser eBay search
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current Lego listings, 200 per page (URL) is a nice link to have in the poweruser frame, that way you can still check set #'s without having a second browser window open) -- ------ ------ ---- - ---- - | | | | | | | | | | | | | |- - | | | | | | | (...) (27 years ago, 19-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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Mark <Mkock@spammed.Tulip.com> wrote in message news:FGoGy4.Ay4@lugnet.com... (...) Umm.....being Old Zealand I assume it's filled with cobwebs and dust everywhere. Here in new Zealand everything is sparkling and brand spanking new. ;--) Sanjay "I (...) (27 years ago, 19-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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I'm not sure if Steve is serious about this but my replies given below. Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:37baf5a9.792395...net.com... (...) I'll find out how much the spm thinks his spare parts are worth and the mass. I (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New review site going up...
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(...) D'oh! Ah...that's okay. What I plan on doing is setting up an area that uses Pause's sectioning, and a "meta" review section to review reviewers and the site. Would some one be willing to send me a *text* template for a review? Since I won't (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Dacta Temperature Sensors
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(...) Functionally they're the same but note that they differ in the length of the attached cable. The Dacta temperature sensor (#9889)has a longish cable as it is meant to work with the Control Lab serial interafce B which is a stationary platform. (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | 3298p57 [DAT]
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I'm guessing that's the right number, based on p55 and p56. This is my first attempt at a pattern-at-an-angle, so let me know how it looks. The inside triangle threw me: it doesn't look exactly right upon closer inspection. Is there something I can (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: hmmm...
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(...) (URL) See Revision History: Logo Blocks 3.0 (March 6, 1999) Support for the LEGO RCX brick. -Suz. (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics.logo)
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| | Re: PEpsi Cans...again
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1. new 2. lurks 3. breaks 4. but 5. their 6. face 7. but 8. enslavement 9. destroyed 10. future 11. may 12. another 13. Anakin 14. is 15. free 16. Jedi 17. but 18. nearby 19. is 20. triumph 21. menace 22. the 23. clouded 24. one (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET
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(...) You might be able to, after all. According to your NNTP headers, You appear to be using Netscape 4.03 for Win95: X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; I) I'm not too familiar with that version, but I know that 4.5 has sig-file capability: In the (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: The LEGO history - Interesting book found at the library
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(...) Do you have a picture of one of these 50 x 50 roadplates? (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET
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(...) Because of the way I access the internet I am unable to use a signature. (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 12V train items from Busy-Bee
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Hi Tony, Parts set 5200 has 4 of the lamp posts (1x16 crossed plate) and 4 of the bases (2x3 plate 90 degrees to 1x3 plate) As of last year Lego France still had soe left in stock. It may be worth checking again. Michel Magnan (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train Club Forming
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Sorry for the delayed response on this topic. I think NCLTC is a good name for a potential club. I also may have scared up a couple more recruits for this effort. One of my co-workers son has a some LEGO train (4559, 4554, and a couple other sets) (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc.dur, lugnet.loc.us.nc.cha, lugnet.loc.us.nc.fay, lugnet.loc.us.nc.gre, lugnet.loc.us.nc.win, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | Green slopes, some plates, and road baseplates now up
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I have just listed some new lots on Ebay. they include a big lot of Green low slopes, a few plate lots, and some road baseplates. Check them out at: (URL) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Locations of #4 and #5 known?
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(...) No. But I'm not sure that I would like the notion that the Fitness Programme was one result of cutting back on goods and services to fit the timely completion of these plans, should my notion even be true. [f-ups set to lugnet.general] -Tom (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.legoland, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.jp)
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