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Any luck with your first meeting? SteveB Jeff Stembel wrote in message ... (...) that (...) find (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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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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(...) Or anything else? :) Follow-Ups to lugnet.lego.physics Ciao! (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Box Progress
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(...) Excellent idea. Way more organized than a bunch of threads. (...) Good one. (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND trains
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How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? I'd say something is pure LEGO(r) if Joe average consumer can go buy it at a store or direct from TLG and it comes in a LEGO box. Stuff that someone made in a back room explicitly for Miniland that is (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Lego Expo at The Toy Connection
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If you peek at: (URL) you'll see that The Toy Connection is having a "Lego Expo" on Aug 28th. I saw this when browsing around for possible other good lego sources in the area and called them up for details. I didn't get an exact description of the (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
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| | does idea book 697 have any castle ideas in it?
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does idea book 697 have any castle ideas in it? what are they? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Small new train web site
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Hi All, I have been creating a new personal web page I have a few new train models there. Thought you might like to see 'em. (URL) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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Mike Walsh wrote: <snip beginning of beautiful relationship> (...) !!?? Well, did you propose marriage??? -John (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Box Progress
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It was all so simple when we just had a log for each box. What happened??? -Phil (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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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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Like light in a black hole;-) -John (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: X10 X-Cam
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(...) That has nothing to do with the camera, that has to do with the 2.4ghz video transmitter that X10 is including with the camera. The camera itself is *not* wireless and only outputs an NTSC signal through a male RCA connector mounted on the (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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I was on the road this week and happened to be in a TRU checking out the selection when a woman asked me if she could help me find something in particular. As it turns out she was the local LEGO rep doing some restocking and we got to talking a bit. (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: RIS 2.0 Ideas
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Many excellent ideas have been suggested... I would most like to see Lego servos like what we have in remote control. These could use both an input and motor connection with appropriate firmware. <ICS> -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Early Technic
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While we've known about the early Technic (gears) sets, Don Heyse just uploaded some scans of <a href=(URL)0812</a> that show a red universal joint! (URL) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Land Rover (was: Re: "Crazy Car") [DAT]
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(...) that. (...) Maybe I didn't post it, I don't remember[1]. In any case, here it is. --Bram 1)and I can't check, because I'm not connected. 0 Land Rover Defender (wagon) 0 Name: landrovr.dat 0 Author: Bram Lambrecht <blambrec@student.chuh.org> 1 (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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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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(...) Yeah, right. LEGO which go to MSP never come out again. We've heard the stories. Steve (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Instructions on CD ROM?
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(...) You're right. While distributing scans on cd might seem to be the same as on the web, it really isn't. In the real world, distributing bits as atoms is alot different than distributing bits as electrons or photons. Especially when you don't (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: i admit i was wrong
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(...) Not like that. I'm saying that a vote for removal from lugnet.* includes lugnet.cad.*, since lugnet.cad.8 is a part of lugnet.*. Since people can't vote twice, the percentage of the votes for lugnet.cad + lugnet.* will not equal greater than (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: What is Samsonite Lego?
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in article <37BC1D46.5C36F5E5@u...ch.edu>... (...) For curiousity's sake, I live about a mile and a half from the building where the Canadian Samsonite Lego was distributed back then. (Stratford, ON) My mind (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | My first night with MLCad
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(...) in a word: "Wow!".. this, my friends, is the start of what we've been waiting for.. most of you know what a huge 3DSMAX fan i am.. so i've spent a great deal of time in a similar interface.. i've spent the entire evening playing in MLCad, (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Fire Engine MOC
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Please check out my minifig scale fire engine and let me know what you think. The URL to it is (URL) - Sorry for the crude picture. I tried to POVRay it but I couldn't get it to work :-( (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Update
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(...) Yeah, I saw that program and downloaded it and just had to write about it :) Mike fully cooperated with my efforts to promote it (I wonder why) ;) and is very open to suggestions for future features. (...) Though this may be a way of covering (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Dark Forest #6079 - Will buy and/or trade
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(...) Oh, I have a 6079 new in a sealed box. I don't know if I'd trade it for even 5 new 7131's though, much less used ones. I would consider trading it if I were to get things like pitchforks, peasants (gray), maidens, etc. But I can wait for star (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Dark Forest #6079 - Will buy and/or trade
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(...) Yes - that's what I meant. What is the condition of your 6079 set? Are there other pieces/sets you'd like to trade for? (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Box Progress
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Better yet - when you receive a box, add areply to your sign-up message stating so. And a third message after that saying when and to whom you've shipped it. Paul Sinasohn Suggestions 'R Us (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Minifig Crossbow Redesigned [DAT]
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0 Minifig Crossbow 0 Author: Adam Howard 0 Co-Author: Jonathan Wilson 0 Name: 2570.dat 0 Unofficial Element 0 CW Quads 2 24 24 -13 -4 -31 -13 -4 2 24 -31 -13 -4 -31 -13 -1 2 24 -31 -13 -1 -4 -13 -1 2 24 -4 -13 -1 -4 -13 -2 2 24 -4 -13 -2 0 -13 -2 2 (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | No-Name space model [DAT]
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The story of this model is: One day I was bored, and created a new model using LDAO, leaving the name as new.dat. I was playin aroung with piece 30037, and found a windshield that fit it. After I kept adding on pieces until I got this. I think it (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: The LEGO history - Interesting book found at the library
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Thanks, John!! (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Instructions on CD ROM?
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(...) Yeah, and that's also something that shareware and freeware authors specifically allow people to do - redistribute and charge for the media and possibly for the service. The key is they want people to distribute their programs. TLG seems to be (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: ebates.com
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In lugnet.market.shopping, thou, Toki Barron (tokimasa-barron@uiowa.edu), hast wrytted... (...) I can't find the letter anymore, but I mailed ebates.com about this. Turns out eToys pulled their click-thru rebates with eToys. They weren't thrilled (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Maps, agenda for 8/21 meeting
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You can find maps to this Saturday's gathering at: (URL) mentioned previously, if you haven't contacted me before deciding to attend, please do so. -Tim (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: Minifig Gen question
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(...) here you go john: (from the LDLite16.html file that ships with the proggy) 5. Converting to LDRAW syntax. To maintain backwards compatibility as much as possible, LDLITE can be used to convert a file to LDRAW *.dat syntax. While COLOR commands (...) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: The Ruthlessness of Lego was (Re: Spare Parts Service - How it works)
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I could easily free up about $500 or so, and i'd like to participate. I have space it could be stored/sorted in too.... Paul Sinasohn (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: *BLUBOT*
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(...) It's here: (URL) - Robert Munafo (URL) LEGO: TC+++(8480) SW++ #+ S-- LS++ Hsp M+ A@ LM++ YB64m IC13 (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Another Carney masterpiece
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(...) Finally. A castle that makes warwick castle look small. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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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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(...) there in all likelyhood could be some lego gold,though... -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Instructions on CD ROM?
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I'm not sure you would get in trouble if you quitly sold a CD set for cost of media plus time. This is a standard practice for share/free-ware (I do realize that this isn't freeware... my $.02 SteveB (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: X10 X-Cam
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Accually, I saw a review on the X-10 camra on ZDtv, and it had a good point, the picture will flicker or be fuzzy if the antennia don't match up. KGB AgEnT #4 OUT AKA Clint Rutkas (URL) you check the web site first?: (URL) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: X10 X-Cam
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(...) Lemme rephrase that. I don't recall how to share a touch sensor and a rotation sensor on the same input, and use them both within NQC. --- Chris Osborn FozzTexx Enterprises 707 226 7629 - Voice 2136 Coronado Ave. 707 581 1797 - Fax Napa, CA (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: FS: Technic tread links
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(...) All now SOLD. Chris (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | X10 X-Cam
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I just got my X10 X-Cam last night, and hacked up a way to pan/tilt it with my Mindstorms. Currently I'm not using the included video transmitter, I just have the camera connected directly to my capture card. It's sure nice to have a camera this (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Minifig Gen question
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Could someone remind me how to convert a file created by the minifig generator to standard LDraw format? Also, when I tried to inline a minifig gen file, body parts just went everywhere. -John Van (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | linear wheels (was Re: New web pages)
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(...) That's a type of linear wheel, which I call an "inverted linear wheel". Yes, it's a good solution, and I have been working on exactly such a design over the last two weeks (currently waiting for parts to arrive from Dacta before I can (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Box Progress
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I think we could use just one thread for all the boxes for a Mailed or received type tracking... Julie if you start it why don't you name it something like Boxes in Route/Received. or something better if you can come up with something off the top of (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: "Crazy Car"
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(...) thousand years (...) of the car (...) I thought (...) posted a (...) Yes, I must agree that that is a very ingenious way of making the windshield. Nice model overall. Land Rover?? I must have missed that. Keep up the building of those really (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Finally done !
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Very nice, I like the trans blue for the hyperdrive. Do you plan to do any interior stuff?? I like the landing gear and the nice layout(baseplates and other ships). What are the dimensions for the MF?? Ryan "Too many people think being a Christian (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Technic Ski Pole
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(...) Did you use those particular words on purpose? Just curious. (...) stand--which by the way (...) Yes, I agree. I don't actually have the part, so I won't use it, but I think the bar catagory is a better place. Ryan "If I mess up, if I don't (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LEGO section starting on Compuserve
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(...) Wow. Does this mean that there are people who have Compuserve access but who don't have general Internet access? --Todd (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Technic Ski Pole
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It's all coming back to me now! The Ski Pole is in the current vote, and isn't even the part I'm looking for. I need the town umbrella stand--which by the way _really_ needs a new name. How about the Bar category? -John Van John VanZwieten (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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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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If something comes of this, in what ways could someone on a limited budget help or participate? I live in a one-income family, so the money isn't exactly flowing my way. But, I'd love to participate in some way should this opportunity happen. For (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO section starting on Compuserve
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The Compuserve copyright rules and regulations explicitly state that owners of material uploaded to Compuserve retain ownership and rights. Compuserve gains only a compilation copyright. Here is the relevent document: ------- Begin ------- (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Technic Ski Pole
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Has the Technic Ski Pole been done, and if so, what's its name? I could swear I remember that being added recently, but I can't seem to find it. Thanks for any help--it's the last piece I need to finish LDrawing my T-16 Skyhopper. -John Van (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Update
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(...) Awesome!!! (...) I'm starting to get worried that the bright red 2x3 brick appearing along the title of all the pages and appearing in all the linking images: (URL) cause confusion among average consumers and therefore concern at TLG. One of (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.publish)
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| | A practical lead screw
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I have finally managed to construct a workable lead screw. I used nylon threaded rod obtainable from McMaster-Carr: Part #: 98831A411 2 feet length of 10-32 nylon threaded rod $2.56 www.mcmaster.com I cut this into suitable lengths equivalent to (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | FS: Technic tread links
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I have for sale 112 Technic tread links at 15c each or the lot for $16 inclusive of shipping. Please respond to chris_w_dee@hotmail.com with quantity required - first come first served. Chris (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: How much for a 6090?
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(...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: ideas for a RIS 2.0
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(...) It would be better to implement this via a multiplexor brick (which contains a circuit like this one: (URL) a similar brick that performs a similar function for multiplexing outputs. You could also build a connector plate for multiple touch (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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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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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:37bc0c40.150569...net.com... (...) realistic - (...) This is how much of it is sorted although in much smaller quantities than many people imagine. Remember LEGO NZ is a much, much (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | WTB/WTT: Instructions for 6087 (Witch's Magic Manor)
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Does anyone have a spare copy of the instructions for 6087 Witch's Magic Manor which they would be willing to part with ? If so, please get in touch at chris_w_dee@hotmail.com . Many thanks, Chris (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | R/C cameras
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A short few years back a friend and I has a small business that took airial pictures of houses and property for folks. We used an R/C helicopter, a 35 mm slr camera, and a b/w video camera with a transmitter. The Video camera and transmitter ran on (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Legocam?
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Actually X10 has a wireless video sender/receiver and a small color camera that attaches to the unit for $150... Only problem is how to power the thing... Goto (URL) and look at their X-Cam. (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Box Progress
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I think it would be nice to have 3 threads per box. One thread to sign up - obviously already exists. One thread to say box received - or maybe should be for when box is sent? One thread to view a contents log, it doesn't have to be an exact piece (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | *BLUBOT*
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dOES ANYONE KNOW THE WEB ADDRESS FOR THE BLUBOT? Thanks -Mike -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Was "Re: FA - SC..." - DNS problems Resolving
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The Domain "SeriousCollector.com" was erroneously turned off for 24hrs. Correct DNS information should be fully propagated by midnight. i.e. - the site should be working. Thanks for your patience and support! Derick Bulkley SeriousCollector.Com (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | [ldraw.org] Update
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I just updated the ldraw.org main page - adding an article about MLCad and a link to the new ldraw.org linking images. Check it out! -Tim Courtney ldraw.org Project Coordinator (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Box Progress
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Is there any way for us to tell who has the boxes at any one time, and what is the time frame on each step? It seems like at least 2-3 weeks per step to me. I was hoping to get the box I am signed up for before Jan. 2000. Is that realistic? Timbo (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: What pieces do you wish existed?
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(...) None of this really gets in the way (I just figure out some other approach) but I might as well mention them because I do wish they existed (-: The mysterious missing #4 angle brick. At one point about 6 or 7 years ago LEGO phased out piece (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND trains
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Well John I would want to copy the master peices they have made. I like the creativity that went into making realalistic designs of trains. I am sure someone at LEGO had to design the electronics, and mechanics that went into those trains. I am sure (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Another Carney masterpiece
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WOW! As always, another Carney masterpiece in Castle architecture! Gary Istok (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Train Windows
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I have 4 Blue train windows, no glass, any interest? Email me with an offer. -- Peter D Simpson sterling@interalpha.co.uk (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Voting page for 9906
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(...) Age, nothing. You've just written too many part files. ;) Steve -- It's all Bill Gates' fault. (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters'
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(...) You mean 2x10 bricks? ;-) And, not having enough in the COLOR you want... John1 (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 4128 Freestyle Bucket (was Re: New web pages)
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Someone asked me by email what I was talking about when I described a "Freestyle bucket". It's set number 4128, and I got one a couple weeks ago in a small toy store in the northeast US for $21.56 (which was 20% off list price, they were having a (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: (Nicht nur) weibliche Technic Modellbauer?
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Renate Reinartz <renater@krsoft.com> wrote in message news:FGpnxH.n1H@lugnet.com... (...) <snip> (...) Ja, Ich habe es schon gebaut. Es ist zehr toll ( fantastisch) .Es duert ungefer 12 stunden zu bauen. Cheers Oliver Grusse aus Kanada. (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters'
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The biggest problem for me coming out of being a model builder was not having as many 2x12 bricks as I wanted. :-) -john (...) consider (...) but (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Voting page for 9906
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(...) I agree with that. There are 8 parts which contain references to 4-4con12.dat: 6246A.DAT 6246B.DAT 6246C.DAT 6246D.DAT 6246E.DAT 751.DAT 755.DAT 104.DAT If no one minds, I'll change the 4-4con12.dat references in those parts to 4-4con1.dat, (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Voting page for 9906 [DAT]
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It means you have quads with the vertices in "bow-tie" order, rather than clockwise or counter-clockwise order. The corrected sequence for the line below would be: 4 16 16 144 6 16 140 6 -16 140 6 -16 144 6 LDraw handles "bowties" ok, but other (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 50x50 baseplate (was: Re: The LEGO history - Interesting book found at the library)
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Frank, you never know what old stock you're gonna find in a Toy Store. 11 years after the London Bus (#760) came on the scene in 1975, I picked up a large quantity of them in 1986 at a suburban Detroit toy store chain. Ditto for the Lear Jet (#455). (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Voting page for 9906
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I did this to the two parts I created, and I got lots (and I mean *lots*) of lines that looked like this: WARNING "6056.DAT" Line 28: Bad vertex sequence, 0132 used: 4 16 16 144 6 16 140 6 -16 144 6 -16 140 6 What does this mean? Jeff (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Update Auction Sets from the 70's, Edition 2
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* * * Sets from the 70's: Edition 2 * * * Set Name St Bid Bidder 133 Locomotive - 70 Abner 134 Mobile Crane and Waggon SD 55 TOMKMIT 137 Passenger Sleeping Car - 65 Abner 367 Space Module with Astronauts SD 40 Mark de K. 381 Lorry and Fork Lift (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | RE: New web pages
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In the description of the Riley Bot 2 you mentioned that it could only go straight on certain surfaces. I remember seeing on someone's web site a large wheel created out of many small wheels mounted perpendicularly around the diameter. With this (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Sadly, it is not available to the NQC user. There is an opcode called "get battery power", but it sends the battery voltage to the PC rather than storing the voltage in a variable. -Kekoa (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: !!!! MLCad V1.3 (Mikes Lego CAD) IS READY !!!!
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Mike, First off: thank you very much for MLCad! It looks great, and seems very spunky (ie, quick on the redraw). A couple of things I found pretty quickly: 1. MLCad doesn't look in the current directory for subfiles. The current directory is a part (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: What is Samsonite Lego?
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Wow! Thanks for the info. I hadn't ever heard of this! Ciao! (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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No, but I consider being a model builder "playing with Lego bricks". I consider it using Lego for big construction projects for retailers. Small difference, but it is there. Scott Sanburn (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: On the subject of cameras
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From: John Barnes <barnes@sensors.com> (...) There are some very tiny cameras available, some of which have been used in R/C planes. I'd suggest grabbing a copy of "Nuts & Volts" and perusing the ads. Last one I looked at had several outfits selling (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: A piano player (and a conductor)
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I love it! Now if only you could make the conductor flip pages of music... JT -----Original Message----- From: Mario Ferrari [mailto:mario.ferrari@edis.it] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 6:54 AM To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com Subject: A piano player (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 50x50 baseplate (was: Re: The LEGO history - Interesting book found at the library)
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(...) I'm really wondering when and where I've seen this plate in the stores. I know I have seen it in the stores, and it seems to me that I saw it more recently than 1972, in fact, I'd almost be sure of it. I know this is one of the items I looked (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 1298 Classic Advent at Target
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I also saw them at Meijer, #64, Ann Arbor Saline Road for 19.99 Scott Sanburn (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: How much for a 6090?
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For that specific set, that is a bit pricey. But it is amazing to still see one on a store shelf at all. Since I came out of my dark ages (two years ago this month), I've only seen three of them in stores, ever. You probably would not be able to (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: On the subject of cameras
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(...) Check out SuperCircuits, Inc. They sell cameras and several different transmitters, many of which will run on 12volts or less. And they sell some *tiny* cameras! (The GMLTC is working on mounting one in a train locomotive...) (URL) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | On the subject of cameras
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I have considerable interest in having a "legocam" option. I have browsed numerous internet sites for such devices and most have one thing in common: They're power hogs. The 2.4GHz more so than the 900MHz ones. They expect wall transformer power. (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Lotsaparts Auction Update - Bids Advancing
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Hi! Bids begin to advance -today- in Lotsaparts Auction II, a LEGO parts auction. (URL) lots are advancing at their opening prices: - bricks, slopes, tiles, windows, walls, minifigs, and more! The auction also includes a NIB 6280 Armada Flagship, (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Voting page for 9906
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How about: l3p -check -AUTHOR a9906 >c9906.txt I have reached the age I now can't recall which files are mine just by the file name... /Tore "Lars C. Hassing" wrote: <...> (...) <...> (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 6748
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(...) If you haven't already got a ton of responses for this, it is a decent set and is currently on clearance at TRU for US $29.95 (or something close to that). If you are interested, I could pick one up for you. (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Legocam?
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Folks, I'm thinking on mounting a video system on my robot. Does anyone have a recommendation for a wireless video cameras? So-called "nanny" cams seem to be available for about $400. Will the Mars Expansion kit be wireless? The red rover set (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: A piano player (and a conductor)
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VERY COOL!!! Thanks for the great details to help spur us on to new creations!!! --Alan P.S. Now I have just the rationale I need for another RCX and rotation sensors. Now if I could just convince my wife..... +---...--- | Alan G. Smith | (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | What is Samsonite Lego?
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OK, someone recently asked me what Samsonite Lego is. LEGO, as we all know was founded in Denmark. By the mid 1950's, it was sold throughout the Scandanavian countries of Europe. In 1956 it started selling in West Germany, Europes largest market. By (...) (27 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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