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(...) that's (...) transformer (...) transformer (...) by transformer do you mean the lego speed controller? If it's a yes there is no problem feeding it with 7.5V DC. The input will accept 9V to 12V AC or DC for full performance (0V to 9V at the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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(...) It's nothing to do with ripping people off, it's the overall local prices. IIRC The Bay Area has the *highest* cost of living in the entire 48 contiguous states. Right now, gas prices are sucking in MI--they're hanging around $1.25/gal for 87 (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 10x20 green baseplates
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Well, there were a lot of sets in the 1970's that had those 10x20 green (1 brick thick) baseplates with the tubes around the bottom inside edge. Several sets come to mind immediately - 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 148, 149. Back in (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Anti-sniping gizmo at BRICKS
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(...) Oh, that's not an original thing by any means. Serious Collector auctions also work that way. Glad you like it, though. :) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Still bargains on my SC lots (was Re: FA - SC items - 6982 exploriens starship, 8456 technic fiber, custom hopper
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(...) I'd be tempted to bid but I'm afraid of being spammed daily once I get outbid. Still, those are really cool boats. Dunno how I'd fit them into my world, but they're cool nonetheless. (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Eliminate high-speed derailments forever! (and possibly void your warranty)
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FWIW: I have two LEGO train transformers that are labeled for an output of 12 VAC and two that are labeled for an output of 11 VAC. Both rate the power output at 7 VA. One of my speed controllers is labeled for an input of 9-11 VAC, and three for an (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Ian Warfield <ipw47@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FGuCKz.CoC@lugnet.com... (...) This is the perfect place to put such a model. One of the purposes of the cad.dat* groups is for people to post .dat's to talk about in other groups. So far, this (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Pirate sails
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Greetings, I have seen and heard about people looking for LEGO pirate ship sails. I make them from cloth, stiffened and customized with a logo of any kind. I have recently sold a set on ebay for the Skulls Eye Schooner (6286). (URL) will be another (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: backgrounds logo image (was: Re: [ldraw.org] Update)
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Once again, insufficient precision results in my looking rather foolish (but I meant to do that, I never make misteaks). (...) <various hypothetical, but not branded, non text ways of depicting a hyperlink> What I was getting at is that while (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Colonial Viper
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This is really great! The coloring is wonderful, and I love your use of the 1X2 rounded brick/place combo pieces--especially on the front. Nice job detailing the cockpit, too. And nice POV work. -John Van P.S. I hope I've been effusive enough for (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: some questions ( LDraw )
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(...) GIF is probably better to compress an image with few colours and strong contrasts. JPEG does a Fourier transform of each 8x8 pixel box (as I have understood), and is generally only well suited for images which are fairly smooth. I my opinion, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Still bargains on my SC lots (was Re: FA - SC items - 6982 exploriens starship, 8456 technic fiber, custom hopper
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Still lots of really good deals on my items. Many have no bids at all and are significantly BELOW the recently concluded "500" auction. The problems with SC should be resolved, I am able to get to it. Here are all the current LEGO(r) lots: (URL) are (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Play 6045 Ninja Surprise $14.50 $11.00 Technic 8245 Robot's Revenge $33.00 $27.00 Clothing P210 Skateboarder Polo Youth $22.00 $11.00 Adult $24.00 $12.00 TS04 Adventurer Tshirt Adult Large $14.00 $ 7.00 ===...=== Featured Items for the week (not on (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Anti-sniping gizmo at BRICKS
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Great solution! An auction site with the "friendliness" of a Lugnet auction. Eric (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) It looks AWESOME in MSIE. Imagine that, another thing that works just fine in MSIE but is broke in Communicator. :) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Take a look at this
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I first want to say that I'm glad you are safe, and I hope your family and friends are okay. I, and I'm sure most others here, have been worried about you. If you need anything, I'm sure you will find no end of help from your friends here at Lugnet. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: some questions ( LDraw )
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Leonardo Zide <leonardo@centroin.com.br> wrote in message news:FGv8Ez.KGq@lugnet.com... (...) them (...) do (...) Care to explain the advantages of GIF over JPG? -John Van (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: "Smoke" color in POV
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Travis Dickinson sent me this, which works pretty well: #declare clear_dark_gray = material { texture { pigment {rgbf <0.40, 0.40, 0.40, .9>} finish { ambient 0.3 diffuse 0.6 reflection 0.25 refraction 1 ior 1.5 phong 0.3 phong_size 60 } } } BTW: (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | i think i need a hug
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grrrr... >:( sniped on eBay last night.. 17 classic space sets (10 of which i had before i *stupidly* sold them heading into my dark ages)... my initial bid took the lead and held for over 2 days... then, with less than 1 minute left to go.. i got (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Anti-sniping gizmo at BRICKS
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Well, I did have the anti-sniping thing set to just over 3 hours, but I thought that might be a little low, especially for auctions that end in the middle of the night (like mine usually do). Sniping should be mostly impossible, now. Any bid at or (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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