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Tony Priestman <Tony@you-rang.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:Xy5anEAMzAw3EwE...n.co.uk... (...) _PLEASE_ NOTE: All the lugnet.cad* groups invite novices who want help honing their skills. Those of us who author parts _love_ to guide newbies in (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Lego designer interviewed in Swedish Newspaper
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(...) Nuernberg (Nuremburg) Toy Fair .... isn't that Europes largest toy fair? And my cousin (who owns a Teddy Bear factory 60 miles north of Nuremburg) always goes to that fair every February ..... hmmmmmmm, I wonder if she could take me along (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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Hey Tom, Thanks - I've been trying to remember the toy store name where I got the large number of London Bus and Lear Jet sets back in the 1980's. It was KB Toys, the toy Liquidator! (I don't think they have Detroit area stores any more.) That (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: wishing upon a star
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(...) attributes (...) As easy as this might be for basic plates and bricks, most of us know the real Lego part numbers for those anyway - and this would get pretty hairy when the part isn't a basic shape. I think that any eventual part (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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Thanks Beth, All additional folks are welcome to add their name to the letter. I am still rewriting it, and "toning down the rhetoric". So far I have about 30 signators to the letter. I will be sending out another request for more signators after (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Eliminate high-speed derailments forever! (and possibly void your warranty)
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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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| | Re: robotic rovers
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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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| | US S@H Specials Aug 23 - Aug 29, 1999
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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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| | Re: 2 Vehicles and more pics of Fallingwater
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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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