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(...) lol. I must have missed the window of time when it was moderated. No worries. I have grown into a rather patient person. ;o) Is that a 1x4 clear tile as a windshield? I don't recall ever seeing one. Jonathan (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) D'oh! ======= (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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And actually, linking back and browsing through Ian's YouTube account was interesting. I'd not seen the pole balancer, and I love the "Toppler" as well. Nifty. (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Sorry about the moderation but it's John Neal's fault. It was all nicely moderated when I first made the post but I added the mutli-colour picture later. Tim (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Oh, baby, those colors are wizard! They are almost painful to behold, knowing that they can't exist anywhere but virtually... Tasty stuff, Tim! JOHN (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Dark green is sweet. Great MOC, BTW. I am waiting for brickshelf folder to be moderated . . . Jonathan (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) I'm not sure I followed you there-- you said you think the set is worth more than just the pieces... but... your argument is that a set should just be sold at the value of the pieces (plus the price of the box and the instructions if (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote (though not in this order, admitedly): (...) Agreed. I don't see a logical, rational reason for such collecting/hoarding etc. That would probably be why you and I are not "collectors". I've only bought (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Apparently I do take requests ;) (URL) Apologies for the fluorescent light orange but I don't use it enough to have tweaked the colour to taste. Tim (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) linxt - (URL) - (URL) are others that I have heard about but can't find links for (or recall the names of) at the moment. My nexttool utility runs on Mac OSX and on Linux and it can do all kinds of cool things but it is built on top of libusb (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Hey Iian, These are your little duckies right??
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(URL) love it when someones sends me a link to something done by an rtl member.. Jeff VW (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Agreed-if Chris has, hypothetically, some Technic subs sitting in his basement that he plans on selling in some years time for some profit--no issues from me. As stated before, that's not the issue--it's the degree of profit. If Chris puts up (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | forgot to post this in .microscale
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i forgot to post my latest post in .microscale, so here it is: (URL) (19 years ago, 7-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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Hi all, I've recently seen this gallery on brickshelf: (URL) i have no clue about what a "q-car" is but i took my xpods and made some little cars using the smallest chassis possinble (4x4-sized). Since the mocs were made during a newyear family (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) I value the LEGO parts as more than the sets they comes in. That's why I build with LEGO bricks--if I didn't care about the parts, then I certainly would save lots of money by not buying the sets. And again, the difference between the parts I (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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ciao, io sarei interessato dall'argomento!! si fa una redazione italiana? ciaoo Cristian "Luca Giannitti" <legoitalia@yahoo.dk> ha scritto nel messaggio news:JBLM2n.JJA@lugnet.com... (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Aliens Style APC
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(...) The movie showed the turret mounted an a pair of rails that curved over the back end of the vehicle. The guns pointed sideways and the whole turret then traveled backwards and then down the back until it was tucked in behind so they could (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Re: Borgbyggare?
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(...) borgLEGO iaf (även om jag kanske inte bygger så många borgar men men ;)) och på Classic-Castle finns det väl tre svenskar till tror jag... Sedan med utställningar och liknande har jag ingen koll alls, har faktiskt aldrig träffat ett FOL i (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.loc.se)
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(...) agreed--it is subjective, but again, all of this was my opinion. But just as we can point and laugh about how the weatherman has difficulty predicting the weather conditions 2 weeks out, we can't then assume that the weatherman will be wrong (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: MGB Roadster
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(...) I remember in the 70's, they marketed the B in racing green, and the Midget in orange (in LEGO colors-- medium orange). But I saw a lot of Bs in orange, too. Oh, that would be a cool to see rendered:-d JOHN (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: 10133 sold out / 9V Trains speculation
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(...) Jonathan, Glad that you were able to grab some 10133s while LEGO had them. This is pure speculation, but I would guess that we're going to see the present generation of 9V sets scaled back as LEGO brings in the new Hobby Train factory set to (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Ballabio: una proposta
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(...) La proposta è buona. Però bisognerebbe definire qualche standard per poter interfacciare i moduli tra di loro, o si lascerebbe la massima libertà e si organizza il diorama sul momento in base ai partecipanti? Io manterrei il tutto il piu' (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Very poor customer service from Lego Shop at Home
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LOL (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego.direct) !
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| | 10133 BNSF Loco now sold out at S@H
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I guess I was bored at work Friday and somehow thought to order two more of these. They appear to be on their way to me now, but it looks as if they were of the last 10133's available thru USA S@H. Best, A lucky Jonathan (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The difference between hobbyists and collectors...
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(...) ... (...) Good stories, Dave. But, for the sake of argument, let's say some guy as a $20 LEGO set from 25 years ago. He has a friend that says, "I'll give you $50 for that set." At this point, the guy may say "no" because to him, it has more (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) What in the love of god is fair, though, Dave? Half the people out there in our world don't have the same value or belief systems you or I have, they cheat on their taxes, they buy SUV's which could roll over and kill you, they park in (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, let's talk about that, shall we? An art auction (which I've seen mostly on the telly, and only once or twice in person) usually starts each round of bidding with the 'fair market value' of a painting, and people bid up from there. As I (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ok, I'll bite: which external tools work well on OS X and Linux? Thanks, -Tim (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Whoops. The duration values in each of the PlayTone calls should be 400 rather than 40. John Hansen (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Here is a simple multi-threaded NQC program: task music() { while (true) { PlayTone(262,40); Wait(50); PlayTone(294,40); Wait(50); PlayTone(330,40); Wait(50); PlayTone(294,40); Wait(50); } } task main() { start music; while(true) { (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Edizione italiana per il BrickJournal
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Tutti conoscerete di certo il Brickjournal... (URL) sta pensando a crearne edizioni "locali" tradotte. Naturalmente è impossibile pensare di tradurre tutto il giornale, ma almeno le parti più interessanti/importanti in modo da favorirne la più ampia (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Aliens Style APC
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(...) Hi Paul, You keep sneaking these things past me by not cross-posting to a theme group. I really love this. I'm a real sucker for Alien and its sequels so anything from them arouses my interest and this is a most excellent build. I find the (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Re: MGB Roadster
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(...) Hi Tim, You MOC far faster than I can post feedback. Thank you for the overall work you shared with us. Didier (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Aliens Style APC
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(...) Wow!!! Very nice! Really like the look and construction, good solution on the wheels. Just my initial reactions, now I have to look more and explore further details.. :) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | Re: The difference between hobbyists and collectors...
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(...) Steve, You're just evil by being you ;p I think there's a difference between starting a bid out at a buck and 'seeing what happens'--I always liked that--than starting a bid or putting a 'buy it now' at 400 dollars for what was only 25-30 (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: MGB Roadster
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(...) Good point (and John's too). I aim to try out the chrome one at some point but figured I'd start with the simpler one. Tim (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) No quite the classic, its the rubber bumper version, but still great. Another one to add to the list to build! ;) Tim (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | LEGO® Systems, Inc. sells Enfield complex for $58.9 million
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LEGO® Systems, Inc. sells Enfield complex for $58.9 million, leases office space. By:Howard French, Journal Inquirer 01/03/2007 LEGO Systems Inc., has sold its Enfield buildings and leased back space in some of them for its operations, which are the (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Drive types
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(...) Hello John, Could you comment a little the use of Precedes/Follows for task switching? I have trouble figuring when to use one or the other (or both?) Thanks in advance, Philo (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Aliens Style APC
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(...) The APC is wonderfully constructed. Just sweet. If I recall, I believe the movie version was wider (or at least seemed to be--more low slung, perhaps; I suspect that's what you were commenting on in terms of the boxy-ness. Would widening the (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | January Update (was: Re: December Update)
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UPDATE #2 ===...=== Well, Christmas break is over, and although we didn't finish as much as I had hoped, we still made good progress. (URL) HERE> are some pics of the reconstruction of the Thomas modules, and (URL) HERE> is a video showing it in (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
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| | Re: Sudoku...
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(...) This is hilarious. Apparently the dark side also gives one a beef-burrito supreme command over the gameboard. Zinger. Cheers! ~ Paul. (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Aliens Style APC
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Hello All! Thank you for your many comments / ideas on my last moc (shag wagon). Much appreciated. Some of you may have seen the "Aliens-Movie inspired Armored Personnel Carrier (APC)" for the rest of you, here it is! (2 URLs) I found it difficult (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Sudoku...
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Hahahahaha! Awesome! ...and highlighted. (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Very poor customer service from Lego Shop at Home
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I wanted to share my extreme displeasure with the Lego Shop at Home service. My mother, knowing what a big fan of Lego I was, decided to surprise me with a set this Christmas, the Lego Factory set 5526. At the time she didn't realize that it was not (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Technic misc (& SW minifigures) for pirate stuff........ships, minifigs, etc.
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I have a drawer of assorted Technic parts.......beams, gears, motor & battery pack, Pneumatic Pump, switch, piston . Would like to swap it all for pirate things. Ships, hulls, minifigures, etc. Anyone interested??? Also have some Star Wars (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: MGB Roadster
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(...) I coveted them as a kid (although the Spitfire was my fav) and your nose render is a dead-ringer for the B. I have to say, however, that it should be rendered in British racing (dark) green;-d Well done, Tim. JOHN (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Trés cool! Very nice work, Tim. Five wide is a perfect choice. Spotlighted. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Richie Dulin (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Sudoku...
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...or actually, (2 URLs) Sudooku>... Count Dooku's favorite game! "Big Daddy" Nelson (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | MGB Roadster
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Hi all, (2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> Hi all, My version of the classic car. Five-wide is a bit big for it in my usual scale but I think it was worth it. Tim (19 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Mini Space Buggy
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The model and your description made me chuckle insanely. I love those small wheels. Good to see you rejuvenating the .space! (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: The difference between hobbyists and collectors...
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(...) I guess the thing I'd point out is that collectors really do value their pieces and their sets as more than just the sum of their parts. Here's the thing: for example, if Galaxy Explorers were $20 a pop, they'd be gone. Anyone who was first on (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: The difference between hobbyists and collectors...
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(...) Dave, way to ignore this part. just dont tell janey. she hates it when you mock "art" (...) did you just call me a jackass? :o (...) dave. Im gona call your bluff. I dont think that happened. not with Bricklink. (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: GERMAN AFOLS ROCK!!!
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(...) Seriously! Just amazing stuff! Stunning. Calum (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: My first train7 project
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(...) Thanks-- I'm enjoying building this stuff. It really makes you thinking how things are put together--how a building looks if you cut it in half. (...) Given the cost of lights, yeah. It's fun to go all Lego, but even when Lego itself realizes (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Manhattan's Engine 14
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As usual, great work from mr. Lopes. For the rest of us NYC nerds, this firehouse is actually on 18th street, 1 block north and a hundred odd feet west of union square. A good photo of the actual firehouse is here: (URL) funny thing is that I've (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: My first train7 project
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(...) Ya I know, I still regularly read Lugnet but my post are realy rare now. (...) I thought that you mean that white led were too bluish. Find a better shop :-). Have you tried to bring a 9V battery (with a 1KOhm resistor) to test the led in (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The difference between hobbyists and collectors...
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(...) Well, hoarding is fine, Chris loses the opportunity of using that money for something else, or the bricks for something else. (...) It also can't be taken as a loss to the community--come on Dave, Chris paid for it fair and square. These (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Blacktron from the Big Easy
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This is what can happen when a cajun Blacktron operative acquires a space scooter (set 885), and he beefs it up. He's ready to drop in for Mardi Gras and binge on all those wonderful beignets, crawfish et tu fe and really stiff drinks. -best, Wolf (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Re: The difference between hobbyists and collectors...
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(...) Which leads to another point. I've read some messages in this thread where people has labeled sellers with various negative labels. But in marketplaces like eBay, buyers have the power - it's often bidding wars that run prices up to ridiculous (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: The difference between hobbyists and collectors...
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(...) Again, if someone gets the 400 dollars for an old set--hey, all teh power to him. However, my personal opinion--jackass. As you say--it's not a matter of 'right or wrong' or morals, because it is, indeed, a matter of opinion. My opinion is (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: My first train7 project
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(...) Whoa, a blast from the past! Hi Martin! We did experiment with the "blue" lights, red ones and yellows, with both yellow trans and light blue trans domes. By far the blues are MUCH more directional (or "point source" maybe a better way to (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Space Sets!
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(...) Yeah, I definitely agree with the opinion that a return to exploration-based space sets would be cool. Should have been something like "Mars Mission 2025", pehaps with a modular interplanetary vessel (big set), maybe some robot support (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Feast on something OTHER than X-mas turkey
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(...) Well, I was ready to send an update on Friday...but SOMEONE left the DNS to expire. So I didn't bother. Then I saw your note this morning...and in response I updated the website an hour later. Do you really want me to put out a square bracket (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: My first train7 project
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote: <snip> (...) light? That would do like TV,LCD, plasma. Adjusting the power for each led migth be tricky to have white ligth and not kind of reddish or greenish ligth. (...) Martin (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | {January Dinner!!!} January 12th at 7 p.m.
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January 12th, 2007--7 p.m. Swiss Chalet 5487 Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario At which point in the 'verse we'll discuss ignoring Chris's posts and steal his ideas to make these kinda posts! Also at which point in time and space Calum'll probably (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: What's the difference?
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Hello All, Nice and correct description, Luis. A range changer would have a ratio of 1:4 in this example. (16z/16z and 32z/8z) A Splitter would have a ratio of 1: 1.25. (16z/16z and 16z/12z) Hmm, these ratios are a little bit hard to build though... (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Feast on something OTHER than X-mas turkey
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(...) HELLO!!!!!! can I have an A M E N !!! anyone? buler? buler? (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: French America - was something about trains... Re: My first train7 project
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(...) ya, unripe GREEN cantaloupe. chris (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: French America - was something about trains... Re: My first train7 project
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(...) sorry, I meant Detroit Minnesota( (URL) ), not that suburb of Windsor Canada. (aka Detroit, Michigan (1) ) Chris 1. Ahh michigan. a GREAT place to send Toronto Garbage.(2) 2. (URL) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: French America - was something about trains... Re: My first train7 project
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(...) I thought I was the only one who ever noticed that the SECOND those armed boarder gaurdes saw my taail pipe, that even the sky seems more hazzy, and the streetsigns more dim. meh. Chris (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: New Space Sets!
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(...) The dropship looks good, I'll need to reserve final judgment on the rest until seeing better pictures. As others have said, I'd hoped for a more "exploration" based theme, rather than more space-fantasy conflict. But at least it's space. Kelly (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: The difference between hobbyists and collectors...
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(...) it dont matter one hoot wheater it is right, or moral or good or whatever. it is what it IS!! technicaly, that MISB supercar is just some plastic. those structured carbon molocules are just really really HARD but nicely cut diamonds. their (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Drive types
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(...) NXC is something like NQC and it is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms. While NXC is not yet complete, it is very functional with a large API for the NXT. Not eXactly C (NXC) is currently available in the form of NBC beta 20. (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New Space Sets!
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(...) Looks like a rehash of the Life On Mars sets. How disappointing. :-( Jeff (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | ReMix of LEGO NXT Starter Robot
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Hi All, I've just posted an entry on my blog (URL) on a ReMix project using the LEGO NXT Starter Robot kit. I'm creating a PoC (Proof Of Concept) bot that can measure distances using a "STRAIT LINE" eRolling Tape. To see the PoC "Measurebot!" device (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: The difference between hobbyists and collectors...
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(...) I guess in this particular instance it's worth what somebody would pay for it. Being someone who's sold a single LEGO piece for two grand, I can see both sides of this. Like you, I wouldn't pay $400 for a set I could easily build from my own (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: third generation rock crawler
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(...) At this point, there really aren't limits on LEGO parts. Bryan hasn't posted (publicly) about his robot, but I think he's using the controller from the RC buggy for his, along with four motors. Both John and I have robots that look very much (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Borgbyggare?
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Gott nytt år legovänner! Har någon på detta forum ett grepp om hur stort borgbyggandet är i Sverige, och om det förekommer utställningar, länksamlingar, e-postlistor och annat brobyggande? Hälsar Krister J. (URL) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: third generation rock crawler
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(...) I've now found that as long as I go to my junk mail folder, I can usually find the "authorize post" email. Weird, about 1 time in 5 it gets into my normal inbox, and the rest of the time it ends up sorted into "junk". (...) Yeah, I can see (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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Hi It's been AGES since I posted anything here. I've searched but can't find info on the following questions: Can I post the entire .dat as part of (at the end of) my message or should I just post a link to where the file is located? (I see there's (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2007 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) I really appreciate being nominated, but I anticipate having no extra free time this year. I'm really trying to get some animations out with the free time I currently have, and I already missed Christmas the deadline for my last one. :( Thanks (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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I was surprised to find that two LEGO Education Resource Sets (#9648) I recently purchased came with a redesigned version of the LEGO dart part (see the lower image in the brickshelf link). Although the same set purchased a few months earlier came (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: French America - was something about trains... Re: My first train7 project
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(...) I hear the new US $10 is coloured now... Kind of a cantaloupe shade. -Rob A> (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) When I saw the tile at the junction between the wall and the sealing, I suspected that it was upside down. (...) creative solution for a your application. (...) Too bad the white isn't white. (...) Thanks for the details, I'll save this part (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The difference between hobbyists and collectors...
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(...) Except that AFOL's are a tiny percentage of their consumers and of those, "collectors" are merely a small percentage. Therefore if they really wanted to keep 99% of their consumers happy they would try to limit the actions of collectors - such (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés dimanche 7 janvier 2007]
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jours. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** Réf. 7945 - La caserne des pompiers 2007 ** par (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: French America - was something about trains... Re: My first train7 project
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(...) That was southern Ohio. In Michigan on Thanksgiving, the turkeys are frozen by the time they hit the tarmac. It's more like bowling balls being thrown from helicopters (but the still make nice potholes). (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, keeping your consumers somewhat happy, and promoting your public image, can sometimes be a very good way to run a business. As to the collector end of things (i.e., hoarding a commodity to control the market, then making a profit off (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I thought it was nonsense when LEGO had to offer to buy back some of the Maersk container ships when they were able to produce a second run of them. "Collectibles" are a gamble and the "dealers" lost. So sad, thanks for playing. Catering to (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: GERMAN AFOLS ROCK!!!
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(...) Looks like (URL) Andreas Opperman>. And in response to John's first statement I have to agree. Going to 1000steine land last year was amazing and it looks like Frechen may be even better. I'm really regretting deciding not to go now :( Tim (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I'd like to see some close ups of these (URL) bits. Does anyone know who made them? Chris (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: French America - was something about trains... Re: My first train7 project
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(...) You must drive past a different Detroit than the one I'm thinking of... Steve (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'll send you the serial number bricks--I have a few sets of 'em. All the other bricks you probably already have. Dave K (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I have a few in red if you want 'em (...) And that's what separates the fan from the fanatic. A LEGO piece produced cira 1972 is technically different from one produced in 2007. Yet, for the hobbyist, they do exactly the same job and in (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Warsaw Tram Lw #541
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(...) It does stress the clip but I have enough not to worry about breaking a couple ;) Those connections are just too useful to not abuse them :) The doors... ummm yeah... they open... sort of... not Tim (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It's funny. My mother-in-law has a Galaxy Explorer that belonged to my wife. She lets my sons play with the pieces, when they visit. She even has the box & instructions. I'd love to buy it from her, just to have it, but she won't give it up. I (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Exoforce meets Steampunk...Into SteamForce!!
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I appreciate you sharing this. It takes a favorite set and gives it that fun, chunky steampunk look. Personally, the robots should have 2x2 domes for bodies. (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: French America - was something about trains... Re: My first train7 project
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(...) "They're hitting the ground like bags of wet cement!!!" Dave K (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: The difference between hobbyists and collectors...
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(...) I never had that gate. I REALLY wanted that gate as a kid. Oh wait...I do...I have a Metroliner. I think it's in white. (...) Well, some people want collectable stuff. It's a complete set. There's something to be said for a set of, a (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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