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Thanks, John. Now I can go pla around with it and figure out how to all the height field stuff. Ryan "If football ended for me right now, I know my life would still have meaning because of the love Jesus Christ has shown me." Mark Brunell ***...*** (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Visit to LEGO Imagination Center; Old KSC LEGO display
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This post reminds me of our trip to LegoLand last Spring. I was with the whole family and my wife was bored within an hour. I am going back in October by myself while my wife spends a day at the hotel by herself. I am taking a digital camera and (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | WTB: Mania Magazines
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I would like to buy Mania magazines from 1996 and earlier and the last two issues from 1998. I am also looking for Brick Kicks magazines and any other old lego magazines and catalogs. If you have to sell or trade, please let me know! -- Have fun! (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: T-16 Skyhopper
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Try here: (URL) about that. I just looked at my history to find the url, forgeting that I couldn't get it at the povray site either. -John Van Scott R Dennett <dennett@agate.net> wrote in message news:199908241055280...ate.net... (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Hello Seattleites, take 2
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Yes, Federal Way. I was actually hoping we could have it sometime after the fair. I have to start getting the kids ready for school and I am blowing through a bunch of lego sales on ebay and have spent most of my free time sorting lego for these (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea)
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| | Re: The shortsighted stupid wastefulness of TLG (was Re: The Ruthlessness of Lego
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Hi, everyone-- Well, after two months, I'm back in the good ol' US of A and (more importantly) able to post. I was unfortunately limited in what I could buy while in the UK and on the Continent because of container space, but I still found some (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I've visited several web sites where I've seen these large, gray studded base plates being used as foundations for some of the immobile robot designs. Where do you get those? I can't find them anywhere... <sob> Thanks -- Did you check the web site (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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Adam, right now, only Name, # of sets, and # of pieces. I am going to do a followup request after September 1 when a lot of people return from vacation/holiday. So far I have about 25 names. I have gotten a lot of pointers on changes to the letters. (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: When should an auction end...
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DANGER Will Robinson! This path, well trod as it is, does not lead to anything new, and is likely to stir up acrimony.... My advice, again, is to review the previous discussion. Different people have different opinions and fixed end time vs. (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(before things get out of hand) ...and I'm well aware of all the counter arguments, and I respect them. (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: 10x20 green baseplates
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Hmmm, Let's see, I have sets 148 (Central Train Station) and 149 (Shell Refinery). They both came out in 1975, and both have the green baseplates with the tubes underneath. That would place the conversion date prior to 1975. I also have a 1970 US (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) As a seller, I'm prefer to know when an auction will end. As a buyer, I bid only what I can afford or what the item is worth to me. If I get beat I can not complain, but I do occasionally laugh. Scott A (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: T-16 Skyhopper
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John, I just get an error message ERROR The requested URL could not be retrieved While trying to retrieve the URL: ftp://ftp.povray.org...tmkr11.zip The following FTP error was encountered: /pub/povray/incoming...mkr11.zip: No such file or directory (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Where'd the HOWTO document go?
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Hi, Where's Luis Villa's HOWTO document? This is the URL I have for it: (URL) that server seems to have disappeared. Anyone know of a new home for this document? Thanks, Jonathan (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: When should an auction end...
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(...) (Taking the bait) My philosophy is that auctions shouldn't have an end. They should close when people stop bidding. Any other approach frustrates both seller and bidders. Steve (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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David, These sound cool, but why did they give the Red Sox minifig a red hat? It should have been blue with the red "B" on the hat. I have not heard about this going on here in Colorado, but that doesn't mean the Rockies haven't done it. I don't (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | SC Suggestions (was: Still bargains on my SC lots (was Re: FA - SC items - 6982 exploriens ...))
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(...) Besides frequency, there's also brevity. For each item I'm watching, I just want to know the current bid & next higher bid and who's the current high bidder (more specific: I want to know if *I* am the current high bidder). I don't care nearly (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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(...) It also has a lot to do with the local gasoline taxes. It amazes me how much gas prices change when I cross state lines. Once I actually turned around and headed back across the border to fill up because of the difference in price (hint: if (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: T-16 Skyhopper
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Bram Lambrecht <BramL@JUNO.com> wrote in message news:FGyA0F.L8A@lugnet.com... (...) Yes, it's a height field generated by Terrain Maker, which can be found at the bottom of: (URL) is really a great little DOS program for generating and modifying (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: lego sweeper
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Apparently, its set #1666. I did not know the number, but I did get one in a bulk purchase of Legos. Since I rarely let my Lego touch the floor, I don't have much use for it... Oh, and it did work when I tried it out! It didn't seem to scratch up (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: When should an auction end...
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I think if you root around in this very group you'll find a post or two from Todd on the topic of bid frequency which I think seems to suggest that the most bidding traffic happens on Tuesdays based on his analysis of some of the auctions he ran. (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Set #1601 "Schmidt & Co"
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I saw a set #1601 for sale a while back. At the time, I wondered about it, and asked for info on RTL - and got one reply - I made a post asking for pictures of it, but nobody replied. I do appreciate your post of the description - thanks! Would it (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Baseball mini-figs?
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A friend of mine went to a baseball game in Boston (MA) recently, where they were apparantly giving away Red Sox minifigs. He didn't want it so he gave it to me. Has anyone heard about this going on anywhere else? Is this a promotion with (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego from Italy
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Mario, Thank you for your offer it is very generous. I have allready sent you a request for some World Cup sets if they can still be found. NELUG, This is a very generous offer from Mario and I know many of us will want to take advantage of it. We (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: T-16 Skyhopper
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(...) cool, cool, cool, John! (...) i can definitely relate to the frustration of kids getting a hold of a model. i live in constant fear with projects until i get them safely recorded in ldraw. keep up your most excellent work with those star wars (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Fire Engine MOC
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(...) Yes, it rotates and elevates. Too bad LEGO doesn't make a hinge that depresses as well, as it wouldn't hurt to be able to depress a few degrees to handle car and trash fires. (...) back... (...) No, they're a single set, but I'll play around (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Droid Developer Kit at Toys R Us?
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Stephen <slr@westwood.u-net.com> wrote in message news:FGxJCy.2rJ@lugnet.com... (...) search (...) They (...) What a bummer :-) WHS are quoting release on 27th August, so perhaps you were a week early. Get thee over to Bluewater in the meantime... (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Bluewater
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(...) I don't think so. Huw (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: All-LEGO stepper motor
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Duh. I messed up my own web page: (URL)-Andy Lynch (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: All-LEGO stepper motor
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Greetings... I have been a lurker for a few weeks now, but I feel compelled to drop a note in here. I am amazed at the complexities that some of you are able to build into your constructions. Case in point is this Lego stepper motor. Robert, this is (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Lego from Italy
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Hello NELUG, I'm dropping you these few lines just to say that I'll be at the MindFest. As I'm from Italy, I thought this could be a good opportunity for some of you to get some European sets (or discontinued sets still available here) with no (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Which country in Europe?
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The Royal Mail have a 2 Kg Limit. Try www.parcelforce.com (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | Re: Hello Seattleites, take 2
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Hi all, I agree on the tough parking downtown. Where is everybody now? Tom R. - Burien Ectal G. - Downtown Mark R. - Eastside Scott S. - Federal Way? Anybody else? Not sure if I'll be there but I'd like to try. I'm still trying to get ready for the (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea)
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| | When should an auction end...
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Is there any theory on when an auction should end. In terms of hour of day and/or day of week? I've placed counters on some of my ebay pages to monitor the hit rate distribution. Based on this, right now, I tend to avoid weekends and try to have it (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Fire Engine MOC
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1. Does the "deck gun" rotate? 2. The wheels at the back look like they should be a little further back... or perhaps a double set? -- Scott A Edinburgh, Scotland. (URL) (27 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | [MN] More BRICKS Auctions - Space Elements
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In an effort to get some traffic flowing to Mike's site (and save myself some money on eBay posting fees) I've posted a new batch of auctions to the (URL) Auction site. The site is still in Beta, but the only way to find out if it works is to use (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Colonial Viper
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Not as impressive, but if you want to see another Viper MOC, take a look at: (URL) model is under the "Original Creations" link. It is black though, I don't have enough grey parts. And it is roughly technifig scale. Selçuk John VanZwieten wrote in (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: All-LEGO stepper motor
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(...) Robert, I love it! A great contribution, another of your great contributions. Mario (URL) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Set #1601 "Schmidt & Co"
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I´ve got the instructions of set #1601 from 1976, a rather big set, but I never heard about before. Neither it is mentioned in any german catalogs of this time nor could I find a picture or other information on the net. Maybe it is a promotional set (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: lego sweeper
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It's called the Brickvac (set #1666... hmmmm). And it may not work great, but it does work. Most importantly, it's a lot of fun and makes the task of picking up the pieces silly and entertaining. The set came with a fair amount of okayish elements (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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