 | | Re: LEGO® Group The world’s most reputable company of 2007
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(...) Neat! (...) I like how by "complete" they mean "1/3 of the total". DaveE (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGO® Group The world’s most reputable company of 2007
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LEGO® is No.1 of 600 companies for 2007 May 23, 2007 Fobes.com By Tara Weiss The world’s most reputable companies: These business have products consumers want — and their trust (URL) With all the bad news recently about corporate scandals you might (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | The return of floating boats!
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When I was a kid I never got any of the LEGO town sets that had floating boats, but now LEGO has new ones! (URL) third one has been out for a while, but it's not quite the same thing) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Tread part and use in MLCAD
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(...) Have you tried LSynth? If I recall, it supports this part. Maybe kevin can chime in help you out. -Orion (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Torre Eifell 10181
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(...) E' tutto vero. Se ne è già parlato sul forum (URL) ci si riferiva ad un numero differente (10178). O il numero è stato cambiato o non era corretto sin dall'inizio. Fino al secondo modulo, la tecnica costruttiva ci sta. Per l'apice della torre, (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: OT: Robotic group, or Closet Pirate Fans???
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(...) Good to hear that you are doing better Chris.. Here is something to cheer you up... (URL) VW (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: Rude Golberg-maskiner
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No takers huh? :P (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Lego Servo's
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(...) About the only thing I could suggest is buying regular speed controllers. You should be able to get some electronic ones that can plug right into the receiver. Steve (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Någon som vill hjälpa LEGO mappa SweLUG?
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Hoj! Fick följande mail, om någon har aktuell koll på det här kanske ni kan svara direkt till jan [snabel-a] lego [prick] com? "Dear all, I got your e-mail addresses from Melody Krützfeldt from Brick Journal. My name is Jan Beyer and I am the (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Tread part and use in MLCAD
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Hello, I have visited this topic a few times without much progress, but perhaps I am simply missing some key information. I have the need to use this tread part: (URL) to be x203) I recall it took a while to find it (I think because there was only a (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Torre Eifell 10181
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a me invece pare molto bella... sarebbe interessante avesse qualche led luminoso sulla punta o ai lati... ciao, Matteo. (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: OT: Robotic group, or Closet Pirate Fans???
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(...) Oh, come on. What kind of self-respecting pirate would be caught dead wearing both a belt and suspenders at the same time? Seriously, what's up with that? I've only known a few people in my life who wear suspenders at all, not counting their (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: Looking forward eagerly to Mars Mission!
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(...) Well, shoot. I realized later that the logo is a variation on the original CS logo. The ship looks more realistic, but it's odd that they'd tease older fans that way. (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Custom Logo on Minifig
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(...) If you want it right on an actual physical minifig, Tommy Armstrong can take care of that for you: (URL) sure how you'd go about doing it digitally, though. (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Peeron Inventory Corrections
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May 23 6419-1: Rolling Acres Ranch 3004 White Brick 1x2 should be 13 not 12 4073 Black Plate 1x1 round should be 5 not 4 4073 TrYellow Plate 1x1 Round should be 15 not 14 3070b White Tile 1x1 with Groove should be 3 not 2 8042-1: Universal Pneumatic (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.inv)
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| | Brickworld Supporting LEGO - Round 2
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<<https://registrati...Logo.png>> Brickworld Founder Adam Tucker and PR Coordinator Brittny Dziadula spent last weekend supporting LEGO Master Builder at the LEGO Store in downtown Chicago, IL. The goal? To build an 8 foot tall Bataman sculpture. As (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Side forklift
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Hi Eric, (...) I'll try to upload detailed pictures of the MOC in the next days. thanks for your feedback! Step (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Weber County Scout Jamborall
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(...) Mostly I am just bursting with pride that THE Jonathan Lopes had nice things to say about our layout. I aspire to eventually be able to build as well as he does. Spencer (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.org.us.ulug, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | OT: Robotic group, or Closet Pirate Fans???
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Is rtl really a Robotic Group or does it covet closet "Pirate Fans"... You decide. I think the picture speaks for itself. (URL) Arrrgh! (Okay truth be told, Im only posting this compromising pic of Chris, because I know he has been offline for the (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: Side forklift
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Hey cool. I see the way you used the worm box. Interesting technique! At first I wondered how you used the upper chain links. I thought one end was secured, and, through a sort of "pully" action, raised the forks. Now I see. I wonder what other (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Weber County Scout Jamborall
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(...) Spencer and Isaac have gone to great lengths to successfully incorporate the monorails into the layout. (...) We have received a lot of positive feed back over the telephone poles. People really notice those. Being on the edge of the layout (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.org.us.ulug, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Torre Eifell 10181
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(URL) che non sia una bufala, la trovo un po' deludente... pensavo a qualche cosa con i technic.... mah ciao Cristian (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Module idea for new layout section
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(...) Hey, you'll save a lot of money if you only pay to have Ross come-- I'm dead weight! (maybe good for a laugh or two:-) (...) PFFF...FFFTTTTT! ===...=== (wiping off monitor) You crack me up, Jonathan! :-) JOHN (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Cathedral Arts Festival 2007
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(...) I always love doing my part. Though it is a small mention amoung many articles. Source: (URL) Current> "Like one of Calder's famous mobiles, Francoeur's "Eye" slowly sways and rotates with the air currents in the building, as visitors also (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.nj, FTX)
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| | Re: Module idea for new layout section
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(...) Same here. I can put two or more plastic bricks together, but this is way over my head, along with any solution I am sure. I am quite thinking I'll be flying the Neal posse to NYC to (help me) set up mine. (...) Absolutely. Thanks very much, (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Custom Logo on Minifig
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I am planning on giving a Lego related talk and wanted to create a minifig with conferences logo printed on the torso. Is there any easy way to do this? I've tried using the BMP2LDraw utility to convert the logo to LDraw format but it errors out (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Module idea for new layout section
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(...) Aha, well, that looks very nice. Ross' approach was always assuming non-modification, using the RCX and available sensors. He might even use our new NXT if it helps him any over using the RCX. I don't pretend to understand all of this, but (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | OT: Another time waster
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(URL) fun! -Rob A> (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: New Sets in Retail Stores
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(...) Yes, Yes and Yes The ToysRUs in Hamilton Ontario, had A few of each line in stock.. They only had the container ship for the town line. They had 3 of the Mission mars sets, and about the same amount of castle sets. Jeff VW (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Contenitore IKEA antonius
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(...) E dimmi: la vaschetta si riga facilmente? (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Module idea for new layout section
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(...) This is how mine works. The controller uses a motor-driven polarity switch and runs off the same controller power as the train. (2 URLs) Click> I modified the track to fit a diode. You could do it without too much modification though: put a (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | "Forbidden LEGO" by Ulrik Pilegaard and Mike Dooley from No Starch Press
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Forbidden LEGO Build the Models Your Parents Warned You Against by Ulrik Pilegaard and Mike Dooley. ISBN-10: 1593271379, ISBN-13: 978-1593271374 Publisher: No Starch Press (URL) $24.95, Paperback, 192 pages. to be published July 15, 2007 (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.books, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Legofest di Ballabio: aggiornamenti vari
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1) Patrocinio Oltre al patrocinio della Provincia di Lecco, quest'anno abbiamo anche il patrocinio della Comunità Montana del Lario Orientale (di cui fa parte il comune di Ballabio). A breve la home page del sito sarà aggiornata con il relativo (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Looking forward eagerly to Mars Mission!
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(...) The instructions are now available from lego.com via my instructions cross-reference: (URL) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Looking forward eagerly to Mars Mission!
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(...) I just found all seven sets in the greater Detroit area today and picked up the smallest Martian set. There are several recent canopies in the new trans-orange (as compared to the misnamed flourescent trans-orange of old): 41883, Jedi (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.space)
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| | Lego Servo's
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I am looking for a way to use my 2 channel RC Radio/receiver with Lego Motors I am building a tank and think it would be much easier to control this way does anyone know how to control lego motors with a receiver? I dont want to get into RCS or (...) (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| | RE: determine the degree of turning by using ultrasonic sensor
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Ok... I wrap every sequence of motion control with mutex. I created a movement macro which basically just wrap the command(s) around with acquire and release. By the way, would someone tells me how I'll find out how the mutex datatype implemented. (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | RE: determine the degree of turning by using ultrasonic sensor
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Found it... RotateMotor(OUT_C, 100, turn); x = MotorRotationCount(OUT_C); --E -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...ugnet.com] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Mabrey Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 12:57 PM To: (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | User "Sheep" on Brickshelf
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Does anyone know who "Sheep" is on brickshelf? I would like to get in contact with him. Any help is appreciated. Thanks! Bob K (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Clamp for rear edge of curved canopy
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(...) I don't know when I'll find this useful... but I'm pretty sure it will happen. Thanks for sharing. Tim (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Re: wrong e-mail addresses
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(...) In what capacity are you looking to contact them? These days, there's a very wide variety of ways to contact Lego-- I dunno if they would have a "general contact" e-mail address. I guess one way of going about it would be to e-mail Steve Witt (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: 3 New Mecha
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Well done, Jon. Like all of your Mecha those seem to really be playable. That's a thing I don't reach often. Build on, and keep 'em (URL) Marco> (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Clamp for rear edge of curved canopy
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I don't know if this really counts as "SNOT," but I was playing around the other night and came up with this technique for gripping the rear edge of the curved 30384 canopies: (URL) It's not an absolutely flush fit, but it's close enough for (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Age range for parts ?
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TLC labels sets (at least in the USA) with a suggested range of ages. This is likely derived from the sizes/complexity of various parts used in the set. It may also have to do with the difficulty in assembling the set. Is there a list anywhere than (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | wrong e-mail addresses
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In August 2004, I asked for an e-mail address to contact TLC. I asked this in LegoLand Billund (the parks weren't sold at the time). The e-mail address didn't work. Last month, I was back in Billund. I mentioned this and asked for a new e-mail (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Peeron Inventory corrections
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May 22 6765-1: Gold City Junction inventory is correct 8856-1: Whirlwind Rescue 4073 TRGreen Plate 1x1 round should be 3 not 1 4073 TrRed Plate 1x1 round should be 3 not 1 4265a OldGray Technic Bush 1/2 Type 1 should be 46 not 45 8839-1: Supply Ship (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.inv)
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| | Re: For Calum
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(...) Oh, I'm fine.... it's just irritating. The car's in a non drivable state. :( Calum PS-Glad I took my NXT out of the trunk the day before. They didn't want the CRJ model that was in there...nor my old BrickFest badges. :) But they did help (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | determine the degree of turning by using ultrasonic sensor
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Is it quick way to determining the # of degree or some value which will help to calculate the distance travelled. more or less like the x= rotation-click.. Is it a way to read how much the motor has turned from a certain point. - Reset motor/sensor (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: New Technic Ferrari?
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(...) yay, CV joints are back! ....pleasebeonlegofactory pleasebeonlegofactory.... --Peter (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: For Calum
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(...) Oh that blows! You okay? Dave K (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: For Calum
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(...) Thanks Dave! Hondas are so popular apparently they're prime targets for having your airbags stolen out of your car. Which is apparently what happened to my car this weekend. Calum (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | New Sets in Retail Stores
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Just wondering if anybody has seen the new sets (Life on Mars, Castle, Town) in Canadian stores yet? If so where? Thanks, Jude (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: 3 New Mecha
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(...) Hey Jon, (...) Oooh, I like them. I like the look of the forearms. They seem Exo-force-ish™ (lol), That is not a bad thing. A good cross between FASA designs and your own creation. I was wondering, I guess you rely on the sole rotaional (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Pallet Truck
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Hey that is great! Awesome pictures! Love the lift/gif. Having used these machines in the past it was a kick to see one modeled in Lego. Good use of stud less for sure! Thanks for sharing. Eric Sophie (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Side forklift
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Hi all, it seems that the Spring brings new life in the technic elevator-field. So, beside making my compliments to Peer Kreuger for his beautiful pallet lifter, I just wanted to show my latest attemp to build a side forklift, which is not the (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés lundi 21 mai 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 ---...--- ** Résumé de La ville du Bois 2005 ** par Denis (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: Looking forward eagerly to Mars Mission!
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I think the sets are crappier than Life On Mars, especially the Martians and those orange transport thingos. The minifigs are great though. (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.space)
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| | Looking forward eagerly to Mars Mission!
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Hey Spaceheads, After looking at the high-res pics in the latest e-mail, I have to say I'm much happier. Mostly white and black, some intriguing new pieces such as the quarter circle brick, and corridor panels in new trans-orange! Still can't tell (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.space)
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| | Sale: Muaka & Kane-ra, Power Puller, R2-D2, Racers
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Sale at BrickQuest! (URL) Muaka & Kane-ra, on sale, 20% off. Regularly $75, on sale for $60. 8457 Power Puller, on sale, 10% off. Regularly $160, on sale for $144. 8009 R2-D2, on sale, 20% off. Regularly $25, on sale for $20. All Racers, 10% off. (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Introduction of LEJOS OSEK
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Hello everyone and special thanks to LEJOS developers, I would like to introduce a new project that is standing on the shoulders of giants. LEJOS OSEK (URL) is an open source firmware for LEGO Mindstorms NXT. LEJOS OSEK consists of I/O driver of (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXC - embedded functions failed
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(...) I think having NXC generate a compiler error is a great idea. :-) I will work that into the next beta release (b30). I just released beta 29 today. It has a number of important fixes and enhancements but I just noticed that it has a few new (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: A car a crane and a laughin lothario
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(...) Tim, I was just drooling over a Kubota mini-digger the other day. Walking the girlfriend to work, and there was this little digger parked by the park... I want one. Not a Lego one, a real one. I'd build sand castles and stuff. Highlighted with (...) (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: New Technic Ferrari?
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This set is now avaialble in Europe at selected stores. I have a few. I can't wait to start building. There is also one on eBay (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Finally Lego ® 8145 Ferrari 599GTB available-
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Check out this auction. First european sets available in North America: (URL) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | RE: NXC - embedded functions failed
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Hi John, Will throwing in a compilation error be a viable option? --Elizabeth -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...ugnet.com] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Mabrey Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 1:19 PM To: (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: pbLua PCF8574 SOLVED !
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(...) Let me say thanks to Dick as well. I think that the NXT firmware does what's called a repeat start in the I2C definition... Here's the part in the I2C spec that is required: (URL) And with pictures: (URL) Hope this helps... Ralph (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: Who Does Lego Like the Most?
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(...) That is me. I can tell you why I applied for the program and why I decided to quit after 2 cycles: I applied because I had one good reason. I wanted to let TLC know how unfair some European AFOLs feel about not having the option to use (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | Re: pbLua PCF8574 SOLVED !
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(...) Hi Dick, your answer solves my knot :D It's a NXT specific behaviour and all alternatives NXT-OSes which uses original Lego-Source-Lowlevel routines have this feature ? Thanks for your answer Bye Christian (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: Pallet Truck
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(...) I love this. Looks good, works, nicely photographed. Excellent. Tim (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: A car a crane and a laughin lothario
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(...) I am really liking this 5 wide van. I just love to look of the dk gray headlight bricks on their backs with the bleu-cheese slopes on them. It creates a cool grill look. Very nice. Best, Jonathan (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | RE: pbLua PCF8574 SOLVED ?
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(...) This is the excepted behavior. When you want to read from I2C device, the NXT firmware first sends a write message to load the internal index "pointer" for the I2C device and then sends a read message that will read the requested number of (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: A car a crane and a laughin lothario
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(...) This one is just too cute! I like how you used the screwdrivers to represent the hydraulics that move the digger arm. The shaft and handle makes a nice representation and seems to fit in scale very nicely. This is a much better use of a (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Dark Red bricks at Northbrook mall LEGO store
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Hi all, I just wanted to let everyone know that there is Dark Red at the LEGO Store in Northbrook Mall in Illinois. -2x2 bricks -2x3 bricks -1x4 tiles -8x2 45 degree slopes Later, Karl (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | peeron inventory correction
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8855-1: Prop Plane 3710 yellow plate 1x4 should be 18 not 16 4459 Black Technic Pin with Friction and not slots should be 63 not 62 (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.inv)
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| | Peeron inventory corrections
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May 21 307-2: VW Auto Showroom missing are the two windows white, 27b Hard to tell on the rest of the inventory. I do know that the cars varied from set to set after the inital offering. 309-2: Church impossible to say from the directions on box (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.inv)
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| | Re: pbLua PCF8574 SOLVED ?
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(...) Hi, or was it a quirk at my brain to address the i2c-read-address and hope to receive usefull data ? Currently it works for me when using allways the i2c-write address... Are the any demos or samples for NXC, using the PCF8574 ? 1. setting (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: 3 New Mecha
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(...) Hmmmm not sure how I managed that typo on the greeting.... Should have read Hello all LoL -Jon (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Articles on ldraw.org out of date - I can help
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(...) I think Curiously should be replaced with "Distressingly" or something similar. The official MPD tutorial on ldraw.org is telling people to do something that completely violates the MPD spec. If you follow those instructions, you'll end up (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | A car a crane and a laughin lothario
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Japanese delivery van with mascot (2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> Kubota K800 mini digger (2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> Laughing Lothario (2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> Hi all, I've been buildy the last couple of days so you get a three-in-one post. The van is (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Re: Module idea for new layout section
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(...) It sounds like a simple thing, but doing it is another thing entirely. Our solution at the NMRA wasn't ideal by any metric, and our ping-ponging effect at our last show was even more of a bust (different solution). Ross will be working on (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Module idea for new layout section
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(...) Thanks, John. Yes, I had the ping-pong scenario in mind for the surface trolley (at least) and was going to check out how you and Ross did it at NMRA. As for the subway, hmmm, we'll talk more the Detroit. The wheels are turning in my head. (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Weber County Scout Jamborall
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(...) Excellent stuff! I think the monorail looks really cool here. I find that lots of times, though I am sure crowds like monorails, they look out of place on many layouts. Not here though IMO. Little details like the telephone poles along the (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.org.us.ulug, FTX)
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| | Re: Weber County Scout Jamborall
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I especially liked the skyscraper ;) it was over 5 feet tall! I noticed a cafe corner in the layout from the pictures that I didn't even see when I was there. one time I saw a comment that the cafe corner would dominate more simple buildings that (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.org.us.ulug, FTX)
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| | Re: Module idea for new layout section
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(...) This is exciting news, Jonathan, and reminds me of how the TCLTC layout got started-- section by section. I have only one suggestion to throw out to you for consideration-- how about building up 17 1/3 studs and putting in a ping-ponging (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Weber County Scout Jamborall
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To all, ULUG participated in a weekend Scout Jamborall in Weber County. The show was a great success but incredibly exhausting and short. 7 of us, as everyone knows who goes to train shows, spent 10 hours setting up and two hour taking down for a 6 (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.ulug, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Articles on ldraw.org out of date - I can help
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(...) Curiously enough, the tutorial cited ((URL)) recommends making the first submodel an empty model in order to "help in speeding up the upload time" for large models. I think it's interesting that MPD is still often presented as an extension to (...) (19 years ago, 19-May-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: NXC - embedded functions failed
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(...) This is definitely a problem in NXC. The problem is that the value of arg "a" (33) to the function Max is being replaced during the second call to Max since it passes 5 into arg "a". It looks like I need to figure out a decent way to implement (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Module idea for new layout section
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Hello! I have decided to add a 16'(or possibly 18') x 2' section to my current layout. It will be along one of the walls in my layout room. This unfortunately means I have to move my current layout tables over appx 8" to give me enough space to walk (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Who has made LDD truck/bogie designs?
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With 5 sets of weels for a UP Bigboy I did this: (URL) Main Gallery: (URL) L. Andrew Reynolds, GtwLUG (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | 3 New Mecha
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Hehowerverllo all, In the last few weeks I finally had some time to build again. I built three mecha along a similar design base. Two of them are variants of the same design, while the third is bigger and has more structural changes. The first two (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: Who has made LDD truck/bogie designs?
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(...) Here is another truck design (URL) truck design is a bit longer than a standard truck, which makes it more suitable for passenger cars. The design of the rungs also makes this truck more suitable for 8-stud wide trains. Note that because of (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Contenitore IKEA antonius
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Io li ho presi quasi due anni fa e li uso per i plate.Una vaschetta per ogni colore. Mi trovo molto bene anche perchè li posso spostare comodamente. nella prima delle due vaschette piccole ho messo i 3x1 e gli 1x1 mentre nella seconda i 2x1 e i 4x1. (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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(...) L'ho visto anch'io all'Ikea e a me non sembrava così buono... i bordi inclinati delle vaschette in particolare. Poi lo spazio tra le vashette, i bordi esterni troppo ampi... insomma, a me pare proprio fatta apposta per NON metterci i Lego :-) (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Concertina wagon... and a whole lot of SNOT
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(...) -- SNIP -- (...) Thanks. I've got to try that now. Also, thanks to the other Tim for the explanation and pics for the concertina wagon. -Paul (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Re: pbLua PCF8574 SOLVED
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(...) Hi, we solved the problem... Lego-Firmware has own brain and handle read/write with own mechanisms ;-( The last read/write bit is handled automatically by lowlevel routines. Reading the same address like writing solves the problem. (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Early Bird Registration for NWBrickCon 2007 Closes on Tuesday
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Register now at (URL) you have until September to register, but registering now saves you money---and you can cross it off your "todo" list right away! Early Bird Registration offers all the benefits of Advance Registration with the added benefit (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Re: Brickmania Building Instructions DVD
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(...) Some folks have been asking me if this is legit and I just wanted to stop by and say it is. Thanks to everyone who purchased the original and I'm glad Ahui is making a low-priced reproduction available for those who missed it the first time (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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| | Re: Congratulations Pierre
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Thank you guys for your kind words, and to everyone who had a look at my folder. Steven, you know you also inspired me for some creations (firetrucks, front end loader 2...) and I wish to thank you for that. I'm often inspired by pictures I see on (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Pallet Truck
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(...) Very cool! So much like the real thing, and very elegantly implemented. I like your V-8 engine pallet as well. Any idea how much weight the jack will lift? I would love to put one together to try it out. I think I can figure out most of the (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
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(...) Hmm. That would seem to imply that a 1x3 thin liftarm is, indeed, 3M long. Yes, "M" is defined as the distance between two hole centers, but the length of the piece can be cleanly read off the graph behind it - 3M. (19 years ago, 21-May-07, to lugnet.technic)
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