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Well Larry, if you ever make it to Seattle dinner will be my treat (especially if you bring a Maersk Container set!). You can show me a lot about trains and I'll show you a thing or two about foosball! Scott Smallbeck scotts@contactics.com (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Holobrick vs Real McCoy (was Re: star destroyer?
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(...) Now, couple that with a replicator. :) "Computer, I want 200 2x2x3 corner slopes. Green" :) (...) Or you could load every castle set ever made and make a dozen kingdoms at war! :) (...) No, no, no. Ya got it wrong. Its "Computer: four million (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Holobrick vs Real McCoy (was Re: star destroyer?
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(...) Yeah yeah, we would all be using the Lego holodeck as a waiting room, waiting for our turn in the Porno holodeck........ Gary Istok (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | pirate sets and 2150 train station on ebay
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all sets are unopened (though the train station has one broken box seal) Lego Blocks Train Station #2150 (URL) Pirate Package I This group of sets includes: 6252-Sea Mates 6257-Castaways Raft 6258-Smugglers Shanty 6263-Imperial Outpost 6280-Armada (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: On the Subject of Treads
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Hi John - - I've been using a tracked LEGO 'bot since November as a sensor test-bed without any difficulty (and with out rebuilding the track system) on an almost daily basis. See the Mindstorms Constructopedia pg. 39 for a basic idea. The axles DO (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek.
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(...) I'm no where near as absurdly difficult in real person, as I appear in print (heh-heh). No actually I'm not much different in person than how I appear in print. At least that's how I think I am? I dunno, ask Lar or Scott Sandburn or Mark (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Craig's minifigs
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Craig! Wow, you are truely amazing! Have you ever posted ldraw files for your Alien figure? I am in awe. Peter (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | House with porch [DAT]
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I was bored over the weekend, so I decided to design a house. I was inspired to do this since I only have two extra black 3x3 corner slopes. Let me know what you think! Jeff 0 House with Porch 0 Name: house.dat 0 Author: Jeff "Auld Dragon" Stembel, (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Holobrick vs Real McCoy (was Re: star destroyer?
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(...) Man, that would be great!!! You could build any set even if you didn't have all the pieces you need, because the holodeck could create any pieces that you're missing! Wanna play with the original yellow castle for a while? "Computer: Load LEGO (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: On the Subject of Treads
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(...) I have never tried this, but maybe you could build a frame around the tank tread so that the tread doesn't work itself off the wheel. You could run two technic beams along the side of the tread so that it doesn't shift from side to side. It's (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: CATALOGS AUCTION
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Hi Rene I'm possibly interested in a lot of those lots - it's really great to see someone selling some catalogues - however you've missed off some information. What country are you based in - in other words what country are we paying shipping from, (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | On the Subject of Treads
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I note with interest, the discussion relating to using treads for building a climber. I have a preliminary question before going further with a technically challenging problem like this. Has any one used treads to make a simple crawler that really (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Holobrick vs Real McCoy (was Re: star destroyer?
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(...) Wow. What a concept! I can see Riker and Data walking around Billund, Riker beaming over his Town Jr. set, and Data carring his minifig-scale Great Wall of China with one arm... How is playing with Lego on the holodeck less real than playing (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Tesco's are selling those bisuits...
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On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 08:51:32 GMT, Scott-A uttered the following profundities... (...) Another example how our shops are legally entitled to rip us off? (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek.
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(...) We're talking about *Larry Pieniazek*, right? <ducks slow right, runs> (...) I hope he didn't sucker you into playing Foosball. Crafty one, he is;-) (...) I remember the first time I met him as well. Quite different than "knowing" him from (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Globe on Legoland
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(...) My wife wondered for a moment why there was a computer graphic of an elephant on the front of the Travel section, but thought no more of it. This morning I picked up the Travel section and wondered why there was a computer graphic of an (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Lego man
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(...) I've gotten looks, but from other customers rather than employees. Usually I use it as an opportunity to tell them about the hobby and the community, or to answer some quesitons they have about the product. But there is NO REASON to be ashamed (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 35 lots of misc. items on Ebay endng WED 09/01
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Hi, Please see my items currently for auction on Ebay by visiting: (URL) close on Wed between 9:30 and 12:30 PDT. Many lots are still with no bids or runnig at 0.99. These are the items available: 5 LEGO Tow Cranes with hooks 20 LEGO lt-gray round (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | An evening with Larry Pieniazek.
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Larry Pieniazek was in the Detroit metro area yesterday, and stopped by for the evening. After reading all of his posts, as well as the flamage going his way, I didn't know what to expect. Well, he was quite unlike that tough exterior that he shows (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Holobrick vs Real McCoy (was Re: star destroyer?
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lol Sproat, consider this: Would it be less satisfying to play with Lego in the Holodeck than in real life? Is there something to actually possessing the material brick? An interesting question which for me actually has its roots in ldraw. I don't (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | 6575?
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Hello, I've been away from this group for a few months now and all my software is most certainly outdated (LDraw and stuff), although I have all of it working in perfect order. I only need to draw I quick LDraw pic of a robotics mechanism (for the (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Climbing robot?
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(...) I'm not sure if the Lego system can exert enough pressure on a tread structure to allow this to work, since it would need to be in the sweet spot between to little to grip and too much to roll. Still, it is something to experiment with. And it (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego man
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Adam, Hey, I understand that all too well. I was 17 at the time, my last year of high school, and I went to Meijer: (URL) plug in for my second job! :) ) and bought the 6399, Airport Shuttle. I worked 40 hours, (A no-no to child labor laws, but we (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: star destroyer?
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(...) Ah yes, that's right. That would allow for enough room to fit my minifig scale super star destroyer! Dave (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | State Fair
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Did anyone else see the Duplo model at the State Fair? It's a giraffe, about 5 feet tall... (Okay, if you want to know where it is, it's between the Horticulture building and the International Bazaar.) :-) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: star destroyer?
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(...) Well, if *I* were Emperor, I'd need that space just to fit my Lego collection. Well, it wouldn't all be for Lego, but I would need a logistics base for the Lego-bearers, modelling slave droids, collection administrators, piece acquisition (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: T-16 Skyhopper
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(...) I built the B-Wing too. What piece did you use from the droid fighter? (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.starwars)
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| | FA (Bricks): 81 Yellow Technic pieces
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Trying out an auction on Mike Stanley's BRICKS site and it's going verrrry slowly: only 1 day 13 hrs to go and the bidding sits at 5.99 - that's very cheap for 81 Technic parts! Check out the lot at: (URL) have several thousand more Technic pieces (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: meeting
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(...) Tuesday works for me, and 8:00 is also fine by me. Frank (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | Re: star destroyer?
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(...) Well, here in America bigger *is* better, and so I guess Lucas naturally fell into that trap trying to sell tickets;-) [1] (...) LOL And think of the amount of Mop N'Glow you'd need;-) (...) I agree. ST:TNG et al have thought through life in (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Micro Motor and RCX
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(...) Go ahead! Also see David Chen's recent post on using micromotor on the sensor port: (URL) you check the web site first?: (URL) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Micro Motor and RCX
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Greetings. I recently ( Friday to be exact ), acquired my first Micro Motor from Lego Shop at Home. I know that this is a 9 volt motor, and I think that I should be able to use it with the RCX. I would rather be cautious, rather than burn out my (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego Expo at the Toy Connection (Crystal Lake, IL)
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Tim Courtney wrote in message <4.2.0.58.1999082822...mm.com>... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) :) (...) I had a similar experience last summer. At one of the events for the LEGO Silver Anniversary a local toy store had half a dozen buckets of pieces (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: star destroyer?
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(...) I'd have to agree... the SMALLEST microfig tie figher I can imagine (1x2 tile, 1x1 round plate, 1x2 plate w/ centered stud) is about 9.6mm wide. TIE fighters are (roughly) 6 meters wide. The Executer (the super star destroyer) is about 8,000 (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New to this site.
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Jodi- Let me also welcome you to LUGNET! As Mike said, there is much trading/selling/buying going on here, and that's just the half of it. We also share ideas, designs, problems, etc, and have a *lot* of fun in the process. Try subscribing to (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Road baseplates
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I've got about 8 different of the early grey roadplates that have islands and other "forks in the road". These are of the type without bikepaths/sidewalks. They came in 1980's racer, fire stations, police stations, public works sets, etc. When you (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego Expo at the Toy Connection (Crystal Lake, IL)
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The Lego expo at the Toy Connection Saturday was a great success! I went with Brandon Grifford (Zacktron co-creator) and took about an hour, hour and a half trip to get there [1]. Remy Evard from Lugnet was there along with Matt Chasse, TLG (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Robot related books...?
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(...) Hmm. It is has pretty variable accessability- I'd say anyone with a programming background will be able to read nearly all of it. However, it can at times be dry and difficult to follow, which makes it not so great reading for people without a (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Hotmail crack
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I thought (since there are a few hotmail users here) that I might post this- there has been a serious crack of hotmail security, by which anyone going to a specific webpage can log in as any hotmail user, and thus read the contents of that user's (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Hallo Kai und Dö
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Hallo Kai und Dö ! Will auch mal hier was schreiben, mal schauen ob Ihr auch brav lest. Übrigens, hoffe doch, daß der Dö sein Lego-Laserschwertduell bald im Web veröffentlicht, ist nämlich wirklich süß (hat viel zu viel Zeit der Mann). Vielleicht (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.de)
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| | US S@H Specials Aug 30 - Sep 5, 1999
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Duplo 2690 Fire Chief $ 8.75 $ 4.50 2604 Dino World $76.00 $62.00 Scala 3118 Fun Fashion Boutique $54.00 $38.00 Technic 8232 Chopper Force $27.50 $14.00 Clothing P200 Extreme Polo Adult $24.00 $12.00 Kids $22.00 $11.00 -- | Tom Stangl, Technical (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Globe on Legoland
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Hi, There was an aritcle in the Sunday Globe Travel section on Legoland, CA. The authors opinion was that the park is nothing special except the models are awsome. Couple of good shots of the models accompany the article. Ken (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Queen Amidala
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(...) tired of waiting,i've built a queen amidalla mini-fig. it's at: (URL) y'all like it. later ~ craig (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Kohl's 25% off
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Kohl's is having 25% off this week. Their regular prices are marked up. The example that comes to mind is 7171 Mos Espa Podrace is regularly $99.99, so 25% off brings it down to about $75 - still cheaper than full price Target. Julie (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: New to this site.
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(...) First, Welcome! We're always glad to see someone else come out of their dark ages. Second, while asking for replies via e-mail is fairly common on Usenet newsgroups, it's not here. This is a friendly place where we discuss a lot of things, and (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Need Help Beta Testing a News Site
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(...) Oh. I figured it out. Never mind. :-} I needed to click the "Reply" link, was all. --Todd (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | FS: 6080 King's Castle compl. w/instr.
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I would like to sell my 6080 King's Castle, compl. w./instr., very good - exc. condition. Breast emblems of knights somewhat faded, otherwise very good condition. I would like to have $100 plus the actual shipping costs from Germany to your (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Need Help Beta Testing a News Site
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(...) I just signed up -- it worked OK and it gave me user ID #4. It e-mailed me my password, and I logged in OK, but I can't figure out how to post. :-} --Todd (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | New to this site.
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I've just started my adult lego collection. I have bits and pieces of some old sets. I was wondering if there is a lot of trading or selling one on one or in groups on this site? Have groups of you ever gotten together and traded amongst yourselves? (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 10x20 green baseplates
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Todd Lehman wrote in message <37ca5bd8.72028733@l...et.com>... (...) made (...) These (...) which (...) (always (...) sets (...) They (...) and (...) of (...) 703 sets (...) these (...) yes - (...) that (...) available as (...) square). (...) the (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 10x20 green baseplates
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(...) Black! Wow -- that is wild indeed! So they were as boxtops! Ahh, now that explains the goofy mold shape. I think the gray one (10x10) with the super-thin perimeter on the bottom is the exact type I cut my foot on as a child: the edge just (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Swap Meet
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Well I tried to run an auction last year, but didn't get all that much participation, which was due to either a) it was my first auction, b) no-one wanted the sets I had, or c) due to pricing everything in $Aus [and making it known that I was, and (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | Re: nieuwe lego september
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Handig, zo'n lijstje. Nog handiger zou het zijn als je de 10% korting meteen meerekent :-) Eric (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | LMNs New Lego Parts
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I've started a new parts auction, in which I will be adding more items daily. Now you can search by category by going to (URL) have almost a hundred auctions listed, with my goal to constantly increase this number. The category list I provide should (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | New Items posted to JABA
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Well, I posted quite a few new items to JABA tonight, mostly from 50 copies of 1807. Here's a link to all new items: (URL) Gray 1x2 Bricks (URL) Blue 1x2 Bricks (URL) Red 1x2 Bricks (URL) Yellow 1x1 Bricks (URL) Black 1x6 Plates (URL) Black 1x3 (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: [MN] New BRICKS Auctions - Tons of Mini-Figs and Much, Much more!
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(...) WOW. Boy, do I wish I hade $240 to spare right now. Here's a link directly to that auction, for the lucky person who will end up getting these: (URL) The pieces you want and nothing else - easy online bidding! (URL) - Just Another Brick (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Lego Racers?
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(...) It's kinda cute. It's probably marketed towards 6-9-year-olds, though. There are many circuits to race, each with decors from various LEGO System themes. For example, there is an adventurers/jungle circuit, and it has the adventurers bi/sea (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | [MN] New BRICKS Auctions - Tons of Mini-Figs and Much, Much more!
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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, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Need Help Beta Testing a News Site
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Anyone want to help me beta test a news site? I call it Brick News, it is basically a Slashdot-like news site (using the Slash software that runs Slashdot) dedicated to LEGO. Here is the temporary URL: (URL) It is just running on one of my home (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | (canceled)
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| | Re: LEGO colors for HTML?
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Steve Bliss wrote: <snip> (...) remembered reading it). (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Micro Scout
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L'hacking del Micro Scout è cominciato! Nel caso vi fosse sfuggito, date un occhiata a questo messaggio di Robert Munafo: (URL) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: FS: Ex-shop display 7725 + track
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Maybe, but strictly, I am not auctioning this - I did not say I would take the highest offer :-) . Apologies if I caused offence to the group. Let's do it differently then. I will sell this to the first eMail I receive offering $40 plus shipping. (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Looking forward to November!
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I want to say how much fun I had at the last meet, and to thank all those whom I did business with, especially Tom for all the chrome parts and black macaroni! Since the theme for the next meet will be trains, I will be bringing my #6990 Futuron (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak)
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| | I LOVE new "smoke" winshield color!
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Please make this new transparent color available in other pieces. It looks great, and since this color is actually used in real jet fighter cockpits, it's also much more true-to-life! Dave (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Pirate + Castle for trade!
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I'm looking for a sealed #1682 Space Shuttle. I'm offering a combination of the items below. There are sets and individual minifigs. If you don't have a sealed #1682, e-mail me to get my Want list. Dave #6059 Knight's Stronghold -Pieces in excellent (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Do people contact the sellers for better descriptions?
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) hand (...) I will put a small amount of effort in if I think there is a chance that the item(s) are of interest, but I have to say that a sloppy dfescription may also be a reflection on the integrity of the (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: New Part: 30156, Ninja Slope Wall
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(...) ...but don't bother to correct me on stupid typos. Steve (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | [MN] New eBay Auctions - Wild West Mini-Figs, Horses, Chains
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Here's a quick listing of my new auctions posted to eBay Sunday Evening. All auctions are 5 day auctions. To see this list with links, go to: (URL) Start End Price Title High Bidder 155124457 08/29/99 09/03/99 21:45:02 $9.99 [MN] Dark Gray Chains!! (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | New Part: 30156, Ninja Slope Wall [DAT]
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This feels like the first non-trivial part I've done in awhile. My CAD-muscles are all achy from disuse. LMKWT, especially if you've got a better idea for the name. Steve -- Hey! This is the first time I've used the web-interface to post a DAT file. (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LEGO colors for HTML?
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(...) I *think* the RGB colors given in the LDraw FAQ are web-safe. Besides being listed at www.ldraw.org (go to the FAQ, it's about the second-to-last question), the color-list has been reposted to lugnet, let me see if I can find it.... Here it (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: LEGO colors for HTML?
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Check out the slick safety palette at the link below. Let us know which ones match up the best. (URL) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | (canceled)
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| | Re: Lego man
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(...) <snip!> (...) for anyone wondering how to "come out" to friends and coworkers, i have one word.. SUPERCAR we had a 16yo intern in our office all summer.. and one of my coworkers was burning playstation games for him, so he was always in our (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Silas in Vancouver
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What do you mean "look out for"? Are you implying something :) He's right though, I am in town, and getting myself all settled in, now there is one more hard core Lego Maniac in the city! feel free to drop me a note ( silasp@uvic.ca ) Silas Randy (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van)
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| | Swap Meet
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Sounds like there is a lot of interest ..... 2 interstate and one local I agree about the US Auctions What about doing an Oz one ? Regards Brian (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | Silas in Vancouver
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Hey Vancouver Lugnet-ers: Watch out for Silas, he's in your neighbourhood for the next 4 months. Randy (the non-defector) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van)
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| | Re: Lego man
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(...) <grin> yea drop by any time! Craig(co-worker) stopped by my house and saw all the legos and his first comment was " you are insane" I grinned real big and replied" Yea? so whats your point ?" I used to kinda feel silly buying the legos but now (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Train doors and windows
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(...) this (...) for (...) due to (...) Unless (to give Mark the benefit of the doubt) he reads by e-mail and doesn't subscribe to the .trains group. In which case he only would have seen the last half (or so) of the thread. James (URL) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: T-16 Skyhopper
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(...) Thanks. I've actually made modifications to the B-Wing cockpit myself. I used the R2D2 body and a leg as the connector. Much more stable as well. New instructions will be up sometime after I finish modeling the R2D2 body for LDraw. (...) The (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.starwars)
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Anyone have this yet? I'm curious to see what other people think about it. (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Heh, we've got enough people at UTK right now to start a chapter. Seriously, if it actually does bother you, you need to hang out with me and John Morgan sometime. We can give you some pointers on "not giving a da** what other people think". (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Boy, when I think of some of the stupid things people spend money on - cigarettes, coffee, liquor (ok, good Irish Whiskey is acceptable), designer clothes, $50k+ automobiles, all of which either get used up immediately or wear out real soon, (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) My wife wants to know if boiling the bricks took care of the rash? (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jon D Hayward <Jon-D-Hayward@Chath...tel.co.uk> wrote in message news:FH81Kt.LyM@lugnet.com... (...) Please include: Sanjay D'Souza - will be there in spirit Pity I can't be there but it should be great fun. Sanjay (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Adrian Drake <tremor@apk.net> wrote in message news:FH5o4A.H8A@lugnet.com... (...) determine (...) attempting (...) these (...) see (...) smaller (...) a (...) Must be from (URL) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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I wanted to let you all know that the new LEGO site, www.nugator.com is now up in its pre-launch stages. Stop by and see what is available. Also if you have any suggestions or comments feel free to email us. A small selection of discontinued sets is (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: CATALOGS AUCTION
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DEADLINE: 12. SEP. 1999 (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | CATALOGS AUCTION
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Heya all ! This is LEGO official Europen catalogs auction. If nobody gives higher bid after 7 days - this set will be sold. All prices are without shipping. The actual state of auction will be publiced on LUGNET so as personaly by e-mail for (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | AFOL selling 1960's collection
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This weekend I visited an offline AFOL friend of mine in the home counties. It turns out that he is drastically downsizing his collection, and so has about 100 sets, and 450 instruction manuals for sale. These sets include many boxed 1960's large (...) (27 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: robotic rovers
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Steve, I think your post was meant to read like this: (...) I was working with this same idea yesterday, but the problem is this will not give you correct information when you are turning. Does anyone have a suggestion about how to do that? I want (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi all... I've been following this as well as the Secrets Revealed thread and have decided too open my mouth at the risk of saying something stupid... 1) Is anybody "Really" surprised that a bulk part ordering service was available to some? I mean (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) That's extremely offensive. YOU auction things to make money. You could just as easily describe what I do (buy lots of copies of sets on clearance, keep what I want out of them, then auction the rest) as "flogging" the rest of you for a (...) (27 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Misperceptions of America/Conversations etc.
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This thread is still going strong. It seems to be covering just about every subject under the sun (apart from Lego). And just look at the size of it... (URL) it all happened because a week or so ago Mike Walsh decided to tell us that... (...) etc. (...) (27 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Paul Foster <pfoster@execpc.com> wrote in message news:37C97602.C9458A...cpc.com... (...) spread (...) You must not have read this thread all the way through. Parts would only be ordered in lots that TLG would be willing to do it for. Adam (27 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO colors for HTML?
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Does anyone know what HTML colors the LEGO brick colors map most closely to? LEGO colors would be great for a web page I'm working on... Thanks! (27 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Does anybody know how much the pirate babe is worth?
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(...) If you want to offer one for sale, do it. Then you'll find out how much that particular minifig is "worth". None of us have a price guide sitting in front of us, and how much something is "worth" depends on a whole lot of things. (27 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Since you are inviting offers and I assume taking the highest offer, this should be posted in lugnet.market.auction and not in .buy-sell-trade, where straight sales belongs. Mike (...) full (...) roof (...) run (...) not (...) little (...) (27 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Hrmmm, strictly from the technical side of things, your ISP shouldn't even begin to enter into the "threads" equation here on Lugnet. Since there is only ONE server that carries the threaded discussion groups, if you can connect and read any (...) (27 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Micro Scout can run off its own motor
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I just got the Droid Development kit. Try this: * Connect an axle to the motor of the Micro Scout. Disconnect and/or remove any other things that you have connected to the Micro Scout. * Take out the batteries (if any) * Start turning the motor (...) (27 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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