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I agree that the adder/subtractor is the way to go (at least for now) if you want any semblance of accuracy in your robots - I even started the thread on what was the best design for the a/s (remember LDraw?) from which this branched out. (I hope (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Technic Box #1
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(...) I have received this box today, and will process it after dinner. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Where are all the boxes?
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Although I have sent my box already, it did take me a couple of weeks. My work schedule got extremely busy and made it hard for me to do anything else. That situation also made it nearly impossible to get to the post office as well. LEGO comes (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: robotic rovers
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It sounds like you guys are trying to re-invent the adder/subtractor system. Check out (URL) for some designs using this. In an adder/subtractor you have two motors, A and B. The wheels are then run through a mechanical linkage such that one wheel (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 10x20 green baseplates
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What colors are these 4x6, 4x10, 4x12, 8x8, 8x16, and 12x24 bricks available in? I have some 8x8 black, but are any of the others available in black, and if so, what sets are they available in? I'm going to start building the INSIDE of my 66x66 stud (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Brasileiros, por favor...
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Se voce é brasileiro e le esse grupo, coloque uma mensagem aqui, ou me mande um email (tirando o nospam) Paulo (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.br)
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| | Re: robotic rovers
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(...) To which you wrote: (...) Then he wrote: (much more concisely) (...) It could work in theory, but I just tested it again with 2 motors that were grossly mismatched. Having both motors interconnected (electrically) did NOT cause their (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | 8448 Super Car II arrives in Australia
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8448 available at Toys 'R Us in Chadstone SC, Melbourne. Price is about $270 (AUSD). Seen it. Bought it. Built it. Love it. ;) Gotta get to work, have fun! Paul (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4.5v trains?
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David Eaton wrote in message ... (...) probably (...) usually (...) They are pretty demanded (not the track, but the trains and cars are). Some of these you listed are very tough to find, and I would say they don't come up very often because there (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: US S@H Specials Aug 30 - Sep 5, 1999
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I just called S@H and asked about 8232 and was told that they have sold out of this item. (...) Thanks! mark (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 6575?
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(...) you are probobly talking About the technic cam. it is available in one of the latest parts updates. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Holobrick vs Real McCoy (was Re: star destroyer?
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(...) Well, note that they also have replicators. Although the capain might get upset if he finds out you used the raw material for the next five years worth of meals to create a jillion train doors/windows... (...) Remember, they don't have money (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | MINDSTORMS links
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Hi all, The Online Resources from my upcoming book are now online. There are links and short descriptions of each resource--everything from the official MINDSTORMS site to the patent for the electrical bricks to legOS to Mouser. It's organized by (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Hallo.... ist da jemand??
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Und nochmal: Hallo Dödeli, (...) Schade... happichschon... schnüff.... trotzdem danke... Hier die Piratensets, die ich derzeit habe: Setnummer Beschreibung 6236 König Kahuka 6244 Speicherturm 6248 Totenkopfinsel klein 6256 Kahukas Boot 6257 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.de.by.mue)
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| | 8 LEGO UFO 1/4 saucer sections trans af-green
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I have some of the quarter round saucer sections in the transparent anti- freeze green color. Follow the link below to see a picture. (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Wheelchair/ridem chairs
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(...) wheelchair friendly.. Let me see if I can find that brochure, and I'll scan it and send it to you... -Earle (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | Re: Hallo.... ist da jemand??
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Hallo Kai, (...) Oh, c'me on. The more, the merrier. Grüß Dich, Truderinger Bub. :-) (...) Schnuddel, Du kannst es gerne kaufen. Ich hab es schon. HEY, RALF! ICH HAB ES SCHON, DANKE!!! (...) Ich mag das Armada Flagship. Ich mag das Armada Flagship! (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.de.by.mue)
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| | Re: 10x20 green baseplates
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(...) Of course the 12x24 has been used as a box top in recent sets. (...) I've heard these refered to as "super bricks", I kind of like that term. I definitely agree that they should be classified as bricks, not base plates. Another term I have (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Hallo.... ist da jemand??
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Hallo Dödeli :-)), (...) Sag ich ja - Geizkragen... :D Also: Schaufel ist Muß. Geld für Besen kannst Du für Lego ausgeben. Sortierkästen sind wichtig, weil man sonst doch einen Besen kaufen muß. (...) Nö - wie kommst Du darauf? Die Legos stehen hier (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.de.by.mue)
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| | Re: Holobrick vs Real McCoy (was Re: star destroyer?
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(...) You (...) the (...) Is that a bad thing, though? I know I wouldn't mind being stuck in the best MOC in the universe for a month. (...) If I was the most evil person in the galaxy, I don't think I would be wanting to spend too much time in a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Wheelchair/ridem chairs
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In a previous post somewhere in this newsgroup, it was mentioned that LLC had decent access for wheelchairs, etc. However, does anyone know if they rent out wheelchairs or motorized chairs? I'm wondering, becuase I'm going there in ~2 1/2 weeks, and (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | purple buckets at Mt.Pleasant Wal-Mart
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I don't know just how rare these brick buckets are, but it seems like I'm seeing less and less of them. The Mt.Pleasant Wal-Mart (near the CMU campus) still has about 7 of them, at $4.50 each, if I remember correctly. At 400 pieces, that's a pretty (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi)
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| | Re: Where are all the boxes?
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(...) The Drab box is sitting by my door waiting to be mailed out - it sat for a bit, because I quadrupled it's size, and because there's 5 people in the Edmonton area who all got a crack at it. Mostly, however, it sat for so long because I was (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Holobrick vs Real McCoy (was Re: star destroyer?
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(...) You (...) the (...) Nah, I just want to climb the Great Oak Tree. ;) James (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 4.5v trains?
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I may soon be having access to a bunch of 4.5v train sets, that I'll probably be auctioning off (since I'm not a huge train fan). However, I don't usually see much about 4.5v trains, it's usually 9v or 12v trains. Is this because there aren't a lot (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Where are all the boxes?
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I know one box is on it's way to Steve Bliss, I mailed it out the other day when I finally got a chance to get the post, I have General box 4 here right now and I'm hoping after homework tonight I get the chance to open it... it will be a couple (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Lego man
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I can sympathize, but if I ever start getting flak, I'll just wear my leather motorcycle jacket. There is something about a 6ft, huge dude with a fuzzy face staring at you that just....causes one to .... wilt. Of course, it can be fun to have the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek.
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To All, I assume that after the meeting, you guys went to Sunday night church? :) (Ducks, runs, hits side of cube, falls over in pain) (Sorry, Larry, all in good fun!) Scott S. Gary Istok wrote: snipped Gary's comments about meeting with Larry > (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Where are all the boxes?
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(...) Um, status report: the Weeks box wasn't in my PO Box as of Friday evening. I'll check today after work. If that's languishing (waiting til the end of the day) then I'm guilty! :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Storing Lego + Effect of light
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Up to now my Lego has been almost entirely stored in some of the larger set boxes - and I'm becoming concerned at the effect it's having on the boxes, continually opening them, shifting them around etc. So last week in Sainsburies (for non-UK (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek.
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(...) I can vouch for Gary, he is a great guy, and I am glad I got to meet him. Gary, we should have some sort of Lego get together again, I had a blast the first time! Scott S. (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Parts and Pattern
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Hallo ! Am 28.08.99 schrieb Steve Bliss: SB> There was extensive discussion about this issue, before the L-CAD SB> ... SB> the target piece, as shown in the set instructions. Nice. And had there been some result of the discussion? SB> I would *love* (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Where are all the boxes?
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Are the boxes moving around and people just aren't posting about it or are they all languishing in the last recipient's corner? We've had news on one box in the past week out of what, 10 or 11 boxes? Do we need a rule like if it takes you more than (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | KAPAs Auction - Update
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Some more bids in, some sets sold, some are out-of-stock meanwhile. Pls. note that the sets added yesterday will advance to going1 on Friday this week. Again for information: A 2kg (somewhat around 4 pounds) pack to the US is supposed to be 5.00 - (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: FS: Ex-shop display 7725 + track - SOLD
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Now sold - many thanks for the interest. Chris (...) pay (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Holobrick vs Real McCoy (was Re: star destroyer?
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(...) You'd be stuck in Ed Boxer's castle for a month! And that's before you even see the cathedral! :-, And you wouldn't even see my site until long after the Web fad dies down. Firstist. ;-) Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: On the Subject of Treads
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In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (John Barnes) writes: [snip] (...) I have indeed seen this before, on at least three different LEGO Technic (including one RIS) kits. Its a flaw in the treads, not anything that you are doing wrong. I (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Southern LEGOfest - attendees
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Jon, and all, I would'nt mind calling in, esepcially to trade stuff? would I be welcome ans where abouts in chatham is the event? times rules etc? info most appreciated Jakey (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | 6987 Blacktron Starbase
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All, Just a reminder that this set is on E.bay and there have been a few bids. (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: House with porch
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Very nice. I'm suprised we haven't seen more in the way of LCad buildings. I've always thought it would be cool to create a virtual Lego town as a community project, with individual buildings, vehicles, etc. combined into one huge scene. -John Van (...) (25 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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(...) That is a *GREAT* fantasy. I know exactly what I would do with it: "Computer: Load CLSOTW site #1, then proceed through the CLSOTW list incrementally whenever I say 'next'. Increase scale to human. Then tell the Captain I'm busy." (: James (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Craig's minifigs
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(...) peter ~ yowzah! thanks! no l-draw here. i do c-draw. (that's craig-draw: i'm a professional artist/ illustrator.) i will post drawings of designs for um... various lego animals around december. i'm working on getting a new mini-fig page and (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek.
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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 (25 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 (...) (25 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 (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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, (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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, (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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? (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (25 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.) :-) (25 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 (...) (25 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? (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (25 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 (25 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 (25 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 (...) (25 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 (25 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 (...) (25 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 (25 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? (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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