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Thank you very much friends..:-) I've read all responses from you and being part of such a nice community made me very happy and proud, as always. For the several questions arise, here are my thoughts. - Lego prices are very high in Turkey. When the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: Parts and Pattern
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(...) I think 2D is enough: when you apply the sticker, just offset it by e.g. 0.1 LDU (or even less) and it won't float noticeable. And stickers should be modeled using linetype 3 and 4 only. /Lars (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
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(...) But containers aren't the same width as the cars. The containers go in drop well cars so the cars have to be wider than the containers. More fuel on the fire.... Paul (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: $10 off $25+ order at eToys (new cust only)
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(...) Yeah, I need to find a kid to give it to. My head is far too large for that hat. (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Yep. Saw the box and thought "ooohhh, what could it be?", I didn't order anything. The least they could have done was included a $10 coupon for the free advertising they expect from our wearing of the hats. My 5 year old loves it. Julie (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) It is my understanding that IrDA and the RCX use totally different carrier frequencies for the IR ports, and thus are incompatible at a much more basic hardware level. This has been discussed in great detail in the past, so I recommend (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: $10 off $25+ order at eToys (new cust only)
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(...) got one out of the blue the other day. Not sure why. (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Alone?
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Surely *somebody* is out there. All the clearance sets keep disappearing. And what about Big Lots. Someone's scooping those, except for those stupid little 9.99 freestyle sets whose only redeming factor is the thick, green baseplate. Anybody? (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tn.nas)
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| | RE: PCB Design tools?
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I searched the net for the best free PCB design software about eight months ago, someone from this list recommended Eagle, it turned out to be the best, very easy to use and quit powerful. It would definitely be worth your time to check it out, the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | $10 off $25+ order at eToys (new cust only)
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Follow the link at my page to save $10 on any order over $25 at eToys. This offer is valid only for "new customers." (URL) Gatrelle (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: House with porch
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Jeff Stembel wrote in message ... (...) inspired (...) know (...) I like it. Alot. When I finally am able to resurrect my town (for some reason, my Lego room keeps turning into the nursery) I'll probably build it. I love the wrap-around porch with (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: House with porsche [DAT]
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sorry.. but i just had to add this pun! :P 0 House with Porsche 0 Name: house.dat 0 Author: Jeff "Auld Dragon" Stembel, < Dragonelf1@aol.com > 0 Punny addition by ONYX (J Boen) onyx@flash.net 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3867.DAT 1 15 150 -24 -100 0 (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | FA: Town Raven Racer, Auto Service Truck, Explorien Scorpion Detector
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1995 TOWN RAVEN RACER #6639 ~~~~ $4.99 (URL) AUTO SERVICE TRUCK #6670 ~~~~ $6.99 (URL) SCORPION DETECTOR #6938 ~~~~ $14.99 (URL) for the repost, the first post has one long URL that wrapped and not work. This has shorter URLs, so hopefully it will (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: My own R2D2
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Hello Eric, Eric Harshbarger <eric@ericharshbarger.org> wrote in article <37CC6E3F.6A280832@e...er.org>... (...) Very well done. I'm voting you, "Most Likely To Attempt a Mini-fig Scale Death Star." O.K. That's a bit extreme, but it looks like you (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: The LEGO history - Interesting book found at the library
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Hello Beth, Beth Reiten <reitene_osu@ionet.net> wrote in article <37CC8CFB.B809ED24@i...et.net>... (...) A (...) theses/dissertations that (...) these (...) than (...) This stuff sounds very interesting. Where did you do this search? I'm not sure I (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | IR to PC
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Has anyone had any luck getting the RCX to communicate with a PC IR device (such as a laptop's IR port)? From my feeble understanding, it would take either writing the IRDA protocol on the RCX via LegOS, or writing a device driver on the PC side to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | More about DDK (was Re: Micro Scout can run off its own motor
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Okay, here's another cool thing about the Droid Development Kit -- it includes a bunch of the new three-way bevel gears. I call them "three-way" bevel gears because they're like two bevel gears back-to-back with a normal gear in the middle. The (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Sets for Sale/Trade
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I've sorted though my collection and found a bunch of sets I'd like to sell or trade for Castle, Pirate, or Technic sets. Please email jkornhaus@xperts.com with any sale or trade offers. I'm working on a list of spare parts available for trade and (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Animation of Debris Removel Truck- Duane Hess
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Whoops!! (URL) The link below will download a 626KB MPEG animation. I had to crunch the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Animation of Debris Removel Truck- Duane Hess
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Whoops!! (URL) The link below will download a 626KB MPEG animation. I had to crunch the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: 1958-60 LEGO Model Display Buildings Catalog
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(...) Krankenwagen I guess technically DOES mean ambulance (literally: "sick/sickness wagon") but it sure looked like a bus to me. (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek.
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I used to have a pic on my site that was me posing with Ariel the mermaid but I took it down... if there's really interest (in Ariel) let me know. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Part #2856 large technic turntable
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MadMax wrote in message ... (...) If (...) Check PITSCO. Last I saw, they sold 2 for $10. Eric (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: You call it risk, I call it threat, Let's call the whole thing off Dept. (was: Re: [Rumour] FBI and Mindstorms)
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(...) Here is the article from CNN dated 1999 January 13th: (URL) the time Furby was very popular, and people always like to bring small toys to work to put in their cubicle just for fun. There was also a common misunderstanding of the Furby's (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Regrets...
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Y'know, the more I read through all of the messages I missed (during our recent move) about the in/ability to order in bulk, how excited everybody is about a chance meeting with a Lego rep, and the proposed letters to the various people in power, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Animation of Debris Removel Truck- Duane Hess
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Hi all, I have been very impressed with the talent of everyone using LDraw, and it inspired me to do a bit of animation with the models you all have uploaded. I am a mechanical engineer who moved on into computer animation in 1989. I currently use (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Animation of Debris Removel Truck- Duane Hess
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Hi all, I have been very impressed with the talent of everyone here, and it inspired me to do a bit of animation with the models you all have uploaded. I am a mechanical engineer who moved on into computer animation in 1989. I currently use MAX 2.5, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: The LEGO history - Interesting book found at the library
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Here's the librarian piping up again: what exactly are you looking for? A keyword search through Digital Dissertations gives 34 theses/dissertations that use the word Lego. If we move it to Lego or Legos, we get 39. Most of these seem to be (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek.
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(...) Older than I am :) But I can only say that cause he mentioned when he was going to college. (...) A picture of Larry's back (right side of picture) (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek.
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(...) Can I add to that that this is really all very surface - saying how pleasant and friendly the guy is. What we'd really like you to share are the deep things that characterize what you've found out about what Larry is truly like down inside. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My own R2D2
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Great work! You have every right to be proud of this accomplishment. Bob Fay Eric Harshbarger <eric@ericharshbarger.org> wrote in message news:37CC6E3F.6A2808...ger.org... (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1958-60 LEGO Model Display Buildings Catalog
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Simon Robinson wrote in message ... (...) For some reason, I always thought it was an ambulance. -- Have fun! John AUCTION Page (More soon!) (URL) Page (URL) & IG88888888 on AOL (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Need Help Beta Testing a News Site
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(...) Ditto that, although at least it is yellow and not red. I like it. I like it a LOT, and not just because I read /. all day long either. I especially like the link under posted to each article, etc. Wow, I remember hearing about the /. software (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | What A Deal!!, The Nugator Company - www.nugator.com
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(...) How do you keep your prices soooo low? This is by far the cheapest site I've seen, Good Work! Plug: A Darth Vader for $6.05, I couldn't pass it up!!! (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 1958-60 LEGO Model Display Buildings Catalog
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(...) Eeeeeek! I remember that bus. Until 2 minutes ago I also actually believed that it had been built by whoever it said on the UK catalogue and Lego had adopted it. I feel soooo disillusioned... :) Simon (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | My own R2D2
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Well, finally... it is done. After emerging from my LEGO 'Dark Ages,' I took on the following months-long endeavour: (URL) to start the ALICE IN WONDERLAND sculptures... eric ---...--- Eric Harshbarger / eric@ericharshbarger.org / (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: fs: 9V train sets
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(...) thanx larry, i've noticed too that i've posted to the wrong group. thanx to mike p. too for pointing me to my sin ;-) i swear it will not happen again. now: do i post it again in l.m.auction or let it where it is now? your opinion, guardians? (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Libro "LEGO® MINDSTORMS(TM) Robots"
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On Tue, 31 Aug 1999 07:42:48 GMT, "Mario Ferrari" (...) Per la cronaca ho mandato l'indirizzo a 2000 persone chiedendo chi di loro puo` vantare una citazione sul sito della O'Reilly... Siamo famosi!!! Secondo me ci chiamano al Maurizio Costanzo (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Toronto Robot Challenge -- a great success
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HI: On Sunday Aug. 22 Calum, Jeff and Myself organized a robot comptition. It was a great time and we all learned a lot. Ralph Hempel showed up and gave a talk on pbForth. Jin Sato arrived with his MIBO dog and a 2 legged walker. (as well as a ton (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Re: WTB BURP'S !!!!!!!!
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(...) You could also check eBay # 155437624. Maggie C. (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: New Space Elements
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(...) The landspeeder engine in on the old lugnet.cad.dat group somewhere. It is not official yet but it is almost complete. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: You call it risk, I call it threat, Let's call the whole thing off Dept. (was: Re: [Rumour] FBI and Mindstorms)
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Let's hope the FBI personnel have better things to do with their time while at work than to play with Furbys and RCX bricks. -Phil (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | The Nugator Company Update - www.nugator.com
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The Nugator Company Update: We have added Star Wars, Ninja, and some Town & Train mini-figures and accessories to the site. We will be adding Castle, Pirate, and Space, plus some additional Town & Train tomorrow. Questions or comments email (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Part #2856 large technic turntable
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Hello- I'm interested in buying or trading for 2-8 technic turntables part#2856. If anyone is interested in helping out here, drop a line. Thanks! mark (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: You call it risk, I call it threat, Let's call the whole thing off Dept. (was: Re: [Rumour] FBI and Mindstorms)
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(...) Sounds like they should just mandate that all sensitive information never be transmitted via IR, and leave IR for data doesn't need to be secure. Or maybe just ban data. That should fix the problem! Jeff Jackowski (URL) you check the web site (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | You call it risk, I call it threat, Let's call the whole thing off Dept. (was: Re: [Rumour] FBI and Mindstorms)
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(...) Actually, folks, the reason is deeper than that. Audio recording devices have been forbidden here at Los Alamos since forever (no doubt at those other places as well), but with the recent HUGE emphasis on security they've been looking at (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | New Space Elements
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Has anyone successfully made the 2x2 tile w/jet engine (& 2 studs) used for Star Wars' Landspeeder (#7110)? I need this part to complete a LDraw version of the Decepticon Transformer, Scourge. The entire model is nearly complete except for a this (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: [Rumour] FBI and Mindstorms
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<< Either the Furby in the USA is different from mine or the FBI/NSA must be very silly to consider Furby as a threat... >> I do believe they set the standard a while back for recording devices of any kind. The furby does have the ablity to listen, (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Status report
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Hi Lego-lovers! I have some very good news. In less then a week, I have won two very important "battles" in the fight for custody. I now see no possibility for my ex-wife to level up the score. The only trouble is I've made her lawyer really pissed (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: House with porch
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Now you're getting very close to my vision! I have a short "action-packed" story with a couple of slapstick jokes. With my very old but good animation program - I can even add sound! - I'd love the idea of a POV generated animation. But my ToDo-list (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey
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I was thinking the same thing Tom, Maybe if we can get some place to donate the shipping and possibly packaging materials, we could buy the stuff outright in the states and not have to worry about shipping charges. I'm pretty sure we could buy a lot (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | sets4sale
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Hi folks Once again I have some sets to sell off, and once again I'm going to sit back and let people make offers. The difference is that I'm listing a want list also and a value on the pieces I'm looking for. So you can buy a set with money, (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Construction toy imports.
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Cool stuff, thanks for the post. (...) MegaBlocks, right? Isn't Ritvik HQed in Quebec? (...) People don't like MegaBlocks as much as they used to? (...) Now THAT is a question that begs a more general answer than just from the Toy perspective... :-) (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: fs: 9V train sets
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TWO posts to bst within an hour that really are auctions. How ironic that the second one appeared *after* my post to admin.general asking about dropping the blurry line... Rufus is a very solid, reliable trader, long time RTLer, and generally nice (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: sets4sale
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Based on the rules, this is an auction, believe it or not ("best offer" and "bid" seem like dead give aways to me)... So it probably belongs in .auction not .bst I'm posting to .admin.general to ask a radical question (and one which has been asked, (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: wishing upon a star
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As was said before, don't go down the keys have meaning route, and especially don't go down the different digits of the key have different meanings route. Might be paved with good intentions but it's still a road to coding hell. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: House with porch
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Jeff Stembel <Dragonelf1@aol.com> wrote in message news:FHC40E.Go@lugnet.com... (...) output (...) animation (...) I, too like the diagonal door. Mostly it just looks like a house that might be on my block. The 1X plates over the lattice looks (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | fs: 9V train sets
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hello 9V train collectors, here are some sets for sale. some of the sets are located in the usa and some are still here in germany. i've tried to apply an estimation of the shipping costs (germany-usa) so that you have an idea of what it will cost. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Construction toy imports.
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There was an interesting discussion in RTL on the import duties for construction toys which pointed to the U.S. International Trade Commission -- 1999 Tariff Database at (URL) (you can get to it from (URL) by clicking on the 1st item "Informal (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: wishing upon a star
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(...) snip... (...) Give yourself more the 7 digits. Colors will require at least an unintuitive 2-digit code or somewhat descriptive 3-digit code. Blue can range from blue to transparent blue to either light or dark transparent blue. Ice (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | WTB/WTT - older style 1x2 chain links... again.
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I am looking to buy or trade more of the old style 1x2 chain links. I thank all who have responded so far and now have about 90 or so links on the way to me. I also have a better description for these parts. They are the chain links as found in kit (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | (canceled)
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| | Re: Craig's minifigs
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(...) Gosh, I was hoping for something more successful! ;-) (...) You'll have to ask Barbara; the prof's head is hers. bsproat@novell.com should get ahold of her. (...) It's announced, then? You're committed now. :-, Cheers, - jsproat [follow-ups (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: WTB BURP'S !!!!!!!!
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You can also look in: (URL) Lego Parts. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Craig's minifigs
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(...) jeremy ~ dude! "your day in the life" feature is the BOMB! ~ love that seguential comics layout. if i could have any dog, it would be a besenji like yours. my jaw hit the floor when i saw your bug-eyed prof.. please, can i get your kind (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: WTB BURP'S !!!!!!!!
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(...) If you really need burps, just grab a can of Mr. Pibb. There'll be no end to the burps! Plenty of big ones and small ones! :) [follow-ups set to .fun] Jeff P.S. I'd like a vote on this: Was this post in bad (after)taste? (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | KAPAs Auction - Update and new soccer set added
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Found one more soccer set (going 1 scheduled for Monday, next week) 3309 Head Tribune 10,00 Again for information: A 2kg (somewhat around 4 pounds) pack to the US is supposed to be 5.00 - 10.00 USD for shipments. Here are all sets sorted by theme (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: WTB BURP'S !!!!!!!!
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(...) There's some left from my parts sale: (URL) other stuff, too!) James (URL) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | sets4sale
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Hi folks Once again I have some sets to sell off, and once again I'm going to sit back and let people make offers. The difference is that I'm listing a want list also and a value on the pieces I'm looking for. So you can buy a set with money, (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
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(...) Hmmm. Maybe your right but doesn't a 6 wide semi translate to 4 wide cars and 6 wide railroad cars? Or is a 6 wide semi to wide for 6 wide railroad cars requireing 8 wide railroad cars? How do 8 wide railroad cars look on those tight radius (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
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(...) well, modesty IS a virtue and I've got them all, but I digress. Trucks should be the SAME width as trains, at least the trailers should be. Take a look at a container, and a boxcar sometime. To LEGO resolution, same width. Those 4 wide (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Scan site is moving!
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Jeff, I have a Castle related Birthday Surprise I will be scanning soon. I hope yours is a different one (cuz I'd like to see something new) but if its not thats cool, too, because it'll save me the trouble of scanning it. -- Have fun! John AUCTION (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
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(...) But you already *have* converted-- 6 wide trucks and 8 eight wide trains. They go hand in hand like Fred and Ginger, Peanut butter and Jelly, Lar and modesty....well, you get the idea;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Anyone out there?
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In lugnet.loc.us.nj.new, Christopher L. Weeks writes: [snip] (...) The agenda would be defined by the attendees, although it would probably change in reality. (...) I think start small and grow. Maybe an afternoon/evening for 4-8 people (which is (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nj.new, lugnet.loc.us.nj.tre, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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| | Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
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(...) Noooo! Resist the Dark Side! Don't join the forces of the Evil Eight-wide Empire! :) Jeff (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: WTB BURP'S !!!!!!!!
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(...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: WTB BURP'S !!!!!!!!
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(...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Anyone out there?
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(...) That would be hang a right. I found out today :-) (...) I took five of each and I think there's ten or so of each remaining. (...) Yeah, I got ten of those. It's not a great set and not even a great piece assortment but for $6.50 it can't be (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nj.new, lugnet.loc.us.nj.tre)
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Is there anyone looking to sell some of there BIG UGLY ROCK PIECES? In either gray or dark gray. (URL) the bigger one. Thanks Jim (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: New models of Semi Trucks etc.
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Thanks to everyone for your comments. I am thinking of starting a Railroad module using a somewhat scaled down version of the GMLTC modules and I think the Semi's will be included along with a warehouse or other delivery/tranfer point with the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Anyone out there?
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(...) I have no place to host such an event but I might be able to assist (if needed) with organization and would attend such an event if at all possible. What goes on at such an event? When I get together with my wine buddies we drink wine, talk (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nj.new, lugnet.loc.us.nj.tre, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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| | Parts Wanted: Electric Light & Sound Brick
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I am looking for the following parts: 1. Yellow Futuron Astronaut 2. 5034 Electric Light & Sound Brick 1 x 2 with Single Top Light (9V) 3. Baseplate 16 x 32 with Square Corners (Grey) 4. 6990 Futuron Monorail Instruction Manual If anyone wants to (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Scan site is moving!
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(...) You'll just have to wait and see. (Hence the 'Suprise') Mwahahahahaha!! :) Jeff P.S. Hopefully I'll get it scanned in tonight. :) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Southern LEGOfest - attendees
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Jon D Hayward wrote in message ... (...) Unconfirmed - I really have no idea if I can make it or not. Also, have now graduated from Warwick and now staying in Devon. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 18:13:12 GMT, Mike Stanley uttered the following profundities... (...) Not gas prices. But I can buy any number of UK-produced items in America (clothing being one example), cheaper in the US, even after paying the UK's sales tax (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 1958-60 LEGO Model Display Buildings Catalog
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You're right, it WAS Steve, not James. I just said James because I wanted to insult the James's of the world. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Scan site is moving!
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If you upload them I'll figure out what to name them. For the first letters I'd probably use k for Brick Kicks and b for Birthday surprise, whatever that is. KL (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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(...) If this is the ambulance I'm thinking of, it was "Steve": (URL) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: tables (wasFirst Meeting of NOVALTC!
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The 6-tracklength width of the tables is indeed a fundamental issue as it essentially determines the number of parallel lines without adding extra tables. Member Will Chapman used gargantuan 40x90inch tables for a few years before PNLTC formed. At (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek.
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(...) erm.... you DID realise that whole line of discussion was a bit of a spoof (of me ripping Sanjay for having special access to TLG) right? All in good fun (I *think*). (...) Wow, that IS faint praise. :-) Kind of like "this hammer doesn't hurt (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks, that door is one of my favorite parts. :) There were two reasons preventing me from making it more rectangular: a. For some reason I was trying to limit it to that baseplate. I don't know why. ;) b. I don't have a whole lot of black (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek.
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(...) Thanks Lar. Glad you liked my buildings. And I wasn't trying to rub anyone else's nose in this. You've encountered a lot of bad press here in the newsgroups lately, and I just wanted to make it plain to anyone who hasn't met you personally (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey
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Last time I talked to Selcuk, Lego prices in Turkey were pretty steep, so it might be cheaper to buy here and ship it, especially if we can get a discount. Another thing that should be checked into (sorry I don't have the time for it) - I wonder if (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: General Box #1 thread
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I would like to sign up for General Box #1. Thank you, Graham (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Scan site is moving!
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(...) Cool! I like the name. :) I'm planning on scanning all my old Brick Kicks Magazines, and I was wondering what naming scheme I should use for them and their related items(1)? Thanks! Jeff 1 - Birthday surprise stuff, Birthday S@H catalogs, etc. (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Parts and Pattern
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(...) Was it? I couldn't remember. I've got an archive of most of the 'sticker discussion', but it's not on this machine. I'm sure I was a proponent of thick stickers. I reversed my position because LDraw objects are just shells, not solid 3D. But (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 1958-60 LEGO Model Display Buildings Catalog
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(...) Yes, it was amazing to discover how much was reused. The same building (or an instance of the same building type) would appear in several different pictures, and the same picture would be used (recropped in some cases) in several brochures or (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey
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(...) What I'm wondering is: Sets are prolly the cheapest in the US. If a retailer would be willing to discount a bunch of sets to send, might it be cheaper to buy them here and ship them to Selcuk, thereby relieving him the burden of shopping, (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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