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(...) Yeah, about 5 minutes after I submitted that I realized just how stupid I've become as of late (I plead mercy due to a very nasty sinus infection... but dang it, I should have caught that even if I was unconcious). What will make it even (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.edu)
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(snip) and the very rare but handy "Technic bush with 3 axles" (URL) (yeah, from just one set it (...) That particular piece is showing up in more sets: The Batman Copter with Scarecrow's bi-plane has three of those pieces in the set, and the new (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) A 12-12-17 triangle is very nearly right, and has angles of about 44.9 degrees. I used four of them in making a stop sign: (URL) Note that all eight corners are nicely studded down. Joe and Brian wrote: (...) Well whaddaya know! I'd always (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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(...) I would imagine that the "Lego Imports Goldman Morgan" company vanished before Lego was ever aware of them or defensive about their logo. From what I can see, LIGM was around mostly in the 60's or so (though I see one collectors plate from (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I am putting together an advent calendar based on Jostein Gaarder's book "The Christmas Mystery" (Julemysteriet). You can find it on (URL). (10 URLs) Play well, Jacob -- Rowing boat (building instructions): (URL) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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Ok, non è un concetto nuovo, interfacciare il controller del nintendo WII con il NXT è ormai possibile, attraverso il bluetooth. Ma che ne dite di esporare un po' le librerie C# che ho appena trovato? (URL) una Multi-point Interactive (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.it)
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| | New Mocs: The Alendrean Empire
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Hi .spacers, check it out: (URL) PLMKWYT, Didier (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Just trying to get to the bottom of a mystery, Jan :) Thanks for the link As we all know, the LEGO logo in current use isn't the one that they started with. As late as '72, the company was using this logo-- (URL) Many years ago I saw a (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I really like the concept of SpringBrick, however I see a neat opportunity for you guys to do something different than what the traditional Fests offer. Choosing a date where out-of-state AFOLs could attend might be an issue. As my oldest enters (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) Try approaching it in steps. Can you make an equilateral triangle out of Technic beams? Don't worry about making the angles rigid, just make a structure with three equal-length sides, connected near the corners (connected with something that (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)
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did they? this lego logo is not the lego logo. (URL) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Ciao Luca, (...) Quest'anno ho acquistato 3 volte. Tempi di consegna sempre rispettati. Inviano mail quando ricevono ed evadono ordine. Sconto di 5 Euro sul successivo acquisto. Niente spese di spedizione per acquisti sopra i 200 Euro. A me sono (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Solved Virtual Memory problem! (was: I can't get the RCX 1.5 software to run on WinXP)
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(...) Might be a 16bit/32bit problem (or similar 24/32bit), precisely 1GB (coded on 32 bits) could return 0 when truncated to 16 or 24 bits by old software. 3000MB truncated to 16 or 24 bits might be OK. Philo (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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G'day all, Just a heads-up that in Feb 2008 (Aus/NZ...probably earlier elsewhere) LEGO will be releasing the above mentioned set. I have scanned the page and set from the 2008 Aus catalogue and they are available to view at: (URL) scanned from new (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) The tri-blade is great for hexagons.... (URL) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) It would appear that they're approximately 126.8698976 degrees. That's from approximating some angles and noticing that what I think they were trying to do was to create the geometry such that a 3-4-5 right triangle was possible. DaveE (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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Your best bet would be the #4 angle connector, its a 135 degree angle. (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi all, I may as well post my second military faction, the Central Brick Union: (URL) CBU was most recently in action at the AMCP at BrickWorld 2007: (URL) goes without saying, but the Central Brick Union is a long-standing rival of the previously (...) (17 years ago, 9-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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I'm trying to make a largish (20 cm across or so) octagon or hexagon out of technic parts. I thought this would be easy, because I believed that the bent technic beams (e.g. (URL) 32348>) had a 135-degree angle, or at least some angle that would (...) (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the info, Jan! How was this company able to use the LEGO logo (circa 1950's to 60's) on their products? Dave K (17 years ago, 10-Dec-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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