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(...) Hey Rob, It would be safer to place a regular doide in series with this if the voltage is going to be reversed some of the time. But the circuit shown in the link handles reverse voltage up to 9v fine. The LED acts as a reverse protection (...) (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Brickvention 2009!
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(URL) Brickvention is Australia’s own LEGO convention and it’s only a few months away! The 2009 Brickvention will be held over the Australia Day Long Weekend (January 24th to 25th) in Melbourne, Australia and promises to be an exciting event. (...) (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: Addional Building Instructions for Edu NXT
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(...) For the Retail (not educational) kit, NXTprograms has a good selection... but I don't know of anything similar for the Educational version. (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | 20% Off Everything in My BrickLink Shop
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Two weeks ago, I added about 30 sets to my BrickLink shop. To help move some of them before the Christmas rush, I've put the entire store on sale for 20% off. Most sets are now the least expensive of the current inventory on BrickLink. If you have (...) (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.market.brickshops, FTX)
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| | UP Western Pacific Heritage Series in 8-wide
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(URL) I am very proud to announce that I have converted to 8-wide trains. The UP Western Pacific is my favorite of the three that I have built so far, but I have several more that have finished the design phase and will be building over the next (...) (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Re: LEGO Creation in Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
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I just got a chance to watch the episode last night and my wife gave me a funny look as I started getting all excited about spotting the LEGO. Nicely done for TV and a great close-up that let you see the 1x2 brick-built curved wall around the top. (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés jeudi 23 octobre 2008
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jour. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** Parts Catalog, un outil d'inventaire LEGO. ** par (...) (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: Legoträff i höst 31 Okt - 2 Nov - Temat är: Nöjespark
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(...) Jag tar med mig åkattraktionen radiobilarna 32x48 studs vilket väl blir ungefär 26x39 cm om jag räknar rätt. /Johan V (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: How to get a RCX1.0 working these days?
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(...) Robolab comes with the RCX firmware and I agree it will probably be a lot easier to grasp for your son than NXC/NBC. The advantage of the latter though is that it is completely free. Since you have a serial tower you'll need to load whatever (...) (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How to get a RCX1.0 working these days?
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(...) Thanx for your answer, I'll definitely look into that. But I just discovered Robolab, from TLG itself. Does that work (RCX1.0 on XP or Vista), and if yes, does it have Firmware coming with it? A few years ago I worked a bit with LabView at the (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: building 6-wide cars
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(...) I outlined a few of my thoughts in a post awhile back (I just found it - wow, that was more than three years ago!) Most of it still seems relevant. However the newer specialized car pieces such as the fender arches and hoods have altered my (...) (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO Creation in Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
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Joe & All, (...) Awesome, I am glad someone knew about this - I was rather surprised no one else mentioned this here before - it is a neat item, even if I didn't know what it was - my wife was rolling her eyes at me as I paused and looked at it for (...) (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: new moc: microscale auditorium
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote: -- snip! -- (...) Very cool! Thanks for sharing! :-) Cheers, J.P. Manalo (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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| | Re: Need Electrical Help
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(...) Great idea. I hadn't thought about whether Tom was going to use a variable speed control. I just assumed batteries for some reason. Have you had any brightness issues with the seemingly low 15mA output for multiple LEDs or are you hooking 1 to (...) (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Need Electrical Help
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(...) If the voltage is going to vary, don't use a resistor as current source, consider a current regulator instead. That way the LED stays brightly lit over a wide voltage range without getting burned out at max voltage. This works for one or more (...) (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Addional Building Instructions for Edu NXT
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In my classes, the basic NXT Educational bot goes a long way. Additionally, we have the Robotics Engineering bots from CMU. Is there a collection of other bots with building instructions somewhere on the internet? (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: PaB Inventory On-line for the iPhone
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(...) Yes, the "update" and "empty" buttons are Ajax based. (...) Actually, since I'm a super-user on the web-site, I think I turn off the X/Y coordinates for everyone, but myself (that's why it's in the picture)... I need to double check this & (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Australian Worker's Cottage
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(...) We had one of those clotheslines when I was a kid - very fun to play with - so spinny...dad was always having to straighten out the bars for some reason ;^) (...) Katrina (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - Slaughter of the Innocents
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(...) Ah, looks like I used the Olde English spelling by accident. Thanks for the fix! -Brendan (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: Australian Worker's Cottage
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(...) I needed the (URL) wikipedia entry> to figure out what kind of contraption that was. A nice model, it also reminds me to the kind of houses of wich so many were destroyed by the "Catrina" floodings (and partly also by the subsequent real (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: PaB Inventory On-line for the iPhone
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(...) Hm. So is that ajax-based, or is that something that submits the whole form? Basically, I'm hoping that it's a really simple click to set a particular element, so that I can merrily tromp my way down the page with a single, fast clicks, saying (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: PaB Inventory On-line for the iPhone
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(...) In answer to this, yes it's possible to give each store manager a different login that allows them to edit only their store. I invite store managers to help out -- just send me a quick e-mail letting me know you're interested. I've designed it (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: PaB Inventory On-line for the iPhone
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(...) Basically, you sign-in: (URL) Then you select your store, making sure include empty containers & duplicate parts, and order by "columns down": (URL) You are then presented with the store inventory: (URL) You can "update" the part (meaning it's (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - Slaughter of the Innocents
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(...) Lovely, as usual. However, in the story, One Million Africans Killed, the individual pages say One Million Africans Kiled. (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: PaB Inventory On-line for the iPhone
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(...) How does it work currently? Depending on how much effort it is, I'd be all for updating the Burlington store's inventory when I happen to be there (and remember), but I'm not sure if I'd continually keep it updated. Would it be feasible to (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | TexLUG at Maker Faire Austin 2008
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TexLUG was invited to participate at Maker Faire 2008 in Austin, Texas this past weekend. We're not the first LUG to display at Maker Faire, but this was our first time, and we walked away with not one but two "Editor's Choice" awards for our (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, FTX)
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| | Re: PaB Inventory On-line for the iPhone
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(...) You're very welcome! Still need people to help keep the inventory up-to-date... Any more takers? --Mike. (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Creation in Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
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(...) The sculpture was built by two AFOLs - Bryce McGlone and Brandon Griffith. You can see a clip of the scene at the (URL) BrickJournal> website, assuming you are in the US. Those out of country can go to the show (URL) here> and fast forward to (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: How to get a RCX1.0 working these days?
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(...) I suggest you use NQC with BricxCC ((URL) Since your tower is serial, you should not need to install any other software. Though it is not VB, it is nonetheless very easy to learn. Firmware file is on LEGO CD-rom, but it would be better to use (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | LEGO Creation in Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
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To All, I have been watching this series with some interest, and I saw the latest episode where one of the T-1000's took the form of a lady that has a child. The child looked like she was playing with a standard LEGO kit (Mostly bricks) but the (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Former employee charged in LEGO credit card scam
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Journal Inquirer By Laura F. Alix Oct. 22, 2008 Former employee charged in LEGO credit card scam ENFIELD, CT. - A Massachusetts woman is facing a larceny charge after, police say, she used LEGO company credit cards to buy more than $16,000 worth of (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Congrats to AFOL and NGLTC member Mark Staffa!
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(...) Well drums are Mark's other passion besides LEGO, so the shirt works for him. I couldn't imagine this happening to a more deserving guy. Mark has been a great contributor to the NGLTC, his MOCs are always amazing...now I expect even more (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Australian Worker's Cottage
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In lugnet.town, Timothy Gould wrote: -- snip! -- (...) Onya Tim! Love it! My missus also highly approves! The Hills Hoist in the background is *awesome* - all it needs is a kid swinging off the hoist! :-P I'm actually working on a new town module (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés mercredi 22 octobre 2008
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jour. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** CR de la réunion du CA du 6 Octobre 2007 ** par (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Congrats to AFOL and NGLTC member Mark Staffa!
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Congrats to AFOL and NGLTC member Mark Staffa! (2 URLs) According to the 10/23/2008 edition of the Rome, Ga News-Tribune (URL) Mark now has $42,000,000.00 USD more to spend on his favorite hobby. Staffa, a software engineer, wants to help his (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Australian Worker's Cottage
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(URL) Hi all, Thought I'd break with my recent lazy tradition and actually announce an MOC. The above is a fairly simply designed Australian worker's cottage: a style of house quite common in certain suburbs of Australian cities. As some people know (...) (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.au, FTX) !
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| | Re: building 6-wide cars
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(...) Or even better (though probably too complex to make en masse) try (URL) misterzumbi>. Of course my main suggestion is to make them five-wide. Tim (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | How to get a RCX1.0 working these days?
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Hi! I have tried to get my old (old? It was the first one in Austria!) RCX 1.0 working again, but didn't succeed. After all these years, the firmware seems to be gone, it doesn't even run the on-board programs... I tried to install the original (...) (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | BrickFair logo and dates
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Hi, Any chance someone in charge here on Lugnet could update our BrickFair banner? Please use this image: (URL) the event dates are: August 21st - 23rd, 2009 Thank you! Todd (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.events)
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| | Re: PaB Inventory On-line for the iPhone
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(...) Michael- I've said it before, and I'll say it again. You are THE MAN. This is a fantastic idea. Nice work. Brian (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Need Electrical Help
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(...) I appreciate the links and information. I was looking at your stuff before (VERY cool) I posted, but I have always wanted to mess with this type of stuff. You have some neat stuff and I will probably come knocking at your door when I (...) (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Building Event Oct 25th at Glendale Store in California
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The Glendale Store in California at the Glendale Galleria is having an art show/ building event October 25th 1pm-7pm. 4 builders will be there including myself, Brandon Griffith, Andrew Lee and others. More details can be found on the store (...) (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Need Electrical Help
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(...) For the DIYers out there: (URL) LED Resistor Calculator> For quick results without having to think: You can run 1 (2.1v) LED from 9v if you hook up a 390 ohm (1/4 watt) resistor between one lead of the LED and the power source. You can run 2 (...) (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | The Brick Testament - Slaughter of the Innocents
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WARNING: This post contains links to MOCs illustrating subject matter that may be considered inappropriate for children. (URL) The Brick Testament> has been updated today with seven new illustrated Bible stories that bring a close to the (URL) King (...) (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
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| | Re: building 6-wide cars
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(...) I'd start here for inspiration and ideas: (URL) There any many others that have really refined the scale nicely as well that I routinely look at for inspiration and ideas. I had a great amount of difficulty building in this scale myself, but (...) (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Legotrff i hst 31 Okt - 2 Nov - Temat r: Njespark
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(...) I pricip allt mitt lego är tyvärr magasinerat pga trångboddhet. Jag kanske kan ta med en städpatrull och en glasskiosk, det är väl ungefär vad jag kan ordna till nöjesfält i nuläget. :-/ /Tommy (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Legotrff i hst 31 Okt - 2 Nov
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(...) Nu blir jag nyfiken. Hur många kan vi tänkas bli? /Tommy (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Shop @Home Phone Specials for Wednesday, October 22, 2008, to Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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Item #8492 Racers Mud Hopper Retail Price $9.99 Sale Price $2.98 Item #8111 River Dragon Retail Price $7.99 Sale Price $2.98 Item #8112 Battle Arachnoid Retail Price $7.99 Sale Price $2.98 Item #8147 Racers Bullet Run Retail Price $49.99 Sale Price (...) (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Need Electrical Help
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(...) I realize that this is an old post, but I jut found it...If I want to hook up a bunch of LED's (say they are 2.1 volt and I want to hook up 10) to a 9v system, what do I need to do? Only hook in four at a time or something like that? I could (...) (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | building 6-wide cars
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Our train group is going up to 6-wide cars (and 8 wide trains) for the next layout. Anyone got any advice or tips on how to make them (and how to make them look good)? I am good at making 4-wide cars but not so much at making 6-wide. (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Last Call: Lions Gate Models town building custom kits - the very last run closes Oct 22
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(...) Last call: ordering closes about 11pm PST on Wed 22 Oct. (URL) Kit Availability> Kevin (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Big Blue : The Return...
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So I was just cleaning up and sorting my collection (in whatever spare time I can find, between the renos and getting the abode ready for our upcoming baby)... When I happened across this guy-- (URL) Thinking that it's been a long time since I've (...) (16 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Legoträff i höst 31 Okt - 2 Nov
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(...) Bara så att ni vet, nu har Lego hört av sig, och kommer att sponsra med lite material. Vi skall nog kunna slå rekord, både i antal deltagare och annat... Tack Micke!! (16 years ago, 21-Oct-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Part 57792 sans spiral
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(...) Really good work, but please use 16 or 48 for the cylinder and do not combine both, as this results in visible gaps. cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 21-Oct-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Space Skulls inventory question 10192
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(...) A ha! Thanks, Russell. Much appreciated. I was hoping for light blueish grey. Drat. Jonathan (16 years ago, 21-Oct-08, to lugnet.inv)
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| | Re: Space Skulls inventory question 10192
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(...) They look white to me. The inventory is in the back of book 2: (URL) (16 years ago, 21-Oct-08, to lugnet.inv)
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| | Space Skulls inventory question 10192
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Hello, Can anyone help with the color of the main elements in this set? Are they white or light bluish grey? Specifically, the 1x3 curved slopes? I can't find an inventory on peeron or bricklink. Thanks, Jonathan (16 years ago, 21-Oct-08, to lugnet.inv, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Legoträff i höst 31 Okt - 2 Nov
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(...) Du är välkommen att följa med på vägen tillbaka. /Andréas R (16 years ago, 21-Oct-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Part 57792 sans spiral
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Hi all, Just letting people know I've done most of 57792 but not the internal spiral (which is why I've not uploaded it). I'll probably try to add it sometime but in the meantime I thought I'd upload what I've done to save duplication and provide (...) (16 years ago, 21-Oct-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: "LGEO" and "L3P v1.4 BETA 20080930"
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(...) No, of course not. LGEO parts are intended to have the same orientation and position as the LDRAW parts. Thanks for your note, I fixed this. The new file will come with the next update. to make a quick fix, open lg_6058.inc and change lines (...) (16 years ago, 21-Oct-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | 8-wide OMYA Tanker
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I just finished my second 8-wide car, an OMYA tanker: (2 URLs) NELUG Gallery> For the full story, see my post on the (URL) Trains-n-Town> website. -Elroy (16 years ago, 21-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Architecture series
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(...) The Brickstructures site appears down at the moment, but here's information on alternative sources in the Chicagoland area... "LEGO Architecture models can be found at specialty stores in the Chicago area including Love from Chicago at (...) (16 years ago, 20-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Architecture series
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Thanks, David - I just ordered them fromthe Foundation (much cheaper!) The Brickstructures site breaks Firefox. Too bad. Best Regards, Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG (16 years ago, 20-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: GOOGLEGO.info beta site for info on all things LEGO
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(...) Much as I appreciate the idea and work you put into it, I am afraid that while lawyers usually can be particularly imaginative when it comes to identifying cases of brand name infringement, they can be particularly unimaginative when it comes (...) (16 years ago, 20-Oct-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Yes, the Monypoli game is Lego. WAS: Re: Danish translation needed
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(...) That's pretty neat. I've done some looking up on the game now, and it looks like it's possibly the only board game Lego's done itself (versus things like the "Save the Kingdom" game or the Creator game, etc, which were supposedly done through (...) (16 years ago, 20-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Next challenge?
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(...) I talked with David and Gus, and the challenge is to build walking robots. We are going to follow the format of the Robothon walking robot competition, and will have an arena that meets the specifications of that competition at the meeting to (...) (16 years ago, 20-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Lego Club UK 80s Christmas Cards
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Does anyone remember these? :-) I've found a few on BrickLink, but there's at least a couple missing which I remember receiving as a child. Sadly my old cards have long since disappeared but I'd love to get hold of them again. Or at least, (...) (16 years ago, 20-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: DATHeader UPDATE (1.1.9)
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(...) Looks great - thanks! Philo (16 years ago, 20-Oct-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Architecture series
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(...) Paul, Sorry, I didn't notice your reply sooner. I bought them from the Chicago Architecture Foundation (URL) Lego into the search box. There are also some on Bricklink. And, I just bought (off ebay) a similiar set made by Brickstructures and (...) (16 years ago, 20-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: "LGEO" and "L3P v1.4 BETA 20080930"
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(...) Hi, very nice work, thanks for everything :-) I invoke l3p using OMake build scripts and the many command line switches it offers are fantastic. I have one question about LGEO: The part "Cockpit 4 x 11 x 2 _2/3", 6058.DAT, seems to be placed (...) (16 years ago, 19-Oct-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | DATHeader UPDATE (1.1.9)
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I have just finished the next version (1.1.9) of DATHeader. All new build in checks are described at (URL) that extra checks will be performed before DATHeader writes the file and you will be asked if found errors should be corrected. You can (...) (16 years ago, 19-Oct-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | October SANDLUG Meeting
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The October SANDLUG meeting will be on Saturday October 25 from 2:00 PM - ??? at Matt and Dawn's home. We're sticking with our regular meeting date of the 4th Saturday of the month. We will be showing off MOCs, buy/sell/trade, and parts draft of (...) (16 years ago, 19-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.us.sandlug)
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| | Re: First Train Show?
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(...) Conan Collopy and his uncle Chuck first displayed at the GATS show in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1985. According to Conan, their 'inspiration' was a Playmobile layout at GATS in 1983, and they said to each other "we could do that out of Lego!". (...) (16 years ago, 19-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Eb'Cafl MOC
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Friends keep telling me that I should go back to posting my MOCs here again, so I'll give it a shot. I built this thing for a display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum back in the spring of 2006. It kept getting damaged in transit to (...) (16 years ago, 19-Oct-08, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | part/color combinations you wish existed.
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Here is my list of part/color combinations I wish existed: (using only parts that are still being made and colors still being made) (URL) Door 1 x 4 x 6 Glass with Stud Handle in trans-smoke (URL) new shutter holder in black and white (URL) Slope, (...) (16 years ago, 19-Oct-08, to lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: BlueBrick
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Hi, I've just release a new version of my BlueBrick software. The new release fix some small bugs and issues reported by the early adopters, but also contains some new features that were on my todo list: NEW FEATURE (Jeramy): Add shortcuts to add (...) (16 years ago, 19-Oct-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Liquidating my 400 pound LEGO collection
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As always, thanks for the views and bids last time around. Here is a smaller offering this week, only 8 lots. (URL) pound lot of gray plates> (URL) West lot of brown bricks, log bricks and panels, mini figures, stickered bricks from Gold City (...) (16 years ago, 19-Oct-08, to lugnet.market.auction, FTX)
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| | LEGO sighting at Big Lots
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While checking various stores, I happened into a Big Lots this evening. They had one end-cap full of Bionicle. My best recollection of what I saw was... 2 of the Mahri Nui -> Toa Mahri Bionicle sets (the green package and the white pacakge) for $7 (...) (16 years ago, 19-Oct-08, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Dave, It took a long time before I found a reference to Lego. If you look at the back of the cards, the pattern is really Lego in a very small font. According to (URL) game came out in 1947. I won this in a recent ebay auction. dave (16 years ago, 19-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Talked to Conan Today and their first layout was at 1985 NMRA in St. Paul. We're going to rebuild the GMLTC web site to include a timeline and gallery of layouts from the beginning to present. (16 years ago, 19-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Huh-- so that was actually released by Lego? I didn't see "Lego" or a date anywhere in the instructions. Is it printed elsewhere on the box? Where'd you come across it? DaveE (16 years ago, 18-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Legoträff i höst 31 Okt - 2 Nov
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(...) Det hade gjort skillnad men nu har mina planer ändrats. Jag skall upp till Stockholm redan på torsdagen och kommer sedan åka till Eskilstuna därifrån. Därför kan jag inte åka med upp men om möjligheten finns åker jag gärna med tillbaka. Under (...) (16 years ago, 18-Oct-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | ENDING: Various MISB sets on ebay ending in 1 day.
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FYI, several MISB sets, one of them still at the original 99 cent! No reserve, will combine shipping. Thx for looking. (2 URLs) (16 years ago, 18-Oct-08, to lugnet.market.auction, FTX)
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Hi all, I am looking for someone to help me translate the text (in Danish, I assume) of the old Lego Monypoli game. You can see my scans here: (URL) for any help, Keep on bricking, dave (16 years ago, 18-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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Conan and Chuck (owners of the GMLTC) have been doing it since the 80's. They started out using 12v trains (with modified transformers to run on US current) and the switched to 9v when they became available. I'll get more details and some pictures (...) (16 years ago, 18-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | LETGUI new version 0.1.0.16
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A new version of LETGUI ((URL) is now available. The new option for Inliner ((URL) is now supported. Have fun! cu mikeheide (16 years ago, 18-Oct-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You are right with your consequence, but as all lines are still in the file and can easily be reactivated I do not want to limit the user that way. I try to keep DATHeader flexible also for other uses than checking parts for the library (...) (16 years ago, 18-Oct-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: DATHeader next release
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(...) If so only "Unofficial_***" should be available. w. (16 years ago, 18-Oct-08, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Någon som har...?
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Har laddat upp en del foton jag har tagit, när jag besökt vattentornet för att kolla upp diverse mått och annat, på flickr: (URL) det är någon som skulle va intresserad... (16 years ago, 18-Oct-08, to lugnet.loc.se)
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(...) I'm pretty sure I can remember seeing ads and newspaper articles for ones here in the 80s. And I suspect some of our European friends would have been displaying even earlier. Pre-internet craziness. Tim (16 years ago, 17-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Instruction Cross-reference table updated
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Another update to my LEGO instructions cross-reference, find them (URL) here>. Highlights include: Factory: (URL) Car Garage> Star Wars: (URL) Star> Power Functions: (URL) Generator> Oh, and (URL) Mahal> And a few other goodies ;) Added: 15 Updated: (...) (16 years ago, 17-Oct-08, to lugnet.inst, FTX)
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(...) thank you for directing me to this piece, i didn't know lego made dice. if this is the (URL) you're referring to, it only goes to 5 with a hook as the sixth side. lego does make other die: (URL) this dotted one> in (URL) creator board game - (...) (16 years ago, 17-Oct-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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I am just working on the next release of DATHeader. The changes are described below. If anybody has comments or additions to this they are welcome. New in Version 1.1.9 The following tests will be performed by DATHeader. If DATHeader finds an error (...) (16 years ago, 17-Oct-08, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Other than the doubling die, you could use the dice from the Oriental Expidedition games, since they are officially Lego. (16 years ago, 7-Oct-08, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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I'm not sure if anyone who's still around is going to know the answer to this (or if there even WILL be a good answer to this), but when was the first hobbyist-run LEGO layout displayed at a train show? So far, I was able to spot this thread on RTL: (...) (16 years ago, 17-Oct-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for the info. After double checking that it doesn't work for Canada, I phoned S@H. LEGO is aware of the problem and is working on it. We Canadians can phone in an order and they will manually remove the shipping charge for now. Talia, a (...) (16 years ago, 17-Oct-08, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | TRU and Zellers sales Oct 18-24, S@H free shipping
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TRU flyer this week has 30% off six LEGO sets. 7772 Lobster Strike now $17.97 7773 Tiger Shark Attack now $27.97 8294 Excavator now $49.97 8295 Telescopic Handler now $74.97 8155 Ferrari F1 Pit 1:55 now $37.97 8153 Ferrari F1 Truck 1:55 now $17.97 (...) (16 years ago, 17-Oct-08, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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Thank you very much for the flash back into time. I grew up on Technic / Expert Builder, but have stored it all away. Very exciting to see it again! Great work! Thanks, Scott (16 years ago, 17-Oct-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Technicopedia Update
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(...) Fantastic news! I'm really glad you're still going with this :-) (16 years ago, 17-Oct-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Woodshop
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(...) I have at least two shots of each custom piece of equipment in the shop on my Flickr Site. Most of them aren't too hard to reverse engineer. -Duane (16 years ago, 17-Oct-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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