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Don't know if anyone else caught it, but the Mythbusters episode last night, April 29, had a LEGO myth. They had a YouTube viral video special, and did one about a 7 foot diameter LEGO ball made of 5 million pieces rolling down a San Francisco (...) (15 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Simple Lego traffic light
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After all the amazing post across lugnet the past few weeks, it feels a bit lame putting this one up: (URL) guess once it's running up on an RCX it'll be a bit more interesting. On the topic of RCX - and the whole old-school Mindstorms preservation (...) (15 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Heavy Haul Trailer and Winch Truck
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(...) I wonder why competative winching has bever been a sport? What you'd do is connect the winches on two trucks, and whichever drags the other to the mid point first wins. You wouldn't be allowed to connect the trucks to anything but you could (...) (15 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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| | Heavy Haul Trailer and Winch Truck
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Hello everyone, It has been a while since I posted a 'story' on Lugnet, however.... Here is the latest completed project. (URL) 16 wheel detachable goose neck low boy with a 16 wheel jeep and a fully functional winch truck. It is designed to haul (...) (15 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: BrickWorld 09
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(...) Sorry, no. I hope to get there some day though; it looks like a blast! (15 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.people.lgbt)
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| | TRU sale May 1-7
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Sale from Friday May 1st until Thursday May 7th. "Choose from these LEGO Playsets, save $20 $99.97 after event $119.99" (save ~17%) Flyer shows 7633 Construction Site 7744 Police Headquarters 7675 AT-TE Walker 8635 Mission 6: Mobile Command Centre (...) (15 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Buy Cheap Baseplates for a good cause!
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Hey Folks, As some of you know, I run a LEGO club for boys here in the inner-city of Chicago. It's called Building in Lawndale (BILd). We've been borrowing LEGO from the Northern Illinois LEGO Train Club, and Brickology, but I'd like to build up a (...) (15 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | BrickWorld 09
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Are you making it to BrickWorld this year? Is anyone? (15 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.people.lgbt)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - When God Attacks
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(...) I did have to test it real quick before I posted th at, but I happened to have both parts sitting on my desk at the time, so it didn't take very long. (...) Really? Are you sure? Because the one instance I can think of where you definitely did (...) (15 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | LEGO Group vuole il nostro parere!
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Come AFOL o TFOL (Teenage Fans of LEGO), rappresentate un importante prospettiva per LEGO Group. Rispettiamo la tua creatività e la tua passione per il marchio LEGO. A Dicembre 2008, abbiamo effettuato un sondaggio per conoscere la comunita AFOL (...) (15 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Help me pay for my Disney Internship -- thank you
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(...) All is now sold aside from the red slopes. thank you to all. ondrew (15 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - When God Attacks
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(...) The cut flex-tube idea is a nice one, David. I always feel a little weird about using cut flex-tube. The less "purist" a technique is, the more I hesitate before using it to reconsider if there's not a more purist way to achieve a comparable (...) (15 years ago, 30-Apr-09, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: The Bridge
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Wow! Just wow! (...) (15 years ago, 29-Apr-09, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Shop @ Home Phone Specials for Wednesday, April 29, 2009, to Tuesday, May 2, 2009.
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Item #TS-62 LEGO® Star Wars™ Classic Characters T-Shirt Sizes Adult M, L Retail Price $14.99 Sale Price $7.48 Item #4862 Duplo Castle Ambush Retail Price $16.99 Sale Price $7.98 Item #852482 Darth Vader and Death Star T shirt Sizes adult XL Retail (...) (15 years ago, 29-Apr-09, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Undercarriage
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(...) Also MLCad is able to know the unofficial path. You have to modify the MLCad.ini file. Have a look at Hollywood's homepage, there you can find how to do that. (15 years ago, 28-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Undercarriage
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(...) You can set both MLCad and LDView for unofficial folder. I have done it here! For MLCad it is not that easy like for LDView, but you can find informations on that here (URL) (15 years ago, 28-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés lundi 27 avril 2009
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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 ---...--- ** Résumé de l'exposition à Mouscron, avril 2009. ** (...) (15 years ago, 28-Apr-09, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: Still no zip file for 2008-01?
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(...) On further investigation, it is now clear why I did this. All three files are obsolete and not used by any official parts and as primitives/subparts should not be directly referenced in models. Because this update was a complete library (...) (15 years ago, 28-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO set 4999 Vestas (please release it)
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(...) Not really at #4999 VESTAS Wind Turbine, but a new 2009 set: #7747 Wind Turbine Transport -. This appears to be non-motorized and smaller version. At least someone at the LEGO Group, Inc. was listening. (URL) (15 years ago, 28-Apr-09, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Undercarriage
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(...) You need to put the unofficial parts in a seperate folder, but you can keep them mixed with the official parts as well at the same time. If you do want to keep them separate, you can point LDview to the unofficial folder (as you already (...) (15 years ago, 28-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | The Bridge
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Hi All, Some work in progress pics of our bridge are up. (URL) goes to David Tidman for the time and effort taken to build this monster. More pics of the complete bridge coming soon. Cheers, Braith PALS. (15 years ago, 26-Apr-09, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per, lugnet.loc.au) !
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - When God Attacks
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(...) Sure it does. There are two solutions to this. One is to hold it upside down so the fat part is at the top already. The other is to hold it blade-up and put a short length of black flex-tube over the skinny part. Make sure the flex-tube is (...) (15 years ago, 25-Apr-09, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: Undercarriage
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(I thought I already answered but don't see the message appear...) (...) That's what I do too. But I keep a pure official library in a separate folder. I use this as LDraw library path for MPD wizard while my regular LDraw folder is the unofficial (...) (15 years ago, 27-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Next parts update?
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(...) Great! Thanks for your effort, Chris! Jaco (15 years ago, 24-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Undercarriage
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(...) That's what I do too. But I have in another folder an intact official library. When I run MPD Wizard, I use this reference lib as the LDraw library, and my regular LDraw folder as unofficial parts path. Philo (15 years ago, 27-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Still no zip file for 2008-01?
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(...) On further investigation, it is now clear why I did this. All three files are obsolete and not used by any official parts and as primitives/subparts should not be directly referenced in models. Because this update was a complete library (...) (15 years ago, 27-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Parts spreadsheet/tool?
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(...) I plan on exporting a lot models to other formats, and need the parts to have correct winding. I basically just want to keep track of which parts have been BFC certified, and update and be ready to submit the ones that aren't when the need (...) (15 years ago, 25-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Undercarriage
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(...) Thanks! (...) I did try MPD Wizard but it didn't really work... perhaps because I've got the unofficial parts mixed with the official parts? I know it's bad to do it that way but if I put them into a separate directory (I can pretty easily (...) (15 years ago, 25-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Still no zip file for 2008-01?
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(...) Thanks for pointing this out. I don't understand how those files got to become zero-length, but these will be restored in the next parts update (which is under development at present). Chris Dee (LDraw Parts Library Admin) (15 years ago, 27-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: My Lego Flexpicker Video on YouTube
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(...) Some video of the Lego Flexpicker at ABB Technology days has been published on YouTube. (URL) some (it is all pretty cool) then go to 5:50 to see the display. The trip was awesome, and some really cool things are happening. ABB loves it and (...) (15 years ago, 27-Apr-09, to lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: Convert to Wavefront object?
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(...) Try: (URL) (15 years ago, 26-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Mindstorms Black NXT Brick 124.49 shipped @ Amazon.com
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If you've been on the fence about purchasing the stylish LEGO Mindstorms Black NXT Brick, it is currently List Price: $169.99 Price: $124.49 You Save: $45.50 (27%) & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping (URL) is almost 37% off S@H's (...) (15 years ago, 26-Apr-09, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Brickworld - Thursday Workshops
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The Brickworld Team is in full swing preparing for the event. We are thrilled to have 5 leaders lined up to head workshops on Thursday. The Thursday workshops are each 3 hours in length. There is a limit to (...) (15 years ago, 26-Apr-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !
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| | Re: BrickCon Registration Open!
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(...) We thought about making a tiered registration fee structure, but decided on the single, lower amount as the only fee for registration. So, our only "incentive" for registering early is the guarantee that you'll receive your personalized name (...) (15 years ago, 25-Apr-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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| | Re: PF Speed controller test
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(...) Nice to see it works as expected with the 'old' PF battery box. It woul be interesting to see the remote at the same time as the actions it provokes in the electric elemnts. Seeing just the electric elements leaves you a bit in the dark. Jetro (15 years ago, 25-Apr-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Undercarriage
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Hi Santeri, (...) A very nice model! (...) I would put it in your Majhost gallery (because of the close relationship with Brickshelf I see no reason why it would not be allowed. eg. the TOS is the same...) Try to include all unofficial parts in the (...) (15 years ago, 25-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Undercarriage
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For the past 6 months on and off I've been trying to create a Technic construction vehicle... with all tries miserably failing, until recently I managed to pull up a nice undercarriage system which, in my opinion, is kind of huge. I originally (...) (15 years ago, 24-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickCon Registration Open!
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Is there no difference in price for registering early this year? (15 years ago, 24-Apr-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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| | Re: ILTCO Layout at the National Train Show, Hartford, CT
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(...) The idea actually came up when we first started talking about this show, so I don't think it's out of the question. Our thinking was that if there's a train in it, it's appropriate, especially if the focus is still on the trains. We actually (...) (15 years ago, 24-Apr-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: ILTCO Layout at the National Train Show, Hartford, CT
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(...) snip Hi Elroy! I don't want to start a huge discussion, and i'm not sure if this is entirely appropriate, but Jeff vW adn I have been 'dabbling' in a Classic Space train layout for the last few years and we were wondering if there's any place (...) (15 years ago, 24-Apr-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | ILTCO Layout at the National Train Show, Hartford, CT
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Help wanted from LEGO clubs and individual enthusiasts for the ILTCO multi-club LEGO train layout at the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) National Train Show from 10-12 July in Hartford, CT! For the fifth year, LEGO enthusiasts everywhere (...) (15 years ago, 24-Apr-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Brickworld - Mindstorms Competitions
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The Brickworld Team is proud to announce the following Mindstorms competitions for this year’s event: Stock Sumo – Are you a Mindstorms expert? It doesn't matter for this competition. Come and see if you can (...) (15 years ago, 24-Apr-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - When God Attacks
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(...) Thanks for the suggestion. I suppose my giant minifig microphone looks a little dated, but I think it's more instantly recognizable than a simple minifig screwdriver which is more like Gene Rayburn's ultra-thin mic from The Match Game. And the (...) (15 years ago, 23-Apr-09, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | TLC publishing a magazine called "The Brick"
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I just saw this myself. I am surprised no has reported on this earlier. (URL) (15 years ago, 23-Apr-09, to lugnet.publish) !
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - When God Attacks
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Hi, Brendan... For your MF microphones, have you considered using a MF tool screwdriver (PEERON part 6246a)? I find that they are a good fit in terms of scale. If you can swing by the Hillsdale mall event this weekend, I can leave you a few if you (...) (15 years ago, 23-Apr-09, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | The Brick Testament - When God Attacks
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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> website has been updated today with four newly illustrated stories from (URL) Revelation>: (URL) (...) (15 years ago, 23-Apr-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Mt latest MOC... well, my wife had more to do with it than I....
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(...) Well if he showed up, I am sorry I missed him.... but Im happy to say, yet again... CONGRATS. Was nice seeing the few diehards on Sunday... and I can say with most certainty that I will be back and displaying come fall. (Layout is already (...) (15 years ago, 23-Apr-09, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: Getting single cars... from train sets?
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(...) Hello Sonnich With the van from 4512 you would be best getting the doors, door rails, trainroofs and 2x1 Franz Jager printed tile from Bricklink, the train doors (4181pb01) have the <-O-> symbol printed on them you would however need the (...) (15 years ago, 23-Apr-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Spring Shoe Classic Space Video
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(...) shoes? spring shoes? there were shoes involved and i didn't get there? guys, you need to tell me these things. i'd have found a way. i'd have canceled my plans. man, a chance to hang out with my favourite toronto guys (and gal), to play with (...) (15 years ago, 22-Apr-09, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | Re: Parts spreadsheet/tool?
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(...) Mike From the 2008-01 complete library re-release, the !LDRAW_ORG line in the header should uniquely identify the version of the part, as it always includes the parts update number (YYYY-NN or ORIGINAL). If you have installed unofficial parts, (...) (15 years ago, 22-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | 4565 Freight and Crane Railway and 3739 Blacksmith Shop
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I have a couple of great classic sets for sale in my Bricklink shop: (URL) a look at the photos of the 4565 Freight and Crane Railway and 3739 Blacksmith Shop that I have for sale in this Brickshelf folder: (URL) prices and good value to be found (...) (15 years ago, 22-Apr-09, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés mardi 21 avril 2009
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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 ---...--- ** JOE ** par Richard LEMEITER le 21 avril 2009 Dans (...) (15 years ago, 22-Apr-09, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Shop @ Home Phone Specials for Wednesday, April 22, 2009, to Tuesday, April 28, 2009.
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Item #TS-62 LEGO® Star Wars™ Classic Characters T-Shirt Sizes Adult M, L Retail Price $14.99 Sale Price $7.48 Item #4862 Duplo Castle Ambush Retail Price $16.99 Sale Price $7.98 Item #852482 Darth Vader and Death Star T shirt Sizes adult XL Retail (...) (15 years ago, 22-Apr-09, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | 10144 LEGO Star Wars Sandcrawler $104.99 USD shipped @ Amazon.com
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All items listed below ship from Amazon.com for FREE with Super Saver Shipping 10144 LEGO Star Wars Sandcrawler (URL) Price: $139.99 Price: $104.99 You Save: $35.00 (25%) this is SOLD OUT at LEGO Shop at Home 10181 LEGO Make & Create Eiffel Tower (...) (15 years ago, 22-Apr-09, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Getting single cars... from train sets?
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Hi all There are 2 cars, from train sets I want to buy: 1) passenger car from (URL) 3225> 2) freight car from car from (URL) 4512> The point is that I have 2 cars from 3225, but a 3-car train would look better. I have made a luggage car in the same (...) (15 years ago, 21-Apr-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Parts spreadsheet/tool?
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Does anyone have a spreadsheet or tool that will report statistics regarding installed parts? It should list information such as certifications, number of lines, last modification date, etc. Thanks. -Mike (15 years ago, 22-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: BrickOS Patches and Development
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I have updated the Bibo Patch Rollup Collection posted to SourceForge at (URL) primary changes are in Patch 11, which provides DCC support, and the key change in that patch was the modification of some assembly code that performed motor controller (...) (15 years ago, 22-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Spring Shoe Classic Space Video
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(URL) In which you'll see our latest classic space layout brought to you by Jeff vW and me. Interesting highlights include We used 8 2.5 by 8 foot tables--160 square feet of classic space goodness 4 separate monorail loops--approximately 110 linear (...) (15 years ago, 22-Apr-09, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickworld - Build On The Spot Challenge
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I'd like to register a team. (15 years ago, 21-Apr-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| | S@H set for one cent deal
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The one page flyer in with my latest S@H order has another buy a set for one cent deal ((URL) previous one> code CPSJ1). This time you can get F852349 Star Wars™ Shadow Trooper™ key chain, a $5.99 value for $0.01 when you spend $75 or more and use (...) (15 years ago, 21-Apr-09, to lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
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| | Re: MiniBots
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(...) Yes, you're right. Can you guess the second one? (...) Feel free to use the instructions. Would be an honor to have our Minibots on one of your creations. (URL) Marco> (15 years ago, 21-Apr-09, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | PF Speed controller test
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Hi all, Had my camera back so figured I'd upload a video of the new PF controller controlling some old 9V stuff. It's hooked to an original PF battery box, don't have he new one and haven't tested the old 9V b-box. (URL) (15 years ago, 21-Apr-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Preserving old-school Mindstorms resources
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Patch 10: This works for me under Cygwin with a USB tower, but some of the files such as rcx_comm.c have a bit of platform-specific code. Patch 11: I've noticed that the linker command file is a little different in Bibo than it was in BrickOS. If (...) (15 years ago, 21-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Event Photos! (Earth Day @ Liberty State Park)
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(...) What a great day! Nice weather, tons of people and tons of LEGO! (URL) I only brought 6 models for display, the focus was on the public building area. Most of my larger creations are on display at (URL) Grove Pointe>. Enjoy the photos, people (...) (15 years ago, 21-Apr-09, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: MiniBots
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I like these MiniBots! (URL) Is this one you made?> I want to make some for my next Mech Bay! Eric (15 years ago, 21-Apr-09, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: My Lego Flexpicker Video on YouTube
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Fantastic! Sweet set up. Everything looks so clean and tidy. Your set up is very nice. Looks like people will be able to get up close to your display to see how it works, rather than the caged industrial robots. Funny, don't be surprised if your (...) (15 years ago, 21-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: April 25th, 2009 SMART meeting
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(...) A reminder about this weekend's SMART meeting. We'll meet at DigiPen at 2pm, as usual. The mini-challenge is to build a sumo robot that can handle an immovable object (we hope :-) on the field. Don't forget the 5-second wait before moving in (...) (15 years ago, 21-Apr-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Sprinkles Cupcakes
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Here is my latest MOC. This is a little building I threw together for a friend. I don't think there is anything really special about the design. I just wanted it to look close. (URL) (15 years ago, 20-Apr-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: My Lego Flexpicker Video on YouTube
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(...) I am going to take some video at the show. The lighting there is spectacular. I really hope to get more details published. Getting ready for the show has taken sooooo much time. Chris (15 years ago, 20-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | NXTGCC update 0.0.12
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There is an update to the NXTGCC toolchain. I have added a complete download package including arm-elf-gcc, Elipse, and a converter (from IAR to gcc). Check it out at (URL) (15 years ago, 20-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: Help me pay for my Disney Internship -- Stuff for sale
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(...) stuff still avalible! -3 sets of OLD GREY 9v switches -- $90 for all 3 shipped anywhere in the USA 2 large Ziplocs of black mixed slopes -- $20 a bag shipped anywhere in the USA 2 large Ziplocs of RED mixed slopes --$30 for both bags shipped (...) (15 years ago, 20-Apr-09, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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| | Re: Preserving old-school Mindstorms resources
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(...) specific patches from the Bibo set. However the symptoms are identical under BrickOS so I assume they would be linked to the same patches there. Patch 10: Under Ubuntu with the usb tower, this causes firmdl3 to exit with error "read: resource (...) (15 years ago, 20-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés dimanche 19 avril 2009
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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 ---...--- ** Un wagon plat de construction simple et facile ! ** (...) (15 years ago, 20-Apr-09, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: Interesting Emerald Night Observation
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(...) I found it interesting that the big train wheels were packed inside of their own polybag (and then enclosed in another bag with some of the large train parts). I thought maybe they came from a different source than other elements. I did check (...) (15 years ago, 20-Apr-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My Lego Flexpicker Video on YouTube
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.../snip (...) Wow, absolutely fantastic work. Congrates! This is worth a web-site with details, programs, photos, building instructions, comments, descriptions... that could be inspired from Philo's site. -Claude (15 years ago, 20-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: New Flexible Track Pieces (was: Has anyone considered molding track ourselves?)
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(...) I thought I read something somewhere that this track would allow it do quicker inclines and declines, Dues the new track have a bit of a bend to it? or is it simply the fact that it is four studs long, so the track pivots at the connection (...) (15 years ago, 17-Apr-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Interesting Emerald Night Observation
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So, I got my Emerald Night set today. As I was looking at the box and through the instructions, I found something very interesting. If you look at the parts list on the outside of the box and in the instruction book...nowhere will you see the large (...) (15 years ago, 20-Apr-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: BrickHelper v0.9 - a .LXF Inventory Application
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(...) Snip (...) results with my current method: save as ldraw file then import into BrickStore. Regards ROSCO (15 years ago, 20-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: My Lego Flexpicker Video on YouTube
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(...) The robot is set up and ready to run Tuesday thru Thursday at the ABB Technology Days! Check out some of the photos. (URL) (15 years ago, 20-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Comments on some unofficial Train parts
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(...) <SNIP>> (...) Thanks for this information. I have renamed 4093b to 4093c to leave space for the 6+3+6 hole version as 4093b. Chris (15 years ago, 19-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LEGO set 4999 Vestas (please release it)
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(...) Has anyone bought any of these reproduction stickers? What is the quality like and is this guy good to deal with? I seem to be having difficulty trying to reach him by email. Cheers. (15 years ago, 19-Apr-09, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: You're invited to the THE TORONTO TOY, TRAIN & DOLL COLLECTORS' SHOW APRIL 19, 2009
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(...) ---...--- JUST A QUICK UPDATE, Setup is from 8 to 10 on SUNDAY not 7 to 10!!!! See yo there, I'll be the one sleeping under the WORLDS LARGEST CLASSIC SPACE DISPLAY???????? -- to be confirmed Jeff VW - At work and up since 2 am ---...--- (...) (15 years ago, 19-Apr-09, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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| | Re: Preserving old-school Mindstorms resources
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(...) (URL) . Unfortunately (at least from a code merge perspective), their "version 1.2" is based on BrickOS 0.2.5. The lnp_printf functionality has been adapted and included in the recently-posted rollup patches, but incorporating other (...) (15 years ago, 19-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS Patches and Development
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Now for Bibo.... I have merged these patch rollup collections with Bibo (where appropriate) and have posted the resulting diff files to (URL) of this follows the pattern of the previous patch rollup collection for BrickOS, with the following notes: (...) (15 years ago, 19-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | BrickHelper v0.9 - a .LXF Inventory Application
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Attn. Everyone: I've completed an initial version of this LXF file utility program I've been working on, aka 'BrickHelper'. With this program you can load a creation made in Lego Digital Designer, get an inventory of it's parts, and export a (...) (15 years ago, 18-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: A couple of gear questions
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(...) That doesn't make sense. If it's rotating internally such that the "weak point" could be alligned, then it's already slipping, isn't it? (...) The range probably has to do with speed of rotation. Rotate it at a really slow speed, and it should (...) (15 years ago, 16-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: A couple of gear questions
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(...) Right, that's what I meant- sorry for the confusion. (15 years ago, 18-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: A couple of gear questions
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(...) He probably means two clutch gears in a single axle, meshing with two other gears which also share an axle. That way (in parallel) they should slip at twice the nominal torque. (15 years ago, 18-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| | LEGO Somali Pirate set on Letterman (comedy)
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For Pirates fans. Here is the video of the LEGO Somali Pirate set. (comedy) On CBS (URL) Show with David Letterman> Also on YouTube starts at 1:25. (URL) YouTube> (15 years ago, 18-Apr-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Preserving old-school Mindstorms resources
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A very useful site is the cs university page here: (URL) of useful tutorials and instructions. It would be unhelpful to have it disappear. All of the stuff at the legos/brickos sourceforge pages, however a backup probably isn't needed of these. A (...) (15 years ago, 18-Apr-09, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: A couple of gear questions
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"Tim (Smith)" <tsmith7057@comcast.net> wrote in message news:KI7yAw.23B@lugnet.com... (...) You won't get twice the allowable torque. What you'll get is a proportionate increase in torque as the load on the output from the clutch gears approaches (...) (15 years ago, 17-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés jeudi 16 avril 2009
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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 ---...--- ** Résumé de l'exposition à Pont-Péan, mars 2009 ** (...) (15 years ago, 17-Apr-09, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: Mt latest MOC... well, my wife had more to do with it than I....
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(...) I'll second that! Hopefully Mom and baby will be able to get (at least some) sleep. (...) Agreed. I've found uses for Duplo later on (internal structure, laptop stands, etc.) :) (15 years ago, 17-Apr-09, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Mt latest MOC... well, my wife had more to do with it than I....
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Congratulations! April 1st - that kid is gonna have some fun with his birthday! As a three-time father (yikes!) I recommend skipping PRIMO and going straight to DUPLO. (15 years ago, 17-Apr-09, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(thanks to J for posting earlier--yes I was a little busy...) Hello world! Joshua William David Koudys entered the world on April 1st at 3:11 a.m. (URL) Proud papa holding Joshua (URL) Sleepy-head Both baby and mom are doing well! My hope (on (...) (15 years ago, 17-Apr-09, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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| | You're invited to the THE TORONTO TOY, TRAIN & DOLL COLLECTORS' SHOW APRIL 19, 2009
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Hello everyone! Yes, it is I--papa Dave (post on that to follow...) and surprisingly I will be at a show this weekend! Details as thus-- THE TORONTO TOY, TRAIN & DOLL COLLECTORS' SHOW APRIL 19, 2009 Hall 6, The International Centre, 6900 Airport (...) (15 years ago, 17-Apr-09, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | Re: r24 - tic tac toe
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(...) Rob, Sorry for the late reply, Jeff is correct, the tiles can be had from bricklink. I have some to spare, i would be more then willing to loan you some if you would like. let me know if/when you can make it to an rtl dinner and I will get (...) (15 years ago, 17-Apr-09, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Are you interested in the 2009 NMRA train show in Hartford CT.
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Hi Everyone, NELUG is coordinating the ILTCO display at the 2009 National Model Railroad Association Train Show. We are currently looking for other clubs or AFOLs in the area who might be interested in attending. The NMRA Show is taking place in (...) (15 years ago, 17-Apr-09, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: A couple of gear questions
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(...) That's not a bug- it's a feature. The point is to protect the motor from damage. That said, I bet if you used two clutch gears you'll get twice the allowable torque. I don't recommend it- but you could try it and see what you think. (15 years ago, 17-Apr-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: bendable track
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(...) Yeah, about that... I guess Willy and I were both thinking at some point that maybe bands and hoses aren't really so different that they require two distinct paths through the lsynth code. So we did a quick and dirty experiment with the (...) (15 years ago, 17-Apr-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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