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Here's another unknown set... this one from 1986, and produced for Japan... (URL) checked with the Billund Archives folks... they have no records of this set either... so they're contacting the Japanese sales subsidiary to ask why that is?? Another (...) (12 years ago, 3-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Unknown LEGO Set...
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Well... another new (old) unknown set to add to the next version of the DVD/download (free to current owners).... This previously unknown circa 1966 Department Store Exclusive Set #93. (URL) found in any online database.... The origins are still a (...) (12 years ago, 2-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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Oppss... forgot one image in the LEGO DVD/download chapter on windows/doors... Tall classic windows... only ever sold in... Denmark... red, white, blue, dark blue. Sweden.... red, white, blue, yellow, orange. Norway.... red, white, blue, green. (...) (12 years ago, 2-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks Dave, The nice thing is that from now on my CD/DVDs will be only as a download (only will take 5-15 minutes to download 688MB from the cloud)... AND the best part is that all future editions will be free to current DVD/download (...) (12 years ago, 2-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | PennLUG at the Greenberg Train Show in York, Pennsylvania January 12th and 13th
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The (URL) Pennsylvania LEGO Users Group> is going to be displaying at the Greenberg Train Show in York PA on the 12th and 13th at the York Expo Center. Our layout will be featuring our (URL) class LEGO trains> including many (URL) steam engines> and (...) (12 years ago, 1-Jan-13, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, Anders Isaksson wrote: <snip> (...) I have a very old CD copy as well--time to throw some cash in the general direction of our favourite LEGO historian and get the latest and greatest!! Dave K (12 years ago, 31-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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(...) OK, two of my three bricks are like that (red and yellow)... (...) ...and the white one is like that. So the 'Danish story' is not completely true, but the bricks are at least very old. Thansk for the history lessons, Gary! (...) I think it's (...) (12 years ago, 31-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Anders, those 1949 era bricks (only 2x2 and 2x4 would have been made that year)... did not have any LEGO identification on them. From 1949-52 there was no LEGO logo on the studs, and none on the underside. From 1952-55 there was no LEGO logo (...) (12 years ago, 30-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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Bit late, sorry. Nothing too exciting. ---...--- Sears flyer good from now through Thursday Jan 3rd. All toys buy one get one FREE. Reg. priced items only. Second item must be of equal or lesser value and must accompany any returns. The Sears (...) (12 years ago, 29-Dec-12, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Kalman Filter on the NXT
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(...) That's what the Kalman filter is about. One of its important application areas is navigation (from rockets to ships and robots). In our example, we try to develop the implementation for a robot driving in one only dimension, the x-axis. And (...) (12 years ago, 29-Dec-12, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Kalman Filter on the NXT
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I have a memory from attempting to use the Kalman filter, starting with a model, and working through the math, that it made some assumptions, which importantly included an originally good sensor signal subsequently clouded by noise. Kalman can (...) (12 years ago, 28-Dec-12, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 79100 Kraang Lab Escape
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Stuck in a cell with my ‘chucks just out of reach and wondering just what it’ll take to get out of here (‘cause I’m sure the guys don’t even know I’m here). ‘Stuck’ that is until that Foot bozo made his first mistake calling for takeout! Popeye has (...) (12 years ago, 28-Dec-12, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) All over my head. But, if and when I actually get my GPS robot working, I'm going to look this up again. Dave K (12 years ago, 28-Dec-12, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL
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(...) Withered, but not dead yet! (not if we have anything to say about it!!) I'm feeling better--think i'll go for a walk!! (...) Whither--every time I see that word it reminds me of one thing--the final chapter of 'Making of Star Trek'--published (...) (12 years ago, 28-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Flying LEGO
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(...) That's really cool! Another aspect of this hobby that people can delve into. Dave K (12 years ago, 28-Dec-12, to lugnet.robotics)
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The Kalman Filter may be perceived as a discouraging, almost occult calculation method. Many do apply the filter just by following some "cooking recipes", and they don't care much about the internals. However, if the filter is well studied and (...) (12 years ago, 28-Dec-12, to lugnet.robotics)
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A LEGO Arducoptor: (URL) (12 years ago, 27-Dec-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Sophie sentenced to 7 years
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(...) More like disappointed. Every part of society has issues--every hobby, every gathering, every what-have-you... And, since this is a hobby and not a company, we can't pick and choose who is a part of it. I met Eric at BF2004. I also (...) (12 years ago, 27-Dec-12, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I have in my possession three bricks (2 x 4, slotted) with the following description from the Danish gentleman that sent them to me: "These come from a set we bought to our daughter in 1949 directly from Lego as they were not available yet in (...) (12 years ago, 27-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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I had always been looking for the very first 1949 LEGO sets with plastic bricks, but the closest I ever got to was circa 1950... a year after the 1949 introduction of the LEGO brick (known as Automatic Binding Bricks until 1953). My German collector (...) (12 years ago, 26-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Sophie sentenced to 7 years
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I didnt see this discussed anywhere... (URL) (12 years ago, 25-Dec-12, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Last Minute LEGO Holiday Gift without shipping...
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This comes with free upgrades every 6 months... (URL) Holidays, Gary Istok (12 years ago, 22-Dec-12, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) "Wither" I think? Whither LUGNet??? Oh, it withered. But ya, it's been a very long time... we were all younger then. (12 years ago, 22-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Canadian sales Dec 21-24
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(...) There is some variability between CDN Tire stores. The one nearest me had their LEGO and most other toys marked down 40%. It's a smaller store that doesn't even have enough space for their regular stock, much less seasonal stuff. Another CDN (...) (12 years ago, 21-Dec-12, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL
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(...) Neither do I, but for example the discussion groups at Embarcadero (current owners of the former Borland Delphi programming tool) are AFAIK using a standard product, and are usable both on the web and via nntp. (URL) which means I see all the (...) (12 years ago, 21-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL
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(...) Yep. Many points for improvement (admins are presumably working on it), but I know of no direct replacement out there. I've been to most of the major LEGO discussion groups out there and none of them have the same functionality/versatility and (...) (12 years ago, 21-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL
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(...) So in conclusion with a tragically flawed system not allowing new prospective members to join and all the older members eventually forgetting their passwords and not being able to reset them it seems LUGNET is destined to whither away and die. (...) (12 years ago, 21-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO® CUUSOO Summer Review Results (video)
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(...) I know. It's weird. I can still remember the first time I met Tim in person at Brickfair 2002. (...) Agreed. Cale (12 years ago, 21-Dec-12, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Walmart flyer good from Friday Dec 21st through Monday Dec 24th. Batman 2 LEGO video game for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii, $19.86 4429 Helicopter Rescue $64.86 (was $74.86) ---...--- Sears flyer good from Friday Dec 21st through Monday Dec 24th. All toys (...) (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Tim is all grown up! Nice set. (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® CUUSOO Summer Review Results (video)
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(...) I'm seriously going to buy as many sets of BTTF as I possibly can--MJF Foundation!! Nice on ya, builders!! That made my eyes a little misty Dave K (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Who is that stunningly handsome man in the video?? Good on ya, Tim! Dave K (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: New LEGO room
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(...) And by Janes place I of course meant Janey's place... Jane will never let us visit her place. (...) (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | LEGO® CUUSOO Summer Review Results (video)
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LEGO® CUUSOO Summer Review Results LEGO YouTube channel: (URL) YouTube.com> (Summer 2012 review results published on Dec. 20, 2012) -Enjoy! (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | LEGO® Holiday Story 2012 (video)
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LEGO® Holiday Story... Two different links to the same video. LEGO YouTube Channel: <https://www.youtube...uHGU6S9hZk YouTube.com> Website:(URL) LEGOChimney.com> -Enjoy! (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Hear Hear!! Although I think janes place is a little crowded for a visit.. Chris Male and I were chatting the other day about having Sorting parties. Jeff VW (...) (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | Some of the first LEGO Christmas Items...
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Here's a view of some of the old LEGO images and sets that were among the first that TLGO used to sell LEGO during the holidays. Since posting pictures here is not doable... I posted this elsewhere, and can be viewed all together. There are among (...) (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL
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(...) If you use Firefox and it autosaves your LUGNet PW for you (as mine does) you can see it in your list of saved passwords. Use FEBE or something similar to back up your personal FF data and restore on the new system and all your saved PWs will (...) (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL
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(...) I for one am glad this conversation came up - I want to get a new system just after Christmas (I want one of the quiet ones). After a lot of searching I hadn't found my PW before lunch. But, I did just now. Whew! Thinking about it now, I (...) (12 years ago, 19-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Viking Whaling Outpost
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(...) Nice! As someone who has twice done Hoth scenes, I can appreciate lots of white! Especially appropriate, given the recent playing on TV of the "How to Train Your "Dragon" short about the holiday season. -Chris Gray (NALUG) (12 years ago, 19-Dec-12, to lugnet.castle)
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