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(...) Yea! busy first part of 2013! Yea! More Swiss Chalet! (but less cute waitresses :( ) Yea! belated x-mas party!! Yea! Family Day Display (obb CS Layout will make an appearance!) and absolute Yea!! St Jacobs display!!! Love this display--get to (...) (12 years ago, 16-Jan-13, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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WHaCKoLuG News... 1. No WHaCKoLuG dinner this Sunday. 2. All new WHaCKoLuG dinners are changing location to the Swiss Chalet on Stone Road, in Guelph, starting the third Sunday of Feb. 3. "Minifig March Break Madness" for kids at St. Jacobs obb (...) (12 years ago, 15-Jan-13, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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(...) Dave, I'm familiar with that box! ;-) Starting around 1971 TLG started individual parts sales via the retailers (using unsold leftover wooden boxes) on some countries, and via Mail Order in others. Italy and Germany were 2 countries that sold (...) (12 years ago, 15-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote: <snip> (...) As usual, your extensive knowledge of all things LEGO is overwhelming! I was very fortunate many years ago to acquire a LEGO wooden box on eBay from Italy--it's a service pack of parts from (...) (12 years ago, 15-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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It started in 1957... when Axel Thomsen, a friend of Godtfred Kirk Christiansen who owned a doll house making factory in Lerum Sweden started making wooden box sets for LEGO sales in Sweden and Germany, the 2 countries that he was the LEGO Director (...) (12 years ago, 15-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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(...) SNIP (...) That's a pity... among the first LEGO sets sold in Canada in 1962 was a Sears exclusive... the 706 Tube Set... (URL) many years LEGO of Canada sold regular and exclusive sets to Sears (and even Eaton's). Now after 50 years, it's (...) (12 years ago, 13-Jan-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Well got a quick reply from the Billund Archives folks today. They have never seen that set either... and believe it is of Swedish origins (circa 1959), and as I mentioned, likely an institutional school set. Gary (12 years ago, 12-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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Hmmm... the previous post has a broken link... this is it.... (URL) is where the wooden box design originated from.... the back side image of 1957-60 spare parts packs. Gary Istok (12 years ago, 10-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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Well here's another unknown LEGO set (there's still plenty out there!).... It was purchased by a German acquaintance at a German auction, and is unlike any wooden box set I've seen before... very unusual. It has 24 compartments... which is the (...) (12 years ago, 10-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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Sears is getting rid of their toy department, Zellers is pretty much gone. No LEGO in the Walmart flyer this week, but I did see some sets marked down when I was over today looking for series 9 (no sign of them, but I did get a Friends squirrel). (...) (12 years ago, 10-Jan-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Well I found out some very interesting information on this set from the investigations of my Billund Archives contacts today. It seems that in Japan LEGO was always mainly a large city department store item only found in big cities... not (...) (12 years ago, 9-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks for the info Dave! By the way, I was off by 1 year with Samsonite of Canada... it was 1986 that LEGO reverted back to TLG. Here's the story behind Samsonite of Canada returning the LEGO license to TLG. It was an entirely different story (...) (12 years ago, 9-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Separate cheques??? Isnt the meals usually covered under the 'Chris-is-awesomely-...-everyone' foundation??? Huh. Dave K (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I got to tour the Stratford plant in '84 or '85. The VP of sales, Jack e. Chessman, got a copy of my LEGO Wars movie and invited me over for a tour of the plant. Utterly fantastic! The plant, even though the licence was being revoked, was (...) (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | The Termination of LEGO production in the USA in 1973...
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1973 - the year LEGO Terminated the Samsonite USA LEGO License... For those folks who like looking at old LEGO catalogs... there's a big gap in the the American LEGO catalog lists... more like a 2 year gap. In 1970 TLG started legal action to revoke (...) (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Unknown LEGO Set... (another one)
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(...) The 1980 Japanese catalog showing the basic sets produced that year shows the very unusual (and very rare) 1902 set (from my DVD/download chapter on LEGO catalogs)... (URL) Istok (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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For the start of 2013, I propose we all meet at our favorite Swiss Chalet in Etobicoke, and use up those free appetizers coupons we all got at the last dinner. Friday Jan 11 - 7:00pm Swiss Chalet Dundas St Etobicoke ON. Separate Checks as always. I (...) (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Friday Dec 14th - not as bad as Friday the 13th
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Dave the medical term for this is called Some-timers (...) (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) snip (...) Already mention the Mindstorms EV3 Press Release information in Mediawatch, General, Lego and Robotics newsgroup. -Abner (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) snip (...) Already mention the Mindstorms EV3 Press Release information in Mediawatcth, General, Lego and Robotics newsgroup. -Abner (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.robotics)
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In case no one has noticed, earlier today LEGO announced their newest MINDSTORMS version at CES. This version is called the EV3, and will be released later this year. I'll let you do your own web searches for official announcements, pictures, and (...) (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Unknown LEGO Set... (another one)
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Another unknown LEGO set... this #1902 Japanese set of 1978-80. What should TLG do with all those early 1980s unusual Minitalia (Italian pseudo-LEGO) window and door molds and non-ABS plastic that they had leftover once LEGO sales were allowed back (...) (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 70702 Warp Stinger
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With no response from the Klendathu outpost for months, the patrolling Galaxy Squad has decided to determine the cause for so long a silence from the important border-lying outpost. A full regiment has been assigned to inspect the site but an (...) (12 years ago, 7-Jan-13, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGO® MINDSTORMS EV3 'New' for Summer 2013
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LEGO® ROBOTS BEGIN WORLDWIDE MARCH: NEW SMARTER, STRONGER LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 UNVEILED AT CES Robotics Pioneer Releases More Accessible yet More "Hackable" Platform in 15th Anniversary Year of the Original Smart Toy Includes First& Ever Native (...) (12 years ago, 7-Jan-13, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | A Prototype LEGO Set That Never Made It To Production... As Planned.
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I love playing LEGO Sherlock Holmes... And I came across another thing that the folks in Billund don't seem to recall (in their archive records)... The only time TLG ever made a Church set was from November 1957 until 1962. And a LEGO lighting (...) (12 years ago, 7-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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Trying to get it to self center, since it was not working at all, except to drive HARD RIGHT, and HARD LEFT - since it comes with ramps, I figured it should be self centering once you release the remote, but it doesn't anymore. SO HELP ANYONE????? (12 years ago, 6-Jan-13, to lugnet.modelteam)
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On New Year's EV3 I came up with a good challenge for our Build On The Spot competition. I just wanted to remind everyone that it will take place in just under 3 weeks, and look forward to seeing you all there! A line tracking driving base would (...) (12 years ago, 6-Jan-13, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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I have an opened Mindstorms NXT 2.0kit for sale. It is nearly complete and all the pieces are there and in like new condition. All motors and sensors are there as well as the control "brick" and everything seems to be working. The only things (...) (12 years ago, 5-Jan-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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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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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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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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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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