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Thanks Mike! I did 4, and I suspect one of the people I feedbacked didn't like it much. I can't be sure it was him rather than some quirk, but I got signed up for a bazillion junkmail lists. Another person contacted me offline and we had a (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Call for Box Status
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(...) Along the same lines, I'm still trying to figure out if anyone will fess up to having seen my box in the past month or so. I know for certain that two people have seen it soon after I started it, but it's just disappeared from my perspective (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: RCX 'brick connectors' and how-they-work??
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(...) Here's one of the patents: (URL) ISTHERE any source for equivalent brick connectors other (...) I agree with Mike--cutting up wire bricks (motor wires) is probably the easiest thing. There are four methods that I know about: 1. Cutting wire (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Congratulations Todd!! The more LUGNET makes it into the news, the less TLG can ignore the Adult Lego Community! Gary Istok (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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(...) Which chain? I haven't noticed that at Dierbergs or Schnucks. (...) Right, that's the idea. It prevents a form of bait and switch. I was trained on that law at a convenience store in St. Louis County (Rock Hill) in 1989. So the law - if I was (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) One option would be to refuse. If you have the endurance, just stay there arguing loudly so that everyone who comes through finds out about it. Eventually, they'll call the police and then they'll really be in trouble. (...) Unless they (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | RE: Automatic sorting
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(...) The 37xx can often be had in a 3pack for about 10 dollars US. The shallowest and medium units are about $4 and the deep unit is about 5$ Your mileage may vary... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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I lived on the top floor of this house while in college. The stairs are about a rickety as I could make them (textured steel--murder in the rain, and oh, how they shook and quivered. Very challenging while drunk). It was also my first experience in (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Query about tank-treads
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(...) tank-like (...) need (...) that (...) greatly (...) Please (...) Try Pitsco: (URL) the Lego Beach Fire and Rescue Service (URL) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Query about tank-treads
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Billy D Arnold wrote in message ... (...) tank-like (...) need (...) greatly (...) Please (...) S@H has set# 5278 Chain Links, 35 pcs, $4.00, but upon closer look at the instructions for 8851, this isn't what you're looking for. LMK if you find (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | PARTS AUCTION (#3) - Still more lots:Ridged bricks, skew bricks, "L" plates, more!
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This is the third set of lots in my auction of a 7171 Mos Espa Podrace. Thanks go to Mike Stanley for his wonderful (URL) auction site. All current auctions can be viewed at: (URL) newly posted lots are: 7 GREY 1x2 'ridged' bricks - $1.50 (URL) GREY (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Southern UK LEGOfest - update
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Jon D Hayward <Jon-D-Hayward@Chath...tel.co.uk> wrote in message news:FI0MtJ.Lwt@lugnet.com... (...) pages (...) OK - will do. (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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How about contacting your local paper, explain the Post offices, red cross, fedExs, and any other means of shipping... Lack of co-operation to help in shipping charges for items going to a ravaged country.. sometimes this gets people up in arms that (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Lego challenge !
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Ralph Hempel wrote in message <000001befe2a$c62ef4...pro150>... (...) <snip> Excellent Idea! That way, the light sensor could 'hover' over the maze, and be moved in an X and Y direction to 'traverse' it. I may attempt this, as I have very limited (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi, I just wondered whether it might be handy to add OnFwdFor(motors) and OnRevFor(motors). Regards Dave (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Alex: (...) There is still something fishy if you enter the site through the "official" URL[1], where you have a single frame frameset, which does exactly what you don't want - destroys the addressing scheme. Why not keep the entry page[2] at that (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | WTB Gray hinges
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Hello I am in need of the 1x2 light gray tilt hinges. I will accept tops or bottoms in light gray I need a lot. I am willing to pay .20 per hinge set and .05 per bottom and .15 per top. Please Please E-mail offers. Need badly! Thanks :) Doyle I also (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey
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dkrenz wrote in message <37DD8788.8926D862@mc.net>... (...) the (...) Hi all, Great thanks to all of you, especially to Julie for all of her tremendous efforts. I didn't imagine that the postage fee would be this much high. When individual sets are (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Query about tank-treads
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While I couldn't find this on the actual pitsco-legodacta.com website, i did find a scan of a catalog that had this part: (URL) *HAVE* seen it on the site, i just can't seem to find it at the moment. But you can give them a call. Troy Billy D Arnold (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Query about tank-treads
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Hi, Does anybody know where I can get a good amount of the snap-together tank-like treads such as the ones in #8851. I am trying to gather all the parts I need to make an M1 Abrams tank. I am not really interested in the set/sets that contain them, (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Query about tank-treads
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Hi, Does anybody know where I can get a good amount of the snap-together tank-like treads such as the ones in #8851. I am trying to gather all the parts I need to make an M1 Abrams tank. I am not really interested in the set/sets that contain them, (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Unique Gear Part - what is it 2.5 /5.0 in Motor Kit
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(...) Nope, that's the purpose of the gear. I think the Technic Element Registry calls it a "clutch gear". I find it handy to have around. It slips pretty easily, so you need to gear down after it to get any reasonable amount of torque. Even so, I (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Unique Gear Part - what is it 2.5 /5.0 in Motor Kit
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=>From: "Matt Silver" <silverm@tech-center.com> =>... =>What is the gear marked 2.5 /5.0 that comes with the Motor kit ? =>The gear looks lie a 24 tooth, but is white and a bit thicker, and has a =>grey hub inside that turns. I've heard it called (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Motor/generator efficency (was Re: Micro Scout can run off its own motor)
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(...) I saw this when Lego was showing off mindstorms here in Syd. THEY (lego) claimed the setup was almost 100% efficent. i.e. one rotation of generator = one rotation of motor. Have you got the wires hooked up the right way? (assuming there is A (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Unique Gear Part - what is it 2.5 /5.0 in Motor Kit
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What is the gear marked 2.5 /5.0 that comes with the Motor kit ? The gear looks lie a 24 tooth, but is white and a bit thicker, and has a grey hub inside that turns. As far as I can tell, the point is if the gear jams/binds or the object trys (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RCX 1.5 kit still ships RCX 1.0 - no hardware changes
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Recently I asked LEGO Mindstorms Technical Support if I there was an upgrade kit from 1.0 to 1.5, and they said there was ($25, available Oct 15/99) However, I was still uncertain if there were any physical or hardware changes in the RCX itself. (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: web page in frames
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(...) okay everyone, i've taken my page out of frames, sorry to bring it up. still though what do u think of my page? Alex "I HATE FRAMES! DIE FRAMES, DIE!!!...!!!" Roode (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Mc Donald's Lego
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Ditto in Plainwell - they (McD's) usually only have a box/case of one or two different toys/junk at hand, though are good at searching for any (having two boys, they don't usually want the same toy). Steve Bliss wrote: (clip..) (...) Now all this (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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| | Datsville: Safe House [DAT]
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Before Datsville's first spies move in they are going to need a safe house. 0 Untitled 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3001.DAT 1 0 -80 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3001.DAT 1 0 -160 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3001.DAT 1 0 -240 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3001.DAT 1 0 (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: WWII Fighter
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Earle wrote in message ... (...) To the best of my knowledge, the orange Lego first came out in 1998 in the Halloween buckets, which were a Target exclusive: (URL) this year, orange parts have come out in several Star Wars sets like the 7130 Snow (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: web page in frames
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(...) I can see this argument more than the others. It would have been nice for there to be a way to give a URL which specifies a frameset with given contents. Hmm. Maybe I'll implement that for my pages which use frames. (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Next NELUG meeting and potential Group project(s).
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(...) How close are you to the commuter rail? Or, alternately, anyone want to share a car ride from Harvard or Kenmore Square? (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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The thermos bottle (Thermos is a brand name: "vacuum bottle" is the generic term) is actually a baby's bottle from Belville sets. Cool! Kevin (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | FA (eBay): doors and windows
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These are doors and windows from 10 copies of the "doors and windows" service pack. I've regrouped them into larger quantities of each kind of window or door. So, if what you want is multiple pairs of "glass doors", without having to buy yet more (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | FA(eBay): pool+driveway baseplates from 4293, yellow plates, space wings, black bricks
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2 "pool and driveway" baseplates from 4293 (URL) black 4x8 triangular plates (space wings) (URL) Yellow plates (mostly larger) (URL) bulk black lego pieces (URL) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: KB Toys Sale
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(...) I was at a KB today, and didn't see any sign announcing a sale. However, it was before I read this group, so I didn't know to ask a salesperson about the ToyWorks sale. --Raymond Flournoy ===...=== flournoy@cs.stanford.edu "Because, of course, (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Todd, you've made the big time!
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(...) Wow, that's exciting news! I'll have to pick up a copy on the way home tonight. (...) Not as far as I'm aware, no. :) --Todd (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Fair Auction? (Was Re: Honest Capitalism)
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(...) It would be your choice, and no-one would pass judgement upon you either way. I don't think that both systems are mutually exclusive, and I think each has its uses. (...) The names that I know probably make profit, but I don't believe that (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | RE: Automatic sorting
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OK, great information and websites... Till I get to KMart (need to do a budget) APPROX how much do the 3700 and 3701 Cost?? (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Todd, you've made the big time!
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Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but Lugnet was mentioned in the current issue of Entertainment Weekly! There is a full page article about Lego going into the 21st century with new, sophisticated Lego bricks. They give a few RIS related (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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