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(...) I don't suppose I'd have a problem myself. My code is a little messy, but it (usually) gets the job done. I was thinking of other people, who may have recorded inventories in spreadsheets, or HTML, or whatever document format they found handy. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: Track names (was Re: To Tore Eriksson)
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(...) Don´t bother to dig the set up. Tore found an instuction scan at (URL) it clearly shows that the track parts from this set also have slots in them. Greetings, Manfred Moolhuysen. (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi Greg, Pat Linnero posted a message to rtl and Lugnet on the 13th August about all the great sets that Busy Bee was possibly able to get. I must say that I was surprised by the lack of discussion this info generated, but probably everybody else (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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Hey Larry, Send the bidders email address and details of where the item is cheaper to me and I'll email them. Everyone knows how much respect I have for ebay, stuff this TOS business. Mark H. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: FS: Used Train and Town sets (with pics)
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(...) I'll give you $17.00 for this one. Mark H. (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) <snipped description of new environment for RCX/Cybermaster> (...) Michael, I just downloaded mlCAD and find it an excellent bit of software. The rendering of each step is a bit slow unless you turn on wireframes, but that's not so bad. My 7 (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The last three parameters define a vector, not angles. The nested commands are rotated <angle> degrees around the vector. To rotate 45 degrees around X, do: 0 ROTATE 45 1 0 0 ... To rotate -45 degress around Y, you can do this: 0 ROTATE 45 0 (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) 5571 is by far larger than 8448. (Judging by the number of parts included, obviously.) Fredrik (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: What is Homecoming? (Re: Somebody help.)
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(...) Yep. The odd thing I think is that my high school didn't do anything for homecoming, other than the homecoming game. There was a game every year, and we actually had a pep rally 1 year... but the profound lack of school spirit made it (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: CW/CCW, vertex sequence, co-planar, convex, (115kB)
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(...) True. But mirroring is an advanced technique. Well, maybe intermediate-level. Anyway, it's not for beginners. (...) True. Allowing mirroring/inversion for parts authors allows them to use a single set of primitives, while keeping part-files (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Would have (Was Re: Signed up for MindFest
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(...) Yes. Mail me as soon as you know you'll be in town. Todd and I were hoping you'd come. Anyone else who missed the signup should send mail directly to me. -Suz. suz@media.mit.edu (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Lugnet Roll-call
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Name: Dan Moquin Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Stafford Springs, CT, USA (10 minutes from Lego Headquarters) E-mail Address: moquind@neca.com , moquin-kac@kaman.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Nothing Yet (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: RCX + C + Windows
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(...) Miguel, It depends on whether you want your programs to run on the RCX (case 1) or on the PC (case 2). Case 1: Try legOS. It uses gcc and a cross assembler to compile C directly to the RCX. It requires that you download alternative firmware. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | SPUDs and POOPs? (Was: Does anyone accually like 4561?)
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[ XFUT lugnet.general and lugnet.faq ] Kya Morden: (...) I can't remember SPUDs either. Steve? POOP = Piece (that can be built) Of Other Pieces Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Indranil
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(...) How about something like: This catalog lists many of the hard to find LEGO sets which can be shipped anywheres in the US. You are doing nothing but describing exactly what the catalog is. Now it may be against eBay rules to sell catalogs, so (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Signed up for MindFest
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(...) ... (...) Way cool, John John! :) Steve (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.cad)
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(...) (URL) think that fits pretty close to your description except for the building block part. Søren (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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G'Day If you are willing to use 'non-pure Lego' parts, then Radio Shack has a telephone cord 'detangler' that plugs into standard RJ-11 jacks, has 4 conductors, and 360 degree motion. Works rather well, esp. with some contact enhancer for a cleaner (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Would have (Was Re: Signed up for MindFest
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I WOULD have signed up for this but couldn't see spending 75 USD on the off chance that I could make it. Then I decided to take the plunge anyway and visited the registration site yesterday. It was after 5 but before midnight eastern (dunno if it (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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(...) Yup, me too. 'Course, I probably have 10 or so legitimate e-mail addresses also... (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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(...) Now here's where you might have a legitimate beef. If the seller has modified the image, they are definitely violating fair use guidelines of TLG copyrighted material. Unfortuanately, eBay might not do anything unless TLG pursued the issue. Of (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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(...) If you won the bid, it probably wouldn't be against the TOS to leave a comment that you felt swindled, but you would not have recourse to back out of the purchase because of this (note that even Todd doesn't allow this for Auczilla). Once you (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: New angled beam
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(...) Is it the largest set ever? or is 5571 larger? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | The beginings of my modular Star Wars base.
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Here is a link to some pictures I have taken of the initial stages of the construction of what I plan on being a large modular layout of a Star Wars Rebel Base. Much of my Ideas are still fermenting in my head but I plan on this base houseing a (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Some questions about the shell promos...
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(...) Just got the instructions for this set from brickshelf.com. This is accually a sticker. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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(...) There is a difference here. Your proposed TOS is saying that since you've visited us, you must pay. It would be like a store saying that now that you've come in the door, you must pay us. There is no opportunity to read to the contract before (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Technic Shuttle
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(...) My mistake that should be Boyes in Louth. They have branches in York, Darlington, Whitby and at least 20 other places (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Halloween Lego Design Contest Reminder and Update
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I've had no trouble viewing it with IE4.0, but I've changed it quickly just now. If it's still off it'll have to wait until after work. Brian (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | New part: Fence spindled 4x4x2 quarter ring [DAT]
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Hi, I've run out of dumb questions for Steve (thanks) so here's my first attempt at a part. I use a new hires ring primitive which I posted yesterday. I inlined it here so you can see the whole part. Feedback is appreciated. Thanks, Don 0 Fence (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Pneumatic bits and pieces
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(...) Yes, there are 4 of them in service pack 5109 (along with some tubing). Cost is about 4 USD. I don't have the US spares service phone number, but somebody out there can probably tell you. Stuart (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Pneumatic bits and pieces
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(...) You get 4 'T' pieces in accessory set 5109 with two lengths of tube. Regards John Stormes (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Pneumatic bits and pieces
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Does anyone out there know if there are "T" pieces for the pneumatics stuff, and if so where to get them. They don't get a mention on shop at home, catalog, or Pitsco. Regards, JB (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lubricating Cylinders
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(...) My reply from Lego just came. It turns out that they are not ready to answer e-mails in the USA. So now I have to call some phone number. Sounds to me like they don't know the answer and are wasting time so they can find out. (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Halloween Lego Design Contest Reminder and Update
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(...) All the backslashes in the URLs in the code of the first page shouldn't be there. The rest of the site works fine. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Some questions about the shell promos...
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I have them all, opened them all, but have not yet built them, so here's my best guesses in the absence of any other replies: (...) I have noticed the 2x3 red sloped bit with the Ferrari symbol, 2x1 grey sloped bit used for the petrol pump controls (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: New angled beam
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(...) Nope. They're smaller than the ones on the 8459, but bigger than the ones on the, say, 8414. Also, the whatchamacallums, the thingies inside the tires look pretty cool. (...) Yes, there do seem to be a lot of those. Wasn't, erm, (damn, lugnet (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: I've just overhauled my Lego Website.
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(...) I chuckled when I saw that too. Touché Scott! :) The 'premier' bit wasn't intended as a dig, in fact I had clean forgotten about Scott's site, hence the 'Scotland's only website' bit. (though I admit I half expected to be challenged on that (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Star Wars LEGOs
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I'm looking for some Star Wars LEGO "give aways". These aren't really promos about I'm hoping someone here can help me. Please let me know if you have any Star Wars LEGO sets that aren't avalible in stores, I have the Denver Celabration brick. There (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Indranil
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(...) And nothing else. Your postings come from a hotmail account, I didn't see a roll call entry and you haven't mentioned whether you have a website. Whereas I am rather well known in the community and a lot of info about me is available if you (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Track names (was Re: To Tore Eriksson)
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(...) You could not find it with that loose and sloppy description! :-) (URL) Sorry about that! (...) You're right, slots are a better name than notches for the openings. However I would say that "tabs" are a better name for the part on the sleeper (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: What set(s) is this piece found in?
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(...) at both ends but is a straight cylindrical part, (very common) or the piece that connects to IT which only has one and is two rods with the ends bent down. if the latter, that is a pantgraph shoe. See this page: (URL) particularly the terms (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Plano in the UK
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Looking at this group Plano storage seems to be the answer to my Technic Storage issues. Does anyone know of a supplier in the UK, preferably London. Mark (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: New angled beam
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(...) I haven't been doing much part modeling lately, but there are a few parts on the page (URL) two first parts are submitted for voting, the air tank and the "connector locking without toggle notches". The last two will probably never be (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Attention Calgarians & Edmontonians - Hobby Show
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Are there any more Calgarians or Edmontonians here on Lugnet? If any Edmonton LEGO enthusiasts are interested in showing off their LEGO hobby please contact Peter Kiddell at pkiddell@cybersurf.net He is the show organizer for both Edmonton & (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Any info on 9700 (aka TC-0) ?
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(...) You may have one of the origonal robotics kits. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What set(s) is this piece found in?
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(...) 4551 has some -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | #8485 is here
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A large box just dropped on me. An #8485 from DYA shopping. I intend to use the RCX to replace the Technic Control Centre that comes with it. Need to take a little respite from pump testing.:-) See you later! -- C S Soh (URL) where air is power (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: FS : Mars promo sets
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(...) and (...) given (...) calling (...) We changed over in the UK way back in the 70's. At that time we were all ripped of as products were generally down sized to metric sizes by a few few grams or millilitres.... but the prices stayed just the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: I've just overhauled my Lego Website.
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(...) or a (...) I must admit Ian's web site did inflence my phrasology... a little. But it was not until I saw Ian's that I realised that Scotland was so underrepresented in this area. BTW, Ian's site is in my link list. (...) Good point, the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Any info on 9700 (aka TC-0) ?
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Hi I've just acquired some of the parts for a set apparently numbered 9700, including an instruction sheet that gives a useful illustrated inventory of the contents (the illustration of the box shows a number of "TC-0"). These also show a series of (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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Fatal flaw in that sweepstakes I hope they correct - one entry per EMAIL ADDRESS. Anyone that owns a domain like I do could enter as many times as they want to take the time to (I didn't, I only entered once, though I might enter my wife). (...) Tom (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mindfest
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Thanks for the elaborate response, chris. I plan to attend the NELUG meeting as well. Eric (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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$2000? BAH! That's Lego for ONE DAY. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Comprehensive meta-command list
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I've got a zillion bug reports about mpds to sort through. Hopefully it will handle them better than 1.6 :). -gyug (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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(...) Um, it's WORSE than the McD sets. It's not a limited time set, and the starting bid was 400% markup, and if the guy used the buy-5-save-$4.50 deal in the S@H catalogs, it was a 600% markup. Believe it or not, some of us PAID $11 for that McD (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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Pretty damn sad, especially since one person bought all 5. And I just ordered 4 of those today for a CDN RTLer for cost... (...) Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: The Great Create
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(...) and check into what's up for 1999. I'm not 100% sure but I heard there will be no Great Create this year because a major sponsor (Target stores) dropped out :( I will try to call the Greater Minneapolis Area Children's Crisis Nursery to (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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(...) Hmm. Curiousity. What about e-mailing a bidder after the auction is over? What if you wait until the auction is over, and then provide neutral feedback? Could eBay legitimately gripe if I went out and bid on one of these 'rare' sets, and then (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | The Great Create
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Is there going to be a Great Create this year? How about some dates if there is. Paul (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Indranil
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(...) Now *that* is a good idea! One of you US guys with spare S@H catalogs fancy doing this? I only have 1 lame Canadian one. Kevin (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | What set(s) is this piece found in?
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The piece I'm referring to appears in 4558 Metroliner - it's the black umm... "electrical connector" thingies that attach to the roof of the train itself. (Nothing to do with the headlights!) What I'd like to know is if those pieces are available in (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | FA(eBay): 2150 Red Train Station
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MISB, 2150 red Train Station (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Halloween Lego Design Contest Reminder and Update
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(...) I can't view it--Compuserve says that page 2 and all images aren't on the server! I get broken-image links. Has something awful happened? LFB (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: $10 off at ToysRUs.com
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(...) I ordered Naboo Swamp, it came to about $4. Not a bad deal. LFB. (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Does anyone accually like 4561?
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(...) SPUDs and POOPs? Special Purpose...stuff... and more stuff.... What are they? Kya (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Indranil
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(...) What is there to hide? My name is attached to every posting. Whether it is a 3438 or a 4536, what's the difference? If you really were on a crusade to educate the eBay masses about the availability of Lego products direct from S@H, why don't (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Reply to "New Star Wars LEGO"
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(...) Exactly ^_^ (...) Adventurers have logos? (While I have a few adventurers sets, I only have them for the pieces, plan to make a museum one of these days.) As for R2, it's not human. ^_^ Kya (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Reply to "New Star Wars LEGO"
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Eric Kingsley wrote in message ... (...) I Enjoyed the movie (Ep1), but the Lego sets do not compare to the classic sets. The classic crafts had that rough look to them that our friendly studs re-create pretty well. With all the sleek rounded (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | [MN] 46 Light Gray Brick Lots posted to BRICKS
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I've started posting the second half of the auctions that I was supposed to get up last week. Below you'll find 46 lots of Light Gray Bricks, perfect for castle building or just about anything else. More Light Gray parts will follow, including (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches!
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(...) I recall about a year ago when Mindstorms came out (guessing there) they showed LOTS of Mindstorms ads on tv, if I remember correctly, I either saw them on Discovery or on TNT during Babylon 5, but alas, all my season 1 B5 tapes are in a box (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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(...) considered (...) they (...) These (...) between (...) bids, (...) spend. (...) but (...) "not available in stores" implies that you cannot get the set yourself. Also, did you see the editing on the image? I'm sure that there was a price or a (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | FS: Used Train and Town sets (with pics)
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I'm offering these up to folks on Lugnet and RTL before they make their way to eBay. Sets come from outside my personal collection. They are being sold to recover costs of a large purchase. Some prices may be negotiable, email me for more specific (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Blue Air Tanks
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Before I'd ever seen a blue air tank, I had fair success in 1994 with CO2 cartridges, epoxy, and the rigid pneumatic tubing. Just another way of doing things if you don't mind your work having some non-LEGO bits in them; easily paralleled, would (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Reply to "New Star Wars LEGO"
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(...) I agree. after all EP1 has a different logo, and no duplicated minifigs. Isn't that the distinction, after all? Ben Gatrelle PS don't look at the Adventurers' logo(s), and don't start the "is R2-D2 a minifig" discussion back up again! :-P (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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(...) I know you've said you feel constrained to abide by that ridiculous interpretation of the TOS, especially since you wish to continue to bid on things at eBay. But do you honestly think people who have no desire to register or use eBay are (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Blue Air Tanks
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Regarding those elusive blue air tanks, I've sent a distress signal to Emmanuel of DYA Shopping to see if a special buy could be arranged. Thanks to Mario Ferrari who provided the catalog number. Truly an international effort. Let's hope Emmanuel (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Could somebody use this program?
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Hy I'm the author of MLCad and I'm dreaming a bit now. My idea was to write a program which is able to program the CyberMaster and the RCX brick. To construct the program I though I might use something like building blocks one for each possible (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Revised Color Line Truck
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I am slowly migrating my current site to a new and managed to add a couple of pictures of my six wide Color Line truck at (URL) good or bad, welcome. Better pictures of the cabs should show up in a couple of more days. -- Paul Foster (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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(...) An email to a bidder with the S@H phone number is bid siphoning under eBay TOS. And eBay TOS applies to you whether you are registered as a bidder or seller or not. (it applies as of the moment you view the first eBay page, your viewing is (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Rock Raiders IS a Space theme
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(...) Yeah, and space (lowercase 's') can include Star Wars, but sci-fi can't, according to those in the know about the difference between sci-fi and fantasy... B-) <duck> --Todd (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.space, lugnet.underground, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Has the world gone mad?!?
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(...) Same thing happened to me at the Taupo Hobby Expo. In 1998 I noticed a few creations that were not original and had won prizes. For example the Divers set with the whale skeleton on a large grey baseplate instead of the original base. So I (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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| | Re: Unusually busy Sunday...?
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(...) Isn't this basically subjective? I mean, are there more items because by some objective measure more newsworthy things happen, or are there more items because you chose to spotlight more? I'm NOT trying to start a fight, merely pointing out (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Got my own "How Dare You" message from eBay ripoff artist
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(...) OK, here you go: (...) (1) (...) I also got this gem for my repost ( (URL) ) just now. At least I think it was for that one, the first one has vanished. (2) (...) Moi? Ramble? Never. 1 - THAT was what I found so precious. Me not understand (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) If you download the NQC source distribution you'll find a set of C++ classes that control the interface to the RCX. Its pretty easy to extract these classes (and a few of their support classes) from NQC and use them stand-alone. The (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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What you want (drum roll please!) is legOS. The home page is at (URL) my HOWTO is at (URL) in this same hierarchy, you can try lugnet.robotics.RCX....lugnet.com for legOS specific help. Good luck. Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Er, I thought water is "hydrolics". Anyway, you've advanced our meagre knowledge concerning Lego pneumatics, namely you've confirmed what doesn't work. But we're still much in the dark about what will work. Guess we'll just have to wait for (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Somebody help.
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(...) I was thinking more along the lines of "Do or do not. There is no try." But I like yours better. (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I'm always interrested in Technic LDraw parts, including (especially?!?!) the unofficial ones! Amos "Junior" Bieler Spambot shield at 98.6%, Captain. (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | H & R Trains - Fall Show Pictures
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Hey, Here is some pictures of my LEGO Train Layout form last weekends H & R Trains Fall Show. The show was great, I got first place and made some new friends that have LEGO Trains and would like to link up in the future. Maybe a new Florida Lego (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Minifig Scale Lawn Tractor
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(...) Timmy shouldn't be allowed NEAR a tractor, someone might get hurt. (translation: not any to spare, I'm hoarding them for eBay) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | RCX + C + Windows
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Hello everybody I would like to know if is possible to control the RCX under Windows but not using the Spirit.OCX. I have already read something about NQC ... but I need something in pure C to develop my own rotines. I will really apreciate if (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!
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I am extremely delighted to have been a part of this grand experiment since before the beginning. What has been realised so far is amazing but pales in comparision to what I hope is yet to come. Happy first public anniversary and many happy returns! (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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GEORGE SIKORA <gsikora@swbell.net> wrote in article (...) (URL) makes me just cry is that LEGO is so proud of the educational possibilities of its products that it farms out the burden of selling them to an outside company. I know that products in (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I, um, have one that was filled with water back then... *cough* It doesn't work so good any more. ;) - Ben. ---...--- Ben Williamson benw@pobox.com (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Group Question - please read and give me your opinion
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(...) I don't think we have a policy for making policy. But we DO have a policy for making policy about policy. (1) Hope that helps :-) Seriously I sense a consensus that a week (and three notes) is plenty. Move him down and go on to the next (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Lubricating Cylinders
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(...) Thanks, man, we owe it all to you. Who did you contact, CEO LEGO? Can I have his e-mail? -- C S Soh (URL) where air is power (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Minifig Art Museum update
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I updated the Minifig Art Museum over the weekend to include 14 new works. I have added two new halls (North and South), added two works to the Grand Hall and added one new work each to Glass Works I and II (in the first positions). Lugnet readers (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Pneumatics have been around for 15 years. Anyone oiled them back in 1984? And also has some un-oiled ones with them? Well, one of my cylinders has already been filled with oil. So I'll just have to wait 20 years. Let me see, that'll be 2019. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Somebody help.
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In lugnet.people, Mike Stanley writes:>I think Yoda has a saying for this type of situation... What is it? (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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