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I am looking for two of the type II gearboxes as seen on: (URL) let me know your price or want / wish list, and I'll respond asap. Please be gentle, I am not a rich man... :) Thanks, -Phil (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | RE: Could somebody use this program?
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(...) Michael, do follow Ralph's excellent advice! I took a look at MLCad and found it a truly excellent piece of software. I just wish it were available for Macs and Linux! I do not know if the Mac is recovering in Europe (I guess you live in (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | 12v trains and accessoriest for sale.
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I am selling out my 12v traincollection Check it out on (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Pink spaceship
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<SNIP> (...) It´s Scala! Scala *has* a fairy castle, with a prince, princess, stable, castles etc. An evil witch and such. Belville is.... No, wait a minute! Scala is that Barbie-type thing, Belville is like barbies with plastic clothing, and...... (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Classic Space, prices
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(...) Now, (...) always (...) I think. I´m from sweden actually, so I just checked how many SEK´s a dollar is worth in my newspapaer, and I don´t know if it´s US or not. (...) them (...) Is (...) to (...) them. (...) Yeah, I figured out this too. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Surprising pricing
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Hiya Today I was looking at someone's Freemans (autumn / winter 99) mail order catalogue. They have a small selection of Lego sets - as is usual with these types of catalogue, the prices are grossly overinflated. Here are the sets they have : Gungan (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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(...) Heck, I could enter (any alphanumeric combiniation)@shades...-night.com and it would be a valid e-mail address. Our domain is currently set up that way to avoid mis-directed mail (typos, etc) James (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: Could somebody use this program?
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(...) I think Ralph has good advice. I personally wouldn't use a graphical block building programming interface. I hate the RCX Code software that comes with the RIS. I've been using NQC under Windows NT and have been very pleased with it. A better (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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(...) Yeah no kidding. We're running qmail on our mail server, so mattdm-[anything]@mattdm.org is a valid e-mail address. I could legally enter a very large number of times. (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Indranil
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(...) Nope, haven't heard from him other than him requesting my user info. Which won't do him any good since it isn't current. I actually sent him an e-mail message after reading his feedback withdrawal comment, laughing, explaining how much it was (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Could somebody use this program?
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Michael Lachmann skrev i meddelandet ... (...) I have started thinking about such a program many times since I and the kids (9 and 12) got our CyberMaster kit, but nothing has come out of it yet :-( I think it would be a good thing for kids, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: To sell or to auction, that is the question.
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(...) Any 'sale starting now' announcement is going to be "unfair" to the people who don't see it right away. If you want to give everyone equal opportunity to react, then use one of: an auction (with a reasonable time frame), a 'best offer by' (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: H & R Trains - Fall Show Pictures
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(...) of blue baseplates :) --Todd (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.fl)
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| | WTB: Train Sets
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Hi everyone, If anyone has any extra train sets they'd like to sell, please contact me. I'm mostly interested in the 9v train sets, but if you have anything (4.5v or 12v) available, let me know. I was hoping to find some sets that someone didn't (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Could somebody use this program?
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(...) I'd second that, except maybe reversing the order. I'd definitely use a Linux version. (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The beginings of my modular Star Wars base.
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Hey All, Sorry it took me so long to respond (esp. to Eric, who sent me an e-mail last week which I never replied to - oops!). I love the idea of some sort of accumulated collage. Hopefully hopefully hopefully my AT-AT will be all set within the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | KB KIDS.com 20% Off sale (and 50% clearance items, more importantly)
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Woohoo! This ROCKS, thanks. I ordered 20 of the 6444s, and with free shipping and the $10 coupon, it came to $197.20. Looks like I'll be Ebaying off some parts once I split most of these up. The problem is, there are so many pieces I want to keep (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | To sell or to auction, that is the question.
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Okay, so I listed 25 sets in market.buy-sell-trade last night. I also listed asking prices. When I stopped home for lunch today, I did a quick check of email and found that I have over 10 messages responding to my list of sets. As of now, I have (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Could somebody use this program?
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I have to have a look at it, but as it looks it would have the nice and easy interface known from Lego's RCX programmer but with all functions provided by the spirit.ocx. And it would work under NT as well :-) Mike Ensio Tammi wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Insurance
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Christopher Tracey <ctracey@usgs.gov> wrote in message news:37FA25C2.6D3784...sgs.gov... (...) renter's (...) suggested (...) This will depend on the type of policy that you get. When we were getting insurance for my business, we went several rounds (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The beginings of my modular Star Wars base.
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(...) the (...) have (...) but I (...) of this (...) bricks (...) interior (...) to (...) and (...) display, (...) in (...) Hmm, if there's going to be a SW base w/ AT-ATs and other ships, I might just have to try to talk my parents into going :) (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Lugnet Interviews?
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(...) How about both? I've always liked dual interviews -- there's more chemistry involved, and the answers tend to be a lot more fun. I also like the idea an interview conducted in real-time chat, keeping everyone on their toes, but there's no (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Classic Space, prices
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(...) Are we talking US $ here? (...) If the printing on the minifigs is completely worn off, or so badly worn as to be undesireable to use, I would figure the blank minifigs as worth about a dollar if otherwise in good shape. (...) I would think (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Indranil
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(...) Yoiks! Holy run-on sentence, Batman! (I _think_ grammatically correct, but still!) caffeine levels critical... must seek coffee James (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Insurance
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(...) Replacement value. A policy based on original cost will have inaccurate data fast, and will grow more inaccurate over time. This would make it very difficult for the insurance company to accurately estimate its liability, and would mean they (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The beginings of my modular Star Wars base.
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James, Thanks, I never saw those before. I usually look at the pages, 26 in the current catalog, but I never buy bricks like that, I always bought the buckets or whatever. Hmmm.... 5.50 US, gray, hmmm..... :) Scott S. (...) Scott E. Sanburn CADD (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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(...) Did that yesterday. Unfortunately I did not e-mail him in time for him to retract his bid. (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: The beginings of my modular Star Wars base.
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(...) Yup. 5145 Grey Bricks Pack, 68 pieces, $7.25 (Canadian). I've got a couple. (hundred) :) To be more precise, they have these in the US/Canada service line, but apparantly not in the European. I'm not certain about the other markets, but (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: eBay rip-off artist hides feedback
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(...) Harumph... The LEGO "dealers" I have dealt with on eBay on a regular basis all have extensive feedback praising them for items better than described, quick delivery etc. Only rarely do they have a negative feedback from someone who apparently (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Indranil
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(...) How about "Lego 1999 S@H guide! Contains info on great deals like McDonald's exclusive!" and in the description: "This catalogue is only available direct from Lego, and contains information on ordering current and out-of-production Lego sets. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Pink spaceship
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(...) Nope, Belville. Unless Scala had its own fairy castle, and didn't tell anyone. Steve (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Proposed: A New Kind of Timeline (was Re: The LD environment)
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(...) And at that point, they might as well all post their own websites. (...) ... (...) Nope, you got it exactly right. Steve (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Classic Space, prices
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Hello, my friend in school has got a lot of lego from his big brother. Now, in that lego, there are several classic space figs and models. I have always wished that he someday could sort together some sets and sell them to me. Now, he has. Today, he (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: What is Homecoming? (Re: Somebody help.)
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(...) My understanding is that "Homecoming" was supposed to be for alumni to come back and visit. If that was the case at one point, it hasn't been true for a long time. Especially high school. Parade, Game, Dance. Those are the essential elements (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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(...) deal (...) I was refering to how misleading the auction was when I said it was worse the the McDonalds set auctions. I believe that the McDonald's auctions were much more misleading, atleast the ones that I saw were. Of course, based on just (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Lugnet Interviews?
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Richard Franks: (...) Good idea. The question is whether Todd or Suz should be the first victim. :-) (...) Do it! Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: The beginings of my modular Star Wars base.
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(...) Yeah, actually, they've had 'em for a while! (in the US at any rate) According to the DB, there's a gray brick service pack that dates back to 1986 (or earlier!) DaveE (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: RTL posting stats (was Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!)
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[ (X)FUT lugnet.off-topic.geek and lugnet.admin.general ] Steve: [...] (...) Few or many messages per thread? - few messages per thread could mean - quick correct answers - nobody cares to discuss anything - many messages per thread could mean - (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: The beginings of my modular Star Wars base.
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(...) building (...) Thanks very much. (...) They do in the U.S. I don't know about anywhere else. Eric Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail. The New England LEGO Users Group (URL)-- (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Insurance
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I asked my agent about it and he said it would be covered under my renter's insurance policy. I didn't have to list items individually but they suggested that I videotape or photograph everything of value. Do most policys use replacement value or (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: RTL posting stats (was Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!)
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(...) Yeah, number-of-messages seemed like the easiest to graph. I'm also getting data on number of messages containing "auction|sale", "mindstorms", or "star wars", with that sort of in mind. Signal is hard to describe simply. (...) Hmmm, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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(...) Yep. That's exactly why I said I'd expect to see numbers VASTLY in the 10+ range, and maybe only a couple token entries in the less than 10 categories. Hence, despite the fact that the 'majority' of households have less than 10, the data will (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The beginings of my modular Star Wars base.
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Eric, What a great job. I love the realism (I.E. Steps, and so forth.) I am building several more realistic models of my own, your a great inspiration! Good luck, it looks great so far. Scott S. P.S. They have gray service packs now? (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Indranil
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(...) How about "Excellent price guide for recent LEGO sets. Invaluable for serious LEGO collectors in the US. Saves you from getting scammed by eBay rip-off artists^H^H^H^H^H^H^...H^H^Hpower sellers." Seriously, there are plenty of items posted on (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Indranil
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(...) Emailed to "riffco" from ebay, cc'd to powersellersinfo@ebay.com : to: *suppressed* subject: lego, revisited holy c****t! (blasphemy, for the believers) i thought your sleaziness was limited to the mcdonalds sets. a friend just alerted me to (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: eBay rip-off artist hides feedback
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This is what I got from him: Unfortunately, eBay allows anyone to leave feedback about anyone. Regardless if the person is a customeror not. Too many people seem to have too much time on their hands, as they use the feedback profile whichI feel is (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 1785 Crater Critters
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Odd occurrences at the Cratier Robotics Development plant: at the end of the work week (when all employees returned to their living quarters) the virtual alarms were silenced and production conveyor belts began moving on their own. Autobot units (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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(...) inside (...) True. I was just thinking that with Primo/Duplo, then Lego, it's really easy for a family to climb past 10 sets, especially when you consider the dozen or so sets under $5.00. Also, it strikes me that the people who aren't into (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Insurance
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(...) I'm pretty sure they'd find some way of wriggling out of paying for $5,000[1] worth of replacement Lego if you don't specifically mention it as an item though. Richard [1] Random figure - I'm sure it's a lot higher for some people! (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2150 at Busy Bee
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They also have some 3225 in -- Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of the UK Technic Club Magazine Web site: (URL) models and going up Mike Walsh <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:FJ50AD.6L1@lugnet.com... (...) in. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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(...) Good point. And this seller is a Powerseller and that paragraph I posted earlier *does* apply to him. Someone who doesn't care about their eBay status could complain (I am reluctant to do it myself because I sell a lot on eBay - with what I (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | 2150 at Busy Bee
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I spoke with Busy Bee again today and they got a few 2150 Retrostations in. They were filling UK orders first followed by US orders. I am anxiously awaiting my Train Station. Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: FS : Mars promo sets
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(...) But you still use MPH on the roads... Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 5909 Treasure Raiders
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"Well I'll be superamalgamated! Posthumous disfigurement to the cranial structure with a proclivity toward the assessment that the act was vehemently executed!" said the gaunt-featured archaeologist, William Harper Littlejohn. A smile played across (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: The LD environment (or, Datsville in Space)
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:37f4e224.551573...net.com... (...) If no one else does, eventually I will probably start something. I would probably set my sights a little lower than an all-encompassing, consistent (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: SPUDs and POOPs? (Was: Does anyone accually like 4561?)
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(...) SPUD would be "Special Purpose Ugly Design". Eric Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail. The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| | Inverse grey corner slope availability
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Does anyone know of a current or recent set with an inverse corner slope (LDraw part 3676, "Slope Brick 45 2 x 2 Inverted Double Convex" (see url) in light grey? I've had a quick (not exhaustive) search in db.inv and can't find anything. Any help is (...) (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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Set 9700 is probably a Dacta control centre kit of some kind, though I don't know which one. 9701 is the current "Control Lab Technology Building Set" and the other Dacta control kits are in that 97xx series. Kevin (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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(...) It's also in the Flame Fighters fire station set, as a light bar on the small fire chiefs car, though that's no cheaper than 4551! Kevin (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: SPUDs and POOPs? (Was: Does anyone accually like 4561?)
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(...) An acronym list would be keen... The RTLSpeak list is referenced in the LUGNET FAQ material (1), but I don't see any reason why LUGNET can't have its own copy. Unless the acronym list is copyrighted? BURP = Big Ugly Rock Piece SNOT = Studs Not (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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(...) <snip> I guess this begs the question however. Would these people be going to the LEGO web site and filling out the form? If they are not that "into" LEGO I would guess not. I am sure that there are plenty of folks out there that don't have (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The beginings of my modular Star Wars base.
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<snip> (...) This is something that would hold a B-Wing while on the Hanger Floor while major repairs were being done. It would also have repulsor lift capability so that mainenance crews could move the B-Wing to another area of the Hanger. <snip> (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Attention Calgarians & Edmontonians - Hobby Show
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(...) Yup, one or two. :) I haven't heard too much out of Calgary, but we've got between 3 & 6 active AFOLs in Edmonton (and St. Paul) that stay in semi-active contact, and a few more that come out of the woodwork every once in a while. (...) Is (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca.ab)
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| | Re: FS : Mars promo sets
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(...) How widespread are the three-liter milk jugs? At my local store, they have the gallon (3.785L) jugs next to the 3-liter jugs. It takes some quick math to figure which is the better deal. The price levels seem to switch weekly. Steve (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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(...) I know a few... mostly, I'd say people fall in the "under 10" category or "way over 10" category. My younger brother and sister's collection (they don't care for it nearly as much as I) is about 4 or 5 sets... Also, our neighbors family has a (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I'm famous (or infamous)
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(...) Just a footnote to this little incident. The information came from an interview I did with a reporter in Denmark for the Bloomberg Newsgroup (like Associated Press but on a smaller, growing scale) about two months ago. It was originally for an (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: number and letter bricks (was: Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear?)
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(...) existence (...) set. I (...) Alphabets (...) Todays signage (...) Lego Dacta is still making English Alphabet and math signs. I don't know about other alphabets. (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lugnet Interviews?
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As we do have quite a varied set of interesting people on here, it could be interesting to 'interview' some of them! Although you can find out a lot about people by just using Lugnet, the psychology of an interview (on a chat or irc) is completely (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: The beginings of my modular Star Wars base.
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(...) Maintenance sled? (...) Yeah, it doesn't HAVE to be Hoth, just thought it might be more recognizeable, what with an AT-AT (or AT-ATs? Shaun? :) ) approaching the base... But we could also go for a more earthy tone too-- I could try and work in (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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(...) <snip> (...) I can't think of *anyone* I know, nephews and neighbors included, that don't have either 0-1 or 10+. James (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Indranil
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(...) Hmm. same guy that i posted feedback on for the mcdonalds set. has he called you threatening a slander suit yet? i think its time to contact ebay and get his "power seller" status withdrawn for being sleazy. -dave (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Rock Raiders IS a Space theme
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(...) Actually, Star Wars belongs square in the middle of that thing known as Sci-Fi ("skiffy" I've heard it pronounced). It's "hard science fiction" that SW doesn't fit into. Although the SW technology is a bit closer to HSF than Star Trek's. Not (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Somebody help.
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(...) that. (...) You must confront Vader? James (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Trains and Rock Raiders
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(...) So sets 6821, 452, 493, 886, 889, 6952, 6989 are not part of Space? How very interesting. Steve (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Proxy bidding mechanics questions...
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Chris Busse wrote in message ... (...) increased (...) set (...) 2x4 (...) of (...) was (...) shows (...) bid (...) by (...) So far so good, I would agree with everything that you've said so far. (...) bid (...) rae's (...) Rae's (...) her (...) do (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: The beginings of my modular Star Wars base.
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<snip> (...) Finally!!! It has been a long time in comming I just wish I had started ordering from S@H earlier. (I also wish there were more 1xX bricks in the Service packs) (...) this (...) That would be fine. A lot of the detail is going to be (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: The beginings of my modular Star Wars base.
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(...) --snippage-- (...) I like the bay portal/door and the way you have the B-wings stationed (nice photography, too). Keep up the good work! ..joseph g (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Minifig Art Museum update
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Cool! I like the Sine of Fire--I'm imagining what the "interactive" element is like. Of course, the oversized exhibits in the main hall are very intriguing as well. Steve (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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(...) Yeah, that was kind of a disappointment... I would have expected at least something like 20 or maybe even 50... (...) I think probably there's more of a danger in it in this respect. If you bought your kids 12 sets, and you therefore fit in (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Cool. If they hide their feedback, people will be less willing to buy from them. I read feedback, even when the seller has a large positive rating. I've decided to to buy from a couple sellers who had large positive ratings, but had negative (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) So we have as much as three sizes of balloon tyres? Aw, all these different Technic wheel! They make my mind boggle. (...) The rims, you mean? I'm not really a fan of the use of "chrome" wheels. The 1998 sets had chrome wheels all around (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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Troy Cefaratti wrote in message ... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) price (...) As Troy pointed out, the auction ((URL) mentions not available in stores. This is false advertising because I have personally purchased this set in a store. Granted that (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Of course! It was Jon Wilson who introduced the 5571 Model Team set. (...) Certainly. However I still had a good time assembling the 5571 Black Cat. It is very well designed in my opinion, with a lot of "clever" design solutions which gave me (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Insurance
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(...) I (...) I just overinflated my contents coverage. The agent doesn't really care what you have in your house, so I didn't mention the all that I have in Lego. The only things that are specifically called out in insurance coverages are things (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Woohoo! Lots of grey! (...) Hmm.... I might take you up on that... However with most of my grey bricks being in use ATM in my AT-AT, I may be short to make a fully fledged interior module. However, I have plenty of extra grey burps, and enough (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: number and letter bricks (was: Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear?)
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(...) I have the German Alphabet (includes ä,ö,ü, but not ß), and the Samsonite USA Alphabet. There is also a Danish and Swedish set. I was wondering about the existence of a French Alphabet set (with é,â,ä,à,ç,ê,ë,è,ï,ô,ö,ò,û). Or even a Spanish (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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I'm not sure if this is the right area to post this but here goes.... Since some, if not most of us on here have huge Lego collections, has anyone put there's on their home owners insurance policies yet? You know in case of fire, flood or other (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | WTB: Train and Adventurer Sets
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Hi everyone, If anyone has any extra train sets they'd like to sell, please contact me. I'm mostly interested in the 9v train sets, but if you have anything available (4.5v or 12v), let me know. I was hoping to find some sets that someone didn't (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Well, yes. However, you'll note that I said _Technic_ set. According to (URL) largest sets overall are: 5571 with 1743 pieces, 8448 with 1408 pieces, 9280 (Giant LEGO Dacta Basic Set) with 1401 pieces 8480 with 1366 pieces, 8880 with 1343 (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: PRESS RELEASE- LEGO Watch Systems Range Launches; It's Time for LEGO Watches
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My first reaction: Huh? LEGO's been making watches for a couple of years, at least. It doesn't sound like these are really new, except for colors and face design. Thanks for posting this, Chet. Sounds like LEGO watches are here to stay. Does this (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: PRESS RELEASE- LEGO Watch Systems Range Launches; It's Time for LEGO Watches
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(...) Ooo. I missed that one. Poor Shannon. I pity her, almost. Steve (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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(...) Well, they obviously have their sites set too low. I can't believe the "how many LEGO products do you own?" topped out at 10. Geez. (...) It could be they didn't want to scare off casual users/buyers. "Who the *heck* would own 100+ sets? Those (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | eBay rip-off artist hides feedback
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Well, Mr. 6420 decided to hide his feedback. *** I have had to hide my eBay feedback, because too many people have decided to use feedback as a forum for issues that are irrelevant to interactions made directly with me. I reccomend that all eBay (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Indranil
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(...) Looks like Mr. 6420-rip-off got mad at me leaving feedback for him. He request my user info (which I discovered is quite a bit out of date) and responded to my comment noting how little business I had done on eBay. Guess if you don't buy and (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!
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(...) Todd & Suzanne, Congrats on your first anniversary! So much has taken place in the past year. It's amazing how much LUGNET has evolved in just 12 months. I have the feeling that for the 2nd anniversary, it'll be even more spectacular. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: CW/CCW, vertex sequence, co-planar, convex, (115kB)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <37f9f5c6.74291430@l...et.com>... (...) not (...) inversion. (...) For WizardCAD I was intending to change the behavior of the mirror functions depending on what type of file the user opened the file as. If they open a (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Indranil
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(...) Looks like Mr. 6420-rip-off got mad at me leaving feedback for him. He request my user info (which I discovered is quite a bit out of date) and responded to my comment noting how little business I had done on eBay. Guess if you don't buy and (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: RTL posting stats (was Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!)
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(...) [snipped way-cool graph] Very interesting. I hadn't thought of "draining" in terms of number of messages, I was thinking in terms of signal-to-noise. Which is a bit harder to graph. But the anecdotal evidence seems to suggest LUGNET is having (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: 8880's New Mint and in unopened boxes!
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(...) What are you after? -breiler (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Could somebody use this program?
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Michael, You can program the RCX and CyberMaster with quite many languages (such as Visual J++, Visual C++, Visual Basic) using the spirit.ocx. Also the RCX ControlCenter with NQC is pretty good. (The legOS would be the ultimate thing, but it's more (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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