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BAH! (to the writer of the nasty letter in the ACM communications) If one but peruses the Robot Store catalog (www.robotstore.com)--which I actually use as a source of inspiration for Lego 'bot building, one will see that Lego is by far the least (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Weapons for the Undead Army?
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(...) Yeah, I tried them with the black ninja weapons, but it didn't really have the same feel... black spears and axes really work the best... and I'll have to see about black bows 'n arrows. (...) Don't quite think I'll go for muskets & pistols in (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Are there any US available promotions other than McD's ? I was thinking about this while driving down the highway yesterday. Is it possible that McD's has an exclusive promo arrangement with Lego covering the US ? We keep hearing about the others (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Lego article (Re:Im famous(or infamous))
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Rachel Kingston wrote in message ... (...) There's my wife.... Model Team complete, and town "hound". She's 37! Just imagine our lucky 3-1/2 year old... With parents who saved their old lego, and got back into it when he was just a glimmer in our (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Article (Re: I'm famous (or infamous))
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And if they (TLG) knew that, what could they do ? Lego ads in Sports Illustrated or The Economist ? ;) I'll make a SWAG (scientific wild-assed guess) of 5-10% of sales. Anyone have any better intel ? Ray (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) Unfortunately, the sale expired on 30 September, IIRC. I don't know about S@H's policy on holding firm on such dates; might be worth a phone call to check on it. Cheers, Roger (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Gray, clear, and Trans-Dark Blue, too. Clear and Trans-Dark Blue are really old though. Gray were available in the World Cup Press Box (don't know the number). (...) And 4 red ones here: (URL) 2 Black ones here: (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Lego shop at home has the sub discounted to $25.00. It's a deal! You get pneumatics stuff, including the blue tank, and a lot of other handy technic stuff like long yellow beams. JB (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) bows (...) Black Katanas from the Ninja line come to mind. There's usually some parts auction going on, or about to happen - these are the best places to snag a particular item. Black spears, arrow sets, Katanas, hand axes, muskets, pistols, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) not quite so easy. Tomorrow might work better. Actually, a trip to Jillian's might be worth doing... (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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Howdy, Has anyone seen the October issue of Communications of the ACM? On page 13 is a letter critical of the recent article, "Using Autonomous Robotics to Teach Science and Engineering," that appeared in the June '99, page 85. The article is all (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Cool! Especially since these are on sale now! I'll have to check 'em out... DaveE (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Actually, remembering from my days of higher activity in F&SF fandom, Star Wars would fit in Sci-Fi, however, Isaac Asimov would be considered an SF author, not a Sci-Fi author... These days I see the same sort of disdained distinction in (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: To sell or to auction, that is the question.
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(...) That's a seller option, I believe. I think you can choose 7, I KNOW you can choose 14 or 21. I had been choosing 21 but have now been going with 14. I may go 7 if I can. eBay now allows 10 as well as 7 but there's still the fixed end time (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) collar (...) What he meant was that someone took apart some 'figs and remade them (this is called a custom minifig), not that someone moulded their own pieces. Personally, I think it is probably a custom 'fig using Dark Forest parts. The two (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I do like it, though I think it would have been better if the new piece was just the skid part and not the support. Then you could use different spacings. (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) enough (...) only (...) in (...) Black axes came in a many vintage castle sets - off the top of my head 6040,6041 (With the black sword) etc. There are many black spears in the indian subtheme. Also they have black bows and quivers which might (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi everyone! can anyone recommend a place where i can get pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders, and hopefully at reasonable prices? my team and i are planning to build a robot making use of those cylinders. has anyone done the same? any advice would be (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Does anybody out there know of anyone selling, trading, or even mentioning set 3055? It is a small Adventurers themed car with Johnny Thunder and was given out as a promo for Kelloggs cereals in the U.K. If anyone can help me in this matter it would (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: To sell or to auction, that is the question.
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(...) Here we go again... I'll let Larry or someone else jump in on the "fairness" of auction vs. straight sale. Yes an auction is more complicated than a straight sale, but need not take weeks or months to run (true, Auczilla runs several weeks, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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