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Hey Joseph, On the radio interview, you may wish to mention the fact that TLG has sort of ignores the adult LEGO population. Bulk sales are an example of this. No need to badmouth the company, just tone it into a polite way of saying that they could (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| | RE: LEGO robotics dis'd in CACM Forum.
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"Also, while LEGOs (sic) are a wonderful tool for encouraging creative play in children, they fall flat as a university educational or research tool. LEGOs (sic) have so many structural limitations, and LEGO geartrains have such poor frictional and (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Weapons for the Undead Army?
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(...) see (...) 6718 Rain Dance Ridge has two bow & quiver sets and one spear. Also, I think it has been on clearance at TRU lately. Dan (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Clipping / CCW / CW / INVERT [DAT]
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First, let me apologise, if you get this message twice. It seams that the old e-Mail address (L-CAD@LISTSERV.UH.EDU) does not work completelly. Because I got the message back, but couldn't see it in www.lugnet.com/cad/dev note: i am subscribed in (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: KB KIDS.com 20% Off sale (and 50% clearance items, more importantly)
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(...) The order rejection I received said the quantity limit was 6. My order for 6 was accepted.It's still possible I'll get an email telling me they are out of stock. Here's what they say in the email confirmation I received: Your order has been (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: LEGO robotics dis'd in CACM Forum.
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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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(...) 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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| | US promos and McD's
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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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| | Re: Blue tanks
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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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| | Re: Weapons for the Undead Army?
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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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| | Re: In town the rest of the week
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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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