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Ray Sanders <rsanders@gate.net> wrote in message news:37FB909F.81990A...ate.net... (...) I think that unlikely. What about the Jack-In-The-Box promo from a year or so ago? Huw (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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Mike Walsh <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:FJ7qn4.80y@lugnet.com... (...) If you go into Crawley (5 miles down the road) you'll find 3 toy shops in the town centre: Beatties, Gamleys and Toy Stack. I don't expect you'll find (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) But do you reckon the seals are the same? They may use different material now... BTW, does anyone have any good uses for the old cylinders? They are pretty feeble when pulling (ie relying on "vacuum"), and seem (IMO) to be less well-built than (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Oh, eBay isn't that unappreciated...it's just certain people who use it to scam the less knowledgable. I've gotten a lot of good deals over eBay... J (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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I have some of the original pneumatic cylinders with only one inlet. They have been used for various non Lego uses. While coming back from the dark ages, I have discovered that all three still work once they have been pumped once by had. They can (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The 3055 was part of a promotion campaign in UK from Kellogg's Cornflakes in 1998. The campaign included the three sets 3054, 3055 and 3056. The 3055 should still be available from Kellogg's Cornflakes in UK until December 1999. Getting this (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Yeah, I was talking about the ones used in, say, 8446 and 8462. Even if I've never seen exact duplicates of those on real cars, I have seen things that are similar enough that I think they're fairly realistic. Fredrik Glöckner felt they were (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Sorry, I have no idea about that. While I have the 5571, I haven't even held a 8448 box in my hands. Hey, I haven't even _seen_ a box in a shop yet! BTW, while we are talking about the new Technic sets this year: I've noticed this really odd (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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you won't be able to easily) get distance measures with standard IR comms parts (such as the IS1u60). light travels too fast for the time delay betw xmit and rcv to tell you anything. as a proximity sensor, all you get is a yes/no reading. if you (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) These would be a reasonable purchase if the radio gear was small enough and removable, so you could incorporate it into, say, a radio controlled metroliner. Has anyone tried or considered this? Ian Bishop, Ayrshire, UK (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: I've just overhauled my Lego Website.
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(...) I need to put a links section on my site too. Anyone who wants to be included on this, please lmk, including yourself Scott. Ian Bishop, Ayrshire, UK (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) [added lugnet.starwars] And Lego's Millennium Falcon, albeit in shadow. And who is it underneath Luke's lightsabre? Uncle Owen? There don't seem to be any new E1 sets, as rumoured. :: paul (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: RTL posting stats (was Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!)
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Matthew Miller: (...) Thanks. It looks like the ration of "commercial" posts is increasing steadily. Could you also plot the different categories as percentages of the total? (I can do it myself if you publish the raw numbers ;-) Play well, Jacob (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Fredrik, can you tell us which is larger by weight? Isn't the amount of ABS in a set a better indication of the cost and size of a set? <ICS> (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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Not bad...but one question...where are the Stormtroopers? (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Does anyone else like the new helicopter landing skid piece?
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Jonathan Wilson wrote in message <37FB2D25.9D3C67D@xo...il.com>... (...) But less like a real lgo model..:-( Selçuk (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Attention Calgarians & Edmontonians - Hobby Show
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(...) I can only answer questions about my Calgary show experiences. These are yearly Woodworking & Hobby shows. The Calgary show had attendance of 10,000 last year (12,000 expected this year). It has been heavily advertised. Held in the Big 4 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | IR question
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hello all, quick question- inside the Handy Board Tech. Ref. we saw two IR sensors mentioned (Quality Tech. QRD 1114 & QRB 1114). we are wondering if anyone has used these sensors and knows how to obtain them? we have contacted our HB vendor, but (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | New Star Wars Stuff
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In case you missed it on RTL you can find a picture of a new flyer/catalogue at (URL) which has a picture of minifigs of Han and Boba Fett as well as a B-wing. Kya (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Ultimate Lego Book (was re: AFOL Take Action!)
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[Posted here by request the of another adult Lego fan...] I highly recommend this book to any serious Lego fan -- its more or less a must have item and fairly well presented. The book contains great pictures, great ideas, and a thorough enough (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Tom's WANTED list - 2x4 black bricks tops it...
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You know that 66x66 stud black pyramid I'm building? I'm tearing all the supporting 2x4 blue bricks out of it and replacing them with black ones. That used every one I have, I need hundreds more, THEN I need hundreds to build the inside of the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: LEGO robotics dis'd in CACM Forum.
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Tilman Sporkert <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:NCBBKPAJLICLDDA...esw.com... <snip> (...) Check (URL). <snip> -- et (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: IR proximity detectors
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Andrew - - Take a look at Dennis' IRPD ... it uses a 12C508, 2 IR LEDs and a Sharp detector ... works great with the HandyBoard and off loads much of the processing to the PIC. If you want to do it with the HB, then do a search on IRPD and you'll (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Retrieving data from the handyboard
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Interactive C can't handle 2D or 3D arrays.... instead another method needs to be used.. If your matrix was a 3X3 789 456 123 and rows went from bottom to top and columns from left to right then you'd have to come up with a formula using the row and (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: RTL posting stats (was Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!)
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Hmm, there is a spike right after the first of the year. I bet that is caused by new users fresh from their dark ages after buying holiday presents for younger relatives... KL (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: To sell or to auction, that is the question.
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(...) Are you talking the ebay Maersk? They proxy was 50 and I myself was wondering how it went to 50.01. My guess is that the other person entered 50.01. Paul (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: irvine scotland and gatwick airport
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peteh wrote in message ... (...) UK. I (...) in (...) pick (...) In the Gatwick Airport itself there is a small toystore in one of the terminals, I can't recall if it is the North Terminal or the South Terminal. I do know that it is NOT the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | IR proximity detectors
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I'm trying to set up either one or preferably two near infra red proximity detectors. I'm wondering whether the sharp IS1U60L component mounted on the handy-board is suitable for this type of application. We managed to make it work recieving codes (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: LEGO robotics dis'd in CACM Forum.
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(...) I have to second that. Despite all the problems we are currently having because of the HW limitiations (which are many) I have never seen fellow college students so excited (in a classroom:) as when we had 15 opening their RIS kits about a (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | eBay: Lego 7720 Battery Train Set w/ box
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I have on eBay a 7720 with box, but no instructins. The set is missing a couple of pieces, and has a couple of extra pieces as well. Details and pics are at: (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | eBay: Lego 6274 Caribbean Clipper, complete with inst.
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Hiya! I have a 6274 up for auction on eBay, complete with instructions, but no box. Details and pics are at: (URL) for looking! Adam bwappo@ee.net (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Busy Bee Shipping
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Nick Goetz wrote in message ... (...) would (...) The prices on the unofficial BusyBee web site still have VAT included. You can roughly subtract 17% of the total before shipping if your order will be shipped to the US. This will help offset the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: RTL posting stats (was Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!)
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(...) Yeah, I assumed that -- it's been around and popular for a long time. SW and Mindstorms, of course, started recently. ("Space" seems kind of hard to search for, and very likely to return false positives.) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | KYLTC in Ky?
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Will someone create one in Kentucky? I can't drive yet, so I can't go to any of Lego Train Shows any where in the U.S. :( (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ky)
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| | Ohio get together??
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I had seen some posts that spoke of a possible get together some where in Ohio. Is that still up for comment? Or now that school is on, and football season is starting up we might wait till next year? I'd love to host one, but between the computers, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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| | SAS Promotional Set #2774 on Serious Collector
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I just posted an auction on Serious Collector for the SAS Airlines Promotional set #2774. (URL) for taking a look. -Tim (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Somebody help.
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(...) I'l try tommorow and I'll tell you how it goes (if I don't chicken out:) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | FA(eBay): barrels, ninjas, jail doors, exploriens, 1/4 circle plates
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7 large barrels (URL) small barrels (URL) and ladders (URL) red ninjas, white shogun, horse, +++ (URL) Explorien space figs (URL) white-framed jail doors (URL) light-grey frame jail doors (URL) quarter circle plates 6x6 (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | NQC 2.0.1, MacNQC 2.0 b2 released
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Visit www.enteract.com/~dbaum/nqc for details. The NQC release fixes a couple of minor bugs. The MacNQC release pulls in the latest NQC compiler and tweaks a couple of things. Dave Baum (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Chicago Legofest
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(...) I really can't tell on either one of those. My guess would be we might have (...) Yeah, once we get a better idea of how many would be interested, lets go from there on a location. (...) December looks ok for me. The first weekend is out, but (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us)
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| | Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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(...) Sort of like: if one hundred AFOLs showed up at Enfield's front gate and said "we would like to speak to marketing". Think TLG might get the idea that somethings happening out there ? Ray (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: KB KIDS.com 20% Off sale (and 50% clearance items, more importantly)
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Someone at TLG needs to wake up - this KB sale is proof of the power of AFOLs and the Internet - they went from unlimited # per order, to 6, to 2, in 2 days, because a few emails and newsgroup postings were exchanged. And, uh, TLG? The $300 on (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Busy Bee Shipping
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Why Friday? Are the closed Thursday? -Nick Tom Stangl wrote in message <37FBE445.4286AF47@n...pe.com>... (...) a (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Dacta castle
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Glen Tannenbaum's page is at (URL) Stanley wrote in message ... (...) The (...) like (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Minifig Art Museum update
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Amazing!!!! Congratulations on a very inspired piece of work! How do I nominate you for CLSOTW?? I'll have to try some Calder or Kandinsky-style stuff later on! Paul Sinasohn, who knows what he likes when it comes to art. and likes this! (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Tom's WANTED list - 2x4 black bricks tops it...
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(...) Whatcha building? I have some 2x4s I prolly can spare.. for a good sob story. ++Lar (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Proxy bidding mechanics questions...
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It's a perception flaw though - from the buyer's perspective, it rankles that you're already "paying more than you should have to". And once I'm a seller on BRICKS, it's going to annoy me to have to remember to lower all the opening bids ;-) (...) | (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches!
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I would get about 20 - mostly for the instructions; I wouldn't mix them with Legos, but some of those look awfully tempting - the ships, the large trucks, the UN military sets..... Paul Sinasohn, who probably has all the parts (except girders) that (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Dacta castle
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(...) My review: (URL) inventory: (URL) these help! J (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Dacta castle
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(...) Can someone give Bill Glen T's website? He actually sells Dacta stuff at a decent discount off "normal" price, although the percentage off escapes me right now. Several people have bought lots of these sets from him. (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Lego Article (Re: I'm famous (or infamous))
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(...) That's for sure! And I nominate Larry! :) Scott S. (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Proxy bidding mechanics questions...
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(...) I hear you and I understand where you're coming from, especially since EveryAuction works this way, so that means both JABA and BRICKS do as well. But really, what's the big deal? If I want something to open at $1.00 I start it at $0.90 with a (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Lego Article (Re: I'm famous (or infamous))
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(...) ** EXCELLENT ** Very nice quote, Joseph!!! I am reading an excellent book called "Rainmaking", and while it is about sales, it makes the point that once you have been quoted as a source by media, you may well get asked again. We need to see if (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Proxy bidding mechanics questions...
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(...) This is what I see as a flaw in several of the auction scripts out there. If the opening bid is $1.00, then I bid on it, dammit I should be able to bid *$1.00*, not $1.10. It's annoying, I hope most of the people running the scripts fix it. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Dacta castle
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(...) Talk about service, that was faster than the drive-thru! Thanx very much. The picture there is much better. This is definitely a must have, it looks like awesome parts - I wish the price was a little better. Bill (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Auction update: 82 Gray bricks
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Hi. I have put a nice assortment of 82 gray bricks up for auction on Guarded Inn. Current bid is $11; auction ends tomorrow (Thursday) around 5 EST. The URL is: (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | RE: LEGO robotics dis'd in CACM Forum.
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Frankly, I love the fact that the Lego system is a toy. I play with real mechanical and electrical systems all day long professionally, and I'm lucky, I enjoy my job. But the Lego parts on my workbench make me smile. Giggle, sometimes.... Sure, if (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Ebay... just doesnt make sense.
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Are you talking about Obi Jin Ginn (?) or Obi? I think Obi os only available through the Naboo sub blue thing (I don't remember the name, Where is my catalog?) Still very expensive! Scott S. (...) Scott E. Sanburn CADD Operator, CADD Systems (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Rotation sensor (top) fixed [DAT]
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Dear All Following JVZ's post about the top part of the rotation sensor, here is the corrected version. Cheers JP 0 Electric rotation sensor top 0 Name: 2977t.dat? 0 Author: JP Brown 0 Unofficial 0 wire stump (after John VanZwieten) 4 0 -36 40 -3 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: KB KIDS.com 20% Off sale (and 50% clearance items, more importantly)
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Well now its says that they limit you can get is 2. So they must have found more. I had to add a tub to get free shipping. Darn. :) Patricia Schempp (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Busy Bee Shipping
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It's weight/size based. Call them Friday, and they'll be able to give you a shipping estimate. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Busy Bee Shipping
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I am wanting to BUY from Busy Bee because they are SELLING something I would like to have. (Having made my post relevant to the group...) Can someone give me an approximate shipping cost of order from there to the US. I don't know if shipping is (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Dacta castle
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(...) I have an inventory somewhere, I think but I cant find it now. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: LEGO robotics dis'd in CACM Forum.
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(...) that seems like a really bad idea, religious issues and all... they both work well -- i use them both. I would however, like to mention two things: the cpu with the ft kit has 4 outputs, 8 digital input and 2 analog. ft is obviously capable of (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Ebay... just doesnt make sense.
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Did anyone else happens to notice the obi-wan figure selling on ebay? selling for $8.50 plus $2.00 shipping... The most interesting part is it is the one form 7110 which you can get the entire set for retail at $6. JMN (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Nintendo and TLG are competitors....
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You need to remember that TLG needs to compete for kids money etc with a lot of new types of leasure activities including video games, that it did not have to compete with a few years ago (when video games were not what they are today). Hence the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Retrieving data from the handyboard
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I need to transfer the data in a matrix on the HB to my win98 PC? I know a special program is necessary to interpret the signals going to the COM port. Does anyone have such a program or have the have some code that I can compile with VS 6.0? Here (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Dacta castle
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(...) Fright (...) You can buy this set at the construction site. www.constructiontoys.com click on lego dacta, then click on 5+,then click on, theme sets in there should be the castle dacta set available for $63.50 Rich (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re:female figures
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Wow! Thanks for the response, now Ive got many happy hours ahead of me searching for these. While Im at it can anyone tell me where I might start looking to add to my collection of female mini-figs? (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Dacta castle
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I just got off TLG's "official" web-site after looking at the Dacta stuff for the first time. They have a castle set listed that has 300+ pieces but the picture is not very good. It looks like a mish-mash of Royal Knights and Fright Knights pieces (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Searching the LEGO site
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Ben Gatrelle <ben.gatrelle@nospam...gfoot.com> wrote in article <FJ5xD9.Ks8@lugnet.com>... (...) site. (...) stuff (...) If they have their web server set to NOT allow directory listings, you're probably not going to see much just by leaving out (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: KB KIDS.com 20% Off sale (and 50% clearance items, more importantly)
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oops ... looks like the line wrap broke the link... well try selecting all the text of it and check it out ... worth the trip I think : )) (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: KB KIDS.com 20% Off sale (and 50% clearance items, more importantly)
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(...) The set I found interesting is the Amazon Anchient Ruins (URL) Is that a new mini-fig? heehee John (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Halloween Lego Design Contest Reminder and Update
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Is everyone able to view it now? If not, LMK so I can address it. Here is a link directly to the first page of the contest entry: (...) what (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Tom's WANTED list - 2x4 black bricks tops it...
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(...) Let me check downstairs tonight and see how many I have. Paul (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders
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Lego makes pneumatic systems. If your needs aren't too demanding, you may find this a cost effective approach. Ross M. Tonkens, M.D. Medical Director Primary Care of Nevada 100 North Green Valley Parkway Suite 240 Henderson, NV 89014 702 914-7120 (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Rock Raiders IS a Space theme
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(...) What if it was a new world? You don't know what type of rock it is. They might have used some new sonar imaging system to determine the caves structural points. I really like the rock raiders theme. Ok everyone thank you for your boos. I think (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: good day, please a pointer to...
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(...) Here are some LSAHS (LEGO Shop-At-Home Service) tips & tricks, including a couple of 1-800 numbers: (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Toy shop register suggestion
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As I was cruising round north Staffordshire last weekend, I was musing on the fact that if anyone were to follow in my footsteps, they wouldn't find much. (I got a 4539 level crossing, 4022 C26 Cutter, 6483 Police boat, 6340 Fire engine, and several (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Wanted: Model Team 4x4 5561
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Hi folks, I've seen a couple of posts about this set going cheap. If it's at all possible, could someone get hold of a couple for me? Preferably at a rate of £40 or so, all in :-) Of course, donations are gratefully accepted :-) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Even more Southern Legofest Picts
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On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Michael Huffman (<FJ5xCK.KnF@lugnet.com>) wrote at 03:50:44 (...) I particularly like the Trafalgar Square pic. It's a really good point of view. Was it taken with that disposable camera? (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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LEGO Shop at Home Service Enfield, CT 06082 (860) 763-4011 Couldn't find the toll-free number. Sorry! -----Original Message----- From: Al & Becky Szymanski <aszy@worldnet.att.net> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Date: (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Larry? Defensive? We must not be reading the same posts. (...) I don't like the government but I still pay taxes. I don't like pain, but I still go to my physiotherapy. You don't have to like something to use it. Or to want to see it fixed if (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) The phone number is 1-800-453-4652. You can call an ask for the catalog. (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(URL) -> About Us -> Addresses -> Americas (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego Article (Re: I'm famous (or infamous))
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(...) ;-) I suspect they may attempt it (especially if it's the same station where my co-worker heard the dj say "he's sick" when they mentioned the article) (...) I'd love to do that but they just offered to the interview over the phone (sigh). (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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please, a pointer to Lego Shop at Home and where / who to call/contact to get this 'catalog' you are all talking about. tia (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I was wondering if anyone could offer any advice on lego shopping in the UK. I am currently in Irvine Scotland and I will have a 3.5 hrs later this week in Gatwick airport. Is there anywhere within cab reach of Gatwick that I can pick up some sets (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Either of your examples are possible with Lego... at least for sufficiently small quantities of "weights". Seriously, I always liked the engineering challenge that Lego provides. Solving the structural and mechanical issues generally carries (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) black (...) Come get some! (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: KB KIDS.com 20% Off sale (and 50% clearance items, more importantly)
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Well, I got 4, so I don't feel too bad. Tom, however... :) J/K It is a nice set, a good deal, good parts! Scott S. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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The new Amazing Animals and Fabulous Figures books from DK are listed on amazon.com. I have seen posts in the UK groups about these books but this was the first I have seen of them in the US. I put one of each on backorder, hopefully they will show (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Mark, Have you checked into this? Russell (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Lego Shop-at-Home still has the #8250 Search Sub for $25 (previously $50). The set includes one blue air tank, a large pump, and other pneumatic parts. It also includes 9 or 10 16-stud beams and other useful Technic parts. A good Technic value at 7 (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | FA: Train, Space, Town, & more on SeriousCollector.com
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Thanks for looking! Click here to view: (URL) here: (URL) Description Currently Bids Status Current End [PDT] 6940 Alien Moon Stalker--Who says Lego didn't make an AT-AT?! $35.01 Lego Boats: 4021 Police patrol MISB $21.00 Lego Divers: 6560 Diving (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Will there be a figure for Ash? (complete with chainsaw hand insert) (c'mon, there HAS to be at least a few Army of Darkness fans out there!) ..joseph g (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: KB KIDS.com 20% Off sale (and 50% clearance items, more importantly)
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Someone posted in RTL: You guys may be happy to know that 6444 is now listed as out of stock on the web page. However, if you call and talk to a sales rep, they can still find some at that price. Thank God for the old-fashioned alternative to (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Fischer-Technik is mechanically far superior and more flexible than Lego. It uses metal axles, allows variable positioning (not studs), and is much stronger overall. You can build mechanisms that do real work without worrying about plastic (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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That's my fault ;-) While I was ordering mine, I emailed Lugnet/RTLers I knew would be interested in the set, so odds are they ordered a bunch too. I sure hope my 2nd order went through. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I ordered 10 more earlier this morning, and it went through, no email denying it so far. So maybe they were running low, and set an arbitrary upper limit on the # of sets someone can order. Either that, or their website doesn't hook in with (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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