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(...) I agree with this. (...) that' wright, a program supporting transparent colors correctly (using alpha blending) would do this just wright. A 3D card here would do wounders ! (did I spell that wright?) (...) Agreeing again! Rui Martins (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks! (...) I knew that ! ;) (...) LDraw doesn't, but this specification is for new Programs which are backwards compatible with Ldraw, but with a bunch of new enhancements. Check the instructions of any LEGO MODEL and you will see an (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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What is a good price for a MIB version of this set? (URL) A (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Tower Building
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I think this is an interesting concept. Obviolsy the bigger the tower the better. However, as an engineer (of sorts), I'd likle to see towers also rated by: 1) Height to weight ratio. and/or 2) Height to brick count ratio. This would mean builders (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Ute Type 2 [DAT]
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Here is a modified version of my ute. Let me know which one is better. 0 Ute Type 2 0 Author: Jonathan Wilson 1 4 0 0 130 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4600.DAT 1 4 31 5 130 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4624.DAT 1 4 31 5 -30 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4624.DAT 1 0 31 5 130 0 0 1 (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Datsville Constructions Flatbed Truck (repost) [DAT]
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I have made it longer, so that the front end loader can fit on it. 0 Datsville Constructions Flatbed Truck 0 Author: Jonathan Wilson 1 14 0 0 230 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4600.DAT 1 14 0 0 290 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4600.DAT 1 14 32 5 230 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: CW/CCW, vertex sequence, co-planar, convex
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Lars mentions the problem of "uncertified" parts using "certified" primitives. Is it so much of a problem? <much thinking> I can't find any other easy solution than using different names for the "certified" versions of the _primitives_. That way we (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Tower Building Trial
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Tower Building Trial Time taken: 2.5 hours Cups of tea consumed: 2 Bricks used: ~500 Footprint: 40x40 Height: 14 bricks I constructed the section using the classic bricklayer style using 2x4s. 3 of the walls were 2 studs in width, one was 4 studs. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: CW/CCW, vertex sequence, co-planar, convex
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Gary Williams wrote in message ... (...) Well, inside/outside-ness also counts. It doesn't make sense to certify a part before ALL its subfiles have defined what is inside/outside. Until then you cannot determine whether or not you need any INVERTS. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New angled beam
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(...) There are a couple of them in 8446, too. And yes, I've wondered about the purpose, too. In 8446 it's used, among other things, with a beveled gear on the collar end; this prevents the beveled gear from sliding up the axle. (...) Johannes. (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: CW/CCW, vertex sequence, co-planar, convex, (115kB)
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Gary Williams wrote in message ... (...) I agree with Gary that mirroring should not turn subfiles inside-out. The rendering program should correct (C)CW-ness by looking at the transformation. Part authors should use the INVERT for explicitly (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders
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Am/Um 15:32 06.10.99 -0700 schrieben Sie: (...) Fischertechnik, too! Have alook at (URL) klick on 'Profi-kits (from 9 years)' Werner (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Comprehensive meta-command list
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Gary Williams wrote in message ... (...) Well, my assumption was that CCW was the default and that the current facing was passed to the subfile. Under these circumstances I think that my two examples are equivalent! But I admit that the idea that (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: new Millennium Falcon
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IMO, the Millennium Falcon probably won't come out till June or so. Concluding this becasue the image comes from the 2000 catalog and the words "coming soon" for the Millennium. Just like ep1 sets were "teased" in the 1999 catalogs -- Asher (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | new Millennium Falcon
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I just did some resolution enhancements of the tiny Millennium Falcon at the bottom of (URL) 1.5+3x: (URL) 2.0+3x: (URL) it look like it's made out of LEGO® elements? KL (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: In town the rest of the week
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(...) put a face to a name! Just don't ask me to goalie any fusball games any time soon! - Chris. (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: SW Legos for 2000 confirmation
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Looks like this was "leaked". Maybe some kind person could "leak" the rest of it to us... KL (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | FT: Space Sets - 6949, 6939, 6897
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I have three older space sets (two Spyrius and one Space Police) available for trade: 6939 Saucer Centurion - (URL) with original instructions. Complete. 6949 Robo-Guardian - (URL) with original instructions and box. Missing one piece - black space (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Page from Catalog...(was Re: SW Legos for 2000 confirmation)
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Actually, Mr. Pawlus added this as a "correction": "LEGO News Adam: Secret informant "The Nameless Beast" sent in some goodies for all of you wonderful people you. The goods? A scan of the LEGO 2000 catalog cover, with pics of the Boba Fett and Han (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Bram Lambrecht's Y-wing instructions
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Bram I've look every where but can't find the cad file for your lego starwars y-wing could you possibably post it soon? (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Ohio get together??
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(...) I live in Newark. (...) Yea it would, and the scary part is they are coming up on us faster then we know it!!!! I wonder if any of the other Ohioans out there would like to join us. Jodi (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cin, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle)
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| | Re: Java fancy instructions
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It did take a while on my old clunker but it eventually showed up on the screen. It was cool!! You plan on giving us some more trains like that one? Adrian SEBarile <steve.e.barile@intel.com> wrote in message news:FJ99GD.I9K@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Blue Hopper Car stickers
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Simom, As far a I can tell all first (1990/1991) 9V Train set had the same assortment of stickers and the white trapezoidal stickers were for the Locomotive in the 4563 Load N' Haul Railroad. Good thing because when I got my 4563 in back 1991, they (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Java fancy instructions
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This is a fun idea. It worked fine for me. After I have viewed a larger image, the applet was slow to start again. No tomatoes for you! -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) <steve.e.barile@intel.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Bussetech.com Adds Proxy Bidding and Email Updates!
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I've added proxy bidding and automatic email updates to my bussetech.com auction site. I consider this to be a very exciting addition to my already easy to use web based interface. (URL) hope to be starting a "clearance" auction this weekend. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Busy Bee Shipping
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Yeah, well, try calling from PST ;-) I always have to remember to call right when I come in to work at 5am to give me plenty of time to call them back if need be. My 10 4536s and 2 8880s are on the way! Woohoo!!! That $100 USD shipping HURTS, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Blue Hopper Car stickers
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Has anyone figured out what those white trapezoidal stickers that come with the 4536 hopper car are for? I was a bit puzzled about the black double-arrowed railway symbol ones too, but eventually decided they were for some of the alternative models (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Star Wars Stuff
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(...) Even heftier than you think unless I've missed my guess. (...) Okay, lacking other evidence I'll agree with you there. (...) It's 8 studs I think. If you take either mandible tip to be 3 studs wide then the depth of the cutout between them is (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: When is the next BayLUG meeting
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(...) ... (...) ... Yes, I'll do it. /Eric of Newark/ (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Even more Southern Legofest Picts
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On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Michael Huffman (<37FD4870.DFB594CE@...ring.com>) wrote at 01:27:12 (...) Yes, that was the one that I meant. I like it :-) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Tower Building
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On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Liam Parnell (<99100720152607.009...rrender2>) wrote at 18:54:53 (...) Righty ho. A base, middle sections and a top. Form an orderly queue :-) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Dacta castle
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(...) Is this tripple rounded piece the same one as the one in yellow on black seas baracuda? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Anakin's Pod-Racer (micro-scale)
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(...) You couldn't find it because it is not there, -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Arctic Adventurers? (was: favorite vehicles)
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(...) Well, given that the Adventurers theme has so far depicted a world where mummies wander tombs and jungles are filled with perilous giant spiders, I imagine that any arctic setting would be "livened up" with a similar bit o' fantasy. Who knows (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: NQC 2.0.1, MacNQC 2.0 b2 released
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The Keyspan adapters are still a bit of a grey area. I've had several reports of them working just fine, and one report of it not working at all. I'm still trying to isolate this problem (which affects NQC and presumably MacNQC). The tweak in MacNQC (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Java fancy instructions
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Steve, It worked fine for me. Pretty interesting! :) Scott S. SEBarile wrote: (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Kraft Promo Set from 1960's
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This is not my auction, but I came across this very interesting item on eBay that seems worth checking out: (URL) LEGO Velveeta Premium Set #1....!! Great old 1960s LEGO mail away premium set for Kraft Velveta Cheese. 74 piece set is in exellent (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: When is the next BayLUG meeting
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(...) The 27th was the only Saturday the Fukaya room was available for both Nov. and Dec. I have tried numerous other places, but none in the San Jose area I tried are available. I was trying for the first two weeks of Dec. (...) Is there anyone in (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Java fancy instructions
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Hi all, Michael Arnett has very gaciously cleaned up my Union Pacific engine .DAT file. Since he did all that work I took a stab at trying some "cool" (but it kinda sucks cause its so slow) way of showing instructions. It's a Java applet (crap-let) (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: In town the rest of the week
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(...) Unfortunately I can't make it because I have to get ready to go to Chicago for the weekend. Eric Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Ohio get together??
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Jodi, (...) Just out of curiousity, what part of Ohio do you live? I'd say a majority of us live near or around Columbus. Carolyn Cheney mentioned a while back about getting together here in Columbus sometime, but things have been so busy with me; (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cin, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle)
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| | JDH Auction 4 - Shell / Soccer / Kelloggs / Value Packs / other unopened sets
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Advancements have now started. All sets are in mint unopened UK boxes except where marked with '*' - see Details section. Please note my revised bid increments for this auction - see Rules section. Lots ==== 1747 Pirates $3.50 Barry C 30Sep@22:38 G2 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
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(...) That is a little sad... then again, since I couldn't really see myself building any, I didn't buy any. But I don't really see anything *wrong* with people who bought 30 and end up selling some to offset the cost of theirs. Now someone who (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Even more Southern Legofest Picts
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(...) Yes & no. It's not a disposable one per se, but it was in the price range of one. I bought it before leaving for the UK -- cost me $11; came with a roll of film, a battery, & a cheap plastic bondi-green (like the iMac) camera (you could (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | RE: When is the next BayLUG meeting
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(...) I'll bring some train stuff if we are meeting on 11/27/99. Not as much as you, but at least some cars and 9V track. However, I don't have a station built right now either. Janet G wrote: (...) I don't see why that's a stopper. There's always (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: SW Legos for 2000 confirmation
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Is it really the cover? I think the "41" in the lower right corner is a page number. Anyone care to bet that Boba Fett and the Han Solo fig shown in the picture come together in the Desert Skiff set? I wonder if there will be another Han fig (in his (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: In town the rest of the week
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(...) The Sox are indeed playing away tonight. If you can call it playing. Last I heard the score was 11 to 1. Alas, it must be autumn in Boston... Hey, I'll be there. Jillian's tonight at about 8:00 PM? Sounds great. I'm looking forward to meeting (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | RE: When is the next BayLUG meeting
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I wasn't sure that this date had been set because so many people didn't want to do something on Thanksgiving. It occured to me that there is another meeting room across the rotunda in the Fremont Library. Is that one available for groups? I don't (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Busy Bee Shipping
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The english are 5 hours behind EST. That means they are only open from 4:30am to 12:30am EST. course even at these time you may have to try a few times to get an answer. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: irvine scotland and gatwick airport
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Huw Millington wrote in message ... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) as (...) Maybe that was just my experience. I connected in Gatwick to a Duetch BA flight. I had a four hour layover and wanted to go to the American Airlines AAdmirals Club. Since (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Busy Bee Shipping
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Scott-A wrote in message ... (...) (URL) - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: When is the next BayLUG meeting
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(...) My understanding is that it is at the same location as the last one, the Fremont Library, on Sat, November 27 from 10-4. I WOULD be bringing a lot of train stuff, but I won't be there because it is the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and I will (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
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(...) Yeah I know, tried to upload the latest update and my web page server is down - damm you freebie sites! They are running out of loads of train stuff, they've just sold out of 4555 and 4552, 4525 is low - the end of an era. Pity about the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Football Starter Set
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(...) Since this is a UK Starter set 1 and 22 are the goalkeepers - all the other starter sets have 3 keeper stickers. (...) Busy-Bees still have these Scotland sticker sheets I believe, they are free if you buy something else. (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: CRUSADER STICKERS!!!!
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(...) Cool, sounds good. (...) Well, what I meant was, if they come 30 to a sheet I will take 60 of them even though I really only want 50 - just so you don't have to cut off part of a sheet to send to me. If they come individually pre-cut, as in (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | A lot of great ideas from Christian on future subthemes
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Hey Everyone, One of our fellow Adventurer fans has a site that I can't plug enough. Among other things he has a section devoted to possible future subthemes for the line. His presentation and ideas are superb so go check it out at: (URL) really is (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Clipping / CCW / CW / INVERT
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(...) I believe this is incorrect, no? ALL transparent surfaces should appear, if only to make a contribution to the color that underlying surfaces appear to be (consider a trans blue surface in front of a trans yellow in front of a white... ) (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Lego Train Club?
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We seem to have various sized clubs and varying names, there is no consistent standard.... PNLTC - Pacific Northwest GMLTC - Greater Midwest NOVALTC - Northern Virginia NGLTC - Northern Georgia Who is your target? Name it after them... Is it the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Favorite Adventurers vehicles (Re: 4x2ReVu: 5909)
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(...) Yes, since the pieces are larger, and more specialized, they are going to cost more per piece. But the 'building enjoyment' tends to be directly related to the number of pieces, not their complexity. So I'd rather build a bunch with simpler (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Page Load time decreased ( was Re: The beginings of my modular Star Wars base.)
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Only too glad to help. I just went to your page and it loaded at least 20 times faster. Unfortunately, I'm sitting on a T1 instead of dialup, so a lot of that 20X is due to faster connection speed! :-) I'll flush my cache and try again later. But I (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Dacta castle
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(...) The 1x6x2 arched fence and the 2x4x2 tripple rounded top pieces appear in Classic 3+ sets. The fence appears to be a relatively new piece while the tripple rounded top piece is several years old (and appears in Freestyle sets). The tripple (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Dacta castle
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(...) Here's one satisfied Glen Tannenbaum customer. Nice service. Another nice Dacta set is the roof bricks pack, this is actually 5 copies of the european red low slope roof pack which comes with the convex corners. (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | RE: 180° IR Eyeball
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I believe there is a problem with the theory used in the article. He talks about using the Radio Shack emitter/detectors to do some 180 deg Detection. He's talking about using multiple emitters and detectors as proximity detectors. (much like using (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego Article (Re: I'm famous (or infamous))
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[ FUT lugnet.general ] Steve: (...) Simplifying things a lot, aren't we? (...) I can just as well admit that about 80% of the mony I spend on LEGO is for myself. But looking at people in general, it appears that a significantly larger amount is (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: CRUSADER STICKERS!!!!
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(...) Well Right now I am starting with the Torso's White with red to be exact. But as soon as I get some hard numbers of what people want then I can get made the Egg and Triangle shield stickers. They said the will look so like the real ones you (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | [MN] Palm Trees, Bushes, and more Plants posted to eBay/BRICKS
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I've posted a batch of Plants to both eBay and BRICKS The following are on the BRICKS site: (URL) Closes Num Bids High Bid [MN] 3 Complete Small Palm Trees [PIC] 04 days 23 hours + 0 $4.75 [MN] 3 Complete Small Palm Trees [PIC] 04 days 23 hours + 0 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: New Star Wars Stuff
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Christopher Tracey <ctracey@usgs.gov> wrote in message news:37FCA7F0.EDD9A5...sgs.gov... (...) by (...) x-wing (...) front (...) studs (...) wide. (...) front (...) If it (...) of (...) much (...) impressions of (...) More speculation: Where's the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: New Star Wars Stuff
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(...) The mini-fig under Luke's lightsabre is most likely Capt. Solo. Steve (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | New silly axle
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(...) It's 5.5 studs long. 4 studs of crossaxle, 1/2 stud (minus the width of the collar?) wide crossaxle-diameter round axle, a larger-diameter collar (as on the stud end of a 1/2-peg), and another stud length of axle. The 3 in 8448 simply fill the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Page Load time decreased ( was Re: The beginings of my modular Star Wars base.)
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(...) <snip> Larry, Thanks again for your comments and advice. I have updated the pages by creating small copies of my pictures. They still are not real small but they are not just resized pics. I have also done a couple of other things to try and (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: New Star Wars Stuff
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(...) It's not any worse-shaped than Darth Vader's. (...) I bet they give him a cloth vest. Steve (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Want US Exclusive sets, but not in the US? I'll get them for you for COST
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I'm sure there are non-US people that may want the new 3438 US S@H Exclusive McDonald's set (or K2996 Adventurer's set (contains 2996, 2995, 5900), or 3442 Legoland California Truck, or 2148 if not available in your country). I'll throw out my (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Favorite Adventurers vehicles (Re: 4x2ReVu: 5909)
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(...) I felt they had poor color selection and a low piece count. Nothing that couldn't ultimately be fixed with a load of fairly standard bricks, I suppose. (...) Three sets of different size consisting of nothing but white bricks just doesn't do (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: CRUSADER STICKERS!!!!
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(...) This sounds so cool - congratulations on getting this done. Questions: Are these just torso-sized stickers or can you also get triangle and egg-shaped stickers? I was confused by your next post. Will these come on a sheet of some sort, like 30 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | "For SALE"Red, White, Kings Royal Knight Torso's
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Hello, I have the following for sale. Please E-mail with your offers (no trades). Only serious offers please. The items are New and I thought I would give the group a chance to buy before going to Ebay (I hate that place!). Please give Good offers I (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: some good stuff on ebay
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(...) Please don't apologise. I'm glad you brought these to our attention! I think a lot of us feel that eBay has flaws but is the most viable way to sell things if you want wide exposure. I think a lot of us think it has flaws but it is a good way (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Crusader Stickers!!!
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Hello , After many trials and finally finding the right place, I can obtain Crusader stickers cut to the lego size and would fit perfectly. The wont rub or anything some thermal printing of some sort. the catch is they do cost a little. .30 each (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Crusader Stickers!!!
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Hello , After many trials and finally finding the right place, I can obtain Crusader stickers cut to the lego size and would fit perfectly. The wont rub or anything some thermal printing of some sort. the catch is they do cost a little. .30 each (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New angled beam
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(...) Well, yes. And they're a tad bit overdone, in my opinion. The 1998 low profile wheels, as in 8428 and 8462, look pretty good as motorcycle wheels, but for a car, they look quite odd, I think. But as you say, they try to look like alloy wheels, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Lego Article (Re: I'm famous (or infamous))
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(...) Nope, no better intel, but my feeling is this: women do most of the gift-buying, especially for kids. When men buy gifts, it's for a woman. So, when males are buying LEGO, it is likely they are buying for themselves. I'd put it as high as (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: general rambling (was: New angled beam)
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(...) I haven't seen the suspension setup of the 8448, but can it be that the shock absorber is closer to that chassis up front than rear? When using the 8880 setup, I've found this to be a problem. If you put the shock absorbers too close to the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | More IR proximity detectors
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We're trying to use the little radio shack IR transmitter and reciever units to build our own. We're not sure exactly how this will work, but before we get too far, is this a reasonable thing to do? Will these be strong enough to use as proximity (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: female figures
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(...) That's a little trickier, sad to say. Female figs in the castle line are few and far between - and most of the sets they come in are highly sought after. King's Mountain Fortress, Maiden's Cart, and Guarded Inn spring to mind, among others) (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: female figures
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(...) For less flowing skirts, you can also use a 1x2 brick stacked on two 1x2 plates. Steve (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Clipping / CCW / CW / INVERT
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Lots of good stuff in your post, Rui! (...) (Side note: there are not actually any solids in LDraw. Only lines and polygons). (...) Actually, since LDraw doesn't do shading, transparent surfaces *can* be clipped. Only edges, the top-most solid (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: I hate professor pith helmet
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(...) Hooray Bruce! You said it! As far as all those extras go I would suggest using them for trade fodder. Someone like me doesn't even have a single witch or Redbeard, though I wish I did, and might be willing to get you something you need. Mark L (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 4950 Loader Dozer
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(...) Maybe it's just that I'm trying to open it too quickly. I always lift it abou two "teeth" notches and then the canopy and hinges come off on the third notch. I'll try to take things a little more gently. (...) Hey, that's a good idea. I'm (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.underground)
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| | Re: B-Wing and Modified A-Wing
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Sure, I will try and get something up for you. At the very least I can probably put all the relavent files in a zip file and E-mail them to you. My problem is I just have not taken the time to figure out how to inlay primitives and sub-models. I (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Favorite Adventurers vehicles (Re: 4x2ReVu: 5909)
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(...) Why do you think that price per piece did go up on the sets? Is it the "juniorization", to use your word, of the larger less building intensive pieces? And what do you mean by inspired? (...) Well we all have our opinions. Did you like the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Taking offers on remaining Town sets until Midnight EST tomorrow (Fri)
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Here is the list of remaining sets I'm selling, best offer at or above asking price as of Midnight EST tomorrow, Friday Oct. 8th will get the set. Any sets with no offer will appear on eBay this weekend. I have lowered the asking prices on almost (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Great ideas
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(...) '86 (...) hmmmm.... 'X-Files' rebel theme, perhaps? Now -there's- a Town theme I could grow to love! <grin> Cheers, Roger (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Great ideas
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(...) Yeah, I couldn't stand that... When I got my first Blacktron I sets back in '86 or '87 I had to turn all the heads around backwards so they didn't have the same silly "I'm so happy even if you pull my arms off" look. Actually, I kinda got used (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Classic space prices
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See: (URL) for those three tiny sets? I can build them from spare parts (without the minifigures) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | When is the next BayLUG meeting
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Has a date been set? Also, has a location been set? I am looking forward to the next meeting and hope very much to attend. Also, I will be bringing a lot more train stuff. (2 8-9 car passenger lines, a very large freight line and a lot more track) (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | general rambling (was: New angled beam)
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(...) Well, the few cars that do have rims like that (with very few towtrucks among them) look cheesy, too. As an example, try the 2nd, 3rd, and last pictures on this page: (URL) with the semi-fitting 8880 rubber, those rims are a good imitation of (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Building a moon-display for your space models
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(...) Go for it...I'm looking forward to seeing this project get a good start. I'm still in the conceptualising stage, but likely will get some form of start this week-end as well. I'll post notes if not pictures, depending on my progress. Best of (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Great ideas
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(...) Hey those are great ideas! I now have to find a bunch of ninja hoods and pirate scarf hats. I hadn't even thought of the Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan bodies. Think of all the people out there shuddering at the thought of using Star Wars toys for other (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | [MN] - Even More Light Gray Lots on BRICKS
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More Light Gray Lots. Plants will be up in a little bit. (URL) Shaped and Rounded Plates: [MN] 14 Light Gray 4x9 Tapered Wing Plate 10/12 0 $1.00 Modified Plates: [MN] 4 Light Gray 6x8 Trap Door Plate 10/12 0 $1.75 Wall Pieces: [MN] 2 Light Gray and (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Tom's WANTED list - 2x4 black bricks tops it...
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Tom, so far I have 105 2x4s, 8 1x8s, 2 6x8 plates, and 2 2x6s Let me know if you need them, as I haven't yet gone through the large mixed boxes I have, just all the small ones.... Paul Sinasohn 510-261-1476 (h) 510-594-6153 (w) (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Anakin's Pod-Racer (micro-scale) [DAT]
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Hello, I'm a first time poster and a first-time user of LDraw. I've designed a micro-scale version of Anakin's Pod Racer (attached below). It's incomplete because I couldn't find the LDraw part for the Minifig Bullwhip (to be used as the control (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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