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Simon said: (...) Thanks for the defense, Frank... My plan is to use these hoppers to accomplish two goals. I will sell enough off to pay for what I bought plus a little extra, but that should leave me with 20-30 to keep easily. I am also giving the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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| | NELUG mail relaying problem...
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I just wanted to let everyone know that there seems to be a mail relaying problem on the NELUG server. I can currently recieve mail but I don't seem to be able to send mail. This also affects the mailing list (members-list at nelug dot org) so if (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me)
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| | Does anyone have the BusyBee Phone No?
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Does anyone have the BusyBee Phone No? (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Tower Building Trial
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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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| | Re: New silly axle
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(...) Ah, if it has a length of 5.5 studs, then I can see the use for it. I've often had the need for an n.5 stud lendth axle, and by matching the 5.5 axle with an axle extender and another axle, it may serve this purpose. Sounds useful enough for (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Classic space prices
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Asher Kobin <asherk@pobox.com> wrote in message news:FJ8y6o.LH6@lugnet.com... (...) The reason is that 6807 is extremely rare and sought-after particularly as it was a European-only set. Huw (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: New angled beam
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(...) This piece first appeared in last year's ZNAP sets, in white. The collar was necessary to prevent the axle being pulled through the hole when used for wheels and I guess was designed that way to prevent the need for a bushing. I think it (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Halloween Candy
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G'Day Since we all need to buy Halloween candy anyway....at Canadian Tire I picked up a few packs of Trebor Allan 'Karnival Pops' (lollypops), an almost 1 pound bag for $ 2.29. So what you say .... inside the bag is a coupon for ..... $ 5 off Lego (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Technic Supercar article in this week's Autocar magazine
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John Smith <jsmith@it.newsint.co.uk> wrote in message news:FJA9Hy.Dx8@lugnet.com... (...) delurk (...) cover) (...) are (...) Excellent. Thanks for the info. I'll make a point of checking it out in WHS tomorrow! Huw (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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As nobody else seems to have spotted this yet, I guess that I'd better delurk and bring it to everyone's attention.... The current issue of Autocar magazine (dated 6 October 1999, Rover 25 cover) has a four page article on Technic supercars - (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Track parts naming scheme survey
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Manfred: (...) Why is it labeled "4.5V"? It works quite fine for 12V trains too (just to make sure we get a long discussion :-). (...) Yes. We might want to remember the 12V power tracks too. (...) Actually I distinguish between "unpowered", "12V", (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: new Millennium Falcon
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It does not appear to be made from LEGO elements, I can't tell for sure. Ugh, we need a source inside TLG! :) Scott S. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 6289 : RBR
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(...) That's a tough one. It has recently been relatively available, but retail stocks are probably depleted (DYA doesn't have them any more for example), so I would expect the price to start rising. Good candidate for an auction if you are selling. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: new Millennium Falcon
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(...) I was kind of wondering that myself...my first thought was that it wasn't a LEGO MF, but I can't quite pin down why. If it *is* LEGO, it looks like they did an excellent job of getting the shape right...especially on the escape pods and (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Freezing
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Hi Has anyone experienced freezes where the entire system is halted, and only HW reset will bring it up again? I used an old PCI card before but it is still a problem after buying a Creative TNT2 Ultra 32MB AGP. The board is an ASUS P5A with an AMD (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.games.lego.racers)
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| | Re: Dacta castle
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(...) No. The one on the BSB is a 1x4x2, and the two side lobes come up almost to the 2 brick height. This piece has the same curvature as the 2x4 bricks with rounded end. The curvature should also match the 2x4 curved top bricks and the 2x2 curved (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: KB KIDS.com 20% Off sale (and 50% clearance items, more importantly)
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(...) Just got my 20 yesterday. I think that's about the quickest I've ever got something I ordered by mail using something other than over night shipping. Of course they ship from Roanoke VA which is about a 3hr drive from Raleigh. What's funny is (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
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(...) In some ways it would be nice if Busy Bee discovered the internet... They probably should have sold the 4536s for a bit of a premium and captured some of the proffit, since after all, they're the ones who managed to dig them up. Of course (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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| | Track parts naming scheme survey
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Hello all We have another fine naming issue on our hand, which is always good for a lively discussion tread :-) The issue is about the parts from the group "Train Track 4.5V". I believe two different types are known here: 1- the oldest "Blue" type (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: CW/CCW, vertex sequence, co-planar, convex
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Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote in message ... (...) Certified primitives are harmless when used by old uncertified parts, so there's no need to create special certified versions. And in stead of fixing parts to reference the new names, you might just (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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