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I can offer some suggestions. Part of the fun of Lego MindStorms is figuring things out on one's own ... but a few hints probably won't hurt. Because the light sensor is particularly sensitive to infrared (IR), you should be able to use it to locate (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Any info on new castles sets?
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(...) :). (...) Lego has been on a two year cycle: establish the theme the first year, fill it out the next, then move on. There wasn't much that was compelling the 2nd year of the Ninja line beyond the Shanghai Surprise and the Minifig set. Even (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: FA(eBay): blue hoppers
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(...) And how many 1x2 tilting hinge tops would I have to supply for an even swap? Chris (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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The problem with that is that what Larry sees as decent and what I see as decent are two different things. Which is fine by me. I came out of the dark ages a little less than a year ago and have gotten pretty big into trains since (something I (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: New Website
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(...) Impressive! Your Falcon is, of course, awesome, and I also particularly liked the Bespin scene and the AAT. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: What happened to Larrys' eBay Hopper Auctions?
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(...) Unfortunate. It would be interesting to see how much damage we (as a group) could do to their feedback rating as punishment for wanting to scam folks and getting pissy when someone tries to educate buyers. Chris (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Version 2 of Amtrak EMD type F 7 attempt
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(...) I'd have to say that I liked the front window a lot better in version 1. The slope of the version 1 window definately gave it more of the 'sad puppy dog eyes' look. Other than that I thought the changes were improvements. Steve Martin (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Adventurers set 5901?
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Rob, I have replied to you directly but yes it looks the same the UK version is boxed, we don't generally have polygbags over here? I also have a few 5096 sets which are also boxed if you or anyone else is interested? Jakey(uk) (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | update: over 400 batches at 'goingx2'
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Christopher's LEGO parts auction V: I have taken bits and pieces from my previous auctions and the ones that I participate in as a buyer for this format. 10 Sept 99: Any listing without a bid can be bid on at any level. If no one else wants it for (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Fire Extinguishers
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(...) Why does this sound suspiciously like a class assignment? BTW, we got your mail the first time, I guess nobody decided it deserved a response. AlanC (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Fire Extinguishers
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CAn anyone of YOu tell me how can I make a fire extinguisher robot by standard Lego Mindstorms system that has only 2 touch and 1 light sensor.Plz reply me back on my email rather as a post to the group.I prefer it that way Thank YOu all Imad Khan (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Forth vs Assembler
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(...) There are a couple of reasons to choose pbFORTH over raw assembler... 1. Assembler requires an assembler, which means downloading and configuring the GNU tools on eiher Linux or Cygwin for Win9x. Not for the faint of heart. 2. Once you get (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Home layouts
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I have a permanent setup in my lounge room, on the 3 doors in a "U" shape on folding legs. It's rather overcrowded, I need a fourth door I think. Mark H. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: FA(eBay): blue hoppers
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Prior to Busy Bee finding a stash of hoppers, this set mib went for $60 to $80 US. When this little hiccup in supply gets absorbed by rtlers, the price will again creep back up to this level. So if you want one you had better make Larry a decent (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Train track
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I am interested in 9V. I would like to add some straight and curved pieces. Actually while I am thinking about it points and crossovers would be wonderful as well. ;-) If you have ones to send me does that mean they are unofficial Ldraw parts? Not (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Texas Legomaniacs Unite!
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(...) At this point, I'd probably have to participate in a pretty informal capacity. I probably wouldn't participate in parts exchange, because my Lego budget is pretty limited right now, which means that I only buy sets that I really like and (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) Thanks. I too am a bit supprised they are doing a B-Wing but although the B-Wing did not get much screen time it has played a big role in many of the Star Wars Vidio Games that were release so therefore it is probably more recognizable to many (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | FS: F1 Racer (set 8808)
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I have one Technic F1 Racer for sale, lego set number 8808. 92 pcs. (c) date on box 1994-95. Price: $10 Condition: New in sealed box. Box is in good to mint condition. Terms: Buyer pays shipping. US sales only. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Forth vs Assembler
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Since observing these Lego email broadcasts, I've been wondering what Forth was. Engineering background, not CS! Now I know, after reading Ralph Hempel's "RE: Mindstorms/reinforcement learning". Very cryptic by the looks! Why not use honest to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Zany Brainy Sale
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I just received a flyer about a sale ZB is having. The 6195 Aquanauts Base, (URL) and 6975 Alien Avenger, (URL) are 50% off. The Aquanauts Base is $44.99 and the Avenger is $29.99. A discount of 20% on Rock Raiders and Space Port begins on OCT 14 (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Set 1974 Black feather
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I am looking for the smallest of the black feathers to complete set # 1974. I am willing to buy or trade, but have very little trading stock. I only collect castle sets. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 1998 Suspension - Fredrik?
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(...) Yes, that is possible. I first saw this idea in a car that Ben Williamson made at: (URL) I tried out the same idea in two chassises at: (2 URLs) suspension made this way is a bit flimsy, but still quite adequate for a medium sized car. Fredrik (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | RE: Mindstorms/reinforcement learning
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(...) Declaring variables (almost any number of them) in pbFORTH is like this: VARIABLE FOO Fetching and storing is like this: 23 FOO ! ( this stores the value ) FOO @ ( this fetches the value ) Values are 16 bit integers - 32 bit doubles use a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: 1998 Suspension - Fredrik?
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(...) Ahhh. We don't even have that GoKart kit here in Canada (at least I haven't) seen it yet... So if you mount the 3x1 cross block on the arm to, say, a beam that moves up and down, you can get suspension fairly easily, right? I'll need to get (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: In town the rest of the week
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(...) Definitely had a great time. As allways it is nice to put a name to a face. I also love just talking shop with other LEGO fans so that was great too. Glad everything worked out with your car. Eric Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail The (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | Re: 3D geometry question
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(...) Sure. But to picture the vector as starting in the origin makes it easier to understand what I want in the paragraph below: (...) In fact, for my application, any of these solutions would suffice. (...) I think we also need some constraints on (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Track parts naming scheme survey
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Adviesbureau Noord/Zuidlijn wrote: <snipped it again!> Except I think you forgot the sleeper, or else I missed it. it's neither 12v or 4.5v so it ought to be Train Track Sleeper or Train Track Slotted Sleeper but I'm not sure which. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Track parts naming scheme survey
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Yes! Excellent compromise! It's got the key stuff up front and the fact that not all parts are 4.5v specific or 9v specific comes out clearly. Adviesbureau Noord/Zuidlijn wrote: <very nice work, all of which I snipped> (...) I'll say! :-) Now say (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: General Box #3 ("minneapolis box")
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(...) These are "armless faceless" minifig bodies, missing their heads. Quite old (mid 70s??). Gary I. has a bunch which he has (1) used for architectural accents. Here's a set that has them: "texas rangers" (URL) (1) Now before you think I'm (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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My guess is that there´ll be a Slave I because: - it´s got a good size to be build as a modell (well a smaller scaled version) - we need more of the bad guys. One TIE is not enough for playing Star Wars - it looks cool, so it´ll sell good - we´ve (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 3D geometry question
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Fredrik Glöckner: (...) Vectors don't start anywhere. A vector is just a direction and a length. (...) Lets call the vector along the edge e. (...) There are infinitely many solutions to the problem. When you have one solution, any rotation around v (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Adventurers set 5901?
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The 5901 is the same as the 5902 polybag in the US, $1.99 + tax. (URL) the 5902 boxed? -Rob. Jason Briscoe <jason_briscoe@londo...lec.co.uk> wrote in message news:FJJ5nz.K3B@lugnet.com... (...) $4 (...) interested? I (...) too (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Rare Lego Train Platform/Dock Parts (8)
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(...) hehe... (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: no minifig in my Island game
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(...) Yes -- It was included in the box I bought. There was a sticker on the box which said "Minifig inside!", or something to that effect. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.games.lego.island, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Best selection of parts to mess around with
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Seconded. If you can write the exam before you start the class and get an A, you should just place out of the class and take a different one. If you can't do that, pay attention to each and every class. Physics is important. (not as important as (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Motor Controller Question
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From what I could figure out from the literature on the HB, the motor controller circuit is controlled by Port B on the 6811. With a little tinkerin last nite I was trying to set/reset some of the pins poking values into $1004 (Got this from "An (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: FW: More semi trucks
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G'Day I find for really long trailers (100+ studs) technic beams placed side by side staggered and pegged together and plates over top gives a really strong floor. ( I just can not get any higher because I run out of bricks :)). For a trailer hitch (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Rare Lego Train Platform/Dock Parts (8)
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They are rare where I am (Scotland). If I sell them, they'll become that little bit rarer... assuming nobody here buys them. Scott A (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(Followups clipped cos this isn't robotics or technic anymore) (...) I think what we'd (hopefully) get with the Desert Skiff is a bunch of brown slopes. Checking out pictures and such, it realy doesn't look much like a pirate hull would be used at (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: no minifig in my Island game
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Paul Mison wrote in message <38043C6A.C548D5A@so....co.uk>... (...) The last time I was at the Orlando LEGO Imagination Center they had mouse pads for sale. I was going to pick one up until I noticed the price - $9.95! Hard to justify $10 for a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.games.lego.island, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Any info on new castles sets?
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(...) Although he *did* say that it looks like (from the names) there's a return to the more European style of Castle. I'm looking forward to it! J (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: "Buying Lego" FAQ to link auctions to
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(...) eBay seems not to discourage THOSE because they only work at the eBay site. What eBay does NOT want are the crawlerbots that collate listings from eBay and other sites. They haven't internalised that if the crawlerbot shows they have most of (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Any info on new castles sets?
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(...) Some person saw a list of the names but wont give any out because if he got found out he would get in trouble with his boss or something like that. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Lego advert targets the Adult market
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So this would be one where he could say he's just getting the mag for the good of the group, not for the pictures? (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego advert targets the Adult market
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(...) I feared an embarassing scene in the newsagents... ....when people notice I'm looking for Lego adverts. -- Liam. (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | WANTED: 1088 Road Burner
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This set was available in the Eastern US, evidently. It is the same as 2886, but I want 2 copies of it due to the packaging difference. If you can get these, let me know, thanks. (URL) Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | 3D geometry question
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Hi, I have this problem I hope someone may solve. Say I have a vector v with length normalized to 1. For simplicity, picture this vector as starting in the origin. Now, I need a rotation matrix M with the following properties: o If I rotate a part (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 1998 Suspension - Fredrik?
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(...) :-) (...) The difference isn't in the rack on plate and gear, but in the steering suspension. (Well, the rack seems to have changed as well, but that difference isn't so large.) While pre 1998 steering typically consisted of one grey 3x1 (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Home layouts
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that one was fairly huge, but (...) You mean I have a bigger layout than Larry? Man of 96 blue hoppers? :) I'm really quite suprised. As far as it goes, right now, the layout is as big as it is going to get until we move back out west. Hopefully, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: FW: More semi trucks
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(...) Speaking of which, I'm finally getting around to that. The trailer is 24x96 studs, so I'll be widening a spare 5571 to match (may lengthen it a bit too, and will definitely add a Technic engine). You don't even want to know how many 1x16 black (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: no minifig in my Island game
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(...) not (...) figure (...) only (...) set. It had a specified end date, it took a while for me to get the fig, I later saw boxes marked "special figure included" or whatever the phrasing was. The newest boxes I've seen have had a free "LEGO comic (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.games.lego.island, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: no minifig in my Island game
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(...) It was a separate promotional item- I have one from ECTS (European computer trade show) that a friend picked up for me. This would have been in September 1998, I think. I don't have the game though. There are also a few Lego mouse mats in the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.games.lego.island, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: FW: More semi trucks
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(...) Yes, Paul keep up the wide, er, good work;-) (...) ??? "REALLY" big? No, that would be Rickey from the GMLTC and anyone else who built their own trailer to fit their 5571 Monster Rig;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: LEGO Reverse DNS?
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(...) Our web server recorded 80 hits from inside lego.com during Sep/Oct/Nov of last year. All hits were from a single machine. My top-level page was hit 10 times. I suspect all of these hits were from a single person. -Kekoa (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego Bots in Germany???
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(...) So they don't - the way they treat the english language indicated that they not push it early in schools, or did not do that until fairly recently. (...) High-School in Denmark is actually called Gymnasium, but that would without explanation (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | FA : LARGE LOT OF LEGO CASTLE PARTS (EBAY) - With Good Pic
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FA : LARGE LOT OF LEGO CASTLE PARTS (EBAY) - With Good Pic See them at: (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: im looking for........
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(...) John, I will e.mail you separately later... but if you or anyone else is interested? I have a number of 2845 and 2846 small WW sets available. I am not sure if these were generally available in the US? but I am selling for $4 each plus (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Texas Legomaniacs Unite!
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Hi Mark, How about sticking to the local Texas group instead of posting this to the pirates group? (URL) luck, Kai (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Adventurers set 5901?
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I am not sure if this set is generally available in the US? but I have ten (10) 5901 river raft MISB sets I wish to sell off or trade, I'd be asking $4 each, maybe less if you want them all? PLMK if anyone outhere is interested? I am in the UK, but (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Just listed 19 lots on Ebay from 20 copies of Set #2151
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I just listed 19 lots that are made up of the components from 20 copies of Robo-Raider set #2151. There are some nice lots including black and gray slopes, gray bricks, and much more. Check out all of my auctions at: (URL) for looking. -- Scott (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: What happened to Datsville in space?
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(...) I would have to agree with it being a ground based station seeing as you can "park" your space ships there, plus have your ground crew there too instead of having to design two different "datstations" Kya (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 12 golf balls for $1 delivered
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(...) This followup is going to both places, just in case. (...) I'd be afraid to see your house, Mike. It probably looks like mine, carefully crafted by years of buying on a graduate student budget. (...) Did you order them online? How on Earth do (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: 8001 - technic star wars set
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(...) Isn't the Battle Droid simply the alternate model in the Droid Construction Kit already available? LFB. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 12 golf balls for $1 delivered
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I don't know if I should put these little diddlies here, or in off-topic.fun or what. But it is a store-related thing, so here goes. I got my $1 putter from chipshot.com today (limited promotion, over for now, may come back, or they may offer other (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Zach's third LEGO auction (update 17)
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All high bids made on or before 10/10/99 have advanced to GOING 1; those that were GOING 1/2 in the last update all have advanced to the next level. Welcome to my third RTL auction. It has been about 18 months since my last auction, time for (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: "Buying Lego" FAQ to link auctions to
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(...) They keep track of the bidding and then bid at the last possible second. One I saw even allowed you to specify the number of seconds before the end that it would submit the bid. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | New Zany Brainy Flyer
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Lego on sale 20% off selected items. (URL) at (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Preliminary AT-AT pic
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(...) COOOOL work!!! I love this scale minifig stuff. Just Great work!!!...!!! Joel (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: "Buying Lego" FAQ to link auctions to
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(...) Actually I'm glad. One of my nightmares is a sniping 'bot which will make it impossible for normal human beings ever to win an auction. Sniping programs already exist though I don't know exactly what they do or how. Of course, eBay would (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: In town the rest of the week
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I WOULDA been there on time if my rental hadn't had a flat. But a good time was had by all, and I got some AucZILLA X stuff. Someone beat me to it, though, I wasn't the first. Upside of the flat incident is that National gave me a Cadillac DeVille (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | Re: Home layouts
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(...) All my home layouts have been small and ephemeral. But whenever I get an apartment on a project, I set up the biggest layout I can.... you can see pics of the Denver one in the container section of my site, and of the Detroit one in the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Version 2 of Amtrak EMD type F 7 attempt
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This model is starting to come together nicely. From the side it looks great, but from the front you notice the height.. you prolly need to find a place to scavenge a row of bricks or even 2. That's gonna be tough and still keep the Amtrak headless (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Timmy
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(...) Lose a little one each deal, make it up on volume. At least that's what I tell Josette. (...) Nope, it's used the same way in the US. I just didn't expect YOU trying for a profit, isn't that rather a bit less touchy feely than you'd rather? (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Timmy
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(...) <snipped super Martha Stewart-like ideas> (...) room....... I was thinking that Timmy could demonstrate boating safety by a taking a yellow dingy to investigate the safety zone around the ship's propellors, but that's just me I guess.. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: "Buying Lego" FAQ to link auctions to
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(...) OK, more specifically then, check out the fibblesnork auction guide which is linked from my site, somewhere, as well as from lugnet. It does NOT list all sites but is a good resource to a number of the more established ones, as well as (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Rare Lego Train Platform/Dock Parts (8)
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(...) ones are going to become rarer but I'm not sure they are "rare" just yet. Not sold in Stores maybe... <grins, ducks and runs> (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | 8277 Giant Model set - available for trade
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Hi, We just picked up several boxes of new 8277 Giant model set with super sized robot. We are looking for the followings: 1. police station 2. fire fighter boat 3. fire station 4. big wheels 5. 1*4*6 windows 6. white windows 1*2*2 used for airplane (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Any info on new castles sets?
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I would asume TLG will folow the ninja theme for the next year or two atleast. Not verry interactive with thier past themes with out some complex storylines. but definatly much better than the Frightnights... over all i think it is nice concept, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | RE: Mindstorms/reinforcement learning
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Please let the rest of us know as well, Ralph- I'm very interested in any type of AI stuff on the Mindstorms. As a "quick" note, our projects (using something called Q learning if anyone out there knows the terminology) involve doing roughly (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi, That error message is actually to do with a fault in the Borland Delphi code for serial transfer, NOT a fault with the HandyBoard! (I use the same Delphi code in my HandyBoard terminal program as the program HBDL). It appears to manily occur on (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Texas Legomaniacs Unite!
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(...) Mark, Another Texan here! You won't believe where I live. How about a town called "College Station"! ha! Why haven't we met? Are you the one buying out all the adventurer stuff that was sale at Walmart? hehhehheh (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: Mindstorms/reinforcement learning
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(...) Ha, and it wasn't even me that reminded you this time... Seriously, I am exchanging emails with someone who is doing an AI project using pbFORTH. He claims the thinking time is a bit slow, but I don't know enough about the project to make a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: SW set list for 2000
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(...) Through the random anonymous source, of course. Geez, where's your trust? (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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I was just wasting time on imdb.com looking at the actors/actresses from Star Wars. On Jake Lloyd's page, under trivia, it said he has a sister, Madison, who played the uncredited role of Princess Ellie in TPM. Ahh, could someone tell me who (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Freeware LEGO Software in an German Computer magazine
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(...) :) It does translate it a little funny, but gets the point across :) -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Bumper Sticker: 'I'd punch you in the face, but [poo] splatters.' (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Home layouts
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(...) Hi Paul ... welcome to the world of LEGO trains. My sons (11 & 12 y.o.) and I have a lot of trains ... ten locomotives and about 45 freight cars and 11 passenger cars ... plus stations, loaders, etc. They get set up in either the living room (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | FA: 45 Lego Lots on SeriousCollector.com - Trains, Space, Town, Promo & more
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Thanks for for your interest! Click here to bid or view: (URL) here: (URL) Currently 6940 Alien Moon Stalker--Who says Lego didn't make an AT-AT?! $44.50 Lego 6988 Blacktron Alpha Centauri Outpost factory sealed $52.50 Lego Aquazone: 1822 Sea Claw (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Turning send.c into a dll
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Hi, Has anyone been able to compile send.c into a .dll file under Cygwin? Can you provide instructions on how to do that? Thanks Andy (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) Paul, I have this -little- train layout set up in a spare bedroom. It -only- has 500 pieces of straight track in it. :) And my wife wants to kill me :) No, seriously, I have a room with a lego setup in it. Including town, and shelfs across the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Paul, While I don't have a permanent layout, I've got a mobile one that goes on the floor at any time. You're probably referring to people that have permanent layouts and tracks in position, so I guess I'm not one of them, but I can access my train (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Timmy
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(...) offer. (...) *sigh* once again it appears to be next to impossible to outbid Larry when it comes to Lego moving his way <grin>. I'll have to bow out on that one - 25 cents won't even cover my expenses in setting up storage space for the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Home layouts
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(...) I've got a large board (about 4 foot x 7 foot) for all my Lego models - and most of the time it has a train layout on it. The layout's not nailed down or anything though - I change it every couple of weeks and will remove at some point in (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Preliminary AT-AT pic
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(...) enough (...) slightly (...) that (...) What a gorgeous model! It looks dead-on scale wise--what did you use for measurements? Or did you freehand it? Either way, it looks terrific! :Derek (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: What happened to Datsville in space?
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Tobias Möller <tobias.moller@telia.com> wrote in message news:FJHzBB.4J9@lugnet.com... (...) ships (...) I said space station cause I really wanted to refer to the Internation Space Station(1) I'd prefer a ground base too, mostly cause thats my (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: LegOS
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It'd be interesting, but you'd have to describe some kind of scripting language for the new OS to interpret, or a binary format that you could then convince gcc to compile to.Either way, you're talking a lot of work. It would be an interesting task, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Train track
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(...) Which piece? Do you want 9v track? Do you want 4.5v track? Do you want 12v track? Do you want straight track? Ldraw currently has: the 4.5v crossing the 4.5v sleepers the 4.5v straight track mock-ups exist for: the 4.5v curves the 4.5v (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Preliminary AT-AT pic
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I just want to see all of those AT-ATs together in one picture, that should be cool. Paul (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Any info on new castles sets?
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Everyone is talking about the new SW stuff, what about the new castle stuff? Someone must be leaking the SW info (probably Ken Starr or the Republicans :). Anyone know anything about set names or themes? Better yet, any pics? "I'm not PLAYING, I'm (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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Shaun Sullivan wrote in message <38038A63.5E1C@mit.edu>... (...) Consider that it has about 4 times the screen time that the Sith Infiltrator has though... (...) in some set that doesn't (...) Boba Fett has about the same screen time his ship does (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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