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(...) sorry for writing in english, my french is a disaster when i have to write, speaking is slightly better,but it's also not so good at all (you have to know that i have french speaking family members) !!! my email address is: (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.be.vb.bru)
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Another seller (or maybe it's the same one) has a bunch of single boxes of the same vintage, including the internal plastic storage boxes. The seller is mpl who is located in The Netherlands. Paul Sinasohn (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) What do you mean, "enhancement"? You mean you enlarged the image? You don't gain any more information that way -- if anything, you lose meaningful data as your software makes up pixels to smooth things out. (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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There is a wonderful assortment of 24 Samsonite LEGO Parts Packs on EBAY, whose auction ended today. It went for a whopping $810 (rather pricey, I would say). I bring it to everyones attention to show you all what they look like. The pictures on the (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) One can -always- throw more time at -any- project; whether it improves the finished item or is simply a case of 'over-engineering' the final product is open to debate <grin>. However, in this case I would say that the more time spent would (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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I recently placed an oder to shop at home and the rep stated that they had Royal Knights Castle $109.00 Rose (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Alvin Yap <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:19991013204452....ail.com... (...) I have a few pages of sensor information: (URL) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: KBKids.com and Outback Airstrip Fun
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(...) Similarly, some of the shipments I get from S@H come from "LDI Fulfillment" or somesuch, a different label than the usual S@H one. I assume it's the same sort of deal. Fortunately S@H (or whoever it is) usually does a good job of including the (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Building a moon-display for your space models
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What should be improved? I know something: Time. I made mine over a weekend just to get it over so I could start taking photos. If I make another one, I´d put in more effort and time in it. --Tobias (...) at (...) They've (...) both (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | RE: Rotaion Sensor Sampling Speed?
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(...) I thought the problem was that it vibrated itself? (...) <snip forth code, which looks cool :)> (...) Take a look at the code that Markus sent out a while ago with the new firmdl he cooked up, particularly the code in keepalive.c and the code (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | MWT: 'Minifig World Tour' i Sverige
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Tjohej! De två internationellt kända minifig-äventyrarna, Colin och Wanda från Canada, är just nu på besök i Sverige, efter en tids vistelse i Australien. Kameran går, och snart är det dags för dom att packa sitt bagage och fortsätta resan mot (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Är det här stället toaldött eller?
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Eric Hampusgård skrev i meddelandet ... (...) Välkommen in i gänget - det verkar inte vara så många svenskar som hittat hit än, vi får väl gör mer reklam för stället! Själv är jag 45, och hinner inte med så mycket Lego-byggen, men ibland får jag (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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Är det Stockholm det gäller? Här i Eskilstuna finns bara 'dyra' Stor & Liten, och ännu dyrare småaffärer. Jag har hittat hyggliga priser på Lekhuset i Norrköping, c:a 10-30% lägre än S&L beroende på modell (det är ju en bit att åka också), men ditt (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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Well, upon closer inspection (I did a 9x enhancement) It looks like: It has hair instead of a helmet. It might be wearing a cape. The jetpack goes too far down the torso to be a classic airtank. It's left arm is swung back behind the jetpack. My (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Change in SW Lego Design Contest Prizes
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(...) yep, I have to agree with Shaun. It makes sense on many levels to send it unassembled. The fun the winner gets from putting it together, the smaller packaging through the mail... and unless you were going to glue it... an assembled Lego ship (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) My guess is that the list that showed up at theouterrim.com is completely bogus. It just doesn't *sound* like a sensible mix of sets. James (URL) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | RE: Rotaion Sensor Sampling Speed?
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(...) Well, I'd need to vibrate things while looking at raw values, which is possible, I guess. I could run the gantry, smaple as long as possible and then store the value in an array... Something like: CREATE BUFFER 5000 CELLS ALLOT ( makes room (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: What´s new at www.lego.com ?
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Actually, I was thinking the same thing... -Andy Lynch Kevin Loch wrote in message ... (...) noticed (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Classic Space Update #4
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Update #4 497 Galaxy Explorer This is a complete set in mint condition. The box shows a lot of wear. Instructions included Current high bid $80, increments $2 minimum I had this one before I came across the other one. No box or (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What´s new at www.lego.com ?
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Is it just me or does that look like a Classic Space minifig? KL (...) ? (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) Huh. I thought maybe I was wrong. I wonder why they're packing Qui-Gonn with them, then. He never rode one... The closest he came to one was when Captain Tarpals arrested Jar-Jar at the gates to the underwater city. My guess is either it's (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Ralph, I don't know about the specific issues with pbForth, but this summer I was working on a large gear train (for a problem that we have recently "proven" is computationally intractable for the RCX) and dropped about 20 counts out of every 1,000 (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Found 1547 and 1596 on sale at Mommyschool.com
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Visit this link: (URL) is a limit of one for each set (don't know how this is regulated). They also have 6008, 6036, 6044 and 6105 for sale. Prices aren't too bad, I'm assuming the sets are MIB. Free shipping too :-) They're located in Michigan, had (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Change in SW Lego Design Contest Prizes
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Hi Pat, My 2 cents: With good instructions, *definitely* unassembled! Shaun (who graciously declined to plug the WTB he has posted on .buy-sell-trade :) (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: More Info on SW2000 LEGO !?!?!
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(...) They are usually very good about distinguishing fact from fallacy. However, all those sites (TheForce.Net, TheOuterRim.com, YakFacesRealm.com, etc) sort of check each other for information, so the report on TheForce.Net is probably sourced (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Rare Lego Train Platform/Dock Parts (8)
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(...) To whom are you speaking? me? Tell me more, I don't get over there consistently but I'll take a look. PS: I was mostly just razzing you. (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Good to hear from all of you. I will create a banner or button for people to display if they are entered, one if they have won a category as well as one for the over all winner. These will be based on the design of the trophies, and for the overall (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: KBKids.com and Outback Airstrip Fun
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broller@NOSPAMclemson.edu (Ben Roller) wrote: <snip> (...) Back when KBKids had its grand opening I picked up a bunch of Star Wars sets, and in place of the Naboo Fighter They'd given me an inflatable Jar Jar Binks chair. To save shipping headaches, (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Next MLCad Release
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(...) First a bit of 'fan mail': Thanks beyond words, Michael! As an old{er|ish} <grin> AutoCAD/CASE tool user, I can appreciate the amount of work you've put into your tool-set already. I've found what are a -few- nits in it use (to me, at least; (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: pbForth
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(...) I think there are some C to FORTH translators at www.forth.org, but the problem is you need to configure them to run on your CPU and then to output FORTH compatible with your target. Not an easy task. Why not just learn FORTH? I learned about (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Space stations?
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(...) How about working in some sort of locking connector. Could be as simple as indents for 1x2 bricks, or could be more complex like a set of vertical pins which a technic beam is connected to (the half beams would make nice connectors). In real (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: SW set list for 2000
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Dennett wrote; (...) Still, looking at the time stamps on the mail - you answered one hour later, but then again, the answer on my mail was written 50 minutes BEFORE I wrote it. =) Figure that one out for a 2x4 red brick! My guess is that it's (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | More Info on SW2000 LEGO !?!?!
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Hi All, I was just checking www.theforce.net, and happened to see that the daily survey is, and I quote: "What vehicle would you most like to see be made into a Lego set? (Not Mindstorms or Technic, remember Falcon, Slave-I, Skiff, A-Wing, AAT, MTT, (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Part number 30363--yes, it's official. Friendly reminder: Please reserve the cad.dat.* newsgroups for .dat content posts or followups to .dat posts. Questions concernings parts, models, etc., may be posted to lugnet.cad. -John Van Patrick Justison (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Rotaion Sensor Sampling Speed?
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Hi all, I'm putting together a mazebot for Mindfest, and ran into a bit of a funny with the rotation sensor. I THINK it has to do with the sample speed, but I'm not positive. I'm using pbFORTH and sampling the rotation sensor in a tight loop. The (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Change in SW Lego Design Contest Prizes
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(...) Hear, hear! Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Huh, I replied to it just as it came in via email. I had been online, checked mail, wrote a couple of posts, checked again and it was there and I responded to it. Guess it was just a little delayed reaction getting to me. It's at 14.75 as I write (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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Another day, a different rumor ... www.theForce.net has this poll up: "What vehicle would you most like to see be made into a Lego set? (Not Mindstorms or Technic, remember Falcon, Slave-I, Skiff, A-Wing, AAT, MTT, and B-Wing are coming)." Ah, the (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Well, then I guess I could just render some landing plates and put them online! But I am not the right one to do the rendring of landscapes. I know nothing about skies in POV-ray, height fields etc. I could handle the HTML-coding, and the rendering (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Next MLCad Release
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(...) These would be great additions. It also needs (please please :-)... - Relative piece rotation. It should be easy to do this without knowing the previous rotation values, isn't it just a matrix multiply? - Put the little "current part" (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Tittut!
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Hej alla LEGO-fans! Bor ni i Östergötland ska ni säga pling! Än så länge är det bara jag här. // Eric (Linköping) -- +---...---+ Eric Hampusgård (MCsE) Swedish AFOL Group purjo at hem dot passagen dot se +---...---+ (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se.os.lin)
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| | Re: Change in SW Lego Design Contest Prizes
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I think this is a good idea - I like the idea of the trophies much better! I agree with EricK, though ... the prizes aren't what's important here, it's the collection of fantastic models! Shaun (who's almost done with his AT-AT and who is now (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: SW set list for 2000
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(...) Whoa, my calculations say you read his comment about one hour later from when he wrote it. If you take a look now, it might even be down at 14 hours. =] // Eric (time moves, even in news) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Enough parts to make a whole 8880 Technic Super Car on Ebay....
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Enough parts to make a whole 8880 Technic Super Car on Ebay.... Every part is in 100% guaranteed absolute genuine MINT condition.... Every auction has a pic, so you can see just what you are bidding on. Gear know, H-plate, steering wheel, shocks, (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Dutch Auctions on Ebay.... Has anyone any advice?
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(...) After much experimenting, I have decided recently to start +everything+ at 1.00. I beleive that overall that gives me the best return and it gives bidders a fair chance to get a bargain once in a while (like the guy who won four cannon (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | WTB: Gray 1x2 Tiles w/ 1-Stud
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Hi! I'm looking to buy about 60 of the light gray 1x2 tiles with the single centered stud on top ... or are they plates? Anyways, I'm willing to pay $0.20 apiece if there is anybody with a bunch of them sitting around. Unfortunately, dark gray won't (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Change in SW Lego Design Contest Prizes
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(...) Don't get me wrong. I would never pass on free LEGO. It's just that I would have entered the contest with or without prizes. I think it is tremendously generouse of Pat to offer these prizes. Especially because it is comming out of his pocket (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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actually those were eopies (sp?). The Kaadus were what the Gungans rode into battle. (...) be). (...) Anakin (...) one. (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: SW set list for 2000
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(...) <robb@macconnect.com> (...) A kaadu is the Gungan's trusty steeds. Those things that sorta resemble a Taun Taun. (...) Obi-Wan) (...) Hmm, my calculations say @ 15.4 hours Ryan (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) category (...) work (...) (Although I (...) their (...) one (...) to me instead since you don't care about a prize. :) I also think the logo idea is a good one. Ryan (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) This is fine with me. I am one of those that really don't care that much about the prizes (Although I would love it if you came up with Icon's that winners could display on their home pages). I mostly like your contest for all the great models (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Change in SW Lego Design Contest Prizes
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To all that have entered my contest or who will be entering it: I'm going to drop the a portion of the prizes that I'm offering for category winners as well as the overall winner. There will no longer be TRU gift certificates awarded. I'm going to (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: What´s new at www.lego.com ?
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Peter Abrahamson wrote (...) pixels (...) I think it looks like the old THX Logo Man from the earliest trailers from THX. But then, it's Lucas as well. ;-p // Eric (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) Right, these are the two official expansions for Lego Mindstorms with the Mars Expedition on the way. That makes 3 total in 2 years. + Cybermaster This is a stand alone system, not Mindstorms. The rumored sets clearly say, "Mindstorm (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Prisjämförelser
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Yo! Jag har jämfört priser på ett antal större butiker och ett antal kända LEGO-byggen. De stora matbutikerna har visserligen LEGO men deras utbud är så dåligt att ingen av de utvalda byggena fanns med i deras sortiment. Jag kan inte säga att (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Dutch Auctions on Ebay.... Has anyone any advice?
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(...) I'd sit on them for 6 months. (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | RE: LEGO Reverse DNS?
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(...) Ahhh. Last year...is this when you were starting to publish the internals - I think so. At that point I think they might have been casting around looking to see if anyone was actually hacking the RCX. Once they found out what was going on, (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What´s new at www.lego.com ?
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I'm not sure if it is Boba Fett, compare the image from (URL) the silhouette on (URL) the head shape looks different. Of course we are speculating on an image that is only about 8 pixels high. ;P Peter (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Dutch Auctions on Ebay.... Has anyone any advice?
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(...) The auction would be for 8880's The plan was to catch a buyer who wants more than 1, as the shipping cost per unit drops sharply at these sorts of weights: 1 -39.35($) 2 -30.65 3 -27.36 4 -25.43 5 -24.17 6 -23.33 7 -22.73 The problem is (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Är det här stället toaldött eller?
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Tobias Möller <tobias.moller@telia.com> wrote in message news:FHKrIH.GHC@lugnet.com... (...) Det verkar inte bättre. Fast det kan ju bli andra bullar eller byggen. Hej förresten! Jag heter Eric och är 32 år och har återupptagit min hobby efter den (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Home layouts
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(...) sorry, another cut off message? ... Most of my locos have 2 drive motors each anticipating the need for pulling power. - Jim -- (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: SW set list for 2000
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(...) Sounds cool! I'd *love* to see a Model Team X-Wing. (...) Why? A standard TIE would be so much better. (...) I'm doubting these, unless they are small add-ons. Or all one kit. (...) What's a Kaadu? (...) I'll believe it (or not) in about 16.5 (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Home layouts
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(...) Sorry about the cut off message. To anyone planning an extensive layout the track designer program at Matt's Lego® Train Depot is a must. (...) an (...) the (...) you (...) get (...) mountain (...) As you point out a circle helix will not (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Minifigure Torso Generator [DAT]
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I have the developed a small program that can generate Minifigure torsos based on a bitmap of the original body. The program generates the dat but since the algorithm is a little but rough the files are a little bigger than regular torsos but I can (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Imperial Guard Backpack
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(...) Here's an excerpt from (URL) If the ships boys were caught up to trouble they might be made to' kiss the gunners daughter.' They were bent over a cannon and caned on the backside. The gunner was the officer in charge of the boys welfare. (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Boston driving
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Ah, yes, all this talk of Boston-area traffic takes me back to my days at the Institute - where I didn't even own a car, but got to know lots of truisms about Boston drivers. The best being: Drivers in Boston don't even obey the laws of *physics*. (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: KBKids.com and Outback Airstrip Fun
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(...) Sure, I'd be interested in the Pokemon cards. If you want to check out the remains of my last parts sale, maybe we work out a trade. That offer goes for anyone else who has Pokemon game cards they don't want. The part-sale leftovers are at (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: questions on the SW sets
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Thank you. Yes!!! From a picture in one of the catalogs it looked like they had crapped up DV's helmet like they did the scout's. Good again. I like black plates. Ryan ***...*** REPLY SEPARATOR ***...*** (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: questions on the SW sets
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(...) No. The Helmet eyes are solid. Darth's Head is Gray and scared (TLG's attempt at what he looked like when Luke unmasked him). (...) Its a Plate. Eric Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail. The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: questions on the SW sets
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(...) The helmet is closed & Vader´s got a grey head with scars. (...) It´s a normal plate. (...) Hope these are the answers you´re looking for. Cheers, dö (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: What´s new at www.lego.com ?
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Interesting.... the gif that is the minifig/jetpack thing said mascot_hover on it. Very interesting, though I doubt TLG (LG) would publish something on BF so early, unless they are especially evil! Scott S. (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: What´s new at www.lego.com ?
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Well whatever happens, it will be at @ 3:00 am 10/15 EST Guess that means I'm not going to be one of the first to see what happens. Ryan ***...*** REPLY SEPARATOR ***...*** (...) ;) (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Dutch Auctions on Ebay.... Has anyone any advice?
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The only way to do it. Unless you relly want to get the best possible price on each, then you should sell 1 a month in seperate auctions. I'm currently bidding in two dutch auctions, and they really are great. It's pretty easy on ebay too. Pat J (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) LOL (almost ROFLOL) Good one :) Ryan (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | questions on the SW sets
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I've got a couple of questions on the SW sets I don't have 1. Is Vader's helmet like the Scout's in that the eye area is open to the head?? 2. In the Gungan Sub, is the 6x14 plate that the 'unburp' sits on, a baseplate or a plate?? Thanks Ryan (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: What´s new at www.lego.com ?
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Was I blind ? Boba Fett ! I hope you´re right. Now I can´t sleep ... ;) I try and move this to starwars... dö (...) noticed ? (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) Well, there's the Mindstorms RIS + 2 expansions, + Cybermaster + Droid Developer Kit + Robotics Discovery Set. (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Last night as I was going to sleep listening to the US rebroadcast of "As It Happens," a Canadian public radio program, they had a segment where listeners can respond with there thoughts on topics heard on the program. Apparently, Tuesday night they (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
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(...) Right, it's inaccurate. A better name Would be "Technic Pin 1/2 with Stud". That would match up with part #6587, Technic Axle 3 with Stud. Steve (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.cad.dev)
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Sorry this is such short notice. The Northern Virgina Lego Train Club is meeting tonight in Roslynn, VA from ~6 - ?. There are plans to set up a layout and have lotsa fun. Of course, how can you not when one is in the presence of LEGO? We invite (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) Absolutely not. There is no way that this list is accurate. From what I hear, Lego is not doing any more Episode 1 sets at all. So you can cross off the AAT, MTT and the Two Kaadus right away. Also, multiple mindstorm sets? No possible way. To (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Dutch Auctions on Ebay.... Has anyone any advice?
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(...) Well of course if its a large, rare or uncommon, set, the way to best money is to leak them out slowly. If you do dump a bunch at once, doing a dutch auction will probably make your bidders most happy (because if you only want one, you just (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: RDS Q:
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Found. Thanks. Carlo Jeffrey Hazen <jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net> wrote in message news:01BF1619.77F6CE...thmill1... (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Aquazone Piping
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(...) But what's the rate of new pieces that are useful? ;) (...) You must be getting different aqua-pipes than me. In mine, the technic cross-axles fit great. Nice posting! Steve (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: In town the rest of the week
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<FJKt17.EAt@lugnet.com> <FJL91p.8oK@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Heh heh. That only happens once or twice a month... Then there was the truck on 128 which was a little too tall to get (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: In town the rest of the week
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(...) Heh heh... How many have seen "The Boston Driver's Handbook"? It has interesting maneuvers listed. If you're not sure if you need to turn left or right, turn on the emergency flashers, and possibly weave between all the lanes so you won't get (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) Classic (...) Kaadus are the animals that Qui-Gonn et cetera were riding around on Tatooine. The main scene I can think of them being in offhand is the one where he rides back into town to get Anakin, and has a "pack" one behind him. He must (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Buying older sets from lego
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(...) Unlikely, but you can always call and ask (they don't bite). If you find that they still have stock of something neat, let us know. (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 7740 (Was Re: Yellow train windows...)
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Gary Istok wrote in message <3803911F.40324840@u...ch.edu>... (...) low (...) what a (...) And don't forget the 26 3x4 and 10 3x2 low grey slopes, manna from heaven for a space nutter like me! Recently I came across a second 7740 which gave me (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: In town the rest of the week
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Chris Phillips <chris.phillips@comp...oards.com> wrote in message > Rule #4 when driving in Massachusetts -- Never take a rental truck down Storrow (...) Growing up in Massachusetts, my fondest memories were of out-of-town freshman arriving at (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Has anyone used Lego Chess with success
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(...) I saw this the other day. There is a downloadable patch for the english version. I don't know if this will correct your problem, but it might. (URL) Gatrelle (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.games.lego.chess)
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| | Re: FYI: Promotional sets in my area
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(...) The Super Foodmart (old Waldbaum) in the Caldor Plaza in Enfield. There are a few left of most of the sets I posted - except 1088 and maybe a couple of others. Also, they are clearing them out at 2.00 each instead of 2.99. Except the Johnny (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.loc.us.ct)
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| | Re: CW/CCW, vertex sequence, co-planar, convex
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Steve Bliss wrote... (...) Yes, rendering programs should have these reasonable options. But I think it is safe to start clipping from opaque certified parts. (...) Parts are objects with obvious orientation. You are not in doubt what is (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: FYI: Promotional sets in my area
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(...) Which grocery store? I'd like to stop there on the way home tonight and get me some groceries. Don (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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<snip> (...) This is my current best hope but that is also why I don't think Leia will be included in the MF set. I personally don't think that we will ever see Leia or Obi-Wan in the same set unless they do an "Escape From the Death Star" set. The (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | RE: Mini Cabover Semi
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(...) Gee, thank Fredrik. I have to admit that it's sometimes more satisfying to do a decent small scale model than a giant Technic or RCX creation. If only my kids would keep their LEGO in the darned PLANO boxes it would be faster to build neat (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: FYI: Promotional sets in my area
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(...) Northeastern US - Connecticut I found these sets in a grocery store about 5 miles down the road from Lego USA. Dan (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: What´s new at www.lego.com ?
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Ralph Döring <doe@gmx.de> wrote in message news:FJLBKv.BD1@lugnet.com... (...) noticed ? The server seems to be down as I write this... Huw (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego advert targets the Adult market
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Michael Edwards <medwards@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message news:FJLAHn.A00@lugnet.com... (...) Nah, its just one of those 'lads' magazines like FHM, Sky etc. (...) £2.80 (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general)
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