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(...) Er, how about make this an option... The crosshairs on the rotation center, the geometric center, or no crosshairs at all. I find the crosshairs to be cumbersome most times, especially with small parts like a 1x1 plate or tile. On the subject (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Pieces Needed - Will Buy or Trade
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I am in need of a few pieces if you have any of these and dont need them please let me know. 1 Red “officer’s style” hat 1 Red 1x1 tile 1 white 1x1 tile 5 Red 2x2 L Plates I am willing to trade, buy or offer site credit (www.nugator.com). Thanks (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Classic Space Update #5
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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 $85, increments $2 minimum I had this one before I came across the other one. No box or (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: S@H Specials Catalogue, Ver 1.5 Mindstorms
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(...) Ah. That's the same catalogue I got earlier this year(1). A couple good deals in it. A couple not so good deals too. Canada only, though. 1: (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: stuff
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Just by way of clarification, ABS is a terpolymer (alloyed, if you will) of polystyrene: Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene. Jeff jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net (...) I've heard that LEGO bricks are made from ABS. (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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(...) You're right. It's the Longfellow bridge. I may have the haymarket part wrong but there is a big bridge across teh charles that feeds into memorial drive and main street. It also carries the red line T across. (...) I didn't say it did. It has (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.trains)
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| | S@H Classic Favourites
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Here is a list of the sets and the prices. All prices are in Canadian dollars. Most of these sets are in limited quantities. Set#/Name/Price/Original Price (if applicable) 2126 Train Cars 84 8229 Tread Trekker 22 32 6766 Rapid River Village 69 99 (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: S@H Specials Catalogue, Ver 1.5 Mindstorms
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(...) First let me mention the fact that I'm in Canada... Perhaps that explains everything... The cover has #2126 Train Cars, #8229 Tread Trekker, and #6766 Rapid River Village. The title that appears on the cover is "Classic Favourites." No mention (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | [auction] Lego sets and parts
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I have listed the following items for auction at (URL) bid or see a photo of any item, please follow the associated link below. Thanks! Scott Cook ---...--- 177249606: Lego Blacktron 6878 Sub Orbital Guardian Current bid: $1.00 Auction ends on: (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: stuff
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(...) I've heard that LEGO bricks are made from ABS. later, greg (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Datsville at Mindfest!
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On Saturday, Oct 23, I will be part of a Mindfest panel discussion on "Virtual Tinkering," with Datsville my main focus. I'd like to get Datsville in the best possible shape by then. So if you have models nearly complete, and could finish them (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Jag har öppnat en till lego-sida
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Tobias Möller wrote... (...) Keep it up, man! Jag får ta och bygga en sida jag med, så jag kan gå med i alla webringar. // Peppe (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Prisjämförelser
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(...) Nej, det här är Linköping. Vi har ett par lekbutiker kvar att utreda, men just nu är jag inte hemma. (...) än (...) Jag har inte hunnit kolla Norrpeking än, men jag får väl ta mig dig. 4 mil är inte hela världen. Jag kan meddela att Knalleland (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: S@H Specials Catalogue, Ver 1.5 Mindstorms
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Interesting - what's the cover of your catalog look like?? I just received a bunch of items from S@H and got a catalog titled "Shop At Home Fall 1999" - COver picture is all trains. There's NO mention of 8286 or any other older special except the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Är det här stället toaldött eller?
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Anders Isaksson wrote; (...) hit (...) inte (...) och (...) Min son är 12 veckor och inte mycket för LEGO än. Vi köpte en sats Primo men han tycker bäst om att titta på lådan. =) Jag får väl hoppas så länge jag kan ha mitt LEGO för mig själv. ;) (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Lego Rotation Sensor
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ludo soete <ludo.soete@village.uunet.be> wrote in message news:FJnqLo.87@lugnet.com... (...) part. (...) internally ? (...) I have not cut one open yet, but I'm pretty sure it is an optical encoder. I tried to detect magnetic fields from outside it (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Wild West Auction: 365 Wild West Scene
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* * * Wild West Auction * * * Set Name St Bid Bidder 365 Wild West Scene - 150 minimum bid 617 Cowboys - 15 minimum bid If you want to be on the mailing list or want to bid please mail: reesink@casema.net General condition of the sets ---...--- All (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Wild West Auction: 365 Wild West Scene
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Wrong group .... sorry! Ton (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Princess Mononoke Trailer (Was: Anime at the Freer's Gallery)
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To anyone who is interested, I found the theatrical trailer for Princess Mononoke. You can download it here: (URL) about the url getting chopped up. Just cut & paste it. Oh, and it is about 8 Mb. Jeff "Beef Scallion?" P.S. If anyone finds out what (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.dc, lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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(...) I'm not sure what street the bridge is, but it isn't Memorial Ave. The T of course doesn't go through the Sumner tunnel. And give Larry a point for accuracy... The tunnel from downtown to Logan is the Callahan Tunnel (well of course there's (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.trains)
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| | (canceled)
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| | Re: Yellow Castle: Reasonable price?
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(...) for (...) auctions (...) 205,178,158. (...) Sorry I provided you a little information to help you could make your own decision. A reasonable price is what the buyer is willing to pay no matter what the venue(ebay, yahoo, amazon)!! (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Ultimate Lego Book
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What sort of tires/wheels (and hubcaps?) is used in the Chevy on the cover of the book? What is used for the headlights? BTW, how good would the witch's crystal ball look as a round headlight? -gbr (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.books)
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| | Re: Help me, too.
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(...) I am not real sure where the Amerisuites in Medford is but I will check a map if I get time. There are a few "T" stops (Red Line) in Medford so there is probably a good chance that you can use the "T". (...) I believe Tufts is in Medford so (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: More Progress on the Rebel Base.
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(...) I agree to a certain extent but if you saw the bricks I used as filler you probably would realize why I used them that way (Besides most of them were Yellow, White, and Red all colors I am not using to a great extent anyway. (...) I have (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Flex Cables (Does anyone have the 8485 CCII)
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Phil Watt <wattsup1@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:38073CB0.716941...ink.net... (...) I know all of the listed sets use the Type II. I believe the 5118 is Type II as well, I'll verify tonight along with the 8485 cable lengths. -Rob. (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | General Box #5 update
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This box reached me today, the end of the Canada Tour. I have taken what I want from it and put some nice stuff in, all new (incl a 1994 catalog), and as soon as I have found the address for the next person I will send it Onwards to the US. Kevin (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Yellow Castle: Reasonable price?
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Define reasonable. I'd say, and I ain't no castle head, that any time you see this in complete, fairly good condition, for less than 200, it's a steal. excellent condition with box may be over 400. (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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There may or may not be a free shuttle but my advice is learn the T. Even if you're only in town for a weekend, it's a much better way to go. Plus the trains are much tighter headings than the 1/2 hour heading a shuttle is likely to be on. A cab (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Lego Rotation Sensor
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Hi there, I'm just back from a sneak view on the brand new Lego site. I noticed that it's now possible to order the rotation sensor as a spare part. My question is: can someone explain me how the sensor is build-up internally ? (did anyone open such (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Minifigure Torsos
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Will do that thanks. Also was thinking of creating a web page with the program for download and a small tutorial on how to use the program so that everyone could generate their own torsos. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 2000 SW Sets
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(...) 'Martin" is claiming that the Kaadus are one-piece, a la the Town/Castle horses. but I'm sure that you've checked out r.t.l by now <grin>. Cheers, Roger (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Take a breather (Re: Ultimate Lego Book)
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(...) You are a brave man, my friend! :-, (...) I found this book to be a good read. It was informative and fun. The pictures were pretty, too. And the sheer scale of some of these models has given me a new respect for the sculptors. (...) I have no (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.books)
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| | Re: Busy-Bee has 6347 Monorail Accessory Track!
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They're trying to get more Maersks... I have requested a bunch of this track and a bunch of Maersks. But I told Paul to take care of everyone else first. So get those orders in. (...) Larry Pieniazek larryp@novera.com (URL) - - Web Application (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Junk Box #1 Thread
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If Chris wants to send me updates for it, fine and dandy, I don't have enough time left lately to take a S..T so updates that I gotta search for all the info are out of the question... I'm glad to see that the sign up as slowed down a little for the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: 2000 SW Sets
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(...) I have been ldrawing a skiff on my lunch hour for several weeks now. It is currently somewhere around 75 pieces. It has a retractable plank and I am currently working on the "cranes" underneath it. I'm sure LEGO could do the offical one with (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | 8001 Technic SW droid found in Leicester Toymaster!
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Did anyone else pick up the message in rtl? Anyone else seen it? Its one of 3 sets shown on the in-set SW catalogue! Sadly the guy doesn't have a scanner :-( Now I am going to have to make a special trip to the nearest Toymaster to me tomorrow... (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | RE: stuff
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I've always assumed the material is polystyrene, probably a modified resin for impact resistance. You could basically eat this stuff, it's used for plastic forks, etc, but I wouldn't smoke it ;>) As to motors, several folks including myself, have (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Best Buy
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(...) All the Best Buys seem to be carrying the complete Mindstorms line. I think it is supposed to match the high tech toys type thing. (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: interfacing the GP2D12
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Thats great Gary, This was the same conclusion that I'd come to myself, however I've now run into another problem with the otherwise brilliant 'D12 sensor. I'm currently using the Digitalker speech system from Jameco, and when the 'D12 is plugged in (...) (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Yellow Castle: Reasonable price?
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(...) Thank you for the reply, but...but...but the question is: what is a reasonable price? :-) Bruce (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) Aww, shut up Steve, that would be cool :) I kinda like them. I though Wicket was cool. He still ranks 4th on my list of favorite characters. Ryan "Build or build not. There is no try." - Lego Master Yoda (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: grey plates service pack?
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(...) Nope. James (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) Mel Brooks: "I love my people... Pull!" Peasant: "Waaauuuuggghhhh!!!!!" Crossbow: [THUNK!!!] Mel: "It's _good_ to be the King!" (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | RE: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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Wait... For those of us staying at the Marriot, ther should be a free shuttle from the airport, right? I'll check up on this and let you know... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- The train stops at the train station, The bus stops at the bus (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Yellow Castle: Reasonable price?
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(...) I've kept a little history of past auctions of this set. These three auctions were for loose but complete and relatively decent condition sets; 205,178,158. Lately, there have been a few incomplete ones on ebay, and I don't think they're worth (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | grey plates service pack?
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Is there such an item available? Pat J (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | lots of MISB sets FA/FT
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Hi everyone! I have the following MISB sets for auction. If you are interested, please mail your bid(s) to a.m. address; highest bid received by next Thursday 21st 1800h GMT wins. If there's enough feedback, I may post a status list in a few days. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) Two words: skeet shooting Steve (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 2000 SW Sets
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James Simpson <jsimpson@rice.edu> wrote in message news:FJnKLK.BEu@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) I haven't seen the pics myself, but that won't stop me from making some wild guesses. I can estimate the number of pieces for the B-Wing at about 190. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Yellow Castle: Reasonable price?
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The usual search through eBay has the usual wild price shifts with little regard to condition or completeness. What would a reasonable price range for this be (375/6075 Yellow Castle)? Bruce (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: More powerful motors
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I would like to see an RCX control a really fast RC car. It would be cool to see it pilot it flawlessly around a circle track. (...) Joel Shafer joel@connect.net (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego.com - new look
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(...) much, (...) It loads super fast for me. Of course once it's loaded all that's there is a blank screen that fades from light blue at the bottom to dark blue at the top. Looks like the background screen you get during software installs. No (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Busy-Bee has 6347 Monorail Accessory Track!
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Alan Demlow wrote in message ... (...) (Maersk (...) I asked if they had received anything else and the monorail track was the only thing new. In addition to Blue Hoppers, they appear to be out of Retrostations (2150) and Maersk Cargo Trucks (1831) (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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| | More powerful motors
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I am curious to know why you think you would need to amplify the RCX motor outputs? The Lego motors are very efficient under no load. But the bridge drivers in the RCX seem to cope with the stalled state (about 250mA). Unless you are going to use (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Busy-Bee has 6347 Monorail Accessory Track!
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Do they have any of the other new stuff in that has been mentioned? (Maersk trucks, 12V stuff, ...?) Alan (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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| | Help me, too.
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Hi, I'm going to Mindfest. But I need help about transportation in Boston. Airport Longan to Amerisuites Hotel in Medford (116 Riverside Ave) Hotel to Tufts University Hotel to MIT Thanks a lot of and see you in Mindfest, Hazel Diaz San Jose, Costa (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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<snipped Eric's description of how to get around> Eric, this kind of information is great! I'm going to be at Mindfest and my NLSO architect will be lollygagging around the downtown Boston area. Now it looks like I'll have all the info we need to do (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: More powerful motor (was: stuff)
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You need to be careful if you use more powerfull motors with lego construction. The plastic parts are very strong but you can easyly break teeth off of the gears or twist the rods with the current motors and a little bit of gearing. On the other (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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I should have written, "... a pretty good deal." The pass is not advantageous if one is just going to one place and returning from it once in a day. However, Michael wrote: "Things don't start at MindFest until 4pm Friday night, so I plan to tour (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Minifigure Torsos
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Noel E. Serrano <nserrano@caribe.net> wrote in message news:FJnHt7.6Ar@lugnet.com... (...) Looks much better! If you include the name of the torso in the subject line, it will make it easier for folks to find later. -John Van (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 2000 SW Sets
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(...) I think we'll need to contact "Martin" on RTL for that info... I think John was just relaying the message to all of us over here on Lugnet... DaveE (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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(...) I have my doubts; tokens are cheap. You have to take seven rides/day for that to make sense. And that's a lot of riding on the T. (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: More Progress on the Rebel Base.
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Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.nospam.org> wrote in message news:FJMKo5.CMr@lugnet.com... [snip] Eric: You've done some real nice work here. In your commentary, I noticed that you indicated that you used older bricks as filler. I have found that (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 2000 SW Sets
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(...) Are the Kaddus made primarily from bricks, rather than large special pieces (like the Rock Raiders creature?) Based on the insert, can you estimate a possible piece count for the Slave I and the Kaadus? (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: I liked this...
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Besides, whatinhell are you doing running 4.04? Upgrade, man! ;-) (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I liked this...
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Uhuh, right ;-) I do SERVER Support, not CLIENT Development ;-) (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Jag har öppnat en till lego-sida
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Adressen är: (URL) in! --Tobias (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Blue Hopper Buyout price, trade goods price
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(...) I mean rare to ME. I know there are a few to be found in various sets. However, in many cases it's 2 or 3 or 5... I consume 24 of these bad boys PER HOPPER. So they're currently rare to me since I have exhausted my supplies of them. (well, I (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Är det här stället toaldött eller?
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Tjohoo! Lite aktivitet här! Härligt! --Tobias (...) hit (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Building a moon-display for your space models
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I don´t think it is shown very well on the pictures, but I *have* added texture. I sprinkled over sand (it´s not really sand but I don´t know the English word for it) before painting it. I own pov-ray but I think it is just too complicated for me, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Junk Box #1 Thread
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(...) Ahha! Tammy, could we keep track of the Chris Weeks box on your website also? I'm curious if I'm on the list (I had asked to be). Well, I imagine Junk Box #1 will be moving along pretty soon. (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Buld your Robo Army, closing today and going cheap!
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I have an auction for a case of Robo-Raider set #2151 on Ebay ending today and they are currently going for less than $5.00 per set (These sold for $11.99 and are discontinued). Check it out at: (URL) Smallbeck scotts@contactics.com (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: LEGO article in Delta magazine
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(...) Let us know what it says. Interestingly enough I just came across a 1991 Northwest In Flight magazine that had a 3 page article about LEGO and its history, with pictures from the Enfield US Headquarters and an interview with USA LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Do you know what this is?
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(...) Alan is correct. This piece came out in 1962 with LEGO Wheels. I have a European Wheel set #314 (from 1962) that has two of these. They are a unique piece in LEGO, in that they are not actually white or clear, but a sort of a milky (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | 2000 SW Sets
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This was posted to RTL by Martin: Today I managed to buy the new Technic Battle Droid (8001) from Toymaster in Leicester for £20.00 The model is smart and there are also building instructions for an AT-ST too. The Battle Droid curls up just like the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: So explain to me why Lego UK dont do trains!
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Actually, looking at www.lego.com its hard to determine what lego train should be available in the UK. Though the printed catalogue only has the 4561 express and rails, on the "european" web site there is the whole range of trains. I asked lego some (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Busy-Bee has 6347 Monorail Accessory Track!
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I just got off the phone with Busy Bee, they have received some Monorail Accessory Track sets. (URL) £20.00 - £17 (about $28) w/o VAT. Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Best selection of parts to mess around with
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(...) Well, if I may jump in here to defend myself-- my only point is, if it's to what I think Lar is referring, is that I think scientists today (in general) think they've got a pretty good idea as to what's up in the universe. I say they don't (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Anybody here
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(...) I do, I do - I live in St. George (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny.sta)
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| | Re: What´s new at www.lego.com ?
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(...) Oh, and Javascript seems to be a requirement. There are *NO* <NOSCRIPT> tags anywhere. This just after a glaring security hole was discovered in BOTH Netscape and IE. Grrr.... >:-( Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Do you mean the mechanic in the X-wing set? The X-wing pilot torso has been done. General feedback on your torsos: I agree with Steve that these are pretty good for patterns based on scans. They do come out quite large (the police torso would be the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Here is my fixed Space Torso. Thanks Jonathan Wilson for the feedback. Enjoy Noel 0 Minifig with Custom Pattern 0 Name: space2.dat 0 Generated with Minifig Generator 0 Author: Noel E. Serrano (nserrano@caribe.net) 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Trading
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Hi ! The first version (no perfect design / just a few bricks) of my/our Trading- Site is ready. Just have a look and tell me if you are interested in something... ...more to come Cheers Adrian (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Indianapolis Area LUG
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Hello all. I'm wanting to start a lego club in Indianapolis area. Please contact me or Nick Goetz at the following addresses: Steve Martin smartin@anlt.com martinsa@hotmail.com Nick Goetz ngoetz@iquest.net (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us)
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Hello all. I'm wanting to start a lego club in Indianapolis area. Please contact me or Nick Goetz at the following addresses: Steve Martin smartin@anlt.com martinsa@hotmail.com Nick Goetz ngoetz@iquest.net (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.in.ind)
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| | Indianapolis Area LUG
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Hello all. I'm wanting to start a lego club in Indianapolis area. Please contact me or Nick Goetz at the following addresses: Steve Martin smartin@anlt.com martinsa@hotmail.com Nick Goetz ngoetz@iquest.net (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.in)
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| | Best Buy
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I was waiting to get my Minidisc Player cleaned at Best Buy last night, and I saw Mindstorms there! Unusual for Best Buy to carry that, it was still 199.99, but interesting, none the less! Scott S. P.S. I saw some of the new LEGO titles in the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | A java tool for real-time talking with people reading the same webpage.
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Hi, There is a java software called Wander at (URL) simply dragging and dropping a URL address or a Link to Wander window, you can see and talk to all the people who reading the same webpage right now. It is a good tool for on-line talking, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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Michael: If you're going to be traveling around Boston by "T," you'll want to get a day pass. (A one-day, unlimited use pass is $5.50--a very good deal. 3-day passes are also available.) You can grab these usually at any subway station, although (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Blue Hopper Buyout price, trade goods price
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(...) Are you shure that the 1/2 connector w/stud is rare? I probably have over 100 and I don't have a zillion technic sets. I think I most mine came from multiples of 8277 and/or 8250. I thought they came in just about every Technic set? KL (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | More powerful motor (was: stuff)
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Maybe the RCX could be rigged up to control a speed controller from an RC car. (...) Joel Shafer joel@connect.net (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: So explain to me why Lego UK dont do trains!
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(...) Yes I got that impression too. But why no trains in the UK catalogue, why none in usual shops? Why have Lego taken what is clearly a conscious decision NOT to allow us access to the full train range? There has to be someone in Lego who said (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: FS Grey Bricks
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(...) I knew this would come up and should have mentioned it. I corrected the cheapness of 1x1 and 1x2 to lower the price of the 2x8 and the 2x10. Which is why all four are off slightly. (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Flex Cables (Does anyone have the 8485 CCII)
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Thanks Rob, The type I and II connectors can be seen at: (URL) flex cables are also shown with the "pssible" lengths for the 8485. When I scaled the cable on page 110, I came up with 17.2cm (and it came-up short when I built that assembly), but the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: FS Grey Bricks
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(...) How? I'm not complaining per se, I think most of your prices are reasonable, but I don't really see a per stud price there. Chris (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Lego.com - new look
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(...) In Netscape 4.(something pretty recent) for Linux, I only see a blank screen when I go to the main site at www.lego.com. Oh, there's a small banner on the top that's clickable, but nothing more. I can't see how this is good advertisement for (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I liked this...
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(...) Communicator 4.5 doesn't seem to be having any problems with the new Lego site. Bruce (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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Welcome to Boston!!! (...) The easiest (and cheapest) way in my opinion is to take the Subway (We call it the "T" ). It is very safe and easy to use as long as you don't have a problem or fear of Subway's (Some, like my father do so I just thought (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Flex Cables (Does anyone have the 8485 CCII)
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Can someone post a side by side comparison of Type I and II connectors?? I have the 5118, 8485, 8412, 8437, and they all have the same connector ends. I'm trying to figure out the difference. Phil: I'll try to get you the mm dimensions for the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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