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Unfortunately I hit the send button on the post about the 20 bricks out of frustration. Yes I understand many of you, as well as myself, want large quantities of bricks that could generate lots of lots of money for TLG. I should have thought a (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: SW 2000 List
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(...) If you look closely at the Technic page that has all 3 droids shown on it, it looks like alternate for the Destroyer Droid (#8002) is an AAT. (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Very Interesting PRESS RELEASE from Respond.com
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Howdy All- I got this very interesting press release in my emailbox: Enjoy, Chet ---...--- Toys Found on Respond.com Bring Back Childhood Memories; Collector Finds Discontinued Set of Lego Bricks REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 20:57:47 GMT, "Mike Poindexter" <lego@poindexter.cc> wrote: Wow, that was scary, as I was reading this message a Rock Raiders ad came on. Talk about timing, sheesh. Kya (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Analog port shaft encoder
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Rob, Another suggestion for debuging your setup would be to write a program which; 1, anually counts the pulses from the encoder, and writes them to the lcd screen; or 2, Just writes the state of the encoder input to the screen (a 1 or 0). Then you (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Need Balls!
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Todd Bertschi <Cptgldfsh@aol.com> wrote in message news:FK0Ms3.5pL@lugnet.com... (...) Supplies, (...) many (...) 1-800- (...) Too big, but thanks for the thought. --Jack Gregory (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: A load of balls
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I checked out the Nerf balls that are about the same size as the LEGO ones, but they are much denser and harder. I was surprised. They probably shoot much better than the super light foam ones, though. I got a wicked pile of Ping Pong balls that are (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Your Local Lego Webmaster!
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(...) So what does it take to be a professional webmaster these days? Obviously not proper grammar, punctuation, or spelling. :) Sorry if that's a little too sarcastic, but after rereading all this I think I'd be a little offended if some (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Picture of Falcon?
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(...) If this is true and that is the Millenium Falcon I think the desert skiff is starting to look pretty good. I will say this in my best Eric Cartman voice, "you guys, this sucks!" If lego continues with sets like this, "Best Lock, I'm coming (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Picture of Falcon?
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(...) wait, the canopy was the one thing that didn't change. Nuts. Steve "Never trust anything that can think for itself, if you can't see where it keeps its brain." (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Scale of Lego
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(...) It may also help that 16/9.6 is approximately the golden ratio. (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Picture of Falcon?
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(...) I see what you mean. Could all that missing detail really be the lack of Magenta and Yellow? So I'm imagining the picture with two more UFO hulls on back side. Yeah, that does help balance things out. Now I'm hoping that the fact that (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | FA(eBay): Star Wars parts (orange, green, tan...)
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Star wars printed pieces (URL) Star Wars rebel pilots (URL) Wars cockpit canopies - X- and Y-wing and TIE fighter (URL) Wars click hinges (URL) SW Forest Luke w. sabers (URL) Orange Star Wars engine parts (URL) large Star Wars engines (URL) orange (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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In lugnet.general, Nick Goetz writes: [snipped] (...) In case you didn't notice in my first post, I _DID_ get bulk ordering. And what I was offered was not even as good a deal as full retail at Toys R Us. 6 cents a piece for bricks from the bulk (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | For Sale: various sets & buckets
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I have the following sets for sale. All are new and in sealed box unless otherwise noted. Technic: 8826 ATX Sport Cycle (1992-93) $15 (box has a bit of shelf wear, not crushed) 8207 Dune Duster (1996) $10 8223 Hydrofoil 7 (1996) $13 8226 Mud Masher (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | mindfest
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Wow. I will never ever again feel that I have a large amount of Lego. (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | HOSER problem
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This isn't urgent(I won't be able to do anything about it until Sun. or Mon.), but I'd appreciate it if anyone could help me out here. I have been working with Hoser a lot lately, but tonight I am having a problem. I am trying to get 282, -7.8, (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ebay listing for Instruction scans on CD???
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(...) Here's the recent thread on that topic: (URL) ebay said it wasn't their responsiblity to determin if it was ok to sell that item, it was up to Lego. Julie (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Your Local Lego Webmaster!
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(...) Richard, Jon won't be able to reply or contribute to other threads (at least not for the time being) because his posting privileges have been revoked due to his use of profanity[1], which is a violation of the LUGNET Terms of Use. Since the (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Your Local Lego Webmaster!
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In lugnet.starwars, Jon Bosman writes: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) Suggested reading: "TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM" "LUGNET includes discussion groups which allow feedback and interaction between users. LUGNET and its owners and/or operators do not (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Datsville is filling up!
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(...) Well, it's been "going" for a heckuva long time now. :) Still parsing after 5h 45m. Using almost no CPU time, though, barely over 10% on each CPU.... weird. This is the first time I've rendered anything on this machine. Hoping I didn't fubar (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Your Local Lego Webmaster!
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Hi Jon, If I offered you grammatical and spelling lessons would you feel insulted? (1) Please *don't* be insulted though, because you do for the most part communicate your ideas effectively; much as personal web-sites do? For what it's worth though, (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Ebay listing for Instruction scans on CD???
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I found the following listing on Ebay (URL) selling instruction scans on a CD? Isn't this illegal? I know this issue came up recently, I remember my husband telling me about it, but I don't remember the outcome. Rose (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Rebel Blockade Runner Finished
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Pat, just thought I'd let you know that for the past three days I haven't been able to connect to your site. Has anyone else had this problem?? Ryan ***...*** REPLY SEPARATOR ***...*** (...) at (...) overall (...) LMKWYT (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Your Local Lego Webmaster!
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Yes, i believe the worse way to insult someone would be what you just said. I was in no way trying to insult anyone! nor was i trying to turn anyone into some kind of a pushover. I thought someone may be interested in a professional webmaster. (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Need ideas for vehicle
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(...) Well, you covered the bases pretty well, though after a moment of thought.. 1. Mobile Terraforming Unit - deploys funky terraforming machinery here and there, and houses scientists to repair/monitor progress in a certain radius) 2. Mobile (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering Allowed in USA!
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in article <38107D0C.7B4F3F0C@u...ch.edu>... (...) could be (...) that was (...) See now, if I were TLG, I would be very concerned to hear comments like that. My question would be, "Why are people even (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Your Local Lego Webmaster!
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(...) Jon, is this some sort of troll or flamebait? I suppose there are worse ways to insult people, but this is a pretty good one. Jeremy's and Pat's sites are perfectly fine the way they are, and while I can't speak for them, I'm sure most people (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Duplo Ambulance
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Thats what I thought for a few days. Then today, I found two of them on clearance somewhere else :) For the record: Name: 'Ambulance' (from the box) Set Number: 2682 8 Pcs (c) date: 1994, 1995 Retail: $12.99 Ages: 2-5 Todd: could you add this one (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: is there a searchable archive
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(...) Don, There is a searchable archive* of the lugnet.robotics newsgroup here: (URL) lego-robotics@crynwr.com mailing list is gatewayed with the lugnet.robotics newsgroup, so anything which appears on the mailing list also appears in the (...) (27 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Picture of Falcon?
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---...--- (...) that (...) I think I just realized why this photo is so funky. It's a cyan and black color plate from a print, I don't see any obvious Magenta or Yellow. This means that any details done primarily with Magenta and Yellow won't show (...) (27 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Lego set 8001 Technic Battle Droid
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---...--- (...) Apparently that is the case. While I haven't followed the Technic line lately, didn't some sets in the Technic line this year come out in Europe before the US? Rob (27 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Ranting about Lego trains!
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(...) Of course, Ben, you realize you are preaching to the choir, so rant all you want. I am a Lego model railroader because of my 2 and 4 year old rail fans. They loved my N-scale layout but were frustrated because they could not participate (I was (...) (27 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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(...) That is a very true example. Here is another one. I want 2,000 of the 1x4x6 black town jr. windows. Does this mean that they will make more money by selling me 2000 of the McDonalds sets? Yes they will, if I felt inclined to buy $22,000 worth (...) (27 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Where can you buy the 1076 Advent Calendar?
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Huw's site lists that the 1076 Advent Calendar is available in the US, Where?? I have only seen 1298. Someone a few weeks ago mentioned that it was available at KBkids, however their web site doesn't list model numbers of sets. Rose (27 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Datsville is filling up!
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(...) Go for it! -John Van (27 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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(...) No, I'm not saying that. If you're interested in learning, search for some of the arguments for and against bulk ordering we've had over the last few years - I don't have the time or the desire to reproduce them for you. But I'll tell you this (...) (27 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Attention Max P
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Sorry about the double post. I was getting the "Ooops not everything filled out" message. (...) (27 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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(...) For me that analysis is occasionally right, but usually wrong. Take train doors, for example. I never bought any 5561 Big Foot 4x4 for the white train doors, but I would buy 20 white train doors if they were $2 each. Furthermore, your analysis (...) (27 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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