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Hey folks, Here's a microfig-scale heavy worker mech. Scale is roughly 1:115 -- a 2x2 brick would be 6 foot square (or 36 square feet) on the top; a person can be represented by a 1x1 round brick topped by a 1x1 round plate. I came up with this (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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(...) Yeah, but like Steve said, I don't think you'd be building up to that point. I think you'd be building up a relationship as another small-time Lego retailer who would have little if any better chance getting them to switch to bulk ordering (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: rare mini-fig?
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(...) That strategy can backfire because people will purposely *ignore* you when you purposely ignore the NG topics. Don't worry; everyone will see it in .general -John (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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(...) Well, this isn't fully compatible with what a lot of us want, and as Larry pointed out, this adds more work into the process that doesn't really have any value. If you want to be the one doing the grunt work, more power to you, but most people (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: something nelug could do
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(...) Alright. Just an idea. I was thinking in particular of <URL:(URL) -- *gasp*, actual acknowledgement/support of user groups. I realize that we're not TLG's target audience for a lot of things, but they _have_ at least acknowledged a lot of (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: rare mini-fig?
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(...) This was the first set I bought that brought me out of my dark ages:-) -John (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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This sounds something like the other message that I posted last night. (...) there (...) send (...) you (...) Remember that to get TLG to work with us, we need to be flexible. And we need to start getting a group want list with alternatives. Jodi (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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(...) And as if he hasn't suffered enough indignities in this thread, I spelled Michael Gasperi's name wrong. Memory OK, but verification of facts better! At least I was able to help him secure one of the coveted "MindFest Staff" tee- shirts. (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.trains)
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| | Mike's Train and Launch Command Auction Update 7
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ADVANCING STARTS TOMORROW! Any items not bid on in the next 24 hours will advance to going once. 1. This is a Once, Twice, Sold auction. 2. To bid send email to mdarnett@nycap.rr.com. I will try to post updates daily. 3. Minimum raises: 0-$50 by $1, (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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(...) Well, people already ARE doing things like this. I buy sets that have some parts I want but also parts others want. But I'm getting tired of it. If you want to keep doing the buy/sort/auction/sell thing that's up to you, but you'll never be (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: something nelug could do
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I would recommend against such a thing. sounds unprofessional. TLG may only find such request for contact annoying and see it as coming from a niave view. It also may just support their vision of fanatical young men who live for toys and sci-fi. (no (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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(...) I'll be posting pics and my opinions of them when they become a reality. For things like this, minifig weapons I'll probably never see produced again, I don't have a problem at all with "artificially" creating them. (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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(...) I'd like to mention several other people (not on Eric's list) that I was very pleased to meet/meet again at MindFest: Dave Baum Ben Erwin Bob Frankston Michael Gaspieri Ralph Hempel Fred Martin Markus Noga Kekoa Proudfoot Mitchel Resnick I'm (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Dark Forest FOTW
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(...) NNNNOOO...OOO!!!...!!! Someone found my secret stash! There were 23 of these at the start of the year. I've bought four. I have kept hoping that they would lower the price further (all 23 went unsold until July, when they did an inventory. (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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(...) That may or may not be true, though. I remember reading several accounts that indicate that TLG makes just enough of a part to fill the need for that year's sets. So just because a certain Model Team truck has a couple of train doors in it (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Another AT-AT site
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Shaun, First, I want to applaud your obvious dedication. Your AT AT is even better than I had hoped for, and I'm not saying that lightly. You obviously have the knack for capturing the "soul" of the Starwars Vehicles in Lego. It goes without saying (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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(...) Yes, well, you're a brick-mangling heretic, so.... :) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Re: MOTOR DRIVERS
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(...) Hi Paul, I don't know how the handyboard is protected against overload but one thing is for sure : if you overload the driver chip ... this one will fry up.In worst case you'll fry the board as well. If a driver chip's maximum current is 1 (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Reigonal User Group building centers
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(...) See, we don't have that much to contribute. Maybe $20 quarterly or something. And I don't think that all 32 members are likely to even participate. Which doesn't make quite as an exciting curve, but could probably still be helpful. (...) Yeah, (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.org)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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Ralph Hempel <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote in message news:000101bf1f27$4d...@pro150... (...) Hrmph. Ralph, how do you think I feel. I was left out too and it was implied the panel was all software. At least Wired has a quote from the audience member in (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events)
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