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(...) I agree, atleast we finaly have real light sabres, not to mention smoked canopies, slopes, engines, wings, figs, guns ect... all these new elements come from these new sets. Anyways, what fun is it to build a Lego set, if it is already (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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(...) I know if there is a Mindfest II, I WILL be there. I'll skip class, spend savings $$, do whatever to be there - cuz I'll be out of the house and at college somewhere :) I really wanted to be there this year but the ol parents put a kabosh on (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Why stop at Mindfest??
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Instead of hoping for another Mindfest. Why not start a "Lugnetfest". With all the people that post and read on Lugnet. I'm sure we could all put ours heads together and come up with a time and place. A whole weekend, or day event, with everyone (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: IntelliMouse Ripe for Hacking
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Hmmm, I like this. Anyone know how much and where I can buy one of these (Best Buy maybe)? Has anyone figured out how close to the surface it has to be to "read" it? I am also wondering if the angle of incidence matters? It would definately be easy (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LDraw pieces printing
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Sorry for not replying sooner, but I had to re-format my hard drive for the second time in a year. Anyway, assuming LUGNet actually lets me post this time, my parts catalog can be found at (URL) this helps, --a signatureless (due to the web (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I've had one for a fortnight now, no complaints apart form not having one on each computer. (...) They are nothing like the old optical mice which required a special mouse pad. I have even tried it on the cat & it still works fine. I dont (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Pricing and stuff
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Santosh Bhat wrote in message <3813BA17.F875384E@s...edu.au>... (...) All true enough. I'm only a CA (and that's just between you and I, alright?), but the whole GST thing does not look like a happy day. our prices are a dan sight more than just 22% (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: Nautilus
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Mark Lindsey wrote in message ... (...) Impervious to shot? Harumpf. That's the kind of claim I'd like to test from the quiet end of a hot cannon. (This might turn out to be a fitting epitaph, no?) The only thing I have ever encountered that's (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ... (...) Zulus (...) Ok ok. A quick surf tells me it was 139 v 4,000. Maybe it just felt like 40,000 ;-) Has anyone modelled African warriors? Richard Still baldly going... Speak to the Governor at (URL) pi++ (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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(...) their (...) of (...) Pete, Unfortunately, I can confirm this as I have already find this out during my push for bulk ordering. One of the people I spoke with at Shop at Home, who now no longer works there, told me that it is "Company (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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(...) I'll probably do the same. The real knife in the guts was that my source said "Lego are only targeting kids", ie. to hell with us AFOL's. Over two decades of loyalty from me is rewarded with a kick in the teeth. If anyone is up-to-date with (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If that's true then look for a big auction after it's confirmed. It might just be my entire Lego collection. (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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This does not bode well for those of us considering approaching TLG for MORE availability of bulk parts. Troy Peter Callaway <pcallaway@bmcl.com.au> wrote in message news:FK70F8.IKL@lugnet.com... (...) some (...) Service (...) facial (...) Standard (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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I think you can still find this set around if you look. I have seen it at Toys R Us for $14.99, I believe. Also, if you have a Grocery Outlet store (they have the rainbow logo) down there, they may have it in their toy section, also for $14.99. The (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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I have just returned from visiting TLG's Australian office, and I have some rather disturbing news. I was trying to find out if there was a chance of getting parts (quite a number of them) which were not listed in the meagre 1999 Australian Service (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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(...) might (...) What would be next, common sense in web design? :-) Mike (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Idea: Boycott the falcon
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(...) Yeah! Then when we're done and LEGO hasn't sold any, they'll throw their arms up in the air and say "Hey, obviously there is no interest in Star Wars legos... let's scrap the whole line!" I don't know about you, but I'm grateful for what I can (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Set Numbering Question
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Today I received a set I won on eBay. The set is 1896 Trauma Team ((URL) ) and my question is around the set number. Pause shows this set as part of the RSQ911 theme but all of the other RSQ911 sets are in the 6XXX (6389, 6511, 6531, and 6593) (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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I have decided to sell a part of my collection... Here is the list. I would like to sell it in bulk for 1800 Canadian dollars. Unfortunately, because of the size of my collection, it was not possible for me to keep the boxes. E-mail me for other (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) No no no, it's a STEALTH wedge. *nods* And I'll have to agree, the design of the Excaliber was very poor. CL (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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