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(...) As part of the castle theme, nah... It's tough to qualify that set as anything but a town set. It's just that it happens to include knights in the set. Kind of like if you stretched the town theme to include a film crew filming a sci-fi (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Thanks! The only things off screen are the battery box and compressor. If you look at the picture of the underside you can see the two switches and cylinders that control the stepping motion. (URL) is the LEGO compressor I use with it most of (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Next meeting of the Northern Virginia Lego Train Club
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Hello everyone! The next meeting of the Northern Virginia Lego Train Club (NOVALTC) has been set. We will be meeting on Thursday, November 4 at 5:30pm, in Rosslyn. If you are interested in joining or visiting, e-mail me or join the NOVALTC Mailing (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.dc)
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| | need to trade for a black neckerchief
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hey out there. i'm looking to do a straight trade for a black neckerchief as seen in the wild west sets. i've got a white one that won't do for a figure i'm putting together. well, if you've got one and would like a white one, email me or leave a (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Future Direction Of LEGO.....
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Gary Istok skrev i meddelandet <3815E44A.ED68F8C9@u...ch.edu>... (...) Isn't that O'Tooles commentary to ML? -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Ray Sanders skrev i meddelandet <3815C171.E7E205BE@gate.net>... (...) According to a book I read a while ago ('LEGO and Godtfred Kirk Christiansen' It is about GKC, LEGO A/S, and The LEGO Company, written by a Danish author - Ole Steen Hansen) all (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jonathan Wilson skrev i meddelandet <3815AE66.C10C6687@x...il.com>... (...) are (...) you (...) stop (...) action (...) I think you are generalizing too much! How many kids of today have you raised? 'Here are the instructions and here are the bits' (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Painting my minifigs would defeat the purpose of my getting Lego - the whole idea (for me) is so that I won't be straining my eyes any further painting miniature figures. But that's me. I intend to experiment with my inkjet printer and (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) ~ something that i did to augment my islanders, even though i was thinking "zulu".... i removed printing from a pair of royal knights teardrop sheilds and used some zebra stripe stickers (from #260 lego idea book, cut to fit, there's enough to (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 04:28:20 GMT, "Peter Callaway" <pcallaway@bmcl.com.au> wrote: [Snipped info about discontinuation of service/parts packs] Good. By and large, the service packs suck for our needs (there are some exceptions, like the gray brick (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Parts Pack Survey
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(...) 1. 1x16 technic beams (Black, Yellow, Blue) 2. 12x24x1 baseplates (Black, Yellow, Blue, Dark Gray) 3. 10 High panels and quarter domes (Trans DkBlue, Trans Red, Trans Green) 4. 6 High half-octagon panels and corners (Trans DkBlue, Trans Red, (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Updated web pages, Metroliner Monorails Pics
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(...) I get home. Jimmy (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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(...) <snipped some math> (...) A good point, but any company that only pays attention to their %sales is in trouble. Two other considerations: %profit, and %above average (sales) %profit. We know that TLG already has bulk(1) of the mechanisms in (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Need ideas for vehicle
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(...) My largest was another project that *almost* got completed. I built it after seeing Terry's ULV-017. I have about four pictures (but no scanner). I killed the project when a vehicle I had built wouldn't fit under the chassis and onto the (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Interests in non-GNU C compiler for RIS?
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I know most lego alternative SW seems to be Open Source, but please don't flame me for asking this question - ImageCraft is a company that provides low cost C compilers for 8/16 bit microcontrollers such as Atmel AVR, Moto HC11/12/16. While not Free (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Roarke's Drift (Zulu)
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(...) half (...) It is hard to accept vague approximations after going to the craigo-lego site, my gosh those customs are dead-on. I am going to start really trying for 100% accuracy (or as close as those lil' lego parts allow). What is lost in (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Cramped city with a train and a monorail running through it soon. Need some help on how to do this.
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(...) I've been think ing of doing that if I need to. The only building that it will run through is my 4 storie bank. (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A few questions on NQC vs. VB
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(...) Hi, I don't see this as a matter of choice. It really depends on what you want to do with your robots. NQC programs are executed directly on the RCX and needs no communication with the PC, whereas programs written in VB using SPIRIT.OCX are (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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(...) couple (...) years (...) that (...) toy (...) "the (...) there (...) what (...) us. (...) and (...) Thanks Gary, I guess the next step for me is to dig out those buckets and tubs of little plastic bricks next time I visit my parents. But then (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | What's new in RIS 1.5 software?
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I have heard that the development software that comes with RIS 1.5 has been updated and improved but I haven't seen specifics. Can anyone share what they know about what is new? The things I would like to know are: 1. Is the software faster? (click, (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Microfig-scale heavy melee mech (Was: Microfig-scale heavy worker mech)
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(...) VERY cool, stuff, Sproat! Man, I like those colors on the melee mech. I haven't visited the .dat newsgroups for a bit but as soon as I saw your name on a posting I knew I had to check it out. If these mechs aren't already on your page, be sure (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Swap train Door and Window colors!
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I'm looking to swap 6 Black/Green/White train doors for 6 some Red. I also need 4 black train windows. Willing to swap with 4 White/Blue/Red. Thanks Jim mailto:jrosco@yahoo.com (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: More Mindfest Tidbits
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(...) Canadian Customs. Since I started keeping track, every single package I've recieved declared as 'toys' or 'lego' with a >$5.00 declared value gets stopped at customs for inspection. They never get opened, they always have 7% tax and a $5.00 (...) (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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(...) company, (...) big/small (...) Just a comment for all of you trying to appeal to TLG financial interests: In a word - forget it, unless you weild the kind of money a retail chain or Bill Gates does... The TLG 1996 sales - more since then - was (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BT2 *mostly* bites (Was: Picture of Falcon?)
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(...) "I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition." :) Jeff "If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies!" (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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(...) It already has! The president of the NMRA told me after having seen the GMLTC layout that he thought LEGO trains were "absolutely just as valid as anything here" [1] We (the GMLTC) will probably end up joining the NMRA. All that is needed is (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message <3815f802.279719695@...et.com>... (...) you (...) wooshing (...) ones (...) it (...) I agree, wholeheartedly. Juniorization is a fine and good thing, in moderation, of course. -- Have fun! John Auctions and Trading and (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: More Mindfest Tidbits
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James Brown wrote in message ... (...) policy, (...) lot (...) shipped (...) It's (...) It's (...) go faster than those with Canada. What's up with that? -- Have fun! John Auctions and Trading and More at my Lego site: (URL) & IG88888888 on AOL (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ideas for a court jester?
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(...) I think I only have 1, and I got it from 6952-- Solar Power Transporter... I'm not sure what other sets might come with them in blue... DaveE (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New S@H catalog is a disappointment (to me)
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James, Yes, the new catalog does have service packs, including a "new" Space Port service pack I bought about 6 of 8 months ago. Thats just what I don't like about this new catalog - every page has stuff marked new that has been around quite (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Book example code
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The example code from _The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots_ is available online: (URL) includes RCX Code files, NQC source files, pbFORTH source files, legOS C source files (0.1.7, not 0.2.0a), and even a MS Word document with VBA macros (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Parts Pack Survey
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(...) Great idea John !!!! I'll take #2 and add 11. 1x1 tile transparent mixed colors 12. mini-fig chairs black 13. mini-fig cups clear 14. mini-fig glasses clear 15. 2x4 black regular slopes 16. 2x4 dar5k gray regular slopes 17. Just hair both male (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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(...) Travis, WELCOME!! Don't let our ranting get you down. We do this every couple of months (a collective tantrum, so to speak). It's LEGO therapy on a mass scale! Yes we have our differences with the LEGO company (TLG for short), but it's "the (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: St. Paul train show
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November 13 & 14, 1999,11 am to 5 pm both days. $6 adults, kids under 12 free, admission good for both days. To be held at RiverCentre in St. Paul, MN (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Need ideas for vehicle
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(...) part (...) I love building insides ;-) If I ever build another vehicle, I´ll make it more like Lawrence did his. My first was very big but most of it was solid ABS. --Tobias (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Parts Pack Survey
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Since things are getting a little depressing lately, I thought it might be fun and interesting to start a survey asking which particular elements folks would want as a sort of bulk service pack. Lets rank our top ten, and assume for argument's sake (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: St. Paul train show
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Can you give a more specific reference? And get me a pass, I may or may not be in town. (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Asda Update - I was in there Today!
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(...) A much more realistic price. Fifty-eight quid, who were they kidding? What about X-wings? The cheapest I've seen them up here is £22.99, and I'd like to get one eventually. (...) Good one. Or just keep it in the boot of the car until they're (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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