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(...) I wasn't aware of that. I have recently come across some green bricks from 50's or 60's. It seems to be made out of cellulose acetate. Only other time I have seen green bricks from that era was in Minitalia sets. However, Minitalia green (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: RIS1.5 scan
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Hi Rick..and everybody else :) A few people mailed me regarding the scans - well I got around doing them all - yep the new Constructopedia is over 100 pages big - so take a look here - but be quick I'll have to take them down by Sunday or Monday (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Lower away!
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I was just wondering if it would be possible to make the davits that hold up the lifeboats on my ship lower and raise the lifeboats by themselves? If so, what would I need to do and buy? (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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(...) YES! YES! YES! Exactly. Do it right or don't do it at all. Quite frankly, I considered the Service Packs littler more than a half-assed attempt at bulk ordering. (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 1592 Town Square
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Pneumatics and the RCX -how?
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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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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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' (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Roarke's Drift (Zulu)
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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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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, (...) (25 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 (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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. (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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, (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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!" (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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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 (...) (25 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 (25 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 (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (25 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 (...) (25 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. (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: What do you do with your lego?
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(...) Yes. (...) Yes. (...) Yes. (...) Yes, just not as much as the above. (...) I recently made an almost life-sized model of our dog (well, her head). She's a border collie, so plenty of black and white bricks, plus a handful of grey, and red for (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | RE: Kevin Loch's pictures from Mindfest.
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Some of the Star Wars scenes make great desktop backgrounds too! Rich Thompson (URL) Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Kevin Loch Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 2:07 PM To: (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Dalmation Model
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Wow! The dog is very cute. I like when people build this kind of things, if it is dogs, cats or parrots doesn´t matter. --Tobias (...) Here (...) again (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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(...) attention- (...) because (...) days after I started researching Lego on the net. After buying the Classic Star Wars sets this summer I have decided to get back into Lego after 10 years of them being stored away in a closet at my parents' (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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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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Why not make monorail tunnels through the buildings? That´ll look futuristiac and cool. Or, you could have the monorail above the ground, with stations on top of the really big houses. Oh, now I want to build a city like this!! --Tobias (...) have (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 1592 Town Square
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(...) That too!! (...) Yes - I always considered this as a parade or something of that sort. Dan (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Kevin Loch's pictures from Mindfest.
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(...) I won't take that personally :) I think we've been spoiled by Matt's 1600x1280 digital camera. KL (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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The biggest hope I hold out is that the model railroading hobby takes to LEGO trains seriously and in a big way. This is a hobby which has manufacturers capable of meeting or exceeding TLG's quality of manufacture, and know that if they put out (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 1592 Town Square
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(...) Don't forget that there is a *car* and a statue that has the date 1892 on it! Many European cities still have castles and the old town walls from the middle ages, and I always thought this set represented that. Jeff "I've had enough. I will (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | RE: Pneumatics and the RCX -how?
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There are other models of pneumatic LEGO hexapods on the web already that use linkage for the foward/reverse motion as well as a single large cylinder for each legs vertical motion. (2 URLs) a couple nice examples which inspired me to build this (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What do you do with your lego?
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(...) Speaking personally, I'm not that creative and I don't get that much time to create stuff; I've got a lot of large models that I find much more relaxing to build (I like following the pretty instructions!) OTOH, a colleague at work has just (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Lugnet Roll-call
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I never did this on RTL... Name: John DiRienzo Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14-16 Location: Saint Louis, USA E-mail Address: ig88888888@stlnet.com or IG88888888@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): (URL) Status: (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Kevin Loch's pictures from Mindfest.
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I just wanted to make sure that those of you that don't follow the lugnet.org group saw that Kevin Loch has posted his pictures from Mindfest on his site. There are some great pictures here even though they are a little small. (URL) is Kevin's (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Star Wars Legos (aka The cure for the Dark Ages)
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(...) When I heard that Lego was finally issuing a Star Wars line (which I had been dreaming of since 1978), I lost all self-control and bought assorted Knights, Robin Hood, and Indiana Jones sets to supplement the only legos I had, a mint-box 6080 (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Microfig-scale heavy melee mech (Was: Microfig-scale heavy worker mech) [DAT]
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Hey y'all, Here's a military version of the model I posted yesterday. Upgrades include a YBBG (1) in the right claw, jump jets on the back, and anti-personnel machine guns mounted on the shoulders. A name, it needs a name...! LMK! Cheers, - jsproat (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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(...) Not to condone juniorization, but I think a little bit of it may be a good thing. Of course, I think it's terrible to juniorize a whole theme (or range of themes!) across the board, but since every kid is different, some kids probably do (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: RCX with AC power - Still Available
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James C. Jones <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:v01540b02b43b87...121.26]... (...) Yea, but they want something like $150 compared to $200 for a RCX and a whole lot of parts with the RIS. (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Diana's train auction, update 8
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Welcome to Diana's train auction. Updates are emailed to all bidders and anybody requesting to be on the mailing list. set condition varies. n = new in box. b = used with box and instructions. u = used with instructions but without the box. s = see (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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(...) Well, except Star Wars -- but kids probably wanted that too. Do you mean things which adults wanted but which kids didn't necessarily want? Yeah, hmmm, I can't think of any wishes-come-true either -- certainly not in Castle or Town, to say the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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I won't use MegaBlocks. But if some HOBBYIST produces parts I want, and does it in a way that is non infringing of TLG intellectual property, just tell me where to send my money. I'd rather buy them from TLG. But... (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: something nelug could do
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(...) Yeah, I'm tempted to agree. If we want to set up a meeting, we should have a specific purpose to the meeting other than just to say "hey, we're here!" Perhaps if we want to set up a grandiose-type event and want their input, we could get a (...) (25 years ago, 26-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: Star Wars Legos (aka The cure for the Dark Ages)
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Ok, I am new to Lugnet and have a few questions as far as general topics. Can anyone suggest where I can go to post them? I am back into the childhood bliss of Lego after about a 10 year absence, thanks to the new Star Wars sets this spring, but (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | 1592 Town Square
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Just wondering - How many 'castle' people consider the 1592 Town Square set part of the castle theme. Don't get me wrong the knights are very cool, but I've always had trouble considering this to be a castle set. The British flag, the fish and chips (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: NELUG - Some things we learned while presenting at Mindfest
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Good advice. One of the kids, when asked about why he persisted in touching stuff when I had asked him not to replied: "Well, my dad is very important around here so it's OK" Presumably he was some professor of education... you connect the dots. :-) (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.general)
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| | RCX Mower (was RCX with AC power - Still Available)
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You wouldn't necessarily have to map the lawn. Just let it go around randomly. A purely random algorithm would have a tendency to miss corners, though. You could do something random, but add a bias of some kind to help it get the corners of your (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: More Mindfest Tidbits
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(...) Or those of us not in the US who bid on anything. I just recently got a lot off eBay that from 'cheque sent' to 'lot received' took over 2 months, shipped air-mail. The turn-around time at the sellers end was 2 days. I frequently get huge (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego 6377 Delivery Center
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Delivery Center from 1985. Includes instructions but no box. This is not a complete set. Set contains 275 of 283 pieces. Here is a list of the missing pieces: 1 Blue 6x12 plate 2 clear window panes for 1x4x3 windows 1 grey 2x2 plate with turntable (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | FA(eBay) ending tonight: Rock Raiders HQ 32x48 baseplate, tall windows, 6x8 ramps, cranes, flags
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Rock Raiders HQ raised baseplate from 4990 (URL) parts - enough for 2 cranes (URL) large red windows 1x4x6 (URL) red 6x8x1 roof/ramps (URL) flags, 58 flagpoles (URL) Email: kwilson_tccs@compuserve.com Web page: (URL) auctions: (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Mindfest Vidcaps
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I grabbed a bunch of images from the 2 hours of video I shot at Mindfest. Friday and Saturday are online now, Sunday tomorrow. Because my capture card is lame they are only 320x240 but the quality is better than I expected. Lot's of funny shots. I (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.org)
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| | Re: New S@H catalog is a disappointment (to me)
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(...) Does the US holiday catalogue still have service packs listed? I just got my Canadian one a few weeks ago, and it had the usual multi-page spread of service packs. Just curious... James (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | What do you do with your lego?
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So, what exactly do you do with your lego? hord it? Buy and sell it? Play with it? Actually create things with it?!?! Looking through your web sites (the various ones in delurking form) there was a surprising lack of original creations posted And (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: More Mindfest Tidbits
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(...) Those of us who bid on AucZILLA;-) <runs> -John (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ideas for a court jester?
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(...) 6891 Gamma V Laser Craft is where I got one of mine, but I believe I have two others. Dunno where from tho. Jeff (25 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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I'd have to agree...the only new thing I noticed wa the Legoland computer game. Blech! I'd rather play Roller Coaster Tycoon or Theme Park! I also noticed that there was no movement (again) on the "Limited Quantity" and "Hard to Find" sets. Will (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Launch of new site: SimiLego
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(...) <Snipped Scott Arthur's comments and Followed-up to lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan> Tom, Yes, my ISP is in Chicago (seemed to be a good value at the time), but I live in Kansas City. Great to hear from another greater-KC-area LEGO fan. We might try to (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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Jeffrey Baldwin: (...) Some problems with using LEGO Creator for your job (iirc): - No train wheels - No printing of instructions Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.games)
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| | Re: Busy-Bee has 6347 Monorail Accessory Track!
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Tom Stangl wrote in message <3807A33B.7911B8E9@n...pe.com>... (...) mentioned (...) whopping) (...) I think I could accommodate you with 3 of those. They are on my web (trade, promos) page... -- Have fun! John Auctions and Trading and More at my (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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I have bought stuff from Spielwaren Reinmann. They had most of the stuff on their list in stock at the time, but not after I ordered from them... <evil grin> They are a good company. -- Have fun! John Auctions and Trading and More at my Lego site: (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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The DYA web site no longer lists 5571 ... I was going to order one for my father but looks like I missed my chance. Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com Frank Filz wrote in message <3815B397.1548@minds...ng.com>... (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Big Mini-fig (was Re: Castle Minifigs: Relative Rareness)
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I already told y'all I really like those knights from 677/6077, but I had to show you guys this (in case you missed it)... (URL) try... (URL) Have fun! John Auctions and Trading and More at my Lego site: (URL) & IG88888888 on AOL John DiRienzo (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Future Direction Of LEGO.....
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From what I have hear Lego should be moving in a new direction soon. They have a new individual heading up their web division (not responsible for the recent alterations of lego.com) and I think the marketing folks in general are paying a lot more (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi, has anyone recently been able to put in (via Internet) an order at the LEGO World Shop? Since weeks, I am only getting a message about "technical difficulties" preventing them from processing orders. Is that for real? Thanks for any (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A few questions on NQC vs. VB
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Hi Zac, Dave Baum's NQC is excellent ... not quite the capabilities of pbForth, but *much* easier to learn. Mark Overmars' RCX-CC makes NQC even easier to use ... and best of all, both Dave and Mark have made their efforts available for use free of (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I was happy to find a new S@H (Holiday Magic) Catalog in my mailbox today. However, after perusing and finding no sets I had not seen before I felt let down. I was hoping for some hints as to new sets for 2000, but there weren't any. At first (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A few questions on NQC vs. VB
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(...) I'd recommend NQC; if you use visual basic, you'll need to go through a lot of communicating-with-the-brick and user-interface crap every time you want to make a program. With NQC, you concentrate on writing your code for the robot, and don't (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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(...) What's next? Hmmmm.... (1) The continuation of prostituting of the Lego brand by putting it on everything from bedsheets to lousy computer games? (2) More and more commercial tie-ins to the point where there will be little or no original (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) After seeing all the cool stuff at Mindfest this weekend, I'll say this: 1. Learn about basic bot building using the graphical tools from LEGO 2. When you need more control, go to NQC 3. When you run out of variables or timers, etc go to (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Zac, I may not understand your objectives, but I'd say that using NQC with the Rcx Command Center RcxCC is the current best choice for work that is primarily concerned with programming the Rcx and Robots. You'll find it very easy to use, and there's (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) I thought you were refering to painting a proper shield. Break a spear in half for an assegi. I'd start with Islanders and simply accept that whatever resulted was a vague approximation. Bruce (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | RCX with AC power - Still Available
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Hi. Yes I mostly lurk, but what a great listserv this is!! I recently acquired a Robolab for my 8th grade science classes - WAY COOL. Also, I recently went to a Lego sponsored training workshop, where the Lego Rep. tells me that you can still get (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Future Direction Of LEGO.....
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I am seeing a lot of angry folks in LUGNET this week. Rather than "lighting the torches" just yet, let's let the group letter to KKK (and Peter Eio) take their course. One thing about the upper management folks at LEGO is that they are polite, and (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LegOS 0.2.0a multi-threading problem
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(...) [snip] Heh. I've spent 2 days on this, so I know how you feel :). main() must be the first function in your source file, otherwise really weird stuff happens. -- Regards, Modemch (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | A few questions on NQC vs. VB
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Hi all. I've been lurking in the shadows reading posts for a couple of weeks and now have a question of my own. I'd like to move beyond the programming capabilities of the RIS software and am trying to decide which way to go. I have VERY little (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Roarke's Drift (Zulu)
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(...) it. (...) Shame on you Bruce, You missed the reference to PAINT in my sentence. I had the most noble of intentions in my statement. I was thinking more along the lines of a grass skirt, new headpiece, etc. Not anything else, I assure you. And (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: MOTOR DRIVERS
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I also remember seeing people piggybacking the L293s to double the current capability. Thoughts? -chris ----- Original Message ----- From: Fred G. Martin <fredm@media.mit.edu> To: <handyboard@media.mit.edu> Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 2:26 PM (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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(...) The semi-tractor's base in the helicopter transport semi (URL) I bought solely for the tr-red slopes) is so juniorized and in need of being several separate parts that the single part TLG use *is* indeed 2 parts *glued* *together*. More of (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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