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(...) That would be nice, actually. I have only one problem with stability - every once in a while, the "Run" key stops working, and all the other keys as well (don't remember exactly, but I think that's how it is). The program keeps running (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Sproat's "day in the life" (LOL)
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(...) :-D No prob! Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: mindstrorms in Nederland
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(...) Inderdaad ik heb vandaag de nieuwe dozen binnen gekregen en de nieuwe RCX heeft geen adapteraansluiting meer. Naar mijn idee is dit geen verbetering voor de RCX. Dit omdat er toch menigeen zal zijn die de RCX zullen gebruiken op een vaste (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: Parts Pack Survey
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(...) OK, here's my super list...... (each pack available in white, red, blue, yellow, black, grey, dark grey, tan, teal, pink, magenta, green, orange, purple, light blue, brown). 1) Round Bricks - an assortment of rounded bricks that includes 1x1 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 A-Wing comments
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The a-wing is a disappointment only because (...) I don't know,John. I didn't run the calculations myself, but I think someone did the "studs to meters' calculation for the A-Wing a few days ago and it was surprisingly close to scale. Chris (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Your McDonalds sets
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(...) There are 8 Lego and 1 Duplo. To see a list of what they are refer to Larry P.'s email from yesterday. To see pictures of the Lego ones see the order form in the S@H Fall catalog. It starts this coming Friday. I would offer to get people some, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Lego Music Center -- Followup
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You may remember several months ago a post about building a replica of a building for a music school in Littleton, MA: (URL) I volunteered my services since I live pretty close to them, and I was interested in the project (who wouldn't be?!) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 8001 Battledroid in UK
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(...) Well, you make it sound sooo appealing! I guess at this point as a mental exercise let's figure out a total price to send it over here. Then I'll let you know! I'm ashamed to ask in an ethnocentric way, but do you know what the German- US (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Scans uploaded, critique wanted
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(...) There is a program called jpegtran which will rotate JPEGs by any multiple of 90 degrees without decompressing the file, i.e. just by moving bits around in the jpg file. This means that there is _no_ loss in quality. But (there always is a (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Re: LEGO Club memebership (was: Bluewater offers)
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What Keyrings are there for the SW range? I know there is a Darth Maul, is that the only one? -- Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of the UK Technic Club Magazine Web site: (URL) models and going up Jon D Hayward (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | RE: Desperation sets in!!
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Spocked wheels.... ...fascinating m -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Jeffrey Baldwin Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 1:51 AM To: lugnet.market.buy-se...lugnet.com Subject: Re: (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Ohio get together??
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Is this still being planned? Jorge Rodriguez rodriguez.136@osu.edu (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cin, lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle)
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| | Re: 2000 A-Wing comments
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(...) scale (...) the (...) of (...) I'm going to amend my own message here, since I just bothered to get out the size comparison portion of the BTM Cd. It lists the lengths, in meters, of the ships as follows: SLAVE I - 21.5, Y-Wing - 16, X-Wing - (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Mumble, mumble, Lego reps and shopping experiences
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Hi Moz, Does this $5000 order include train windows and doors by ant chance. Of course I have no intention of reselling them, just make necklaces out of them. Mark H. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: A New Hope (for the MF)
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(...) I agree. Those saucers scare the bejubies out of me. One thing we don't know is if they have detailed any of the interior or if it is just the cockpit. Does the model double as a playset? I guess we don't know yet. If it doesn't I would be (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Price on MIB 4015?
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How much would an MIB 4015 still in strink wrap, be worth? Any Ideas? Any offers? -- Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of the UK Technic Club Magazine Web site: (URL) models and going up (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Lego 236 Garage
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(...) Hmmmm, the only green Cellulose Acetate bricks that I'm aware of are plates from Samsonite LEGO (USA/Canada only, not available in Europe) parts packs (518, 519, 520, 521) from circa 1963-65. These plates would be only in sizes 1x1, 1x2, 2x2, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 A-Wing comments
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(...) about (...) because (...) Eric's right. If you look at any of Lucasfilm's material on ship sizes, such as the BEHIND THE MAGIC CD-ROM, or any of the books, it is very clear that the A-Wing is one of the smallest ships in the Rebel Fleet, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 4559 Cargo Railway
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I'm including this one in lugnet.space because the set kind of fits in with a futuristic look. ---...--- Blacktron forces are among us! Subtly sneaking into the transportation industry, a new style of cargo train is appearing in train yards and (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 2000 A-Wing comments
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(...) I agree that the A-wing is too small, and maybe looks a little bit unsubstantial, but I've decided that I really like it. I especially appreciate the fact that the double tails are made out of bricks. This set is Old School. It reminds me of (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | FS Old Stock MIB lego sets
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The following sets are hereby offered for sale at the following prices, I have multiples of some of these sets while others are one offs. Most of these sets are cluttering up my home but some are still at a toy store I've found, so there is a remote (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | re: For trade
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That was pretty silly......Posting a for trade page and in my enthusiasm forgetting to put my lengthy list of "To die for's" I need many, many pirate and Castle sets, as I only started collecting these last year, I have a lot of catching up to do, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: 2000 A-Wing comments
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(...) Umm. Having had the opportunity to study the production model for the A-Wing on several occasions, both in person (at "The Art of Star Wars" exhibit in Yerba Buena Gardens, San Franscisco, and "Star Wars: the Magic of Myth" in the Smithsonian) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | A New Hope (for the MF)
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Let's face the facts. We are going to be quite disappointed with next year's Millenium Falcon set. They really seem to have gone for the minimum possible set that could still resemble the MF. With the use of the saucers, we can't even say it will be (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: New S@H catalog
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What about the new pens and idea books pn page 35? The pens have some great new pieces such as a baseball, basketball, and soccer ball. (Of couse $12 is a little pricey.) The idea books (Amazing Animals and Fabulous Figures) look great for only $5 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Minifig Modification
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(...) Shields. Why paint twenty the same way when I can do it once on a computer and then cut it out and stick it on? Lego shields are flat, which is perfect. I can pick the most unwanted shields in an auction and buy those, then slap on my own (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | For Trade.....
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Hi there, This is round one! The following is my first list of sets I have for trade, (or sale if you dont have any of the items that I need.... email me and make me an offer.) However, in saying that, I have to add that I'm not getting an amazing (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: 2000 A-Wing comments
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Jonathan Little <piano254@aol.com> wrote in message news:FK50EJ.969@lugnet.com... (...) for (...) was (...) out (...) lot (...) the (...) sets (...) warmly (...) I disagree somewhat here. One of the major things that excited everyone about the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Thanks to All!
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I really appreciate all of the great feedback. I've figured out which way I'm going so I'll probably have more specific programming questions in the near future. Luckily for me, I've found an excellent forum for intellectual exchange. Thanks again, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Chaining multiple RCX's output to input
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Eric Brok <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl> wrote in message news:FK9Lxs.49z@lugnet.com... (...) more (...) Using a motor as a tachometer has come up before and I used to be worried about this causing damage. I have it from the LEGO engineers I met at mindfest (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mindfest Vidcaps
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I'm not sure I want to get into the video duplication business, and I thing you would be disappointed. my camera work leaves much to be desired and I was trying to get good "still" shots with the camera rather than make a good video. There aren't (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.org)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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Hi Peter, My contact at lego in Sydney told me this three months ago and I passed it on to people on rtl and lugnet at the time, of course, no-one believed me, they said it couldn't happen in the US. I've been getting bulk lego from Sydney for two (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: RCX 1.0 availablilty
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(...) Cost. Plain and simple. (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: mindstrorms in Nederland
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Eric Brok wrote in message ... (...) het (...) Inmiddels heb ik gelezen dat ook de nieuwe RCX inderdaad geen aansluiting heeft. De eerdere berichten van LEO zelf dat er geen hardware-veranderingen zouden zijn, blijken dus onwaar. Eric Brok (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: McDonalds Info
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(...) Definitely looks like it might be. Plus Purple would go with Grimace. (...) This is true but this is an official LEGO picture so I would guess that the color rendering is better then any of the second hand scans we usually get. Eric Remove (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Scout brick and IR
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(...) Which ones? Eric (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Chaining multiple RCX's output to input
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While attending Michael Gasperi's workshop at Mindfest it occured to me that, from his investigations, it should be functional and harmless to connect the output of an RCX to the input of another RCX. Last night I connected my RCX to my Scout and it (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mindfest Vidcaps
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(...) Cool images, Kevin. How much for a copy of the video? :-) Dave (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.org)
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| | Re: Lost set
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(...) It's a little early to abandon all hope on that package. I've had a couple packages from Canada take over a month to get to me. I'd give it another couple weeks (especially if it did go to the wrong address - it may yet show up). (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Some parts I desparately need.
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I'm after three pieces to complete two train sets, 7820 and 7730. I'm after two half width red train windows with clear split glass for the 7820 I'm after one large yellow cone piece 2x2 at the top and 4x4 at the bottom for the 7730 Mark H. (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 8226 Mud Masher - Mini Review
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Sorry for the non-standard review format... 8226 Mud Masher This is the firest new Technicn Kit I have bought in about a year. I think TLG is doiing something with the ABS - it seems almost translucent for some of the red bits. Overall, I like this (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: McDonalds Info
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(...) But we've been beguiled by purple-for-blue miscolorings before... Steve "Never trust anything that can think for itself, if you can't see where it keeps its brain." (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mindstorms available in the Netherlands ?
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Mark Overmars wrote in message ... (...) LEGO Benelux always states a much higher price in advance. Actual shop price will probably same as in Germany. Eric (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 8001 Battledroid in UK
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<snip> (...) Well, I´m not british but if you want a battle droid from Germany... I don´t think there will be a store which sells/deliver to the States. It´s the same problem with getting US sets over here. Etoys etc don´t ship to Europe. Anyway, if (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Sproat's "day in the life" (LOL)
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Sproat probably announced this back in July. But if you haven't seen it, you've GOT to see his entries for his "day in the life" page (meeting Mark Hammill and the bug-eyed doctor pages). (URL) finally got around to reading the whole storylines this (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New S@H catalog is a disappointment (to me)
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(...) That's typical of S@H catalogs -- if it came out this year, it's still new. I wonder if they use a bigger mailing list for the holiday catalog than they do for the quarterly catalogs? That would provide some small rationalization for (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: RCX 1.0 availablilty
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(...) Sounds like I may need to make a run on RCX units if I want some for use with train layouts etc where I want them running on wall power rather than battery power. Any idea why TLG has removed the power jack? (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Your McDonalds sets
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(...) Unless things change much from normal Happy Meal toy distribution: McDonald's always claims there wil be a different set each week, and usually has a marker in the stores showing which one it's supposed to be. BUT, not every McD's follows this (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Latest Update for The Toy Aid to the Turkish Eartquake Children
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Hi friends, Larry kindly offered me to host the pictures that I've taken and I think they will be up and running when Larry finds time to do that. Here is a copy of the message that I've sent to Larry. It describes the latest and final situation (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Shopping experiences
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I'll start watching more carefully. What do you guys want me to look for? There's not much among the current sets that appeals to me at present, apart from Star Wars, and I'm well satisfied (broke) at present. Despite a great deal of effort up and (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: 8001 Battledroid in UK
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(...) Would one of the British cats who bought that model please post some contact info for stores in the UK (email addresses would be great!) that might send us over here in the States one of them? I really want one, and I'm not a patient man. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 1592 Town Square
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(...) Yeah, it's odd to finally see people in person-- I think I had the same reaction when I met Todd, but then again, I don't think anyone could have shown up and filled my 'image' of him... Most people I just don't really get an image for... As (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Lost set
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Hi all you boat lovers, I almost had dream come true recently, winning a good example of lego set 4030 in an auction in Canada. I advised the seller to send the set by airmail which he says he did on the 16th September but the set never arrived. I (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: What should be in the next version of RcxCC
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(...) I'd like to see a linux version. (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Roarke's Drift (Zulu)
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Mark Lindsey wrote in message ... (...) scale (...) on (...) Cool! Richard Still baldly going... Speak to the Governor at (URL) pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ LM- YB66m :-) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Nautilus
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Mark Lindsey wrote in message ... (...) my (...) Definitely cool. And I can't use a lego cannon to blow a hole in a wet paper bag, let alone sink anything. Highly over-rated weapons. Having had shooting cannons only, until I recently scored some (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Minifig Modification
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(...) All hail Shaka the Mighty! Hey Bruce what are you going to be using the transfer paper for? Let me hear your ideas, because if they could be implemented and save me the trouble of painting I am all for it. More later.... Mark L (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Roarke's Drift (Zulu)
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(...) Thanks for the ideas Craig. Any ideas on straw skirts? LMK Mark L (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Some news, thoughts and questions
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Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ... (...) <snip> (...) So, we have three "ö" s when we get together...:-) My father had been in Germany for several years as a worker in 1960s, but I don't think it is related with that..:-) Selçuk (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Mumble, mumble, Lego reps and shopping experiences
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Howdy, Well without causing too much trouble i hope, i say that once you've been into one toy's r us, you've been to them all. Prices are the same, range is the same (although one might be better stocked in quantity than another). The one i frequent (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | GP2D05
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Hi Anybody got the GP2DO5 IR module working with the Handyboard (without expansion board) using IC ? I always seem to get a Logic "1" from the detector even if there are no obstacles in front of the detector. Any hints will be greatly appreciated. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Lower away!
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(...) I would make the davits from a "4262 Technic Plate 1 x 6 with Holes" ('!'), two "4263 Technic Plate 1 x 4 with Holes" ('/', '-'), and two "4274 Technic Pin 1/2" ('o') each: o-- / o ! ! Hinge them with a "3673 Technic Pin" at the bottom, and (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Using alternate part lib in POV?
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(...) You would have to write a program to do that, Anton's library uses a different scale and I guess another CS too (and probably there are some parts that have their centers at a different place). Leonardo (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Group to discuss Teaching Lego Robotics?? lugnet.robotics.teaching ???
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(...) This is a brilliant insight. I am not a "teacher" by trade (I also have the title "Engineer" tattooed across my cranium) but I have had many opportunities to teach small classes on various topics. It took me awhile to discover that trying to (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Your McDonalds sets
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How are they made available? One per happy meal? A different one each week, or randomly? Anyone fancy getting me a set? :-) Huw (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Glen's 3rd Lego Auction - 10/27 Update
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Welcome to Glen's third assorted Lego set auction. Listed below are the sets I am selling. This e-mail is separated into three sections. First is the listing of the sets for sale and the current price. Second is a detailed list of the set containing (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Whither Terry Keller?
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(...) Hello Jeremy, Attention: I have a new E-Mail address (see header) On September 10th I've submitted a new part to jjmemorial@geocities.com 12 days later Terry send me a confirmation that he had received the submission. He also said that he had (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Some news, thoughts and questions
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Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:m3hfjd41b0.fsf@....uio.no... (...) It is 350mm high and has a surprisingly high number of parts. I have not counted, but I would estimate something in the order of 150-200. As I (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Mindfest Questions
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(...) kinda (...) I would like to second this. Although it may have sounded like we were ravaged by a bunch of brats it was really only a couple of kids causing 90% of the "Kid" problem. Most of the kids there were extremely mature, intelligent, and (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Tine Dairy Truck in Norway?
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Jeremy Dailey <jpdailey@ne.mediaone.net> wrote in message news:FK9D07.CyH@lugnet.com... (...) They were only ever available by mail-order, I believe, and the promotion has I ended I am told. You're more likely to get one from a Norwegian AFOL here. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: What do you do with your lego?
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Lawrence Wilkes <lawrence_wilkes@msn.com> wrote in message news:FK838r.Fq5@lugnet.com... (...) Less than 2% of my sets are unopened. Less than 30% remain made up. (...) Yes, particularly promotional sets. (...) What else? (...) My ceative activity (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Pirates, Castle, Blacktron, Police, Ice Planet 2002, M Ton and Space for sale
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I have now added this information online Look under the Big Sale Sign: (URL) reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of the UK Technic Club Magazine Web site: (URL) models and going up Michael Edwards <medwards@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Using alternate part lib in POV?
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All, Just wondering if there was a way to force POV to use Anton's part library while rendering a model converted with L3P? It'd be nice to have smooth curves on cones and such. Thanks, Ben Vaughan buster@marsbase.com (URL) few, the proud...the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Some interesting Stats on Mindfest photo pages
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Troy, Thanks so much for this. This is incredible. <snip some rather impressive stats> (...) WOW!!! That is just too cool. (...) Thanks again to Troy for some great work. Eric Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail. The New England LEGO Users (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: ***** MLCad V1.5 Released *****
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Michael Lachmann <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in <FK3oFF.Fs7@lugnet.com>: (...) Michael, Just wanted to say that MLCad has been absolutely incredible! I really appreciate all your hard work. Keep it up! Ben Vaughan buster@marsbase.com (URL) few, the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why basic bricks are cheap in US (was Re: More Mindfest Tidbits
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Where I said 'classic' I meant 'basic', sorry. Eric (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Tine Dairy Truck in Norway?
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Does anyone know what it takes to purchase a Tine Dairy truck over in Norway (if they're still available)? I have a co-worker that might be headed over that way in a few weeks for some business, and am curious if it'll be easy or not... Thanks! (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Dutch Auction Experiences
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(...) Thanks for the information. I acquired some 8480 Space Shuttles from a hobby shop going out of business for $112.53 each. I wanted to try a Dutch Auction, but I haven't seen if they were profitable or not. I had an overseas buyer backout on (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I agree with your conclusion (separating 'driving' from 'navigating'), but there is a slight difference between the RCX and Pathfinder: the latter had videocameras, allowing it to see much further and also understand better the environment. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) are (...) hurdle (...) that (...) problem (...) have (...) Perhaps we are approaching the problem wrong when we try to to get them to notice us by using a dollar ammount or a piece count as an attractive minimum order (as has been discussed (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Anyone got pictures of the new technic pieces?
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Some new parts at (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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I normally use the technic element registry when i am looking for parts pics but that does not have any of the cool new parts (such as the double pin piece for example) -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Liam Parnell writes (...) I agree. My most recent creation (see earlier post 'large space/military vehicle, web site at (URL) the way it does as much by the constraints made by the bricks I had available as it does to my concept (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Group to discuss Teaching Lego Robotics?? lugnet.robotics.teaching ???
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Todd, Dave, Ralph, OK!! This can work. I like the simple .edu (I was just grumbling, avoiding the Educator noun...) We're all learners and teachers. I'm out the door to work on Mindstorms with my Grandchildren! Be back this PM.... Todd, who can (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That sounds interesting. I tend to model inanimate objects like most people. (...) Yes, I am always amazed at those models which use 1000's of the same bricks, and seeing folks say they bought dozens of buckets just to get the right number of (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: controlling RCX from PC?!
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nik heger wrote in message ... (...) Remember the NASA Pathfinder? Signal round-trip was about 30 minutes! Still, they did some interesting research. Try to put more decision-making capabilities in the RCX itself and let the PC handle its behaviour (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read
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There has been much discussion lately about the ordering of bulk parts. One of the suggestions was to set up a mechanism to purchase currently available sets in large quantities and then part them out. While this solution does not solve all the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Dear RcxCC users, I am running out of ideas of what to add to Rcx Command Center. So I like to ask you what you like to see next. Please be as specific as you can. In particular, I have heard a number of people making remarks about tools for (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Why basic bricks are cheap in US (was Re: More Mindfest Tidbits
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Ray Sanders wrote in message <3815C171.E7E205BE@gate.net>... (...) I think you may be right for at least some of the 'special' pieces. For example, the technic pieces are produced in Swiss mainly. BUT, there's also another reason why basic brick (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sorry, I probably spelled out the sentence wrongly. I meant to say that someone had bought the set in the UK, and I really don't know anything more about the availablilty of the set. (...) I've already seen some scans of the new parts, so that (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Yup that´s the one. (...) Was ? not any longer ? I don´t know about here. It´s a special preview/presale for Vedes toy stores. I asked to see their catalogue, to see the other new sets, but TLG hasn´t released a "sales"-catalogue for the shops (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) This is the 8001, right? (URL) I learned that this was available (some places) in the UK for approx £20 as well. I find this price a tad expensive. I mean, the 8001 doesn't really seem to have that many parts. Perhaps twice as many parts as a (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Mumble, mumble, Lego reps and shopping experiences
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Hi all, It would be useful to me at least for some Sydneysider to indicate where the better Lego shopping is. I mean, Toys'r'Us by Moore Park is the best I've seen, and that was not very good compared to Wellington (NZ) where I lived last year. Is (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: Desperation sets in!!
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Hi Paul, I have two of the spocked wheels you are looking for. just Email me an address and there yours. Jeffrey Baldwin Heatwaaave@aol.com (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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After a week offline, I found over 300 posts from LUGNET/StarWars in my email. So please excuse if I repeat old "news". The Battledroid is available in Germany for 59.99 DM at all Vedes stores. The release for the other 2 droids is Feb.2000. I just (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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I have to admit that I have not actually finished the project, work commitments meant that it was shelved for a while. The easiest way to communicate to the HC11 is to use the software from the HB website that allows you to use one of the pins on (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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No Train wheels yep! that could be a problem thanks for the info. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.games)
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It's 8 1/2 x 11 , one sheet, folds up and could be put into (...) discovered (...) They only seem to come in some of the larger sets now days.... (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Some interesting Stats on Mindfest photo pages
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As some of you may know, I recently resized Mathew Miller's Mindfest photos and hosted them on my site. I just went over the log statistics and found them rather interesting. Daily Totals for troy.simplenet.com: Kilobytes Date Clients Hits Page Hits (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Double echo
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(...) I also think that standardisation is not a primary goal in our case ;) I still can't see a real necessity to have it as switchable feature, but having these ECHO_ON / ECHO_OFF available it's better then nothing. Would be nice to have them in a (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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