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(...) ??? I thought this was a US-only promo... Hmm, time to go scope out my local McD's. James (URL) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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Included is a $3.00 rebate on a $9.00 purchase. One rebate per address.Also a $5.00 CDN rebate coupon is included. Julie (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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(...) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. They aren't Star Wars sets but at least they aren't juniorized and have some interesting parts. Their packaging bills them as "classic". I want the one with the purple slopes and will be getting more of (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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In lugnet.general, Eric Joslin writes: <snip> (...) I had a similar experience today. They only had the lame white trick or treat bucket. What kid is going to use that dinky little bucket to haul their treats in?Maybe a 2 or three year old. My 2 (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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(...) Oh, I forgot about 1:76 scale. Some of the newer HOish scale military models are 1:76. I'm starting to remember that 1:72 scale came about because it was a little difficult to make some of the model railroading equipment at 1:76 or 1:87 scale, (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Star Wars Legos (aka The cure for the Dark Ages)
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Travis Yanke <tyanke@apotexcorp.com> wrote in message news:FK83zC.I17@lugnet.com... (...) Can (...) Start with a search of the LUGNET newsgroups. If you are reading LUGNET via newsreader, you'll have to go to www.lugnet.com to get the search box at (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Hoi, Ik ben op het moment ook bezig om trein 4560 in Nederland te krijgen. Maar tot op heden heb ik als verwachte leverdatum 22-5-2000 van Lego doorgekregen. Ik zal het in deze nieuwsgroep melden als ik de bewuste trein beschikbaar heb. Groeten (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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(...) TLG, by going to a central place, could if it wished, improve the quality of scans that are poor by, for example, supplying better ones, or supplying actual instructions for a volunteer to scan. Not that they would ever do that, of course, but (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I ordered these from Amazon.com as soon as I saw them listed but I just checked my order and they are still listed as "Not Yet Released by Publisher". As far as the price are you saying you can get them both for 5BP? Not bad since amazon.co.uk (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.books)
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(...) go (...) I received the real junk box Wednesday. I've contacted Frank Filz. I'm shipping it tomorrow. By the way this box is a real junker, but I still found a few great pieces. Thanks, Bryce McGlone (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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From: "Chris Phillips" <chris.phillips@comp...oards.com> (...) I've (...) the (...) I've (...) far. The adder/subtractor is an all mechincal design which handles this flaw. Take a look at (URL) I'm sure that others will chime in with their designs (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego Airplane #1775 Arrives!
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I was lucky enough to find a box from S@H on my recliner when I came home today, and found this 1775 set inside it. I was tempted at first to order 4, so I could get another free McDonald's set, but I only ordered one. I hope I am not too late to (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.database)
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Greetings, Well that makes more sense. I have never heard of this before. <<...>> -----Original Message----- From: Chris Phillips [SMTP:chris.phillips...oards.com] Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 3:34 PM To: 'Steve Moffat' Cc: (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 7144 Slave 1 (pre-release guess)
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(...) The pic from www.theouterrim.com has the ship in a landed position with the ramp down. For being so small, I got a number of details from it. (...) D'oh! I thought my back end looked odd. :) Thanks! (*sigh*) I must be losing my touch... I'll (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: McDonald's Happy Meals Sets -- modified parts
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(...) Wouldn't they then also remove LEGO from the top of the studs? -- Scott Smallbeck scotts@contactics.com (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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It seems to me, unless TLG is way behind for some reason, we should be seeing the first of the 2000 sets very soon in stores. Last year, I first saw new Ninjas (4805) around Halloween. Anyway, I just got a gift certificate for Target of all places, (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | shoes [was Re: lego Technic "class"]
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=>From: Steve Moffat <smoffat@hcitech.com> =>... => If you have an abnormal foot size why do you need to buy =>twice as many shoes as those who do not? ... in the case where you have different-sized feet (e.g. size-10 left, and size-12 right). The (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Here is an Idea. If you know where you are sort of, then you can program an object into memory at a certian distance(a wall perhaps). Once the robot hits something, it checks to see if it is about at the distance programmed into it. If it is, (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Markus L. Noga wrote in message <3818325F.AAF6DDFD@noga.de>... (...) You may find it reassuring to know that the Stop button on the Mindstorms remote is outlined in red, not green. It stops all programs and motors, but does not turn off the RCX. (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Tobias Möller skrev i meddelandet ... (...) Observera frågetecknet! Jag undrade om du var med i "Föreningen För Bevarandet Av Svenskans Renhet", inte för att jag vet om den finns... -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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(...) Sounds like TLG has bought Tyco's molds... Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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(...) I thought this was true of all printed sloped bricks? I had actually assumed that the printing process would be fould somehow by the rough surface. (...) brick (...) present (...) Is it possible the (C)LEGO has been removed because the (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | RE: lego Technic "class"
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If you have an abnormal foot size why do you need to buy twice as many shoes as those who do not? I could understand if you had an abnormal foot or something which would create an odd wear pattern on a certain part of the shoe but would just a (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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I checked out the low-end modelling market (Wal-Mart) and saw these scales: automobile -- 1:24 and 1:25 sci-fi -- 1:48 (O scale) military aircraft -- 1:72 1:48 naval (special on RMS Titanic :-P) -- 1:570 So, taking that and some great stuff from (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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I got my "Amazing Animals" and "Fabulous Figures" books today... I'll post a fuller review later, but breifly, - Each has about instructions for about 20 models - The images are ray-traced and very good quality. The studs even have 'LEGO' on them - (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.books)
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This is interesting. The printed slopes (3x2 33º) in the McDonald's sets are slightly modified from the standard form. The most noticeable difference is that the sloped & printed surface is smooth, instead of matte. Looking inside the bricks, I (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Lego event in Glasgow
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(...) Do you think that you need a ticket to get a prize? Or do you need a kid to get a ticket to get the prize? And will I be able to live with the guilt if I get a ticket and some kid doesn't? >:) I have to commend Stuart on his eyesight though - (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Thanks! I'm very happy with the model and the picture. Of course, that was the only time L3P has ever worked for me. :) I think most of us can guess which two or three are in the lead. :) (...) So, uh, vote for my model and get $1000!! Yeah, (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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(...) 4mm/ft? Crossing measuring systems surprises me, but I can see its usefulness in the name of accuracy. So 4mm/ft is roughly 1:76.2 . What does the 18.83 mean? Is this in any way related to the 28mm wargaming scale? Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Lego Airplane #1775 Arrives!
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(...) These are from S@H. They were apparently running out of the other one, and brought these in to be a suitable alternative when the others ran out. eric (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: 7144 Slave 1 (pre-release guess)
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Jeff Stembel <Dragonelf1@aol.com> wrote in message news:FKDMK8.38p@lugnet.com... (...) guessing (...) but (...) Nice job on the internals. How did you come up with the idea for the ramp? A few nits: The lower green slope beneath the ramp is (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: lego Technic "class"
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(...) Generally not. I've built robotic platforms that use a pair of motors to drive the wheels so that the robot can move "straight" or turn in place. I've found that the motors typically have large variations in speed that make the robot veer to (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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Warning: Negativity follows. (...) Hmm. Well, lest anyone think I was off my rocker when I said that getting these things could be hit or miss... I went to a McDonald's last night. I was there for one thing and one thing only- Lego sets. I cased the (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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(...) Where can you get this set? I got the one from S@H, mistakenly thinking it had real windows.... (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Slave1 .dat posted
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I posted my best guess at Slave 1 in cad.dat.models.sets. Take a look and feel free to give feedback. Jeff Stemble also posted a .dat of the same thing, with more internal work. -John Van (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Be careful with that -- few good fonts are freely redistributable. (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) i think so too. All I can think is that folks must want the crazy colors. Chris (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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(...) Why so much interest in these? They look like junk to me. (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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Ray Sanders wrote in message <3819E516.24240036@gate.net>... (...) This must be franchise dependent as the two McD's I have queried so far priced them at $1.69 plus tax. When a Hamburger Happy Meal costs $1.99 it is hard to buy these w/o the food. (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: lego Technic "class"
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(...) I had a chance to play with Todd's creation for awhile. It was really cool! (The best part was the 20-foot control tether that he made so that it could be operated from a balcony high above.) I thought the controller was cool too -- to get the (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.technic)
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