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(...) I really like the 4-4-0. The engine a very well proportioned and pleasing to look at (how well does it run?) Have you thought of adding another truck to the tender? The pictures I have of 4-4-0's the tender has #2 four wheel trucks. This (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Quickie Auction coming soon!
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(...) Uh.... if you don't want to pay fees, why not list them on BRICKS? You can run the auction for as short or as long a time as you want. You can run it for one day (actually less - .5, etc) if you want very easily. The only thing is, if they (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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(...) Okay, but what does the number 18.83 mean? Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: lego Technic "class"
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In lugnet.robotics, Stephen Unwin writes: <...snip...> (...) I've never seen this, but I recall hearing somebody discuss this recently. It might be a quality control problem having to do with adhesive getting worn off and gumming up the gears. (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hrmmm, maybe you aren't as cheap as me. 7151 is $29.99 retail, right? So Target, Kohl's, K-Mart, whatever running them at 20% off comes out to $23.99. Even with TN's ridiculous 8.25% sales tax that's just $25.97 each. x30 = $779.10 KBKids.com (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Sproaticus (<3819F03B.440F8745@io.com>) wrote at 19:06:35 (...) 18.83 is the 4mm/ft exact equivalent of 4 feet 8 1/2 inches: Standard Gauge :-) (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: SW Part Straight Sale - WAS: (Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read)
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(...) Hrmmm, rather than try to sell most things at the same price, I'd say do a little research (which it looks like people may be giving you later on) and price each individual part at or near current market value. That's usually what I try to do (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read
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(...) Oh, ok. Small quantities then. Heck, I was imagining being able to pick up a couple thousand gray macaroni bricks. :) Ah well, I'd probably still be interested, but anymore these days I've got so little time that it almost hurts to spend time (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: We need to get together!
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(...) I'm game. I bet John, Marcia & Naji, and Adam would be as well. There might even be more people I'm not thinking of right now. We could be K-LUG? (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tn.knx)
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| | Re: Different fonts in webpages
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Thanks John and Matthew, I made Verdana the back up font on some of my pages, I will have to finish the rest sometime. Verdana does look pretty good, and its shipped on Mac and Win now. I will look into making the font downloadable... sometime. -- (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Don't buy spares from TLG UK!
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*growl* I just built my 6979 Interstellar Starfighter (the big UFO set) and discovered the little red micro-motor wasn't working. I guessed it must have just got accidently bashed about in the box or something (though I'm a bit surprised - doesn't (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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I'd be glad to meet, but I am at the other side of the state (Saint Louis) and don't think I'll be able to make it over to Kansas during that hectic time. -- Have fun! John My Trade/Sale (and links) Page (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) wrote in (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | Quickie Auction coming soon!
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I am going to try this idea soon. I am going to auction off several Lego sets over the course of one day. In addition to my forthcoming eBay auctions, I am going to have a quick auction to get rid of some excess stuff. Reasons, I don't have time (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
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I will be in Kansas City for Thanks Giving week anyone want to meet? SteveB steve.e.barile@intel.com www.PNLTC.org (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | Millenium Falcon confirmation
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As if we needed more confirmation on the Millenium Falcon, I was at the grand opening of the new Lego outlet in GA and heard the following: Customer to TLG (business suit/manager looking) rep: Can you help me decide on a SW set for my son? TLG: (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Meet in Kansas City
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Is anyone from Kansas City or will be there over Thanks Giving week? I was wondering if anyone want to meet. OR advice on toy stores in the area. SteveB (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I read in the eBay rules once that positive feedback can be given to anyone for any reason, but negative feedback must be transaction related. I think there was an example for a positive feedback that said, "So and so turned me onto eBay, forever (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:m3zox33m1d.fsf@....uio.no... (...) yourself. (...) the (...) the (...) The user supplied end and control points are used, regardless of the resulting hose length. The intermediate (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Is this mad? - 1986 Lego 6067 GUARDED INN - Town Wall TAVERN $200+ ?
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Sorry, this post was a little off topic, I didn't realize which group it was goin to. -- Have fun! John My Trade/Sale (and links) Page (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) DiRienzo wrote in message ... (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Dutch Auction Experiences
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John Robert Blaze Kanehl wrote in message ... (...) Additionally, (...) to (...) hits, (...) Supercar (...) overseas (...) it (...) picture (...) I did a few things that I think helped my auctions. I ran quite a few "series" of auctions, and tried (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Monthly check for MO fans
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(...) I think Rolla is closer to metro STL than to springfield. I lived in Webster Groves during high school and went to Rolla for university and it was a bit over an hour to drive. Chris (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | WTB 8 Tech. #2 Angle Connectors
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This is the straight connector with a peg hole in the center and axle holes at both ends. Does someone have 8 to sell, or could you point me to a set with a bunch? -John Van (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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(...) There are several pieces of interest (besides the fact that they are basically free as I have to eat something for lunch). I have not seen any comment on the yellow propeller in set #3, is this new? Set #5 with the purple slopes is nice in (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Babylon 5 ships
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Paul Baulch <paul@vic.bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:FK5n37.FvB@lugnet.com... (...) Except when they are used for cockpits! Just imagine how many times kids (young and old) around the world have ripped their x-wings to pieces just trying to (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: lego Technic "class"
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(...) *snip* As a somewhat Bizzare experiment, I have run a LEGO motor from the battery box controller as supplied with motor set 8735. The motor is placed next to a Pick-up on an electric guitar plugged into an electronic tuner. With the motor (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Is this mad? - 1986 Lego 6067 GUARDED INN - Town Wall TAVERN $200+ ?
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I really like the Guarded Inn, too! Its one of the Holy Grails for Castle fans. Its rarer than most sets because it wasn't sold in US stores. And its popular because it has a bunch of rare pieces. Also, you can't be complete in Castle without it, (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: McDonald's Happy Meals Sets -- modified parts
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(...) Not really. The LEGO logo doesn't imply intellectual property rights on the whole brick (which would include the likeness of the McCopyrighted character). It could just be an odd occurrence -- the copyright notice in the mold was damaged, so (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: 7144 Slave 1 (pre-release guess)
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Jeff Stembel <Dragonelf1@aol.com> wrote in message news:FKDqMq.D11@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) with (...) that (...) on (...) 1x3s. (...) and (...) here (...) Well, at 50% in LDLite they sure _look_ gray (simply b/c only edgelines are showing :-) (...) (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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(...) Nope. I've never seen smooth slopes before, printed or otherwise. I've got several examples of printed slopes right next to my computer, and they all have rough slope surfaces. These parts include 2x2, 3x2, 2x4, and a 4x4 triple-sloped wedge (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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(...) Exactly. This is what I meant. (...) Kevin's site is superb. I've downloaded almost all of the town/train/boats and every catalog and I have yet to find one that I wouldn't keep because of its quality. (...) Let me reiterate here how useful (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Using ROBOLAB with FIRST LEGO League
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i'm posting this again. it was already posted to lugnet.robotics If your kids are using ROBOLAB in this years FIRST LEGO League, I've written a replacement for pages 27-36 in the Official FIRST LEGO League 1999 Rule Book, replacing ROBOLAB for RCX (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: Call for Box Status - Junk Box 2
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(...) It looks like this box is out of hiding now. I just communicated with John DiRienzo and he will be sending it to me shortly, I'll let y'all know when I get it. (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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(...) The same instruction/promo sheet has both the US and the CA coupons on it. Also interesting (at least to me) is that the back of the bag says 'Made in DENMARK', no mention of USA OR Switzerland. So much for high shipping costs across the (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: DK books
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I should have posted earlier, sorry. Waterstones in Bath had them in when I checked on Monday. They cost me a whopping £3.99 each, which is the price shown on the back of the book anyway. I think they're great. My daughter has already seen the (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.books)
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| | Re: "Buying Lego" FAQ to link auctions to
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I just noticed this huge thread, and only reading the first line by Kevin, I want to say, "Look at my trade page!" I have linked to just about every site I could think of that is a good site to find Legos. Look at it (see sig), LMK what you think. (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: McDonald's Happy Meals Sets -- modified parts
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A common practice in plastic mold tooling is to use inserts for variable mold features such as part numbering. The LEGO text on the studs is probably hard tooled. The part number and copyright marks on the inside may well be removable (changeable) (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Lego Airplane #1775 Arrives!
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(...) And two auctions just popped up on eBay with starting bid of $49.95! Gack... we need to figure out how to effectively combat this eBay ridiculousness. I'm tempted to start suggesting to the eBay sellers I regularly buy from start migrating to (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | RE: Robot navigation
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I have been working on this too, and I decided that I am going to live with a certain amount of uncertainty. If I can get to within a few inches of where I think I am, that's going to be good enough. Until it isn't anymore, and then back to the (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 25% Shopko coupon in Sunday paper
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I guess he meant "chain-wide" as that store isn't in my state or any adjacent states AFAIK. -- Have fun! John My Trade/Sale (and links) Page (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) Gatrelle wrote in message <000101bf1464$5c3f4a...j4j639>... (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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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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(...) The pics are FINALLY developed and I'm working on getting them scanned. (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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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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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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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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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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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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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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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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| | Re: Trein set 4560
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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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| | Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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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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| | Re: DK books
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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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| | Re: Junk Box #1 Thread
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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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| | Re: lego Technic "class"
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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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| | RE: lego Technic "class"
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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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| | Re: First Lego 2000 Sighting
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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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| | Re: Robot navigation
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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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| | Re: Firmware behaviour
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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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| | Re: Lite tjat...
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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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| | Re: McDonald's Happy Meals Sets -- modified parts
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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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| | Re: McDonald's Happy Meals Sets -- modified parts
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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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| | DK books
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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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| | McDonald's Happy Meals Sets -- modified parts
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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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| | Re: [ldraw.org] Model of the Month
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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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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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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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| | Re: Lego Airplane #1775 Arrives!
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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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| | Re: Different fonts in webpages
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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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| | Robotics demo
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Hiya all, While it was a bummer not going to Mindfest, what I did do was a robotics demo at a local SF convention in Denver. I had 6 robots there with me. Four DIY types (one used LEGO pneumatics for a scoop) a Parallax BoE-Bot and a Mindstorms kit. (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Engine Speed Regulation
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An otto and a diesel are different things. An otto is not reversible without a lot of thought about how to get the spark timing right. (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: RELEASE: LegoSim -- another LegOS Simulator
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Cool! I'll add this to the HOWTO when I do the 0.2.0 update. Are there any plans on the horizon for either emuLegOS or LegOSim to update to 0.2.0 anytime soon? Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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I got ten each of #1 and #2 today at 99 cents. I suspect it IS franchise dependent. I hope to complete a set of 10 each of all 8 and I will be allocating some of the ten to my factorees, one complete set each. I doubt I will have any left for non (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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I agree with you but I would hasten to point out that we nevertheless should help protect the brand if we can. TLG may well throw the baby out with the bathwater and come after Kev in a misguided attempt to shut others down. We know well that there (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Diana's train auction, update 10
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No updates during the weekend!!! 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 (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) true. (...) What do you mean my "monitor quality?" I think "observe activity" would be a better choice of words. It also allows them the opportunity to use the resource themselves. It would take them an enormous effort and expense to create an (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Next meeting of the Northern Virginia Lego Train Club
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Oops, I forgot to post this to Lugnet.trains! Anyways, here it is: (...) Jeff NOVALTC Website: < (URL) > (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.dc)
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| | Re: First Lego 2000 Sighting
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(...) Actually, are the two images at the bottom of this page new????? I think the new combined (EP1 and original) Star Wars Lego logo is new. The actual minifig scale sets for star wars appear to be 7144 and I can't read the other number... What I (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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I went to two McDonalds today. At the first one I bought a happy meal. When I got outside to the car, I looked inside the bag and boy was I happy. They put two #1s in the bag. The second McDs sold me another #1 for a dollar. The second store had a (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: 7144 Slave 1 (pre-release guess) [DAT]
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(...) Well, Here it is, complete with some internals and a ramp. I am 95% sure on all colors and exterior pieces, except for the ramp and the Dark Gray 1x3s. Jeff "Mmmm!! Strawberry Soda!" 0 7144 Boba Fett's Slave 1 0 Name: Slave1.dat 0 Author: Jeff (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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I got more of the low-down from staff in the Ottakar shop today. The rose is indeed the Charles Rennie McIntosh version referred to previously. DK and Lego are running the show, so the lassie didn't know what the free gifts were to be, though she (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Holiday Catalog-2000 Adventurers
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(...) Do you have scans of the UK LEGO club magazine? Mark L (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | RE: First Lego 2000 Sighting
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(...) yeah it's been in the Danish Lego catalog since July - I'm sure it must be in the Dutch catalog at www.brickshelf.com too - mainly an expansion set to the Cybermaster. regards Jesper mailto:jesperkj@vip....bercity.dk (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: BayLUG Train Gathering...
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Oops, I replied to the wrong message. Well, now's a good time to break the news. I'm going to try to reserve a room at the Newark library for December 4, for an auxiliary BAYLUG meeting for those who can't make it on Nov 27. It is smaller and older (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Movies List Postponed Until Monday
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Thanks to everyone contributing suggestions for my list of greatest Adventure movies, but the list will have to be postponed until Monday. I have just gotten too many suggestions to digest them all by day's end. I need one more weekend with the VCR (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Holiday Catalog-2000 Adventurers
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(...) The catalouge the picture appears in is the LEGO Club magazine. There is no LEGO S@H catalouge in the UK. I do have the 1999 Holiday Catalouge (got it in the mail yesterdaY0 and there is the new LEGOLand game ($29,95, item #2200552), new LEGO (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: First Lego 2000 Sighting
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(...) No, the 8450 is a different set that has been shown on the LEGO website since the new site was launched recently. -- Scott Smallbeck scotts@contactics.com (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: BayLUG Train Gathering...
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Zonker, What hours should I reserve the Newark library for? It should be December 4, right? /Eric/ (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: First Lego 2000 Sighting
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(...) version of CyberMaster 8482? If so, sorry for the false alarm... --Todd (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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