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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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| | Re: Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read
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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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| | Re: Get together
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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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| | Re: Feedback solicitation
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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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| | Re: HOSER problem
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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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