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I have no appetite for McDonalds food, and I have no time to go to one of their "restaurants" once a week to get these sets. So I'm buying a complete set of the sets... for what works out at <UKP10 (plus shipping). If anyone wants to do the same, (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | 2 Castle Lots (5 sets) on EBAY
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2 Castle Lots (5 sets) on EBAY Castle LEGO CLASSIC CASTLE LOT (4 Sets) (URL) Castle MISB 6087 Witch's Magic Manor (URL) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | News on the 2000 space line!
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I mailed LEGO and asked them: "I like the classic space sets. Will you make them again, perhaps this year?" Guess what they answered: "The space line for 2000 is secret." Did you read that? *secret*. If they not were going to make them again, then (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: LEGO globe
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Thanx, craig... you can call it 'art' as you like [grin]. The Queen of Hearts is 'on hold'. I'm trying to control my buying habits and by buying any more bricks except during sales... we'll see how long that lasts. My red brick supply has (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 6977 Arachnoid Star Base
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Frank Filz wrote in message <38187E76.2F1C@minds...ng.com>... (...) I guess I was somewhat wrong about this set. I bought it today and I'm not really disappointed. You're spot on about the pieces, they're pretty good. There is a pleasing assortment (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | simoultaneosly driving stepper motors
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Hi, All My name is Pocorobba Tino.I'm 33 y old and I live in Sicily (Italy). I bought a copy of "Mobile Robots:inspiration to implementation" and I studied it deeply. I've now some problems and I hope that somebody will help me!!! I'd like to (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Faces of LUGNET
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(...) Hey Todd, since Faces of RTL no longer exists, maybe you should add a "Faces of LUGNET" page(s). (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Update Auction Sets from the 70's, Edition 3
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* * * Sets from the 70's: Edition 3 * * * Set Name St Bid Bidder 365 Wild West Scene - 160 John DiRienzo 369 Coastguard - 60 min. 371 Sea plane - 40 Hao-yang 376 House with Garden - 40 Hao-yang 377 Shell Station - 35 Hao-yang 617 Cowboys - 15 min. (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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(...) Why waste it? I say Timmy should get it :) Richard (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Magic Trick / lego Technic "class"
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Todd Lehman wrote in message <38193bcf.12068213@l...et.com>... (...) ___...___ I discovered that about two weeks ago... I was working on my LEGO based laser light show using two motors and silver anniversary bricks as mirrors. I hooked up both (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: LDRAW...MLCAD....Help?
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Eugwe Coral skrev i meddelandet ... (...) I run W98, have both LDRAW and MLCad working. I really don't think W98 in itself is a mistake. (URL) has pointers to everything LDRAW related, FAQ, tutorials, patches etc. Now for your problems, What kind of (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: DK books
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If you check amazon.co.uk and use 'Lego' as your search word, both of these books appear twice - I think for UK and US editions - under slightly different names, e.g. 'Amazing Figures (Lego Modelers)' for the US editions and 'Lego Modellers : (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.books)
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| | Re: Help needed reviving my HB
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(...) These are exactly the same settings that I have, so that is not the problem. Igor (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 1.5
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The RIS 1.5 Dutch version will be available next week in the Netherlands. (HFL 549) Harrie (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: More Space and Castle pics
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Great castles! The ships look very good too, and those "buddies" are awesome! --Tobias (...) castles. (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: More Space and Castle pics
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Oh, there it is. sorry. --Tobias (...) castles. (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: More Space and Castle pics
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A URL would be nice... --Tobias (...) castles. (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lite tjat...
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Tja, jag är inte medlem (om den nu finns) men jag tycker att det är lite... hur ska jag säga... olustigt när man engelska ord med svenska. Men, man ska inte kasta sten i glashur, jag säger också engelska ord då och då. --Tobias Anders Isaksson skrev (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Mechanics of proxy bidding?
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(...) Yep, I should have been more clear about that: I am seeking to emulate the behavior of the AucZILLA software as closely as possible. So that means that proxy bidding will usually raise the price above the competing bid, not just match it. (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Star Wars Set WIshes
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I'll take those Lukes off your hands, if you buy more. I'll even take them for free, you won't even have to pay me ;-) The torso on that Luke is very useful outside of the SW universe, and for every 2 of those Lukes you get, you end up with one (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | RE: 1.0 to 1.5 upgrade - why after x-mas in the US!
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(...) Considering what I recently have learned about the demand for Mindstorms product in the US last Christmas - and Lego's failure to supply enough sets for the stores - my best guess is that since they are doing a MAJOR promotion all across (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: More Space and Castle pics
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(...) I can't believe I forgot the URL twice... (URL) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | More Space and Castle pics
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I've updated since just yesterday. There's now another mecha, and two castles. (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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(...) On the topic of standard track gauge; I just received this post from my sister today and found it rather amusing. I was wondering if any of you know how accurate this line of reasoning is. It is curious in any case. Kim ---...--- A useless (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Millenium Falcon confirmation
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Where in Georgia? My mother lives in Atlanta and n=might be persuaded to buy...... :) Gene W Eugwe@yahoo.com (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs group name nominations
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(...) Ah, well, I'm guessing apartment, but it all depends on if I can even afford it, my dad says it'll cost, what was it, something disgusting like 1300 a month for a 500/mo apartment plus living expenses, I think he's out of his mind, but oh (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | Re: Here is an insane price in an auction
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(...) So does anyone feel like offering me $182.50 for one of my 2150's? If so I'll include free Priority Mail domestic shipping. :) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: SELLING a lot of unopened German Castle-Sets
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(...) Keep the for-sale stuff in the market groups, specifically in .buy-sell-trade for this kind of offer to sell. (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Lego User Group in Tokyo ?
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Hello, There is "LEGO-MUG (LEGO MINDSTORMS Users Group)". We have meeting in the second Saturday of the month at Kichijoji. And we will have events LEGO MINDSTORMS Festival in 11/23 at GINZA Sony building. It is a second event. We held the festival (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.jp)
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| | Re: fast firmware downloader
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(...) Wes, A good place to start with the porting is to grab the latest NQC source code from www.enteract.com/~dbaum/nqc and take a look at the family of PSerial classes in the platform directory. Create a new class (e.g. PSerial_dos) that (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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(...) Yeah, espcially since McD has TV commercials running telling everybody to come and get their happy meals & Lego sets. Julie (...) I (...) in. (...) In (...) and (...) their (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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On Fri, 29 Oct 1999 18:48:26 GMT, "Christopher Lannan" <shakguy@hotmail.com> wrote: e. (...) I admit it, I want pink parts, to go with my pink/white striped umbrella, my pink game boy colour and my other delusions of pink. Basically my three (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Lego Airplane #1775 Arrives!
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(...) It appears you can't even link to a straight sale site. Here's something I came across tonight: (URL) Policies "Listing Techniques that circumvent eBay's fee structure Users may not use systems or techniques to interfere with the proper (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | LDRAW...MLCAD....Help?
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I am using Windows 98 - probably my first mistake. I have loaded and reloaded until I can't take it any more. LDRAW and MLCAD will NOT work on my machine... Is there some sort of tutorial for either. I did download and install all parts of LDRAW (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LEGO globe
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(...) eric ~ you just never cease to amaze me! i loved your parrot sculpture too, btw.i just never got a chance to post a big gushing rave. the globe is a bit different for you with a strong technical aspect (as opposed to organic) not previously (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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I drove from Southern California to Northern today (about 450 miles), stopping at MOST of the McDonald's on the way. The first one we stopped at in SoCal, and the LAST one near my apt, were the only ones with the Lego out yet. Ticks me off, you'd (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | RE: lego Technic "class"
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By "abnormal" I guess I really mean "mis-matched" foot sizes. Some people have feet that are so different in size that they need to wear vastly different sized shoes on each foot. (ie: Left size 8, right size 13.) Shoe stores will not break up two (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Milka promotion in Germany
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Any chance of anyone out there getting a set of these for someone in the states? I'd be more than happy to trade some McD sets (complete) for these or even pay for them. LMK Lego is not a toy, it's a way of life. ScottR swrunyan@uswest.net Huw (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Fair Lego Seller's site?
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(...) The new user agreement can be found here: (URL) old user agreement can be found here (for now): (URL) on eBay's mailing list to receive updates to the user agreements, I didn't receive notice about the latest changes, yet. Julie (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: McDonalds Info
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(...) They are "medium" pink - not the light, not the really dark, but a "true" pink. At least on the one on display I saw this morning. (...) I bought 1 while buying 2 HMs, and the HMs were $1.99, the set was $1.83 - so at this point, I'll buy the (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news (SANJAY!!!!)
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(...) Oh?? Sanjay - can you bug the heck out of them and verify this? Maybe we could get that consortium going again. (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: McDonalds Info
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Looking at the display this morning that had actual models, yes and no. They are not the purple you'd expect, nor are they the normal blue, they are a darker purplish blue. I'll have to wait and see if the ones I buy are actually that color. I (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Quickie Auction coming soon!
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(...) John: Consider my proposal, modified it might work for your needs... (URL) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: "Buying Lego" FAQ to link auctions to
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(...) Took a look John, you've done a nice job! However, the list of auctions is a long way down the page - many people never do go right down a page and so would never see what you've got there. I envisage something that will be a single-purpose (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Parts Pack Survey
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1x16 bricks - black preferred, and would want all possible colors 6x16 plates - black preferred, and would want all possible colors 1x2x2 plane windows WITH GLASS - all colors 1x4x2 plane windows WITH GLASS - all colors 6081 in ALL colors - orange, (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What's the right group to ask tool usage questions?
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OK, here's the question then. it relates to MPDs and MLCad. first, should I be able to read and manipulate an existing MPD in MLCad? For instance this one: (URL) the body of that posting as a .MPD file gives me a bunch of "part not found" and then a (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Here is an insane price in an auction
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(...) Mind you, that 2150 for 202.50 includes shipping from Europe, so you can knock $20 or so off the price for that. Kevin (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: NELUG - Some things we learned while presenting at Mindfest
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Nah - If you ever get that crap again, you yell out very loudly "ATTENTION, Everyone! This little boy X says his dad is very important around here, so boy X can touch anything he wants even if you ask him not to! Make sure to let boy X ignore all of (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.general)
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| | FA(eBay): castle parts, round tiles, hoses, 4-prong pieces, more!!
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4 witches & accessories (URL) cart wheels etc (URL) wings and arms (URL) black plate hinges (sideways opening) (URL) round black 2x2 TILES (URL) round 2x2 grey gray cylinders (URL) round 2x2 blue cylinder bricks (URL) grey gray 9-long hoses (URL) (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: What's the right group to ask tool usage questions?
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(...) Just plain old lugnet.cad is fine. The *.dat.* groups are only for posting .dat files (and for follow-up comments.) The cad.dev group is for discussions on creating, modifying, etc cad programs and parts. Look out folks, Larry saw a little too (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: The ULITMATE LEGO Storage containers from Israel!!!!
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In lugnet.storage, thou, Clay Aucoin (caucoin@cruiseshoppes.com), hast wrytted... (...) [Feature list snipped] I know this was posted awhile ago, but I've had zero luck locating these containers that sound really great. The Home Depots in my area (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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(...) It is the track gauge in mm. (4mm scale, 18.83mm track gauge). Fine scale modeling (and gauge is better to use here than scale, as P4 and S4 are different!). It comes down to british trains being smaller than german/american trains. When Bing (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: LEGO store in Georgia (review)
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(...) Hey! I was planning to do that tomorrow. I guess I'ma geek. (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Classic Tub on sale at Zellers
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(...) Oh if it's set #4291 (760 pieces BTW) I suggest you buy several of them. :) There's quite a few red low slopes, 4 blue windows (not train), and many 1xN & 2xN bricks in various colours, not to mention a multitude of plates. There's even a blue (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Fair Lego Seller's site?
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(...) Is this new? I thought we all checked into this a few months ago and agreed that (for instance) links to my auctions at JABA or to BRICKS or whatever were ok, as long as it wasn't the same item? Not that I anticipate listing anything on eBay (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Here is an insane price in an auction
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(...) If that's the case, then you're also paying for the seller's efforts in listing the item. :) Bryan (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Here is an insane price in an auction
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(...) Definitely. There's a real difference between some of the high prices on eBay that are caused primarily by sellers taking advantage of buyers' ignorance and those that result from two or more possibly ignorant or just possibly overzealous (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: legOS-0.2.1
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Cool! If no one else does, I'll try to get it working on Windows next week, along with the rest of the HOWTO push. Don't hold your breath, though :) -Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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(...) You see a lot that has some stuff you want, but maybe you don't want all of it, so you contact the winning bidder (either before or after) to see if he wants to split up the lot with you. If he responds, you're all set. If he doesn't, outbid (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read
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Not to mention that the Darth Maul torso (and several of the other SW torsos, including some of the Lukes) are very handy outside of the SW universe. I could use a couple dozen Mauls if they were cheap enough - erase the face to get a blank black (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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(...) What's a split with a buyer? Wow, that's a nice gesture. Out of four or five times I contacted ebay bidders with some info about S@H, etc., I only got one reply. All the others ignored me. /Eric McC/ (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | What's the right group to ask tool usage questions?
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I have a question about using MLCad that I would like to ask... which group is the one? Thanks! ++Lar (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Lego Airplane #1775 Arrives!
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This seems a neat idea. I think if the site did not directly offer to sell anything, eBay would be hard pressed to claim that a link to it from a listing was to a "competing auction site". However it may fall afoul of the disparaging other sellers (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Here is an insane price in an auction
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I think this is Tom Stangl's lot. I say bully for him! He started it at a very fair starting bid and all is on the up and up. (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: LEGO globe
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All I can say about this one is "Wow!" John Matthews Eric Harshbarger <eric@ericharshbarger.org> wrote in message news:381A349B.775006...ger.org... (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | LEGO store in Georgia (review)
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Well we checked out the new LEGO store at the North Georgia Outlet Mall (Dawsonville) . It is a pretty cool place for the kids. Lots of nice LEGO statues, a big train, dinasaur, etc. Some real nice LEGO & Duplo play areas, my son loved that, even (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego User Group in Tokyo ?
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Hello, I am looking for an AFOL (Adult Fan Of Lego ?) group in the Tokyo area... Is there anything like it ? $BEl5~$K$O%l%4$N(Busers's group$B$,M-$j$^$9$+!)(B $B;d$O%U%i%s%9?M!"#...s$G$k!#(B Gilles (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.jp)
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| | Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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(...) Agreed. You are doing a great service to all of us by finding and securing those scans, I'm sure I speak for many of us when I offer my profuse thanks! And further, the vast majority of sellers (excepting those who are flogging 1775 for 49.95) (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: RELEASE: LegoSim -- another LegOS Simulator
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Nice picture :-) I added this to the legOS tools page. Are you going to do 0.2.1? Markus. (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Mike's Train and Launch Command Auction Update 11
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Note: I will be unable to check my email Saturday, so there will be no advancing that day. 1. This is a Once, Twice, Sold auction. 2. To bid send email to mdarnett@nycap.rr.com. I will try to post updates daily. 3. Minimum raises: 0-$50 by $1, (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | How to McDonald's Sets Cheaper!
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I've gone to 2 McD's tonight looking to see if any of them have more than the 1st set, and no luck.. all we've got here is number 1 so far. Though I asked what the price was to get just the set... and was told 1.69 which I just laughed at and (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | legOS-0.2.1
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Hello, legOS 0.2.1 is out. No, I'm not working full time on legOS - this is just a day's work. Apart from minor bug fixes, a new file format for user programs is introduced, along with the tools to support it. The dynamic loader is a standalone C (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Curved Bridge Prototype Built
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I finally built my own curved bridge, mostly Technic but it uses some Basic too. I still need to wook out some probs but I'll fill you in on what parts have helped me out the most. If you have the 8480 (or 8456 or 8425, that all I see in my (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Junk Box #1 Thread
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That's why we call it the junk box! Glad you found some good stuff though!! and thanks for letting me know where it is. I'll be doing another update to the page later tonight or tomorrow, I've done most of the changes already, just haven't gotten (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: 1.0 to 1.5 upgrade
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(...) Maybe they want to get rid of the 1.0 sets, and to encourage that, they are not selling the 1.5 sets just yet. Instead, they will sell you a 1.0 set with a free upgrade. Now if they do that, why can't I get an upgrade for free? -Kekoa (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Scans of Constructopedia 1.0 English
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(...) If you look closely at the parts list in 1.0 vs 1.5, you will notice that the composition of pieces has changed in many ways. 1.0 has 26 2x4 bricks, and a couple 2x6 and 2x8 bricks for example. 1.5 has only 5 2x4 bricks, and no 2x6 or 2x8 (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Here is an insane price in an auction
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Out of curiousity I checked on the current high bidder, and if you think that is bad check out an auction he previously won. I wish I had that kind of money to blow on Legos! (URL) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Roboforce available thru UK club
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Many of you have the Christmas Bricks 'n' Pieces magazine, but no-one seems to have mentioned this. On the back cover amongst the Christmas Club Shop items, you'll see: Item 136 Robo Raptor @ £19.99 (AKA #2153 Robo Stalker) Item 135 Robo Blockbuster (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Bluewater - free LLW tickets
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If you spend over £25 (1) at the LEGO Shop, Bluewater (LSB) and you have a LEGO World Club discount flyer, you will be given a free entry ticket for LLW valid for the 1999 season, which runs to 3 January 2000. But... ...we have FOUR club memberships (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: DK books
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These two books are currently in stock at the LEGO Shop, Bluewater at £3.99 each, but as you know, there's a massive 5% discount until Sunday if you present one of those club flyers ;-) Jon. Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.books)
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| | Re: Starting IC with wizard
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I am not familiar with the "wizard" option. Please elaborate -p -- A healthy mind is an oxymoron! (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: bug in semaphore code (was Re: Announce: NQCIPC update
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(...) Robert, Cool stuff. I just added it here: (URL) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NZ spares stock buyout? (was Some disturbing news
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(...) The Service Packs that were not sold after being offered to retailers at 50% off are now on their way to Australia along with the remaining parts from the Spares Department. Grahame Reid (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Here is an insane price in an auction
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(URL) Since reading through the latest at Lugnet, I have seen a lot of posts regarding crazy high prices on eBay. Well, I think this one takes the cake. Worse than 2150 for $200+, even. If you are too lazy to look, its a 5571 at $255, not yet (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Fair Lego Seller's site?
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Reason #17 that I recieved from ended@ebay.com for cancelling an auction: 17. LINKS TO OTHER AUCTION SERVICES: eBay does not allow the listing of auctions which include links (static or live) to other online auction services. So calling it (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.general)
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| | Micromotor (was Re: Don't buy spares from TLG UK!)
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(...) I don't have any micromotors, so at Mindfest, I had to use some. I was disappointed that I had to test each one I used because about half of the micromotors in the bin didn't work :( --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (27 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO globe
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For those interested, here's proof that these days my whole world consists of LEGO bricks: LEGO-Earth (URL) Harshbarger / eric@ericharshbarger.org / www.ericharshbarger.org "Oh please, if people are going to start telling the truth around here... (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: LegOS newbie wants more info.
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Thanks Sergey. I was aware of Luis' fine HOWTO. I was actually trolling to see if Luis would offer a preview of the 0.2.0 version ;) I have never heard of doxygen but will grab a copy and see what that gives for documentation. Kevin (...) decided (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | bug in semaphore code (was Re: Announce: NQCIPC update
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Your semaphore acquire algorithm isn't too good. Here is your code: #define sem_acquire(s) until (s == 0); s = 1; If two tasks are waiting for the semaphore at the same time, it is quite likely that both will get it: // (s is currently nonzero) task (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Scans of Constructopedia 1.0 English
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Jesper: Thanks for posting the scans of the Constructopedia 1.5 last week. The comparison was fascinating, especially finding out what the "new" pieces were in the set. Some debate remains in my mind--has Lego made the RIS set slightly less valuable (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Fair Lego Seller's site?
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That sounds like an even better idea. OK - so to refine what John is suggesting.... How about something like this? A group gets set up - Fair Lego Sellers would be a good name, though I don't know if TLG would object to the use of 'Lego' in the (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Airplane #1775 Arrives!
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Simon, Thats a good idea. I also think some of the sellers who complain about these others selling ridiculously priced Lego should form some type of group (with a recognizable logo) to increase awareness. Something like the eBay Power Sellers (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Questions regarding a conceptual cargo elevator.
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Steve, Check out: (URL) appears to be similar to what you're looking for. It uses a gear rack assembly to push 1x16 beams in a scissor arrangement. as evah, John C. (...) [SNIP] (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Classic Tub on sale at Zellers
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In the Zellers flyer this week is an 800-piece "Classic Tub", which from the tiny picture looks like one of those rubbermaid-style rectangular plastic boxes, with a bubble pack stuck on top with some pieces in it, and what looks like a "canyon" (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Quickie Auction coming soon!
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Thanks, even though I link to you on my web page, and had seriously considered bricks when it first started, I didn't think about it today. I will consider that. Its still easier for me to write out a long post with all the descriptions and (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Don't buy spares from TLG UK!
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(...) <stuff deleted> Hello Simon; Did you try rotating the motor shaft by hand with power applied. Sometimes the micromotors will get stalled and be unable to unstall themselves. On the other hand, if the motor is defective, the LEGO Group should (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Airplane #1775 Arrives!
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(...) Would there be any problems with someone creating a web site - calling it something like say - www.auctioninfo.com, and using it to display all the information we gather about instances of this sort of thing - including identifying the sellers (...) (27 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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