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Further to previous post, it turned out that the Entertainer in Camberley did not have more sets than the ones my wife saw in the window and noted down I can confirm though, that as of Friday they seemed to have reasonable stocks of these. e.g. (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Level Crossing Barrier
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I've just acquired a Level Crossing(4539), along with a couple of extra sets, from a boot fair. Everything is in extremely good condition and only three items appear to be missing. These are the swing arms from the Level crossing, the little red (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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(...) As I've heard it from some knowledgeable people, according to TLG's contract with Lucas, Star Wars *IS* Space. LEGO can't put out any "flying spaceships" other than Star Wars sets, for the entire time of the contract. (four more years?) They (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Dungeon Master's Castle / Black Knight's Castle?
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(...) Yeah, I seem to remember red walls being used in the 200 idea book (one of the few I own)... Odd that they'd use parts that are so hard to come by... DaveE (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | BLACKTRON II MIB 1991 6981 Aerial Intruder Lego (Space)
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It is on ebay: (URL) reserve Current Price = $19 Ends Friday (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Soft Opening
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I am pleased to announce the soft opening of the Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club's web site. The IP address may change and the DNS entry is not set yet, but if you'd like to view the site during this soft opening, you can find it at (URL) Kelly (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Diana's train auction, update 11
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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 instructions but without the box. s = see (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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(...) I agree with this point 100%! The people who write letters and answer the phones over in Enfield or Billund usually don't know 99% of the finer points that über-nerds like ourselves are privy to. I'm willing to bet that his/her usage of the (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: My new Engine
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Thanks for the comments Larry and Ed. I stuck the space rocket piece on there as a quick fix, I plan on revisiting it soon. I also want to redo the fans on top with something larger than a 2x2 round plate. I also want to work on the front end a (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | SF Convention Robotics Demo
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Since Terry asked me over, and I hadn't noticed this group before... On October 23rd I did a robotics demo at a local SF convention in Denver Colorado. I was bummed this was on the same day as the SRS Robothon AND Mindfest, but, I made the best of (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 6977 Arachnoid Star Base
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(...) I just took a quick peek at Pause and you are absolutely right! Thanks for the correction. ..joseph g (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Dungeon Master's Castle / Black Knight's Castle?
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(...) The Guarded Inn comes with the regular walls as well as the corner walls in red with "Wattle and Daub". I can't think of any other set in all of Lego that had plain red walls. A strange side note is that the Guarded Inn is used in an idea book (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Busy Bee Castle News
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....and if you live in the UK the cost is £55 inc shipping. (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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(...) Yes. Spaceport is space, but not Space. (as other people have said before) But tell me this: Would you really say if something is Space or space JUST because they have helmets and airtanks? Like in the game Episode 1 Racer, you can podrace on (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Busy Bee Castle News
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I would estimate shipping to be $25-30. But, it is possible they have access to cheaper couriers than I do. I think it is still a good deal... and that is why I shared it. I'm sure they will flood ebay soon. Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | BURP Adventure (Re: Conclusion of the Halloween Lego Design Contest)
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(...) That is SO funny! Excellent details on the box (piece count, frowning child's face). It reminds me of those Wacky Packages stickers from the seventies. ..joseph g (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mechanics of proxy bidding?
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(...) It seems to me that if the assumption of how the proxy works is that a proxy will be raised to exceed any newer bid, then ALL proxy bids should be raised to at least that level, not just whichever proxy bid happens to be the one the step by (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Battle Droid
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"Tobias Möller" wrote: <snipsnip> (...) Enligt lådan så är den 35 cm hög, och det verkar stämma. Hos Stor & Liten här i Stockholm låg den på 299 spänn. Mvh, Johannes. (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Time available during 1 kHz system interrupt?
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Does anyone know the approximate amount of time available for user assembler programs which "add on" to the existing 1 kHz HB interrupt? Another way of stating that is...how much time is used by the 1kHz HB ISR code? --greg ***...*** * Greg Starr, (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Dungeon Master's Castle / Black Knight's Castle?
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(...) Yes. Yes it is. I've got 3 of 'em :) Did they ever come in red? I know the corner ones came in red in the Guarded Inn, but did they ever come as actual wall sections in red? DaveE (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Busy Bee Castle News
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(...) Hrmmm.... tempting. You mean it would be $70 or so plus shipping but that price already reflects the removal of your VAT? If shipping on those wouldn't be so horrible it would be worth it, but I bet it'll be $20 per set. (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: My new Engine
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It says Geep to me! Nice work. EL maroon is just about brown anyway. One nit (you *did* ask) is at the end of the high hood, if you could extend the triangular surface all the way to the top of the hood that would be better. Might be tricky to do (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | RE: fast firmware downloader
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(...) Great! I was using Borland C++ 3.0 because I happened to have the diskettes around. Remember when a C++ compiler fit on 5 (five) 3.5 diskettes? I have no problem with keeping the existing filename structure. It's readable, it serves the (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Official LEGO site has MindFest pics
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Sorry if anyone already posted this. I just saw it today. a NELUG mention (woo-hoo)! this URL is of an internal frame: (URL) from top URL to get to it propperly.) -Suz (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: fast firmware downloader
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(...) I agree with your reasoning. The compiler I have decided to use (Watcom C/C++ v.11 from Powersoft) will compile from the platform I am developing on (NT 4) to the desired executing platform (DOS) and will use long file names just fine. Other (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: My new Engine
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Hi Chris - Others will have more in-depth analysis, but I like your color scheme quite a bit. The brown merely reflects a weathered burgundy on live engines. Nice job! Ed (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Dungeon Master's Castle / Black Knight's Castle?
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<SNIP> (...) That would be me - I like 6074 because of the sheer walls that it has. I picture in deep in northern regions that is under snow 8 months of the year. Don't get me wrong - most of the older castles are great, but the problem with 6080 (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
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(...) you're (...) A flashlight is too big and heavy. A laser pointer is smaller and you´ll get a more compact design. --Tobias (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mandtal
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Hej Må jeg også være med? ;-) Er jeg den eneste fra Jylland? Christian Navn.........: Christian Lindblad Rasmussen Køn.........: M Fødselsår.........: 1968 Bopæl.........: Karup E-post.........: clr@dmi.dk Websted.........: LEGO-websted.........: (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.dk)
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| | Idea: Automatic garage
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Have you ever heard of automatic garages? Well, you drive your car onto a platform. Then, the platform starts moving around in the garage and when the computer on it finds a free parking lot, it´ll leave the car there. So, this is my idea: You drive (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | How can I connect 100 photocells to my handyboard?
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Hi, For a project I'm working on, I need to track the output of one hundred (100) photocells. I don't need great accuracy on any of them, but maybe a ten-step resolution at the most. Is there a relatively standard or well-known method to gather (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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Paul Baulch wrote ... (...) Well, maybe, but if they have a Star Wars logo, and it´s printed Star Wars on the package, then... Well, I don´t know. Maybe they could think like that, but... I´ll get my answers in December. (...) I have heard that (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: UK 1999 catalogue #3!
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(...) Up here in the frozen North I've only seen one catalogue this year. And we didn't get another with our bricks n pieces Christmas mag (I say our, because it's my daughter's mag really ;) Ian Bishop, Ayrshire, UK (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: UK to US money transfers
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(...) Whoops, someone better enlighten me here! Offline if you don't mind, to avoid embarrassment :) Ian Bishop, Ayrshire, UK (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Battle Droid
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LOL eller MAS (Massor Av Skratt)! Så petig är jag inte ;-) (...) MAS "Stjärnkrig, avsnitt 1, Det svenska namnet är Stjärnornas krig. (...) Korrekt språkbruk är "nabooianska" ;-) Turligt nog är de ganska (...) Efternamnet är Binks. Jag vet det här, (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Personal Pirates Trivia
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In fact, mail me the pics, or email me the scans, and _I'll_ put them up on _my_ site. Is that being a little over-eager? And do I give a rats? :-) Richard Still baldly going... Speak to the Governor at (URL) pi++ is,ia-]++ AD++ NI+ TO---- S+ LS- A+ (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Glen's 3rd Lego Auction - 11/1 Update
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Welcome to Glen's third assorted Lego set auction. Listed below are the sets I am selling. This e-mail is separated into three sections. First is the listing of the sets for sale and the current price. Second is a detailed list of the set containing (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Check out this auction!
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I know, I know...this is not the right group for auction announcements, but I think this one might qualify as an exception. Here is a link to an eBay auction where someone (not me) is selling 16,000 Modulex bricks: (URL) looks like a really nice and (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: 1.0 to 1.5 upgrade
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FWIW The LEGO shop, Bluewater, UK on Saturday had the following: RIS 1.0 RIS 1.5 DDK RDS The RDS box said it would allow connection to a PC with a future expansion kit, as we already know. They also had the Technics StarWars Battle Droid - about £20 (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | My new Engine
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Hi! I finally built a decent engine that I am proud enough to show everybody. It's a model of an EMD GP35 run by the ERIE-LACKAWANNA railroad. Since I am a relatively new trainhead, I am interested in any feedback this group has. I would also like (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | RE: walker that turns?
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I have several walkers that turn at: (URL) of the walkers turn like a treaded tank, but one uses a middle leg to "rotate" when it is time to turn. Have fun building your walker.... Rich Thompson (URL) Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | ABC News coverage of "Astronaut Companion" Robot
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Since kids will have seen this on TV, it may be part of the current popular view of "Robots".. The link is: (URL) abstract: This Personal Satellite Assistant, or PSA, will hover in the weightlessness of space. It’s like having a buddy there to help (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Busy Bee Castle News
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Further Simon's post RE Busy Bee, I called them. It appears they are due a number of 6090 "Royal Knight's Castle" castles. They will be selling them for UKP50 (~$70 exc vat). They are due in stock in around 3-4 weeks time. See the set at (good pic) (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | RCX Byte Code listings
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Hi, I am looking for the most detailed version of the RCX Byte Code syntax available does anybody know where I can find such a document. If possible I would also like to find a copy of the Hitachi assembly code syntax. D Myers (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | IC&M Signal Tower [DAT]
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Here is the IC&M signal tower. 1 of these goes each side of the station, both facing the same way. It is supposed to be like the "traffic light" signal towers that you see on railroads all around the world. 0 IC&M Signal Tower 0 Author: Jonathan (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | 6125 Sea Sprint 9 [DAT]
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0 6125 Sea Sprint 9 0 Author: Jonathan Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3032.DAT 1 0 -20 -10 0 0 -1 0 0 0 -1 1 0 0 3633.DAT 1 0 20 -10 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 -1 0 0 3633.DAT 1 0 30 -24 -50 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3005.DAT 1 0 -30 -24 -50 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | 6115 shark scout [DAT]
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0 6115 shark scout 0 author: Jonathan Wilson 1 0 0 0 30 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3020.DAT 1 0 0 0 -50 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3020.DAT 1 0 -30 -8 -50 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 2540.DAT 1 0 30 -8 -50 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2540.DAT 1 0 30 -8 30 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2540.DAT 1 (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | 1749 aquanauts paravane [DAT]
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Someone on RTL wanted .dat file of the aquazone sets... here they are (well some of them anyway) 0 1749 aquanauts paravane 0 author: Jonathan wilson 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3020.DAT 1 14 0 -8 30 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2419.DAT 1 0 0 -8 -40 1 0 0 (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Site--Comments?
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Hi All, For the ThinkQuest 2000 contest (www.thinkquest.com or org, i forget which) I was putting together a Mindstorms site with a group of two friends. I was wondering what people on the the newsgroup/list thought of the site in its under (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: 1.0 to 1.5 upgrade
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(...) It might be that it can - but you won't find any menus in RIS 1.5 program that let's you use the software for the Scout - I strongly believe this will be with a Scout version 1.5 (or 2.0 - depends). They still have to market the Scout in (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | FA : FABULAND
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Lego Fabuland : 8286 "Mayor's House" (URL) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Dungeon Master's Castle / Black Knight's Castle?
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(...) 6074 is ok but 6073 is better. it is one of the best castles (along with 6080) that TLG has ever made. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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Hi Ray and all, Just another mail about McDonalds, but this is in Holland (...) There eight basic LEGO sets and 1 DUPLO set (1614) a crocodile in the action in Holland available. All available for approx 2 USD. Greetings Nico (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Battle Droid
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Hej Tobias! Tobias Möller skrev... (...) En "battle droid" (ursäkta användandet av engelska :) kan översättas till "stridsrobot", det är en av de nya figurerna i "Stjärnkrig, avsnitt 1, Det mörka hotet". Stridsroboten kommer i flera tusental och (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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Tobias Möller wrote in message ... (...) Space. (...) in (...) Yeah, but why would TLG necessarily use this reasoning[1]? For all we know the TLG person answering your mail might think that SW counts as Space, or even the whole company might think (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: walker that turns?
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(...) There are probably many ways for a walker to turn. A simple one is the "triple gait cycle hexapod", which can walk both forwards and backwards, in addition to turning either way. I have made a triple gait cycle hexapod based on the Cybermaster (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Need ideas for vehicle
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Jon Palmer wrote in message ... (...) Do it!!!!! Paul [My page: (URL) Update soon!] (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Dungeon Master's Castle / Black Knight's Castle?
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Grahame Reid wrote in message <381B6251.6B2E8878@i....co.nz>... (...) Really? Why? I've never had one, but from the pictures it looks very "stunted", a humungous gatehouse with a paltry bit of wall stuck 'round the back. You're certainly not the (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: skully.gif
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(...) i thought i saw a voodoo man, but this thread made me look, like a gillian anderson fan. later ~ craig (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: McDonalds Info
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(...) christian ~ hi. the pink birdie planes are my favorites of the wretched mc-d sets. i guess being indescribly disturbed is not as bad as being repulsed, so.... brasso metal polish works like majick to remove pre-printed images from lego pieces (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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(...) What do you mean trashed? do you mean that they were all snapped up by the collectors and they had none left for the happy meals? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Scout secrets revealed
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Even som more Additional observations: - I made up a program to blink a spot on a computer screen as if it where a barcdode, but didn't succeed in triggering either the Code Pilot or the Scout. Don't know if it's fundamental or just in execution. - (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: UK to US money transfers
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(...) Ian, please dont say "people with very sensitive hooters" as I get into a fit of laughter every time I read your line ,-) -breiler (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Holiday Catalog-2000 Adventurers
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(...) eh, about the dark, not americans... -breiler (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 1.0 to 1.5 upgrade
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Kekoa Proudfoot wrote in message ... (...) My question too. I paid for both the RIS 1.0 and the Scout, but 'll be missing out on the new software to control the Scout from pc, which is in the RIS 1.5 update. I strongly believe this 'patch' should (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Chatting?
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I was wondering if "lugnetters" happen to hang out on any IRC servers/channels in the vast waste of cyberspace....*blinks* hey, a pun. Kya (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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* Mike Walsh (mike_walsh@mindspring.com) [991029 14:47]: (...) Here in Pacifica (Just South of San Fran) in Sunny CA: $1.99 each, 10 max. I think this place got trashed with the Beanie Baby toys, so maybe they're being 'cautious'. Ciao! (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: McDonalds Info
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Okay, so now that I have 2 pink "Birdie" plans, how do I remove the "Birdie" off the pink slope? I'm usually against altering legos (It disturbs me in ways I cannot discribe), these repulse me. I'm rather anti-McDonalds. Going to be a hard month for (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Is this true???
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* Todd Lehman (lehman@javanet.com) [991026 22:20]: (...) Oh, you have only the non-firing US cannons? *ducks* Ciao! (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: skully.gif
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Where is it? I can´t find it! Nice Halloween-design, Todd! --Tobias (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: skully.gif
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(...) Suzanne made Skully specially last year for Halloween '98, but he had so much fun last year that decided that he would like to show up again this year as the mascot for Halloween '99. (But he's a bit shy this year, and only peeks out about 1/4 (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Three point targeting system
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I thought of an idea, Im sure has been used before. Where you have three sensors (ie light or ir) equidistant on an arc and they are all pointing towards the center of the arc. So that when they are all the same value the source is both right in (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 760 piece buckets
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(...) Are you guys talking about the red fences? I have two of the tubs, and all of my red fences seem to be fine... Bryan (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: fast firmware downloader
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(...) Sorry, but I'm going to be stubborn on this one. I abhor short (often cryptic) filenames. In the NQC source tree, almost every class is in its own file, which is of course named after the class. So in a sense, truncating the filenames is more (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: lego Technic "class"
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I know one thing that can ruin a motor.... Never drop it shaft down on the ground, even in dirt. I was carrying it across my yard, and it fell, and now will not work anymore. The shaft was jammed back inside the motor. If your motor will not turn at (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Top Ten Toys on A&E
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Hello Everyone, I'm not sure if this is the right group for this post, but I think it's close. My apologies in advance if this has already been mentioned in another group. I didn't see it anywhere, so I thought I'd bring it up. I saw a show on A&E (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 760 piece buckets
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(...) I just rechecked all mine and out of 48, 2 of them have a missing chunk out of the middle and some flash on teh back. The missing piece is identical, which looks like a mould fault to me. Time to call Lego and complain. Kevin (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: "Buying Lego" FAQ to link auctions to
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Here's a first draft of the first few questions - comments please! Buying Lego FAQ Before reading the individual questions and answers, there are four resources you should know about which may well, between them, give you the answer to these and (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: walker that turns?
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(...) I think I've seen four-legged walkers that turn the same way that a tank tread vehicle turns -- walk the two legs on one side forward and the other side backwards. Not the most efficient way to do this, but possibly the easiest to construct. (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego parts are featured in mcdonalds (Canada) happy meals currently
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(...) Same "campaign" is going on here in Sweden... //Harri Manni - 070-5850517 -"Do not take life too seriously.You will never get out alive." (26 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab
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A new newsgroup/mailing-list lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab has just been created. ROBOLAB is a cross-platform (PC & Mac) graphical environment for programming the LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ Robotics Invention System (e.g., RCX). ROBOLAB, like NQC, does not (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: lego Technic "class"
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(...) Nice pictures! Now Merlin, my black long-hair cat is telling me to go for it! I guess I'll have to rip into my half-dead motor to see what's inside there. Since it's not reliable, I've got less to lose by (gasp!) cutting the plastic or (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | ------( Welcome to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab )------
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Welcome to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab (group): Focused discussion group for ROBOLAB, a graphical environment for programming the LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ RIS: questions, comments, (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: 8448
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D Garcia wrote in message ... (...) Yes as a matter of fact, TRU has it... (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.ama)
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| | Re: Mc Donalds Duplo
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Thats correct, I bought one of those today. The info is.... Lego Duplo polybag Set # 1759 Age: 1 1/2 - 5 Pieces: 7 The polybag has no mention of McDonald's on it, but instead says "Special offer inside". Another oddity: this one is made in (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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(...) looking (...) I am well protected by hundreds of Police, equipped with choppers, motercycles, paddywagons and 20 or so department headquarters. :-) (Too bad they don't have guns. Of course, my cowboys have guns and cannons to help) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Link to great sale at KBkids (+other sets)
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(...) Thanks for posting this. I ordered 5 of each, for just $161.60. I guess I could have ordered more of the 6441's, but I mainly want to part those out except for a couple of pieces, and I'm not sure how "popular" those pieces I don't want will (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 760 piece buckets
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(...) I got 3 from 4 boxes yesterday. Yes, that is exactly the miscasting I have too...except as well as the flash, there is a missing bit of the fence. James (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: set 2851 Dino Bucket
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(...) of (...) Hi Grahame Thanks for your response, you too Heather :-) I contacted the shop again, and the set number was correct, I don't have this in any of my catalogues, its not on pause, and when I tried finding it in the Japanese catalogue as (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: My first DAT file!
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(...) The reason is *either* - the normal pin doesn't seat well inside the 1x1 round because it is slightly longer/shorter/too wide/too narrow (choose one) OR - I had a lot of those other pins when I built it and not very many of the normal kind but (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Duplo building plate
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(...) Hi Ray, Well, it depends on what color and size it is. The red (2306) and green(2304) large building plates (24 by 24 studs) are both still widely available here (Australia) although the green was discontinued in this years catalogue. There (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: New model Y-Wing
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John VanZwieten wrote in message ... (...) Yes it is. I try so hard to make a non-astromech vessle but I always end up putting one in there. (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: what is the main purpose of datsville?
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It's a dats town, a town made of Lego, a town for virtual minifigs to live and work in. It sure seems that there is enough employment opportunities in Datsville for everyone. I expect to see more businesses when we get more residents. It's just a (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LEGO Meeting in Northern Virginia!!!!
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(bigger post to follow up on what Jeff said :-) ...The Northern Virginia LEGO Train Club (NOVALTC) is meeting Thursday, 4th November in Rosslyn, Va at 6pm until we get bored (usually around 10:30pm or so)! We will be setting up lots of track and (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.loc.us.va)
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| | Re: bug in semaphore code (was Re: Announce: NQCIPC update
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Todd, this is CoolBut: It does not appear to appear from NNTP. Is it your intention to have, um.. lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc.code ?? I like the idea a lot of having a code repository... (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: McDonalds Info
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I just picked up the first four sets. I had to go to about 8 McD's though. Most had just 1 and 2. The pink in #3 is the same 'darker' pink as in the Belville sets. There are 3 2x8s, 1 4x4, and the 2x3 printed slope in the pink color. Joe (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: lego Technic "class"
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Stephen, I have had one RIS motor fail shortly after first use, apparently developing a shorted armature winding. Symptom: hard to rotate fast by hand. OK very slow. Under power: ran rough and slow, made humming noise I suspect was once-per-motor (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | eToys is online for the UK
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I'm not sure if this was ever mentioned before. eToys is online in the UK. (URL) have a seperate site than the US site. Julie (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | eToys now has Dacta
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I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before, eToys has Dacta. Good to know if they have a sale, or you have coupons. Other than that,you're probaby better off going thru Glen. (URL) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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