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(...) to (...) Hi, check my fence last night and got one with a bar missing in the middle, it's the part #8 of the mold #18, also have 4 other from the same mold slot and there all ok. will try to have a replacement from CA but defenetivly keep the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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I don't know the right name in english for this ice cream thing. It's mini-fig scale and I must say MLCAD is a dream come true! 0 Ice Cream 0 Name: icecream.dat 0 Author: Paulo Caparica Junior 0 Unofficial Model 1 0 0 0 20 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2496.DAT (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat)
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| | Dk UK Lego Tour (was Re: Lego event in Glasgow)
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Well it would appear that the event in Glasgow is not a one off but part of a tour organised by Dorling Kindersley! Full details can be found at (URL) all started in early October but there are still 4 dates left in November. Nov 6th Big Ben (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Time available during 1 kHz system interrupt?
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Interesting discussion but it raises a few more questions. Are there any (bad) side effects when user code that is inserted in the ISR takes longer to execute than the 1 msec interrupt cycle. From experience it appears that the ISR runs on the next (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Allhelgonaerbjudande hos KF
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Johannes Keukelaar skrev... (...) bilden stämmer inte med den jag såg. Detta kan vara slottet ur en annan vinkel. Jag ska åka och kolla. (...) Man måste gå till någon butik 1) Som har lådan och 2) Som tar KF-kort som betalningsmedel. Sedan kan man (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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craig hamilton wrote in message ... (...) So you gonna do us a Kenny minifig head for us, Craig? Couldja? Couldja pleeeeese???? ;-) Paul (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Parallax wrote in message ... (...) Billund (...) are (...) just a (...) in (...) I think that we uber-nerds know a little too much for our own good.... and speculate a thousand times as much. I don't blame them for trying to keep their lives as (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Trein set 4560
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(...) Barry, Dat is goed nieuws, Barry. Overigens een flater van LEGO dat ze dit soort sets niet meteen uit hunzelf "wereldwijd" op de markt zetten. Het is alle steentjes nog aan toe de vierde treinset die niet bij ons verkrijgbaar was. Kan jij na (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: ABC News coverage of "Astronaut Companion" Robot
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Not to be a nudge back at you, but I believe that they DO use fans. The information that I saw regarding these gave me the impression that they were for INSIDE the spacecraft. Where there would be plenty of air, in use for other relatively mundane (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: Met onze LEGO naar een modelspoorbeurs
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(...) Mij interesse gaat ook het meest naar Lego treinen uit, en ik vind dit een prima initiatief. (...) Niet specifiek op dit gebied, maar er is wel een algemene vereniging voor LEGO- bouwers en -verzamelaars, "de Bouwsteen" genaamd. Als het voor (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: Allhelgonaerbjudande hos KF
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(...) Kan det vara 6097, (URL) Enda haken är att man måste vara medlem, dvs ha ett KF-kort. Men sen kan man köpa den i vilken Stor och Liten som helst till special pris? Eller vart går man? (...) Mvh, Johannes. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Battle Droid
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(...) bilen? Det parkerar bilen själv. Kör upp en liten bil på en plattform och plattformen söker upp ett ledigt utrymme, lämpar av bilen där och åker tillbaka. --Tobias (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: stupid question
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On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Mike Stanley (<slrn81t0pg.s4.cjc@....utk.edu>) wrote at 05:08:34 (...) Not to me. I rather thought there were many groups here on Lugnet so that people could tune in to their specific interest. Jon has tried to make an on topic (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Allhelgonaerbjudande hos KF
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Det låter ju bra! Tyvärr är jag inte medlem i KF... :'( *sniff* (...) Hästar är rara djur ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Top Ten Toys on A&E
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Ian Sinclair wrote in message <381f598e.4939656@ma...on.com>... (...) Apparently the toys had to be an American invention. With the apparent exception of the yo-yo. And that's probably only because they stuffed up their research and thought that it (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: possibilities - 4558, 4559, 2150 (2), etc
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(...) Ya, I know what that is like. Take a look at the older pictures on my web page, and at the new ones (NL... are newer). Anyway, it took around 3-4 full evenings for the 2 of us to take apart the majority of the city, then another 2 evenings to (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Engine Speed Regulation
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(...) (yes, they do regulate power, but I'm used to models not full size, where the water is of more concern usually than the power. Larry, take a look at (URL) some pics of my engines. For info, the Britannia (the green railway engine!) is very (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.trains)
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| | Animated V8
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Just for the fun of it¹, I animated the pistons and crankshafts and rods of a V8 engine. You can't see much of the rods, unfortunately, as the engine blocks aren't transparent. If I had chosen to keep the engine blocks transparent, the rendering (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | FT/FS Mint 8880 Box
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Does nyone want this? I'll exchange it for 3 pritate figures if the other party is will to pay all the shipping costs. Scott A (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | FA : 17 Technic Lots on EBAY (inc 8880 parts)
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Technic MISB 8417 Mag Wheel Master Lego Technic (URL) 1997 8299 Search Sub Lego Technic (URL) 1995 8280 Fire Engine Lego Technic (URL)MISB LEGO Technic 8210 Nitro Bike GTX . (...) (URL) 8880 Technic Super Car Parts : Parts 6 (URL) Technic 8880 Super (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) Hey! I have seen a woman's chest before (once or twice mebbe with no more than a plexiglass' distance between myself and the object of my desire, coins at the ready), BUT I still reserve the right to act immaturely about it...especially if its (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Allhelgonaerbjudande hos KF
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Hejsan! KF (kooperativa förbundet), dvs Konsum, Obs!, Robin Hood etc har ett Halloween special-erbjudande med Lego. De erbjuder bla Greve Fladdermus Borg för 374.50, vilket är ett antal hundralappar billigare än vanligt. Asken innehåller, förutom en (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Battle Droid
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Tobias Möller skrev... (...) Nej, inte jag heller, men jag passade på att retas lite. ;) (...) Jo, det vet jag också, fast översatt tillbaka till engelska blir det "War of the Stars" och det är inte korrekt. Stjärnkrig däremot blir Star War(s) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: SW9 model
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Larry Pieniazek wrote... (...) You may wish to try: l3p -check <your-model> I just did this on an old installation of LDraw I had, and it showed an error in part 2875, which was "Official LCad update 97-01". 2875 was fixed in 98-09. So, if you have (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Isn't that a prejudice against bust-challenged women? (Besides, I agree with what your wife appearantly doesn't like about the fig) Eric (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 1.0 to 1.5 upgrade
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(...) Thanks for the info! It 'll save me $25 and a big disappointment. Eric (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Scout secrets revealed
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Robert Munafo wrote in message ... (...) The URL I gave is just as real ;-) I prefer people to use the latter URL since it enables them to navigate the site. Eric (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | oops, message actually HERE
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Sorry, hit the wrong key and sent The message before it was done! I posted some more underwater related lots to eBay (URL) [MN] NEW Lego: 2 Raised Blue Baseplates 192603057 $9.99 - - 1 - 11/01/99 11/04/99, 23:49:52 PST 2d 23h 51m [MN] NEW Lego 10 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Scout secrets revealed
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Hao-yang Wang wrote in message ... (...) a (...) So far, the Scout hasn't responded to the barcodes, it only emits it at certain points in its program. As I recall, in power mode it emits a barcode when you touch 'C'-motor on the remote, but this (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | [MN] eBay - Diver Mini-Figs, Undewater Baseplates, Sharks, Octopus
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(25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Met onze LEGO naar een modelspoorbeurs
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Het volgende bericht heb ik net naar de organisatie van Eurospoor gestuurd. ---...--- Medewerker Eurospoor, Op uw weblocatie staat dat het met 'goede argumenten' mogelijk is om niet-commerciel tegen een geringe vergoeding deel te nemen aan (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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I don't know what all the fuss is about. It's just a woman's breasts for crying out loud. You guys HAVE seen a woman's chest before, haven't you? Don't act so immature about it. If you think that tits are offensive and might cause issues, look back (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Check out this auction!
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Not directly related with this auction, but what is strange to me that they have patent rights of their product, even in Turkey, and during 60's. The first Lego sets ever been imported and started to have been seen on shelves of stores are in 1984 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 3039 Adventures plane
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I got this cute Adventures Plane for Halloween in a zip loc bag eveything is there.I found it at work on my desk so I have know idea where it came from? I have never seen this before and thanks for your help, From Andy (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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In lugnet.general, Mike Stanley quotes his wife as saying: (...) O man, she SO doesn't want to see my nude lego mini-stickers. I have a whole paradisa nude beach thing going on... And I am afraid I based my female's bust on Craig Hamilton's Vampira (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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You know, it's interesting that I see at least 2 sellers, both from SoCal, that say they have 50 or more complete sets. I wonder if someone is buying/bribing/stealing them from a distribution point down there? I hope one of you manages to find out, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Need Balls!
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I just received the message below from Mary at FLL, apparently you can order directly from them. Hope that helps, - Ben. ---...--- Ben Williamson benw@pobox.com (URL) Forwarded message ---...--- Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 10:11:18 -0500 From: Mary T. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Wow! This is a good set!
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(...) It´s this town Jr thing. But isn´t the mail man sort of town Jr? I have noticed, that while large town sets become bad, the smaller ones are really good. Like the chopper cop, it´s great. --Tobias (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Wow! This is a good set!
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In my local toy store here in Sweden. It´s discontinued here as well, but they still have it. --Tobias (...) bad. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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Alex wrote... (...) one (...) You took the words right out of my mouth ;-) (...) before) (...) JUST (...) Racer, (...) We´ll see about that! Okay, so I haven´t got it yet, but when I get it... and when Nintendo releases network capabilities for (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Coby Bassett's raytraced versions of Karim Nassar's microfig SW models (was: Re: BURP Adventure)
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Ooh, big problem - I finally decide to start digging through my pieces to build these "sets", and (URL) gives "File Not Found" Anyone have the current URL to Karim's page? (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Help needed reviving my HB
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Hello, Sorry, I made a mistake. "74HC244 was dead" should be read as "74HC373 was dead" This is the one soldered on the board directly without socket. It is located underneath the SRAM. Removing all ICs except 74HC132, 62256 SRAM, and MC68HC11 CPU (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: instruction scans on McDonald's web site
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Hmm, this definately throws a new variable into the mix! It looks like it's even an official LEGO page, since the red logo appears the page. Remember what I said about an official page having to be "perfect"? KL (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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Oh my God! it's Kenny! KL (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: this is another strange auction
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Hey, the sets are in LA, you are in NoCal, so you could insist on paying for them in person and picking them up ;-) Visit LLC while you're down there ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: possibilities - 4558, 4559, 2150 (2), etc
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(...) <list snipped> I'm facing this myself. I'm moving in 3 weeks and I've spent over 8 hours packing up LEGO and I'm only about 1/2 done. On the bright side, I'll be getting a LARGE portion of the basement for my LEGO space. Rob +---...---+ | Rob (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | FA(eBay): 1x1 rounds, octagons, pirate masts & rigging, more
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140 grey 1x1 round bricks (URL) PURPLE pieces (URL) black 2x4x2 bricks with side holes (URL) black & grey hinges (URL) ship masts and rigging (URL) octagonal columns (URL) and black octagonal columns (URL) grey gray octagonal columns (URL) Email: (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | FA(eBay): platforms, MT windscreens, thinwalls, baseplates, tan stuff
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4 train/dock platforms (URL) thick green bases 12x24x1 (URL) tan baseplates 16x32 (URL) Model Team 5x10x3 windscreens (URL) TAN parts w. clips or pins (URL) black 3x2 angled bricks (URL) tan 1x4x3 thinwalls (URL) black 1x4x3 thinwalls (URL) Email: (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: propellors wanted cheap!
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(...) I remember scoring a whole bunch of the black ones from someone's Timeship bulk purchase--I too use them on aircraft. I only have one of the grey 7-stud two-blade segments; a good source for them is the Time Tunnelator/Time Machine promo pack (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) It seems that TLG would be heading more towards the 14th/15th/16th centuries, and strongly into modern-day France and Italy, if they pursued a hat and armour configuration like that (or, in the case of the neo-Wench, the hair, eyes, and dress (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: possibilities - 4558, 4559, 2150 (2), etc
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(...) Oh, and I just realized I actually have 2 4559's. The other one is new in a sealed box. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: stupid question
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(...) My bad, I just saw all the "reference" headers. Feh. Here's one more! (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: stupid question
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(...) ...and even more so because he's actually posting a new thread to ask how to post a new thread, rather silly when you stop to think about it. D'oh! LFB. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | How to Post (was: "stupid question")
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(...) To be fair, the original question should be answered here for the record. You must "drill down" to a specific newsgroup in order to post. (Choose from the list of links at the top of the page.) Once you are down in the hierarchy at least one (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Our Trip to the LEGO Store...
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Patricia Schempp wrote in message ... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) learn (...) the (...) packs (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Did she mention where in Virginia this other store will be located? Hopefully it will be somewhere along the I-95 corridor, my (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: stupid question
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(...) Especially since he's asking how to post a new thread here that he apparently doesn't intend to follow...? (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: stupid question
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(...) Wow, that's violating one of the core rules of behaviour for discussion groups. Here's what it sounds like to us: Hey, I can't figure this out, so I want one of you people to help me. Oh, but don't post it here, because my time is too valuable (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Engine Speed Regulation
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Well, James corrected me and he's right(1). The Throttle is a restrictor (if you look up throttle, one meaning is to cut off airflow) in the steamline. Restricting the flow reduces the pressure in the steam chest. However most valve gear (cf. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Home layouts
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(...) I finally got around to putting some pictures of my layout (and other stuff) on my webpage.. (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Bulkhead Flat [DAT]
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Here's one more. MLCad is addicting! This is a bulkhead flat, used in the US for loads that don't need weather protection, but which are large enough or high enough that there is a danger of them shifting off the ends of the car, hence the end (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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Is it just me... or does that Arctic Dude look like Kenny from South Park? (I loathe the show, but I've seen it enough to recognize him) Chris <>< (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) Wow! After looking at the full size image, I'm blown away as well... "She's a little busty, wouldn't you say? She look's like my kind of girl!" I don't even collect the Castle theme. :-) <ICS> (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | stupid question
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this is a very stupid question but how do i post a new thread? please email me at orbitalstarcraft@hotmail.com because I don't check this newsgroup. thanks - Jon (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: idiot's guide to programming the rcx
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(...) The almost universal answer to the question "what is the best/easiest alternative programming language for the RCX" is three little letters: "NQC." If you are at all comfortable with programming in a "scripted" language like BASIC, then you (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) more articulately drawn. hmmm... "i'm not really bad; i'm just drawn that way!" please refer your wife to my custom VAMPIPRA fig (in this week's clsotw, ~the halloween lego design contest~ for a _real_ mini-fig lady of the evening. ;-) later ~ (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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explain this: (URL) wife, and several friends around the country are diligently hunting for these things - is this an employee or what? Gene W EugweCoral Eugwe@yahoo.com (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | My first Ldraw...
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Hey guys, I extremely new to ldraw. and I don't know what is wrong with my model but when ever i try to put one of those large 10x4x2-1/3 capopies is offset from my models about half a stud and it's making me very angry. if anyone knows whats wrong, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Castle 2000 Eye-candy
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(...) The odd secret door, trap door, or even Willa the Witch isn't a bad thing. The bad thing is when these elements, which should *only* be novelties, become the bread and butter of the theme. I think most of us would agree that such trends mean (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) Wow, my wife's initial comment on the new "princess" minifig... "She's a little busty, wouldn't you say? She look's like a whore." (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Help needed reviving my HB
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Hello Edward and everyone, There are several causes that the Handyboard won't boot. 1) 62256 SRAM was dea 2) 74HC244 was dead 3) The Handyboard cannot put into bootstrap mode You can try to do the followings: Removes all the ICs on Handyboard except (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: walker that turns?
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It's fairly simple with a tripod gait. First, get it working walking forward ... watch how it walks until you understand what is happening. Then reverse the action to get your 'bot to walk backwards. Watch it for awhile more. Now to turn left have (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Castle 2000 Eye-candy
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(...) Lets hope for more castle wall elements and none of the crappy parts they had in ninja and fright knights etc (revolving door pieces, burps, trap door pieces etc etc) Mabie someone at TLG accually listened to our wishes for better castle. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Castle 2000 Eye-candy
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(...) Lets hope for more castle wall elements and none of the crappy parts they had in ninja and fright knights etc (revolving door pieces, burps, trap door pieces etc etc) Mabie someone at TLG accually listened to our wishes for better castle. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | possibilities - 4558, 4559, 2150 (2), etc
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Just wondering what this would go for. Not 100% sure I want to sell, am 100% sure I don't want to bother with an auction. Call me crazy, call me not looking forward to moving an entire room full of Lego sets and bricks. 4558 - new, sealed in box. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: SW9 model
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(...) The train motor decorative clip pieces (are they wat you are looking for) have been made as of a few updates ago. The hovercraft bumpers have not been made. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: walker that turns?
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(...) <De-lurk> What about making the legs on one side take shorter steps? Seems like the Imperial Walkers were pretty clumsy beasts, and a slow-plodding turn like this would be appropriate. My $0.02... - Christian <Lurk> (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Our Trip to the LEGO Store...
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(...) I would like to say, for the record, that we didn't actually get lost. We just came back a different way then we had gone. And the stop at Wal-mart to look at a map was just to make sure we were going the right way (which we were). (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Top Ten Toys on A&E
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<stuff deleted> (...) I'm glad you mentioned this Alan. I missed the program, but will catch a rerun. A&E has taken both barrels from dozens of LEGO fans posting their disbelief that LEGO was not in the Top Ten; even #1 in many people's opinion. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) Mmmmm.... withholding judgement until I see the sets themselves. Not sure I care for that helmet, but they both look interesting... (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Millennium City - Princess Wharf
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I've changed the pic on the rather spartan looking Millennium City webpage. This time it's a pic of an activity that's pretty common on Princess Wharf - Millennium Harbour. Design Notes: Millennium Harbour is to the west of City Central. Access is (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.town)
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For those that are interested, Dave Eaton, Shaun Sullivan, and Eric Kingsley have set up the NELUG Star Wars display in the store window of The Construction Site in Waltham MA. (URL) can see some pictures at the NELUG site. Unfortunately because it (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Our Trip to the LEGO Store...
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So my best friends Ben Roller and Michael Hader and I went to the LEGO store in North Georgia. It was a pleasnt two hour drive, my air conditioner broke but the temp was bearable. We looked around and found out a few things. Seems this actually will (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: My first DAT file!
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(...) See my second model... posted to lugnet.cad.dat.models You may have to cut-n-paste the model out and look at it in MLCad though as LDLite gets stuck close to the end. I would really like to know what the issue is there... it makes me loath to (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Help needed reviving my HB
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Hi Everybody, Ensio, I'm having a very similyar problem, but with an interesting twist! Check this out! I still don't have any idea what is going on here... None of these have expansion cards. I have 5 HB's from when this robotics class was taught 2 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Engine Speed Regulation
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Thanks for the explanation! (Wow, so it is really possible to explain how the steam engine works without using a single picture!) (...) This looks like the PWM (pulse width modulation) method RCX uses to control its motor powers. Why the steam (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Chicago Legofest
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(...) That sounds great! I'll definitely come out for the Mindstorms convention, so a Legofest does sound in order. I could *try* to get my house for a *small* event on Friday or Saturday night (there's a Holiday Inn in the area, and John you have (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
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| | a solicitation?
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(URL) me that isn't a solicitation for people to email this guy and buy more copies of his wares... Now, I am not the kind of guy who turns in bidders to eBay on TOS violations but this inconsistent enforcement does get me kind of steamed. PS, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Castle 2000 Eye-candy
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Is it just me, or does that eskimo dude look like... KENNY! Think about it... We all know minifigs are kind of stocky. So is Cartman and everyone else on that misbegotten show How long before we see some pics of that fig: - under the wheels of some (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: How to McDonald's Sets Cheaper!
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Here in Knoxville the Happy meals are $1.59 without a drink (plain Hamburger) - the same price for just the toy; however... Afriend I have scouting for me in Huntsville, AL gets 2 sets and a large drink for $2.73 - 0.99 for the drink, 0.49 each set (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | instruction scans on McDonald's web site
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McDonald's has the instructions for the 8 new happy meal promo sets on its web site: (URL) Tim Buchheim (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Cat by the tail!
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(URL) has several "kits" that are designed for classrooms. The RIS can be purchased in bulk (4 Mindstorms bricks) plus 1600 other pieces. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: SW9 model
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Wow! Larry is making cad models! :) I had the same exact (as far as I can tell) problem. Saw the whole thing in MLCAD, but not with LDLite. So it isn't just you... John Matthews Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Time available during 1 kHz system interrupt?
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Hi Greg, It all depends. Various features of the HB can be turned on and off to change the amount of work done in the main ISR. By default the code uses 300ms to execute. The file lib_hb.c provides the following: /***...***/ /*** System Interrupt (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | LEGO #6399 Airport monorail shuttle on eBay
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Here is the link where you can find this 6399 set. (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Desperation sets in!!
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(...) The trebble is, this should be in .pun. Better follow the rules or risk getting kirked out of Lugnet. (boldly going to follow-up in .pun) -John (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Castle 2000 Eye-candy
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(...) thanks, you guys! that's the best candy i got for halloween! the two new castle 'figs look great! i'm thrilled to see the return of the pointy hat element and estatic to see that it comes in black. the torso of the knight is like the king from (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Castle 2000 Eye-candy
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(...) Sorry for this, but now I can add my award winning commentary to these pics. I wanted to get them online ASAP (30 minutes matters to us Lugnet madmen being teased by news and no scans). Picture 1 - the Knight - Can we say a little older (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: propellors wanted cheap!
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There are a couple of small technic sets (in the under 20 range) with the 2 part 4 bladed prop but the span on that is more like 3 inch diameter... (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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