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-----Original Message----- From: Ralph Hempel [mailto:rhempel@bmts.com] Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 7:58 PM To: munafo@gcctech.com Subject: RE: belated question from Mindfest (...) Nice to meet you too. I'm not sure if anyone really appreciates (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | FW: belated question from Mindfest
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-----Original Message----- From: munafo@gcctech.com [mailto:munafo@gcctech.com] Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 5:24 PM To: rhempel@bmts.com; Robert Munafo Subject: belated question from Mindfest Ralph, It was good talking to you at Mindfest. As you (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: propellors wanted cheap!
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Don's some of these have the knurled face that mates with a 1/2 technic "nut"/bushing? Using that and some of the olderstyle nuts you can mount them rigidly to an axle although the thickness increases.. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: stupid question
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The buttons are smaller as icons and I need the real estate. Or so I claim. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Attention Calgarians & Edmontonians - Hobby Show
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(...) <snip> (...) So... how did it go? :) James htp://www.shades-of-....com/lego/ (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca.ab)
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| | Re: Bulkhead Flat
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(...) I'd like to get the naming, MPDness, etc. right but... More importantly, to me anyway, I'm also interested in the most compact way of saying "this is my design, I hold the copyright, you're OK to build it, but commercial use is not permitted (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: info on pneumatics
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(...) I didn't think air tanks were in the current spares catalogue Lego Dacta, the education arm of lego, do pneumatic sets containing tanks, tube T pieces and cylinders, see (URL) details of where to buy. Quite a lot of toy shops in the UK are (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 5938 Oasis Ambush
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Hi Joseph, This is not a criticism but a genuine question; what sets have you given an eight stud rating? I really like your reviews and always read them (in fact I save them in a seperate file). I noticed that even on the Adventurer sets you (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Top Ten Toys on A&E
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(...) Tim, I agree. Erector set, is definitely worth the top 10 list. It could be what inspired the LEGO Technic System. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Met onze LEGO naar een modelspoorbeurs
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(...) LEGO- (...) Voor de goede orde: ik ben zelf ook lid van de Bouwsteen en het lijkt me inderdaad het beste om het via deze Vereniging te organiseren. Eric (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: Categorizing uploaded robot images on legomindstorms.com
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You may wish to consider a combination of a main hierarchical taxonomy (mobile->wheels->...) with tag keys for attributes (contains homebrew sensor). User may search both ways. Eric (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | BAYLIT suggestions
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All: (This hurts) I'm reaching an impasse with BAYLIT. My job situation will soon require me to travel extensively, severely impacting my ability to run BAYLIT. I don't know how long this will last - could be awhile Thus, I would appreciate your (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: legOS-0.2.1
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Hi Jeffrey, that's an OS issue - your host system should define O_ASYNC. Some older systems define FASYNC instead, try that one. You can work around this more elegantly, too: #ifndef O_ASYNC #define O_ASYNC FASYNC #endif And hope for the best. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: KBKIDS 6441 Deep Reef Refuge for $18!
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(...) Thanks for the heads up! I got a Deep Reef Refuge and Robo Stalker for a total of $32.32. (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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(...) hmm.. we need horizontal log bricks so we can build log cabins.. shouldn't be too hard to make, and they'd be useful for all sorts of things (unlike lincoln logs) i had lincoln logs and tinker toys when i was young, but you don't see me using (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: lego Technic "class"
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(...) When I first noticed the motor/dynamo effect I used it to create a puppet "Furby" driven by cams. It's on my Mindstorms page: (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) She's my next starship captain, e.g. from the book Starship Troopers. Or put her head atop a Blacktron body and look out! :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Auto Chasis 956 on ebay (not my auction, but...)
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This is not my auction, but since the title on it sort of stinks, you may have missed it in the 1500+ Lego listings on ebay. Bidding stood at 96 when I posted this message. (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Black roof bricks
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Hi ! I'm looking for black roof bricks, they are 2x2 on the base, they end up with 2x1 (like normal bricks), but they are 2 bricks high !? Does anyone know something about this bricks ??? Please E-Mail direct to: Adrian.Rohnfelder@pl...nterkom.de (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) Hmm. Could be. The colors on the scan are obviously out to lunch, but I was going from the original post, which said the sword was silver - the helmet is the same tone of purple as the sword in the picture, which (I think) makes it chrome as (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Kenny from South Park joins Adventurers line?
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If you'll go over to the Castle area, they are discussing a scan of a couple of new Castles figures. Included is an obvious Arctic-clad adventurer. Bruce (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Lego event in Glasgow
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(...) tour (...) At the above address, it says that you can swap one of your bricks for a free gift - just thought I'd mention it in case Ian or Richard turn up with a sack full of 2x4's unnecessarily! Stu C. University of Glasgow (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: The Greatest Adventure Movies List
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(...) mark ~ the list looks great!! i'm glad you enjoyed "1900" (who wouldn't, imho) even though it's vaguely adventurers theme. had you seen "the decievers" before, or was it a new one to you? i was trying to think of other merchant/ ivory films (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Time available during 1 kHz system interrupt?
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The controls are spread across a couple of files, mainly in libhb.c we get /* pulse width modulation control: if off, all motors run at full speed if on, speed bytes are used to determine motor speed */ void system_pwm_on() {bit_set(0x39, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Time available during 1 kHz system interrupt?
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(...) Mostly PWM will get jerkier. If you sit to long in there and the motors happen to be 'on' then you can go faster than you would like :-) You also "lose time" in the sense that msleep is no longer accurate so there are issues with tasks that (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: The Greatest Adventure Movies List
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(...) Don't I always? (...) I'm not going to quibble over a moving them up or down a space or two. Temple of Doom was the weakest of the Indiana Jones movies and should switch places with Lost Crusade. Is that the Boris Karloff Mummy or the current (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Our Trip to the LEGO Store...
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See (URL) for more information. It's the North Georgia Premium Outlets in Dawson, GA. Address, phone numbers and directions are in the pages above. Mike ----- mike at faunce.com (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) I think it is Dark Grey. I don't want to start another long list of back and forth about it (a la the purple/blue Gungan Sub debate), but it really looks like dark grey to me. eric (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: How to McDonald's Sets Cheaper!
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(...) I hope the ASPCA doesn't here about this... Steve (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Technics for sale, MIB and Used
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Hello all Due to the alot of people looking at the list, i have expanded it to TEchnic's as well You will find the list under the Big Sale Sign: (URL) includes many old sets See you later -- Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of the UK (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Technic for sell, MIB and used
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Hello all Due to the alot of people looking at the list, i have expanded it to TEchnic's as well You will find the list under the Big Sale Sign: (URL) includes many old sets See you later -- Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of the UK (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Pirates, Castle, Blacktron, Police, Ice Planet 2002, M Ton and Space for sale
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Hello all Due to the alot of people looking at the list, i have expanded it to TEchnic's as well You will find the list under the Big Sale Sign: (URL) you later -- Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of the UK Technic Club Magazine Web (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Our Trip to the LEGO Store...
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Where is the N GA store? Do you have an address and phone #? Thanks Patricia Schempp <pschemp@clemson.edu> wrote in message news:FKJvL6.2Hr@lugnet.com... (...) store in (...) but (...) the (...) learn (...) the (...) packs (...) waiting (...) And (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) Oh sure. The first thing people notice is the breasts, but as soon as they get pressured, it's "No, no, I love the face, really!". <grin, duck & run> James (URL) slightly irreverant today (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4558 and 4547 Question
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(...) Hunh? If they rereleased the 4558 the only thing it would "diminish" is the short-term market value. It wouldn't suddenly become a less worthy set, would it? For those interested in owning 4558, rereleasing would be a godsend. For those (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) I believe it was refered to as a "kettle helm" or "kettle hat", but all my reference material is at home. Late 1300s, possibly. On into the 1400s definitely. I recall it most strongly with English foot troops, but was probably used throughout (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) Yup. Just adding my approval to the new helmet. The only gripe I have with it is that it's chrome. This helmet, in grey or dark grey would ROCK. James (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: What do I need to build a 4547 facsimile?
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(...) If anything could convince me to hold onto my train stuff it would be knowing the great sets could be reproduced like this in other color schemes. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) more (...) After viewing the pictures the first thing that hit me was the helmet, and WOW! after contemplating it a little its more a wow! but still a nice one. The other thing is that the "device" on the shield looks pretty good from what I (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | A little more info on McDonald's sets
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Ok. I did a little badmouthing of McD's before, so I'm posting this partially as penance. I went by McD's a few days ago (Saturday, to be specific) and went about the task of attempting to buy some of the sets. I noted that this McD's (which is not (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 5938 Oasis Ambush
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The desert sun is setting quickly on the Pedestal of Anubis dig site. But Matthias Snidely continues to work feverishly in the half-light of dusk on what he is certain is the opening mechanism to the crypt. Workers have long since retired to their (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Ice Cream
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(...) It's an ice cream cart. I like this model! Datsville needs some ice cream. :-, I like MLCAD, but it severely lacks in the part rotation department -- all rotations entered via the GUI are absolute. Until Mike gets that fixed, I'm still using (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: The Greatest Adventure Movies List
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Alright guys this has spawned an awesome ZERO responses! Surely someone has an opinion. Mark L (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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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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(...) Yeppers! (URL) - jsproat (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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(...) POOP = Piece (made) Out of Other Pieces - a piece which should have been several pieces. CRAPP = Crummy Ramp and Pit Plate - the big raised baseplate with the ramp on the side, or generally, any raised baseplate. Steve (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Trades wanted: Shell sets, a few parts
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Hi. I'm looking to trade for some of the 1250's Shell Sets (I'm particularly interested in 1254 and 1256, and very possibly some more). I'll consider trading 9V/12V train stuff from my auction ((URL) and also have mint in sealed box a 780 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: whither ldlite?
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Woah, that sounds bad. I've got ldlite 1_6_b.zip: ftp://ftp.brickshelf...pub/ldraw/ KL (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Castle 2000 Eye-candy
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(...) Yah -- I was in England about when it came out there, and it seems to have completely bombed. Just another reason I wanted to stay there! :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Busy Bee Castle News
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(...) That must be the trade off for living in Swindon. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: stupid question
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(...) Kevin, you're a geek after my own heart. The very first thing I do with any new Netscape profile is turn the buttons into text. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: walker that turns?
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(...) it? ¡hola Horacio! Months ago I built a robot that used just two legs to walk, moving its own center of gravity from one leg to the other. It was actually unable to turn, but someone sugested that I could provide it with turnable legs for (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Top Ten Toys on A&E
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(...) I agree, how Ameri-centric of them. I saw the show, and thought for sure that LEGO would be #1. Play-doo beat out LEGO, get real. Lincoln Logs beat out LEGO? Yeah, when was the last time Lincoln Logs could build any thing except a Log Cabin? (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Our Trip to the LEGO Store...
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(...) My memory is bad. She said it would be near DC....the Potomic Mills sounds familiar....but i could be completely wrong. The opening date was Novermber 19th though. Patricia Schempp (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Cat by the tail!
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Steve, I'm working on some material; will be developing more as I teach some Middle School kids starting soon. Let's try to collaborate here. I am researching other Education links and lists for current Mindstorms users in Education. I will try to (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: Cat by the tail!: Rcx / MindStorms Classroom
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Fred, I'm confused by the Pitsco site. Which package are you referring to as the "Mindstroms Bulk" set? Have you seen one of these?? I'm wondering if there is any advantage over 4 retail Mindstorms sets at $199 each or so.... Software: I was (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) Yeah, I agree with you on the more fantastic stuff being less desirable. Still, I'd like some more bullet helmets. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) What, noting that a woman is busty is prejudical against small-busted women? Or thinking that one particular busty woman looks like a whore is prejudicial against small-busted women? :) (...) Didn't say she didn't like it. Just reported her (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: McDonalds Info
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(...) 'Piece Out of Other Pieces', ie, a single part which should have been several pieces. Anything from a 5-high brick to a BURP (Big Ugly Rock Piece) to a Town Jr helicopter landing skid. A related term is SPUD-Single Purpose, Useless, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: stupid question
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(...) I looked at my Netscape bar and wondered why it ddn't look like what Larry said... and realised it's because I have it set to text instead of icons. Mine says intuitive things like "New Msg" and "Reply" instead of showing baffling icons :) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) Was anyone offended? I don't know about anyone else, but Rachael was chuckling when she made her comment about the minifig. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) Would also have to agree on the helmet. I really like it. For an AFOL looking for an alternate theme this looks very promising as long as the sets look as good as the figs. Please please please bring back the generic fig and lots of peasants (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | RE: Categorizing uploaded robot images on legomindstorms.com
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(...) Here's another idea - shamelessly stolen from a great bit of software called SuperJPG. (URL) This is (in my opinion) the best JPG indexing tool available. Anyways, the package lets you add "keys" to your images. It works like this: Suppose you (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) more (...) I have to agree on thew new helmet. I like it muchly. Very cool. I'm not really sure what period it's from or what armies used things like that, but I know I've seen things like that before. I've never seen the silly huge Dragon (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | The Greatest Adventure Movies List
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Here it is fellow Adventurers: Top Adventure Movies -criteria- Classic adventure movies set roughly in the 1900 to 1945 era, but not absolutely so. We are thinking LEGO set compatibility here. 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 50x50 grey baseplate? From what?
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(...) The 50x50 was available from the late 1960's until probably the middle 1970's (not sure about the exact dates). I think that the reason they switched to the 48x48 was due to the fact that 4 of the 48x48 are the same size as 9 of the 32x32 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Categorizing uploaded robot images on legomindstorms.com
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Russell Stoll <admin@legomindstorms.com> wrote in message news:FKJB41.A1C@lugnet.com... (...) Russ; I would try to put the categories in a tree structure. The for example first branch might be Mobil or Stationary. Then for Mobil the branch might be (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Entertainer Offers - Makro offers
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(...) Reported by my sister-in-law, Costco in Watford have 6087 for just £11.95 (Inc VAT) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Bulkhead Flat
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(...) I tried it from the browser and it worked fine. Then I just saved it from ML-CAD. Pretty nice, as for the first time, I didn't have to actually select MLCAD from my program list. Usually I have to find it for LDraw files. (...) The initial (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Busy Bee Castle News
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(...) I bought one couple months back at the toy shop in the Great Western Outlet mall in Swindon for £39. They had several, but last weekend when I went again they had all gone. Busy Bee's price seems OK, but not great. ps the same shop had a dozen (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: SW9 model
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:381E2229.DFFFD0...ger.net... (...) It doesn't work for me either, until I split the .mpd file. LDLite has a problem handling longer .mpd files, though your file isn't as long as most I've seen (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) Actually, I like the new helmet a *lot*. To me, it shows a return to things that are based on a little more historical accuracy, which is a damn sight more interesting to me than the stuff in Fright Knights and Dragon Masters, etc. Those big (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: SW9 model
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(...) Larry, You seem to be using an old list of parts. I would suggest doing an LDraw install from scratch and getting the newest part list update. I noticed that these new models make reference to parts not used anymore (due to a change in (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) Whoa, whoa, whoa. Are you trying to say that what Mike's wife said (in the quotes above, for those of you following at home) unfairly implies that women with small breasts can't be whores, or are you trying to say that the statement is (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Did I make it to get into Datsville ?
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Not yet. I've got a spot picked out for the monument, though, and I'm trying to decide where to put the belvedere. Maybe near the river? -John Van Manfred Moolhuysen <mmoolhuysen@ingenie...terdam.nl> wrote in message news:FKKp6u.LD1@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Castle 2000 Eye-candy
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(...) Because I doubt South Park is, or would be, popular in Denmark. Eric (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: How to get Dacta #9633 Pneumatics Set
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Whoops! Wrong URL. It's www.constructiontoys.com . Sorry! -----Original Message----- From: The WordMeister <dwilcox@wordsmithdigital.com> To: C S Soh <cssoh@singnet.com.sg>; lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Date: Tuesday, November (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Cramped city with a train and a monorail running through it soon. Need some help on how to do this.
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(...) I have posted 8 of Ryan's pictures (with his permission) here: (URL) Big pictures and real quick html coding, nothing fancy. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Castle 2000 Eye-candy
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(...) I think that the princes/maiden would look great with Padme's hair from the Star Wars Sets. It looks like the hair printed on her head looks brown and with those long locks of Padme's hair you start to get a Repunzel look. I can actually see (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | whither ldlite?
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I know that Paul G.'s ISP hiccuped and lost ldlite. He posted a message asking if anyone had a mirror of his site, but I didn't see a reply. Anyone at least have a copy of ldlite? I rebuilt my system and now can't find ldlite to view .dat files! (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: propellors wanted cheap!
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(...) Hi, Unfortunatly the large three blade props from the Tunnel Transport are like the small three blades in that they dont have the axel center, just the round hole. I had also hoped the nice chrome drill would have an axel drive but it doesn't. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I just assembled Set #2 and looked closely at the slope. The printing is some kind of transfer, not the usual LEGO printing. I suspect the smooth slope was designed to be a useable surface for these transfers. This will probably set a trend (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: JPEG compression (was: Re: One of the Mindfest pics)
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You guys may want to check out: (URL) Faunce mike at faunce dot com Kevin Loch <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:FKCHo6.E30@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) level (...) TIFF (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Minifig Box #2
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(...) No one has posted status on this, but Glen Tannenbaum just sent me e-mail that this box is on its way to me. I assume everyone else intervening has seen it. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: a solicitation?
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(...) eBay is having performance problems. My eBay and Search are currently disabled (or at least were a little while ago when I checked). eBay was sucking wind last night pretty bad. They need to stop adding new features etc. etc. and get their (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Duplo 2688 Doctor's Office
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While out shopping for some other items yesterday, I came across several copies of this set: Duplo 'Doctor's Office' Set Number: 2688 Pcs: ? (It was not there, I looked and looked) Copyright: 1994 It seems to be a box set of a Doctor's office (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Bulkhead Flat
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(...) Except if the file is an MPD, in which case the "0 FILE ..." line should go first, right? I'm just asking because I'm a bit confused with MPD's, that's why. Fredrik (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Castle 2000 Eye-candy
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(...) modified timmie heads should work nicely... how could tlg do this and not see where it could lead? later ~ craig (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Bulkhead Flat
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(...) Looks good. Keep it up! ;) (...) Worked fine for me. I didn't try it direct from the browser, I saved the content to a .MPD file first. (...) There isn't any standard of header comments for models. Except the title must be the first line. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
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(...) I don't know about the intricacies of Australian Copyright law (nor even the US), but I don't think that there would be any problem creating a backup for yourself (note that in the US, court decisions might imply that you could at most create (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: McD set numbers
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I got a couple of #2s yesterday. Like #1 there is no prominent set numbering on the front or back. The tiny number on the bottom of the back is '2069/4125055'. Ray (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: How to get Dacta #9633 Pneumatics Set
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The Construction Site (www.constructionzone.com), an all-construction-toys store in Waltham, Mass., USA, carries a pretty good selection of DACTA, and can probably special order any sets. Their one gripe is that it has been difficult for the store (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: My first Ldraw...
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[reply posted to lugnet.cad] In lugnet.cad.dat.models, Jon Bosman asked for LDraw help: (...) There's nothing wrong. The canopy is offset in Y and Z by 4LDU, which 1/2 the height of a plate. This offset places the axis of rotation on the X axis, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) What period is that helmet? (...) Well, with Wild West, the "war toys" extend to about 100 years BP, and the adventurers could be claimed to push it to well within 100 years (1920s or so). (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 3039 Adventures plane
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(...) andy ~ maybe the geat pumpkin left it for you! is it black, brown, tan or white? later ~ craig (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Did I make it to get into Datsville ?
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John, Dit you incude my 2 building contributions to the November Datsville update ? If so, I need some help finding them. My submissions where: A monument for Datsville (Lugnet/CAD/DAT File...odels/525) A belvedere for Datsville (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | McD set numbers [DAT]
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From the scans at the McD site mentioned here, I believe the set numbers are as follows: 1 2032 2 2065 ? 3 2075 ? 4 ? 5 2045 6 2047 7 1845 8 2025 Can anyone confirm this/fill in the blanks? Thanks Huw (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: stupid question
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Weren't you the guy who told us you were a "professional" web designer? Maybe I'm misremembering but... Anyone who's a pro at the web like you told us you were ought to know the basics of using a newsreader. Starting a new thread is newsreader (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Mc Donalds Duplo
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Some McDs don't even have this set, they tried to give me an older toy instead. One store told me this was the set going out in all the happy meals. Oh Well ! Ray (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.promo)
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| | Glen's 3rd Lego Auction - 11/2 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 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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(...) Hee! Todd actually asked me about this before (not about my triple identity, but as to why the last few ASCII characters in my postings get chopped. I still don't know why this happens. I'll clear up my identities for posterity (but don't (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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