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(...) Speaking of "frosting pumpkins". I think I recall at one point in the book that they say that they only use standard LEGO bricks/parts in all of the creations for the LEGOLANDs and no "custom parts are created". What frosted me about this is (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: How to McDonald's Sets Cheaper!
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(...) er, "hear about this around here". Yeah, that's what I meant. Steve "where's lugnet.off-topic.mybad when I need it?" Bliss (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 5938 Oasis Ambush
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In lugnet.adventurers, Joseph Gonzalez writes: <snipped review> (...) When I was in LLC, they had this set among a bunch of smaller ones in the $2.95 bins. I rubbed my eyes, and when they were still there, I picked up a dozen or so. Does that count (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.reviews)
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Mike Walsh <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:FKJFMB.Jo0@lugnet.com... (...) No luck for me either. $1.69 for the set and meal w/o drink still full price. I did get her to hold the burgers and toss in an extra set, though. -John Van (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: How to McDonald's Sets Cheaper!
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Hmmm . . . I think that would be about 38% tax ($2.73 total - $1.97 for drink and 2 sets = $.76 tax). Maybe he added $.50 profit :) -John Van Eugwe Coral <Eugwe@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:FKJtCE.M25@lugnet.com... (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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I have to set up a voting page for my contest and my host does not enable cgi scripts. Does any one know of a good, free and advertisement-free host that allows cgi stuff? All help appreciated! Pat J (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | MLCad wishlist (was Re: Ice Cream
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(...) I'm not Mr. Big Rotation but I didn't see that as a big issue. Use the fine scale grid to get the rotation about right via the rotation buttons, then adjust by hand in the properties??? If I were naming off things to fix in MLCad my number one (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Official LEGO site has MindFest pics
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(...) Hey, at least you designed something and got it on the page. My Mindfest embarrassment runs deeper... (...) And it seems he did. It's almost tempting to ask that he spell out what NELUG is and/or link it to the website, but that would seem to (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Diana's train auction, update 12
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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, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: McDonald's Promo Set #2
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Mike Walsh <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:FKBpCI.5CL@lugnet.com... (...) I picked up 3 of these last night. My son and I had just eaten dinner, so I asked the McD lady to hold the hamburgers and toss in an extra set--and she did. (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Greatest Adventure Movies List
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(...) In all fairness, Mark, you DID only post it two hours before. ;) LFB. (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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(...) That's odd. Mine shows the baffling icons *and* the text...hmmm. LFB. (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Kenny from South Park joins Adventurers line?
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(...) well, that knight should stay busy defending the lady's honour with as often as she's already been refered to as something of a hootchie... isn't that an x-treme team head/ face in the kenny parka? could it be that the comng arctic theme is (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | The Ultimate LEGO Book Review....
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I finally bought THE ULTIMATE LEGO BOOK over the weekend. And here's my 2 cents/pfennig/centimes worth.... This is a book by and about TLG. It shows many of the models built by the model shops. It gives a brief (yes brief) history on LEGO, as well (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Castle 2000 Eye-candy
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(...) Considering that the Ninja sets had old-style Castle interlocking sections, can we hope that they'll be bringing those back too? Richard (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | RE: variables, etc.
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(...) Will do shortly... (...) I'm not sure I want to be known as the guy that hates variables. They DO have their place, as data structures or to hold information that is infrequently accessed or is inconvenient to manage on the stack. The thing (...) (26 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: 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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.. (...) (26 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. (...) (26 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/ (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (26 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 (26 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 (26 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 (...) (26 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. (...) (26 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. (26 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 (...) (26 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) (26 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 (26 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) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (26 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 (26 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 (...) (26 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, (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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