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Laura Gjovaag wrote in message ... (...) cities (...) basic (...) make (...) basic (...) have to (...) There (...) I agree. I think if Lego would offer some standard town buildings they would attract more girls. As well as have a happier town of (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Ironically, they originally did spell out "The New England LEGO Users' Group" under Henry's picture. It seems that when they added "NELUG" to my captions, they also acronym-ized his caption. (They're almost _too_ responsive!) My theory as to (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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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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(...) Ya, it does work kind of well. (I've been doing it for a while now :). (and I doubt I was the first one to do it that way either!) (...) Try getting more 1200 piece buckets :) (or other large piece buckets) I know, though, that $ can be a (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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BrainStorm version 1.1 released. Brainstorm is a version of the LOGO programming language with added commands and functionality to control Lego MindStorms spirit.ocx. The new commands can be used to write Programs for download as well as giving (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.logo)
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| | Re: Star Wars is both sci-fi and fantasy (was: Re: Science fiction)
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(...) Hold that thought, I'll get back to that... (...) Well, my main reason is that it is really hard to define what science fiction *IS*; it's easier to say what it *ISN'T*. I had to be less than absolute because Star Wars shows features of both (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.starwars)
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) I find this whole thread rather amusing. Put a few curves on a minifig and it sends you guys into a boob frenzy. Rose (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi everybody, As a part of a project at my university we're building a crossdevelopment environment for the Windows environment. As a part of this programming environment we want to build a remote debugger. So, we will have to incorporate a (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Eric Brok wrote in message ... (...) There is clearly a punctuation mark between "say" and "she" so obviously these are two totally separate statements. Busty and bustless (for lack of a better word) women can all be whores harmoniously. Bust size (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Help! How do I get more peices?
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Hello, Everybody. I've been needing new peices for Ldraw, but when I download them and run the .exe and use the mklist program, nothing happens. No new peices. Any help would be appreceated. -- Mark Nelson Speedy's Lego Page: (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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Lars C. Hassing <lch@ccieurope.com> wrote in message news:941010567.84537....cci.dk... (...) of (...) seem to (...) this (...) Town.mpd is not up at the Geocities site: (URL) I think I saw it contains about 250 .dat files. Zipped it's only 199 KB. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) eh? (...) I saw that...but in this day and age, a 'movie' can be shown on TV, or directly to video tape/disk. Or are those also excluded, in your opinion? Cheers, Roger (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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(URL) free & no advertisements & allows cgi. However it's FTP only and does not have sendmail program. -ric ___ (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Only if you didn't read the subject line. :-) Bruce (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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(...) I suggested Captain Blood, of course. :-) (...) as (...) They could call whatever they had available a "frigate". But it is in fact a frigate - 20 guns was the minimum, not 24 as I was thinking. Bruce (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks for posting them Frank:) (...) It's simple and fast all right, if you don't run out of pieces like I did or maybe I just can't find them:) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| | [OT] Unabashed plug
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This is an anabashed plug for Solutions Cubed ... I'm in NO way affiliated with them ... and I'm NOT a volume purchaser. I have one of their MemKey keypad encoder boards. It failed. I called them and was told to send it to them ... no return (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hoi Allemaal, Ik ben al langen bezig om ook het LEGO DACTA assortiment in de winkel te krijgen maar dit is een stuk moeilijker dan het op het eerste gezicht lijkt. Momenteel liggen de besprekingen her en der even stil i.v.m. de sinterklaasdrukte in (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: It's Time AFOL Take Action!
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(...) I daren't ask for scans ;) Richard (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) So what do I know? English frigates could be 20 guns as a 6th rate ship. Thought it was 24. Bruce (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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(...) <shrug> I didn't see an exclusion of TV productions; must have missed it, eh? Hmmmm... a bit narrow on the definition, aren't you, especially since 'Captain Blood' and 'Mutiny on the Bounty' and.....-are- included. Or did you object to those, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Now I'm really whining (Re: 4x2ReVu: 5938 Oasis Ambush)
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(...) WAYY off topic here, but i'm gathering fostercare statistics for a special committee that answers to my state's governor. the committee contacts me two or three times a week with more requests. i REALLY need a lego break but when i get home my (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: The Greatest Adventure Movies List
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(...) Movies, which lets out the A&E production. Either or both belong in the Great Age of Sail/Pirates movie list, in any case. I don't believe 22 guns rates as a Frigate, though it would be a post ship (oh dang, I forget the screwy rules for (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Datsville is filling up!
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Jeff Stembel <Dragonelf1@aol.com> wrote in message news:FKLAp5.Lsy@lugnet.com... (...) have (...) :) (...) Better keep it handy--it seems to be a genetic flaw :-) But easily fixed. Jeff, could I possibly con you into adding minifigs to your mall? (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) {{SNIPP}} I'm shocked, -shocked-, I tell you! Not even a -mention- of 'Captain Horatio Hornblower'. <grin> Not to mention the recent A&E (?) re-make, for which a -new- 22-gun frigate was built -and launched-. Really, Mark-- I'd thought better (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My Lego Obsession & Philosophy
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(...) [SNIP!] (...) When I was a teenager, if my Mom and I were on a shopping trip, she'd often buy me a LEGO set. Every once in awhile, a clerk would sneer at me as if it were a stupid thing to be buying for a person my age. My Mom would quickly (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Mike's Train and Launch Command Auction Update 14
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1. This is a Once, Twice, Sold auction. 2. To bid send email to mdarnett@nycap.rr.com. I will try to post updates daily. 3. Minimum raises: 0-$50 by $1, $50-$150 by $2, $150 and up by $5. No proxies please! 4. Advancing will start on 10/26. Bids (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I haven't seen these yet...gotta search 'em out (...) I haven't even heard of this. What's it about, who's in it? (...) Here's another I'm not familiar with. What's the scoop? (...) I assume these are the Johnny Weismuller (spelling?) ones?? (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ice Cream
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(...) My big reason for not using MLCAD is that I am very fast in LEdit, but I can only go at half or quarter speed in MLCAD. That and it is not "intuitive" to me. I do try out each update tho. Jeff "There's no pleasing some people." (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 5938 Oasis Ambush
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(...) other (...) stud (...) certainly (...) I hear you about insanity in the work place this week. What's going on? Anyway, I'll look for your thoughts tomorrow. Mark L (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: MLCad wishlist (was Re: Ice Cream
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(...) Yah, but I typically get more involved with the rotations than that. I tend to use angles with wildly different "step" values; e.g. rot along x by 45 deg. , then rot along z by 36.8 deg. Also I like to be able to move the center of rotation to (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Star Wars is both sci-fi and fantasy (was: Re: Science fiction)
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(...) Arghh, pet peeve alert! Star Wars is BOTH fantasy AND sci-fi. Depending on how you look at it, perhaps it's more fantasy than sci-fi -- and a "fantasy film" is indeed what Lucas himself called Star Wars -- but to imply that it's not sci-fi is (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Using Vector 2X and Polaroid sonar w/ exp board
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Hi, I am planning to use a Vector 2X compass with the Polaroid Sonar and expansion board but not sure about the SPI connection part. Before investing into the compass, I would appreciated if somebody could tell me if they are successful in using (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 5938 Oasis Ambush
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(...) know. Hi Mark I've yet to give out an eight stud rating (but I still have LOTS of reviews to reprint). I believe I did give a seven stud rating to the 7150-TIE Fighter/Y-Wing set and I'll probably be giving seven studs to the 5988 Forbidden (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.reviews)
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(...) Bing (...) not (...) Hmmmm. That is a very unique suggestion. I am not at all familiar with these films. Are they comedic? LMK Mark L (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) Truly evil. Truly. Mark L (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) those (...) A tremendous list. I'd only like to add the "Road" movies with Bob Hope & Bing Crosby & Dorothy Lamour, if only because they're favorites of mine, and fit not only the Adventurers theme (both jungle and Egypt, and even the upcoming (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Datsville is filling up!
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(...) I just wanted to let you know you mispelled my name in the update section. :) I'll let it go this time, but any more slips and I'll have to find my Wiffle Bat. ;) Jeff "Mmmm... Strawberry Soda!!!" (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) OK, we'll have to chalk that one up to difference of opinion:) I get to like the Phantom, you get to like RTS. Thanks for reminding me of Jewel of the Nile. I think it would be in the #4 spot on the all dung heap list. Mark L (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 5938 Oasis Ambush
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(...) That's definitely a find of the week (in my book anyway). <Whiney Whiney>How come I never find stuff like that???</Whiney Whiney> ..joseph g (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.reviews)
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(...) results, (...) I loved it once I got past Kate Capshaw. Maybe Speilberg realized she was his wife. (...) I thought the movie was very true to the pulp feel. Most of the stars of that era's fiction also seemed a little lost. I am not saying (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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Lars C. Hassing <lch@ccieurope.com> wrote in message news:941010567.84537....cci.dk... (...) of (...) seem to (...) this (...) Thanks. All 911 parts can now be rendered. Can I rename the .exe file to l3p.exe so I don't have to type l3p32 in the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Busy Bee Castle News
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(...) before anyone gets the wrong idea, I dont live in Swindon. Was just passing through..... regards lawrence (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: It's Time AFOL Take Action!
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(...) Speaking of which, December's Playboy magazine has a bit in the "toys for the guys this christmas" section about Mindstorms. It's quite obvious that there are moments of adult advertising regarding Lego. However, this was a Playboy article and (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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I've updated my web site at: (URL) still contains mostly links, but I've copied all the stuff off my AOL web page, so now there's some non-LEGO stuff there also (some of which may be of interest - some caving and train pictures). I've been slowly (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: My Lego Obsession & Philosophy
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(...) i use this one... a lot. :-) (...) and i'll start using this one... often! (...) actually most people seem rather charmed when they encounter my lego passion. although, being an artist, i'm expected to have eccentricities. the only people in (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Ack ! Its huntin season here right now. Everyones tunin up ther guns. :) I wish Lego made a Game & Wildlife Management police set. Ray (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I rather enjoyed Romancing the Stone. It's follow up, Jewel of the Nile, sucked, but I have to blame that on the original writer dieing. Bruce (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My Lego Obsession & Philosophy
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(...) Yikes!! If I spent as much on any of those as I spend on LEGO toys, I'd certainly be dead by now... <grin> JohnG (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego reference on www.theonion.com
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This is currently on (URL) If Area Dad Steps On Legos One More Time DARLINGTON, SC--According to loud reports from within the Kaminsky household Tuesday, if area father Russell Kaminsky steps on one more goddamn Lego, man, forget about it. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Greatest Adventure Movies List
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(...) You are truly an evil person. You post on the issue, but only to say that I didn't give it enough time?!?!?!? AAAAARGHHHHHH!!!!!! First Kenny, now this. Mark L :) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Greatest Adventure Movies List
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(...) Temple (...) up. (...) Temple of Doom is widely (and IMHO correctly) regarded as the weakest of the three Indiana Jones movies. Spielburg was vaguely disappointed by the results, and he directed it. Don't get me wrong,I still enjoyed the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Set 6457 Astronaut Figure
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This is my first go at an inventory. I chose this set because it's so small and I couldn't find it anywhere else. Comments, critique or any other feedback welcome. I intend to post some other sets (mostly Star Wars: Snowspeeder, Landspeeder, etc.) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Set #918 - Space Transport [DAT]
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This was one of my favourite sets when I was a kid.I gave it away with all my other lego in 1985 or so (how I regret that now...), several years after I had lost interest in lego (or deemed myself to old for such kids stuff). I recently remembered (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: Kenny from South Park joins Adventurers line?
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(...) Oh my god I am not even breathing anymore. You are absolutely right about it. Here I thought they were actually going to do it, and all this time it has been some super-weak attempt to capitalize on lame ESPN 2 X-game hype. My God this SUCKS! (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) As I said earlier, it looks like we will be getting "Arctic Adventures, not "Arctic Adventurers". :) Jeff "There's no pleasing some people." (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: My Lego Obsession & Philosophy
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(...) when I get negative remarks about my Lego obsession, I often respond with a varient of one of the following, depending on whether the person I'm talking to seems human or not. <friendly> "It's cheaper and safer than smoking/drinking/doing (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Castle 2000 Eye-candy
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(...) should, I guess), is there any other information about the 2000 figs? Any hints as to what 'teams' are coming out? Any actual information from which we can extract information on the new sets themselves? DaveE (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Greatest Adventure Movies List
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(...) or (...) riders" (...) Yes the deceivers was new to me. Glad you recommended it and glad you liked the list. Yes, I think Romancing the Stone did suck, but not even close to those Allen Quartermain movies. Mark L (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Greatest Adventure Movies List
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(...) I won't touch your Indiana comment until you qualify your statement. The Mummy I was referring to was the current version. Why didn't you like the Phantom? Sorry that was Mysterious Island, and it probably should be moved up. (...) from (...) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: possibilities - 4558, 4559, 2150 (2), etc
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(...) Well, you could leave it behind... it would have a good home... and when you decide to come back and settle here for good, you can have it all back. Promise! Heather Patey St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Pirate Wench / Brick Detective (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 760 piece buckets - problems with red fences
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(...) Sorry, I must have missed a 1 somewhere, mine is also 8 6185 18 :) JP (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Ice Cream
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Sproaticus skrev i meddelandet <381F1662.B167CCF0@io.com>... (...) Just go into Settings/Change.../S...,Grid,Snap and set your preferred increment for rotations (there are three different choices: coarse, medium, fine). Then you just use the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: My Lego Obsession & Philosophy
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On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:46:09 GMT, Ian Sinclair uttered the following profundities... (...) I usually get responses along the lines of "aren't you sad, playing with toys." I respond "who's more sad, me, playing with toys, harming no one, or you, with (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego 8448 Survey
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On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 22:33:10 GMT, Ian Sinclair uttered the following profundities... (...) This survey card was in the UK, and as such has seen a shift in their advertising strategy, (or so it would seem). Check lugnet.loc.uk as there have been some (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: It's Time AFOL Take Action!
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On Sat, 2 Oct 1999 09:32:42 GMT, Ian Sinclair uttered the following profundities... (...) I am a bit behind in reading Lugnet, so sorry for the *very* late response..... The 8448 Super Car here in the UK had in it one of those user response cards. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bulk Sales Proposal - Please Read
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On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 23:16:51 GMT, Peter Callaway uttered the following profundities... (...) Subject: 7151 - Sith Infiltrator From: "John Cromer" <cro@astro.caltech.edu> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 17:33:56 GMT Newsgroups: lugnet.db.inv 7151 - Sith (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
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(...) I'm definitely no expert on train scales, since I don't get involved with any model railroading. But I do find it interesting that the original LEGO Scale (Town Plan scale) where the classic LEGO door is 3 bricks high is very close to 'HO' (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Castle 2000 Eye-candy
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(...) Ahhh... ok. I don't know if I like the way it's been done on some of the sets, but it is a cool idea in general... The stone tower bridge was actually pretty good about it, with technic pegs holding the sections together... but some of the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: possibilities - 4558, 4559, 2150 (2), etc
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I would guess about $1000 Paul Sinasohn (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Or what he might have been referring to was that some of them come apart into interlocking modules, like the Stone Tower Bridge, and others have sections that are easily removable, like the prison on top of the first-year set that is (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Dk UK Lego Tour reaches BROMLEY
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Sounds like a good idea to me! My trader friend, Joyce lives within walking distance of Bromley town centre, and I need to visit her before LEGOfest in order to buy up some trade material 8-) If anyone else plans to attend Bromley, LMK, and I'll see (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) Yaay! Real castle! Don't like the helmet, though. It reminds me of the Renaissance too much, and that is my least favorite Pre-Industrial Revolution period. (*sigh*) Oh, well, maybe there'll be some cool musketeers! (to fight my homemade (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Castle 2000 Eye-candy
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(...) What Richard was reffering to is that the Ninja castles are built up out of wall modules which interlock, and can be combined in different ways. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: ZNAP Adverts in UK
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(...) I've been working on a train bridge that would NOT be possible (at least as concise and strong as it is) without Znap. They make excellent structural components for large Technic structures. I want MORE! If you'd like to help me obtain them, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.znap)
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(...) yep (...) 2069 (...) yep (...) 1995. Go figure that one. I don't know about the rest, don't have them yet. (...) Steve (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)
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Hi All. Is there a way to set the IR transmitter to something like 'long range mode'? I would like to have a more powerful beam for proximity detection. I've tried lnp_logical_range(1), doesn't seem to make a difference. The problem is that I don't (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Classic Tub on sale at Zellers
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I've posted the inventory of 4291 in db.inv, (URL) readers can judge for themselves... I was hoping for more than 18 plates in a 760-piece set (which indeed it is, contrary to the Zellers flyer which says "800+") but it seems like a good set all the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Top Ten Toys on A&E
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Allan Bedford wrote: (URL) ge=0&view=collapsed&sb=5 Gack, what an example of horrid web design. All the links are dark blue on black in my web browser. These goofy web pages which override a foreground or background color without overriding the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Official LEGO site has MindFest pics
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(...) I wouldn't be embarased none of the non-robotics stuff made it. Which is of no supprise seeing that was the main theme of the event. I think most of the stuff other than Henry's call at the NELUG table would be considered Modeling or Art and (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Re: Castle 2000 Eye-candy
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(...) Castle interlocking sections? Do you mean the 5x1x5 castle wall piece with a window in the center? What sets do these get used in of the Ninja sets? Offhand, I can only think of the log wall sections... or maybe you mean another piece? DaveE (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Top Ten Toys on A&E
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(...) Seems like this show could/should have been titled "Top 10 Toys for Baby Boomers and GenX to get all nostalgic about". Slinky? Oh puh-lease, give me a break! Steve (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Sets for sale
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I have the following sets for sale: Price USD (including shipping ) 1029 Tine promo 25 ( 23 pr set if more than one ) 2539 Shell promo 7 2540 Shell promo 7 1180 Space 7 1183 Adventurers 12 5901 Adventurers 12 6420 City 12 6516 Space 8 6585 X-treme 7 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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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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In lugnet.town, Frank Filz writes: <snip> (...) Ryan sent me the pictures in advance - there's a real talent in the making here. I think his next layout, if he can get it donw, will be very impressive. I like his solution to the train track support (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| | Classic Set 4291
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Here's the contents of the Classic tub 4291, discussed in loc.ca. 1x1 brick black 12 1x1 brick blue 28 1x1 brick red 28 1x1 brick white 28 1x1 brick yellow 28 1x1 brick w/side stud red 4 1x1 brick, printed yellow 2 1x1 round brick grey 6 1x2 brick (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: The Ultimate LEGO Book Review....
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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 (...) (25 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 (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: How to McDonald's Sets Cheaper!
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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 (25 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... (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | I need a host!
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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 (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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. (...) (25 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. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: stupid question
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(...) That's odd. Mine shows the baffling icons *and* the text...hmmm. LFB. (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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