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  Re: Help The Homeless In Legoville!
 
(...) Roof tiles would be a start :) I still associate building houses with Lego (for some reason!), if sets and part packs were available then it wouldn't just be girls who would be enticed into the world of Lego. (...) What I think is horrid is (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: LEGOfest shortcut now working (allegedly)!
 
Yo folks, Michael Edwards' name has been added to the list of attendees. And I suppose I ought to invite the rabble over on RTL :-) Please come - there'll be a cake :-) Take a look at (URL) Jon's come.to address below points at the same page. On (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
 
  Re: It's Time AFOL Take Action!
 
(...) I agree with this totally. I think we should get off or butts and do this. I also suggest we call and complain to "costumer service" too. If they get about 30-50 calls about this for a while they will most likely reverse there direction and (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Castle returns for 2000!
 
(...) rose ~ i think the new (and quite traditionally buxom) castle female, posed next to a mini-fig that looks like kenny was just too much for some people (myself included). at least richard here has gone into an _intellectual_ boob frenzy. bravo! (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: KBKIDS 6441 Deep Reef Refuge for $18!
 
(...) I used the other promo--the $5 off one--and managed to score those two for $30.91. Not a bad deal at all; now I can build my all-greys/blacks Explorien Starship, and rebuild my transplanetary torpedo bombers. But I wonder what I'm going to do (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
 
  Light and Sound elements
 
Hi All :-) Just wanted to share with you all my disappointment over the Light and Sound components in this years Duplo sets 2811 fire and police station, 2807 Big wheeler, 2814 building team. I had intended to buy all the sets in this theme until I (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.duplo)
 
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  Re: building a remote debugger for win32 -- need help
 
I don't claim to be an expert on this, but here are my ideas. To get a clean HB up and running you need to do the following (assuming talkeree.s19 is larger than 256 bytes) 1) Start off by booting the HB into bootstrap mode. This makes the board (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: It's Time AFOL Take Action!
 
(...) "Uh, really, honey, I only read it for the *articles*..." LFB. (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: historical gap for themes
 
(...) therefore TLG (...) looks like a modern gun... I'm thinking of a revolver like James Bond or Mulder/Scully would use. And I was thinking of Indiana Jones movies and shows when I wrote that :-) Paul Sinasohn (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: historical gap for themes
 
(...) I see. kids are exposed to guns in the movies and on tv all the time, therefore TLG making modern guns just reinforces the fact that guns are ok. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Castle returns for 2000!
 
(...) Hey, if we all actually looked like lego minifigures we would all need to diet very badly -- well, maybe not if you looked like the lego skeleton. But if you are gonna define a castle female mini, she has to be corsetted! To omit the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Flowers at Harry's?
 
Wow! That was quick! Thanks! -- Have fun! John My Trade/Sale (and links) Page (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) Hoornbeek wrote in message ... (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Flowers at Harry's?
 
<snip> (...) Whoops. Let's try the left frame! It's been a long day. Joel (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: The Ultimate LEGO Book Review....
 
The book was made 15 years ago. I can understand where you are coming from in that some of the info didn't seem correct, or at least wasn't presented very well, but considering the amount of knowledge I had regarding Lego 15 years ago, I think its (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Official LEGO site has MindFest pics
 
(...) Some friends and I have been discussing that on and off, to the level of watching the movie to make sketches of leg motion. We have sort of assumed that you'd have to pack the storage in the center with 2 or 3 RCX's. You'd also have to lose (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
 
  Re: Flowers at Harry's?
 
(...) frame for this link. Suzanne Rich has put together a pretty impressive site. :) Joel (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Help! How do I get more peices?
 
(...) piece (...) No, I don't have them all yet. I looked through the Ldraw.org official peices seperate download pictures, and I didn't have those peices... -- Mark Nelson Speedy's Lego Page: (URL) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Black roof bricks
 
(...) I know of the part you mean but you are going to have a hard time finding any. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Castle returns for 2000!
 
(...) <snip> The knight's helmet reminds me of the French knights from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. cool... we've got South Park and Monty Python themes for the year 2000. (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Flowers at Harry's?
 
A week or so ago, someone posted a URL for a Lego "flower delivery company". Can anyone find the URL and let me know it? -- Have fun! John My Trade/Sale (and links) Page (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Categorizing uploaded robot images on legomindstorms.com
 
Letting them search both ways might be too much work for the Russell and/or the folks putting this system together. A heirarchical taxonomy is all right as long as it allows for each "node" to have more than one child and more than one parent. (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Did I make it to get into Datsville ?
 
(...) Did you get my message about several things about datsville. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: I wonder where he got the scans from?
 
(...) In the latest US S@H catalog (Holidays) there are two new "instruction" books with instructions for models not related to any particular set. One is animals, one is people. Paul Sinasohn (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: How to McDonald's Sets Cheaper!
 
2 McD stores in the Oakland area are charging $1.83 for the toy only. They are the Fruitvale/MacArthur store and the 66th/San Pablo store (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca)
 
  Re: Castle returns for 2000!
 
Indeed. But I wonder what's going to happen when TLG start releasing female minifigs with hourglass figures. ....Oh baby!! ;-) Sanjay Followup's set to Lugnet.Adults Only and Lugnet.Get your mind out of the gutter -- Millennium City @ (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: More scale questions (Was: Scale of Lego)
 
(...) model (...) Plan (...) scale, (...) All of (...) Well, if you go even further into the train scale history of Lego, it is also interesting to note that trains came out in the late 60's, before minifigs were around. In fact, I believe that it (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Ed Boxer Goes to Enfiled - reformatted and updated
 
(...) Actually, I could have put the captions directly above or below each thumbnail (see my Cyclone page). It can still be done. (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.publish)
 
  Re: Ed Boxer Goes to Enfiled - reformatted and updated
 
(...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.publish)
 
  Re: Castle returns for 2000!
 
(...) Perhaps too much reality is intruding into their fantasy world.... Paul Sinasohn, who likes all three figures. Time to refigure the 2000 Lego budget. (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Official LEGO site has MindFest pics
 
(...) Actually, a more likely reason is that we are looking at the LEGO Mindstorms web site. No RCX --> no "Mindstorms" --> no picture. We really should collaborate on how to mechanize one of those AT-AT's! (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
 
  Re: Scout secrets revealed
 
Sorry Eric -- the frames just take up too way much space in the window (over 50 percent!). Most of the time when I visit such a heavily framed site, I have to use the "Open frame in New Window" command just to read the content. I posted the URL to (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Castle returns for 2000!
 
(...) If TLG has a no modern guns policy, then how come guns similar to the wild west revolver and shotgun are still being made today? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
 
  historical gap for themes
 
IMHO, I think that 70 years out, either side, is a minimum - that's 2 (almost 3) generations, which means that (for the history side): a) not a lot of people who lived in that era are still around, so nasty memories wouldn't get brought back to life (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Help! How do I get more peices?
 
(...) or pieces you need? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: Set #918 - Space Transport
 
(...) Where do i get space2.dat from??? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
 
  Re: Help The Homeless In Legoville!
 
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 (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: Official LEGO site has MindFest pics
 
(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
 
  Re: Cramped city with a train and a monorail running through it soon. Need some help on how to do this.
 
(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
 
  [Announce] Brainstorm V1.1 released.
 
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 (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.logo)

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