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(...) Curse you! That's one I need. Feh. ;) (...) The top shelf is a great place. At our Target, I found 9 4128 red freestyle buckets for only $3.18 each (from $20/each). I still haven't had time to part those out! (...) Hey, I've got 35 Frontier (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Theme longevity? (Was: Wild West ?!)
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(...) I've posted ideas about this before, but only in lugnet.starwars. Do you guys think that they will actually reissue some of the StarWars sets a couple years down the road? The X-wing especially, it seems, should be "always available" It is the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I'm sorting by color now!
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(...) Yep. That's what I've found-- Back when I had about 10-15 thousand pieces, I decided it was high time they were sorted. So I went with the sort-by-color technique. Some colors were not too bad, but mostly, it was hard to see what pieces were (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Theme longevity? (Was: Wild West ?!)
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(...) Hmm, I can't say when the trend started - it was in my dark ages. :/ (...) I think TLG has/is sticking to it pretty closely - although the rotation period seems to vary a bit - Adventurers seems to be a one year cycle, for example. But we have (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LegOS 0.2.1
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Well, I haven't tried to set this up under windows yet, so I haven't responded. However, I suppose I can give it a try. Can you cut and paste some of the errors? I may be able to diagnose it- not sure. -Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Reasons for ending an Ebay Auction (Was Re: Ebay's answer)
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Rather than continually cut+paste parts of the ended@ebay.com automessage, I'll include it here for any future reference. I feel that this auction could be ended for reasons: 1, 8, (16|17) and/or 21 depending on what the information is. Oh, and 26 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Various Sets for Sale - Act II Scene I
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In which Ray drives across the deep South in search of a stash of 6263s, finds same and returns with those as well as various other small finds. Lightning, driving rain, & thunder effects all punctuate the search for Lego :) I have the following (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | GNU C-Compiler for HC11
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A new GCC/HC11 port is available. I had nothing to do with this one, but it looks much better than the GCC-2.8.1 port that I'm maintaining. It uses the full GNU toolchain. (URL) is reported to work with the Handyboard, the BotBoard2, and the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: The Ultimate LEGO Book Review....
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John Neal wrote in message <38210571.901A33B3@u...st.net>... (...) to (...) Oh, good point. I will have to check out this new book. -- Have fun! John My Trade/Sale (and links) Page (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) I can understand where you are coming (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Theme longevity? (Was: Wild West ?!)
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(...) well actually it is a 2 yrs period.. with some exceptions. but 2/3 dont bother it is still too short for some sets.... Starwars...it would be a shame if the x-wing dissapears within' 3 years and don't think TLG would make a mistake like that (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I'm sorting by color now!
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(...) Well, I do both, an one to an extreme! I sort all BASIC bricks, plates and bricks, by color and form. So I have one (or multiples) of drawers for white 1x1 bricks, etc. All the other non BASIC bricks, I sort by shape as well. The color doesn't (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Wild West ?!
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Rose wrote about the western theme: (...) Well true...no need to argue 'bout her words! (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) What I'd like to know is around when the 3 year period came about. Certainly some time after 1987, when Blacktron, among the first official themes, was introduced. Also, not every series is limited to teh 3 year itch. One that comes readily to (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BAYLIT suggestions
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(...) impacting (...) 3100 (...) ;-) (...) I've JUST descovered your wonderful service, and it would absolutely kill me to lose it before I had a chance to use it. A $25-30ish minimum purchase amount would be great, and force us consumers to wait (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Wild West ?!
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David Eaton wrote in message ... (...) that I (...) too! (...) I really like this series. I think that they fit well into the town sets. They are a great "old part of town". Rose (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Thoughts on McPromo Sets
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Oops :) Hit send by accident. Here is my real reply. (...) I personally have only tried twice (I really don't like the food) and I got a couple of #1's and 10 #3's. I really just want the sets with pink and purple. I agree that #1 has the best piece (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Wild West ?!
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Hmmm and that is the for sale price?! I hope not..... (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: info on pneumatics
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Jonathan (...) Sounds OK to me, what are you using to pump air directly into the pneumatic cylinders? Have you got some sort of electric pump (maybe a homegrown Lego one), a bicycle pump ...?? I quite like the idea of a Lego pump powered with some (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Thoughts on McPromo Sets
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(...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Castle returns for 2000!
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(...) Not really--I'm a nineteenth-century specialist. (I've got the Victoria ones down pretty well, though.) But I'll probably visit old Saxe-Coburg this next fall. Are there any monuments there to him? I'm sure that the money was made available (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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