 | | Table of Recorded First Sightings of Catalogs (was: Re: 2000 catalog)
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(...) The 1998 catalog actually first showed up on October 6, 1997 (early October), and that way *very* early for a full catalog to show up. The rumor going around at that time was that the printing company who printed catalogs for TLG in the U.S. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Diana's train auction, update 15
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No update during the weekend, Next update on monday evening. 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 (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Charters for product-line/themed groups clarified
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(...) How about "Star Wars lunacy"? or "Things you never new about Star Wars that I just made up to make you watch the moives again for the 10,293 time" or even "Debates on whether LEGO will ever make Princes Leia in the Jaba slave outfit". :-) . (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 8450 Mission / Cybermaster expansion
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Ralph Hempel skrev i meddelandet <000001bf27a7$d21b76...pro150>... (...) I think this will be very difficult/impossible, as the CM does not download the firmware - it's there all the time, in ROM, so you never download *machine code* to it, only (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 8450 Mission / Cybermaster expansion
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Stefan Prescher skrev i meddelandet ... (...) Looking at the 8450 at www.lego.com I got the impression that there *was* a new programming system included, somewhat related to the RIS software. There's not much text, and just one little picture, so I (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Wild West ?!
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Gary Istok skrev i meddelandet <3822F3CB.AF0D54DF@u...ch.edu>... (...) I *think* the Wild West is really out/off/dead (your favourite word here) here too. At the time 'Bonanza' ran in Sweden, we had one (1!!) TV channel, so everybody watched (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | FS: Lot of Aquasharks
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Lot includes 4 complete sets (3 w/ instructions) and parts of others. Pieces are in good used condition, instructions are in excellent condition. The picture below may not work, they have had problems with the server. Check back tonight it should be (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: I'm sorting by color now!
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(...) cool, you are going to eventually be sorting exactly the way I do :) my mind control device must be working, slowly but surely.... I sort each color into the following bins by form: boring rectangular bricks- 1 large bin each plates- 1 small (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Bigger/better scans of 2000 sets?
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(...) Good/Interesting parts I can see: (No macaroni Bricks(those are round-top bricks on their side, like Eric said)) 12 6091 1x2x1.3 round-top bricks 2 6191 1x4x1.3 round-top bricks 2 brown town seats 1 green "Set 4561 Nose" wedge 1 pair 2x3 (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: historical gap for themes
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(...) Cows. Yes, we need more cows. All the breeds to be sure (holstein, jersey, guernsey, etc). And while your at it, add in some various barnyard animals. Has Lego ever made a 'farm' set ? Something with barns, silos, a farm house, etc ? Ray (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: I'm sorting by color now!
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(...) Ed, do you still have your "old" website. Could you post the URL for some of the others? I'm assuming you are Ed "Boxer" Jones of the Very Big Cathedral fame... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- A picture is worth a thousand words, but (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: I'm sorting by color now!
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(...) FYI - my clear plastic boxes are not Plano - they are acrylic and very sturdy with fixed dividers. (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Wanted: instructions to 1786
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Would someone kindly upload the instructions to the Jailbreak Joe set (#1786) to Brickshelf.com site? Thanks, Andreas Stabno (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | MacNQC, G4 and Keyspan USB to serial adapter
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Hi all, As another datapoint in my liberation from the Wintel hegemony. I did indeed get Dave's latest MacNQC working on my new G4/400 using the Keyspan USB to serial adapter. I recommend downloading the latest driver from Keyspan. You can use the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: makelx issues
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According to Luis Villa: (...) I'll post the new version this weekend, then ;-) (...) It will be for convenience only with the new release - all front- and backends are integrated, so it's only Make that needs to know about program locations. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: 8450 Mission / Cybermaster expansion
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(...) Not as challenging as getting one in Canada, I'll bet. I feel like a dope because my mother was just in Germany last month. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- A picture is worth a thousand words, but very few sets of a thousand words can (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: My fleet is (emphatically not) bigger'n your fleet!
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(...) Well, "using" is a relative term... So far I've just been "accumulating" (hoarding?)... (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | RCX motor voltage
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I've completed a syncro drive model to be RCX controlled and have encountered an unexpected barrier. The model's drivetrain was tested using a battery box (6 AAs) and works fine. But when I try to drive it with the RCX it doesn't have enough power (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: My fleet is bigger'n your fleet!
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(...) I probably could also count my 2 or 3 6057s. Also like everyone else, more rowboats and canoes than you can shake a stick at, plus numerous pirate rafts (or bits thereof). (...) You should see Auczilla X winnings pretty soon. I got mine (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Legoland Fireworks
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We're going to be there as well, any suggestions on how we might recognise eachother? Kev (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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