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(...) It would appear that way, at least partially. He may also be comparing it only to the mid- to late-90's Castle sets and not to the glory days mid-80's sets...? (...) I don't see how anyone could prefer Pepsi to Coke. I don't see how anyone (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: RCX motor voltage
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(...) These solutions bring up problems of their own: using a motor to operate a switch (battery box or Lego switch) requires monitoring the switch state to determine on/off status. Also, there will be a time delay while the motor moves from one (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Brik brand giant blocks
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I believe I seen some of these the last time I went to the local KB Toy Outlet. I'll check again the next time I go there. You could try giving them a call, get the info at kbkids.com and see if there is an outlet close to you. Troy Bruce Bowman (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I am searching for a source for Brik brand giant building blocks. If you are not familiar with them, they are Legos on steroids (standard block is approx. 8x4x3 inches). We have just enough of them to drive us crazy and badly need more to do any (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: More news on 2000 lineup!
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(...) Someone who is a fan of Akira Kurosawa's films might well enjoy the Ninja theme. Lego's target audience (i.e. kids) might. I wouldn't think either could inherently refered to as a "doofus". Why is Fright Knights "real" castle and Ninja not? (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Settimi
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Io non mi abbasserei mai a questo genere di cose. ;-) Giulio Marco Beri ha scritto: (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: McD set numbers
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(...) I can confirm the numbers for 1 and 6. The number for set 4 is 1995, this is the green slope with printed chicken set. I also agree that the best set is #1, but I also think that #3 and # 5 are especially cool for the hot pink plates and (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
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(...) Well, see, that's your opinion, and that's fine. But when other opinions differ, that doesn't make someone a doofus, right? Whenever I find myself going "oh gawd" about anyone who's excited by UFO, Exploriens, or Insectoids, I remind myself (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
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(...) I didn't say there was anything wrong with it. I didn't even say that it was a pale imitation of glory-year sets. I said Thad -might- have felt that it was. Just speculation. Me, I'm a Space head, and I hate all Castle stuff anyway, except for (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Scout secrets revealed
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It's exciting that the Scout SDK is coming out so soon. The only regret is that VLL will not work on the Scout or the RCX. I have a strange feeling though that someone will figure out a way to do it anyway. Robert Eddings (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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| | Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
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(...) Not alot, really. It was the current theme when I came out of my Dark Ages, and I think it's the best of the last 4 subthemes. That doesn't mean it was as good as some of the earlier subthemes, but it was good. (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Jyst got back from LLW...
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(...) Maybe, but not optimal. I suspect that the rear balcony of Papa Mole's might have been perfect... (...) Yep! $1000 gets them four annual passes for life (whatever that may be), plus other goodies besides... I reckon it to be the equivalent, in (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
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(...) Ok, so you see I wasn't necessarily (or at all, in fact) responding to the alleged "skimpiness" of the new sets. Cool. Give me basic gray bricks, castle walls, and pitchforks and I'll be happy. I'd agree with anyone who felt that FK, DF, and (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
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(...) This is what I responded to. It appears that this person refers Ninja to more traditional Castle subthemes. I still maintain the Ninja subtheme sucks. I don't see how anyone could prefer it to real Castle stuff. (...) Maybe. (...) I didn't (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
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(...) what was wrong with Royal Knights? KL (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Palm Pilot to RCX remote controller
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-Cross posted to lugnet.robotics.palm -Please respond to this post only in lugnet.robotis.palm As others have stated, The Palm IR is IrDA compliant and the RCX IR is not. But compliant doesn't mean fixed. The Palm OS SDK documentation shows that the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.palm)
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| | Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
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(...) OK, he also wrote that he was hoping for another year of Ninja, but maybe that was because he either liked Ninja (which I would argue is "OK" :-) or because he felt that recent themes like Fright Knights, Dark Forest, and Royal Knights had (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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Since TLG abandoned the old red wheels with studs on and metal axles in the mid 80s, have any minifig-scale wheels ever appeared in any colours other than white, grey or yellow? (Proper wheels, this is - I'm not counting those barrel-thingies they (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
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(...) <soapbox> Mike, shame on you... First of all, Thad only wrote that the new sets looked "very skimpy" compared to the Ninja sets...that just means smaller or less substantive, it doesn't necessarily mean that Thad likes Ninja sets better than (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | RE: Need wheels for UP Big Boy 4018 4-8-8-4
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Yup, Good luck. Try $5 at least. I used my four to create an 4-4-0 steamer at: (URL) are really not the right type of driver for a loco as large as a Big Boy anyway. Mark -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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