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LMAO! I could just hear this being said, in a patient but firm voice, with only a minor undertone of threat. thanx Mike for giving me a second thing to smile about today; thanx Kevin for scanning, but should you be reading this now? (thanx John, for (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Cricket info
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The link for more info on the MIT Cricket is: (URL) Eddings (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: More news on 2000 lineup!
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In lugnet.general, Alex Roode writes (...) Yeah I'm with you on this one Alex, I cant wait to see what the hell it is! And want to see the look on someones face the first time I say "Hi I collect Futbol!" Wonder where they got this name from, is it (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Update 9906?
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(...) Cool! Thanks to Terry, Jacob, Steve, and everyone else whose time is generously volunteered for this project! Do you have any guess as to how "concrete" the pieces in this update are? i.e. would I need to re-align pieces in my DAT file if I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Making Fake Pieces?
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WARNING: "purists" or those horrified by Lego part mutilation should read no further... ...safety zone... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... I have had excellent experience with attaching 32x32 baseplates to 3/4" pine boards with (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: More news on 2000 lineup!
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(...) Ooh! Knight's Kingdom. How magical and shinny. I was hoping for something maybe like Turok. (heh heh.) Get some dinos! Okay, so I know they will be in the Adventurures sets... but the whole indian-with-the-lase...f-dinosuar thing is pretty (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
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(...) Um? If you are in your 20's, then you are likely to have been around during the best time of LEGO right at the peak of your childhood too :) I Have a yellow castle that was new to me as a kid :) and I'm 22 (for another week!). If you are say (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Top Ten Toys on A&E
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(...) It seems to be. At least, I still see it around, in various forms. But the 'top 10 list' seems to not be based on sales figures, so it is logical to assume that it is an attempt at identifying the 10 'best' toys of all time. Slinky is (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My Lego Obsession & Philosophy
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(...) :) I printed one of these out (with the 8 drawn as an eight-ball). I haven't taped it to the vacuum yet--I'm waiting until no one is looking. Steve (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Three Cheers
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(...) Hip, hip, hooray! (3x) I am very encouraged by these steps. I hope they prove fruitful for the MINDSTORMS group, and other product groups at TLG see the benefit of having interaction with their customers and fans. Steve Bliss (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Update 9906?
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(...) Ditto. This message is x-posted to lugnet.cad.dev. (...) Terry plans on finishing things up for 99-06. I'll start with 99-07. Well, it might be the 2000-01 update, if there isn't enough of 1999 left to go around. (...) I was waiting for 9906 (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: building a maze
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(...) Mine's not light, but it is sturdy.... FWIW, I sawed up some 6x6" lumber into 2' lengths and backed the bottom face with EPDM. I wasn't really building a maze though, I was making physical "waypoints" for a robot navigation scheme -- sort of (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 2000 catalog FOUND!
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(...) EEE...EEEeeeeeh! (...) Soccer? woof! (o no, full moon, im turning into a Lego dog!!!) (...) Ahhh. O!!! EEK! Stop me from drooling NOw please!!! tell the url and scan quicker! no talk- scan! Scan or not not scan, that is the ques(scan)tion. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Use PC's IR port instead of IR tower?
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Hello, Is it possible to use a PC's IR port, instead of the IR tower, to communicate with an RCX? (I have a Dell Inspiron 3500). -- Brad Aisa baisa@NOSPAMbrad-aisa.com -- PGP public keys available at: (URL) faire." (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: historical gap for themes
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(...) diveristy in some areas (spiders, snakes, scorpions) and so little in others (cows, pigs, chickens). When I was a kid, playing with farm toys was de rigeur. Now, apparently, no self respecting child will play with *any* set which doesn't offer (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: $40 Night Lord's Castle
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(...) Hi , I went by the local KB here in Knoxville, Tn <west store> and found the 6097 for 39.99 AND buy one get 2nd one half price!! Wahoo!! They still have 6 more but I didnt ask how long the buy 1 get 2nd half is going on.... John (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 2000 catalog FOUND!
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Forget highlights, keep busy scanning! ;-) And give us the URL the second you are done! (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 catalog FOUND!
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Kevin Loch wrote in message ... (...) Woo-hoo!!! I nearly bought some SW sets last night from Target, hoping they would contain a new catalog, but ended up buying a bunch of food instead. Can't wait to see the scans! -- Have fun! John My Trade/Sale (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Wheels
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They didn't abandon them, at least the smaller ones - they are in the McDonald's sets. (...) Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bigger/better scans of 2000 sets?
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(...) Sure he could - there are many cases of sets having 2 stud widths at the legs, and 4 at the arms (the 1775 plane, for example. The cockpit could be 2-wide on the bottom, and his arms could be right over top of the studs on the 6081. In fact, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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