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(...) Good deal Kevin, that helps a bit on judging the MF... but I'd still like a close up of 8 of the Falcon, and maybe the A-Wing, please. Both have strange things going on in the cartoony pictures above their set pictures. Or if you can just (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) it's supposed to be... it's on page 8. Looks like something big falling out of it or something... :/ Although the new close up of page 12 adds insight into the model... only 1 minifig in the cockpit, looks like. (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) ^^^...^^^ RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!! Mike's on the loose!!!!! (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Hey, wait! There *are* more Ninja sets: (URL) more! --Todd (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) LOL! That Han is such a little rascal! Richard (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Millennium Falcon close-up! (was: Re: Sorry to spoil it KL, but 2000 catalog posted!)
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heh, try page 12a... KL (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Hmm... no I didn't. I don't think they've ever done 16 or above before! Wow. :) Finally some recognition of older LEGO fans. Um, expesive, LOTS of pieces. Hmmm... Kevin posted a close up of the Falcon (not from the page I wanted, but good (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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I just added c00am-12a.jpg, a 300dpi close up of the MF It doesn't exactly fit on the page like the rest of the scans, but oh well. KL (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Another fan of large projects (and there are quite a few these days :) As a LEGO purist I cannot condone the mutilation of LEGO parts in model construction, but it is your LEGO, and farbeit for me to tell you what to do with it. I can offer (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Millennium Falcon close-up! (was: Re: Sorry to spoil it KL, but 2000 catalog posted!)
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(...) There's a big closeup on page 12! (URL) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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Jason Brown wrote in message <382739DC.77E70887@m...es.edu>... (...) :) Anyway, (...) Did you notice the age on the "Ultimate Collector's Series" from 16 years? Has Lego listed an age 16 or above? They look expensive to me... (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Page 11 of the new year-2000 U.S. LEGO catalog! (URL) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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Woo Hoo!!!...!!! Gray train windows in the 2000 sets! 3 gray windows in a SMALL set. We can get all we want now. Set #3401 has probably 50 pieces and 3 are gray 1x4x3 train window frames. Also, in set #3405 we will be able to get 6 white train (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) The look on her face, to me, says "I wish he would stop pinching me." Julie (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) And of course the new dinosaurs can be mixed up with Wild West for that "Valley of Gwangi" feeling. Hooray! -Pete (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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All I have to say is..."LEIA IS HIDEOUS!!!!!" Thank you. Done ranting. (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Proceed immediately to: (URL) behold. So we go from mummies and spiders into "The Lost World". Let me be the first to say (and I'm sure many agree) that this is a pretty darn swell thing, a great direction for this theme to go. I can't wait for (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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I know one thing I'm buying a lot of!!! The elevated road plates #6600.That set is pretty neat by itself. Not much of a selection for town this year is there? (The elevated road plates, I think is the best idea TLG has had in a long time.) and I'm (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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First of all thanks for the photo Kevin! :-) Second the sets stick just like I thought..... But there is a new prefab piece for brefab castle builders and the new helmet is in small sets too. More horse bardards and plenty of brown wheels and more (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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I still don't think the Falcon looks THAT bad. Cockpit to "saucer" could be improved, though. Still on my list of sets. :) The dinosaurs look cool, did you see the big prop plane in the mural in the middle of the catalog?? Coooolll. Looks like it (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Sorry to spoil it KL, but 2000 catalog posted!
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Jason Brown wrote: D'oh! Beat to the punch. :) Hey Kevin, if you read this, can you do a closeup of the Millennium Falcon? I can't make out what that sub-picture is showing it does. Um, it's on page 8. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=...=-=-=-=-=- (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) What a night to be sitting in a hotel room with a 14,400 connection!!! Argh! Anyway looks like the Falcon is just about as bad as we thought although the cockpit looks a bit better than previously thought and it is still good for pieces. Still (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.castle)
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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! 2000 looks like a much better year than 1999, though I still wish they would un=juniorize town. Artic is way COOL. And now we have polar bears! Yahoo! It might be juniorized, but I really like the new highway pieces. (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ooh Ahh!! Big Thanks Kevin!!! Julie (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Sorry to spoil it KL, but 2000 catalog posted!
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Check Kevin Loch's site at (URL) (great site, btw :) ), under the catalogs section, 2000. :) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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All I want is pics of the new sets! That would make me happy. :-) Just to see whats useful for parts as for sets, I dont think A Empire can ever reclaim the glory they once held. I fear the glory days of lego are over...... But the good news is they (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) WOO WOO WOO! :) YES YES YES! It's gonna be a long night! Booting the coffee server now! :) --Todd (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Let me be the first to say that the sets look really good. Thanks Kevin for getting them up so quick. In case Kevin's still scanning, look here. (URL) Whytcross b_whytcross@hotmail.com (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Richard (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Just checked out the new scans for 2000. While Town may be dead and resting in pieces Futbol certainly offers hope for any Townies that are still around. The Bus (the first of any kind since 1979) and the TV crew set are certainly on my want list. A (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Shhh!! Julie don't distract him, the mans busy scanning...... (it does seem to be taking a long time though doesnt it? Perhaps he has fallen asleep....perhaps if we all yell REALLY loudly at the same time we will wake him up?? What do you (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 2000 Scans are Online!
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(URL) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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(...) I am using the motors that came with the RCX. (...) Hmmm - do you propose to ensure the delay in the relay circuit or programmatically? If in the circuit, how? (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) *sigh* I almost went out to check on these tonight, but when we were leaving work today I was carrying an armload of stuff, lost my footing, and ended up taking the most delightfully funny-looking spill onto the parking lot. Boxes flew (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Wes, relays would work pretty well. (Still, how much current do your motors draw???) The LEGO motors draw about .35 Amps (350 Milliamperes) You could connect two 5V coil relays , each with a diode in series with the coil, connected oppositely to (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Lego vs. Pokemon
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So how many other parents are going to have to battle the kids over which fast food place to go to? Hubby's gone for the week, I'm thinking "cool, I don't have to cook, the kids will be happy with McD. & we'll get our fill of the sets." But nooooo, (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)
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(...) Hmmm...this seems to be taking awhile. Kevin didn't go into cardiac arrest over the high quality of the sets, did he? :-) Julie (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) To sleep or not to sleep.. that's the real dilemma! 3am in the UK - anyone else from this side of the Atlantic doing the vigil too? [Followups set to lugnet.off-topic.snooze so that we can help keep each other awake ;) ] Richard (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Freight Terminal
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I started mocking up a Freight Terminal for my bookshelf town layout and liked it so much, here is what resulted. (URL) welcome. Paul (URL) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) The funny thing is I actually did say this, to myself, then I decided to post it. :) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Futbol
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(...) Oh.... oh well theres still the new castle, Dinos and arctic Thanks for clearing this up. Rachel (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 catalog FOUND!
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(...) Scan or scan not. There is no talk. (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Model Team 2000
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Heya ! I'm big fan of Model Team. Don't you know what will be new in 2000 besides Star Wars in Model Team ? Thanx. e-mail: virsik@sco.svf.stuba.sk (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Could you be more specific on "querying its state" and "high-level commands"? If you're willing to write custom C++ code, you can pretty much do whatever you want on top of the rcxlib stuff from the NQC source base. Its pretty easy to send (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Arriva il niubbi! :))
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"iant" <iant@libero.it> wrote in message news:382764EC.FA0279...bero.it... (...) Come promesso, benvenuto! (...) Intendi dire che i motori vanno in stallo dopo 4-5 secondi? Tutti e due contemporaneamente? In effetti i cingoli sono il sistema di (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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Futbol means Soccer. It's Spanish, I think. If, however, they put American before it, it means Football as in NFL. (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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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 (...) (26 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 (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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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 (...) (26 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 (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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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 (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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. (...) (26 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." (26 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 (...) (26 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 (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Forget highlights, keep busy scanning! ;-) And give us the URL the second you are done! (...) (26 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 (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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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 (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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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, (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 2000 catalog FOUND!
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(...) Great!!! I for one am waiting with baited breath, I hail from Australia and hassled lego Aust. last week when we would see a catalogue here, and was told the usual, febuary or march!!!! I wanted to know if we could get one sooner seeing as (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Movie list
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In lugnet.adventurers, Mark Lindsey writes: <schnip!> (...) LEGO can't get me a girlfriend?!? <throws bricks down in disgust> MAN! I wasted all my time on this for NOTHING! *grin* That was good; now I've scared the cats. **sigh** -The Cheese, who is (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | If you frequent Huw's Promotional site please read
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As most of you know, Huw Millington provides us the Promotional database site. He recently asked if someone could get him a set of the Mcdonald's sets. I would like to see if anyone else would be willing to send 1(,2,3,?) if the sets to Huw, free of (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 catalog FOUND!
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(...) Less talk, more scanning, please. ;) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Chicago Legofest/Museum of Science and Industry Mindstorms event Dec 4
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Well, there's been a little interest in the Chicago Legofest idea. Its been brought to my attention as well that the Museum of Science and Industry is having a Mindstorms robotics competition on December 4th. It would be a good idea to couple that (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: LEGO matchmaking (was: Re: Movie list)
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(...) Real. Todd and Suzanne are proof. They both are no longer with their NLSOs and with each other instead. Now, I don't think it's wise to go searching for romance on the internet, and they didn't. But if it happens, hey. (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Lego Rodney***...***
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Hi, I have had the pleasure of speaking to Fred Martin at the MIT robot lab, I sdaw the crickets first hand doing some interesting things but I doubt they will work there way into a mindstorms kit. SORRY! But I own the Mindstorms kit and Its cool in (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Stallman mentions Lego in newspaper article
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Followups to off-topic.debate, because... suffice it to say, I do not agree, sir. :-) Stallman may be a bit flakey as a person, but I think the general theme that one can create "free" software and make a healthy living from it is extremely valid. I (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Adventurers and dinosaurs in 2000
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(...) Hi Paul Yeah last week I posted to duplo and general a fantasy of mine that they would produce a full dino set and got carried away with the brilliance of this! Once i started thinking about how great it would be I wondered why they had never (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Mindstorms and Bungee Jumping
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(...) Well, you never know what you can do with Lego till you try it. Skydiving should be a piece of cake. What next? Since it has been confirmed that RCXs aren't afraid of heights, may I suggest a cliff hanging bot? -- C S Soh (URL) where air is (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 2000 catalog FOUND!
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(...) looking forward to it as well... sort of. thanks, kevin. later ~ craig (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) All the way there......... :) Dani. (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | FA: Trains, Town, Accessories, Forestmen, & Promo on SeriousCollector.com
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Thanks for looking: The Road n Rail Hauler is G2! Click here to bid or view: (URL) here: (URL) Description Currently Bids Status Current End [PDT] 8857 Technic Street Chopper (used) $40.00 Lego 1188, 1189, 1190, 1191 : Extreme Team (Kabaya), MISB (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: 2000 catalog FOUND!
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Some quick notes: 1. Black elevated road plates! 2. Soccer sets! KL (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 catalog FOUND!
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(...) Arg - no sleep for me tonight then.. GMT being my zone :) Can't wait - thanks :) Richard (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LCD screen
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Hi! Timeline Inc. sells 2x16 parallel LCD for $7.00/each! (URL) is great. Good luck! (...) Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people. --unknown ===...=== Kam Leang University of Utah Department of Mechanical (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 2000 catalog FOUND!
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Acting on the tip from the RTL post, I stopped by Target today on my way home from work and picked up a snow speeder. Jackpot! I'm scanning it now... KL (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: More news on 2000 lineup!
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) That's a bit on the uncharitable side (or there's some unresolved anger there about something else). I would be that kind of doofus :-) Your Real castle doesn't turn into forts and ports nearly as nicely for (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Adventurers and dinosaurs in 2000
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I'm surprised more people haven't been talking about this here. :) I remember reading some of the earlier speculations, and I believe person suggested a dinosaur adventurer subtheme. Congratulations to whomever it was. I wonder how they'll work it (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Fright Knights sucked too. Just less than Ninja. (...) I didn't like it at all. Doubt I'll hold onto any of the Ninja minifigs in the remaining sets I have. (26 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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(...) Sometimes it does, yes. Especially from one perspective or another. (...) Sounds like you're trying to get around to saying that not only do you acknowledge everyone has a "right" to an opinion, but that everyone has a "right" to have that (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Arriva il niubbi! :))
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Salve a tutti! Dopo un po' di lurking, ed essendo stato spronato dal carissimo Mario Ferrari, faccio il mio ingresso in lugnet.loc.it (mi e' stata promessa una calorosa accoglienza, sapete? ;) Avendo il Mindstorms da pochissimo tempo avrei preferito (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Classic Christmas set?
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(...) Darnit, now I _have_ to go and look at the set, and I know I don't have any cash. *smirk* -Cheese (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.basic)
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| | Re: Adventurers and dinosaurs in 2000
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(...) these would probably be duplo-saurs, rather than system dinos; giving a whole new meaning to the term,"terrible lizard". later ~ craig (26 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) I can think of two other possibilities: The best approach is probably to add more gears so that the motors don't have to work as hard to move the platform. The platform will move more slowly, but at least it will move at all. (Hmm... That (...) (26 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
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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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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? (...) (26 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: (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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