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(...) I just called back and acted as though I was calling fresh. I claimed that I had the catalogue from a snowspeeder box I myself had purchased. I just said that I wanted to order sets 7144, 7134, 7115 and 7124. These sets are not in the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Road bridges!
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(...) Think of the possibilities with the road bridges!!!! Elevated Hiways with onramps!!! Ferry terminals!!! Bridges across rivers!!!! Hills without specialized Base plates!!!! Maybe even convert the Road plates into Monorail tracks (Two or three (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Did anyone else notice...?
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Aren't the new castle wall sections a Bellvile piece, but in gray? Aren't they a little taller than the standard wall piece... like 6-8 tall vs. 5 tall classic wall piece? On the 6091, are those lion head bricks on both sides of the front arches in (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: no BURPs?
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(...) Now the burps will be rare pieces... Paulo (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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If any of you are having trouble grabbing/viewing the embedded QuickTime Video of the Bungee jump (at (URL) ), I managed to nab it using a machine that doesn't have QT installed, and can post it to the Web or e-mail it. I was surprised! The text of (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: S@H said "not yet- wait 'till January"
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(...) the (...) She was mostly clueless and I didn't press it as much as I should have. chris (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't have that one, never seen any lego paperbacks. Can you post a scan of it? I've got all four hard-back Ladybird books from series 904, Lego Pirates, entitled; 1. Will and the Gold Chase 2. Captain Roger's Birthday 3. Adventure on Shark (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 8001 Battle Droid IS available online
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(...) Rather like many AFOL's in the United States being concentrated in California; IT / high tech industry plus affluence. If you think Devon is far away from everyone, try South-West Scotland. Ian Bishop, Ayrshire, UK (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: $40 Night Lord's Castle
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(...) Hi Naji, Apparently the buy one get 2nd half off started on Sunday, It covers all of the Legos. the regular prices are about a dollar or two above Walmarts prices but i guess if you need more than one of a set it makes it worth it John (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | MISB 8880
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(URL) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: legOS-0.2.2
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(...) well, i got it and compiled everything using linux 2.2.13 and glibc 2.01. My native compiler is gcc 2.95.1, for cross compiling i built gcc 2.95.2, after applying the rcx-interrupt patch. compiling the dll and makelx utilities was a little (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Does anyone actually still use theirs??
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On Mon, 8 Nov 1999 21:34:30 GMT, Søren Bak uttered the following profundities... (...) I was going for article number 3 in this newsgroup, as I have quite a few in others. The main reason I don't use mine is that many of my models don't have motors! (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.codepilot)
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| | Re: More news on 2000 lineup!
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(...) As far as Castle vs. Ninja, it's debateable as to whether or not Ninja belongs in the same sub-theme. As far as being eastern/western, I think I'd agree for the most part except for the one key difference of having guns. That seems to put the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 2000 Town construction sets
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Notice that they reduced the ages for City Center from 5-12 to 5-8. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | no BURPs?
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It just occured to me that I hadn't seen any BURPs in the new catalogue, so I went back and looked closer - no BURPs in the new sets. Lots of SPUDs and POOPs, but nary a single BURP! Is this indicative? James (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BEWARE of John DiRienzo
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(...) Ditto again. Of the several times I've dealt with John, he's only been late once, although he *can* be very hard to get a hold of via e-mail. There must be some other factor here. James (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: took another look at the 2000 catalog...
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(...) The piece in this set: (URL) ... ? If so, then go get your hands on it right now;) -- pn (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: MF Goofup?
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Shaun Sullivan <sullis3@mit.edu> wrote in message news:38285805.10E088...mit.edu... (...) See my earlier post--I think they are hiding something. The MF probably looks even worse when you can see between the top front mandible and the hull piece. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: MF Goofup?
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(...) I think you're right! If only they had a Chewie minifig - he'd never have let that slip. Richard (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: shop at home news
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(...) Yup, I noticed that too. Did anyone else notice that we're now paying US prices in US dollars? And then tax/import on top of that? Unless, of course, nous parlons Francais... time to brush up on my second language skills. James (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Allright, it´s enough, TLG...
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(...) First of all, I need to decrease my screen resolution or sit closer - I thought that was talking about a "Cool Chicks" page, and that put a new light on the quoted sentence.. that I mis-read as well! Urgh - I really wish that Lego weren't so (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: S@H said "not yet- wait 'till January"
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(...) Did you (or anyone else) ask: 1. Prices on the stuff that we don't know yet 2. If and when you can pre-order, especially the May, July, etc. sets 3. When we'll see this stuff in stores Also, did they act as if the sets were in the computer yet (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Hapless WinNT user
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Apparently, standard gcc include files are processed as well. This should never happen, as legOS defines everything on its own. Maybe there's an additional command-line switch for that? -Y or something? Good luck, Luis - I have access to a NT box in (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Shoddy MF
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(...) MF (...) sure (...) Sorry, Reverse that I really like the AAT and don't really like the MTT but it looks great for parts. Eric (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 2000 Town construction sets
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(...) Agreed! I got excited for a quick second when I saw the word "hotel", and then I realized it was a background picture :( (URL) you imagine the windows in a hotel set? Julie (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: retrocastle
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(...) Are those grey??? The picture looks dark grey - not that I'm complaining, either way, mind you... ;) James (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | I feel like a junkie!
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Well, I know where my money is going next year. Some thoughts: 7184 (MTT): 2 (maybe 4?) extreme corner slopes in dk grey! WAHOO! Also, several normal extreme slopes in dk grey, and all that brown. IF my eyes don't deceive me, those are 2x2x2 slopes (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 Scans are Online!
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LOL! I'll have to get a few of these just to reenact Kevin trying to navigate the Boston spagetti bowl :-) -John Van Kevin Loch <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:FKwz84.9MD@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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(...) Yes. WINDING UNKNOWN allows a DAT author to specify what is happening in the file more precisely than CLIPPING OFF. Adding WINDING DOUBLE-SIDED would allow even more author-precision, but there is no practical difference between DOUBLE-SIDED (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Allright, it´s enough, TLG...
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This is what TLG says on the "cool clicks" page: "How well do you know Emma? Go test yourself in the exciting Scala Quiz." Very exciting! --Tobias (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Dacta Storage
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Due to the cost of these, I've not had any experience with them. I think tha tyou'd be better served with cheaper non-lego storage boxes. Just my thoughts though... Troy Asher Kobin <asherk@pobox.com> wrote in message news:FKt3Fv.80L@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.dacta)
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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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(...) You'll pardon me if I use an abbreviated notation, and skip the " characters. (...) It's hard to argue with that. Steve (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Shoddy MF
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Charles Spindell <legomenace@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:FKwzs8.BLM@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) MF (...) sure (...) for (...) I agree, the MF is just terrible. The cockpit is pathetic! If you're going to go the the trouble to make a new (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | retrocastle
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With the gray steep slope and steep slope corners in the 7184 MTT, you can build a "Retrocastle", a gray version of the yellow castle! KL (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Question about my FOTW
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(...) Sorry about that. Craig (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: More news on 2000 lineup!
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(...) Hey, hey! Who the heck is claiming Celts are barbarians? :-) Bruce (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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(...) Yes, and 'may' is more more correct than 'should', since the "Rendering Engine Requirements" section really is included just to provide a framework for the language extensions. The document specifies the input, and we have a general (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | MF Goofup?
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I was just looking at Kevin's close-up of the MF ((URL) noticed something. I think the top front mandible is one crooked, or coming off! It, and the side pieces ramping down to the circular docking ports, are attached via 5-tooth hinges. But take a (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | My thoughts on the new sets
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OK here are my $.02 worth on the new SW sets. #7115 Gungan Patrol 79 pcs $10.00 ($11.00 SAH) Cheap way to build a Gungan army. Not a bad looking set. Even the Kaadas aren't bad. #7124 Flash Speeder 105 $10.00 ($11.00 SAH) Awesome set, and check out (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Thoughts on 2000 SW
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Wow. I have to say that I am much more impressed than I thought I would be. And not just with SW, but across the board ... but, since this is SW, I'll give my thoughts on that line here :) I absolutely *love* the AAT. Amazingly (and I haven't done (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Update 9906?
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(...) Not too many all at once! At least on the first go-round. After that, the more, the merrier! :) (...) Yay, Terry! (...) Terry has sent me a copy of everything he has received, post 99-06. He is also going to forward future mail to me. New part (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: shop at home news
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(...) Yeah, I noticed this order form too and I'm quite relieved - if Lego collects the GST then at least we don't have to get hit with a Canada Post $5 fee every time a package arrives from S@H. I don't nderstand why you guys out east get whacked (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: 2000 Catalogue
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Dear Lego: I am also fairly pleased at the new 2000 offerings. It appears that some of the AFOL criticims are starting to pay dividends. I am reserving final judgment until I see the sets in person but, at this point, let's say that I am more (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Adventurers and dinosaurs in 2000
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(...) Handsprings Bruce? Try ninja-style triple back flips. I have not been this pumped since....since....well, since TLG announced Star Wars legos. Wheeeee! This whole dinosaur subtheme has so many possiblities. I just need Sleestacks and a Chaka (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | S@H said "not yet- wait 'till January"
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Hey guys, I got antsy after seeing Kevin's scans of the S@H catalogue and called the number. I figured I'd act as though I had gotten it in a set I'd bought. I told the girl I had a catalogue that said to call the number to order, and told her what (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BEWARE of John DiRienzo
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(...) I have dealt with John Too, and have had no problems..... I hope this will get resolved, things like this can ruin ones reputation here. :( Doyle (...) we (...) sent (...) july (...) Lego (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: More news on 2000 lineup!
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(...) Whether (...) Never mind US we're just Anglo Saxon, or European, or Celtic Barbarian's! If things aren't our way..... We make them OUR way! So take no offence when we think OUR way is always right! hehe :) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Vague Lousy Page is Finally Up
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(...) Looking forward to it! Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Dinosaurs!
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(...) my (...) I can't wait to see them Craig. No matter what TLG thinks up you already have it! I think they have a spy cam in your house and that's where they get their ideas. Now if they would just match your level of quality and variety. By the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Re: Dinosaurs!
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(...) my (...) I can't wait to see them Craig. No matter what TLG thinks up you already have it! I think they have a spy cam in your house and that's where they get their ideas. Now if they would just match your level of quality and variety. By the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Re: What the...?
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(...) I think the t-rex (?) has Dragon's hands. (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RCX Power connector
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Hi all, If you still want to get a (second) RCX with a power connector, order online from www.legoworldshop.com. Make sure you order the RIS 1.0. Lego will throw in the upgrade to 1.5 in for free, so you still get the same set. I just got mine. I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Problem with the LDraw Parts Tracker
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Hello all, Boys and girs, I'm having a problem with the LDraw Parts Tracker. The link towards the "Tracked Parts" page still works, although only the text part of the page comes up. I don't get the seegreen background I've been used to see there (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Palm Pilot to RCX remote controller
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Paul, What you describe as someday is exactly what I am working on. To move the RCX controlling program off the RCX to a more capable machine where a program written in an Object Oriented hi level language (Java) does the actual controlling. I have (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Millennium Falcon close-up! (was: Re: Sorry to spoil it KL, but 2000 catalog posted!)
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Maybe the cart with Han's reward? David Simmons <alienbuz@concentric.net> wrote in message news:FKx9x8.5pI@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Dinosaurs!
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(...) maniacs (...) guy (...) Right you are Craig. I am still giving the six pack of nothin' to Peter for pointing it out to me, but after looking at the whole catalog I think Kevin Loch deserves an entire keg of nothing, a SPUD in his likeness, and (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Shoddy MF
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(...) The set is pretty bad but I will get one just to be SW complete and to get the Han w/vest and Leia figs. I was just hoping for a decent canopy so I could make my own and we didn't even get that. The overall parts selection look OK however so (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Wieviel DM kostet zug-set 4560 in Deutschland
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(...) Wie ich es verstanden hab enthält set 4560 ein blauwer zug mit motor aber ohne trafo, und enthält set 4561 genau derselbe zug, dabei auch ein trafo und controlgerat. Ich bin ubrigens ganz froh das jemand es nachschauen wirt. Grüße, Manfred. (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: RCX motor voltage
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(...) That sounds like a good approach. (...) As I stated before - I'm using the motors that came with the RCX. -Wes (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Shoddy MF
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(...) Don't worry about that Han fig, isn't he in the Skiff set too, or doesn't he have the vest. Hmmm. Jason F. (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Spare parts in 2000?
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Hi all! Catalogs for 2000 have turned up, but I haven't heard anything new about spare part sets in 2000. There have been some rumours that this service was going to be discontinued. At least here in Europe, there normally is a service catalog in (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: K-Mart FOTW (Was: Re: Kmart- 20% off Lego & Duplo)
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(...) Likewise, I have come to love K-Mart (and the sales). Yesterday I visited a K-Mart that was a distance from my house. This particular store is somewhat rural and has no full time toy person. I have been there before. While mining the clearance (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: More news on 2000 lineup!
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(...) Wild west has nothing to do with sailing ships or pirates, nor does Lego claim that it is part of the Pirates line. If you are going to attempt a parallel, try Islanders, which was officially part of the Pirate line. Ninja has castles, swords, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: More 2000 comments
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(...) And it looks like Doyle has a source for his white torso's. 5 blank white torso's in a single small set. James (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: $40 Night Lord's Castle
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(...) As is typical with KB Toys, the sets are pretty well hidded due to the amount of stuff that they have in the store, so you may get lucky and find them there still ;) Just look around a bit. At one store I went to they had 8 of them way up on (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 2000 Scans are Online!
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HIDEOUS?!?!? How about COOL!!!! Ryan ***...*** REPLY SEPARATOR ***...*** (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: BEWARE of John DiRienzo
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Holy Cow! I have to say that I find such behavior by John very unlikely. Every dealing I've had with him has been a-ok. There at least must be some extenuating circumstances left out of the picture. My $0.02 Derick Bulkley (...) Norway. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Adventurers and dinosaurs in 2000
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(...) I haven't been talking about it because I didn't see the scans until two seconds ago! Lost World/Dinotopia! Yes, that was one of my suggestions as a good theme for Adventurers. Mark is probably doing handsprings. Bruce (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Castle 2000 comments/ Name and Price guesses
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Here's my guess for names and prices as well as a few comments; 4806 Rolling Thunder 6.00 6026 King's Guard 6.00 6032 Raging Bull Catapult 12.00 6091 Lion's Breath Manor 80.00 6094 The Lion's Head Lockup 15.00 6095 The King's Practiceground 25.00 (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Dates picked for Cleveland Lego Get Together
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OK, here's what i've come up with: November 20/21 or December 4/5 There are two dates for each because I don't know what is better for everyone, saturday or sunday. It doesn't matter much to me. Anything before the 20th is really too short of notice (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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| | Re: 2000 Scans are Online!
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(...) She looks like her mother. Oh, wait. We just said the same thing. Why does TLG hate female characters in Star Wars? Steve (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: RCX motor voltage
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The simple thing would be to do the short delay in the software. Identical relays usually 'make' faster than they 'break' due to energy stored in the magnetic circuit. It's hard to do this without active components. If you use a typical small (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Futbol
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[x-post to lugnet.admin.general, just so it can be an official request. f-up to lugnet.general] (...) If a newsgroup is created for the new sets, it should be named futbol, like lugnet.town.futbol. Er, wait. Maybe it should be (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Road bridges!
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(...) You'll need pretty powerful vehicles to be able to drive up the steep bridge slope, though! ;-) Fredrik (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Castle? Huzzah!
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(...) Its the same dual hill baseplate which premiered in 5986 Amazon Ancient Ruins. It looks like they made good use of it. (...) Those lion lintels look like they might be cream colored. Those towers are in the same 16x16 modular tower vein used (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Even more 2000 comments
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(...) It does look more plable though. I think the '98 "classic" set was a better model. Scott A (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 lego stuff
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(...) Well, I'm no castle fan but those lions head decorations (the white parts to either side of the gate in the big castle) look nice! I can see those on a library or city-hall type town building. Now for my 2 cents worth on the fire station and (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: building a maze
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(...) Yes, but it makes the whole problem MUCH harder. I prefer to solve the simple problem first, then add things like location errors later :-) (...) My bot uses all standard RIS parts except for 2 micrmotors and 2 rot sensors. You could get away (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 2000 Scans are Online!
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(...) (Sigh)... Now I'll have to find a second job to afford all of these cool new sets. I'm not sure what is worse for me: a bad year from Lego (which this is not), or a really good year full of sets, the majority of which I probably won't get... (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Train Windows
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(...) That's fine. I can't imagine how much I am going to spend on this stuff, better to have a space between releases! :) Scott S. (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | #6769 (Fort Legoredo) from DYA
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Hi Legofans, This is the first new Lego reference listed on DYA website. I present you Fort Legoredo (6769): it's a come back for this reference, but facing to his success, I succeeded in finding this set again. If you are interested, here is our (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Communication with PC using NQC
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(...) /Vlad (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Better sets for adults
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JHenderon@aol.com writes: > On that note, is there a better source for Mindstorms-compatible motors and > sensors than Lego@Home? The 5225 motor is quite reasonably priced, given its speed, torque, size, and weight. (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Road bridges!
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There's a road bridge in the 2000 catalog! And I think most trains will fit under it! Matt (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | BEWARE of John DiRienzo
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To the members of the LUGNET News Group My name is Morten Løvåsen. I am an 34 year old Lego enthusiast from Norway. I have been collecting Legos for many years but last spring I run into serious problems and I want to publish this tragic story: (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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After picking myself up off the floor I have several comments. Someone commented that a lot of the catalog was Star Wars sets. Note that this catalog came out of a Star Wars Snow Speeder set. I suspect that other sets will have different small (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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To the members of the LUGNET News Group My name is Morten Løvåsen. I am an 34 year old Lego enthusiast from Norway. I have been collecting Legos for many years but last spring I run into serious problems and I want to publish this tragic story: (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: building a maze
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(...) It would be great to learn more about your robot! However, one of the things you mention in the document as limitations, namely the incremental errors when a robot moves around, I consider to be just the crux of the matter. Navigating a maze (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Communication with PC using NQC
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(...) You might find the following helpful... (URL) again, you might not. jack j-perdue@tamu.edu (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Train Windows
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(...) Looking at the Direct catalog, it appears the back window is definately a Train window. The glass appears to be plain glass. Well, some glass is better than no glass. Too bad, we might have to wait till May 1 to get them. :( -Chris (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: $40 Night Lord's Castle
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(...) 2 (...) Are just the Night Lord's Castles on buy one get on 1/2 off? I was at that KB Saturday (picked up a Deep Sea Refuge) but didn't see the 1/2 off sale. I don't think I need any more castles, but I would like to get a few other things if (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
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(...) <snip> (...) I never understood why Ninja was a Castle subtheme...to me the two series are unrelated and just because the sets represent the same era, they took place in different parts of the world and I don't see any thematic connection (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Dinosaurs!
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(...) good morning, mark ~ actually, i've been having a field day with lego dinosaurs for quite a while now.... they are quite large enough to made out of brricks and pieces you know... yes, "jur-abs-ic park" will be the next themed addition to (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | RE: building a maze
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(...) Ahhh, now that Mr. Papert is involved I'll HAVE to get my mazewalker posted. I did just that and was able to invert the problem and move the maze under the robot. Have a look at (URL) for some introductory slides I made for Mindfest. I promise (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Long range IR mode.
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<Range mode intro snipped> (...) I'd redefine it something like this....use upper case BASE @ HEX \ To keep from evaluating HEX every time... : RANGE_SET ( f -- ) \ non-zero is long, 0 is short >R FFB7 DUP C@ R> IF FFFE AND ELSE 0001 OR THEN SWAP C! (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Lego Yahoo Auctions
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Hi all! The Yahoo Auctions has some cool deals for Lego kits. www.auctions.yahoo.com --> Games --> Lego Even Robotics invention and discovery set are available. Check out! Maneesh (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: UK 2000?
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(...) about (...) here! (...) I was not too impressed with the new soccer sets as a model. I think the '98 version was better (will it be "Classic Soccer" now?). The new one does look more playable though.... but if I wanted that I'd dig my Sebbuteo (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 2000 Scans are Online!
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does this mean that KL will start accepting 1997 set instructions soon? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Dinosaurs!
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(...) mark ~ that six pack of nothin' should go to kevin loch, who kept anxious lego-maniacs up late last night as he was scanning the images for his site. (wadda great guy he is!) later ~ craig (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Dinosaurs!
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(...) Fellow Adventurers beware! Craig is going to have a field day with these new dinosaurs. But while he is having fun I will toss my own in for your approval. How about the frightful Tricerablocks? Mark L (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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