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In lugnet.starwars, Damian Garcia writes: I guess that means we can start looking for the rest of (...) I certainly hope that you are right, but just about every Wal-Mart, Target and K-Mart that I visit has plenty of Star Wars Legos stocked; I would (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Shoddy MF
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(...) I'm about to advance a very unpopular opinion, but one I think others might have, as well: I *like* the MF. Sure, it's not perfect. Ben Fleskes' is perfect (well, assuming TLG would tool up a better cockpit piece- no offense, Ben, you only had (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: S@H said "not yet- wait 'till January"
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(...) scranton? I don't think there are any Targets near Scranton. I guess you could say you got it on the road :) -Chris "who grew up near Scranton" Tracey (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: legOS-0.2.2
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Hi Martin, the FD_ZERO bug sounds interesting. Maybe there's a way to work around this issue in a more portable way? Like, remove /usr/include from the Makefile and hope for the best? The debugging output shows that the host is sending packets and (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: Question about MT Big 4x4
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(...) I have the 5282 tires, and they're the same as the tires included in the Model Team 5561 (which I just purchased but haven't assembled yet). Is that the 4x4 set that you're referring to? (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.modelteam)
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| | Re: Plz plz plz help need white torso's!! :-)
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(...) Well, looks like your troubles are solved in April, Doyle: (URL) you can probably sell the black train windows for a profit, too! :) James (URL) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Definitly a one man cockpit was(Re: Shoddy MF)
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(...) It definitely looks to me like a second 'fig can be made to sit in there. Whether or not they do it on the official model is another story. eric (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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(...) As Jacob said, this is why the specification suggests that rendering programs allow the user to select the option of defaulting CLIPPING to on or off. (...) Huh? In that case, the uncertified primitive is not back-face-culled, but the (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Thanks to Todd Lehman, Kevin Loch, and Lego!!!
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(...) Ditto. In my drooling, slavering state, I haven't taken the time to properly thank the folks who are responsible for it. ;) Todd - thanks for the venue! Kevin - thanks for the scans and the other venue! Thad - thanks for the original tip! (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Thanks to Todd Lehman, Kevin Loch, and Lego!!!
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Hi everyone, I just had to drop a note to say thanks to these two gentlemen and to the company that has provided me with hours(years?) of enjoyment! Todd, thanks for giving me an easy access venue for finding all the in's and out's of Lego!! Without (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Did anyone else notice...?
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(...) <snip> (...) Hmm, I missed those before, they definitely look tan and appear to be in 6094 and 6095 in addition to the 6091. Mike (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Update Auction Sets from the 70's, Edition 3
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* * * Sets from the 70's: Edition 3 * * * Advances have started. Good Luck! Set Name St Bid Bidder 365 Wild West Scene G1 160 John DiRienzo 369 Coastguard - 60 min. 371 Sea plane G1 40 Hao-yang 376 House with Garden G1 40 Hao-yang 377 Shell Station (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: More news on 2000 lineup!
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(...) the Adventurers at the moment - he just saw (THE) latest resurrection of The Mummy). (...) My brain is faster than my fingers, which seem to skip words on their own to keep up. :-( Bruce (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: I feel like a junkie!
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(...) Just from looking at the scans I'd say I will get at least one of everything except maybe the MF, the MF is EXPENSIVE. I'm more likely to get a higher quanity of the 7155 (ATT) just because it looks cool and has a TON of tan, so a couple to (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mindstorms and Bungee Jumping
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(...) What kind of intelligence is needed for a robot to do bungee jumping? How does a Mindstorms robot jump better than, say, a Furby tied to the bungee cord and pushed off the plank? Cheers, Hao-yang Wang (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: More news on 2000 lineup!
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(...) to (...) be (...) in (...) no (...) I have to stand by my earlier statement: you may not like, it may not be compatible with euro-castles, but Castles it is, nevertheless. My son doesn't particularly care about compatiblity, in any case (the (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: historical gap for themes
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(...) Yes! Now my College Student minifigs can go Polar Bear Tipping! Hmmm... Maybe that's not such a good idea... Jeff "Gravity is a harsh mistress!" (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 Town construction sets
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It never occurred to me last year but I think Town as we knew it is dead. The theme is now consistently referred to as CITY CENTRE rather than TOWN and this is being reflected in the type of sets we're seeing. Whereas previously the Town theme lived (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Even more 2000 comments
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(...) WHAT?!?!??! <frantic squinting at the pages with Soccer on them> Where? I must be blind... James (URL) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 2000 sets as Parts Packs
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As someone who uses all sets as parts packs, I have to say that I am relatively pleased with the additonal pieces. The large Castle set has 16 blue corner steep sloped bricks. Wow that's probably a record. And the 4 in grey are another great (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | FA : Train, Castle, Technic, Divers & ADVENT CALENDER
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FA : Train, Castle, Technic, Divers & ADVENT CALENDER All have no reserve & a starting price of $0.01 Tains (9v) MISB #2126 LEGO TRAIN CARS (9V) (URL) N' Rail Repair Train 9V MISB #4525 LEGO (URL) #3225 Classic Train with RED CABOOSE (URL) #4532 : (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Train Windows
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The Castle pictures also look slightly color distorted. The arches on the right side actually look blue (1x6 and 2x6), but the side away from the viewer looks grey. Hmmm. Colored lights do make it difficult to tell. Gary Istok (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Increasing Age Ranges???
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In the 200 catalog, the two soccer buses are listed as being for ages 6-16. I may be wrong, but I do not recall ever seeing ages above 12 (maybe Model Team went to 14 but I'm not sure). Is this the first set ever listed for up to age 16? Also, I (...) (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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(...) Well, they both represent Fuedal periods in their respective cultures, and I assume that is why they are "Castle" sets. When you said "era", did you mean that they were both fuedal, or that they existed at the same time? If the latter, you're (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Even more 2000 comments
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From a purely "parts" perspective, 2000 sets will be nice. The large castle set has at least 16 of the 2x2x3 blue corner extreme slopes..... horrray. The Soccer set has 4 of the gray corner extreme slopes... yes! And someone said orange concave (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Definitly a one man cockpit was(Re: Shoddy MF)
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(...) MF (...) you (...) that there isn't enough space in there to push him over to the side a few studs. It almost looks wide enough for two guys, I really hope so. Chris (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: The Chicago Bulls Shields
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(...) Actuallly, it reminds of an old friend in the SCA, Duke Martin the Temperate, KSCA, &c. His major charge was a bull's head erased in -quite- similar colurs. One wonders....... Cheers, Roger (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Did anyone else notice...?
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(...) If you mean the tower elements from 5808 (which is Scala, not Belville) shown here: (URL) then no, they aren't. The Scala piece is much larger - something like 6x6x12 (probably wrong - I haven't actually measured it), whereas the new castle (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: JVM and spirit.ocx
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(...) Hi, I am currently working on a Java API for the RCX based on LEGO's firmware. It is basically a model of the RCX with LEGO's firmware, that is, the instruction set described by Kekoa Proudfoot in his RCX Internals. The basics (instruction (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | The Chicago Bulls Shields
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Looks like it to me. Will there be Jordan and Pippin minfigs? (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: $40 Night Lord's Castle
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(...) They have to honor it, I work at KB and they are sent a weekly mailpack that has current running sale flyers for the whole company. That LEGO sale is a KB ToyWorks sale (larger KB store). Tell them you saw the add in the newspaper for the LEGO (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | K-Mart 20% Off Sale
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Stopped by K-Mart today to check out their 20% off sale. There are no signs on the shelves but the sale is advertised in their circular. Lots and lots of E-1 Starwars sets. Not as many E-4 sets - approx. 12 Snowspeeders, 4-5 X-wings, and only 1 (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.va.ric)
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| | Re: Hapless WinNT user
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(...) Here is a suggestion for those who are trying it on NT. (I can't right now- access problems :( In Makefile.common, line 20, add the flag -nostdinc (i.e., line 20 should read "COPT =-O2 -fno-builtin -fomit-frame-pointer -nostdinc"). (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Definitly a one man cockpit was(Re: Shoddy MF)
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(...) Well I just took a second look and this is definitly a one man cockpit. If you look at the close up you can actually see Han through the canopy and he is seated centered and back so there is absolutely no room for another co-pilot. (URL) the (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: $40 Night Lord's Castle
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(...) Just for reference, I called two KB's near me in the San Francisco area, and neither was running this sale. :^( --Raymond Flournoy ===...=== flournoy@cs.stanford.edu "Because, of course, a man with an Computer Science Dept. obsession is a man (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 2000 Town construction sets
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(...) So a couple more people don't think too much of thenew town sets. But am I really the only person on lugnet who's basically completely unimpressed by the entire new catalogue?????? I just had a look back at my 1996 catalogue - the last decent (...) (26 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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(...) 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 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 (26 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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