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A Train Conference sounds good to me, but I can't speak for the rest of the newly formed Greater Florida LTC members. So you can count me in and maybe the club (1 to 4 people). (...) I vote for Carlsbad, I have not been to the Legoland park yet. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Homemade LED Bricks
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(...) Er, 330 ohm may be ok for the usual transistor type circuit where the nominal supply voltage is 5 volt, if my memory has not failed me. It may be a bit low, I think, for the RCX where the nominal voltage is 9 volts which is almost double of 5 (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New Castle Idea
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Set ideas? Here's a few: Mordor Swamps--small set in a deeply forested area with a river running through it. Trees are black. Brick-heighth baseplates are put on either side of a row of 2 green plates stacked on one another, then trans-green peices (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: More 2000 comments
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(...) is, (...) Not only that, but set 7115, Gungan Patrol seems to have 2 of these in tan! (URL) Schilling (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
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(...) I would to go but I can't:( (Maybe I should get a heliopters license and I could fly there:) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Chicago Legofest
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Well, I haven't received any responses to my post a few days ago, but I thought I'd let people know about newer developments in this possible event. I secured use of the atrium at Wheaton Academy for free on December 3rd from 5pm-9pm. We can have a (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Question on 948 Go Kart tubing
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I recently came across an Expert Builder #948, and I have a couple of questions about the tubing used in it. I hope someone can help. First, is the tubing the same as the black tubes used in the pneumatic systems? Is it the same as the 8860's (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
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(...) James makes a good point. It would be nice to have a "host" group in situ. Here is my concern doing it in LL San Diego: we all would want to go there instead of our own thing! BTW, how long of an event are we talking here? A long weekend? A (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Age average
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(...) at (...) Chris, Great referance I suppose I would have only been zapped recently. I guess the sad thing is that most of the JrFOLs participating in this thread have probably never even heard of Logan's Run. If you have not seen it you should (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
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(...) If I Recall Correctly (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Tricerablock's horns
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(...) Sure looks like it to me. They were also in some of the Wild West sets, I think. (...) Anyone buy Fort Legoredo or Amazon Crossing (I think they showed up in there as well)? How were the horns packaged in there? If they were on the rings, I'll (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
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(...) I would be highly interested in the San Jose NMRA convention. I have been hard at work on modules exactly like the GMLTC ones as well. I am almost done with my second module and am trying to get 5 made by the summer time. I would imagine that (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | FOTW!
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I got a 8277 Giant Model Set for $18.97 (CAD) at my local Walmart last night. bounced through a few more Walmarts today, but didn't see any more of the 8277s. But Walmart Canada tends to do sales across the board, so you might want to check your (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Age range 16+ (was: Re: 2000 Scans are Online!)
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(...) I may be stating the obvious here, because most other people that read these posts have a much keener eye to detail than I do, but has anyone noticed that the bases of the stands are actually buit from normal sloped lego pieces. It appears (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: New desktop wallpaper!
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(...) Since the server for my site seems to be down, I'll just post the file here. Enjoy! --Bram // If you have Anton Raves' material.lib file, you can // delete the #declare Color[n] statements in your .pov // file output from L3P and uncomment the (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Homemade LED Bricks
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David Johnston <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:LOBBJCENKNHFLCK...inet.ie... (...) I'd say 330 Ohm 1/4 Watt. (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | FA: 38 Lego Lots - MISB Century Skyway G2! Castle and Pirate BONANZA!!!
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Thanks for looking! Century Skyway Going Twice! Click here to bid or view: (URL) here: (URL) Description Currently Bids Status Current End [PDT] Lego 1188, 1189, 1190, 1191 : Extreme Team (Kabaya), MISB $25.00 Lego 3070, 3071, 3072, 3073 : (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND Buildings....
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(...) Yes, Mont St Michel and Sacre Coeur, I believe. For pic of Sacre Coeur, see here (bottom picture on the page): (URL) Email: kwilson_tccs@compuserve.com Web page: (URL) Page: (URL) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 1680
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Has anyone come across this set as I can't find it on Kevin Loch's site?. It is from 1990 and is a small cart with 3 Forest People/Robin Hood figures. (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
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(...) I'd attend. Likely drag my wife with me, but might not due to costs. (this dammed island is so expensive to get off of!) (...) Advantage...LLC (...) Not so likely. No 'home' group to organize I'd think either twin cities or LLC or NMRA (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: What colors do bricks come in?
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(...) It is used for the Hydronauts' "armor" It is a very cool color. You can also add to the reflective list matallic green. I'm pretty sure the crystals in the meteors in the Space Ports sets are this color. Greg "Nope, sorry" Majewski (URL)Simon (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: Homemade LED Bricks
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(...) not being an electronic engineer, what is "appropriate"? D. (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Ultimate Resume Item
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Robot Builder Intern Position Available Firstly, my apologies for posting a job advert in this group. Gentle redirection to a more appropriate newsgroup is welcome. We are a 250-person company with a very successful product which integrates many (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: New Castle Idea
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(...) I'm working on it... <grin> As soon as my next shipment of red plates gets here, I should be able to complete my model of Smaug. He's more-or-less at minifig scale, sitting ~75 studs long or so. Of course, artisic liscence prevails, since I (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: "AFOOL" acronym (was: Re: Letter to the LEGO President...)
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(...) ROFL! How true. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Slave 1 Cockpit
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Duane Hess wrote in message ... (...) I believe the cockpit on the slave I is the trans blue one on this very set, not the "helicopter" windshield as was stated in the original message of this thread. (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | 6067 6023 and others
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I have for sale the following. Good condition instructions for 6067. Any offers? Also I have 6023 in good condition with instructions but no box. There is one bit missing - a red banner. I have many other small sets but I'm not sure how complete (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: New Castle Idea
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(...) It might be hard to make the differences obvious, considering all the races would have to be the same size. I would like to see Lego do a LotR theme, since they could produce the specialized pieces that would be needed. Such as: -bushy hobbit (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
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Looks like we have our master builder speaker... The MNRA is a great tie-in. We should approach them with the idea of hosting an LTC side event at the same locale. A first pass proposel list might be: 1) Convention display space for a layout 2) A (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Age average
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(...) Bet away. And since you admit you have a good paying job, you can send some of that extra money my way so I don't have to suffer :) I do agree with Bram, the trouble with being a JrFOL is that 1. most don't have the income that would help to (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: RCX output and Trains
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(...) I just bought my first LEGO train earlier this week, and actually tried this experiment. You can run a train directly off of an RCX motor output. Just connect the track's power connector to an RCX motor output instead of to the train speed (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lo shuttle ha un suo bioritmo???
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(...) Ma e` ovvio... e` senz'altro per via del (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
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All- What about coordinating the conference with the NMRA show in San Jose next summer? And if you'd like, I was a LEGO Master Model Builder five years ago. Right now there are only three left in the U.S. The model shop went through the fitness (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Cingoli e motori
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(...) Sai che puoi usare come sensore rotazionale l'aggeggio che serve a far ruotare la luce nelle fibre ottiche? Mi sono spiegato male ma dovrebbe fare parte dell'espansione Robot Creatures. Ciao. Marco. (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: What colors do bricks come in?
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Lot's of responses to this. Based on everyone's comments and a couple of other things I remembered, I've revised the list. New list follows, with some comments inline and other comments following... We're now on 35 colours - close to the 41 someone (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Royal Knight Torso's for auction on Ebay!!!
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Here are some links to some Royal knight Torso's on Ebay, No Reserve! Doyle 12 Kings torso's (URL) red plate torso's (URL) White Royal Knight Torso's (URL) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Homemade LED Bricks
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Hi all, I like the Mindstorms gear a lot, but I've always felt a proper lookin robot needs lights, preferably multi-coloured and blinking. Unfortunately all the Mindstorms kit has is a single light sensor. So I've decided to build my own lights. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
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Wow, we're already up to 8 attendees! What is "IIRC" and thanks for checking calendars SteveB (...) me (...) ideas... (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Age average
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(...) No, no, no. You would have found "Sanctuary";-) -John (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | 2000 Set Release Dates???
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Unless I missed something, all I can find on the site about release date is that it says New for 2000... Anyone have any info about when they might be released?? I need to put in my Christmas Wish list soon... and I want to put some of these new (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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