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(...) Cool Space Station!!! Works well on my machine, almost too well. Have to really watch for the minifig and the docked craft, as they must be pulling 5 or 6 G's with the rotational speed ;) Love the still pics the best as you can really see the (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Homemade LED Bricks
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(...) [snip] The light pipe dohingus in the "Extreme Creatures" add-on, Space Shuttle Technic kit and a few others does this very nicely, it even adds a rotating display to the works. Its one of the few cool things in the Extreme Creatures expansion (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: I'm Through Coloring Inside the Lines for Awhile...
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(...) I always build the main model even if it is a very small set that I bought just for parts. My interest is in Technic and MindStorms. Even though I have been building my own models for quite some time, I can find a helpful building tip even in (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New Castle Idea
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(...) Your ideas are excellent! My only change would be to substitute Smaug for Ancalagon. How about Bag End? A big, rounded green hill with windows and doors sticking out. Comes with Bilbo and Frodo. The Prancing Pony: A medieval-looking inn with a (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Robot for sale
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I have a General Robotics RB5X I'd like to sale for $1000, it was just refurbished by General Robotics a year ago at a costs of $1200. I know this doesn't have anything to do with Hand Boards but I thought maybe someone from the mailing list would (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | FA(eBay): 6571,6982,6949,1752 (Flame Fighters, Explorien Starship, Robo Guardian, Crossbow Boat)
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6949 Spyrius Robo Guardian 1994 UIB (URL) Explorien Starship 1996 MIB (URL) Crossbow Boat MIB (URL) Flame Fighters 1994 MIB! (URL) Email: kwilson_tccs@compuserve.com Web page: (URL) Page: (URL) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Sadly a look at this group...
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(...) Hope springs eternal, James. =) -- Richard (who needs either more Pirate/Soldier sets or his dose of Lithium!) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | New rendering of Rebel Blockade Runner
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Just finished this new collection of renderings. The following link is to an image containing all of the orthoganlo views of the model. (URL) also posted the dat to the dat.model group. Check lugnet.space for some other renderings (of MOCs) that I (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | I'm Through Coloring Inside the Lines for Awhile...
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I'm the first to admit that I buy LEGO sets just for the parts. I never actually build the model in the instruction booklet. Until a recent post by Ralph Hempel about the 8226 Mud Masher that sent me on a bit of a building rampage. The Mud Masher (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Need black drop down train wagon plates
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This has got to be the stupidest sounding thread ever. I didn't realize that the larger news groups contained all the more specific ones. I saw my original post in marketplace and thought I had mis-posted when in reality I had it right the first (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Lots of new renderings and DAT files
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I have finished three CAD models recently. I'm posting the dat files to the dat.models group, and posting information concerning the finished Rebel Blockade runner on .starwars. Here are links to three rendered images of my XP-21 model Perspective (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Need black drop down train wagon plates
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Sorry, this should have been posted to Buy/Sell/Trade. My apologies. Steve (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Tricerablock's horns
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(...) I have Fort Legoredo and Amazon crossing. I think they may have just been loose pieces. I'm not certain, though. I can, however, say with a fair amount of certainty that they weren't on a ring with that feathery piece like in the Islander (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: legOS-0.2.2
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Hi Markus, sorry for the delayed response, but finally i'm back: (...) i found a way that may be somewhat cleaner, by separating the lnp related header files needed by the utilities from the libc stuff: created a directory in legOS/include named (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Orange bricks in Artic 2000
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Ben Gatrelle <ben@yellowcastle.spam.com> wrote in message news:FL042B.HLA@lugnet.com... (...) than (...) year. (...) pieces (...) pieces, (...) sets. (...) I like the approach that that LEGO has usually stuck to, perhaps right up until this year: to (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What colors do bricks come in?
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Never mind -- the plate under the tree *is* a lighter green. Weird, I never noticed that before. -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman (URL) "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." Paul Davidson <tinman@direct.ca> (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What colors do bricks come in?
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I don't think the green in the speederbike set is any different from normal green -- I'm looking at the set right now. -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman (URL) "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." Simon (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Another mention of Lego
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(...) No, no! Q was a fantanstic answer!!{:^D Great job, Simon! (I assume you did a good job on questions 1-9, which were Greek to me;) Speaking of Q, the episode where Q loses his powers was on last night. Corbin Bernson a Q!! a classic. But then (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Age average
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(...) Ok, let's try this: I guess he's using a new (to us) manner of speaking. It's like if I say "I'm Russian" and I mean "I was born in Russia". By saying "I'm 28", he's saying that he was born in 1928. :) (ok that was a bit of a stretch) Ben (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: $40 Night Lord's Castle
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(...) I went by the KB toyworks tonight to see if they had gotten any other shipments in and found the 6441 for $29.99(same as the kbkids website) There are 8 of those sets still there and the "buy 1 get 2nd half off" was still in effect but I had (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: What colors do bricks come in?
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Simon Robinson wrote in message ... (...) ... (...) kjmrr (...) No, the Purple in the Belville set I was refering to is the same as the McDonalds Set Purple. You called it Indigo above. (...) .... You can add a Trans-Pink to your Transparent colors (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Age average
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(...) How'd you work THAT trick? Gerald Ford was a child in the 1920s, I think. (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Homemade LED Bricks
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(...) Thanks for the enlightenment. I remembered it went something like that. But don't you have to allow for the forward voltage drop across the LED, typically 1.6 volt (still from memory)? That is, the voltage should be 9 - 1.6 = 7.4 volts. So the (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: FOTW!
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(...) They've gone down again then! They were 19.99 at the Lougheed Mall Wal-Mart (Burnaby, near Vancouver) last week - but only there, haven't seen them at any others. I have been sending my Technic class kids down there to get themselves some <g>. (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
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(...) I have no idea. I'd happily split hairs with you on this but we've gone below the power of my scope to resolve, hairsizewise... :-) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
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(...) Just nitpicking here but the amount the retailer nets as profit may be slightly more, or slightly less. It depends on a number of factors such as what the cost to take an order is, the cost to fulfill an order, how much less one box costs than (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: LEGO Queen Amidala
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Thanks y'all for them kind (and humourous) words. I've got some more pictures, including one with yours truly for size comparison. But I'll include it when I feel more extroverted. Craig, your Queen Amidala and other creations are marvels to (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Homemade LED Bricks
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grrr.. I flubbed.. instead of r = .01/9 make it r = 9/.01 ----- Original Message ----- From: Keith Miller <kmiller@talon.net> To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 10:23 PM Subject: Re: Homemade LED Bricks (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RIS 1.0 to 1.5 software upgrade
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Hi! I got a RIS 1.0 in October. I called up Lego Consumer affairs to ask for an update kit for $3.95. They said it is only possible if I had bought from S@H. They also say that it is available to only those lego RIS which have a sticker on the box. (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Chicago Legofest
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In lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, Tim Courtney wrote about: <Hopeful Chicago Legofest-Wheaton Academy for free on December 3rd> WOW! I live in New York, but, I will be in Wisconsin that weekend. COUNT ME IN (assuming it comes together.) I'll hop a bus or (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
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| | Re: New Castle Idea
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(...) The Bat Lord's helmet keeps reminding me of "The Mouth of Sauron"'s helmet seen in the animated version of "The Return of the King". :-) Elliot (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Homemade LED Bricks
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basicly.. it's i*r=v where i = current in amps and r = resistance in ohms and v = voltage in volts.. so.. If we want to find out the resistor's value.. we re arrange it like so.. r = v/i so 10 millamps (typical led current) = .01 Amps.. And at 9 (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
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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. (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (27 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:) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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. (27 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 : (...) (27 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) (27 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. (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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. (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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) (27 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. (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (27 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 (...) (27 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. (27 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 (...) (27 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) (27 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. (...) (27 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... (...) (27 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 (27 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 (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Age average
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[Please FUT lugnet.people] (...) I started building LEGO models when I was 4, but I didn't have a web site then :) (It's kind of difficult to have a web site when the WWW doesn't exist.) I've had a web site since eighth grade, around the same time I (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: New desktop wallpaper!
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(...) Will do. Of course, the lighting won't light a very large area with the current settings, so you might have to adjust the scale of the model and maybe the wood texture. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Check out that cool
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(...) It's my Fallingwater model: (URL)Wow. Just goes to prove that even if the majority of teenagers (...) :) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Age average
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(...) Hear, hear! We also can't get to the toy store very easily :) (Although my only excuse for that is that even if I did have a driver's license, my mom wouldn't let me use the car :( --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: New desktop wallpaper!
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(...) Thanks! (...) What exactly do you have in mind? I think LEGO in general is pretty enlightening :) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Age average
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(...) You know what they say... "Youth is wasted on the young." - Chris "I feel like a geezer at 34" Phillips (I suppose if I lived in Logan's Run I would've been chopped up for hamburger a long time ago...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
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(...) Well, if it ends on the 27th, we could close with: 6) Set personal record for most people singing "Happy Birthday" to Ben. :) Ben Roller (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: "AFOOL" acronym (was: Re: Letter to the LEGO President...)
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(...) Which gives new meaning to the old adage: "AFOOL and his money are soon parted." -Pete (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Ideas for Lost World and a new MOC
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Hi fellow Adventurers fans Please check out my ideas for the Lost World subtheme: (URL) have also uploaded a new MOC: (URL) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Age average
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(...) ford (...) Why can't we work out a system where you have financial stability and youth at the same time? Chris (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Teaching Robotics
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What curriculum are you talking about? Is it what comes with the robolab school pack? What number is on the curriculum you are using so I can see if I can purchase it alone Thanks Jim Clark (...) -- There is Love in the Red Letters. There is truth (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Email Address
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(...) Hrmmm..... well, Yahoo offers POP3 access, but I take it you don't want to use them, so I won't paste in this bit of info telling you how to set it up. :) Lemme keep looking. Ah, here's a way to let you decide for yourself. (URL) guide to free (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Bullboys, Moomen, or Longhorns?
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(...) Well, I'd have to Steermen or Oxmen, depending on their age. (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
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(...) How about Minneapolis (*more* centrally located?;) (...) The NMRA convention is IIRC the weekend of the 6th. A problem for the PNLTC? (...) Again, perhaps a conflict with the proximity in time of the convention? -John (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Mindstorms 1.0+1.5 upgrade vs. 1.5
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1.0 + Upgrade = 2 constructopedias and 2 test pads, more pieces, plus an RCX that has an AC adapter socket 1.5 = 1 c-pedia, 1 test pad, no AC socket, fewer pieces Right now the 1.0 plus the (free) 1.5 upgrade is the one to get, IMHO. --Doug Wilcox (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Dino Names (was: Tricerablock's horns)
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I'm getting a kick out of these lego dino names. Lemme just compile the ones I've seen people throw out there so far, and everybody get yer brains churning to add more. Tricerablocks Tyrannosaurus Brix Legosaurus (or Stlegosaurus) Pterodactal (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Re: Age range 16+ (was: Re: 2000 Scans are Online!)
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(...) Well I am 23, fell like I am much older! Working full-time at Meijers, part-time at Mobile Medical Respose as an EMT and being a volenteer firefighter, plus still going to school! But I always make time to play with LEGOs!!!!! (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Mindstorms 1.0+1.5 upgrade vs. 1.5
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I've been thinking about getting Mindstorms and am confused about how 1.0+1.5 upgrade kit compares to straight 1.5. Can anyone help me on this? Thanks! (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote: (sorry for not removing .uk before now) (...) I agree. I just see the end result as being no different than if I had one shipped to work. But that's the funny thing about morals - we bend ourselves around (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | RE: New Castle and Pirate sets at Serious Collector
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(...) Weird - the seller is even in the same state I am (Texas, not "mental" or something...) I got mine back in February - conveniently close to my birthday as a matter of fact. (...) I think I'm going to need to sell more stuff myself to pay for (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Bullboys, Moomen, or Longhorns?
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I personally think the Mad Cows is a nice name. - Palmer. (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
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(...) Wow, thanks. (...) You're certainly right about that. (...) Well, I think that's debatable in general, and ridiculous with respect to me and my household. I haven't paid full price for any of the 50 or so DVDs I own. Heck, I haven't paid half (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Bullboys, Moomen, or Longhorns?
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(...) I personally like cow-pack, has a nice Lego tie-in and all, and moomen just has a nice silly ring to it. Kya (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
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I guess that all that wanted to bring stuff would have to pack it or ship it. That can be ugly but with enough bubble wrap you can ship anything. SteveB PNLTC (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Age range 16+ (was: Re: 2000 Scans are Online!)
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(...) Well, theoretically, you could throw about four or five of those 2x4x6/8? weight bricks that came with some of the floatable boats to act as a counterbalance in the base of that stand. As for keeping the thing actually on the stand, I guess (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: In need of castle helmets, torsos, and shields.
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(...) Wow, I'd like to publicly thank James for that. Just goes to show you - you never know until you ask. THANKS! (address to follow in separate e-mail) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Custom Website
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Hi, I'm thinking about starting a Lego Custom Minifig Resource page, full of links to Custom Lego sites. I need all the help I can get, and I would like to see how many results I can get, and opinions on my idea. Come On LUGNET, the future of CUstom (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: tracking robot position
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Hello: I was thinking about Vlad Dumitresu's goal of tracking robot position with a mouse. Arjen Gerstel's comment about wireless mice reminded me of a company called Gyropoint, which makes an inexpensive plastic gyroscope. They have embedded ;this (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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