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(...) Well, all of the metallic colors are printed to a piece; they are plated on or something to that extent, but I meant the piece that you actually put on the minifig, not the printing on the minifig. Greg "The ticket costs only your mind" (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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[Moving to .admin.general] (...) Not all children watch that drivel. Many parents don't allow this kind of language in their homes, so let's respect that. Todd doesn't want this type of language here, anyway. Jeff (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.general)
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Interesting, About your positioning problem... perhaps you can mark down the center of the "hallways" with a different color than is used for the walls. This way you can use standard line following methods to keep your 'bot centered within the (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
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This part of the art of Lego. Adding to a theme to increase the size of the army. I took the newest and last armada soliders (green and red) and added them to the Woodsmen and old Lion Armies. They became officers or minor nobles whatever you wish (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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Rich Carreiro <rlcarr@animato.arli...ton.ma.us> wrote in message news:m3n1sjr2pg.fsf@...n.ma.us... (...) Go to TRU in Framingham. They have both sets, very clear. In the video games section. --Jack Gregory (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Bram Lambrecht skrev i meddelandet ... (...) Thanks! -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad.ray)
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I am having trouble with function definitions. Can someone tell me what is wrong with this: void detect_time_2 (void) { code here;} I get a syntax error on the definition line and cannot figure out why. TIA John (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) I dunno Sean. I'm 14 too. I have a website with all my star wars lego creations on and I read lugnet regularly. Given that TLG normally place their lego system models in the "6-12 years" catagory, am I an AFOL? What do you think? Dan "He is (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Help on upgrading MS 1.0 to 1.5
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This whole discussion got me curious if I had just lucked out getting my free $3.95 upgrade, so I call Consumer Affairs (800 233-8756) and spoke to Barbara. She explained the whole policy as: (and I paraphrase here, but accurately I think) Any RIS (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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(...) OK, I'll change this in the document. Changes from the last few days will be uploaded to GeoCities in the next hour or so. Steve (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Your challenge inspired me to give it a try. I decided to make an actual moving robot that would navigate the full 8x8 maze. I constructed a section of the maze and went to work. I hope to have pictures soon, but here is a little information. Not (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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<SNIP> (...) Yeah, if we want the 41 colours then we have to count everything, from the PRIMO sets to the Belville and Scala skin. But hey, the metallic blue in Aquazone, isn´t that just printed on the "armor" piece? Then it´s not a real colour, (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The tubing on the 948 is approx. 6 inches / 15 cm. (the tubes aren't exactly precision sized, you know. *grin*) -Cheese, who remembers getting this set new at the ripe old age of 9. (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The big plate is different, I own the set and the first thing I noticed was that new colour. --Tobias (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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<SNIP> (...) also (...) the (...) I think they are "mtron windscreen" yellow. --Tobias (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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What kind of crap is this? Build and destroy. I thought TLG didn´t like violence! I hate them! Hate, hate, HATE! --Tobias (...) news:FL0tyu.nG@lugnet.com... (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Shopping - Zany brainy on 7 has several 8480 Space Shuttles
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Yep, I've seen 4 in several Zany Brainy's they had $149 stickers on them. They also have a boatload of 6195's, and some 4565's. KL (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.va.arl, lugnet.loc.us.dc)
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| | Re: Cathedrals (was LEGOLAND Buildings....)
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(...) Yup! Matthew Verdier's at the least: (URL) recall seeing a couple other people with cathedrals, but can't recall who, off-hand. Gary Istok, maybe? <rummage rummage search search> Yup! again... (URL) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lots of new renderings and DAT files
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(...) rendering... Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 5925 Pontoon Plane
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Competition between the Chaffos and Masterson explorer companies has always been volatile but it's only recently turned lethal. This morning Jeremy Masterson is on a recon mission to an out-of-the-way tributary. Rumors suggest that there are ruins (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Will Town Die in 2000?
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Yeah, like Castle. This year there is no castle (it´s still 1999) but next year it´ll be. Castle just took a break a year and was replaced with Ninja. --Tobias (...) 1966 (...) that (...) than (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Cathedrals (was LEGOLAND Buildings....)
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So far I have Joseph Garlicki's and Ed Boxer's cathedrals on my links pages, are there any other AFOL cathedrals I'm missing? (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: How do you get the bricks to build a town?
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<SNIP> (...) other (...) Thanks for the advice, I was thinking on buying a freestyle box with a Timmy in (I could use someone to get killed so my police department gets some work and Timmy is perfect) but now I won´t, unless someone might give it to (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: What colors do bricks come in?
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(...) This is, in fact, beige. Tan is light shade of brown. Jeff (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My Thoughts on the 2000 Line...
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(...) that (...) the (...) The picture is terrible, but it looks it has six droids in the front with their blasters in the back. Not bad. Dave (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Slave 1 Cockpit II
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From looking at the 2000 catalog it appears that the B-Wing will have a smoke canopy like the Naboo fighter. That would make a nice alternate even though it might be a bit small. It is nice to get the smoke color in these pieces, though. Dave (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: $40 Night Lord's Castle
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I went to my local KB Toy store and no sale on Lego. I spoke to the manager and she said that Toyworks is a different division but if I have the cirular from Toyworks, she would match the price. Since I don't have the flyer, no luck. Anyone willing (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Built-in IR
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The problem with programming the built-in IR in the Palm is that one needs to access and control the hardware directly. You can't use the normal programming interfaces for controlling the IR. This requires an in-depth knowledge of IR protocol and (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.palm)
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Arjen Gerstel <a.gerstel@inter.nl.net> wrote in message news:FL3F92.CrE@lugnet.com... (...) As you may already know, I keep a set of pages devoted to homemade sensors and alike for the RCX at (URL) . I've posted quite a few homebrew sensor projects (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Shopping - Zany brainy on 7 has several 8480 Space Shuttles
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In case anyone is interested. I think that they are at full price. I had not seen any of these in a store (other than S@H and DYA, of course) in quite a while. Will (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.va.arl, lugnet.loc.us.dc)
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Adrian Egli: (...) Looks good. What about stability? It looks like there could be some problems unless there is a firm connection to some straight sections of bridge. (...) and a short description? I would like to add it to my bridge page. Play (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Another 2000 Rant
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(...) Same reason there was stuff called Royal Knights, Dark Forest, Etc.: Sub-themes. ;) (...) Nitpick Time!! These are *not* Jurassic Park sets. The best book tie-in would be Sir Arthur Conan Doyles' "The Lost World". :) Jeff "What was with the (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Use PC's IR port instead of IR tower?
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The basic difference between PCs/PalmPilots/WinCE IR ports and the RCX is a different physical transmission/modulation protocol. In the PC etc case the commonly used format is described by the IrDa standard (www.irda.org) where seperate IR pulses (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Lego train club for the Saint Louis area?
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In lugnet.loc.us.mo, Levering A. Reynolds writes: <snipped previous post> (...) Do you ever make it to Columbia? I visit relatives in that city at least once or twice a year. Space is always a problem, isn't it? While living in an apartment I had (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | Help on upgrading MS 1.0 to 1.5
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Could someone explain the upgrade process? Where I am, none of the retailers have Mindstorms 1.5 in it (which is fine with me, since all the advice here is that you're better off buying 1.0 and then upgrading to 1.5). However, at all the places I (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | I'm going to be at the Construction Site on the 20th
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In case anyone's interested, I'm planning on being at The Construction Site on NOV 20 between 10:00 and 10:30. My parents and I are going to be driving to FL for Thanksgiving, and I was able to convince them to stop in Waltham so I could see the (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: What the...?
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(...) Looking at the pics, I kinda doubt it. The T-Rex doesn't have any spinal ridges like on the Dragon tail. It might not have a moveable tail, either. Personally, I don't care. In fact, I'll only be slightly dissapointed if the tail drags on the (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Two Han heads?
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Nice try hoping, John, but if you were to study the catalogs as much as I do, you'd realize that all it is is TLC's common trick of using one picture, and when they get bored of using it they just mirror it. On some sets it's easy to notice 'cause (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
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Steve Barile: (...) If you mean the "International" part in the title seriously, I would count Billund (and possibly Windsor and Carlsbad) as the obvious locations. (...) I can come these dates - possibly even if it is in the USA. (...) Cool. (...) (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Arctic is Town (was: Re: My Analysis of the 2000 Sets)
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(...) year (...) Where did this come from? I haven't seen anything that says "Futbol" in the catalog, and frankly, I don't think Lego would be dumb enough to refer to the soccer sets this way in the US. It would create way to much confusion. Jeff (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Cybermaster???
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On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Rachel Kingston (<FL38zC.LDy@lugnet.com>) wrote at 14:16:24 (...) The following comments are aimed at the products as they come out of the box: The Cybermaster unit has three sensor ports, two built in motors, and one motor (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Bullboys, Moomen, or Longhorns?
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(...) Um... Barbarians of Bull (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Help Needed
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Hello all, I have two set that i can't find on Lugnet These are Number 060 on the box, it's blue from the 1960's, And box number 5, it an white box. With a striped flag logo I will see if i can get some scans More info, bix 060 has Lego System on (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Ninja vs. "real" Castle (was: Re: More news on 2000 lineup!)
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(...) <sigh> Oh how I wish. At least we can make a decent barbarian horde. (Polybag, polybag, come on polybag.) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New Castle? Huzzah!
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(...) Nope, different baseplate. James (URL) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: LEGO name change
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(...) Well, if we really want an acronym, (I think LEGO is fine) I guess that since the "the" is lowercase then it could just be "LC" Often times in acronyms the "the"s and "and"s and such are left out. TLC just has too many other meanings. T-Boz, (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: LEGO name change
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Being a LEGO Fellow at MIT, I receive an employee magazine. It was stated to all employees. I have seen the change implemented in a few areas, but undoubtedly it will take time. note: the "the" is lowercase in the Lego Company. If looking for a new (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Two Han heads?
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(...) Good Han/ Evil Han? :-) -Duane (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Two Han heads?
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Did anyone else notice that in the c00am-04.jpg with Han Solo in his white shirt, his smirk is on the right side of his face, while in the c00am-12.jpg Han in the black vest has his smirk is on the left side of his face? Shoot! I looked again and (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Ponte Vecchio - Elevated Road Bridge Over Rail
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(...) <nitpick> Ponte Vecchio is in Florence, not Venice.... the one in Venice which has shops all over it is the Rialto - see pic: (URL) Great idea though Eric. Post pictures when you're done! Kevin (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Flash Speeder Nose
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(...) Yep. Looks the big, chunky cockpit, the wedge nose, and the wedge plate (also used in the Comlink Cruiser) are all used on the train set 4561, Railway Express. Steve (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: In need of castle helmets, torsos, and shields.
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(...) Mike: No problem! I'm glad to help out (I'm sorry it is only one). James (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | RE: pneumatics and compressed air cartridges
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check (URL) Look under spare parts for Pneumatic products Kalyan -----Original Message----- From: Chen Yung Hsu [mailto:hsu3@cooper.edu] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 4:23 PM To: handyboard@media.mit.edu Subject: Re: pneumatics and compressed (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Cybermaster???
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Rachel, Cybermaster isn't bad. It's just a bit limited compared to RIS. It includes a large brick with a radio receiver and 2 built-in motors. You can hook up sensors to the brick and build a car that reacts to its environment. RIS, however is also (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New Castle? Huzzah!
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(...) Didn't they first use this baseplate in the large Royal Knight Castle? Simon. LEGO: SP[cl++++(6825)ip++b...++++(6951) PI[so++++]++ CA[dm++++(6078)bf/cr...++++(6081) #++++ YB75M (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Age average
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(...) Better yet, read it. It's a short novel, skinny by today's standards. Although the basic premise is the same, the details vary greatly between the book and the movie. In the book, the culture isn't limited to a few domed cities, it's the (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: My thoughts on the new Castle line
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(...) There's always hope for polybags and keychains... (...) Why red? Beige would have been more interesting and I wouldn't mind yellow as well. (...) Unless you are gonna build up an army of knights... or you next project would be something like (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Chicago Legofest
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(...) Well, I do go to school there and pay a hefty tuition as well. So they let students use the facilities for events free if they ask :) (...) Great! Once we get more feedback I'll get going on details and directions. (...) Cool! BTW - notice the (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
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| | Re: Homemade LED Bricks
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Hi all, I've seen a lot of answers regarding the calculations for the resistor values in this thread. If you want to be completely accurate, you have to include the correct voltage drop across the LED for calculating the right resistor. For most LED (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego train club for the Saint Louis area?
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(...) Sounds good, where to meet might be interesting unfortunately or fortunately I have a new wife that dose not understand my hobby (or addiction). Tell me is it normal to have track setup in the bed room? Andrew (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
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(...) Mike, I certainly don't disagree with you. I have "bent" purchase resrictions myself. (Marcia and I both bought Voodoo3s with the mail-in rebate; I used my parent's address.) However, I think that the fact that the "end result is the same" is (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | FA : MISB #1076 LEGO Advent Calender (Santa!)
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MISB #1076 LEGO Advent Calender (Santa!) (URL) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: How to communicate sensor value changes to RCX Tower
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Hi, For another Java-to-RCX library, try Dario Laverde's stuff: (URL) Unofficial Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots (2 URLs) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 1st Annual International LEGO Train Conference
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(...) What a great idea! In terms of locations my first vote would go for Carlsbad as many people could combine their pilgrimmage to the Park with this great conference idea. Otherwise I'd say that Kansas City is a bit more centrally located (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Slave 1 Cockpit II
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(...) I´m working on my version of Slave I, but I don´t get the right shape. Thanks for the link to your page. That´s an excellent model. Maybe I´ll nick the shape of your base. Think I need another X-wing for this... I´m going to put up some (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Space ship Animtion
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Check out this post to lugnet.cad that I made. (URL) J (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 1680
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(...) valuepacks are typically different than US set numbers. I personally can't think of any cart that can with three forestman figs. Dan (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | FA : Blue Train Track
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(URL) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Lego train club for the Saint Louis area?
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(...) Being in the Kansas City area, we're only about 3.5-4 hours apart. If you want to think on a broader scale, I would like to start a Missouri LEGO train club. Guess you could call it Heart of America LTC or Real[1] Midwest LTC. There are a (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | Re: Bullboys, Moomen, or Longhorns?
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(...) So instead of Gehghis Khan and the Gilded Horde, it would be the Gelded Herd? :-) Bruce (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Pyrate Wackos
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(...) Let's see where we all are. Maybe we could find a centrally located hotel where we could convene and Pirate our Arrrrses off. (Sadly I'm limiting this to the continental US of A. A central location that included our Aussie mates would be in (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Control Micro Scout with RCX ?
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Hello, has anyone tried to control the Micro Scout directly with the RCX ? It seems that the Micro Scout can be controlled with the same bar codes (as light pulses) as the Code Pilot using it's "P" program. You can download a program to generate (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Bullboys, Moomen, or Longhorns?
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(...) i think a steer is a castrated bull, so that may not be the best name for a horde of warriors. Chris (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Cool Pieces!
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It was my daughter's birthday (12) yesterday and I got her the 3142 and the 3144. Wow! What a lot of cool elements! A desktop computer (complete with mouse), wild tile colors (can you say 2x2 light blue?). How about a 4x4x6 clear cyclinder water (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.scala)
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| | Re: Grey minifig hands???
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(...) Alpha Draconis!? o poop, i thought he was alpha drecons! O well, im keeping him like that. I have four of them, and their names are Alpha, Beta, Gammma, and Delta Drecons. Alex Drecons (that's right!) bye (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond (was Re: Sadly a look at this group...)
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(...) see a (...) for (...) makes (...) looks (...) how (...) Arrrrrr! Boarding parties away! Take no prisoners and snag all the loot ye can carry. I be pointing out that my lads be not so color-coordinated wit' their do-rags, and expect black, red, (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Tricerablock's horns
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(...) on (...) can't (...) a (...) I bought Fort Legoredo, and the horns on top of the buildings did come in a ring with one feather piece. I kept all my western pieces seperate, so I still have that feather piece in with them (even though it isn't (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond (was Re: Sadly a look at this group...)
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(...) Just an idle thought, but who here would knock over cub scouts and old ladies with a shopping cart to get to: 6299 A 16-wide white/blue three-center four-gun two/three-mast Spanish Armada Galleon? 6298 A big Armada base with TWO Imperial (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: building a maze
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(...) Well, obviously I am, even if the maze is still not ready! :-) And the navigation system is still shaky... I plan to start a site about my project soon (maybe this weekend), a WikiWikiWeb so that anyone can contribute! /Vlad (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Bullboys, Moomen, or Longhorns?
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(...) been (...) rather (...) This was self-evident when I placed my original comment in the Castles section. Placed in the General area it could get confusing since I didn't directly identify that this was about the new Castle minifigs with the (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Bullboys, Moomen, or Longhorns?
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(...) How about "The Stampede" ? Chris (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: tracking robot position
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(...) My initial thought was to use an old discarded mouse, at cost 0... ;-) (...) There are some of those, using optic fibre from the Extreme Creatures kit, for example. /Vlad (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Well, he certainly didn't give them *after* he was assassinated. <runs, and *not* for office> -John (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Dino Names (was: Tricerablock's horns)
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(...) Ian Malcolm Did you ever get the chance to read the book? It's the meat and the movie is the eye candy! -John (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Maneesh, I think that it depends mostly on who you speak with at Lego. Per Rick's instructions, I called Lego customer service last night to order the upgrade. The person that I spoke with had to seek out a manager to figure out how to handle (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Slave 1 Cockpit II
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(...) I agree, the Naboo/A-wing cockpit is close, but not too small and narrow at the top. I used 2 of them in my version of the Slave I ( (URL) ), but the perfect solution would be to use the type of canopy they did use, but replace the squared-off (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) ???!!! BLASPHEMY!!! <sound of ripping clothes> Ah, how the uninitiated and ill-informed rationalize and deny. It's not pretty. Best to ask for forgiveness with a brick offering, and maybe Lar will bless you, and perhaps even cure Mr. LFB of (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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(...) I just saw one at the TRU in Colonial Heights, VA. Same price. I could pick it up if anyone wants it. John (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Great minds think alike, I guess [grin]. Nice set. BTW, I like the yellow with the white trim. eric ---...--- Eric Harshbarger / eric@ericharshbarger.org / www.ericharshbarger.org "Oh please, if people are going to start telling the truth around (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Bullboys, Moomen, or Longhorns?
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(...) Yeah, it doesn't really belong in .general without some more explanation probably... most likely more fit for .castle... The "debate" is over the potential name of the new series being released for 2000 in the castle theme. Since no names are (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 1680
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David Eaton wrote in message ... (...) It (...) I am thinking of carts, either 1877 (90) or 1974 (89) each has 2 figures - but why does 1680 sound familiar??? 1877 was in a Valupack (1675) and 1974 was in a Valupack (1974). Are you saying I am (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Train Auction Update--Going 2!
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Most lots now going 2, so they'll be sold Monday if there aren't new bids. Still some pretty good deals here, in my opinion! Welcome to Alan's First Train Auction! This auction includes a selection of 4.5V, 9V, and 12V sets, parts, and accessories. (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Mont St.-Michel is in the background of some the above pictures. The cathedral on top of this island is half Romanesque and half Gothic. I'd love to see a close up detail of how they made the buttresses and windows for the Gothic portion. (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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If you could somehow interface a serial mousing device with the RCX, then I hold that Microsoft's new Intellimouse, with no moving parts and a tiny CMOS camera eye, would be the way to go. Regards, Issac. (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Well, I don't think either one is a perfect solution. The Naboo Fighter canopy gets too narrow at the front (as oriented on the Naboo Fighter) to be the top of Slave 1's cockpit. and I think I'd rather have the two smoke hinged pieces as (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I can't seem to find it on the Pause Guide either (unless you mistyped the number :) ) Where did you come across this set? DaveE (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I can't seem to find it on the Pause Guide either (unless you mistyped the number :) ) Where did you come across this set? DaveE (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: What is pictured in the inset by the MF on page 8?
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Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:m366z73kzi.fsf@....uio.no... (...) Nice call! That's a pretty good guess. There could even be two escape pods. That would be better than having the cockpit as an escape pod. But (...) (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Question on 948 Go Kart tubing
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(...) Thanks Huw.... I think I actually have the tubing for the 948, but it is mixed in with a bunch of different sizes and types. I am not sure which tubes are for which set. Measurements would be fantastic! Thanks! Eric (27 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic)
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