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Check (URL) -- they only have 35 listed, but they may have one or two we've missed. -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman (URL) "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." Simon Robinson <simon@simonrobinson.com> (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 5988 Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins
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An 8! OoooooOOOoooo! Got this one for my son at $50 from TRU. A great set. Bruce (...) was (...) be (...) of (...) a (...) because (...) instructions (...) chamber (...) opens (...) opens (...) wall. (...) turned (...) and (...) black (...) bricks, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) [Foolishly emailed this to Huw the first time :-( Must learn to use my newsreader properly :-) ] Natalie and I had a great day too. Sorry we didn't bump into anyone, but then I'm not sure I know what anyone looks like. We didn't bother (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Cingoli: risolto!
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(...) di (...) Perché la limitazione di 1A è per singolo motore, e l'RCX ne porta tre. Ciao Mario (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: has anybody picked up 5986 amazon ancient ruins?
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(...) I did a review of this (and other Amazon sets) a while back: (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond (was Re: Sadly a look at this group...)
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(...) "Knock over a cub scouts and old ladies with a shopping cart"? Hell, I'd use them for shark bait to get those sets....... Mark Cornell (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 5988 Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins
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The dark temple of Set lays nestled in an overlooked hollow of the valley of Karnak. Desecrated by thieves some thousand years before Christ, something was awakened during the break-in. Since that time any vegetation within a 50-mile radius refuses (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Reopened auction (here) BSB; 6081; 6276
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Hi all I am writing (with apologies) to let you all know that I am re-opening the auction I was recently holding on RTL and lugnet. I was offered a buyout price several weeks ago, but the buyer has since gone silent and has not sent any payment. I (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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first off, thanks to the blokes that had kind words for my reviews. it's always a blast to write those. i'm mainly wondering if anyone has picked up the 5986 Amazon Ancient Ruins set. what are the pros and cons of the set? would it be worth the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Classic SW Lego/MF
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(...) Page 13: (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Saw one in the local TRU this week. Can't say as I'm particularly whelmed by this set. James (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Not to my knowledge... Pity, as CRAPPs go, it's not too bad, IMHO. The 'river gorge' baseplate has been used in two sets so far (three counting the 2000 Castle): Amazon Ancient Ruins (green, jungle printing, river through the middle), and Rock (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | RE: R2D2 spottings?
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I picked one up a couple of weeks ago at Toys'R US. I've seen them at several TRU's in the Vancouver (British Columbia) area. (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Bovine Bandits! LOL! <pointed this back to castle, where it (nominally) should reside...> James (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) LOL that ones great Bruce! I really like Meadow Muffin Men, (heh, heh, heh) or moomen. Dropping right in here in the mddle of this, how about The Burger Boys, Horny Knights, The Mad Cows, The Bovine bandits???? Rachel :-) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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Ciao Marco, (...) Purtroppo non ho mai avuto l'occasione di vedere il kit di cui parli. E' in vendita in Italia? Che per caso vuoi utilizzare quel generatore a mo' di stroboscopio in accoppiamento con il sensore di luce? Conosci altri usi (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Cingoli: risolto!
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Ciao Marco, (...) Non ti seguo. Se l'RCX limita la corrente a 1A, perche' usare un alimentatore che eroga 3A? Ciao, Antonio (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Set #5561 - a bargain?
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A local department store here in Aachen, Germany, is offering the 1997 Model Team Set #5561 "Big Foot 4 x 4" for 79 DM (40 Euro / 42 US$). I've just recently left my Dark Ages (and thus am way out of touch and also short on real Lego). The question (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Looks pretty cool! --Bram (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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Nope, yours is the only one that I know of. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) that we are trying to name) specific sets to be sure this name is appropriate: Slaughterhouse-Five Bruce (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Mike's Train and Launch Command Auction Update 24
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For those who have finished bidding and are ready to send payment, please email me with your address and preferred class of shipping (I will be using USPS), and I will tell you how much it will be. 1. This is a Once, Twice, Sold auction. 2. To bid (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: rotating animation of XP-21
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Pat, You're animated Gif is awesome! I like your engine design. I think there is a section for animations in the links section of Lugnet. Need to put it there. (I need to put mine there as well.) Do you know of any other animated Gifs that use (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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(...) Did you mean you=Steve or you=anyone? (...) I agree, the sequence should be illegal. My point was, does CERTIFY BFC change the value of the internal local_clipping variable, or not? My intention was that it does not. From a practical (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Help on upgrading MS 1.0 to 1.5
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(...) I can now give at least one confirmation of this. Fortified by Rick's post, I went to the local store and bought the 1.0 (set #9719). I then called the number above and told them I wanted the upgrade. They asked me if I had a sticker. I said (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Classic SW Lego/MF
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Hi, I don't know if this has already been mentioned, but in the new 2000 catalog, I didn't see any classic SW lego, like the X-Wing. Does this mean that TLG is going to stop producing them and concentrate on the new ones, like the A-Wing and (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 1680
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Righto, done. BTW if KL, Todd or anyone else is reading this and has a better home for anything in my temp section, feel free to take the stuff. Just drop me a note so that I know what space I can then free up. (Duckie) Dave Till Duckie Dave wrote (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Tapestry in 6091?
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I only have a couple minutes, but I noticed something very odd on pages 16 and 17 of the new catalog. Looking on p.16, I saw what looked like a large Royal Knights symbol thru the gate of 6091. I passed it of as background until I saw the blue (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Bullboys, Moomen, or Longhorns?
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(...) Meadow-Muffin Men? Bruce (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) If you're talking about the Droid Developers Kit, they are ALL over the place down here in the states. I go to the toy store a lot and wouldn't mind sending you one, for good karma purposes- I may want someone in another country to send me (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 5925 Pontoon Plane
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This set is still a lot of fun, even if general design only warrants a 2/8 rating. :) It looks great suspended by string from the ceiling with my other adventure planes and balloons. -- Paul Davidson Bruce Schlickbernd <corsair@schlickbernd.org> (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: R2D2 spottings?
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(...) Sears has them. Their not all thet great. James Powell (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | FT : MISB 8880 LEGO TECH SUPERCAR
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FT : MISB 8880 LEGO TECH SUPERCAR I'll consider any offer which involves pirates or trains (9v only). (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Tricerablock's horns
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(...) As I recall, same for Amazon River Crossing. (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.castle)
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| | R2D2 spottings?
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Has anybody seen this Robotic set in Canada? I ordered one from S@H for my own Christmas Present after not being able to find one in NS. Guess what! Backordered. Thanks for any info. John Battcock (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: 1680
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1680 - forestmens haycart (made up name). 63? pieces I have the instructions here, gimme 5 minutes and they should be up at; www.geocities.com/pa.../temp.html (Duckie) Dave Till David Eaton wrote in message ... (...) It (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New Castle? Huzzah!
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(...) Has the 6090 baseplate been used anywhere else? One of these days I'd like to put together a reference of baseplates. (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Animated Space Station
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Hey Rick I liked it too, its just hard to respond to every ng posting and every email. I a big fan of creating rotating images of models. I like being able to see a model from many angles, sort of a catalogue of images, but put together in a movie. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 2000 Set Release Dates???
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(...) Well, according to the catalog, the following themes/sets will be released at the beginning of 2000(i.e. They don't have any specific dates on 'em). They usually show up in the middle of December. ~Star Wars: 7104, 7115, 7124, 7134, 7144, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Dates picked for Cleveland Lego Get Together
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I can maybe make it if I can get a day off work and a ride. Jorge Rodriguez rodriguez.136@osu.edu (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 5925 Pontoon Plane
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I still intend to get this one. I'm a sucker for those leather helmets and goggles. Of course, I'll wait until it goes on sale (but then, I *always* do that). Thanks for the review, I enjoy them as always. Bruce (...) in (...) is (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: building a maze
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That's a great idea. As it is, the light sensor 'arm' is in the forward position during travel, so I could use it to track a line down the center of the squares. I suppose I could put a colored dot on the line where the light sensor ends up if the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | KB Toys have Model Team 5561
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I went by KB Toys today, they didn,t have the buy one get one for 50% off. I did find Model Team 5561 Big foot for $39.99!!!! These had limited release outside of S@H. If someone is interested, I would trade a 5561 for one of the 6560. We both pay (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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(...) I'd like to hear from other people about this before deciding to keep it or drop it. I'll give my reasons to keep CERTIFY below. But first ... (...) Why not use: 0 CLIPPING (YES|NO) CLIPPING addresses the core issue (can the current file be (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Attention Walmart Shoppers!!!...!!!
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I just came home from Walmart and found the following prices. Note that these were not on sale, but shelf sticker was changed. I may be off by a few cents on my prices. Some 12.97 sets were 9.97 ALL 19.97 sets were 14.24!!!!! including the SW snow (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Animated Space Station
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Pete, Thanks for checking out my animated space station. I thought it almost went by unnoticed again. It could be smoother, but the file would be twice as big. Also, the bigger you make the display window, the slower it rotates. Seems like most (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: IC trouble - function definition
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John: Try it like this----- void detect_time_2() {same code here;} IC is a lot like ANSI C, but there are some differences. Good luck, Gary Livick (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: SW Ultimate Alternates?
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David Simmons <alienbuz@concentric.net> wrote in message news:FL2psp.GJI@lugnet.com... (...) Probably just very detailed mecha. -John Van (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Age average
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(...) Whoa, I'm 15, and I used to think I was the youngest one here... Guess not. Greg "Panic on the streets of London." Majewski (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Bullboys, Moomen, or Longhorns?
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(...) Don't forget their military rations: Cow Pies! ;) Jeff (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Re: Cathedrals (was LEGOLAND Buildings....)
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(...) Also, Michael Dorneich has a great cathedral (CLSotW) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 5925 Pontoon Plane
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I couldn't agree more with your two stud rating on this one Joseph. But, as usual your review was an eight stud piece with an even more exciting opener. Keep these coming Joseph. You have a few to go before you are caught up and ready for July (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: What colors do bricks come in?
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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" (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bullboys, Moomen, or Longhorns?
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: building a maze
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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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Help on upgrading MS 1.0 to 1.5
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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 (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New desktop wallpaper!
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Bram Lambrecht skrev i meddelandet ... (...) Thanks! -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | IC trouble - function definition
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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 (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Age average
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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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: building a maze
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What colors do bricks come in?
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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, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Question on 948 Go Kart tubing
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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. (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: What colors do bricks come in?
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(...) The big plate is different, I own the set and the first thing I noticed was that new colour. --Tobias (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What colors do bricks come in?
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<SNIP> (...) also (...) the (...) I think they are "mtron windscreen" yellow. --Tobias (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What colors do bricks come in?
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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... (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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) (25 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 (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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? (25 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 (...) (25 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 (25 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 (25 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 (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.palm)
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| | Re: Homemade LED Bricks
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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 (...) (25 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 (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.va.arl, lugnet.loc.us.dc)
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| | Re: Curved Bridge Prototype Built
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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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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 (...) (25 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. (...) (...) (25 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 (25 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 (...) (25 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 (25 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 (...) (25 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.) (25 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) (25 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, (...) (25 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 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.publish)
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