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(...) plug-in transformer from one of the train sets? Not only will this support a large load of lights, but you will actually have complete remote control over the whole light array and never needlessly drain batteries. Dan (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Lego/playmobile ramble
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(...) should mention that (...) Despite using larger pieces, I believe Playmobil is still aimed at the same ages as LEGO System. Playmobil 1-2-3 is the DUPLO equivlant. What I like about Playmobil is, as you mentioned, variety. Thier current Town (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Enough trans-antifreeze!
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Your kidding me right? no real space sets for 8 years? I have to put up with crappy star wars models for eight freakin years with Themes like Rock Raiders as haphazard substitutes?? Please fill me in on what you know on this subject and also where (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Enough trans-antifreeze!
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Your kidding me right? no real space sets for 8 years? I have to put up with crappy star wars models for eight freakin years with Themes like Rock Raiders as haphazard substitutes?? Please fill me in on what you know on this subject and also where (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Alors! (was Re: lack of interest in basic stamp and basicx)
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Jonathan, I would suggest finding amateur (ham) radio operators near you and asking what book they recommend and how they got it. Here is an extensive list of web pages belonging to French amateur radio operators: (URL) operators with call letters (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Scout vs. RIS 1.5
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Ah, one more thing that isn't mentioned too much. Most of the more interesting sensors on the RCX are powered (light, rotation). The Scout can't handle these. Consider a life restricted to touch sensing. Not unworkable, but the equation 3 = 2+1 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LEGO in Toy Story 2?
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(...) ~ could it be that all the toys featured in the movie are american toys (tho' made in china, m'sure) and lego isn't? later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
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(...) It would make sense to package the clone parts together by brand. (...) Good thought. It probably wound work quite well, just like Lego. My remaining opinion is - try to stay with the original intention of LDraw, and lets not let it be (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Rock Raiders HQ & Mission Control on eBay
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Among the many Lego auctions I have on auction at eBay are: 4990 - Rock Raiders HQ (starts at $9.99 with no reserve) (URL) - Mission Control (starts at $9.99 with no reserve) (URL) auctions I put up today are: LEGO parts - 50 tall white 5-high (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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spontificus@__nospam__yahoo.com (Richard Franks) wrote in <FLoyHL.Gx7@lugnet.com>: (...) There are a lot of legal issues about how to run a competition in the U.S. Obviously lots of companies figure out how to do so, and end up using all the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Wanted: McD happy meal sets 7 and 8
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(...) Yah. We went through drive-thru, and as we were pulling away, I noticed you at the counter. I pulled over quick, and ran in, but you had already left. No kidding, you blew out. There were only a few seconds between me spotting you and me (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Thoughts on NQC for Scout
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(...) That is definitely true, at least right now. Everyone who downloaded the Scout SDK agreed not to "reverse-engineer" it, and that includes figuring out the download protocol or bytecode format. As I see it, the only way the download protocol or (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: I got a Friends demo CD in the mail
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(...) Only sort of. I mean, they're only sort-of Scala characters. I'm not making any comment on the mouthiness part. The characters do not directly represent any Scala doll I've seen. Heck, they're multi-racial. Scala doesn't do that! (...) I'm (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.games.lego.friends)
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| | Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
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(...) That's what I was thinking. It would actually be kinda cool to have various files for different brands. A "Tyco Parts Pack" and a "Coco Brick Parts Pack", and etc. -- Steve I've always wondered how well K'nex would work in LDraw. (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss wrote: Still discussing (URL). I posted a new version, with the short-form syntax, to (URL) Comments? Steve (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | More plates & other pieces on BRICKS
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Ending this weekend, here's the link: (URL) if you hit the link in the auction to take you over to eBay, it won't take you there. It'll take you over to Steve's site with the element #s & pics.Doh! Here's where you can go for my ebay auctions: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: 20% off at kbkids.com is back
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(...) Also, a warm suggestion: Cruise the site for enough time during the rush hours and after a while you'll probably reach an area that doesn't work. If you do, they offer you a $5 discount coupon. There is no minimum price necessary to use it. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | FA(eBay): Adventurers balloon, crocodiles, Hoth & Scout Troopers, space wings, more
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540 Technic connectors, many kinds (URL) skeletons (URL) Balloon from 5988 (URL) Star Wars Hoth minifigs (URL) Star Wars Biker Scouts (URL) Star Wars Jar-Jar Gungans (URL) grey 6x12 space wings (URL) black 4x8 space wings (URL) grey crocs, 2 green (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: PentWing Fighter
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(...) Well, you'll figure it out. Whatever you do just let us know when it's done. (...) Actually, I had missed a coupla updates so I'm glad I took care of it. (...) Not exactly :) Don't remove them unless you want to make an additional subclass of (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| | legOS 0.2.2 dsound_play ?
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hello again, has anybody got anything else than noise from legOS 0.2.2 dsound_play ? i'm able to compile and dll this little application: #include <dsound.h> #include "sample.h" int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { dsound_play(sample,s...(sample)); (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: What's the biggest/best spare piece you ever got in a set?
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This seems to happen on all of them - I opened 5, they all had a spare 1x6 pink plate. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Question on 8277 Inventory
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(...) I follow all the "hints" given on the page (URL) as if they were a standard, even though they aren't (-: (...) I pretty much agree, in that I can't figure out any really "good reason" for the practice, but I do it anyway because it's in the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: K-Mart is open Thanksgiving and has 4293 for $19.95 (Thursday only)
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(...) They were open Thanksgiving last year. Maybe Christmas as well, but I forget. (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Lego/playmobile ramble
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Rachel Kingston wrote in message ... (...) the (...) After reading this post and the long string of responses, I would have to say that it is interesting that no one did jump on Rachel or throw thousands of Timmys. If someone made a comment (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Light Saber Duel on sale at Toysrus.com
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The site had a blurb in the middle talking about a sale tomorrow/Fri. So I'm hitting the site at 12:01 tonight ;-) (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: K-Mart is open Thanksgiving and has 4293 for $19.95 (Thursday only)
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Big deal. I'm on 24x7 pager duty the whole weekend through Sunday, even though I'll be 500 miles away, trying to race my car. Oh well, at least if the pager/cellphone go off, I won't hear them with my helmet on ;-) (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Box of Childhood Lego
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Last Day... currently 51.00$US Please email with *any* questions of contents linc@bulkley.net (URL) is My Big Box of Childhood Lego. I have no instructions, or boxes for the sets. The majority of pieces are Classic Space, mixed in are some unknown (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: K-Mart is open Thanksgiving and has 4293 for $19.95 (Thursday only)
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(...) They've been open for the last few Thanksgivings, and I believe they were open last Christmas as well...but maybe not all day. I guess if you're non-Christian it wouldn't be so bad, in fact probably a good chance of getting double time. Julie (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Dan's Lego Parts Auction Update: 11/24/99
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The listing has been updated once again. Please visit the URL below; (URL) for looking and have a happy Thanksgiving LUGNET!!! Dan M. (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: I got a Friends demo CD in the mail
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(...) We got one. Now I am wondering how they knew who to send it to? Did they pick names at random? Or did they look for girls names (though mine was adressed to me, not my daughter). Anyway, I played it. My overall impression is a ggood game, even (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.games.lego.friends)
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| | Re: LEGO in Toy Story 2?
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(...) AFAIK, the only LEGO-like bricks without tubes were the very first LEGO bricks and transparent LEGO bricks... I know for sure that Megabloks has tubes, even inside there transparent parts. Maybe the animators "invented" a new brand to avoid (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: PentWing Fighter
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(...) That sounds sort of Christmasy... Call me color-blind, but to me, dark green doesn't contrast much with red. (...) And I only used one part from the current vote! :) (the 2x4 extr. low slope) (...) Thanks. I had lots of gray wings from (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Lego train club for the Saint Louis area?
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(...) interested (...) This whole thread is very encouraging. I live to far to join, (Little Rock, AR) but am meeting with a couple of other to start a LTC here. We have a plan for a 8 x 32 12 module layout. Hope to have it ready for the GATS shows (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Lego Monopoly would be SOOOOOOO cool!!
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I was at my friendly neighborhood Big Kmart lastnight and saw like 4 different versions of Monopoly. One was Looney Tunes. I thought it would be most worthy for TLG to team up with Parker Bros. and make a you know what! Rob - *while visions of TLG (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.games)
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| | *** AUCTION ***
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Heya ! My auction is on www.ebay.de. Here are the links: 6970 www.eBay.de/servlet/...uktionsID= 15428807&user=130798...235924882& 6887 www.eBay.de/servlet/...uktionsID= 15428489&user=130798...235924882& 6894 www.eBay.de/servlet/...uktionsID= (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: LTMA vs NMRA
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(...) Sure Tony, a SIG is a Special Interest Group. It is how the NMRA (which is actually quite international) describes subgroups within the NMRA. For example, there is a DCC SIG, the Layout Design SIG, and the Narrow Gauge SIG ect... James (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | K-Mart is open Thanksgiving and has 4293 for $19.95 (Thursday only)
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The subject says it all. Poor employees. Is nothing sacred anymore? Next they'll be working all day Christmas... Frank (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Lego/playmobile ramble
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On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Frank Filz (<383C1873.5161@mind...ring.com>) wrote at 16:55:15 (...) Ooh. Having just bought a few LEGO boats, can anyone point me at a source of motors in the UK? Or failing that, can one get them from the US? (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LTMA vs NMRA
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On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Frank Filz (<383BEDF8.4E1@mindspring.com>) wrote at 13:54:00 (...) 'scuse me, can someone say what a SIG is, for someone into LEGO trains, but not other sorts, and not in N. America? (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | More Technic Shuttles at Zany Brainy
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I stopped by Zany Brainy again today and counted 26 Technic shuttles on hand. Still no Lego watches or the cargo set. They are now sold out of the creator board game. Ashley (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: LEGO in Toy Story 2?
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... (...) Hmm...If this one is Disney too, I'm suprised if they went with MB instead of Lego. You never know though, maybe TLC was dumb enough to not let them use Lego bricks. Ben Roller (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Light Saber Duel on sale at Toysrus.com
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(...) I'm hoping the prices will come back down on Friday & Sat. I think I read on their site they are going to have a big sale those days. Julie (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Post Apocalyptic Robot Challange
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We had so much fun the last time: We're doing it again!! Every year, Southern Ontario/GTA folks from the Usenet newsgroup rec.toys.lego have a get together. When's the next one? January 8th! A chance to get together and try the same design (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: Wanted: McD happy meal sets 7 and 8
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Closure: I have gotten confirmation that my needs will be met. Thanks all! ++Lar (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Sombody got a good deal... and I was out bid
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(...) Congrats... Do you have all the service packs that apply to 9V <devlish grin>? ++Lar (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Wireless Robots
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Vlad, You're not missing anything at all. You are correct that the communication between the RCX and the laptop isn't faster. But the communication to the now more powerful (because of the laptop) robot is musch faster (1MB/s Ethernet instead of (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Cyber Saucer in TRU co-pack
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Today when I went to the local TRU I found 6900 (Cyber Scout) with the gold case. I was only aware of one set (3722 Treasure Tomb) that came with the 50th year TRU gold case. If anyone else saw 6900 with the gold case please let me know. thanks, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Small Gloating Ritual
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Hey y'all: O, Baby! I just got a whole bunch of sets in the mail from this one dealer I was working with. I got fair/excellent deals on the following sets: 6074, 6039, 6059, 6086, 6077, 6071, 6066, 6061, 1624, 6040, 6071 No boxes, mint Instructions, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Three words:
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SELL INDIVIDUAL PIECES!!!!!!!! (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Sombody got a good deal... and I was out bid
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(...) I jumped on the LEGO train a little late. So now I'm spending huge $$$ to get caught up. But now I am broke. So Scott, the next one is yours. BTW - Larry, with the addition of this club car, I believe I will be 9v train complete. Russ Redmyer (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Lets pick a date for our next NELUG meeting.
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I talked with Shaun Sullivan today and although he is working on setting up a Brick Wars meeting he is currently working on studying for his finals and won't be ready for a while. I have talked to a couple other members and they would like to get (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me)
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| | LEGO in Toy Story 2?
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Just got back from seeing TOY STORY 2 in whcih LEGO blocks *almost* made an appearance. In the first half of the film there is a scene with plastic blocks very LEGO-like which have been sculpted into a house. However, unless my eyes were mistaken, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | LegOS 2.2 on solaris
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G'day, I succeeded in compiling and running legOS 1.7 on an intel solaris 2.7 machine. However, as I would like to use the networking features in 2.x, I tried to compile and run 2.2 as well. I can compile the package after modifying loader.c in (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: I got a Friends demo CD in the mail
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(...) We got this. Seems kind of surprisingly savvy marketing which one just doesn't *expect* from the company we all know and love (to complain about). (...) I posed that question to Taya, and she pondered a bit, then said "well duh, these are (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.games.lego.friends)
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| | Eric Kingsley's site move complete.
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Well I finally got around to completing the transition of my personal site from my old GeoCities site: (URL) my new NELUG site: (URL) have only moved over those parts of the site that I have decided to continue to maintain (Mainly my Model pages). (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Lego train club for the Saint Louis area?
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(...) Count me in. I live in northern Jeff county, St. Louis. (And that sounds like a reasonable goal as well.) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.mo.kan)
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| | Re: I got a Friends demo CD in the mail
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(...) I didn't get a copy of that software (did see it yesterday at Office Depot), but I think your sound problem could be remedied by going into Quicktime in Control Panel and setting the "sound out" feature to from Directsound to waveOut (or (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.games.lego.friends)
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| | Re: Video Transmitters
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I received the X-10 cam I ordered two days ago. It arrived right on time, and is pretty impressive for less than $100 including California sales tax. Plus they sent me this gizmo that you plug into the back of your computer, with a couple of (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Looking For McD HM Set 3
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I'm looking for some of the #3 sets, I have 4, 5 and 7 to trade, possibly a few 6's if another trade goes through. I'd like to get at least 5 of them if possible. If you want to trade let me know! Thanks Tamy (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Lego/playmobile ramble
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Heather Patey wrote in message ... (...) and (...) models (...) old (...) Playmobil will also let you email a missing parts list, email you back and send the parts. I love it!!!!! Playmobil is also into their third year of advent calendars, Lego is (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | I got a Friends demo CD in the mail
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So, did anyone else get a demo copy of LEGO Friends? It's pretty cheesy, but the worst part is that the subject matter has *nothing* to do with LEGO. The only associations I can find are: 1. 'LEGO' in the title 2. The falling-bricks animated credit (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.games.lego.friends)
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| | Re: WooHoo!!
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(...) You got an extra set of instructions for 4561? Wow! -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Number of motor units on one loop
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A short while back there was a thread about the number of motor units that would run well on one loop. I've done some playing, and here is what I found: Using up to four motor units increases pulling power with only a small decrease in speed. Five (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Sets Added FA: Space, Castle, Technic, Town
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Hi, As promised, we have augmented our listing of sets for auction on ebay. The new sets up are: 6835 Saucer Scout, MISB 6079 Dark Forest Fortress MISB 8826 Technic ATX Sport Cycle MISB 2769 Airline Promo MISB 6581 Dig and Dump NIB 6340 Hook & (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: I need help with the new tread links
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(...) Basicly I cant figure out the right angles and positions to fit a complete set around the gears I have. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: US S@H Specials Nov 22 - 28, 1999
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(...) Are you sure you called the main number? I would have asked to speak to a supervisor. (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Light Saber Duel on sale at Toysrus.com
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(...) Looks like it. Oh well, I bought a few but was holding off till Friday to order more. I snoozed, so I lost. Kinda funny since they have "HUGE SAVINGS ALL WEEK" on their main page... (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: PentWing Fighter
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(...) He's done it again! I can't really add any more by way of suggestions except to echo the request for color. I think dark green (a 'forest' green - not color 2) would rock with red stripes. BTW, this model forced me to stop being a slacker and (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| | FA 10 Lego Community Vehicles #9365
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Hi, We have the subject set, MISB, available now on ebay at: (URL) includes 10 vehicles: 6524 Blizzard Blazer 6527 Tipper Truck 6532 Diesel Dumper 6533 Police 4x4 6594 Gas Transit 6643 Fire Chief's Truck 6660 Hook & Haul Wrecker 6662 Backhoe 6668 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | RE: Scout vs. RIS 1.5
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I'm sure this has been brought up before, but by the time you add an IR tower to the price of a Scout, you can pretty much buy an RCX. Now, for those of us with RCXs, the choice is a bit trickier since we could either buy a second RIS or a Scout to (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Selflearning Scout robot
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I never tried. I have two examples of neural nets on my website, but they're both PC based and rely on constant communications with the Cybermaster. So far I haven't been able to get legOS running on a W95 system, so I'm kinda waiting for someone to (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | track curves on baseplates (was: Re: More Questions from Another Train Newbie)
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(...) As long as the track is elevated at least one plate, it's easy to put the curves on the baseplates. Just use some 1-stud plates (1x1 or 1x2) and some tiles in places the studs don't line up. As it pertains to this discussion, if the place (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Fw: Lego 2000 Set List
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Well, folks, I tried ... --Doug Wilcox -----Original Message----- From: The Construction Site <Foreman@constructiontoys.com> To: The WordMeister <dwilcox@wordsmithdigital.com> Date: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 5:29 PM Subject: Re: Lego 2000 Set (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Scout vs. RIS 1.5
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(...) I do not have the Scout, and have been reading its SDK document in order to decide whether I should get one. The new features in Scout's firmware are nice, but not essential. If you really need these features with your RCX, you can use an (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: PentWing Fighter
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(...) <groan> :) (...) Whatever you do, don't try to build this in the order of the pieces in the DAT file, that's just so you can see what it looks like :) I started with the inside of the pentagonal portion, trying to find the right size pieces to (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.build, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Elevators, lights ect....
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(...) Sure. You'll proabably have to do some experimenting though... If you have a bunch of technic chain, you could try lifting the elevator using the chain, a motor with a gear hooked into the chain, and maybea counterweight. Try taking a look at (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) I guess it would be kind of difficult to build an entire copy center :) I only have one 2x2 clear tile, but I have rarely used it for anything else. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: 2000 A-Wing comments
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(...) On the same note, it's a pity that LEGO didn't figure out some way to use this part in the Y-Wing (but John already heard me complain about this at MindFest :) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: PentWing Fighter
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(...) Thanks! (...) I accidentally left the cockpit in color 16, so if you run Ldlite with the -cN option, where N is a color code, ie, 0-15, or choose a Main Color in LDAO, you can add some color :) Let me know what color you think would look good, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: copier. (datsville press - copier.dat )
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(...) Thanks! The pieces aren't that common, though. I have few more than two unbroken white flags and only one clear 2x2 tile... I built this copier for the first time years ago, and I vaguely remember it being inspired by something else, but the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Lego/playmobile ramble
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(...) The U.S. versions of Playmobil cannons don't shoot either. The only possibility of finding one might be if a U.S. retailer ordered their stock from a European distributor, but that would be rare. Timbo (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | U.S. McD sets to trade
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Hello, I have multiple extras of all the even numbered U.S. McDonald's promotional sets: #2,4,6,8. I'm looking for (in decreasing order): #5,7,3,1. I would like to trade at least 3 sets at a time because of postage considerations. Is anyone (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Lego/playmobile ramble
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I looked at the Playmobile web site, and discovered that they have cannons too. Can the Playmobile cannon shoot? If so, how is it safer than its Lego counterpart? Cheers, Hao-yang Wang (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | MISB: STATUS INFORMATION AUCTION 9v TRAIN +MODELTEAM MISB
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hallo to all lego collectors around the world: I do have following very desirable sets , of course mint in unopened box up for auction on EBAY: MODELTEAM: LEGO MODEL TEAM 5580 MISB - HUGHE WOW !!!!!!! 150$ LEGO MODEL TEAM 5541 MISB - HUGHE WOW (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Mini-figs
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(...) Poor Dash. He gets the worst helmet in the entire line. The other helmets are super detailed, but poor Dack gets only 2 blue Rebel symbols. And to top it off, he has a plain old smiley head. Oh well, I replaced mine's head with a white haired (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: US S@H Specials Nov 22 - 28, 1999
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(...) I must be less insistent, then. I just got off the phone with S@H, and the guy told me they don't do specials during the holidays. I told him I had heard that they were running them this week, and he said no. I asked him to look up the 6544, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: M:Tron VS. Ice Planet.........
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(...) Ice Planet -- they've got missiles and chainsaws. All M:Tron can do is study stellar oddities and pick up big machines. Steve (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Hoth Luke
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(...) Yeah, that works, but if you really want him to be exact, make his legs and "underwear" tan, his arms and hands white, and the hoth torso. For his hat, I used one of those white banker type hats. Oh, yeah, get rid of the backpack. (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: M:Tron VS. Ice Planet.........
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(...) .......I think M:Tron would win because of this reason...THEY GOT MAGNETS & SO DO THE MISSLES OF THE ICEPLANET DUDES......think about it.....one of there little ships with a magnet on the back (vector detector) could fly up & capture the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Musing on Tiberius Flint
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Tony Priestman <Tony@you-rang.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:seAU8CARJ8O4EwM...n.co.uk... (...) the (...) Try doing something similar in a different style, or a different thing in the same style. :) Myself, I'm working on a comic-style (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Lego/playmobile ramble
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(...) the (...) Have another look around the playmobil site Jeff, cause the ghost is still there - it is number 3317 in the knights catagory. Thats the other thing that Playmobil do, that Lego should copy, all the Playmobil sets are around long (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego logo
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(...) Anch'io sono d'accordo con Domenico. Tra parentesi il suo lo trovo molto bello, come ho detto con lui si vede che è il lavoro di un professionista (anche se lui lo considera una bozza). (...) versione PROVVISORIA del sito. C'é il mio lavoro di (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | LEGO 2000 @ The Construction Site?
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In my e-mail today I received "The Construction Paper" from the Construction Site up in Waltam, MA. It contained the follow LEGO 2000 reference: YEAR 2000 LEGO Throughout December, we should be receiving advance copies of the new year 2000 LEGO sets (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Elevators, lights ect....
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Is there any way to make the elevators on my ship go up and down with the use of a motor, battery box of some sort? And could I make lights actually light up in the cabins? All help thanked in advance Erin -- (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: Boat motors (was: Lego/playmobile ramble)
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(...) Thats great, I'm going to rush out and get one today! Does this fit onto all the Duplo boats do you know? Cause I have three, all different sizes and shapes. I noticed that even the pirate ship in Playmobil floats in the water! Rachel (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.boats)
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| | Re: rocket powered LEGO vehicle
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James... try (URL) Powell wrote in message ... (...) I (...) sensing (...) my (...) a (...) do (...) thrust (...) have (...) just (...) with (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic)
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| | Hoth Luke
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Take the Hoth Soldier, remove the head and replace it with Luke's. Then remove the brown visor and replace it with a black goggle piece from Adventurer's. Dave (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: NorthWestfest reminder etc.
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Tony et all, Well I shall be driving and bringing huw, but I'm afraid we won't be able to stay that late, I only have a pass till around 8pm and its probably a 3 hour drive each way! Anyway it all sounds good should we be bringing anything? - I mean (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: rocket powered LEGO vehicle
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(...) No, the engines have a fair amount of energy. I will have to go and dig up my sheets on the engines...(goes away, comes back soon) First off, some physics. Ep=MGH Ek=1/2 mv^2 (thats V squared) Where, Ep= Potential Energy (gravity) Ek= Energy (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic)
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| | Re: M:Tron VS. Ice Planet.........
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(...) idea.. (...) They both seem to be similar themes, based around exploration. M:Tron towards mining, and Ice Planet towards establishing a colony on an arctic planet. Ice Planet has large missiles that could be converted into interplanetary (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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