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Hi everybody, I know most of you aren't to keen on lego's official website. I hope the fact that I scan through it every once in a while to see what's new (1) doesn't lessen me in your eyes :-). But I do, and yesterday I happened to see the new (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: UKLUG Prototype online
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Liam's Right, We don't want to forget about the J box, this is an ongoing part of the Uk scene and will grow! (hopefully) Anyone out there currently not in the J Box, want to join in? Please mail me for details: jason-shirley@brisco...erve.co.uk (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Lego: Toy of the Century! (according to Fortune)
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This thread brings up a question I have mulling over for some time: How does one get a fairly estimate pieces-in-collection count? I am currently going through my boxes-and-instructions closet making a list of what I have for insurance purposes, in (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: When is "Not an Auction" really an auction?
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Larry Pieniazek (lar@voyager.net) wrote: : I'd go with bad manners and you were not overreacting. But then, that's : just me. : Steve Martin wrote: : <ersatz auction story> Definitely bad manners. I had a similar experience recently when buying a (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: When is "Not an Auction" really an auction?
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(...) At those rates, I'll trade you some monkeys for pirate minifigs and islander hair pieces... :-) :-) :-) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Technic shuttle for £40 - SWAP!
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Hi, Would anyone in the UK, preferably someone going to the fest on 11/12 be willing to swap a MISB shuttle for a MISB 8880 supercar? I will be bringing two 8880's to the fest, but if anyone wants to trade, PLMK beforehand if possible. As I have a (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Dimensions of a SD40 and GP35
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(...) You only think that way because you've been hanging around with the GMLTC lately... (ducking and running!) :-) JohnG (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Please help, I need a 6557 set
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Well LUGNET users I have completely struck out again. I have desperately been trying to locate a 6557 Divers set before Christmas and I finally found one three days ago on Ebay (shudder, shudder). Well the bidding started at $15.99 which considering (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Buy LEGO trains on the web in Europe
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(...) Looks like a decent internet company, with a very good selection. I think they ship to almost all of Europe, except fo a couple of countries or so, but they have plans to increase their presence there. They do not, however, ship to the States. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Educate me!
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(...) Technically, 9. One was the DUPLO set. (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Partsref is Moving to LUGNET
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I haven't gotten any nibbles, can someone suggest a group better suited to answering this question? (...) <for one part> (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | thanks
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Thanks for all the help I thought I had the newest version, but I guess not. I'll try the site and see what I come up with. thanks again. Jenny (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Partsref is Moving to LUGNET
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(...) This is kludgy but might work. Details left as an exercise. Your problem is that what you want is to know when a file is *new to YOU* not what it's timestamp is. Keep two complete sets of .dat files. One is an image of the state of files, but (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Educate me!
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From my experience in the US.. (...) We had eight - I think you have the same sets as we did. (...) One of the McDs near me said that they got a new shipment each week. However, I also went in on a Wednesday (and bought the purple set) and was told (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Dimensions of a SD40 and GP35
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(...) Yes. "Big red, an homage to the PA-1". I should build another one, when I get that one out it looks kind of primitive now. The state of the art in Lego Train Modeling has advanced a fair bit since december 1997 when that was built. (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Scott Sanburn's LEGO Parts Auction - sets 7150 & 7171 - Update 2
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To All; I have posted several parts lots to E-Bay for my roommate Tony. He has a few extra sets he wants to sell off, so he wants to post all the parts on E-bay of the 7171 Mos Espa Podrace. Since he does not have access to a credit card, I get to (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Lego: Toy of the Century! (according to Fortune)
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(...) i caught the follow-up to that show... a few people complained and wrote letters/emails about Lego not being included (i looked for LUGNET monikers, but none looked familiar)... people thought it was a travesty to have not included Lego in the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego trains and the RCX
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(...) What's needed in this case, I think, is a relay actuator or something similar. Basically, what you're looking at is a two-wire wire brick, one (the trigger wire) that goes to the RCX and operates a switch or "gate" and another (the supply (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | 4555 still availabe
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If anyone wants to -buy- a 4555, Lego Canada still have some left. LMK, and I can order. I would expect a shipped price to be around 100 US for this set. James Powell (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Happy December!
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(...) Ummm... Stollen.... my mom used to make that all the time, she hasn't lately, though... :( (...) I have my own tradition, sleeping in! Christmas is one of the only days I don't have to work at either of my jobs. IF I have to, I get up, but, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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