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Here are my thoughts on the reason for no storm troopers. Blasters. stormtroopers are about the only starwars fig that would need a blaster. Tlg has not made blasters for various reasons disscussed alredy on this group. therefore they cant make (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Self-repairing Pneumatic Cylinder???
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As I wrote in an earlier message ((URL) I had a broken pneumatic workcylinder. But when running a last-minute test a few days later, just before calling TLG (1), it worked perfectly! Anybody experienced something like this before? Any explanations? (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Storm Troopers and Boba Fett
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(...) Too big for the size of the ship. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: External Power Port Problem..?
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(...) This is my take on the problem: Many (most?) DC wall warts supply a voltage as much as 200% of the rated output when lightly loaded ... so a really big 12VDC wall wart may supply as much as 20+ volts to the RCX. As careful as TLG is in (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: External Power Port Problem..?
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(...) This is my take on the problem: Many (most?) DC wall warts supply a voltage as much as 200% of the rated output when lightly loaded ... so a really big 12VDC wall wart may supply as much as 20+ volts to the RCX. As careful as TLG is in (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Cats and pigeons...
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Suzanne D. Rich <suz@media.mit.edu> wrote in message news:FMHxHr.1p1@lugnet.com... (...) Apology accepted. Thanks. Huw (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Technic Scale F-14
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"Bryan Wong" <green_paper@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FMHnt4.M4x@lugnet.com... (...) mine, (...) With some playing around it is pretty easy to get very complex gear drivetrains worked out. The hardest part is making them compact. You have to (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Ultimate Collector's Series wish list
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(...) I say it would be a mistake not to make a UCS falcon because so many people would buy one. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Extra Endor Lukes
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(...) Buy another tie fighter and y-wing set to get more vaders! -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Cats and pigeons...
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To Huw, I meant you no harm and think no ill of you. my apologies. To Everyone, I want no leaks posted to LUGNET. If there is any chance your data may be a leak, obtain clearance from appropriate parties at the LEGO Company. If it's fine with them, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Cats and pigeons...
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John VanZwieten wrote in message ... (...) I will second that....... Eric (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Online LCAD???
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(...) I know that there are several programs that can do paralell rendering. 3d studio max springs to mind. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: What is 'LDraw?'
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(...) I see what you mean. ledit has encoded references to parts (the 2 x 4 brick springs to mind) that cant be changed. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Storm Troopers and Boba Fett
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(...) No. Emphatically, no. (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: WAFOL page??
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(...) That'd be cool. Can you start out with the Geocities space you're using now? BTW -- the logo you came up with, IMO, can't be topped. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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Glad you like it;-) I was feeling (understandably) rather giddy at the time... -John (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Rack and Pinion Steering and idea for precise angle of rotation detection
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Thanks. The design does require a fairly large robot platform, but it's not huge. I think this could be made slightly smaller, but not too much. The size I worked with was ideal for attaching the steering assembly to the RCX, etc., as well as (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Hello all
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(...) Awesome! The WAFOLites are going to meet sometime in January, probably somewhere near Ogden or Kaysville, maybe somewhere Salt-Lake-ish, somewhere. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) ...lots of cool stuff, including limited bulk sales, snipped... Wow! Hmm. No, its not 04/01. Hmm. Still breathing. (...) It might be true! Great news, and of course, welcome! John "you have how many unopened sets?" Boreczky johnb@pal.xerox.com (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Thanks, Ashley (Re: Toy clearance at ZCMI)
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(...) Hear, hear! I'm in the same boat as Joseph, sadly, but there are others out there who probably can (and have) taken full advantage of it! :-, Thanks, Ashley. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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John, You are sentenced to walk barefoot over a football field covered in 2x2 bricks piled 6 inches deep for that pun! (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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Yay! me like Lego bricks. I buy liberally from all the themes and my only rant is- "How come no Storm Troopers for two whole years?" Chris (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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Brad, THANK YOU! Comments below... (...) Suggestion - STOP the "this set only available in country X". That would stop us from having to ship sets all over the world. Make a set available from Lego Direct no matter what country you live in - a TRUE (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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Although I am not the first, WELCOME! <rubbing my eyes, and lifting my jaw after reading your post> I am glad to see TLG (or LD) recognize that AFOL give birth to CFOL and future AFOL! If there is anything we can do to help you in your endeavor, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: 4561 sale at kbkids
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(...) Their website could use a better search engine. Following Larry's advice, I went there, struggled for a while then used their aptly named "Product Finder". I searched for brand "lego" and cost "$100+" and the train was the only set that was (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) Brad, As an adult LEGO enthusiust, I would like to thank you for making my day. We are truly happy to hear that you are accepting input. Allowing bulk sales of parts (even in an extremely limited manner) would be a tremendous step that would (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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Welcome Brad! It is great to have you. My one and only rant is the recent changes in Town. Why so simplified? Why not offer the "Town Jr." sets and real classic Town sets as two seperate collections? Or, how about re-realising old LEGO sets from the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Three words:
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Sell individual pieces!!! (All of them)(or most would be good) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) Brad: Welcome! I'm sincerely glad that both you, and The Lego Corporation, have joined our dialogue. I hope that you feel welcomed...and know that for all our (my) complaints and occasional spells of angry zeal, we are all united by a fierce (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: 4561 sale at kbkids
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You know, after reading this, I went to Toysmart, but couldn't find any LEGO trains. I ordered one from KBkids. I would like to know what I missed. I did all kinds of searches. --Jack Gregory Jennifer L. Boger <jennr@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu> wrote in (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) Wow. Thank you. (...) This is a huge step forward. (...) You have just given a positive response to the single-most asked for "wish" we have from Lego. (...) Listen - hear that? It's the sound of several thousand AFOL's staring at their (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Good Procrastinators List Proposed
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(...) Maybe you should also start a GOOD PROCRASTINATORS LIST as well as a GOOD TRADER LIST. Put me down at the top of that one. Sometimes I don't get to shipping stuff or money out right away (life gets crazy sometimes), but then when I do get to (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Storm Troopers and Boba Fett
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(...) Jar-Jar is not really Lego's fault- he's Lucas' fault. It's not like they could make Episode 1 sets without him in them, and if they had to make a Jar- Jar, I think they did all right. That doesn't explain, however, how they think they can (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) Big Brother, he speaks! whooho! (...) Lots of it :-) And welcome! . (...) Could we please have some space stuff like the trans-color quarter domes? :-) (...) I would really like to see rereleases of older sets. Especialy space and castle. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Rack and Pinion Steering and idea for precise angle of rotation detection
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I haven't been reading this list _that_ long, but will carefully look at the assembly tonight to see if it is putting particular stress/deformation on anything.. I don't believe that it is vital to have the axles line up this way. The movement of (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Fort LEGOREDO, why so much?
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Ben wrote in message ... (...) through (...) ebay at (...) for (...) figure. I think this one is purely seasonal. Kids saw it all year long in the catalog and parents want to get it as a "big gift" for christmas, so they are willing to spend big (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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Welcome to Lugnet Brad! This is very exciting news for any lover of the brick. What you are bound to hear the most from people in Lugnet is the need for bulk orders. I came out of my LEGO darkages because of Mindstorms, but what really got me back (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Geez! LUGNET is just too exciting!
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(...) Actually, my wife is a bit more understanding, in fact she is one of my main lego set finders. She is always ringing me up from stores to say she has come across set number so and so, at a knockdown price (why else do you think I gave here (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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There *is* justus after all!!;-) Brad, I can hardly believe what I just read! This is wonderful news! I applaud your foresight and willingness to cooperate with the AFOL community. I think you will not find anywhere a more devoted customer to any (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Cats and pigeons...
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(...) <snipped well-written message> Huw, I don't think there is anyone who thinks less of you over this whole thing. I certainly don't. While I have come to agree with Todd about the potential of damage, I, like you hadn't even *considered* the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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