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Tom Stangl, VFAQman wrote in message <3853D552.1D7C69AB@vfaq.com>... (...) but if (...) Unless they've found more 4555 they're out. Mike Walsh kept asking me if I would trade him one of the blue car plates from the two 4555s I have because he (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I am desperatly seeking an ldraw .dat file of the tank car from 2125. also the dump truck and the little tool cart. I also need the minifigs from this set (at least a guide to which pieces to use) I already have .dat files of the auto car, tree car (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) A smart person at TLC would take the data from a few months of Bulk sales and say, "Ok people, our Lego Direct people say we've got 1000's of 1x2 green grill tiles selling bulk, 10000's of green train windows selling, 1000's of blue 2x2 tiles, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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At least one or two of the Divers sets had a dolphin (also Paradisa). Outback had some kind of bird, looked like a hawk (?). I think this bird is in some of the Wild West sets as well. Ray (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) what do you mean by zodiac??? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.build)
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Doug, I had a short chat this afternoon with the toy-person at the local WM super-center (Chiefland). She had not seen anything yet. She also made mention that there were no planned changes to the Lego shelfing plan thru new years. So if they did (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.fl)
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Ray Sanders wrote in message <38541EAB.7CA7F4DB@gate.net>... (...) Hey cool. MB has some reasonably nice set designs, and if they got TLC to manufacture the parts they have that TLC doesn't that would be even cooler - they have some nice parts. If (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Nothing in Melbourne yet. (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.fl)
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Ray Sanders wrote in message <38541B78.64E5499A@gate.net>... (...) discussions (...) reselling (...) If Larry's hopper (or some other custom set) attracts the attention if TRU or KB, believe me, in the end, TLC will be producing the set. There is (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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James Powell wrote in message ... (...) limit (...) parts -for (...) sueing (...) one. Actually, it could be bad. What if their bulk ordering ends up requiring orders of minimum quantities and dollar amounts? If they prohibited re-sale, the bulk (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Hmm. I really don't think it's likely. Point 1:I think it's safe to assume that LEGO will sell parts at a profit, yes? So no matter what else happens, LEGO makes money indirectly every time a custom model gets sold. Point 2:It's a fairly (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Not sure if this is useful where you are, but I just bought a 4560 from www.toycity.dk for UKP44. This is identical to the 4561, but without the wall-wart / regulator / connector. Sounds perfect for what you want. The price compares to UKP100 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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In article <0FML005DCA9B1Q@mta1....pbi.net>, Dave Johnson <djohnson@sirius.com> writes (...) Have a look at www.brickshelf.com set 0800. I think these are the gears you mean. Do you happen to still have the URL for the site where you originally saw (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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[ X-posted to lugnet.dear-lego because I don't like juniorisation ] [ X-posted to lugnet.build because I have a building suggestion ] Richard Marchetti: (...) I think it depends on who you talk to. IMO the main juniorisation indicator is POOP's: - (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Custom lego Kits group
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(...) Actually, it happens all the time in the model railway world. James Powell (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
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(...) Kevin's policy is 2 years -after- the set is no longer a current catalog item. In other words, 2 years after Larry -stops producing- the hopper, Kevin might archive the instructions. No sooner than that, and I believe Kevin has talked to TLG (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Robotics Nuts in Windsor?
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Just went to Toys R US in Windsor where I found oodles of Mindstorms boxes...finally! Been rather hard to find it around here. Well, to validate the cost and all that I was forced to declare it a 'Christmas Gift' to my fiance. Which in turn has (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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First of all, welcome! It is always a positive sign when a company should choose to engage in dialogue with its customers. It is futher encouraging that TLG recognises that AFOLs are a significant part of their customer base. Many of us, no doubt, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: What lego animals are there?
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(...) Don't forget the spiders. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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Make that "green and dark gray" alligators/crocodiles. Talking to yourself can't be a good sign. Mike Mike Faunce <mike@faunce.com> wrote in message news:FMnHp4.AJG@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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There are both green and gray alligators/crocodiles. Mike -- Mike Faunce mike at faunce dot com LUGNET #96 Lawrence Wilkes <lawrence_wilkes@msn.com> wrote in message news:FMn91p.J0x@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Line in the Sand
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[ Still discussing (URL) ] Steve: You can also put them on ldraw.org now that you have an account here. Here comes a commented/edited version. Lines starting with "#" are my comments and lines starting with "J" are my changes/additions. ---...--- (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Seen the new SW sets around central fl?
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Im in daytona I guess the subject says it all. -Doug (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.fl)
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| | Re: 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
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(...) Correct the whole B-wing should be able to swing around the cockpit. In flight mode (with the s-foils "lowered") the ship often flies with the body to the right. (It was in the game rebel assault 2) In attack mode the main body is generally (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ebay - On the rise, or ... ?
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(...) still (...) year (...) I got eBay magazine and it lists the top growth areas for auctions. #1 was Lego. How do you like those apples? Mike Poindexter (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
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(...) <snipped, 'cause it's LONG> Well, hm... I don't really see how we as AFOL's, even banded together, could REALLY compete with TLG. I mean, even if the parts used in custom non-TLG-designed sets were acquired really cheap, a profit would still (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Strange "cartoon" gears?
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In lugnet.robotics, Dave Johnson writes: [...] (...) I got mine (with caterpillar tracks to fit them) in the 780 Road Construction Set: (URL) used them as wheels in Joe Lauher's building contest a couple years back: (URL) were also available (in (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Custom lego Kits group
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> (...) Sadly I can't quote specific exact circumstances, but that kind of thing goes on all the time.. I know GM Corvettes, and Ford Mustangs in particular have been run through 'hop-up' shops in limited run numbers. Of (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: YEAR-2000 LEAKS STOP HERE
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(...) For what it's worth (practically nothing), the message you're referring to left no doubt in my mind that it was Todd Lehman, LUGNET Owner/Admin talking. Just thought I would point that out since I recently commented on how some of your (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Anyone seen 2K Lego?
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I sure hope they end up here this week! I didn't even notice the Kmart ad has 25% off SW toys, INCLUDING Lego! (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog
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(...) _An_ important thing. And yes, pleasing your Significant Other, if it is possible to do so without compromising your own morals, _is_ an important thing. Regardless of your sex. Jasper (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala)
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| | Re: NW Fest
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All, I would have to agree with what's been already said, Tony (great host, & nice house) It was a great day I certainly enjoyed myself, Huw was probably a bit fed up with my constant chat for six hours on the journey there and back. But overall an (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: What lego animals are there?
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Lawrence Wilkes wrote in message ... (...) Duplo has a baby animal set that contains a giraffe and I know they also have two sizes of elephants, penguins, hippos, etc. Rose (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
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THE DELAYED POST Ah -- delays, delays. Much of what I have written here is sort of canceled out by Larry's previous post and by Todd Lehman's recent post: "If it were my toy company..." @ (URL) I am sharing because I think these concerns are genuine (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: 4561 alternates (was: sale at kbkids)
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I'm not building any alternates ;-) I bought 2 4561s, so I can tear them apart, and use them for the basis of my cargo train. This is my first EVER train, so expert I am definitely NOT ;-) And I might even have all the transblue 1x4x3 and 1x2x3 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | FA: 6590 Vacation Camper from 1988
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Hi all ! I have this set for auction on eBay, it's complete, and the bidding starts at $7.50 The URL is: (URL) for watching ! Lex (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
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(...) Ahh, but all the parts *are* official TLC parts (even if you do not say that). A big issue with bulk sales is that someone does not take advantage of the *privilege* (of buying bulk) to compete with TLC in the same venue. I would hate to see a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Custom lego Kits group (was 4 axle custom Hopper)
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(...) As long as you are not competing with TLC in the same venue, I agree. Is someone makes a better X-wing which impacts TLCs sales, then TLC winds up with a bunch of unsold boxes in a warehouse. Other than that, I don't see any problem. The other (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Custom lego Kits group (was 4 axle custom Hopper)
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(...) Todd, My take is that TLC should be concerned not about *will* someone take some of these bulk-purchased parts and make custom created kits for sale, but *what* venue would they be sold in. If someone (like Larry) make 50-100 hoppers and sells (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Ma vi siete accorti...
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(...) Siete scandalosi, come al solito...e intanto siamo sul podio !!! Ciao Giulio (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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Hi (...) Yep you're right Dave and I feel pretty stupid. The loop command is only good up to 255, so I'm now using a while...end while. I need to learn to read the RCX SDK parameter table a bit better. So much to learn, so much fun. Cheers ;-) Mike (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: WTT: #8880 fo #6987
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Hi David, I have some mint in sealed box 6987's but I also have two MISB 8880's. I'll sell it to you for $175.00 plus postage. Mark H (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Ebay - On the rise, or ... ?
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(...) The mad discounts are most interesting. The out-right screwups can trigger herd instincts like nothing I have ever seen. Witness the £4 screwup at The Entertainer a few weeks back. e-commerce is a whole new book waiting to be written. People (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Custom lego Kits group
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(...) Yeah that's one thing you're gonna hafta REALLY think about. If such a group gets formed, and is successful, I don't think Lego will ignore you guys anymore. Although you're not selling original Lego kits, you ARE selling something very (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Ma vi siete accorti...
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"Marco Beri" <marcob@equalis.it> wrote in message news:385616bc.196227...net.com... (...) Questo non è finto. -- Cheers Carlo. LUGNET member page: (URL) member of ItLUG: (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Supercar Sale
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The LEGO Supercar is on sale this week 12/12 through 12/18 at Toys-R-Us for $99.99. Regularly $129.99. Enjoy! Dave Paule (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Abbiamo raggiunto i canadesi? Ciao. Marco. P.S. Non voglio superarli con un messaggio finto. A voi l'onore. (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Anyone seen 2K Lego?
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(...) Yesterday I stopped by the Zainy Brainy and Toysrus in San Mateo. No y2k. Since new sets only appeared in the east yesterday, I wouldn't expect them to appear in the bay area for a few days. - chris (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Ma vi siete accorti...
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Che con questi tre messaggi... (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Has the world gone mad?!?
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(...) I actually foresaw the problem enough to have two separate entry categories - "set" and "original". Of course the judge was still clueless as to which entries were really sets or not, and apparently didn't even care enough to really (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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| | Ma vi siete accorti...
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(25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Update on Technic Box #1 (Canadian Tour)
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Phil Watt <wattsup1@earthlink.net> wrote in article <3851F2F1.13B68040@e...nk.net>... (...) Hello Phil, I am very disappointed to say that there seems to have been absolutely no response to my email that I sent to the person to whom I mailed the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Custom lego Kits group (was 4 axle custom Hopper)
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(...) Agreed. It *might* be trackable for large-volume sellers - i.e. audit them and track how they spent there money - but that gets horribly expensive and has all kinds of legal strings and red tape to go through before you even can try. I don't (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: want list (was: Re: SPACE AUCTION -- Many Rarities!!!)
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(...) Did you ever get a backing card for the 6801/6822/6823 3-pack, or did you decide that it isn't a set since it doesn't have its own number, or is it just not "cool enough" to actively search for? Just curious, Steve (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Boba Fett
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Check out the pics of Fett over at the fine Star Wars Lego website, "From Bricks to Bothans:" (URL) see the disturbing news that Fett's helmet & backpack are CONNECTED. Aaaargh!!! (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) Not to mention that, especially for people here, it simply Won't Work. If the US prices are cheaper than EU prices by more than shipping (shipping, BTW, is reasonably constant across all countries for service sets - food for thought), there (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: vb variable size
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Clint Rutkas <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:19991212195749....ail.com... correct me if I'm wrong here, but the datalog size maxes at 50 also. The size may be larger than 50, but any single UploadData block call must be 50 or less. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Custom lego Kits group (was 4 axle custom Hopper)
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(...) Why would they do that but not care about people doing the same with the 4532, 5571 or 8480? They have all sold on eBay for a ton more than they were at Shop @ Home while S@H still had them in stock. I personally think that they have no right (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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As a first step, we at LEGO Direct want to participate actively in these newsgroups from now on - that is, if such participation is something that you want. Please realize that it will take some months for all our new efforts to be fully visible - (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | FA: Classic Space and Other Space Sets! Going Twice!
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Classic Space For Auction: 6845 Cosmic Charger - MISB - $7.00 (URL) Lunar Rocket Launcher - MISB - $13.50 (URL) Walking Astro Grappler - MISB - $26.50 (URL) Terrestrial Rover - MISB - $10 (URL) Seismologic Vehicle - MISB - $6.00 (URL) MoonRover - (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
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Tom Boucher wrote in message ... (...) I believe what he is referring to is that the ship is flying with its main wing horizontally instead of how it is seen in jedi in a couple of shots at the vertical position. I believe the ship is able to fly in (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Gears
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Mike, These gears can also be found in set 8448, the red supercar. There's even two sizes of the 'tire' gears. I think they mesh a lot better than the ordinary technic gears. Have fun, Arjen "Mike Kory" <kory@advancenet.net> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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Hi Brad, Welcome, this is indeed a big moment for us, so lets hope that something will come out of this proposal. First some good news : A local newspaper wrote that Lego was the most sold toy in the last century !! Now the question : Will those (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: What lego animals are there?
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(...) Here are some other animal-elements that you can use: Color variations: Alligators Yellow "parrots" Sealife: Clams Crabs Starfish Eels (by using red snakes) Lobsters (by using the upcoming frozen fossils -- red scorpions of the Arctic sets) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | New Gears
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My kids and I are putting together the new Battle Droid (#8001) and we seem to have two new gears. At least, new to me. One is marked Z20, 32198. It's a 20 tooth bevel crown gear and is used to mesh with a normal sized 12 tooth crown. The other is a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | FA: Ebay - ending today: 40 lots of parts - Lego, Technic and Mindstorms
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Hello, I have 40 lots of various Lego, Technic and Mindstorms parts running on Ebay. Please check out this link: (URL) are the lots: LEGO 2 brick separators LEGO 5 windshields + misc. auto parts LEGO Duplo large red baseplate 15"x15" LEGO hinges and (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
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(...) Exactly. It's so far away from selling clones that in the worse case, it's like the kinds of set-design (not parts design) issues that clone- brand manufacturers have to worry about. In the best case, it's so far away from selling clones that (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: NW Fest
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dakershaw <alan@kershawcomputi...rve.co.uk> wrote > Just a quick thank you to Tony for the organisation of yesterdays event, and (...) Seconded! It was a great do! I'll try and get the photos on-line tomorrow night. Huw (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | WTB: Black 2x4 apex low slope (3299)
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I am nearing completion on my 2 stall engine shed and am a few elements short. I am looking to buy or trade for about 10 of these: (URL) (in black). Thanks in advance, John (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
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(...) I see it as light-years away from selling clones. I get what you're saying, but, clone manufacturers have to take care not to violate any of LEGO's patents. Since we're not manufacturering bricks, that's not a problem in the least. There is (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: What lego animals are there?
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(...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: 4561 alternates (was: sale at kbkids)
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(...) OK, now we can at least see the experts moving around in the brushwood. But look how they are now desperately trying to de-rail (!) the thread about the issue if they can build 4561 alternates... :-P Martin E. (making tracks(!) very (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog
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I agree, Tamy. I've discussed this general topic with a few Danish women and they hardly saw anything wrong with such statements as the one quoted. There is an interesting book, which I'm sorry to say I've only read a fraction of, titled: Americans (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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| | What lego animals are there?
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Can anyone help identify what animals have been included in lego sets, and which sets? I started on a Zoo So far I have A jungle setting with:- Coloured and grey Parrots Monkeys Crocodiles (using Indigo Island as basis) 'Seaquarium':- Sharks (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: vb variable size
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correct me if I'm wrong here, but the datalog size maxes at 50 also. CLINT RUTKAS OUT (URL) MIME ATTACHMENTS DISCARDED: 1. Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Length: 607 (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: TRU has 8448 and 4561 for $99.99
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ARGHHHH!!!!!! I really dislike the TRU site. I tried to order an 8448 and my shopping carts continues to show up empty. This has happened before. When will they ever fix their website. Complaints don't work, I have sent numerous ones in the past. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: "If it were my toy company..."
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(...) This also -- to my non-laywer mind, of course -- partly reduces the legal issue. If submitted designs are publically available on the web site for a year or so before being considered for production, that seems like ample time for the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Lego de-lurks!
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Marco, Many (most? all?) of your wishes can be easily fulfilled with the HandyBoard and its expansion board. It is programmed in Interactive C ... so if you've been using Dave Baum's NQC there is only a very small learning curve, it has more I/O (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Uh oh...more bad news for those of us on a budget: The Sunday Los Angeles Times has an ad from Toys 'R' Us listing the 8448 Super Car for $99.99 (regular $129.99). If the MSRP really is $130, then it's not as good a deal as the Space Shuttle from (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Custom lego Kits group (was 4 axle custom Hopper)
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(...) Actually, I'll bet they actually couldn't put any restrictions on the parts. Unless each part is individually marked with a unique serial number (like paper money), there's no way to track what happens to the pieces after sale, and therefore (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Update Auction 9 Volt Train Sets
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* * * Auction 9 Volt Train Sets * * * L Set Name St Bid Bidder 1 - 9v Trains Start Set - 50 min. 2 4537 Twin Tank Transport - 34.5 Scott Arthur 3 4544 Car Transport Wagon SD 25 Mark & Milissa Millere 4 4548 Speed Regulator SD 20 Jan-Albert van Ree 5 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Custom lego Kits group (was 4 axle custom Hopper)
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Personally, I would boycott any bulk purchasing (...) Todd, (and everyone else too!) I would think that they -might- put a stipulation on that you cannot resell directly (Ie auction on E-bay for 3x the money). I would agree with a limit like that. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Reklam för lugnet.loc.se?
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[ Også sendt til lugnet.loc.no, lugnet.loc.dk og lugnet.loc.fi Hvor er Island (og F¦røerne, Grønland og Åland? ] Tobias: (...) Det må I jo hellere få gjort noget ved. (...) Jeg tror ikke det er en god idé. Det sker at jeg h¦gter en "reklame" for (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.no, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.fi)
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| | Glass Globes for Underwater Displays
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A year or so ago, I was buying garden supplies online when I came across this item. A handblown glass aquarium for display of flowers. It has a rubber seal (removable for reuse) that the whole thing sits on in a black plastic tray. The end result is (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.fun.crafts)
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| | Re: TRU has 8448 and 4561 for $99.99
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Nonono, I wasn't denying the fact it is in the Sunday ad - I KNOW it's in there. I was arguing over the fact that the website doesn't list it. As of last night, I didn't see it on the website. I searched on "Super", "Street", and "Sensation" (each (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Looking for Lego "gray dock" pieces.
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(...) I am looking for the light gray ones. Nate (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
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(...) I'm not worried about it. People have been selling custom LEGO models via auction for more than 5 years and as long as you don't infringe on any of TLC's IP or accidentally misrepresent the models as being official, it's really no different in (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Supercar Sale
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No, it's the 8448. Bummer since I know my wife bought mine (for Christmas) about a month ago. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Millennium Slizer
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The Millennium Slizer set number 8520 is now available in New Zealand and is being sold exclusively by "The Warehouse". Price is $39.95 NZ (that's about 20 USD). Elements of note include the gold Slizer disc and the gold Slizer head piece (?). (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Custom lego Kits group (was 4 axle custom Hopper)
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(...) Sounds like the time for this has come. Shall we create a .market.custom newsgroup for this? (I realize of course that when you say 'group' above you mean a different kind of group than a newsgroup, but you're still going to need a place to go (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Supercar Sale
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8880 ? (...) Jorge Rodríguez rodriguez.136@osu.edu (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Release of CD Games
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The LEGO CD games Rock Raiders, Racers and Friends are now available in New Zealand for $49.95 NZ each (that's about 25 USD). This is a much better price than the ninety dollars we had to pay last year for Creator and about ten dollars less for (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.games, lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 Sets found in the US
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The tag for the sale said it ends on the 24th. (...) Jorge Rodríguez rodriguez.136@osu.edu (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: This is just funny.
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(...) ~Bwah ~HA ~ha ~HA ~HA !!! ;-) i have my hands full with the 6% that are fearlessly queuing up for their make-overs! later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Custom lego Kits group (was 4 axle custom Hopper)
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(...) I can imagine <g>. I ws thinking more about the selling end because it can be done virtually. Sharing parts buying introduces the extra cost of mailing parts around - which may or may not be worthwhile. However, I certainly wouldn't assume (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Rack and Pinion Steering and idea for precise angle of rotation detection
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Yeah, this serves me right for de-lurking before rereading all of the previous posts... :) (...) scan (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: TRU has 8448 and 4561 for $99.99
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As I said, check the AD... Sunday paper!! Really!! Why would I lie? WOOOHOOOO!! Eric Tom Stangl, VFAQman wrote in message <3853D4AE.78E325D5@vfaq.com>... (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: "If it were my toy company..."
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(...) Maybe someday we'll see Larry's black hopper car. Wouldn't that rock?! :) The big legal hurdle there is indemnification against false representation. (Say some model creator steals a design from someone else and represents the design as (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Supercar Sale
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Toys-R-Us has a sale on the 8880 Supercar, December 12 through December 18. Normally $129.99, it's now $99.99, according to the insert in today's paper. This only applies to those who have any money left after buying their Space Shuttle(s) at (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: vb variable size
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(...) The variables are 16 bit signed (-32768 to 32767), but the loop counter is only an 8 bit unsigned (0 to 255). When you set the loop counter from a variable it ignores the high bits and truncates. Dave Baum (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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