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(...) I got mine at the meijers on Gratiot in Saginaw, MI! But I did call the ones on Tittabawssee and Wilder rd. in Bay City. I work at the one on Gratiot! If any of the stores tell you they don't have them, they lying! There going on sale this (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: What lego animals are there?
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(...) The dolphin also comes in coast guard sets. It's only been available in one color (light gray) AFAIK. (...) This is the parrot element that Lawrence mentions. The bird has come in four different colors that I know. Dark gray (castle, etc), red (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hello, I would like to calculate an inverse sine (arcsin) function for one of my application. Does anyone know the algorithm of this trigonometric function? Thank you, J.M. Mongeau (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Custom lego Kits group (was 4 axle custom Hopper)
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(...) I am against creating a group at this point for two reasons: - premature - inter consortium discussions may well want to be private... the nuances of what sets to order, how to organise, etc may be proprietary. Consider, if you will, that (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Strange "cartoon" gears?
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(...) Yep, that's them. (...) "Tim's Lego Page" at (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RIS 1.0 Sightings
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If anyone is wanting them, I'm still seeing RIS 1.0 systems with the 'upgrade to 1.5' sticker on them at most the local Best Buys in NE Kansas (IE Topeka and Overland Park Areas) Tom (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) Yes, the impersonator has been identified by posting IP address. God bless cable modems and their static IP addresses. I haven't written to abuse@mediaone.net yet because I am wondering how much we as the community should do, and how much Brad (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What the F.......
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(...) Well, I have a MediaOne account. I took the opportunity once MediaOne offered their cable modems in our area (which was around October 1998, IIRC). I've posted only rare requests to RTL for sets, and some things here and there in LUGNET. I try (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | NorthWestFest initial report etc.
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I've just whacked up a short report & some of the (few) pics I took of this weekend. I have a small lost & found section, but it can wait till tomorrow: I need to go to bed :-) Oh, nearly forgot, it's here: (URL) Tony Priestman (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
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(...) It doesn't to me. If LEGO wants to release another hopper train car, they will be able to do so, at a price that Larry will not be able to match. If Larry manages to establish a booming business in hopper cars, selling them in the thousands (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: L298 Motor Driver
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If you don't already have the L293D chips it would give you more current capability if you used the SN754410. It is pin compatible with the L293D and supplies 1A continuous versus 0.6A for the L293D, and they can be stacked just as Kam suggested for (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: vb variable size
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Don't feel bad...I made the same mistake myself. Dave Baum (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Last hours on Ebay: 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 and ending within next hours. Please check out this link: (URL) are the lots: LEGO 2 brick separators LEGO 5 windshields + misc. auto parts LEGO Duplo large red (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Holiday Special From the Nugator Company
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To celebrate the holiday season, and the launch of our new site, the Nugator Company is offering Free Shipping on all orders through the end of the year. The new Nugator Company web site is now up and running ((URL) After a few months of labor we (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Pentapterigoid Star Fighter wallpaper
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I've added a rendering and a box design of fictitious set 6888 Pentapterigoid Star Fighter (formerly the PentWing Fighter[1]) to my wallpaper page: (URL) LMKWYT! --Bram 1) see: (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.space, lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 2000 Sets found in the US
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(...) Ah-ha! I just saw this week's sale flyer! All Star Wars Lego, 25% off! I'll be going back tomorrow to request a refund of the 25%. :) But then I'll have to decide whether to pocket the savings, or just buy some more... Steve (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Oops. Sorry. That should have been *165* pieces. Still not a lot of pieces. Steve (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | RE: L298 Motor Driver
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James, Have you considered stacking two L293D chips on top of each other, solder the legs together and add a heat sink? You should be able to drive motors in the 1A range. Just a thought. -kam (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Junior, Juniorized, Juniorization
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(...) Okay, IMHO, BURPs have great potential and you can do tons of stuff with them. <grin, duck, run> I just moved and left my BURPs at my old house - you wouldn't believe how much I miss them... And, you couldn't create a hollow effect using other (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: LNP congestion avoidance improved
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Great! While it is too late for the class I'm helping out with, and it currently looks like it won't be offered again, I'm still looking forward to playing with this in the spring. Thanks so much for the time invested, Martin- Luis (...) ###...### (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | review: LEGO '99
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A little over a year ago, we were all poring over the little 1999 one page mini-catalog (or at least the scans of it Huw had up at his website). Most of us expressed joy at the new sets while some showed disgust. Personally, I was excited about (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
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(...) I'm too much of a pessimist to expect that the bulk sales are going to come cheaply enough that a clone manufacturer could hope to compete directly against LEGO by buying their elements. I don't think LEGO isn't going to price the bulk (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
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(...) Now, if that was so, Richard, why would I have noted in *both* my recent posts in this thread that I wanted to know how Lego would view this? In this case, Lego has absolutely the "whip hand": if they do not want this to happen they are the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: 2000 Sets found in the US
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(...) else] (...) for (...) All I know is that they don't get much West or South of Indiana, which means the rest of us will have to wait for our lazy TRU stores... Aaron>maniac@vol.com Slave 1 is only 65 pieces!?! yeesh! (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | LNP congestion avoidance improved
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Hi there, on my way to a reliable LNP layer (and gdb, hopefully), i did some tests about how well LNP congestion avoidance works: I compiled 2 functionally identical programs, one on my linux-box, one on my RCX. Both of them setup an adressing (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Junior, Juniorized, Juniorization
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(...) A style (brand?) of boat. The yellow inflatable* boats that came with the diver sets. Picture Jacques Costeau riding in one to chase after some humpbacked whales on PBS. -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" * Of (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Looking for track
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(...) as of when? I ordered mine about a week ago..when did you call?(S@H Canada) (...) No I asked. (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 2000 Sets found in the US
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(...) Meijers? Where can I find this awesome shop? Never heard of it before... -Shiri (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
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You're taking it too seriously. He designed his own set, there is nothing in the Legalese at TLC that disallows that. And the fact that he has to buy TONS of sets right now to gather the parts to build them, or trade with people that have, certainly (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Custom lego Kits group
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(...) I'll add a comment here: I was thinking that the parts would likely come polybagged of some sort. The way that I think they should post the restriction is that you cannot resell them in the polybag -whist- L@D has/can get the part. This is to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Looking for track
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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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| | Can someone please help me?
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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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| | Re: Custom lego Kits group (was 4 axle custom Hopper)
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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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| | Re: What lego animals are there?
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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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| | Re: Junior, Juniorized, Juniorization
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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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| | Re: Seen the new SW sets around central fl?
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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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| | Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
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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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| | Re: Seen the new SW sets around central fl?
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(...) Nothing in Melbourne yet. (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.fl)
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| | Re: Custom lego Kits group (was 4 axle custom Hopper)
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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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| | Re: Custom lego Kits group (was 4 axle custom Hopper)
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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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