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I hope this works for everyone who has been waiting for it. This is the Adventurers 3 blade propeller. Any suggestions for keywords or categories will be appreciated. Here is a couple of links to view the part. (same picture) (URL) Easter 0 (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Pentapterigoid Star Fighter wallpaper
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(...) great that you provided disclaimers (in the image and in the post) noting that it's not an official LEGO set. (...) Jaw dropped. :) --Todd (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish)
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| | LEGO Speelgoed van de Eeuw
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Hallo allemaal, Ik hoorde dat "LEGO Speelgoed van de Eeuw" is geworden. Dit was te verwachten, maar... ik heb hier zeer weinig van gezien, gelezen of gehoord. Iemand anders misschien? Is dit (BTW) alleen in Nederland of zijn er meer landen waar (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: New part: Plate 6 x 6 x 2/3 Cross with Dome - 30303.dat [DAT]
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(...) Thanks for the compliments Steve. Changes are; Using more primitives and adding conditional lines (for curved surfaces). Also fixed an error that used to make LDraw crash. (oops sorry, LDAO caught it!) Paul Easter 0 Plate 6 x 6 x 2/3 Cross (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: train car idea
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(...) <yawn> Four of my passenger cars are 60 studs long. I plan on making two more and an observation car, which will be 76 studs long. They are, of course, 8 studs wide;-) I am finding that I can run all four using 2 motors in front on an engine (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) My wish list: a c-3p0 minifig a chewbacca minifig a stormtrooper minifig some "army men" an emporor minifig more film licences e.g. ghostbusters saving private ryan titanic apollo 13 tron and more... -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Millennium City - Millennium Airport
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(...) Your teaser pics are in my top five "good photography" sites for sure! Care to share some techniques for those of us less practised behind the lens? James (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.publish)
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| | almost did it!
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almost completed a <i>full</i> model in MLCAD (set 4554) but alas after it got to big.. mlcad was sl.o..w...i...n.. d....o....w......n mlcad is sweet, user frendly indeed.. but im sorry mike, ledit is always going to be faster. keep up the good work (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: New Star Wars Lego in Canada?
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(...) Didn't look today - too busy freezing my fingers putting up the X-mas lights, but when I did "the loop" (Walmart, Sears, Zellers, the Bay, TRU) yesterday there was none to be found. Lots of crowds though. Ugh. James (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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Wow! Sounds like you guys are trying to take over the world! Starting in 2005 inhabitants of Earth must restrain themselves from the use of their elbows and knees (like 50's B-movie robots). Just joking! GREAT news! Yes, I've got the gall to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | train car idea
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i got this crazy yet good idea for a large train car. 2 34 stud chassis's. 2 wheel sets, with one custom made (engine look alike like in 4558) to put in middle. so it is like this __ a __ __ b __ 00\_____/ 0T0 \____/00 kind of like that, go from (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | bulk dynamics revisited
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(...) I was speaking for myself only. When I say "Personally, I would boycott..." I mean that I personally couldn't "buy into" it under such a restriction -- to agree to buy bulk under a restriction like that that wouldn't feel morally right to me. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Inversine sine function
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This polynomial approximation looks better: ArcSin(x) = Pi/2 - Sqrt(1-x)*(a(0) + a(1)*x + a(2)*x^2 + a(3)*x^3 + a(4)*x^4 + a(5)*x^5 + a(6)*x^6 + a(7)*x^7 ) where a(0) = 1.57079 63050 a(1) = -0.21459 88016 a(2) = 0.08897 89874 a(3) = -0.05017 43046 (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Robo-Mechanoid (or something)
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If anyone's interested, here's a .gif of a robot I made using LDraw. If I can animate it, I might donate it to the POVray competition. This period/season the category is robots. (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
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(...) My first set was only available through the online store on my web site, but it is no longer available. It came with rudimentary instructions made using a digital camera, as my Mac is not L-Draw compatable. (We're buying 2 PC's for my company (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Online LCAD???
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(...) I didn't think about the processor power required. It's just that I've been playing EverQuest for a while, and I know that Lego came out with a program where you can build and play in models (thought a combination of the two would be great). (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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I agree ... I built my own western creations too... Check out my website for Western creations of: Saloon (with upstairs bordello) Barber shop Blacksmith Cabin Cemetery Stagecoach Prisoner wagon Gold miner ... Allan My LEGO creations site "Allanton (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: What lego animals are there?
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My zoo on my web site has: Shark Dolphin Orca (DUPLO baby orca) Crocodiles Giraffe (DUPLO baby giraffe) Polar Bear (DUPLO baby polar bear) Black Panther (DUPLO baby black panther) Monkeys 2659 LEGO DUPLO Baby Animals was the set I used. ...Allan (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | WTB: 6955 + 6989
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Hi, Would anybody sell me one or both of the below sets for a reasonable price? 6955 Space Police 1 Lock-up isolation base 6989 M-Tron Mega-Core Magnetizer The sets don't have to have boxes but have to have original instructions. They don't have to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Custom lego Kits group (was 4 axle custom Hopper)
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(...) Ah, yes. IF someone somehow could actually get a toystore (not that they'd want to push for that) to sell these custom "kits" or "sets", yeah, I'd have a hard time disagreeing that TLC would probably be concerned about that. --Todd (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Where are the carriers?
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Z wrote in message ... (...) A carrier would have to be far too large for most of my creations. I don't get much into nano-fig scale, either. ---D M Garcia (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: What lego animals are there?
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The trans-blue inflatable dolphin I can understand, but what does this idyllic family swimming pool have a SCORPION lurking under the table, about to climb into a shoe (ok, so that is something scorpions do), and some poor unsuspecting soul? Rob (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: want list (was: Re: SPACE AUCTION -- Many Rarities!!!)
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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Steve Demlow writes: Hey! Steve! Hi! I've seen Alan around, but you've been lurking, eh? (...) I think at this point, having not seen the card pop up anywhere else, I have to officially regret not trading you that (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: New Dave Baum Book?
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(...) Thanks for the kind offer, but I'm not looking for anything specific at the moment. I think its just the concept of being paid in Lego by Lego that sounds cool! If people want to show their thanks for NQC, I'd rather see them purchase a small (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New Star Wars Lego in Canada?
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Last year I remember seeing a couple of the amazon sets on the 30th of Dec here in NS. Always looking though, especially since I have 10 coupons to use before Dec 31. John battcock (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | 24 !!! marks
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jamie hickey wrote in message ... (...) <snip>week! <snip>know! <snip> MI! <snip> Gratiot! <snip> lying! <snip>Thursday! <snip>me! <snip>got! <snip> Bike! <snip>plank! <snip>good! <snip> piece! No bottom to the tail! <snip>Carbonite! Not crazy (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Strange "cartoon" gears?
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(...) interesting, all right). See the second picture on Marcus' "Gear Math" page: (URL) see the ones I mean. Dave Johnson (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Super Car on sale
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=>From: "Peter Novotny" <pe_mo@yahoo.com> =>... =>Are we really going to talk about where and when a LEGO is onsale???? Maybe =>we should start LEGO-SALES discussion group then Good idea, except LEGO is only infrequently on sale. I'll refrain from (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: "If it were my toy company..."
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(...) mean, (...) stuff (...) LEGO could easily prevent this by not selling the key parts (pantographs, flags, landing stilts, etc) for individual sale. Just my .02 worth... Will (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Millennium City - Millennium Airport
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(...) you'll put a link to the others back on the page? (...) Wow that's big! (...) When do you think the final images will be posted? Anxiously waiting, Ben Roller (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Pentapterigoid Star Fighter wallpaper
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That's incredible! Too bad we don't have a dat file of one of the AT-AT's from Mindfest. KL (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
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Larry, Thanks for the mention! In fact I wish that I could cotinue to sell MOCs after about 6 Chessie System engines I plumb ran out of parts! I have been discussing at length with some of the other club members how to start a small company that (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: What lego animals are there?
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(...) ... (...) Hahaha! Oh, Obviously! I remembered a thread about this set, starting with: (URL) figured I'd post a link to it here just for completeness when it comes up again in a few months. :) Ben Roller (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
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(...) I know about this, but it's never utilized in the games nor demonstrated in the films. I guess you could say it spurs the imagination as far as playing with the model when you're done, but I guess I really would prefer it if the ships were (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Star Wars Set Auction Almost Over!
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Hi everyone: My Star Wars sets on eBay are nearing their cutoff. Idiot that I sometimes am, I forgot to post the picture URLs in the "pictures" section, and as a result they've been overlooked. I have restored the pics to get my little "photo" (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Pentapterigoid Star Fighter wallpaper
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That Box Rocks. How'd you do that? (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Millennium City - Millennium Airport
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The final teaser image has gone up at the Millennium City homepage at (URL) time it's a pic of passengers at Millennium Airport heading for their flight. Design Notes: Millennium Airport is walking distance from City Central Transport terminal (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: PNLTC layout
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(...) I LIKE the older(more modern looking) logo. Perhaps you can keep it for the eurotrashier parts of your layout (it evokes LEGO's own <-o-> and the britrail double arrow) and keep the new (older looking) logo for the US areas. (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Boba Fett
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(...) CONNECTED. (...) Thanks for the pictures. I guess I'll be busting out my Dremel so I can "fix" the helmet and backpack. TLG, sometimes you make me want to scream so loud you could hear me across the Atlantic! Dave (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | LEGO on Slashdot (again)
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There is another article on slashdot: (URL) one is about the Y2K Star Wars sets and has links to the catalog scans on Brickshelf. The server may be a little slow for the next couple of days :) The comments are similar to recent LEGO articles on /., (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | New Star Wars Lego in Canada?
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I was wondering if anyone in Canada has come across the new Star Wars Lego sets? They have been just "discovered" in the US but no one from Canada has said anything. Anyone found anything? Anyone even looking? (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: PNLTC layout
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Hi John, All the rolling stock gets rotated. When the members are there. When the OMSI volunteers are staffing the layout we let them run either stock or robust MOCs. The other train clubs show some of their stuff in the cases and this year we (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Dan's Lego Parts Auction Update: 12/12/99
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More parts have been sold, and only a few more are left. The open lots are at; (URL) Lots are here; (URL) Summary; (URL) M. Ok-Ok I'm recycling last night's update ;>o (Again!!) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Pentapterigoid Star Fighter wallpaper
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(...) I love it. I love the background space graphic you used, too. Did you paint that, or is it rendered somehow? -- jthompson@esker.com "float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Anyone out there?
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Yippee, message traffic! One more post, and the top 4 will be less than two months old! December is gone, anyway. Though NELUG has got its December meeting set on time. In Jan/Feb there will be 2000 sets to look over... On my calendar for Feb 11 is (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nj.new, lugnet.loc.us.nj.tre, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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| | Re: Pentapterigoid Star Fighter wallpaper
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(...) Hmm, I usually just stand it on its engines. The original version could balance rather well on one wing, but it can't in the new version. I suppose you could build a rack sort of like Eric K's B-wing racks to hold it... (...) If you build it, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Meijers in Grand Rapids
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(...) I'm glad to hear this. My wife and I are going to be spending Christmas with her family in Sparta, and I told my wife two days ago that I was going to be making a trip to that very Meijers. In fact, I think that I have stopped at that store (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: What lego animals are there?
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(...) Thinking about it, it's obvious that that's a Jedi Master dolphin who has ascended to a higher plane and become more powerful than we can imagine. (...) Yes! I'm still laughing at this, minutes later. I had to bring my wife in here to show her (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: "If it were my toy company..."
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(...) It's true. A "Lego Classics" (not to be confused with "Lego Classic"!) line would do extremely well. (...) A lot of pieces aren't being made anymore -- I doubt you'll be able to order those. (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Inversine sine function
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(...) You might give this a try (for -1 < x < 1): ArcSin(x) = x + a(1)*x^3 + a(2)*x^5 + a(3)*x^7 + ... etc. with a(1) = 0.1666666667 a(2) = 0.0750000000 a(3) = 0.0446428571 a(4) = 0.0303819444 a(5) = 0.0223721599 a(6) = 0.0173527644 a(7) = (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: "If it were my toy company..."
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Wow! Todd, those were GREAT ideas! The only things I might add if it were my toy company are: 1) To (maybe) re-release discontinued items that are exteremly wanted. I mean, think Demand and Supply - people are willing to pay a heck of a lot for (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Supercar Sale
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IF she bought it at TRU, have her take it back and return it for Geoffrey Dollars credit, then go back, grab one off the shelf, and buy it. Or better yet, order it from toysrus.com, use the January deal they have there to save $10, and sign up for (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog
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(...) Of course. But is that the message you see being presented by Lego? (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala)
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| | Re: What lego animals are there?
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(...) Cool! That would look great as an element in the facade of a building. The Dolphin Multi-Plex or Restaurant or something. BTW, is that a scorpion about to crawl into the girl's shoe???!!!??? Ben Gatrelle (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What lego animals are there?
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(...) Ohmigod! I never saw that in a S@H catalog. I want that dolphin! Drool. (I'm a sucker for transparent or shiny pretty things.) My eyebrows are raised, thought -- what a sadistic set: it comes with a scorpion, so that you may terrorize the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What lego animals are there?
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(...) My thought was that those animals are big enough that they could be made out of bricks and still be at minifig scale. (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What lego animals are there?
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(...) Check out this set: (URL) comes with a trans-blue dolphin. It would look silly in a minifig zoo of course. I guess it's supposed to be an inflatable pool toy in that set. Did anyone actually buy this set? I would guess that it's still (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Looking for track
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Hehehe, 4552 is ANOTHER one I'd like to get too ;-) (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog
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(...) LEGO has two obligations - one, to themselves, to make money, and the second (I'd like to imagine) to make toys that help children grow. You can't make people buy toys that they don't want. LEGO may have accurately defined the girl's toy (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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| | Expert Builder Website - December 12/99 Update
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I'm happy to announce the latest addition to the Expert Builder website. It is the unique and compact 'Pneumatic Engine' built by C S Soh. (URL) model puts LEGO(r) pneumatic parts to the test, by using the pneumatic cylinders to convert (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Pentapterigoid Star Fighter wallpaper
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I think it SUCKS! Now that I have your attention, that's a b;atamt lie ;-). What can I say, awesome. Now, uh, suggestions for a cradle to display it in? ;-) Look like I'll need to crack out all those spare Snow Speeders for parts! (...) ***(URL) (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Anyone out there?
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(...) You and I both. The problem is that I'm leaving on 23 December for a month--heading back to Michigan. But I'm game. best Lindsay --- Lindsay Frederick Braun (Mr) Department of History Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nj.new, lugnet.loc.us.nj.tre, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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| | Re: What lego animals are there?
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(...) Do you mean, made from scratch or using the Freestyle animal head pieces? I know I have a blue elephant head, I think I have seen a giraffe, but I've never seen a Hippo or a Rhino pre-formed head piece. Ben (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | IR Tower on E-Bay...
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Hi All, I ran across a new IR tower for sale on e-bay. Has anyone come up with a good way to switch between IR towers on the fly? (for example, moving from one room to another) Here is the link: (it's over in 3 hours) (URL) M. (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Strange "cartoon" gears?
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I posted a couple of pix of these at: (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What lego animals are there?
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(...) <clip> (...) Don't forget the pony from set#6404 Ben (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 Sets found in the US
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(...) It's heavenly. I can't wait to get back to Michigan--but I won't be there until 23 December. Furrfu! (If you want to find a Meijer, look for the largest building within 500 miles...) best Lindsay (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog
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(...) It brings up a thorny question of cultural relativism. Do we just shrug and say hey, difference of culture, or is it okay to say, no, that's not right, no matter what culture you're in there are some basic principles of human equality which (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What lego animals are there?
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(...) Actually, there is another set in which the yellow parrots appeared - A medium sized Adventurers, 3722. I saw this set only once, at the Construction site in Waltham - I was pretty surprised to see the two yellow parrots, but there's no doubt (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What the F.......
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(...) From MediaOne's "Terms and Conditions": (I am only posting the relevant portion; I don't think Todd would want me to post the entire document...) 10.3 You agree to abide by the policies of the Road Runner Service as they are electronically (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New sets are out!
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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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| | Inversine sine function
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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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| | Re: What the F.......
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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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| | Re: 2000 Sets found in the US
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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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