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Hi... Who else could "fill in the blank" correctly other than a true Lego geek? Take a look at the top of: (URL) think I've been hanging around here too much and need some fresh air! --Dan (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A new castle babe!!! (and a weird knight--not a woman)
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(...) shows (...) red (...) minute (...) You seem quite proud of yourself (and quick to temper), Ok, I know now that I was wrong, cause I have SEEN it. I did not wish to offend (no need to get riled), just wished to make a statement from opinion and (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
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(...) I *knew* there was a hidden cost to leaving Michigan State for the East Coast...sigh. Why did it have to be this, O cruel, capricious fate? Why? WHY!?!? *whimper* -Lindsay (a transplanted Spartan and Michigander all in one) --- Lindsay (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Semi-Odd Parts I'd Like to Know About
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Hi everybody- I'm just now starting to dabble in LEdit and LDraw, but this is a slightly different issue: I've found a piece in the database that I've never seen before! Now, this isn't exactly impossible, because my exposure was only after (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 600dpi scan of Female Knight, From 2000 Catalog
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(...) I stand corrected. LEGO has broken their own pattern. It is a female Knight. A Valkiery!!!...!!! Aaron>maniac@vol.com (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Switching from 4,5V to 9V
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Hi there, is there any brick - or has anyone "build" one - which allows to connect 4,5V tracks to 9V tracks? (I first got a shock when I saw the 9V tracks...) Even so: Has anyone experience in tuning up 4,5V tracks to allow 9V trains to go on it - (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Suzanne Rich v The Thread That Would Not Die!
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There's one in a Town set, at least - (URL) - though you can't see it in the pic. (I just happened to see the box for mine last night) (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: How is 6082 fire breathing fortress?
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(...) Luck to you! I really enjoyed this Dragon Masters line. The Fortress was a lot of fun as a plaything, and as a model. The cavern of the dragon does not seem to fit the part of a fortress, but would you go in if it was home to a great dragon? (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: legOS applications
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(...) Great! Is there any documentation on that, more precisely how it is to be used? Has it been tested? I don't have access to my PC until the end of the year, so I can't check if there is anything in the distribution... :-( /Vlad (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: FSMs, coding techniques and other goodies
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(...) I was thinking about that. The problem is that I lack the time... for the next couple of months, anyway... The idea of using a higher level language comes from the guess that it would be faster to develop than a graphical tool. Plus that it (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | How is 6082 fire breathing fortress?
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I was thinking about purchasing this from DYA as a christmas present to myself. How is it? Its not really big but it looks nice and seems to contain some nice elements. Also It appears to be the biggest Dragon Masters set. The total price from (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: What Happened to The Advent Calendar Fun?
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(...) Sorry, the correct URL is: (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New dat file: 4617 Adventurers Propeller
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(...) Thanks! (...) No I'm not really on a mission, I just happen to have those propellers, I will see what else I have that I can create next. I may not be making any more parts till after Christmas though. We'll see what we come up with then. Paul (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: How did you made nqc?
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(...) I started to compose a reply, but it wandered a bit off-topic and was getting quite long. I posted the resulting text here: (URL) this the sort of thing you were looking for, or perhaps more in-depth explanation of some of the algorithms used, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Massive 4-8-8-4 Steam locomotive pics posted
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Dan, that's quite the amazing beast. Nice job! I must say though, I burst out laughing when I came to the pic of it going round a curve with the body swinging waaay over to one side. Looks pretty weird! Kevin (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Millennium City - Millennium Airport
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(...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Millennium City - Millennium Airport
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I've deleted previous images posted on the webpage. All 450 images I took of the city were of 1536x1024 resolution that were scaled down to 500x330 for the teaser images. The first pages of the site will be posted by Thursday. I'll gradually build (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Star Wars LEGO Design Contest Update
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I just finished making my selection for the 10 category winners and all I can say is it wasn't easy. My brain hurts. I used just about every measure of quality LEGO building I could think of while keeping to a couple of rules. I narrowed each (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Whenever I run this simple program below, i get the following error message: "Fatal Internal Error: Illegal size to spew_peek_op(read local)". What does it mean?? Please help.. void servo(char balloon) { const float left_b=400.0; const float (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Suzanne Rich v The Thread That Would Not Die!
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(...) Legopolis (...) I'm sure they're from an old Technic set but gearheads more knowledgeable will have to come up with the set number. Dave (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Set #6930 Sapce Supply Station
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I have one of these up on Ebay. Check it out. Item number #218899021 (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | The Empire State Building
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Dear LEGO, I would like to build a 6' foot tall model of the Empire State Building with LEGO bricks. Thank you for being the greatest toy of the century! John Matthews P.S. I am an architect, so I'm partial to the following colors: white, black, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Oj, vad billigt!
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3040? Ännu bättre! Jag skulle kolla vad den kostade i "min" leksaksaffär, men den var redan slutsåld. --Tobias Tommy Larsson skrev i meddelandet: Den kostar 59kr på Sagoland i Linköping... /Tommy (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Från mig till Er: En riktigt God Jul!
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Tack! Tomtenissarna ser gulliga ut, men det fryser nog lite om öronen ;-) --Tobias Anders Isaksson skrev i meddelandet ... (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Enlightenment
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I have a whopping 28 2x3 black available (I SWEAR I have more somewhere, but can't find them. 2x3 black seem to be rare!). Is this a community effort, or are you doing it yourself? I can trade them to you, see my Wants page at (URL) to see what I (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: LBFR Announcements
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(...) instructions. - Jim --- (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: PentWing Fighter, Version II
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(...) one word. WHOOO...OOOAAA...AAAHHHHHHHH!!! thats quite a sweet model bram! the whole thing has that "dont f'k with me or ill... (use ur imagination)" just like jeff said, better it be on my side! keep up the good work (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Ship Power Core
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There really is something at the end...scroll down. (...) ...<snip>... (...) There are now .jpgs available. (URL) drive is mounted in a faux-bay of lattice grillework to give it that "operational" feel. These sit vertically, not horizontally as Z's (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I (...) wont (...) 300!!!...!!! No way! There's only like 29 fighting units not including Brood War! =\ ------) Mr. Battlecruiser I want SC III Smiley =/ (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: "If it were my toy company..."
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Nephilim <jthompson@esker.com> wrote in article <FMpE99.Jos@lugnet.com>... (...) But correct me if I'm wrong... If LEGO not longer holds patents on the old parts, then that means that no one else does either. And yet.... We don't see Megablocks (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: "If it were my toy company..."
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More of my two cents.... I think this makes about 4 1/2 cents so far: (...) time (...) So long as this were the Rock Raiders sets.... then things would improve in two ways. Regards, Allan (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: "If it were my toy company..."
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Here's my two cents on the whole thing: (...) Why not simply substitute for newer parts. Great thing about LEGO is that it's entirely modular. (sarcastic remark, I apologize in advance.) Put another way.... if need be they could easily redesign a (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Raised Baseplates, good or bad?
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Hi all, I guess my subject says it all. Are all these raised baseplates good or bad? Personally, I prefer the original flat baseplates... All personal creations using the new raised baseplates require the use those 2x1x3 inverted slopes which gets (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Dear Lego...
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Dear Lego... I only have a small number of wants: 1) More train cars: Such as twin tankers, blue hoppers, etc. 2) A new train crossing 3) A new airport: something like Century Skyway would be nice; could call it Millenium Skyway heh. 4) Revive the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Fantasy sets! (was Re: Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog)
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And to reply to myself (losing it...)... Let's bring up the OTHER Fantasy stuff discussed before. Dragons - gimme a break. The current ones are TOO SMALL. Bring out dragon SETS - bricks/slopes/plates/tiles to build a *DRAGON* - i.e. 100ft scale (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
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(...) no (...) ready (...) but (...) for (...) .. (...) I just stopped at the Meijers in East Lansing, MI, on E. Grand River, and picked up the A-Wing, Flash Speeder, and the Technic Battle Droid! The only thing I need now is the Technic Destroyer (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
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(...) no (...) ready (...) but (...) for (...) .. (...) I just stopped at the Meijers in East Lansing, MI, on E. Grand River, and picked up the A-Wing, Flash Speeder, and the Technic Battle Droid! The only thing I need now is the Technic Destroyer (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | FS: Pirates: 1795, 6252
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Hi, I have the following for sale: 1795 Imperial Cannon from 1994 (33 pieces) $7 (URL) Sea Mates from 1993 (30 pieces) $15 (URL) are both in excellent condition, complete and come with the front side of the box. Shipping is a buck for each set. This (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Where cani get detailed building instructions.
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Where can i download detailed building instrucions for various robots for the Robotics Invention Set? (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Reekage :( (was Re: Minifig box 2 :)
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Sorry people, I had a terrible cold this weekend.. the kids DID mention the smell but we were all too excited about the figs. Have pity on me, I have mostly lost my voice and am standing up in front of a class for 8 hours a day all week this week, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
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(...) I'm up in Allentown, and I too searched a number of stores today, including Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Bradlee's, Ames, Kohl's, Toys 'R' Us, KB Toyworks, and Zany Brainy. I found no 2000 sets at all. I did get word from the LEGO rep at TRU that they (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What Happened to The Advent Calendar Fun?
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Thomas got too busy to play with LEGO ;-) I'm trying to fill in the gap. If any of you have some alternate models of your own, feel free to email them to me at hwiguna@yahoo.com, and I will post them along with ours. Don't forget to tell me what (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Parts Guide
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(...) *Groan* don't remind me... That would probably make #1 if I had a list of top 10 Lugnet headaches. At least that one is long over... (...) I've spoken with a couple people on parts tutorials, and it appears some might be in the works, but they (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog
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(...) I think you're allowed to use a magic bridle though. (You have to ask Athena nicely.) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Massive 4-8-8-4 Steam locomotive pics posted
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(...) Sick, twisted (1) and strangely attractive. Very nice. Of course it's all cheating, really, since none of your middle technic pulley wheels actually are even close to being on the rails, but who cares? It looks good. What an exceedingly clever (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog
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(...) ...and this would give rise to a new piece - 1x1 round TILE, to cover it, as they could switch to ONE mold for horses ;-) And they could make a grey war spike for horses, along with the horn. (...) SADDLE? On a PEGASUS?!?! How DARE you! ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog
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(...) I saw some of these for the first time at a Target last weekend. You can open the lid of the box and look inside to see the pieces. They don't even look as if they would be LEGO compatible, although they claim to work with other building (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Torturer
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(...) torturer/executioner (...) Make your own? A yellow torso and arms (bare chested), with a black ninja hood over his head and black legs? -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: want list (was: Re: SPACE AUCTION -- Many Rarities!!!)
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(...) I'm *very* interested in learning more and I'd love to see a picture of it, and, were it for sale, I'd be happy making an offer or discussing a trade for it. (I'm also still missing a scan of it for the DB.) --Todd (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
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They're out in force in Ohio. I've found a few sets at the Meijers in Tylersville, and this evening I found all of the sets at the Meijer in Forest Park. And they're ringing up at 25% off to boot . . . Tim (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Minnesota.
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(...) Actually, one of them has a really good scan of the B-Wing, and I'm sure another AFOL can verify this, but it looks like the wing blaster in fact isn't a POOP--but black SW blasters (like in the Sith Infiltrator) next to a 1x1x4 black antenna (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Minnesota.
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From the looks of eBay, 2000 SW has begun to appear in Minnesota. I've seen a couple of auctions of new items originating there...and, of course, they're at a serious premium. -LFB (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | mockup fix (TALLENT!) part # 2924 mockup. train front. [DAT]
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here it is Jons part, just fixed.. now time for the interier detail?? jon do you actually have this part? 0 Name: 2924.dat 0 Fixed by: thomas burger (tburger666@aol.com) 0 train front (needs work) 0 Original author: Jonathan Wilson 0 Un-Official (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Another sale--from Lego S.H.
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Hi all, I just got an email from Lego Shop at Home for a sale on a few of their larger technic sets, and the prices are really good (advertised at up to 40% off). This email is sent to people who registered their RCX's. I don't know of the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | ZCMI Toy Sale
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Hi All, Just a little news on the ZCMI toy liquidation. The good news is that everything is now 40% off. The bad news is that as of this morning there wasn't much left (Legos) at the two ZCMI locations I tried: Cottonwood Mall and Fashion Place (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Pic of Camel & Elephant (was: What lego animals are there?0
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In lugnet.general, Ben Gatrelle writes: <clip> (...) The camel heads which I have came from set #4138 (400 pieces plus a cloth carrying case) which I bought for the two 1x6x2 yellow arches needed for reconstructing a yellow castle #375. The elephant (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 600dpi scan of Female Knight, From 2000 Catalog
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WooHoo!!! Man I do hope she's not only in the large set.... Granted that's great for getting 2 females.. though I want more!!!! Please Please Please Lego bring out both of the females in a minfig pack... Please Please Please!!!!! Tamy getting up off (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Minifig box 2 :)
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I got the box today, have sorted out a few things, BUT... I'm keeping it for a few days. The box, packing, and figs REEKED of cigarette smoke (not from Larry, he doesn't smoke), so I've got a new box and packing ready, and I'm soaking what I can in (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: JJ'S REVIEW: 6095 Royal Joust
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(...) ^^^^^^^^ DEAR GOD! :) Kinda like the good ol' Blacksmith's Shop. (...) ^^^^^^^^ Yup, little pricy. Still on my list (I need the knight... ;) ) (...) Um, ok... (...) Cool. (...) Again, cool! Printed legs! Wow. (...) Both of those pieces will (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Help: Re: review: LEGO '99
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(...) (Note, I use the web interface to LUGNET. The following relates to that, not other newsreaders.) For a long time I've wished that set numbers in postings would be clickable. This would be a killer feature! The web display of messages already (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog
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(...) For the record, Karen thinks it's pretty awful too. (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala)
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| | RE: Sale Postings (was: Super Car on sale)
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I was thinking along the same lines of Michael. These two sets in particular have been discussed repeatedly and in great length here before. I think people are a little over sensitive about what they perceive is off-topic. In a little more than a (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Sale Postings (was: Super Car on sale)
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Respectfully, I have to make just couple more comments: I agree that these sets (8848, 8880, 8480) are great for robotics. If someone asked in this group (.robotics) "what sets are good as add-ons for spare parts for robotics?", then you have a (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: "Fixing" movable dividers in Plano boxes
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Hot glue is brill... NICE idea Ralph! It would be more of a mechanical connection, though,as the glue does not bond to plastic (unless you get a special kind, I don't think). My suggestion, along the same "mechanical" lines, would be Elmers(tm) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: The wife problem
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(...) ROFL! Now if I've *ever* seen a quote to justify lugnet.qotd, this is it! :) James (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Parts Wanted
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Please see my wanted page at (URL) prices are certainly negotiable (upward, in most cases) for the right collection of stuff. I pay cash, but am not all that interested in trades of parts for parts due to time factors and hassle factors... however I (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Pics of FIRST Lego Leage Competition in Chicago
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(...) I believe those were only for the staff. FIRST is, of course, the organization running the event ((2 URLs) the tall man with glasses wearing the maroon First Contact shirt is the MC of the event. He's also a good friend of mine, and to my (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Future New Castle Weapon
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(...) Playmobil makes a mace and flail!! The handle is too big for a minifig though. Dan M. (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Massive 4-8-8-4 Steam locomotive pics posted
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As a direct result of Larry Pieniazek's off the cuff "couldn't be done" remark of a few days ago, I posted pictures of my massive steam locomotive with 4-8-8- 4 wheel configuration that I have just built over the weekend. At 68 studs long (not (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Dan's Lego Parts Auction Update: 12/13/99
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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!! x4) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | 4561 on sale at Family Toy Warehouse
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Anybody out there? Just thought I'd post that 4561 Railway Express is on sale for $89 at Family Toy Warehouse. That's an okay price, but I got them to knock another 20% off because the last one at the Greentree store was ripped up quite a bit. And (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.pit)
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| | Re: Help: Re: review: LEGO '99
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(...) 8251 Sonic Cycle: This set lets you build either of the two little yellow motorcycles. My only complaint with this set is that the motorcycles are out of scale with the Technic figures. (URL) 8253 Fire Helicopter: This is one of the three (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | I am in MSP this week
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The usual suspects all know, but any MSPers who don't... I am available for festing if there's an interest. (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Sr. VP Justus of LEGO Direct.
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Señor Justus, You write that your firm intends to be more receptive to Adult Fans of LEGO. I am quite pleased to hear this. Although I like what I've seen from your 2000 catalog, I have a few new ideas, that I wish to pass on. After this small (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog
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(...) Well I was off line for a while and am just catching up. Some of you I am sure have seen my postings relating to LEGO and girls in the "Introducing LEGO Direct" Thread. I actually seem to have started a lot of conversation on this topic with (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala)
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| | RE: Help: Re: review: LEGO '99
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In fact, (at least last time I checked) if you typed in a set number the generic search engine was smart enough to recognize a set number and go directly to a set description (instead of to a post discussing the set.) -Luis (...) ###...### Profanity (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
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(...) 6095 Royal Joust showed up in a TRU in Salem, NH. I found it 12/13 but the shelf tag had a date of 12/10. It was the only 2000 set there, but I saw the LEGO lady and she said that more might show up tomorrow... J (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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Just a quick question.... What set or sets did the red (type I) pnuematic cylinders come in? I have a pump, a cylinder, a switch, and one of the no-return valves (described in technica). How do I get more of these parts? (Without spending an arm and (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | JJ'S REVIEW: 6095 Royal Joust
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(This review will join the others on my web page soon...but for now...here it is) Number/Name: 6095 Royal Joust (Tesouro Guardado, Torneo Real, Joute Royale) Theme: Castle/Knight's Kingdom Pieces: 99 (3 minifigs) MSRP: US $19.99 Rating (Model): 6/10 (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: PentWing Fighter, Version II
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(...) Hmmm... Pentapterigoid doesn't flow off the tongue very well. While PentWing is good, I think it also needs a more menacing name. Legotaku Jeff (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: PentWing Fighter, Version II
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(...) Very Cool! I'd hate to meet up with this thing out in space (unless it was on my side). :) I like the added colors, but, like John, I prefer the older canopy. The old cockpit made it look even more menacing. This one makes it look like it got (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: 8880 Question
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You have the right idea. Play with it on the floor. Varoom! -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) D Fulk Jr" <wrench_turner@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:NKBVOFWfzAOhQkZ...4ax.com... (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | RE: Help: Re: review: LEGO '99
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You can always go to (URL) click on "Lookup a set". That brings you to (URL) you can type in the set number. That usually brings up a description of the set that includes the year, parts count, name, and picture. Older sets sometimes include (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 600dpi scan of Female Knight, From 2000 Catalog
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(...) Yay!!! Jeanne D'Arc! -- Richard (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | RIS version 1 still packaged with Robolab!
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I have just ordered 4 robolab sets for my classroom. I expressed my concern about losing the power adapter input and my Canadian supplier (Spectrum) called Denmark to check it out. She claims that the educational sets being shipped still contain the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Most money spent on Lego at one time (was Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes)
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(...) You're right.. we didn't want to know. Man. I would have loved to have had one or two extra 375s to go with my first, back then (not that I wouldn't now, of course..)(BTW, I was five then.. ;) ) Dear Lego.. how about more sets like 375/6075? (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Help: Re: review: LEGO '99
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(...) Would you mind translating the set numbers into names? Thanks. JaB (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: barcode truck 8479
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On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, rhendrix (<FMpGG2.3tF@lugnet.com>) wrote at 00:38:26 (...) Two sensors, one motor. (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Has anyone ever been missing a piece?
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(...) Cheaper than finding out what part it was, exactly, that Idiot Customer[1] lost, finding it, and sending it, presumably. Jasper [1] No offense to you personally, but if you've ever worked in a customer-facing situation, you know what I mean.. (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 600dpi scan of Female Knight, From 2000 Catalog
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Well, Steve has confirmed the fact that the Knight is Female, but here is a 600dpi scan I made of her, from the 2000 Catalog: < (URL) > Legotaku(1) Jeff 1 - WooHoo! New Word! :) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: What colors do bricks come in?
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(...) Never trust a beer you can see through, for yea, it is likely to be macro-brewed. Jasper (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MIBO - the dog. Anyone built it?
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Yeah, I've built the thing, the main problem is the 6 turn tables (A min for joints, 7 including the neck) 5 motors and a rather large amount of free time to tweak parts of it I'm not even going to work on instructions til someone accually has the 6 (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | 6464 $38 at Zany Brainy (as well as the 8480)
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I was in the ZB in Lancaster PA today. They had a number of 6464 Super Rescue Complexes for $38. Not too bad... Also, lots of $75 8480 Shuttles left. (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | TECHNIC SETS WANTED: 8460 & 8848
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No answer the first time, I'll try again, and hopefully with luck this time... :-) I'm looking for a 8460 MISB or used in excellent condition. I'm willing to exchange it with a 8880 MISB or used. I'm also looking for a 8848. I'm open for an (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Sale Postings (was: Super Car on sale)
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Phil Watt <wattsup1@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:385595AC.E6FED2...ink.net... (...) Generally I agree with you, but the Shuttle and Super Car kits are relevant here since they contain many special parts (turntables, motors, fiberoptics, etc) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Future New Castle Weapon
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(...) Yup! Now, which one? :) I want some clear Katanas, so I can have Glass Swords! Jeff (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Brad Justus is real
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Moving this to .debate, for lack of lugnet.off-topic.comp.risks. (...) BO isn't cracking - it's carelessness on the part of the crackee. Anyone can distribute happy99.exe, but breaking root on an up-to-CERT unix box is something very few can do. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | LBFR Announcements
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I've made some minor upgrades to the LBFR website that may interest some of you. Engine One has a new color scheme, which is explained in the News section. I have also generated a JPEG instruction file for Rescue One. It's currently available on (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Webpage
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Hi All I have had my webpage for a while, but many might not know about it. So I figure I can post a message on here to lead you to it. The address is www.lcs.net/users/oglewood/ . I like the page, and I have 12 models currently. Some of them are (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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