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(...) As evidence of this chemical in action, Mathew Miller writes: (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) Not quite, though. My grandma has some of those, and they're _vastly_ inferior to Lego -- they don't really interlock at all. (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: using "lego" in domain names
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(...) Yes, Lego doesn't like this. It's possible, although unclear, that they may even have a legal basis for saying so. It's fairly clear to me at least that they _shouldn't_ have a legal basis: Traditional trademarks are limited both in (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Meijers in Grand Rapids
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(...) 96, (...) and (...) Didn't that one still say "Thrifty Acres" out front up until like last year? It's the oldest Meijer on earth, and yes, it is a *bad* one. heh heh. The Cascade one on 28th St blows it out of the water. And the new one at (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Redditch 'fest (was: re: NW Fest)
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(...) Richard, Don't even think it, my wife is telepahthic. (A worried) Scott A (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: "Forening af nordiske LEGO-byggere"
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Tobias: (...) Det kan vi nok godt klare, men så bliver det ikke direkte på Lugnet. Jeg vil gerne sætte plads af til NOFFLEs medlemmers modeller på hugin ("www.ldraw.org"-maskinen). Jeg vil foreslå at de af os der allerede har et websted klarer os (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.no, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.fi)
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| | Re: "Forening af nordiske LEGO-byggere"
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Tobias: (...) Det er nok det jeg godt kan lide ved det. :-) (...) Ja. Leg godt, Jacob ---...--- -- E-post: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.no, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.fi)
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| | RE: "Fixing" movable dividers in Plano boxes
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(...) I find that I really like the self closing style of tweezers. You press on them to open them, and when you let go they clamp onto the part. My fingers are way too big to pick parts out of the small storage sections, and with Technic parts, you (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Meijers in Grand Rapids
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(...) Are you sure you're not thinking of the Cascade Meijer, at 28th Street and I-96, instead of the 28th & Kalamazoo Meijer? The K-zoo Meijer is an older store, and while it isn't a *bad* store, it's certainly not going to win any awards. Steve (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) As a kid I never had Lego blocks (it was a long time ago). Instead, mum used to bring me tall cylinders of 'American Bricks' (which now I find seem to made by an Elgo company). These sets were primarily bricks, doors, windows, & roof pieces. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: help! trying to pose mini-fig arms
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(...) are you using Steve Bliss' LDraw Add On??? specifially the MiniFig modeller allows for easy manipulation of .DAT minifigs. Makes it very easy to rotate any/all of their joints and the kinematic chain is kept intact automatically check it out (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Minnesota.
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(...) A lot of people are finding them in Eastern Michigan. I found a couple at the local Meijer here in South Bend, IN. (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: New bits of Info
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(...) The one page one. Jeff (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | NMRA San Jose in Y2K
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I have been placed on the waiting list for the NMRA Convention in San Jose. The show will take place Friday, August 4th through Sunday, August 6th. I told the layout coordinator that it was a Lego Train layout and got this response: [snipped for (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New bits of Info
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Jeff Stembel wrote: Jeff, (...) The one page kind, or the SAHS, or what? I am totally confused today! (Brain fried, too much to do... uh.......) Scott S. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Comments on models
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(...) I've got a rendered image of my model at www.geocities.com/Ar...4/lego.htm Also try going to www.ldraw.org where you'll find lots of rendered images Good Luck! Mike (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Driving an L298 motor driver board
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Hi, I done a PCB with the L298 H-Bridge. You just need to remove the L293D and but a special connector in the socket. You can drive motors (2) with 2A current. If you are interesting with this PCB send me a mail. kind regards, Nicolas. (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Considering parting out 2 4561s
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(...) You should be able to put a pane from a 4x3 window across two of those thinwalls. Like on the back of 4-wide truck, or something. I'm not sure LEGO's ever done this or not. Steve (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | No y2k in Emeryville
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On my way into work today, I stopped by the Toysrus and Kmart in Emeryville. No y2k Lego, sorry to say. Did buy a bunch of Droid Starfighters and Landspeeders at Kmart where they're having a 25% off Star Wars toys sale. Mmmm... more beige and brown (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Supply and demand
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(...) know (...) or (...) Why doesn't TLG (LC?) release the Metroliner not as a set but as seperate sets! e.g 4xxx Front engine, 4xxx Passenger car, 4xxx baggage car, 4xxx Sleeping car, 4xxx Observation car, 4xxx double engine, 4xxx Train Link (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: New bits of Info
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(...) I scanned that one already. I'm talking about the inset in the mini-catalog, found in such sets as 7104 or 6471. :) Jeff (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Etwas Kultur
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Hallo Kai-man, (...) Banan - äh - Banause. Noch nie die Dreigroschenoper gehört? Bertold Brecht & Kurt Weill? 1928?? Nein? Also, dann paß mal auf: Lied eines kleinen Abwaschmädchens in einer Vier-Penny-Kneipe, genannt "Jennie, die Seeräuberbraut" (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: using "lego" in domain names
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(...) a (...) In terms of "fair use," though, I don't know if it's entirely fair of them to flaunt that Morion right on the page, when it's not available in any current sets! Dave! (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 2266 Duplo bucket
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I have the opportunity to obtain a fairly significant quantity of these buckets at a pretty good discount. Are these popular or useful for anyone? If they were regular brick buckets, I'd be all over them, but I don't have as much use for Duplo. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | help! trying to pose mini-fig arms
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I'm trying to accomplish two separate effects: #1) I'm trying to pose the arms of a mini-fig "DAT" file so that its arms are "straight out (forward)" instead of "hanging normally", such that a rod/antenna being held in either of its hands would be (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New bits of Info
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(...) Well, Try your nearest Target. If they aren't there, you can make a pilgramage to the one off US 29, on Cherry Hill Road. Jeff (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: New bits of Info
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(...) It looks a lot like Obi Ones head, but it doesn't have the beard and the mouth looks either straight or a small smirk, Obi's was definatrely a frown (I have Obi here at work, and have the instructions for the Desert Skiff in front of me) The (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: using "lego" in domain names
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(...) Adrian, Take a look at (URL) It clearly states that LEGO can not be used in an internet address. Bob (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Star Wars LEGO Design Contest Update
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(...) killing (...) I know it's over, but where can I find out more about this contest?? Thanks, Ben R. (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Rock Raiders figure set @ Salem, NH TRU
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(...) Yes! This is perhaps the single 'fig set I want the most (aside from 5 Stormtroopers). The bodies are all cool for high-tech commandoes, dock workers, etc, and the heads are all pretty cool... and the little Confederacy cap! I was so happy (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.underground)
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| | Re: Supply and demand
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(...) <snip> How do you REALLY know that you have an old brick versus a new brick. I think Lego is not quite the same thing as old vinyl -- whose disk and cover can be verified often by dates right on the labels and so forth. (...) My point exactly, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Is It True?
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(...) Let me check. [Runs out to car, looks in bags cleverly hidden in the back, waiting to be wrapped and stuffed under the Christmas tree. Rustle, rustle, shake, rattle, rattle, rattle.] Yup. It's true. Steve The minifigs said to say, "Hi!" They (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: New bits of Info
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(...) new (...) Jeff, where did you get them? (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | using "lego" in domain names
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I assume that TLC frowns greatly upon people using "lego" in domain names, don't they? Like ilovelego.com or everybodywantslego.com, etc. I just need a little clarification, since I don't think I've ever seen a fan page with lego in the domain. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Massive 4-8-8-4 Steam locomotive pics posted
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(...) Hey cool! That's the one I saw 5 years ago! It's great to hear that there is a restoration effort going on for it. When I saw it 5 years ago, the drive rods were cut and it looked rather sad. An interesting thing is that the number somehow (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Rock Raiders figure set @ Salem, NH TRU
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Just thought I'd mention that I popped into the Salem, NH TRU over lunch, and happened to see the Rock Raiders minifig set on the shelves. Price is (IIRC) $6.99. I imagine I'll pick up one or two of these - the heads look like they'd be useful in (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.underground)
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| | Re: 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
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(...) It was in this week's sale flier (which I got in my Sunday newspaper). Right below the big blurb about Star Wars being on clearance, it plainly states "Star Wars LEGO 25% off" (I'm paraphrasing from memory). I stopped at the greeter desk in (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | znap on sale...
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I have seen most znap sets on sale in germany this week. TRU has them for 50%-75% off. For example the large set 3591 which is usually around US$75 is now available for only US$25, what a low price. Nearly the same thing for all other Znap sets. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.znap)
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