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(...) Should it stay this way, or should we move towards a more structured organization? If so, what are the criteria for membership? Does the group need a leader(s), and if yes, what is the role(s) of the leader(s)? (...) But it (or the JJ (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 5134 Shooting Cannon Service Packs
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(...) Apparently US children have a mythical ability to blind/choke/impale/f...e/mutilate themselves whenever they're presented with a "shooting" toy, so that some manufacturers avoid making such toys out of a kneejerk fear of kneejerk lawsuits. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: The War of yellowcastle Storyboard
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Very nice indeed Thomas! I have to say that this, the first major attempt by TLC at the Castle series (1982), was in many ways better than the later grey/black castle sets. Although yellow was not the best color to use for castles, it doesn't (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 5134 Shooting Cannon Service Packs
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(...) I haven't ever asked if cannon service packs are available from S@H. If they are, they won't be of the shooting variety. Are these still available in the UK? I might need to get someone to get me some. I've been getting them from Italy, but (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: What lego animals are there?
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(...) Isn't that fish a sticker as well? I can't remember for sure, but it seems like it was... Steve (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 8480 Shuttles at ZB - got some extra
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If anyone else wants one, do what I did - hit zanybrainy.com, use the Store Locator, and start calling different states. Find a store that has one, and have it shipped ;-) Note to them that your local ZB was out of them, and the shipping should be (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: More studs in holes...
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I think that the main reason that the studs fit tightly in the sides of the technic beams is that there is no 'give' in the plastic that grips the stud, as is there typically when they connect to the bottom of a brick, or a plate, or what have you. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 5134 Shooting Cannon Service Packs
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What is the situation with these items... I have tons of them (well a few actually). Were they not available in the US? Are they still not available in the US? Scott A (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
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(...) My Meijer wouldn't let me use both. Well, sort of. Oh, never mind. It's too hard to explain the entire stupid situation. Let me just say this: I'm very happy with Kristin's ability to deal with people in customer-facing situations. Steve (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4565 is $50 off at Zany Brainy
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In lugnet.trains, Tom Stangl writes: <SNIP> Tom, there were 4 or 5 on sale at the San Mateo ZB last Friday. Paul Sinasohn (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Useful sets
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I've got a 8443, it has a turntable and a basic set of pneumatics but best of all it has six small wheels. Now I just have to dismantle it to build one of those walking dog things. James ----- Original Message ----- From: Harri 'Junkarn' Manni (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: what to do when ripped off on ebay ???
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(...) It's the holiday season; give the post office a little more time - this is their busiest time of year. Did the seller use tracking numbers? Paul Sinasohn bearitone@my-deja.com (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: what to do when ripped off on ebay ???
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This his a hard time of year for acting on matters like this due to the Xmas rush. I suppose it comes down to trust. Does your seller have any proof of posting? Scott A James Beerman wrote in message ... (...) priority (...) should (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Do you like monorails?
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I was working on Sydney (Oz) a few months back, and the Mono-rail there had no driver (or so it appeared). Perhaps this could be a way for TLG to save money if the ever use mono-rail again? (a cynical) Scott A Tobias Möller wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Emmanuel - Thank you!
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(...) I was also very pleased to find a Christmas card from Emmanuel. Emmanuel and DYA Rock! A merry Christmas to you all! -Michael 123 (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Hello, Lubbock
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Alas, Lubbock, my dark ages began when I left you. I miss the West Plains sun flooding my building area, and the sound of cicadas accompanying the sounds of bricks. (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.lub)
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| | Re: WTB: Some Of These Struts!
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I have your crane set...I just need to send it. Look for girders and big spoked wheels :-) Paul Sinasohn bearitone@my-deja.com (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 2000 sets yet??
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(...) visiting (...) towards (...) with (...) Given that most toys a sold in the 3 months running up to Xmas(?), Lego are mad releasing sets in Jan/Feb.... especially sets aimed at the mass market (e.g. starwars sets etc). ???? Scott A (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: So what do you think you have under the tree?
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Well, I already have what I got for christmas, which was: 8480 Space Shuttle 8880 Supercar (From Ebay) 4561 Train 5 packs of straight track 1 pack of curved track McDonalds Limited Edition Set Plus, I have some money to throw towards the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw)
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| | Re: The War of yellowcastle Storyboard
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(...) I have one, and you can bet that now my own black knight legion is going to keep a CLOSE watch on him. (...) I found the lettering to be a bit hard to read in places, but I didn't take the time to figure out why, because, after all, I could (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I didn't get a chance to scan it last night. I'll try to do it tonight. :) Jeff P.S. I'm talking to myself again... The first sign of insanity... ;) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: LDraw DAT certification for clones?
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(...) ?? (...) I agree. It looks to me that the article could be edited for clarity and layout. Someone with better knowledge of the DAT file than me want to do that? Either I or someone else can put it in the ldraw.org page format, the template is (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: How did you made nqc?
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(...) Thanks for your reply, this exactly what I (and probably others) wanted to know. It seems that it took a lot of work, time and knowledge... Thanks again ! Philippe (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) Sorry, Maryland. Bob and I both live there. :) Jeff (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Cool walking robot with english instructions at Sato's site
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Very cool indeed. I am humbled by Jin's designs. I built a similar robot a few months ago--but his is better. I've posted a scan at www.wordsmithdigital...legged.htm . --Doug Wilcox WordSmith Digital Document Services 403 VFW Drive Rockland, MA (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That is so cool! Wonderful! I've been thinking about doing something like that. You have a snappy sense of plot and story-telling, and seeing the 6075 and 6081 play a role warmed my heart. -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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As I always suspected, the Knights of YellowCastle are bloodthirsty jerks! Thankfully, I have no Yellowcastle b******s in my collection, they might corrupt the other generally happy minifigs. Well done, even better on a T1 connection... O, and stick (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: JJ'S REVIEW: 6095 Royal Joust
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Johnston writes: <Snipped great review> (...) What color gems did it come with? I can't tell from the box. Jeff (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Quick Assessments of 2000 Sets I picked up
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(...) It was an A-Wing that rammed the bridge of the Devastator(?). It was a Super Star Destroyer. The little pics at the top of each page show the sequence. Jeff (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: The War of yellowcastle Storyboard
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(...) No matter how many times I see it... I still find it amazing that the 'figs can smile as they're being decapitated, captured, tortuered, etc. They just have such a positive attitude! DaveE (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Istruzioni per micro robottino
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Mi potreste dire se si trovano le istruzioni per la realizzazione di questo robottino presentato al mindfest? (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: 600dpi scan of Female Knight, From 2000 Catalog
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(...) Wow! That's probably the cheapest you'll be able to get castle babes nowadays! Seeing as how the Maiden's cart goes for like $80, the Guarded Inn goes for around $150, and King's Mountain Fortress goes for about $100.... so paying $90 for TWO (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: #6078 Royal Drawbridge
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I have one that I would be willing to part with. What part of the country do you live in? I'm just curious, as I live in Colorado and would like to know for the purpose of estimating shipping. Joel (...) Knights) (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: The War of yellowcastle Storyboard
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(...) thanks for the beautiful pics of these classic castles! ~very well done indeed! the story-telling is sharp, and i enjoyed seeing these assembled sets in detail. later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 4565 is $50 off at Zany Brainy
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(...) after (...) My local store in CA did NOT have them on sale. I called a few other states, and most ZBs were out of them already, or very low in stock. If you want some, I suggest you call your local ZB *TODAY*, and if they are out, call other (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | RE: wired expiriences UPLOADING & SAVE-IMAGE
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(...) Yes, Sergey. either that or a separate zip file with appropriate tools for each platform. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (URL) ---...--- Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com ---...--- (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Lego 2000 Sets found, North of Washington DC!
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Just to let you all know, I stopped by the Target in Gaithersburg and found virtually every 2000 set released so far. I picked up 7144, 8001, 6026, 6579, 6569 (combo pack), and 4930. As far as I can tell, the only set that should be out that wasn't (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.md)
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| | Re: using "lego" in domain names
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(...) I thought this was already well known. Hence the reason for "creative" names like brickshelf, brickset, lugnet etc. KL (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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Do you like them? I think they are cool, because you can have stations on top of houses, and they move so quiet. They remind me somewhat of a futuristic hover-train. that´s probably why the first monorail was a space one. --Tobias (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 600dpi scan of Female Knight, From 2000 Catalog
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(...) or (...) Wow!!! That's so exciting! And she's an actual horse-riding, armor-wearing, code-of-chivalry-swearing knight, too! Extremely cool news. Kevin (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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