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Many thanks Todd. I think we need this. I e-mailed ebay and asked (demanded?) a Europe only search option just last week. I'm not sure if all the English readership are europhiles? (a very European) Scott A Todd Lehman wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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| | Re: How to make a Lego club work?
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(...) we (...) during the holidays (due to work schedule)... sigh :( I also don't want to see this thing die either. Unfortunately, I don't know the way to go about it :( (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | Shutting Down?
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(...) What, shutting down? Is the Canadian S@H shutting down for good? Why??? I give them so much business! :) Bryan (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: The War of yellowcastle Storyboard
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(...) I like it! It was fun, though I would think that the yellow castle were the good guys and the black castle is the bad guys, and the ones to fear! I felt sorry at first for the yellow castle guys when they heard of the black castle, but then (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
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(...) Success!! I don't know how close the two of you (Mike and Rob) are to Philly but I managed to find some sets at my local Walmart. They had a decent selection of SW, but not much of anything else: -Technic Battle Droid and Pit Droid -B-Wing, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | RE: mailing list options (was: Re: sensors)
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Ok, I had a whole long message written up that was almost exactly the same as what Richard wrote so I deleted that and now here is the question that I think still needs to be answered. If I drop my mail feed from crynwr and move over to lugnet (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) OK . . . I can understand this point. I worked at a bookstore, and I had customers all the time that would come in and tell me that they wanted the big green book that was on *that* table, three months ago. They had no idea of the title, or (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Number one request for LEGO
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(...) I was under the impression that they only intered the worn out molds in the foundations of thier new buildings, not just destroy them when the "current run" of parts is complete. My bet is that any viable molds are merely stored awhile for (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Rose window question
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(...) Jon, I think that may have been me talking about how to put bricks on the side to make lettering and round shapes. I was talking about using the 5:6 ratio of Lego to "round out" the sides of the window and make it look more round. An alternate (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Supply and demand
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Canada S@H has both these trucks (2148 and 3442) so neither are US exclusive. Of course Canadian S@H is closing down Dec 17th. Kevin (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Re Shop at home...
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(...) Yes and no. We'll pay "applicable duties and taxes" which I believe are just GST/PST. The 2000 LEGO Direct catalogue that someone found a bit back has some details: (URL)I hope not in any case. S@H in Canada closes for good at 12:00 noon (...) (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Do you like monorails?
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(...) MSRP --Todd (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Elephant ears (was Re: What are the fins on some steam locomotives for?
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Hey, do you have pictures of your little steamer? They would be neat to see. Chris (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Do you like monorails?
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When the first space monorail came out I was not very impressed, but I said to myself, "If they ever make a town monorail I will get one." LEGO did so I did. I walked in to Toys R Us just to see what was new, and there it was. I bought it with (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | new instructions for auction $1 opening bid
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I have several instructions for auction on eBay including Star Wars, Technic Sub, and Indian. (URL) $1 opening bid, $1 shipping to US address. Auctions end Tuesday evening Dec 21st. Ben Gatrelle (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: 2000 castle sucks
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(...) Yeah, but what about the turret tops? They've reverted to building them up out of steep-slope bricks, while there is definitely a mould in existence for a POOP that's been used before (if only in red). best, LFB (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Dan's Lego Parts Auction Update: 12/15/99
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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!! x6) PS Remember Items 63 and 65 go hand-in-hand as the trap door. (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Number one request for LEGO
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(...) In fact, "more classic smileys" would be a good start. (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Re Shop at home...
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(...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Re Shop at home...
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(...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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I hope you remembered to use the $4.00 Lego bucks coupon for #3053 that was stuck into the November/December Mania magazine! Maggie Cambron (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I've seen the same footage. As I understood the narrative, it's an epoxy-like resin that is hardened by the laser light. The laser is computer-controlled to build the item in question a layer at a time, as the item is lowered into the resin bath. As (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Elephant ears (was Re: What are the fins on some steam locomotives for?
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(...) Yep, My EuroTrash Live Steamer has them...where does the smoke blow? Right into my face! (Mind you, I'm 16/1 too big for the cab of the engine too!) (...) Actually, I think it has more to do with the size of the engine and the front drag of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Number one request for LEGO
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Great idea! However, my number one request would still be for the return of classic Town sets. Also, I am wondering, is there any confirmation that LEGO actually does just destory the molds when the piece goes out of production? How about pieces (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Re Shop at home...
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Do you know when the actual transfer date is set? TJ (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: What are the 10 worst pieces ever made by TLG?
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(...) stingray chasis piece that holds the trans green octagon domes at an agnle is the worst. i love the domes, but hate this carriage...i was just cursing them tonight while sorting! try using them for ayting else, and it just leads to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Useful sets
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Ralph, Sorry that so many peple got the wrong idea. Maybe you did too. My Fault! I have no problem with listing sets that would apply to Robots and their contents . I get great ideas and tips also. My only point was: I saw message after message on (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | A Great New Addition..
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Buenas diaz, Bonjour, Bonjourno, Wilkomme, welkom, welcome I hope that this news group will become a mile stone for the European AFOL's and that there may sprout some great new relations between all of us... Best regards Dave (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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| | making your own LEGO parts
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A while ago I was watching the Discovery channel and saw a program in which some scientists somewhere were building plastic models using a computer. From what I understood, there's a big vat of molten plastic which cools and hardens as it rises out (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | What are the 10 worst pieces ever made by TLG?
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What are the 10 worst pieces ever made by TLG? this new arch piece on the new castle, for starters. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Space Index Update (was Re: Public Thank You....)
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You should consider the Droid Developer Kit, it has quite a few nifty white technic pieces. I made a nice little space christmas train out of the microscout. (I have a large stock of pre-electric grey tracks, so robotic or remote controlled trains (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: mailing list options (was: Re: sensors)
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(...) So, in fact, lugnet.robotics.sensors would indeed help "weed out" unwanted messages by some people...If they wanted to read messages about sensors, then they could just subscribe. It's that easy- Rob (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Has anyone ever been missing a piece?
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(...) <fairly major snippage> (...) That door swings both ways, though. While unhappy customers can be/often are hard to deal with/unwilling to admit fault, the other end occurs often as well. A company with a poorly designed/managed customer (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Number one request for LEGO
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I just had a light bulb go off in my head. I'm reading all these requests for old sets/old parts from old sets. More than anything I would like to see LEGO make available ALL the minifigs that they've created since the minifig first appeared. If you (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | mailing list options (was: Re: sensors)
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(...) It depends how you're subscribed. If you're not subscribed to any of the robotics sub-groups via email, then no, they won't get emailed to you. But if you are, then yes, they will get emailed to you. You can subscribe to each group (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Elephant ears (was Re: What are the fins on some steam locomotives for?
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(...) These are called, (1) "smoke deflectors"... Very much more common on EuroTrash trains than on US proto (2). Good example of a US proto loco that uses them, though, is UP 8444 1 - In the best, totally unimaginative, tradition of railroad (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Help with M-Peedy utility
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(...) Yeah, I tried installing VB 4 Runtime Modules. Maybe they're the wrong type. As i recall there was another version of Visual Basic intended for developers. It was a slightly larger download, and I didn't think I would need it. Anyway, I'll try (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: sensors (was: Re: New newsgroup lugnet.loc.eu)
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(...) So what you are saying is sub groups in lugnet.robotics don't get emailed along with the main robotics group? Rob (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | How can I make docks?
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Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to make a large dock without Dock Plates or cutting Road Plates, using very few pieces? I'm in need of a BIG dock for Seaborn Brick and right now she is just sitting on the launching ramp with nowhere to go. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats)
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| | 2000 LEGO
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Have any of you Knoxville AFOL's seen any 2000 LEGO on the shelves anywhere? Eugwe Coral (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tn.knx)
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