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(...) As of last night at 10:00, they had one less of most of the sets :-) I bought all the System Star Wars sets (not the two Technic sets), all the Castle, all the Arctic, the large Highway Construction set, and a smaller construction set. Last (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.nc.win, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | 2000 sets in Austin?
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Has anyone spotted any of the 2000 sets in Austin? I'm pretty busy currently, don't know when I'll be able to check any of the stores. (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: get togethers
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(...) I'm still here. :-) Actually, I just got back from Paris, where I bought the following (I think) European-only sets: 8 4930 Rock Raiders (URL) 5906 Ruler of the Jungle (URL) 8508 Slizer Discs (URL) Rock Raiders set is a good way to get the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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Hello, Brad. I am one of a LEGO enthusiusts in Japan. I have a strong request for you. Please open the door of the LEGO Direct to Japanese LEGO enthusiusts, preferably from the beginning. We have been barred even from the LEGO Worldshop. It is not (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: 2000 castle sucks
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So which sets have the two female minis? Does more than one set have the warrior babe? And is the black maiden's hat cool or not? -- Richard (still empty-handed in CA) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: SV: Sale Postings (was: Super Car on sale)
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(...) Are there some stores that sells Lego internationaly? I live in Brazil, and I spent USD 350 in a RIS 1.0. I wanna buy the 8448, but it costs USD 200!! I try to buy the spare parts of Pitsco catalog in www.constructionsite.com, but they don't (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Warehouse clearout to Toy Stack?
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Just been to Toy Stack in Norwich, and some very odd things are happening. Technic shuttles, which I've not seen in town since about June, have suddenly appeared there for 50 ukp, and there are at least ten of them. Fort Legoredo's are also (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Do you like monorails?
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(...) Hmmm... I got the Futuron one from a neighbor, who didn't like LEGO'S that much. I got it for 80.00? I loved it. I played with that for hours, having it connect my Space Base with my city. for the 6399 Airport Shuttle, I saved for moths to get (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: sensors (was: Re: New newsgroup lugnet.loc.eu)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:FMt33p.15s@lugnet.com... (...) benefit (...) which (...) sensor (...) this? I'm not sure what a uber-guru is. Heck I don't even know how you got the dot things above the u. I'd rather the sensor (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: RCX Output
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The Rcx uses 3 H-Bridge chips whose spec sheet is at: (URL) relevant specs are: * Small package (SOIC16) * Current limitation Low power consumption * Over temperature protection * Direct microcontroller compatible This IC drives directly small DC (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: "Caster Wheel" design ideas??
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Terry- What's wrong with a dual small wheel (typically supplied with aircraft) on a 2 x 2 swivel? -Ted (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: making your own LEGO parts
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(...) It is a low grade plastic tat is used extensively in the US Auto industry for prototyping, etc. Each unit costs between 100,000USD - 500,000USD. Very expensive, but it can take CAD data from Unigraphics or whatever, and make a part from the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 castle sucks
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(...) Guarded Treasury is *great* in my opinion. Here is the short review I made of it: ---...--- 6094 Guarded Treasury 101 pcs, $14.99 *Great Buy!* I think this set will make up the bulk of extra castle purchases this year. It has a lot of great (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Star Wars LEGO movies
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I'm guessing someone has already posted this. Check under Puppets/Figures: (URL) are some hilarious stop action films done using Star Wars LEGO minifigs and pieces. (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 2000 US in-box Technic catalog
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Huw, I think you posted a broken link to your own site! :) :) (you replaced the '=' with a '-', and also, you typed 8250 instead of 8520 :) This one worked for me: (URL) for the full-size picture, (URL) and Michael Edwards has a whole slew of picks (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: JJ'S REVIEW: 6095 Royal Joust
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(...) True, I did see that. Unfortunatly, I'm still gonna hafta load down on Y2K Belville sets though (Gems, Light Blue Pieces, and Trans-Pink!). On the upside, the smallest comes with a trans-pink treasure chest, a tabby cat, and a *clear* gem! (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Has anyone ever been missing a piece?
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(...) The problem is that a) the minority completely ruins your life as a support person and b) in the end, it's cheaper in terms of time and material to just treat _everyone_ as a total idiot because it costs only a little extra, compared to when (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | FS: MISB Technic Sets (8485, 8880, 8456, 8735, 8222, 8414, 8232)
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I've got the following new in sealed box, for sale. Prices do not include shipping. E-mail me directly if you're interested. All of these are great complementary sets for Mindstorms owners. Most are hard to find, discontinued, but certainly not (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Number one request for LEGO
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(...) 7130 - SnowSpeeder also includes a Classic Smiley for "Dack". I still don't like the idea of naming generic figs but I guess that doesn't matter to much. I definity liked it when all there were, were classic smileys. There was a lot less worry (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Number one request for LEGO
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(...) Molds wear out. It may be 10.000 to 100.000 or even a million copies of a brick, but they do wear out. And once they're worn (which I suspect is earlier in TLG than with other mfg companies), they're not useful, and in fact, are nothing but a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: sensors (was: Re: New newsgroup lugnet.loc.eu)
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I guess I vote to keep it together, at this level of daily posts.. If we get like sci.electronics.design then we can worry about it. If we DID make a separate list, I would suggest it be HOMEBREW to cover all user-designed and built Sensors AND (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: 2000 castle sucks
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(...) Duh, I even forgot to reply to the main thrust of this message. Anyway, IMHO, 2000 castle does *not* suck. Both of the Bulls/Cowpack sets I've picked up (Catapult Crusher and Axe Cart) have been pretty nifty, and the Guarded Treasury looks (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Nuovo membro
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Ho già concluso il thread con un copioso spargimento di sangue e dima materia grigia inutilizzata. ;-) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | FA: Technic Space Shuttle 8480
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I am auctioning off a Technic Space Shuttle 8480 on ebay. It is new in a factory sealed box. (URL) me know if you have questions. Steve Martin (57) martinsa@mail.com (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: 2000 castle sucks
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(...) Castle has been "juniorized" since the first 'wall pieces' came out. LEGO fans were more willing to accept that because the castles, even though they were made out of big single-purpose wall & tower segments, they still managed to look cool (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: "Forening af nordiske LEGO-byggere"
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Jacob Sparre Andersen skrev... (...) Jag byggde det jag kunde från din beskrivning, titta om det blev rätt. (URL) Jeg ville bygge den helt i rødt eller gult, men det står (...) Jag blandade. // Eric -- "The great thing about Lego isn't that you can (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.fi, lugnet.loc.no)
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| | Re: Star Wars Bucket?
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(...) LOL! That was good! ;) Jeff (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Aaargh!
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Mario Ferrari <mario.ferrari@edis.it> wrote in message news:FMu0IH.Iqx@lugnet.com... (...) service (...) couple (...) once. (...) Who bought it all? Maybe they are trying to sell it! -- Cheers Carlo. LUGNET member page: (URL) member of ItLUG: (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.loc.it)
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| | LEGO software competition
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This may be of interest to anyone into Lego Software. (URL) Mark (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: What is the largest lego steam engine ever built?
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Define largest. Total weight? Weight on drivers? Length? (with or without the tender?) Number of wheels? Number of driven wheels? Tractive force produced? Depending on your metric you get different answers. I know that to be true, but I don't know (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Elephant ears (was Re: What are the fins on some steam locomotives for?
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(...) But that's part of the FUN of live steam, no? (...) Yes, I think you're right about that! Turbulent flow would be much more likely to disperse the smoke by the time it got back to the cab than laminar flow would. I wonder if streamlined (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Nuovo membro
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Juda <guido.romi@bridgetec.it> (...) Qui siamo in parecchi ad esserne convinti (che inizia nel 2001), forse tutti. Giulio è molto preparato sull'argomento :-) Mario (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: A BIGGER LegoFest?
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(...) that was my idea, they pay £5 per table or something also perhaps charge £1 admission, but perhaps thats were getting a major retailer interested could cover (...) displays) good idea regards lawrence (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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| | Re: A BIGGER LegoFest?
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(...) Yes, I saw the posts on the Eurofest. However, you would have to be a pretty dedicated lego fan to travel across Europe. Clearly there are some dedicated fans and getting together at a european level would be nice. But, I dont think the 100's (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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| | Re: Meijers in Grand Rapids
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Thanks for that ref. notice how it claims the American Horse is a second cast. Incorrect. It is as if you took two sets and mingled the pieces, then reassembled them. Not possible to say which set was first and what set was second any longer. (each (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Partial review of 6600 Highway Construction - Comments on the Highway System
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(...) Where can I see pictures of these sets? Jimmy (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Conidtion of Sets (MIB, MISB)
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Well, my condition grading differs a bit. Here are mine MISB - Sealed. Outer seals are intact MIB - The outer seals may be off, but that is it. Pieces are still in their ineer polybags. After that, merely use a statement of whether the box is (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: A BIGGER LegoFest?
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(...) Maybe you are interested in the EuroFest? Check out the thread: (URL) created a new group lugnet.loc.eu suited for such European scale event (...) On this scale, yep (...) would be great, it could also 'sponsor' the event. On most fairs etc. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.eu)
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| | Re: Nuovo membro
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E non ho postato il thread relativo al nuovo millennio. E' in corso una disputa (faida) via e-mail a proposito del fatto che il nuovo millennio inizia nel 2001. Mario Ferrari ha scritto nel messaggio ... (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Yes! (actually no)
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I haven't been reading the posts on lugnet.general much lately but just noticed yours and thought I'd brighten your day. What you describe is possible, I know, as I found it about twelve months ago and have been madly buying up as much as I can (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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