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Well, it took me less than an hour from preliminary announcement to posting, but the "Which Set Should I Buy" FAQ is now ready for viewing. It should be considered beta quality at this point, and I'd like to recieve comments (and/or donations :-) ) (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What's Off-Topic?
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Found this while browsing www.lugnet.com/reviews/ looking for a review of the Lego R/C Racer. The entire thread is (URL) . Very amusing! It starts off well, but digresses in directions of castle sets, Larritarianism, Monty Python, etc., etc. While (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: sticky proggy?
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(...) Sub-models. You can make a sub-model DAT file for your model, say an arm, and have it centered on the axis of rotation. Then you insert this sub-model as a regular LDraw part in the appropriate place, rotate it, etc. with all the sub-model's (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | RE: RCX Output (Train applications)
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Wow, what an excellent description. I look forward to trying this out over the holidays. I had one other idea that may explain my initial failure. The track layout I was using was rather large, in fact it took up the entire living room using nearly (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | sticky proggy?
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Is there a program available suitable for animation where I can load the LDraw file (converted to *.DXF or whatever) and make the hinges move as they would in real life? It's a pain to have to realign each part manually and not have it automatically (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | RE: Lego & Grade 4 Science Projects ...
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Cool post. I like to here what other's have done. MG (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | building walkers
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Hi. As I recall, there is a video clip of a six or eight leg walker in the CD rom for Baum's book and on the Mindstorms CD rom as well. Does anyone have the parts list for a walker of this or any other type? Thankyou. Barbara Nostrand +---...---+ | (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: EuroFest
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(...) Fair warning. if you get this rolling, I'll probably come. Factor that into your planning. ++Lar (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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| | spectre update #2 12/16
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There's not much to put in this one, but there is something: I've been putting off doing much real work on Spectre lately, but I do have most of send.c factored. I'll be posting it along with a beta-quality Seance spec tonight or tomorrow, depending (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | UK sales outlet
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The posting about the shuttle mentioned that it was available in the UK for 40 pounds. Does anyone know where its available from? JB (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mandtal
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Jeg er blevet opfordret af John Jensen til at kigge på denne danske gruppe. Så nu må jeg hellere give mig til kende. Jeg regner ikke med at deltage i jeres diskusion om en Nordisk Lego forening. Jeg kan ikke lige se formålet. Men jeg vil følge (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.dk)
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| | Re: Has anyone ever been missing a piece?
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(...) Must have been a slow news day! Last time it happened to me, I just called Consumer Affairs and got a replacement. I forgot to call the local news crews. =) Seriously, I've had malformed elements, but the only missing elements I've found in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Non c'enta molto con la Lego...
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Juda ha scritto: (...) Ehm...scusa Juda, un piccolo richiamo all'ordine e alla netiquette: questo genere di post, quand'anche interessante e/o divertente, non è particolarmente attinente con l'argomento di questo NG, non trovi ? ... Ciao Giulio (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: What to start out with?
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(...) Dave> Set #8448 is on sale at TRU for $99. Another good deal on a Dave> large Technic set. Dave> I believe set #8286 is also a good set for parts. Its on sale Dave> now for $44: (URL) the 8286 and/or the 8448 have the differential and (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Do you like monorails?
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(...) is (...) I think I remember the price being something like $159.99 when I bought on at TRU in 1993. (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Lego Deals/Off Topics
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Todd - I read what I want from the list, and delete what I am not interested in. But, more often than not, I really enjoy the sensor emails, etc., as I am learning more and more about Legos, RIS, etc. So, this list is WONDERFUL, as is. Also, has (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: advice: which Mindstorms system?
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From: "Andreas Stabno" <stabno@megsinet.net> (...) My (...) Personally I would buy the following: * 1 RIS ($200) * 1 Space Shuttle from Zany Brainy ($75) * 1 Rotation Sensor and 1 light sensor ($25 for both?) * A couple of the gear parts packs The (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Slave-I factoids!
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(...) Thanks for the inventory. Question: Do we have the same wife? (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Has anyone ever been missing a piece?
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(...) Pulling from memory of the past (which could cause problems itself) sometime probably in the 1970s (or early 80s), but wasn't there a case of a boy who bought some Legos with a piece missing? It received national TV attention and TLG (or (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | laser Safety and cats
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There have been several discussions concerning diode lasers (laser pointers) and the potential of harm to cats. It is useful to keep in mind several things. The laser safety standards that classify lasers are worked out for the human eye. The (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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