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Followups To LUGNET.ORG.US: I knew there was something I was forgetting to ask. I was wondering if there was any interest in some sort of NELUG shirt or other paraphernalia. (I won't say hat because those one size fits all hats don't fit my 24 inch (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Good starting train set
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On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Neil Ford (<385A6E6E.7F106A75@...on.co.uk>) wrote at 17:10:06 (...) Don't do it! (...) 4565. It's still available in this country, and see the other posts about toycity. You get a proper engine, several wagons, and a goods yard (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Transparent Yellow -- dead or alive?
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(...) Yup- trans yellow visors in the a wing and b wing sets. Chris (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The end of the Technic beam is nigh...
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I thought that's what I was seeing in the (fairly small) scans posted from the US catlog. Thanks for the confirmation. I was very surprised to see that the 823x sets apparently won't be available here in the US before Christmas. They were smart to (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Pastel = Profit (Was Re: 2000 Dealer catalogue Removal Request Backfire?)
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(...) LEGO made an official statement today: (URL) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 scans
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(...) 1) Thanks for the scans. Unfortunately.... 2) Lego just made its policy clear. They are well within their rights as I understand the situation. 3) One last look, and then I wipe the scans from my system. Sigh. I'm looking forward to the real (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Wanted: Mindstorm IR Tower & cable
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(...) PITSCO sells it - item number N979713, $25. Call them at 1-800-362-4308. JohnG, GMLTC "Just happy to save Christmas, Sir..." (dump the '.nospam' to reply) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 2000 US in-box Technic catalog
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Mark Koesel <koesel@umich.edu> wrote in message news:FMu5Jv.AuM@lugnet.com... (...) You are correct. Sorry :-( Huw (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Wanted: Mindstorm IR Tower & cable
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Argh! Our RIS is unable to get it's instructions because... we lost our IR tower (hanging my head in shame). (URL) says they can't sell me one in the US. Dave's book is under the tree, the oldest boy is starting to get interested in building with (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Transparent Yellow -- dead or alive?
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I was going to post a lament on the apparent death of transparent yellow in lego, and its replacement by that ugly (IMHO) transparent fluorescent yellow. Trans-yellow goes a lot better with my creations, especially non-space creations, than that (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | The end of the Technic beam is nigh...
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I picked up 8238 Speed Slammers today. In it are new straight beams, in the same style as the now-common bent ones (i.e. full width), in length 5 and 15 (holes) Huw (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Millennium City - Go Live
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(...) I'll answer how I keep the dust off of my city-table layout. I keep a old king size bed sheet over it when I'm not displaying it. This keeps it practically dust free. John Warren (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: 2000 sets at Bluewater - details 8-)
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(...) One trip to Horsham later... The big sets were quite a bit dearer: 6098 was 69.99, 7180 B Wing was 29.99, for example. I bought only sets that were roughtly comparable - I couldn't hang out any longer :-) 8000 £16 8238 £14 7104 £6 7124 £9 7134 (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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Thanks for the extremely clear (and reasonable) policy on catalog scans. It is now clear that the retailer catalog is not to be shared (even old ones, I guess those need to come down) in any form. I hope that everyone who has continued to offer to (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: 2000 scans
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I love the Internet. :) Man, I dreamt last night that I found a store that had accidentally received and stocked the 2000 Adventurers Lego. Too bad I woke up... -- Paul Davidson Mark Lindsey <markwars@fcmail.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Good starting train set
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Neil Ford wrote in message <385A6E6E.7F106A75@b....co.uk>... (...) Trains are hard to find on the (loacl) used market. However, when you do find one they are quite well looked after. Sets like the 4559 can be had for ~£50 or less. The good thing (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Getting LegOS 0.2.2 working on Windows (Oddities)
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To Peter, Luis, and everybody else who put together the LegOS-on-Windows installation instructions: bravo! In most ways, everything worked perfect -- and on a Windows 2000 laptop, no less! There are, however, two glitches: 1 - When I run firmdl3 on (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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Questions have been raised recently regarding our stance toward the publication (scanned and posted) of our catalogs, both those intended for consumers and those for retailers. During my visit earlier this week in Billund, and also following (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.publish) !
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| | Re: e-Commerce, Entertainer, Exchange rate
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Because they shouldn't have processed the charge in the first place (IMO). It's probably true that the credit card company would probably not take an actual loss anyway so that probably makes more sense. Perhaps just a peeve of mine but I don't (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: TRU.com slow response
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I placed 4 orders with TRU when they had their Star Wars lego sets on sale. All of them took longer then I think it warranted to get here, and some of them just got here a couple days ago! I believe (IMHO) that they listed stuff as in-stock that (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: LGEO homepage ?
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(...) If for some reason he has gone offline, it would be nice to be able to keep distributing the LGEO library. We could do it from ldraw.org, but 1) anyone have suggestions on getting permission and 2) anyone have the LGEO zip file? -Tim (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LGEO homepage ?
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(...) Hmm, that's interesting...I just noticed yesterday that I got a bounced mail that was addressed to Lutz's address at that server... --Todd (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: e-Commerce, Entertainer, Exchange rate
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(...) Why should the vendor pay? Again, I don't think the credit card company exchanges money on a daily basis. I don't think they even bill the vendor on a daily basis. Also, the vendor is dealing with their local branch of the credit card company. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Here's another absurd auction....
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(URL) minimum bid, $6 shipping handling?! For a set that could be had for at most about $2... Interestingly, the same seller only charges $5 shipping and handling for a book: (URL) the difference is that they send the book book rate. (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: 2000 LEGO
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(...) I seem to remember that last year, distribution sort of took the form of a wave. It started out in the east and slowly (too slowly) worked it's way west. I haven't seen any yet in northern Denver (Broomfield). -Duane (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.co)
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| | Re: TRU.com slow response
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(...) I would be hesitant to make *any* online (or mail order for that matter) purchase if I was planning a move within the next month or two. I've ordered from TRU.com three times now and have had no problems other than slow delivery. Doug (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: NELUG meeting report from 12/16/1999
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(...) I won't speak to the first issue, but we had some discussion about the second. Part of the problem is that it'd suck to have parent chaperones sitting around in the back of the meeting feeling bored. And really, it's not conducive to the kind (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: e-Commerce, Entertainer, Exchange rate
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(...) My guess is the CC company will pay for it but the Entertainer *should*. They (credit card) may prefer it if you dispute the charge and refund. Doug (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Saint Louis Club
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(...) Have you thought of name? --Todd (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
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| | Re: Help with IR receive
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(...) substitute (...) These are NOT optional components. I saw the same thing with the IS1U60 if I didn't use the 47uf/47ohm low-pass filter on the Vdd input to the part. Use it, your problem will go away. have fun, DLC (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 2000 LEGO
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It seems like a lot of people have been finding them in Target stores, especially farther east. I did also see a report of someone finding some of the new Castle sets in a Target in southern California, so I have been hoping they will show up in (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.co)
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| | Re: e-Commerce, Entertainer, Exchange rate
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(...) It seems to me they should eat it. In all probability, they paid nothing since they presumably don't exchange money on a daily basis. From what I know about credit card companies (from my mother working the phones for a credit card company), I (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: good steam engine
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Also try looking at the alternate model on the 4565 (Matt Bates has instructions up on his site). It doesn't use that many rare parts, I believe. Since they seem to be on sale at Zany Brainy this week, you may be able to pick up the 4565 cheap if (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Pics taken with... [was Re: Advent Calendar Fun!]
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(...) Thanks for the comments. Yes, those are kids in costume (as a bunny, helicopter, and bird). Todd and I take all of our pictures with a SONY Mavica FD91. It's one of those digital cameras that put your data onto a floppy disk. I apply quite a (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: 2000 LEGO
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(...) None yet in south Denver (or Colorado Springs) that I've seen. From what I've seen, I think it's more that some chains (or just one?) have them, and those chains don't have any locations in Colorado. doubt -- Douglas Triggs -- (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.co)
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| | Re: Acronym definition?
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(...) This kinda thing doesn't really work so well, since there are incredible local variations. Not local as in geographical, but local to certain communities. For example, there's a whole lot of Lego jargon that doesn't apply most other places. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | RE: laser Safety and cats
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Here is a link for "Sam's Laser FAQ" which might be of use to anyone who is using a laser pointer in their projects. (URL) particular be sure to check out this section which covers laser safety (URL) if you really just want to read the bare minimum, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: TRU.com slow response
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(...) Lucky you. I made an order almost 3 weeks ago. After it had been a week and I hadn't heard anything, I tried calling the TRU.com toll free number. Every time I called the number it kept disconnecting me. Once I got sick of that I emailed (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: sensors (was: Re: New newsgroup lugnet.loc.eu)
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(...) Well, that depends on your newsreader, actually. Rob is indeed correct about what he thought he saw. :) Most newsreaders don't have a feature to coalesce groups in a hierarchy into a single virtual group, but the LUGNET web interface is magic (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Tall Yellow Windows?
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(...) Set 6372, Town House. Jeff (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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