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My site, will be down for the day on 12/23. Repairs are being made on our electrical systems and the power will be going on and off all day. Sorry, Chris (URL) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Is a CDROM really necessary for mindstorms?
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From the sounds of it, you have another computer, why don't you just see if you can network the computers via a null modem or a small ethernet network. Then just share the drive. Clint Rutkas Fight Reality (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Arkansas AFOL Rollcall
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(...) I'd say lonely is right! But at least I don't have share my Lego's! I'm thinking of asking Todd if he will change lugnet.loc.us.ar to lugnet.loc.us.partyofone. What do you think? -rob (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ar)
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| | Re: IR Control
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For PC to RCX communication, I've made a program called the Real-Time Interface. Lets you basically control your Mindstorm unit in a few ways including via Joystick. Sends back information from the sensors and so on, also lets you run programs from (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Destroyer droid out in the UK...
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(...) trying (...) I think that across the pond in Europe its day/month/year so it would be February 1st. Chris (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Destroyer droid out in the UK...
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(...) (reposted to correct typo in Jan. day (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Destroyer droid out in the UK...
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(...) to put the date format in UK (or something) it would read 2000/01/02. Correct me if I'm wrong... -Rob (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: ho trovato un miniera di LEGO...
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(...) A! Ecco! PPPPSSSS Mi sembra che il log del traffico di LUGNet sia un bel po' laggato, perché in 20 mins ha continuato a dirmi che era stato postato un solo messaggio su it mentre solo io ho provveduto a scriverne almeno 3 o 4 (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: ho trovato un miniera di LEGO...
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(...) Comunque (...) Aspetto a domani mattina. Ora vado a letto, visto che domani mattina mi devo alzare alle 6 per andare di nuovo a Roma. Riscrivo dalla città eterna. PS avevo pensato anche, oltre agli effetti, alla visualizzazione delle bandiere (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Destroyer droid out in the UK...
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(...) I picked up a Battle Droid last night (Canada), and the Back panel of the instructions is an ad for the Destroyer Droid - it says it's available 01/02/2000. I'm guessing they mean February 1st. If the 'lead-time' (that the UK got for the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: ho trovato un miniera di LEGO...
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(...) Fantasmagorico! Però non mi sembra facile realizzarlo con solo Lego. Comunque comunica la tua idea qui, non c'é ragione di tenerla "segreta". Credo che piacerà a tutti. Ciao Mario (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Longest MOC
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Out of curiosity, what is the longest ship anyone has ever built or is planning to build? Other than my ship's 350 studs, the largest I've heard of is 250, or 7 feet. (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: ho trovato un miniera di LEGO...
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(...) Un 8848 autentico del 1981? (invidia invidia invidia invidia...) Non ne ha per caso un altro? :-) Attendiamo fiduciosi la lista per gennaio. Mario (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: ho trovato un miniera di LEGO...
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(...) mentre (...) per (...) Che mi dici della seconda mail? (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: ho trovato un miniera di LEGO...
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(...) dell'elicottero del 733 :-) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Ieri
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(...) Veramente alla Lego Italia (tel. sul sito principale) mi avevano segnalato due negozi che lo avevano ordinato e che, ormai, dovrebbero averne ricevuto qualcuno. Purtroppo ho perso l'appunto; ma potete provare a ritelefonare. (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: ho trovato un miniera di LEGO...
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(...) Al ragazzo bisogna proprio insegnare tutto...:-) Il posto giusto per cercare un set non è Brickset ma il catalogo Pause. Brickset serve per vedere le scansioni dei cataloghi e delle istruzione, mentre Pause (su LUGNET) è un database che (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Spline stuff...
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Yes, we did the storm stuff for Deep Blue Sea. A few of the animators here and I are wasting most of our time developing completely useless robots. The someone thought up the idea of making a tiny desk top motion control system to shoot toys in (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 2000 Lego in Seattle
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See: (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wa)
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| | Re: Constructing Bay Doors
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(...) a (...) I remember Shaun Sullivan building a pretty good looking bay door on his AT-AT, but I don't have a clue how he did it. I've always used the 3 brick method where the door is slid between two walls. It works OK, but takes up a lot of (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: H-Town has 'Em!
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Well I must be the only poor soul in America who is without them!!! I am making a trip to MO tomorrow, and I plan on stopping at every store on the way until I get ALL of the new sets!! -- ---D M Garcia Amarillo, TX (URL) Simpson wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou)
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| | Re: H-Town has 'Em! (Where to go and Where not to go)
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(...) I went to the OST TRU at 1:15 p.m., and I was very suprised at the crowd. I all but cleaned them out on Slave Ones (sorry) (they only had 1 left), but they did have plenty more Gungan Patrols, A-Wings, Skiffs, and Flash Speeders. The only (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou)
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| | Re: Idea for if Lego ever revives Imperials
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(...) I think he's talking about the Imperial Soldiers (Redcoats and Bluecoats) in the old Lego Pirates theme. Based on the minifigs in my possession, by comparing the print jobs on White-Torso minifigs to the print jobs on (Other)-Torso minifigs, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Ship Power Core
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(...) Have we determined how well Brasso works on transparent painted elements? Dave! (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Ship Power Core
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(...) The Brasso really works, though. I tried it last night, and I'm speechless--my shipbuilding has just taken a whole new direction! :) The only downside is that it takes 20 minutes a piece, and Brasso isn't the most...fragrant stuff in the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: H-Town has 'Em!
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(...) Given another option, I avoid the West Loop at all costs. But tomorrow I have a meeting near San Felipe and Post Oak so I'll be checking that Target then. Actually, I should hold out for TRU since I have some Geoffery Dollars to spend. Doug (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou)
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| | Re: Constructing Bay Doors
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(...) If you have enough grey to build a minifig-scale Death Star, you can make any kind of doors you want! ;) Seriously, though, I've usually handled carried craft in the "Space: Above and Beyond" method, with only the cockpit actually *in* the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Idea for if Lego ever revives Imperials
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(...) Yo Timbo! (As taken from the current James Bond themes, Yo Jimbo!) Revive? Did they ever produce them in the first place? Scott S. (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Constructing Bay Doors
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(...) I tend to use many hinges and large plates for bay doors, when I build such doors. I place the hinges on the edges of the bay, and attach plates in such a way so that the plates interlock when the doors close. But, here's another method: (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Idea for if Lego ever revives Imperials
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I have a good idea for Lego if they rerelease Imperial Soldiers at some point. Print on different colored torsos, red guards on red torsos, blue guards on blue torsos. This would make the distinction between the classic ones and the new ones (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: 6949 & 8054 on ebay
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(...) Hi Marco- This kind of announcement belongs on lugnet.market.auction, not lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade. Good luck in your auction. best, LFB (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: H-Town has 'Em!
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(...) Ooh, thanks, James, I'll have to head over there... I'm about equidistant to that one and the San Felipe one. It's a tossup as to which area of town will be less overrun with people at this time of year. :-( (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou)
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| | Re: Longest train?
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My experience tells me the bigggest factor limiting the length of the train is the number of curves you have and their configuration. Take you same 71 car train and try to drive it through a double s-curve. That is 8 curves one way, then 8 the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Minifig Colour Precedents? (Was: Re: Panaka is yellow?)
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Hi, (...) This is an issue that came up with Fisher-Price over the "Little People" line back in the 1970s. Everyone had hitherto been a generic Caucasian-hue, and then Fisher-Price made a licensing deal with CTW to make Sesame Street sets. The (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: NMRA San Jose in Y2K
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(...) I agree. We should start planning immediately. (...) Since I don't have the time or money to build my own modules, I'm willing to help out a few weekends building them. Russell (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 2000 Lego
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Jim Foulds wrote ... Last night, I had to run out so I figured that I would stop by (...) the (...) Toy (...) That's pretty much what it always looks like :). I found a few of the new sets there last week, but nothing my budget allows. I haven't (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.swb)
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| | Re: How old are you?
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MindStorms was the cause of my interest in Lego. I am 62 and getting younger the more I play with Lego. -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Geddes" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:2044A9F15B38D21...esi.com... (...) was (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Where is the Firmware?
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(...) It's called firm0309.lgo and it's in LEGO MINDSTORMS\Firm. (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Where is the Firmware?
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Mindstorms is firm\Firm0309.lgo This is on your MindStorms Disk. -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Nostrand" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:l03130307b486aa...42.230]... (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Panaka is yellow?
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(...) I think the brown officer's hat is also a new piece. (...) This was, in part, the reason I was given at Consumer Affairs (admittedly, a loose theory by the rep I was talking to) as to why female minifig heads came so late, comparatively. (It (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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