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(...) Yeah, agreed! I recently got the old fire station 6382, but with incomplete rolling doors :-( These door tiles are HARD to find... (...) Yup that would be great! Sorry for this not too constructive post, but I wanted you to know I agree :-) (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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I'm 50. I started at MIT wanting to do robotics but got diverted into political science. Lego RCX has in a sense allowed me to come home. I tell you, I was having a lot fun last night (as was my 9yr son) with the bugbot running around the house. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Just a quick note to wish you all a happy Christmas and Prosperous New Year. My family has cut back this year - 2 LEGO sets each and 1 large box of old assorted for Christmas Morning Cheers Alan Kershaw (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) These are some feeling in relation to the followups to this message. I belive that The Lego Group should not model war-toys. Some people claim that variou elements within current range go against this, I don't agree. Castle,Adventures, Wild (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Hey Brad! Bring back real garage doors! In sets or bulk...
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Brad, Rolling garage doors are VERY popular. They are also relatively rare because they were only available in the 80s. PLEASE check to see if it would be possible to bulk order them (assuming the old molds didn't wear out and are stored somewhere). (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Tom Stangl, VFAQman wrote in message <3861FCB1.2A906B6F@vfaq.com>... (...) MAYBE an electric toothbrush could "do the job." (...) -- Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) Hooray! Hooray! Its Y2K! A new (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I am 23 and an eligible bachelor... hehe.. :) Regards, Maneesh (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Amen, brother John! Hey, who unsubscribed me from that group?! -- "Hail to the chief!" Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) Hooray! Hooray! Its Y2K! A new decade starts next year. John Neal wrote in (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Yeah, I can bring track, trains, maybe some buildings, but I just don't know if I'll have the spare bricks/money to build a proper module. Is there a web page online for tips for building modules? Do they HAVE to be all Lego except the base, or can (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains)
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Not easily. I used a Dremel on the lowest speed once on a minifig, it burned the plastic almost instantly, and I was using a plastic bristle brush! MAYBE a buffer at extremely low speed, with water cooling. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) For your stats: I'm 27 years old. Regards, Søren (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Brad - here's a critical one - there is a need for a SuperBrick - an RCX brick with many more I/O (like 8 as a minimum), for controlling trains, or very complex robots/machines. I know your Sales and Marketing guys were caught flatfooted on (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: 2000 Technic in WalMart
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(...) You all should try Toys 'R' Us also. We have the new Arctic theme, some sort of Cowboy-Western theme, and some _very_ new Star Wars sets. BTW, I got asked today by a customer which Star Wars sets are 'Original Trilogy' and which ones are (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Droideka, #8002, Destroyer Droid
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Just wanted to let everyone know that the Meijer's in Midland, MI said that they had it! Sold out before I got there! Also on www.sirstevesguide.com there is gentleman there that says he bought one in Conneticut! So you may want to start hitting (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Idea per ELF. Riassunto.
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Quelle riportate qui sotto sono 2 e-mail spedite a Mario Ferrari che mi ha chiesto di girarle sul NG: (PRIMA MAIL) A parte delle idee per la costruzione di un esapode che cammini su terreni accidentati da presentare all'EUF; ieri serà sono stato (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | IR Networking
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Buondì. Chi è interessato a fare qualche discussione a proposito dell'implementazione di librerie per il networking in legOS? A dire il vero legOS l'ho appena scaricato ma non mi ritengo propriamente un novellino di programmazione e ho già un po' di (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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I am 26. Like a lot of others here I had my dark ages in thge past years - until RIS. I played Lego when I was younger, but now got in touch again with it by Technic and the RCX. I study civil engineering - so there is no real connection to (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi all! I recently got hold of an 8837, Pneumatic Excavator. The manual and pictures on the box for that set clearly indicate that it should come with black and grey pneumatic tubing. However, in the box I found black and transparent pneumatic (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ditto - and add black, green & tan to that list. Although I would probably only purchase thousands. The same list of colors in 1x4 bricks. (thousands again) (...) Ditto, again adding tan (and dk grey and white) to the colors. (I'd probably (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hello All: Not having my web site "8 Wide Utopia" up yet, Paul Foster of the GMLUG was kind enough to post some photos of some of my train cars on the GMLUG site. So stop on by and see what the fuss over 8 wides is all about;-) Go to: (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | 2000 Star Wars sets on auction!!
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All of the 2000 Star Wars sets* have been added to our auctions on eBay! Minimum bid is only $1 and there are no reserve prices! You can see them and tons of other sets here: (URL) - excluding the Millenium Falcon - which isn't available until (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | The 2000 Castle theme is here, and will be gone soon!
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All of the 2000 Castle sets have been added to our auctions on eBay! Minimum bid is only $1 and there are no reserve prices! You can see them and tons of other sets here: (URL) Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | HUGE collection of Space sets on auction
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We have about a dozen great Classic Space and Blacktron sets on auction. Most are in unopened mint condition (MISB)! You can see them along with other great sets at: (URL) Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Stena Ferries going cheap!!
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I have two popular and rare Stena Ferry promos for auction on eBay: 2998 - Stena Line Hydrofoil (1999) 1548 - Stena Line Ferry (1992) These are (were) only available on Stena Ferries in Sweden. Very rare sets with lots of cool pieces! Great sets in (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Mindstorms spirit.ocx programming = RCX ASM coding?
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(...) Certainly; and it's in their best interest, too. And anything that elicits formal recognition from LEGO - even if in a slightly backhanded way like this - is worthy of respect, given their past and as-yet-still-current policy of not (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: You're welcome for the thanks (was Re: Thanks for the welcome
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All Hail Larry! At the risk of drifting off-topic allow me to digress a moment. John, are you a lurking Larritarian?! If so, rejoice! Send your 1 brick love offering to Larry in Ada and receive a bounty 100 fold!! Do not take this offer lightly... (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) AFOL. Like a brick, it has many uses. Adult Fan of LEGO. Adolescent Fan of LEGO. A Fan of LEGO. We need no other acronym. -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | no y2k sets here, but i aint sad!
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i don't know what's going on, but the stores 'round here (macon, ga) have been in some sort of time warp, and rather than putting out new sets, there have been older sets appearing! i picked up #6263 ~imperial outpost for $20, and several #6236 (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: You're welcome for the thanks (was Re: Thanks for the welcome
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Whoops! Sorry for the *ugly* post! 80 characters per line? Is it me, MS, or other? I hate it when that happens! I still meant what I said about Larry, though. John John Matthews <jmatthew@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) method (...) Yeah, accordian doors would work. Also, to return to yesteryear, a classic space design is to use the 1x2 x 1x2 brick hinges to open up to equal halves of the back of the ship. I supposed that could be applied to bay doors that (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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Dear Brad, Whether we like him or not, Larry is our Leader. I do not know Larry, but have been reading his posts for the past >year. Larry can come to the quick on most any topic quite lucidly. Listen to Larry, he is our man. Build On! John Matthews (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Experimenting with Brasso (tm)
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(...) it works as well as it does on opaque pieces! i did a pair of small insectoid wings. i chose these for the experiment to see if it would marr the frosted edge. it didn't, but probably would if i kept at it. the print rubbed out in a couple of (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hello, I wasn't going to say anything before it was done, but since you asked I decided to participate. I am currently working on a 375-400 stud long ship is divided up into 3 major sections: front - holding bay middle - modular attachment (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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Dear LEGO, As you know, I am planning to build a replica of the Empire State Building. However, smaller houses do prevail. Sloped bricks of available colors and configurations are necessary. Hips and gables are a necessity to distinguish any house, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I think Seaborn Brick is an old-style sailing ship; my impression is that we're talking spacecraft here. If we're talking "ships" generically, Indomitable was (IIRC) a hair over 300 studs long: (URL) spacecraft, though, Marathon is still the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) of (...) I'll post up pics as soon as I get my webpage up Erin -- (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have a space ship that I occasionally work on at (URL) It is mostly complete & I am trying to duplicate it in LDraw. It has been a while since I have messed with it but it is still in one piece. It's only about 4.5 feet long though... Check (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I don't know--Craig Hamilton said he was going to find a "victim" today if he had a chance--look over in lugnet.castle, since I think it revolved around the stained-glass in new Castle sets (no pun intended). best, LFB (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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