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(...) ~ah! i was looking at the second pic of the tree, and the angle was throwing me off... there _are_ four steep (3 high) brown slopes (what i thought those were) in the #7144 ~slave1 set, and i want some for tree building along these lines! ~big (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Boston Transit Fun
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Over the holidays, I did my usual spend a day shopping in Boston, and did some transit riding. I wish I had brought along my camera though. One station which is very much worth a visit with a camera is Boylston on the Green Line. There is some MOW (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Oh no - there is no one else from Rockford!
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(...) Cool! (...) All of these are close relatively. (...) Cool, thanks Todd! I'd like to see more activity in the Chicago area - its pretty lonely out here. -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Her name is Lisa Church? Is her sister Rent A. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.rfd, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | Re: Brad: A way for almost ANY piece to be sold...
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Where do I apply for this job? I have a sabbatical coming! Seriously, this is a darn good idea. (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Oh no - there is no one else from Rockford!
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(...) Maybe most people are shy or lurking, but I think there are actually quite a few. For example, just counting the people who've bid in AucZILLA auctions, there are 44 people in Illinois, and 8 in Chicago proper. And there must actually be many, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.rfd, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | Re: Slim Pickings at Target
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(...) Wow. I got lucky at the Maple and Haggerty Target--two 6455 Space Simulation Stations and three Com-Link Cruisers. I'm pretty much sated for the next couple of days, although I'd love more of those inverted windshields if I can find them! :) (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.mi.det)
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| | For Sale: Mindstorms RIS 1.5 $160 inc. shp.
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I've got some Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention Systems 1.5 for sale. My price is $160, and that includes shipping (inside continental US). These are for straight sale only; this is not an auction. First come, first serve. Mark Koesel (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Brad: A way for almost ANY piece to be sold...
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I have posted this in th epast, but since I don't know how long Brad & co. have been reading, I do so again... Why not hire one or two promising high school students out of good ol' Enfield High, and make them apprentices in the model department? (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Lego S&H Specials & shipping
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(...) extra? (...) Thanks, Jeff. I called again today and the nice lady on the phone said that it was a mistake to charge shipping. The guy on the phone last night sounded like he had the flu and was tired. Things like that can happen sometimes :) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Slim pickings everwhere
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From a profitable sales prospective, the idea of moving product from store to store would seem to work. And if used, would definitely increase the revenue of each participating outlet. From a paperwork or tracking prospecive, it could become as (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Oh no - there is no one else from Rockford!
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(...) Yeah, AFAIK we're the only Chicago maniacs, save Lou Zucaro, the former manager of Pause, who is in Schaumburg. Mike Perri was getting a Chicago/Milwaukee club organized, and a possible fest late January. Still, if you'd like to arrange a (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.rfd, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | Re: Slim pickings everwhere (Was: Slim Pickings at Target)
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Which goes back to what I was saying in the first place, everyone is trying to predict the future and not dealing with what actually happens. No inventory balancing. If Mos Espas sell out in one store, and the store 50 miles away can't move them at (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Dobrodruznici
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(...) No ja som prave 5988 nechcel. Stale ho mozem mat, lebo ho predavaju, ale nepaci sa mi na nom to, ze sa sklada z 2 casti. A ked si to postavis ako to ma byt, tak tu zadnu cast vobec nevidno. Ale ten nakladak tam je super ! (...) Pavuky ? Teraz (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.sk)
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| | Re: We have a Tuesday Morning in GR.
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(...) LEGO usually sells quite fast, so you'll have to be there the day the store reopens. There are a billion TM in South Florida, and I remember the gold old days when they carried very old Town and Model Team sets. (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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| | Re: Sme tu dvaja. (Re: Nejsi tu sam! (Bylo: Re: To som tu sam ?))
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(...) Hmmm.... to bola aj skoda predat ! Piratske serie boli velmi pekne ! Hlavne lode. mam doma jednu piratsku lod, ale je trocha vylepsena. nie je to radova lod, aka sa predavala, ale podobna jednej z nich. Dostal som totiz z Nemecka krabicu plnu (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.sk)
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| | Re: Jsou tu 2 lidi! (Bylo: Re: Je tu nekdo?)
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(...) To nie je len u nas, akoze v Cechach a na Slovensku, ale v celej Europe v podstate. V Europe je palivo dost drahe. Pretoze tu nie je nikde ropna krajina. V Europe sa nikde netazi ropa v takom mnozstve, aby sme si mohli dovolit mat lacny (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.cz)
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| | Where is the site now?
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Does anybody know where Carl's amazing homepage (CLSOTW #105 Nov 1-7 98') is located now? Thanks. Erin -- (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Adventurers Set #5978 on Clearance
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At our local Wal-Mart (South Carolina), we purchased the Adventurers Set #5978 on clearance for $13.00. Is that a good deal? Not many other good deals there. We did get the Advent Calendars on clearance at TRU for 50% off so I think they rang up at (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | General Gripe
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Is it just me, or does it seem that the games were developed by a bunch of different companies that didn't bother to test their games against each other, didn't bother to use a common set of installed drivers, and didn't bother to get the look and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.games)
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| | Re: Loading Lego Loco
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(...) Sure. Try posting this question in the lugnet.games.lego.loco newsgroup. This group is for discussion of Computer Aided Design and folks here may or may not be able to help you. If they did, they'd be off topic. Questions about the Game, Lego (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Slim Pickings at Target
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Hi all, Just got back from Target, not much left and not much on sale. But Target is the only local store in my area (Clearwater, FL) with LEGO Sets for a sale price. SW 7171 - $54.?? (I did not get this one. They only had one badly smash set) SW (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.fl)
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| | Track Plan Repository
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Hey all, Using Matt Bates' Track Designer at (URL) possible to come up with all sorts of track plans. Has anyone formed a repository to collect such plans so you can see what others have created? Is this something Perhaps Lugnet or some other (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | awfully quiet here.
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Subject says it all. I guess everyone is off building giant spaceships. Or maybe somethins wrong with my newsreader. Hmmm... Palmer. (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Legosub Remote Controlled underwater robot
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I found this really cool project called Legosub when surfing the Mindstorms site! It appears someone took a Divers submarine and outfitted it with some Mindstorms equipment as well as some high-tech gadgets like a live camera, laser, propulsion (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.aquazone)
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| | We have a Tuesday Morning in GR.
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FYI I am not sure when it opened but I just noticed one in Eastbrook mall. If anyone wanted confirmation that Eastbrook is dying, here's one more clue for you. I have been in several TMs (in CO and MN, notably) and have yet to find any Lego, though. (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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| | Re: Slim pickings everwhere (Was: Slim Pickings at Target)
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Of course, the other snafu is that existing forecasting software works by the SKU, on products that are available over a period long enough to amass a statistical base. This kind of blows the system for new products, which is basically the scenario (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Loading Lego Loco
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Hi, We bought an unopenend Lego Loco at a discount store and I can't get it to load on the computer. Install shield comes on, runs for awhile, shutsdown and then my computer runs super slow until I reboot. Any ideas or suggestions for me to try. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Interactive C and P-code
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Hi all, I have just startded using a Handy Board. In the technical specification it says "IC compiles into P-code, which is then interpreted by the run-time machine language" 1. What exactly is p-code. i mean the format etc.? 2. Is C and assembler (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: nicd & rcx
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(...) qualita' (...) Ammazza! Ma ti paga davvero tanto la Sanyo ;-)))) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Idea per ELF. Riassunto.
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(...) Già tutto ideato come tu dici. In + il software del maestro, dato il totale dei coristi, dividerà per area centrale, destra e sinistra. Tutto ciò con una semplice operazione di div intera. (tra l'altro questo tuo messaggio mi ha ridimensionato (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: 8448 (era Re: tuttitubi????)
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Per curiosità, quanto costa l'8448? (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: P.S. :-)
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(...) Skoda ze nemas nikde foto. Celkom som na Teba zvedavy. ;))) Horsie ako ja vyzerat nemoze nikto, takze si myslim, ze sa nemas za co hambit. ;) No... a mna vidiet mozes... zial... (URL) fotke cislo 4 a 5 myslim som. Proste som ten s tymi (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.cz)
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| | Re: Slim Pickings at Target
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(...) I think that's the chainwide price for these (subject to local option). I cleaned out my local store of these, 5 cents a piece is not too shabby for a parts assortment that includes several trans 2x2 medium slopes. (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | New ldraw.org Feature Article - BFC Extensions
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I just updated the ldraw.org Feature Article to a short BFC Extensions teaser by Jacob. Also, all future Feature Articles will appear at (URL) and the past articles will be archived there as well. -Tim (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Slim Pickings at Target
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(...) This afternoon at Target Bridgepointe (San Mateo, CA), I found several Advent calendars marked down to $11.90, a few 5978s at $26.90, and one 5533 at $29.90 No other Lego was marked down. Paul Sinasohn (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: So.. are we doing it?
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(...) Jeremy or Jeff: Please call me at work at 972-580-4012 if anything is going to happen... Thanks - Hope to hear from somebody Daren (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw)
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| | Re: Mindstorms Wishlist
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(...) Y'think? I'm not saying I've tried it, but I seem to remember posts from some of the electronics experts saying they thought there was circuitry to deal with a wide range of inputs.... (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: The Invasion of Strombrachter Page
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(...) Thanks! Well ... I'll have to be honest - that's just a piece of the wooden furniture (if we are both referring to the same pieces). Sorry - that WOULD be cool to build though (although a bit useless in that setting, but cool non-the less). -- (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Invasion of Strombrachter Page
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(...) Wow! That is an awesome page! I'm hoping to get a digital camera or a nice scanner simply so that I can do something like it. :) I don't have any comments about the layout, though I do agree with the suggestion that you place the text at the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | firmware upload with NQC...
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i posted this to message to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, but maybe it'll get a response here. :-) first off, i'm using NQC with Linux. when i try to upload the firmware image from the MindStorms CD-ROM, i get the following: [kjs@localhost (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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