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Hoi, De Shell actie zit in de laatste week, en een boel tank-stations verkopen nu hun voorraad zonder de verplichte tankbeurt/bonnen. Ik was gisteren bij de Shell-pomp in Best en de dozen waren in de vrije verkoop. Kortom de grote dozen kosten (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | FS: Mindstorms RIS 1.0 w/1.5 upgrade ($170), RDS ($110)
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I'm going to put these up on Ebay, but I figured I'd let you guys get first shot at them. I have 5 RIS 1.0 sets to sell. These are the "good" ones, with the AC plug on the RCX brick. I have already ordered the 1.5 upgrade kits, they are included. I (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Sync. Errors
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Hello all, For all of you that guessed Com port setting you were correct. I had rechecked them before but had no gone into the advanced settings tab. There are two settings for UART transmit and receive buffers. I had both of them at the lowest (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Experimenting with Brasso (tm)
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Hi Nick, Thanks for the additional info. I haven't used nevr dull on a textured slope, just the smooth transparent pieces and a smooth black piece from the police headquarters. I just tried it on a stars wars x-wing smoked canopy and it came out (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 8001 Battle Droid is awesome!
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(...) Does your reply, Tony, mean that you have a Destroyer Droid? If so, I think you're the first Lugneteer to to get one. All I have seen so far is second hand reports that say some other website reports that some guy saw some on shelves, etc. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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| | Schronization Problems
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Hello all, I'm going to add to the list of HB that no longer work after not using it for about 1 month. I have included the listing from IC below, but here's some additional info. The board goes into bootstrap fine. Both lights go out and then the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Brad - TLC needs to minimize packaging
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Brad, I've gotten a few "special" sets, 1775 and 2149 in particular, that are densely packed in order to take up as little storage space as possible. It would be nice if TLC would start to package ALL of their sets this way. Almost all of the 1999 (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: 8001 Battle Droid is awesome!
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On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Hari Wiguna (<FnFszs.Jnt@lugnet.com>) wrote at 06:10:46 (...) Pretty much the same, although more complex and less robust. (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New Castle Sucks (so far...)
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On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Richard Marchetti (<FnEyty.98r@lugnet.com>) wrote at 19:15:34 (...) That depends. (...) This is a very AFOL oriented view. If you look at it as a toy for a young person, it has to be playable when finished. And by and large, the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Newbie's questions
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(...) I personally used the clutch gears more to build timing tolerant mechanisms than to protect motors from damages. I mean in those cases when you want your motor to move something up to a point and then "slip", and you don't want to use a sensor (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) Hard to say... you are measuring it to a very demanding scale... Pirates and Castle (and Space) are the most popular themes LEGO has produced; it's a hard act to follow. I liked western - some good sets for parting out(1), and decent (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) And what about a desert theme with 1. cattle skeleton 2. cactuses 3. vultures 4. coyote Arnold (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Set 6600 Highway Construction
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(...) Yep, you get 3 4x18 bricks. What's most sad about this set is the grey 2x4x3 bricks in the pylons. I just finished building everything last night. The construction vehicles are decent, though a little under detailed. There is only one (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Boston Transit Fun
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(...) The best place I can suggest for anyone in the Toronto, Ont area to visit for ideas of light rail equipment is the Halton County Radial Museum, near Rockwood, Ont. First rate, they have lots of ex-TTC stuff, including #4000, the first Toronto (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) The (...) I definitely disagree here. IMHO the models were juniorized indeed: just think of the bank, general store, and bandits' hideout! , even though there were some BURPs (cough, (...) Another oddity was the assemblage of the four Fort (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Canadian Tire has Planetary Prowler(6919) on sale $19.99 reg $49.99
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G'Day Subject says it all. Yes I know it is a "buggie / lousy" set but I think it has some great parts for MOC's. (Just know those Insectoid legs will come in handy for a Rubegoldberg type contraption). Cheers Oliver Play Well. (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | [The] Two books reviewed
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[The] Two books reviewed (no, don't bother asking *which* two books. You *know* which books I'm talking about.) (URL) -russ nelson <sig@russnelson.com> (URL) sells support for free software | PGPok | "Ask not what your country 521 Pleasant Valley (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Experimenting with Brasso (tm)
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Please be careful with this stuff. I used Never-Dull on a sloped piece and it completely melted the texture from the slope. I would recommend not using Never-Dull, it is too strong, and stick with Brasso. -Nick (...) wear (...) post (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Newbie's questions
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Hi, (...) Last week I faxed all the firms mentioned on (URL) for mindstorms and technic parts. They all pointed me to Technik-LPE GmbH Technische Medien - Schulausstattung Postfach 1121 Schwanheimer Strasse 27 D-69412 EBERBACH Germany Tel: + 49 62 (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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