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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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| | Re: Lego Racers too violent?
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(...) The cannon is there because Lego doesn't make military toys! Dave! (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.games.lego.racers)
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| | Re: General Box #5
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Sign me up for GB #5 (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | WTT Magic for Lego
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Would anyone be willing to trade some of their Lego sets for a variety of Magic cards? I don't have a ready made list of the cards I have, but would be willing to throw one together for you if need be. If you are interested, contact me at (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Experimenting with Brasso (tm)
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<snip> (...) post (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: awfully quiet here.
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(...) I thought it was quiet too. I'm not building a ship yet though. I'm still trying to map everything out. On paper at least, it looks like my ship will be roughly 32 studs wide X 90 studs or so long. More than likely I'm headed toward a (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Lego Racers too violent?
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Oil slicks, faster engines and shields, perhaps. But why the cannon? Nik is in the test track as we speak, firing cannonballs at the grandstand audience. Sigh. At least they didn't simulate blood and guts. I do like some of the effects (if you (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.games.lego.racers)
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| | Re: LEGO Racers demo
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(...) Fess up, was THAT the consulting gig you did? <grins, ducks and runs... Suz will probably never tell what she did, that would be a violation of contract, I imagine> (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.games.lego.racers)
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| | Per chi ama treni e plastici
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Su Quattroruote di gennaio 2000, pagina 36, c'è un articolo di due pagine che inizia così:"Tutto vero: 180 scambi, 2 chilometri di binari, 64 treni [...] 480 carrozze, 193 locomotive". E ci sono alcune foto di questo plastico incredibile in scala (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: LEGO Racers demo
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I'm not sure when LMI put up the link, but it was news to me. So I did a search here before posting. I did find this from a while back: (URL) this download site lacked the extra info of the developer's dedicated area. Looks like it's been getting (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.games.lego.racers)
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| | Re: Trasmissioni IR per HPC
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(...) visto (...) Purtroppo temo che non abbiamo ancora esperti in questo campo :-) Prova a dare un occhiata al messaggio: (URL) fa parte di questo thread: (URL) qualcosa anche in questo: (URL) ho trovato niente di più. Ciao Mario (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: I got a defective part!
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"SG" == Selçuk <teyyareci> <sgore@nospam.superonline.com> writes: SG> I've received an Aerial Enforcer (8444) as a early gift for the new year, SG> and the two new 90 degree angle beams used in its nose are having different SG> shades of blue. I (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | SV: Newbie's questions
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Check out your local lego (www.lego.de) for a spares list. Most propably they won't have large turntables, but they may have. I think lego europe should stock these. Lego Sweden didn't have any, but found some in some opened packkages they had. If (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Instruction bloopers (was: Re: More studs in holes...)
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(...) Eek. It's like the black gear rack is partially transparent or something. How about this: In the version that I have of the instruction manual for set 8440, page 31 (that's in the alternative model) the parts list for step 8 is duplicated. The (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I got a defective part!
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I've received an Aerial Enforcer (8444) as a early gift for the new year, and the two new 90 degree angle beams used in its nose are having different shades of blue. I didn't see anything like that up to this time, even between bricks from sets one (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Connecting DIMM-PC to PCMCIA?
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I know DIMM-PC is smaller than the PC-104 but it would be a lot easier to use the PC-104 PCMCIA interface than build your own. I also think there is better support for the PC-104 and more choice of processor and expandability. James Pritchard ----- (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 8448 (era Re: tuttitubi????)
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(...) A casa mia, io ne ho 5 :-) Le ho comprate da DYA shopping prima che finissero con l'intento, confesso, puramente speculativo di rivenderle su e-bay al momento giusto. Però se proprio proprio ne vuoi una potrei fare un'eccezione... Ciao Mario (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Flying Ninja Fortress $59.00 @ Walmart
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Troy Cefaratti wrote in message ... <snip ninjas> (...) I doubt that the Mos Espa Pod Race will go on clearance yet - its only been on the market for about 8 months, right? Are SW sets not going to be on shelves the normal 2 years? I'd thought they (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Amount spent - LEGO code update (Re: Brad Justus' Comments - Why Complain?_
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I think spending thousands on Lego toys does not reflect your Love of the Brick, but may well reflect on your sanity or your worldly success. I also thought your addendum to the Lego geek code was quite clever, and it caused an LOL or two here. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Castle Sucks (so far...)
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John Neal wrote in message <3867E320.9F89033F@u...st.net>... (...) Xmas (...) gist (...) castle (...) not (...) keeping (...) I (...) I haven't heard the Grand Master's opinion yet, either, but personally I have no complaints at all! Most of these (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Saluti e auguri a tutti
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(...) Spero che lascerai a casa il RIS per concentrarti su qualcosa di piu' interessante :))) Marco (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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