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(...) I bought an 8444 yesterday (US$17.90 on clearance at Target :) and I noticed that the various blue elements came in about three different shades of blue. Some were normal LEGO blue, but some were darker than normal and a lot of them were (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Arctic sets are awesome!
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Hey fellow AFOLs have you guys been as impressed as me with the new Arctic subtheme? I love the way each individual set component (i.e. vehicles, structures, etc) is polybagged with a picture of it on the bag. This is a great way to do things and I (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Carved Lion Head Block?
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(...) I like the tan. It's not unusual to use a different type of stone for decorative elements of a building. I've seen this done on a lot of Greek temples, for example. Such as the sandstone Ionic frieze found on a Doric temple whose name and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Ideal Expansion or Companion to RIS
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My wife bought me the huge Code Pilot set for Christmas (taking advantage of the Lego S@H $99 price), and it is a near-perfect expansion to the RIS. Two clutch gears (!!!), another differential, great wheels, a zillion parts (well, more than 1,300 (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: nqc -firmware
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(...) I've had some problems with this with an older version of nqc. If you give it a timeout of 70 or more (I believe), this should fix your problem. I believe the flag is -timeout or -t. Tim Tim Gion tcg3j@cs.virginia.edu (fastest) or (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Heelo World
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Hi, My name's Dave Leeper and I've been reading the message a lugnet.robotics for a few weeks now, and thought I'd introduce myself. I've been a computer programmer for 17 years and just started getting into robotics about a month ago with my (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Motorbike Part
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Dear All I was wondering if anybody knew of the motorbike part for LDraw as it would be very helpful to me. Also how do you find original part numbers from lego bricks if anyone can help me with this please reply yours sincerly Richard M (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Bulk Legos
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(...) Ebay and other toy auction sites are a good place to check. The Lego store might have them too (forgot URL, just surf around) Jeff (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi All, Last weekend, I finally had some spare time and took the opportunity to program my RCX with NQC. Sure beats the heck out the RCX code! However, I had some problems downloading the firmware before I could download my code. I used the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Bulk Legos
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Well, being the proud recipient of the Mindstorms 1.5 kit (Thanks Santa) I have quickly gone back in time to my lego building days. (My wife has no idea what she has done) I found this list and had to join. I've looked through the FAQ and still (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | The Nugator Company - Free Shipping - Trains Coming Soon
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There are only a few days left to take advantage of the Free shipping offer from the Nugator Company ((URL) Offer end at midnight (est) on December 31st. We have also ordered over 24,000 new pieces that will be avaible the first week in january. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Cote Dor Christmas promo sets!
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Op een zekere dag, te weten Sun, 26 Dec 1999 00:32:01 GMT, klom jasper@janssen.dynip.com (Jasper Janssen) in het toetsenbord en schreef ons: (...) Hmm, I'm a AFOL dutchman living in Austria (Vienna), but I didn't see these promos. Have to look more (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: On the subject of gluing
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(...) John Kelly is more experienced with this than I am, but I did spend a few hours in the model shop once... :-) The 'glue' is MEK: Methyl Ethyl Keytone. (Spelling?) Very nasty stuff, dangerous fumes, etc. Vent fans are placed within about a foot (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | minifig police torso
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bitmap format. 3rd torso same thing.. colors (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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bitmap format. 3rd torso (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Parts and Instructions to Swap
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I've been lurking this group for a while, now I'd like to offer some of my spares collection to you guys. Check out what I have (and what I'm missing) at (URL) a load more really rare parts which I'll make available if this goes well... Cheers, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Webb, Roman Imperial Coinage
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Well, just to show that this list/group is indeed the friendliest and most tolerant out there ... I couldn't find the book you were looking for, but a search for "Roman Imperial Coinage" at amazon.com produced six matches, which are listed below. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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bitmap format. second torso color 0 should be color 16. will change (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Flying Ninja Fortress $59.00 @ Walmart
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(...) Don't buy them for that. If you do, you're probably killing any chance that they'll go cheaper in the coming weeks. (...) Don't bet on it. Just because Target is discounting a set doesn't mean Wal-Mart will, and on-hand stock doesn't seem to (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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bitmap format. second torso needs pd2.dat (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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bitmap format. CRASHES IN LEDIT (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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bitmap format (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: On the subject of gluing
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(...) I don't know how helpful this is, bu John Kelly used to work in the model shop, and posted about what they used (at the time): (URL) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: On the subject of gluing
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Hello there, It looks like it would be very easy to ask the master builders of TLC or TLC themself of what kind of glue they use to build their model. And they use also a hammer to seal the pieces together. I don't know where to write them about (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: On the subject of gluing
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I use a cyanoacryilic glue (like Loctite) and I'm very happy with the results. Some Duplo I glued years ago survived my two kids' heavy use and is still there in good shape. All of my homebrew sensors have been glued that way. Mario (...) I (...) (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New Castle Sucks (so far...)
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(...) True enough... everyone's opinion differs (as obviated by the frequent posts on the issue :) ) (...) Actually, I'd disagree... Lego's niche is not in playability-- it's in creativity. There are PLENTY of toys that do cool things with trapdoors (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Praise from the US!!!!
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In article <d6VYlLAe6oY4EwYt@yo...on.co.uk>, Tony@you- rang.demon.co.uk says... (...) Why me? :-) You didn't organise the tower last time IIRC. The event may be late February - I have access to more resources then (could be cheaper!). (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: On the subject of gluing
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I tried Plasti Zap (found at Hobby Lobby) and it worked great. To test it, I glued two ruined 2x4 plates together. When I tried to pull them apart, the bricks actually broke before the bond did. I was so thankful that this stuff worked because I was (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Loco, Creator and Chess £29.99
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In article <Fn99uH.Ar1@lugnet.com>, jgold@cableinet.co.uk says... (...) I don't think they come with the promo sets though. (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | [Fwd: Undeliverable: pneumatic info]
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-- MIME ATTACHMENTS DISCARDED: 1. Content-type: MESSAGE/RFC822 Content-Length: 2150 (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 8448 ... ho gia' una molla ad aria rotta!
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Oggi ho ripreso in mano la mia 8448, provo ad aprire una porta e ... niente! Si e' infatti rotta una delle due molle ad aria ed in particolare cilindro nero con collarino che si incastra nel corpo in plastica trasparente. La parte di questo che (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | WWT for red fire pieces
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I am trying to complete a #6650 and need the following pieces. (2) 1x1 blue clear plate (3) 1x1 red plate (2) 1x1 red brick with knob on side pair red small door with fire symbol red 2x4x2 brick with hose reel, string and grey nozzle black minfig (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: On the subject of gluing
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When using Crazy Glue, I found the plastic was melting ie: collor runnoff. -Rich (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 8001 Battle Droid is awesome!
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On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Christopher Lannan (<FnGJzx.7pM@lugnet.com>) wrote at 15:50:21 (...) There are a couple of us in the UK at least, who have them. I got mine last Wednesday, and built it that evening. It's a very pleasing model to build, but with (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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| | Feared misconception about the Star Wars sets.
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I fear that TLC may attribute the strong sales of the Star Wars sets to Star Wars fanaticism rather than good set design. I realize that putting the "Star Wars" name on anything is going to increase sales and in fact it is what got me back into LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.starwars)
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| | On the subject of gluing
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I note Marios comment; (...) I agree with cut saw and drill, but glue? So far, everything I have tried remains "fragile". I remember, a long time ago, before people used glue for "recreational" purposes, there were glues for models which actually (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Loading 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.games.lego.loco)
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| | Re: I got a defective part!
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On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Selçuk <teyyareci> (<FnGCwB.C4A@lugnet.com>) wrote at 09:45:34 (...) Mine was the same, which is weird. I've just compared them with my 928, which has just come out of a sealed box, so I know the parts are genuinely about (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Loading Lego Loco
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Sorry, I mainly watch postings in trains and marketplace so wasn't sure where to go with this. (...) and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Experimenting with Brasso (tm)
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(...) Is there any reason why you attacked the canopy? That's one piece where I like the printing... (...) Agreed, but I prefer printing to stickers (and I especially prefer printing to STAMPs) for control panels and the like. Stickers would have (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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