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Hi, all... I'm LUGNET member #115, Paul Sinasohn from the SF, CA area. I'll be in the UK for a month starting next Tuesday, and I'm wondering if there are any get-togethers planned, especially in London in the first 2 weeks of the month. I'll be in (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Wow! You're not kidding. I thought my $40 designs were a bit over the top (1/3 cost of basic RCX) but $128 is crazy. If people really are going to pay these prices, then maybe we should make lego specific devices more accessible. How much interest (...) (25 years ago, 28-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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(...) Hehe, naaa... we'd want cash, or a slice of the rev just like we do with everyone else. (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: eLab stuff from Pitsco-Dacta
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Having just had both of these for Xmas, I must say that the new bricks seem very good, the capacitor has given my 7 year old much to think about and the 3Volt solar cell has been very slowly moving a simple tracked vehicle along the window sill. I (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Hey, all you prog rockers!
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(...) like music but I don't keep up on genre names and what bands are covered underneath them. So, dumb question: would I fall under a Progressive Rock label? My member page is: (URL) do like the name of your CD and how it spells 'upside down' (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: New sensors from Pitsco-Dacta
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(...) -Rob (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Instruction bloopers (was: Re: More studs in holes...)
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Either 6061 or 6062 has a blooper in the instructions. I remember having a copy with the error, another copy with the error that included a white sheet showing the correction, and yet another copy with no error. When I dig it up, I will let you (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bulk Pieces suggestions
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(...) If $100 would buy a reasonable amount (say, 1-200), I can see people making vast armies of stormtroopers.. same with battledroids and destroyers, actually. Or ghosts, for that matter. Jasper (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Jim West <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:4.2.0.58.199912...rii.com... (...) A total of $128 for a sound sensor! You can build one yourself for 1/10 of that. (URL) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Loading Lego Loco
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(...) No prob... the way to figure out where a post should go would be to look at the newsgroup hierarchy from the web interface... read the group charters to get a sense for what is and isn't OK. Reading the lugnet.cad charter would have quickly (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.games.lego.loco, lugnet.admin.general)
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LEGO Capacitor An innovative LEGO device for efficient energy storage, the LEGO Capacitor is easy to connect and makes the principles of storing and transferring energy easy to understand. D979916 $15 LEGO Solar Cell Specially designed to meet LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego capable CAD software for the Mac ?
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* Leonardo Zide (leonardo@centroin.com.br) [991214 08:20]: (...) I'd like to mention that LeoCAD is (or soon will be) GPL'ed and therefore a great starting point. I have a mac, but it's super old and just for playing with (a 660 PPC). I have no idea (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Brad - TLC needs to minimize packaging
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Tom Stangl wrote in message <3868DB72.CDA371EC@n...pe.com>... (...) Haven't companies been sued for misleading packaging before? Aren't there laws about this, or do they only relate to food products? I've noticed that potato chips seem to be coming (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | New sensors from Pitsco-Dacta
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I received my Pitsco-Dacta LEGO catalogue today. I found the information regarding the sensor adapter and other sensors. These are DCP Sensors. LEGO - DCP Sensor Adapter D779917 $53.75 Humidity Sensor 0-100% relative humidity over a temperature (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Bulk Pieces suggestions
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Plates-All, or as many colours as possible 1xN 2xN 4xN 6xN Bricks-All, or as many colours as possible 1xN 2xN Technic-All, or as many colours as possible 1xN Beams 2xN Technic plates Minifigs-!!I am shocked no one has yet requested the possibility (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: You're welcome for the thanks (was Re: Thanks for the welcome
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On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 05:09:16 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities... (...) But can you convince Novera that there is benefit/realisable reward, for receiving its payment in train doors&windows?? (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Attn Huw
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Do you still need KK Instruction Cover scans? I could do for you 6094 and 4806, and the box front for 6026 (no instructions came with the set). (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | 2000 Sets-Prices
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I have been absent for most of the time. Haven't seen many posts, though, concerning prices of 2000 sets. (Granted, they aren't that widely available yet). Here are some prices for Beatties, this particular branch being in High Wycombe. Also, the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Post-Xmas sales????
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If so, where? I ventured out into the real world, and there were virtually none! Argos had the big Ninja fortress for 10 quid off. Beatties had a couple of tiny, 1998 sets on sale. Woolies had nothing. However, Tesco did, and 1999 sets marked-down, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | 8002 Destroyer Droid Errata
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Mine did not have this errata sheet. I would assume it pertains to the rear leg storage? Built according to the instructions, the mechanism for closing and opening the rear leg is *extremely* stiff. Would we, in light of TLG fair play policies, be (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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