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(...) Try an IKEA store if you have one near you... great store! I think they have these plastic static dusters for like 1.99 or so... (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Gate of the Present Circular Loan? (Not EXACTLY a Jambalaya)
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Jeremy Rear wrote: <snip> Thanks for the fascinating background. (...) Well, I had no idea there WAS an english version! Cool! Better yet than translations, could you be persuaded to circular loan your copy instead of us sending around the French (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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(...) RoboLab 2.0 (Investigator version) has this capability. You can program from one location to control a robot at another. The RCX on the other side needs to be within sight of the IR tower of course. (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Just a question.
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(...) On Tuesday, at the TRU at Cumberland (just inside I-285), I picked up an A-Wing, a couple of Gungan Patrols, a couple of Flash Speeders, and a Battle Droid! (Mwuhahahahahahaha!) At that time, they still had several extra of each of these. For (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl)
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Newbies: There are some awesome deals in the referenced post and you can buy from Bill Katz with confidence, he's been around for ages and has done a LOT of biz. Not always the speediest (like *I* am! This is a hobby, after all) but ultrareliable (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | RE: best tape to mark a line on the floor to follow?
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If you're worried about removing the Electrical tape, why don't you put down a strip of masking tape, then put the electrical tape over the top of it. Personally, I've never had any problems removing electrical tape from things. I seem to use it as (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I put together a crude picture: (URL) - you will have to copy and paste it. Just clicking on it won't work. (I think ... ) What it uses is 3 pieces that the gate slides on (2x2x5 or 2x2x4... not really sure), two 1x2 bricks with a hole in the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well I don't have the code pilot but at my previous job I worked on Warehouse Control systems that were Bar Code intensive. As I am sure you know a bar code is just a simple representation of letters and/or numbers that are readable by a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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(...) My best recollection is several weeks. I think they were wrangling the price twice a week or so. The current round (mentioned in .shopping yesterday) should be most interesting. They have little freed-up shelf space from xmas. There were two (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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This is going to be tricky without real arrays. LegOS may be the only option. You'll be looking for a start symbol (maybe just one framing bit, sometimes a legal character in the barcode set and sometimes just a pattern). Once you identify it you (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm glad my family gave in long ago. I think I've gotten Lego for Birthday and Christmas every year since I was four or five. Actually I usually get a lot of it, too. And finally, my family has realized my Anime addiction! Yaay! I got a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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All the craft stores around here (upstate NY) sell all sorts of sizes of foam balls in at least two different kinds of foam for a few cents apiece. JB (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Don't forget the keyword: "Bulk". You probably won't be able to call up Lego Direct and say, "Help! I need two black 1x2 tiles to finish my model!" Personally, I think small lots will stay popular, but large ones would have to be split (unless (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) the (...) Hello Kitty's popularity in the US is also denoted by: Entire stores dedicated to selling the Sanrio franchise, similar (but not quite as large, robust, or as numerous as the Disney and Warner Brother stores). -- jthompson@esker.com (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.promo)
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(...) I think it'll be a polybag set anyway, so I'd just ignore the box. (...) Other than the Portuguese "Guarded Treasury" on the Royal Joust? ;) Jeff (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) This is really cool!! I was think of using that kind of baseplate (from 6091) to make a gatehouse for my castle, but it looks like you beat me to it! ;) (...) Well, I have a few suggestions, so I'll get to 'em. ~ Third row down (under (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Paul Sinasohn <bearitone@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:FnIyLD.A7F@lugnet.com... (...) It's normally closed October-March. but this year it was open over Christmas with a special events (pantos, Santa's toy workshop, illuminations in Miniland (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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"RK" == Rachel Kingston <Kingston@spirit.com.au> writes: RK> My three yr old got to a small tug(?) boat of his fathers this RK> week, and broke a small piece off the bow. He was so sad about it, RK> (father and son actually) that I thought I'd do a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.general)
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Ian Bishop <ian@goodlife.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:VHiw9hAUW1a4Ewb...n.co.uk... (...) types (...) There's a blue/white AZ one and a red/black AZ one. I think there may have been other, less elaborate, ones too. Huw (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 2000 Set Observations
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Mark Herzberg <carorvan@aol.com> wrote in message news:FnIu6v.H1C@lugnet.com... (...) (nothing (...) Here it is GBP40, so its about the same. Huw (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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