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To all, I went to TRU last night on a rare night off to get some LEGO. I went there, the store is finally calming down, it looked decent (Well, they moved to a new store, but it is still TRU) and went to the LEGO aisle. They restocked it to some (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Calling for Box Status and New Rule to vote on
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(...) I have sent this one along to Canada quite some time ago. (...) I believe John still has this one. At one point he said he would ship it to me but it hasn't arrived. (...) Sounds like a good idea (though there may occaisionally be good reasons (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) I see your point - I know that in Israel nobody learns about the U.S. civil war in schools, especially not in elementary (the age to which LEGO is directed- 5 to 12) and I think not in High or Jr. High schools either. I definitely didn't (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Red tug boat question
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(...) I think I saw an auction for a different tug last night on eBay, no it was a 311 ferry. I think the hulls might be compatible. I do see these hulls every once in a while on eBay. (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: how does a bar code reader work?
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(...) track (...) Well, I have for the time being a lot of 12V track, with automatic points and stop signals. I am not going to buy 9V points before they are automatic. I hope that TLG gets into train-mindstorms (computer controlled track e.g. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: detecting goal objects at a distance
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(...) it (...) a (...) systematically) (...) darkened (...) barely (...) target in (...) on (...) make (...) This is a thing I'm interested in too. Those of you who were at the mindfest might remember the soccer playing robots. The bots were really (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) Regardless of what the Civil War *was* about, a lot of the current study and, more importantly, social relevance *is* about slavery. If Lego were making Civil War sets 135 years ago, maybe they wouldn't need to represent slavery. But now, to (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Catalogue
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Interesting Same story for the 8480 Space Shuttle from the website one, i got a Japanses catalogue. I wonder that the Enterainer brought these from Japan at cheap prices or a mixup by Lego? -- Michael Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Are the Accessory Bricks Going to be canceled? to Brad, or lego rep
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(...) Actually there is a small picture right next to the base plates that states "Limited Quantities, Order Now". :( Elliot Hyde (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) neutrality. (...) Thinking from a marketing stand-point, The school history teachers (2-4th grades), not to mention college professors would grab this stuff right off the shelves, not to mention AFOL's and adult and KABOB history buffs. -John (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) Who's to say they would need slaves? The Civil War was more than slavery, the could just concentrate on the battles and not the causes. (soap box mode et drifting off topic) The war was fought over the opression of the North on the South, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | RE: how does a bar code reader work?
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(...) Hmmm, this might be another practical pbForth application. I don't have time right now... <snipped excellent barcode type description> (...) I'm not sure about the clock thing. Any single sensor is sampled at about 333 Hz. If you write some (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Castle Sucks (so far...)
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(...) I just wanted to say that I agree that the new castle line may be a lot more juniorized, and I think that those juniorized parts seem to make it more expensive. One of the things I have always looked for in my LEGO purchases (since I was a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: eudora thread bug
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GREAT write up! crossposted this reply to .faq because it's that good. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: First Y2K LegoFest
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(...) OK, verso marzo ne faremo uno, ma secondo me ce ne sta uno anche in gennaio! Direi che un raduno ogni due mesi non è troppo. Poi non è detto che si debba partecipare a tutti, anche se io personalmente conto di esserci sempre :-) Ciao Mario (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: New Model: The Devil's Gap
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(...) Thanks Rick I hope this will begin to answer your question (kinda long acutally - scroll to the bottom if you want to see the sets that I think should inspire most castle creators): Working on my storyline, I knew that I wanted to make (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | GB 1
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I screwed this one up a bit in the beginning. I got GB2 first, and sent it along to John K. When I got GB1, I knew John K. was on the list as well, and thought he was next, so I mistakenly sent GB1 to John K. as well. GB1 skipped Paul F. and (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Dan Strikes Again...
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(...) night you brought him over to GMLTC? As for the caboose, though, try using a flat roof with roofwalks the way I did. Much more prototypical looking. (...) right way and the big box lantern headlight is spot on! I like the passenger car (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Calling for Box Status and New Rule to vote on
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(...) I have not heard, seen or speculated as to where this box is. Sorry but I have just about given up on ever seeing it. (...) Seconded, I like the rule. (...) Given up? Yes at the moment although I would still love for this to work so I hope (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Few Comments on 7124 Flash Speeder
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(...) How about starting small and building a STAP for the 'droid to ride? Chris (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | GB 3 & Mini 1
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GB 3 & Mini 1 Both of these boxes were sent by me to Mike U. I had them both at the same time, so I sent them in one box (since they happened to be going to the same person)for him to break back up when they move on. Don't worry, all the minifig (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: differences between 9719 and 9747?
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Hi, Note that if you get the RIS 1.0 -> RIS 1.5 upgrade (costs $25.00, but free if you bought your RIS 1.0 after August), it includes the 60 missing pieces, additional CD, manuals, and test pads. Plus the RIS 1.0 has the AC adapter while the RIS 1.5 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Destroyer Droid in new S@H catalog
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(...) Call the 1-800 number shown here: (URL) give them your name & address and ask for the latest catalog. :) --Todd (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: how does a bar code reader work?
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(...) I just realized that I answered your barcode question without considering what you were trying to do! For your application you can use (or invent!) any barcode system you like. In fact, something simple like POSTNET (used in the US to add a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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| | Calling for Box Status and New Rule to vote on
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I need to know where the boxes are. These people please let me know the status of the boxes you've either had last, or should have received. GB 1 Eric Brouwer, Paul Foster, Patricia Schemp GB 2 Patricia Schemp, Dave Jost, John DiRienzo Tech 1 I (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A great cleaning method for lego
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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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| | Re: Robolab or RCX code for remote programming ?
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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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| | Re: Bill's Monorail Auction Update
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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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| | Re: New Model: The Devil's Gap
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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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| | Re: how does a bar code reader work?
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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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| | Re: Slim Pickings at Target
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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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| | Re: how does a bar code reader work?
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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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| | Re: Are they blind???
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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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| | Re:foam balls
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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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| | Re: The Invasion of Strombrachter Page
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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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| | Re: Lego vs. Pokemon
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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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| | Re: Questions About 4811 Defense Archer
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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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