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(...) I really like it. I just wish I had collected castle stuff in my childhood. I have plenty of Gray and slopes for roofs but I have a dreadful shortage of arches. Well hopefully between the new Castle sets and LEGO Direct bulk orders I will be (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) Don't forget to anger the south, the slaves there were posetions. (SP?) Slavery and the ultimate freeing of the slaves were just minor downfalls of the south. I encourage anyone who doesn't support the lego/Civil war issue because of racial (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) Civil (...) Great points! Besides the fact that during the pirate era was most of the slave trading and lego avoided that just as they could with the Civil War sets. David (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Lego vs. Pokemon
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(...) Huh. Never seen or heard of these. Oh, well, guess I was mistaken. Maybe it is just the area I live in. I did see a picture of either a Hello Kitty Phone Card vending machine or a Hello Kitty Phone Card advertisement; the picture wasn't good (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.promo)
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As far as the *need* for slaves in a American Civil War theme, I don't see where there is a need for any. Many historians will tell you that the slavery issue was a very minor point in the entire affair and was only brought up by Lincoln as a reason (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Longest MOC
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(...) Well, mine's 180-200 studs long, but only 8 studs wide. It's supposed to be a flying battleship. (flying boat) You have to imagine how stupid it looks. Me Alex @ (URL) or - Alex "Spambayala is on sale now at Spam R' Us along with long giant (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) Then why not release them U.S. exclusive at least, I know it would be a big seller in the U.S. (see (URL) ) (...) What were the imperial's in the pirate line? (...) And the Islanders? -John Rudy (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) Do you think that people overseas would buy US Civil War Sets? I think they would sell really well in the states. I would love to see Zulu war Sets too.. David (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Calling for Box Status and New Rule to vote on
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(...) <working from memory, because what scanty notes I have on this are at home> I sent Mookie an updated list of Canada Tour participants last night, also. (...) Yes. Sean McInnis has it now, and it will go to Oliver Gesien (sp?) before resuming (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.general)
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| | Musings on new bevel gears
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Bevel gears used to only come in one size - well technically there was the "old" bevel with 14 teeth and the "new" bevel with 12 teeth, but I always considered these two varieties not to be inter-operable. The rest of this discusion will ignore the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New Model: The Devil's Gap
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(...) Really cool work! Where does one acquire the needed low red slopes and low red corner slopes? What sets do these come in? Very high marks, Pawel!!! -- Richard (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Hey!
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In lugnet.space, I write: (...) What are they for?!! Alex Me (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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I just browsed into lugnet.space and saw all the new space group thingies! Thanks Todd! Alex Me (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: **** MLCAD V1.7 IS AVAILABLE NOW ****
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(...) I'll have to find something to model now to test how much I really like it :) Some little nit-picks: 1) You have to highlight the part line for the arrow and Home/End hotkeys to work, even though using the mouse or the menu buttons don't (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Arctic commercial seen
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I hope nobody has posted this before me, but... On Dec. 28th I was watching Cartoon Network and at about 7:45 a commercial came on for the new Lego Arctic sets. It started with two polar bears on a little snowboard thingy and a guy in a green arctic (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: how does a bar code reader work?
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(...) It's 2D, not 3D. It is pretty cool looking but more susceptible to damage than the 1D codes because the 1D codes are wide in the second dimension for redundancy. /Eric McCarthy/ (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Brad Justus' Comments - Why Complain?
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(...) trying (...) Yes, I see. (...) True, true. But for the most part a lot of us in cad were just too ticked off at him to see that. Besides, it gave me some practice :) Anyways, he's improved greatly since the whole CFV thing that almost had him (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: train event still going on....
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Ben, It looks like you are having fun. How did you five get together? Have you been friends for a long time? Enjoy your train event! Chris (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Pinball Challenge? (was: Re: How old are you?)
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(...) This is a very interesting point. Since I got RIS I've been trying to devise a robot that could play my pinball machine (The Addams Family) but I don't think that three sensors is enough (the layout has four flippers). Has anyone successfully (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego vs. Pokemon
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Jasper Janssen skrev i meddelandet <38ae76f6.619576759@...et.com>... (...) Of course, you have to play it on Gameboy if you want it to be fun. (...) Sweden, (...) 270? Well, perhaps that´s not so bad at all, if you can still trade pokemon. That´s (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Three arm piece for makeing tri-star
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(...) [crossposting to .robotics & .technic] It's interesting to note that there are now two versions of this element -- one being the old kind with the micro-toothing, and one being a new kind without any micro-toothing. Here are the sets I know of (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: First Y2K LegoFest
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Apro apro aproposito mi sovviene che il 16 di Gennaio c'e' la prima festa italiana del volo indoor a Lodi e lo ricordo a tutti gli eventuali interessati o aspiranti tali. L'ingresso e' libero (portatevi la paletta per le mosche per abbattere i (...) (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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(...) I'm (...) Yes Yes!!! Stick with the boiling oil! Brilliant work! Kevin (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: So.. are we doing it?
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Hey all, it's Thursday! Are we going to get together? I'll be in town until Sunday... Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw)
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| | Re: The Gate of the Present Circular Loan? (Not EXACTLY a Jambalaya)
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Jeremy, I would love to get some of this LEGO graph paper. I have used ordinary graph paper for making a dome and boat hull - but I think my designs would be easier to build using the LEGO graph paper which I believe sections each brick cell into (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Double Typo - coincedence? I think not...
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I just noticed something. In the S@H catalog, the last sentence of the description on 6091 reads: "Includes four knights, the king and a beautiful princes." I'm guessing they meant a beautiful princess (our beloved storm) and not a band of unknown (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Na, Schaffners - schöne Weihnachten gehabt?
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Hallo Ben, (...) SCHAFFNER? Träumtest Du nicht immer davon, LOKOMOTIVFÜHRER zu werden? Also, wenn ich die Website von Euch ansehe, frage ich mich schon, ob Du nicht zu Höherem bestimmt bist, als zum Fahrkartenknipsen... (...) Kein Lego bekommen? (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.de)
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| | RCX as TV remote?
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Hi, all. I just got an RIS for Christmas, and I've been happily alternating between hacking on it and lurking here and at the various Lego sites on the web. Yippee, legos! Ahem. I've been interested in the possibilities of using my Palm IIIe as a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.palm)
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| | Re: Three arm piece for makeing tri-star
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Ok, so THAT'S the piece! I thought from the pictures, that it was a larger thing entirely - guess he just added length to the arms. Thanks. Now .. anyone have a suggestion as to the service pack or which kit it came in?? By the way, I spoke TOOO OOO (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Toys R Us Experience
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Well, (...) I know that at my store, I don't know about others, if we don't listen to management or do what they want, we're gone. Plain and simple. Doing that would eliminate the chance of other people having the same experience with that same (...) (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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Ok Larry, (or anyone else) what do you think we should change?? I'm up for changes in it.. I just want something that will keep these boxes moving and not to all the same people, We've got people on the lists that have never received a box yet... (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 8002 Destroyer Droid Errata
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(...) Somebody always does but its not a problem with TLG as long as its scans of parts of instructions. (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: how does a bar code reader work?
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(...) track (...) Simple...it takes time :) I have @500 straights, and probably 200 curves, plus 16 points of 9v, plus some 4.5V stuff on my current layout. A lot of the track is in the ramp up, with about 225 pieces between the ground and the 2nd (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Toys R Us Experience
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Joel, (...) Well, I am sure if you ask around LUGNET, at home, or here at AEI, I am rarely calm. But I was extremely calm last night when this happened. Maybe an "Evil" calm... :) (...) Well, this is one instance, but I have had other experiences. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Dan Strikes Again...
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(...) Nice, I can only hope to finish mine some time. I am still trying to find 8 more large red spoke or 12 stud wheels. The wheel articulation for the front drivers gave me a little trouble, but I think I can get it working. The large wheels (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Do you like monorails?
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(...) They are called People Movers actually. Systems are in service, AFAIK, in Dallas, Miami, and Sydney. They usually are for small inner-city routes (i.e. the Miami route goes all through downtown and connects with the subway, which only crosses (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Toys R Us Experience
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Whoa, there, calm down, boy. I work at a ToysRUs in Central Ohio, and I can assure you that that cashier was one in a million. All of the cashiers we hire are trained to be as nice as possible, especially during the holiday season. I'm glad you (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Does anyone have a list of every castle set ever made?
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(...) sets". (...) Jonathan, try here: (URL) accessible by clicking "Pause Guide" on the LUGnet main page under Reference, then on "Set Lists".) They are lists generated from the LUGnet main database. I suggest grabbing the list by theme (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Gate of the Present Circular Loan? (Not EXACTLY a Jambalaya)
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(...) Cool cool cool... I also have a copy of this book (in French - mine came from Nico also - thanks Nico for all the great extras included with my Shell sets). If the list of people who want to see this is large enough, I'd be happy to circulate (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Calling for Box Status and New Rule to vote on
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(...) Hear Hear. A comment on the rule, I think the idea's in the right direction but it may need a bit of polishing/wordsmithing. Todd and I have special standing in that it was his parts and idea, and my work, that started many of these boxes off, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.general)
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