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(...) NYC is doing away with sales tax for clothing items under, I think, $150. It's a real step forward IMHO--that 8.5-12% was too onerous. The tax-free days usually don't apply to toys and so forth, only to clothing and consumables. (...) Virgin (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Town 2000?
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(...) The third one (ponytails, I'm guessing) hasn't been in use for years. I had a few. I lost most, had one more left. I hated it. (...) I think he was referring to "girl" hairstyles, the middle one being the guy at the bar, and he didn't count (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Lego vs. Pokemon
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(...) Hmmm. Thinking of getting one, but $100 for the colour I can't afford, and $45 for the pocket is too much. Maybe if I can find a second-hand. (...) The cartoon, the girl carries it around all the time after a certain point (somewhere between (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Town 2000?
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(...) I agree, but do you really want to go back to THAT discussion? (URL) the "horrible quote on Scala webpage" thread dealt with that (partly, at least). Town (I'll say this once again,) is NOT all about disasters, and its high time TLC should (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Red tug boat question
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(...) Didn't someone in B-S-T have just a red boat hull for sale or trade? I've posted this there with that in mind. (Wow, all the referents...what an awful sentence!) best LFB (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Brad Justus' Comments - Why Complain?
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(...) I am waiting for something from jacob (I think it is jacob) on this. (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: More January 2000 S@H Catalog Observations... Boo-Boo?
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(...) LOL! I have no idea what it means, but it sure is funny! -Shiri (...) What should I do if I'm not buying a Y2K emergency kit? Willing to pay for advice on that one. ;-) P.S. Cereals and a flashlight are all I'm gonna need! (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | I am setting up a crime schene and I need ideas
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I am going to be setting up some kind of crime in datsville somewhere and I need some ideas of what crime I should have my criminals commit? A bank robbery? A holdup? (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Lighting LEGOLAND California
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(...) few (...) Hi Suzanne and everyone, I went to LEGOLAND CA 10 days ago. It was really fun. I saw the "lighting up LEGOLAND" on a seasonly brochure they gave us at the front, so my family and I went to see it as a final treat, a little bit before (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | Re: Does anyone have a list of every castle set ever made?
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(...) Thanks for the list. What is this weetabix castle? Is it the one that looks like the town square set? Als do you have a list of the known 2000 castle sets? (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Dan Strikes Again...
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(...) Wow! Great job on the Big Boy. The improvements look great. You have got to post some more photos showing better closeups of this great new design. Have you switched the two smaller leading truck wheels with standard size train wheels? It's (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: FA: $4000!!! (Tiles)
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(...) It was several smaller lots, the largest being 12 tiles. --Todd (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: More January 2000 S@H Catalog Observations... Boo-Boo?
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(...) I don't know if this has been mentioned, but on page 8 there's a 4x8 brick that's missing two corners (the kind used in the roof for the police station) just sitting right behind the "30" sign in the back of the picture for 6464 Super Rescue (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: FA: $4000!!! (Tiles)
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Tamy is correct-- there is something goofy going on. I took down my Big Buck auction because the start date won't set for today, but on the closing date, thus the bot thinks the auction is over. Maybe I could run it here. Anyone want to make an (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: January 2000 Catalog...
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(...) Yeah, these aren't the only sets that have gone up; Train accesories have gone up, and some belville sets too. The new sets also seem much more costly on price per piece value. -Shiri (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Brad: A way for almost ANY piece to be sold...
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(...) Sounds interesting. Gotta pay 'em more than minimum wage, though, especially in CT. I doubt many kids would even work for that. (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: FA: $4000!!! (Tiles)
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(...) Ah, but as *one* lot-- how many were there in AucVI? (bragging rights on the line;) (...) None taken;) BTW Todd, that file you had sent me was *125* megs, not 30 something as I had thought! -John (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) Sure it was. It was a war a long time in coming and the slavery issue that was the match that sparked the fire. It was also a war about states rights ETC. but my point was that if you dont put slaves in the sets TLC will have trouble, and if (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: My View of 6479
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(...) Yeah, I did forget the 6x24 - they are great pieces, but I forgot them while looking - being the base of the whole building. I'm not sure what you mean by grey wingy thing - but I think you're referring to the "dock pieces" that were on the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: 6854 Alien Fossilizer and 6232 Skeleton Crew availble at Amazon.com
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(...) that (...) and (...) USA). Apparently they're out of the fossilizers now. I got the last one. :) I ordered three, but only got sent one, and then got an e-mail saying they can't send the rest since they're out of production.. -- -Bones- = (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Longest MOC
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(...) Oh come now.. it can't be -that- bad... Let's see pictures so we can decide for you. Hehehe :) j/k But seriously, pics would be cool. :) -- -Bones- = (URL) = NecroBones Enterprises Alex wrote in message ... (...) of (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: awfully quiet here.
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(...) about Oh yeah! I've seen that... It's been a while though. I'll have to watch it again sometime. I think for my ship, if I even make one (and I can't start until at least January 10th), I'll probably make a "command module" that consists of a (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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If they do put slaves in the sets the will be blasted (...) What about the Union army units that were blacks? Sorry, I don't remember numbers of units, but I know some boston (mass) units were all blacks. Also, realize that the American Civil War (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Pneumatics problems
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(URL) Wilkes" <lawrence_wilkes@msn.com> wrote in message news:FnKvrF.8M5@lugnet.com... (...) valve. (...) was (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Rocker-boogie suspension model: Help
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Dave: Thank you for both links! Now I got all the info for start building it. Wes: Thanks for the update on your e-mail. I will be checking your page to see how your project evolves. I´m in the process of building your synchroII platform too. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Blue Pneumatic Cylnders
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The 8462 Tow Truck has two of them. It's on sale for $88 until tommorow (12/31) through US S@H. The 8459 also has one. These sets may well be sold out at S@H too, you'll have to call and check. "Barbara Nostrand" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Blue Pneumatic Cylnders
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=>From: Barbara Nostrand <nostrand@bradley.edu> =>... =>Does anyone know of another kit =>with (other than the educational package at Pitsco) =>with the blue pneumatic cylnder? Thanx. The tow truck set (8462) has two of 'em, and the front-end (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Roboarm from Dave Baum's super book
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(...) I'm glad you like the book. Yeah, that half-peg was a problem for at least one of our tech reviewers (beta test team). If we do another book I'll probably start using inset boxes that list how many of each piece per step. That way if you (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: More January 2000 S@H Catalog Observations... Paradisia and Pirates oh my!
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(...) [snipped details] (...) Don't know if this is of any interest, but 5805 Princess Rosaline's Room (Belville) changed - the price was raised from $24.00 to $27.50. Also, the two figures pictured, Rosaline and Justin, (5802, 5811) were raised (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.belville)
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| | Re: Filmatino
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marco berti <arcmberti@dinet.it> wrote in message FnK05v.JI4@lugnet.com... (...) gravita' (...) negativa (...) Non ti preoccupare per la compensazione della gravità: l'ho dotata di ottimi ammortizatori inerziali (farebbero invidia anche (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: First Y2K LegoFest
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marco berti <arcmberti@dinet.it> wrote in message FnJIvs.5wq@lugnet.com... (...) vita a (...) per (...) Io non conosco ancora il calendario dei prossimi appelli d'esame quindi al momento non mi posso pronunciare, una cosa è certa: non mancherò! A (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Filmatino
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Mario Ferrari <mario.ferrari@edis.it> wrote in message FnJzJv.FIC@lugnet.com... (...) Grazie Mario, non aspiravo a tanto ;-) -- LEg GOdt :-) Domenico (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: New sets, pictures at lego.com
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This is the second letter I'm writing in reply. The first one got erased - that seems to be happening to me a lot lately... But back to business (or fun...) (...) it's a (...) [snipped description about new stuff] (...) Cool, didn't think o'that! (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.belville)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) Although I do not believe the civl war is a good war to choose, I dont want to give up a war theme either. I believe that if lego was to make a war theme they should make a fictional war, because no matter which war they choose, every war has (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Is anyone else concerned??
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(...) Well, considering that all the catalog scans we've seen say that the ATT, MTT, and Millenium Falcon are all due out in July, then I think that yeh, you're being needlessly alarmed. Ryan (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: detecting goal objects at a distance
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(...) I imagine that - even if using such an IR LED as a beacon - roomlight etc. will still be the major problem. So, I'm pretty sure that a quite simple means at the detector side would simplify such a project dramatically: an optical IR filter. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Rocker-boogie suspension model: Help
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(...) Apparently it changed, I found a list of Linc's creations (including a rocker-boogie) at: (URL) Johnson (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: More January 2000 S@H Catalog Observations... Paradisia and Pirates oh my!
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Eric Kingsley wrote in message ... (...) Shield. (...) violent (...) A friend of mine picked up the Sword and Shield set at Legoland during its opening for me. It's not new, but a lot more easy to obtain now. I wish they had that with different (old (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Set Inventories
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In the past, getting set inventories for brand new sets has been a hassle, because not many seem to like doing it. However, I am going to do it, unless someone already has. If you have the set inventories for any of the new Castle sets, PLMK so I (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Parting out 6091/98: The Invasion of Strombrachter Page
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I have good access to the 6091/6098 and have thought about buying several to part out and auction. However, I have never run a parts auction before. I would probably use eBay, but wondered if anyone here had suggestions, especially about how to go (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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