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I thought I saw somewhere that they used RayDream, an inexpensive modeling/rendering package. The parts were custom made so that black on black beams render well. Notice the small bevel on top of the beams. Ingenious! Hope I'm not stepping on Dave's (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 8002 Destroyer Droid Errata
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On Fri, 31 Dec 1999 10:52:55 GMT, Tony Priestman uttered the following profundities... (...) Got them, thanks very much! (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Conversation at TRU overheard
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Mookie wrote in message <386C4D25.44310EA7@w...tt.net>... (...) I had a similar experience at Zany-Brainy just before Christmas although it was with a grandmother buying a present for one of her grandchildren (who was not with her). Her grandson (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Set Boxes
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(...) Hmmm. Is there a market for this sort of thing? As a compulsive hoarder, I've got the boxes for every set that I've bought, but I'm running out of space. (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: The realization of juniorization sets in...
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On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Frank Filz (<FnL5Ar.4q6@lugnet.com>) wrote at 03:20:12 (...) Let's not go there :-) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The realization of juniorization sets in...
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On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Frank Filz (<386BD713.6113@mind...ring.com>) wrote at 22:05:07 (...) I'm with Paul on this one. The first thought that went through my head was 'Playmobil'. I've expunged most of it from my memory now, but the image of a single (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 8002 Destroyer Droid Errata
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They are available at: (URL) you save the pics & print them off, they should come out at the correct size, although the quality won't be brilliant. And may the Lord have mercy upon my soul... On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Richard Dee (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Har någon RIS?
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Jag fick det i julklapp (Hurra!) och har edan byggt flera stycken robotar. Har ni några idéer på vad jag ska bygga härnäst? Jag bygger bara stående robotar med ögon, men jag vet att man kan bygga så mycket mer. Hur fungerar "samarbetet" mellan två (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: First Impressions of #7150 - TIE Fighter / Y-Wing
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<SNIP> (...) and (...) often (...) My friend (who is really into starwars) told me that there *are* two pilots in the "real" thing, one that flies the ship and one that aims the ion cannon, that *did* pivot. But why care, the set is great. --Tobias (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: First Impressions of #7150 - TIE Fighter / Y-Wing
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<SNIP> (...) Yeah, and my R5-D4 (isn´t it R4-D5?) body had poor printing. No black! :-( --Tobias (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: What would a lego stormtrooper be?
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(...) I'd vote for white with black printing, now that TLG has shown they're willing to print on the waistline. (...) The legs would optimally have some printing. (...) Same here. Printed arms and hands are just too much to hope for. (...) I can (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Conversation at TRU overheard
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(...) That is disgusting! I let my son pick what he wants, and I help him build (at his request--honest!). Age never comes into question, except that we may have to save some of my older sets for later, due to difficulty. At least introduce it and (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Legosub Remote Controlled underwater robot
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I browsed around some more, and it appears that they say that we will be able to control the legosub for ourselves, from our computer, soon. I don´t know if that´s true. I have some difficulty with understanding what it all is about, I mean a lego (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Subgroups? (was: Re: Hey!)
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(...) I don't see any anywhere. I use "subscribe" on my newsreader, and get only lugnet.space--the other theme groups also don't show any "subgroups". FWIW (two cents, see below), I think subdividing .space at this point is really counterproductive. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Legosub Remote Controlled underwater robot
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Yeah, that´s awesome!! Did you go to (URL) as well? There are some more photos there. And... It appears that the sub is controlled with a Nintendo 64 controller! I always knew that combining LEGO and nintendo would make some good stuff :-) --Tobias (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Has anyone accessed "Lego on my mind" lately?
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I haven't been able to access my bookmark for that page for three days now. -- Paul Davidson (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Conversation at TRU overheard
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I'm sure glad my parents didn't pick my toys that way -- I was thoroughly hooked on town system Lego at age 4, space followed soon afterwards (and castle when it came out a bit later). -- Paul Davidson Mookie <Mookie1@worldnet.att.net> wrote in (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Pneumatic tube sources
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I found an alternative source for tubing and T's at my local R/C hobby shop here in Milwaukee. The silicone fuel hose used for R/C airplanes is the perfect wall thickness and diameter for the pneumatic fittings. The hose is about $.75 a foot and the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Building a Mini-fig Army, how much to pay
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Pawel Nazarewicz has some nice pictures of his armies here, I believe: (URL) armies on eBay can probably be done for a lot cheaper than $3 per figure if you have some patience and place a maximum bid on any lot which suits your needs. You may only (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: USB->Serial converters and IR Tower
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(...) Yes, I have had allmost exactly the same combination working fine. I have the 'combi' USB box (serial/parallel port), and the smallest VAIO, and used this to take some software up to my niece over christmas, with no problems. There are some (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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