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If we end up going to sub-groups, I think I would rather see them split by function rather than by TLC's somewhat illogical theme grouping. I can see a point of having a separate group for discussing Arctic from the rest of town because not many (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: What would a lego stormtrooper be?
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(...) Very delicate printing, please! Just a hint of joints, etc. (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Remy's Big Lego Christmas! (was Re: Big Lego Christmas)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <386CBF20.F4D0D6D0@v...er.net>... (...) Mundanes! Yes! That's it exactly! AFOLs on the one hand, mundanes on the other. Suddenly everything makes sense. But it wouldn't do to discuss it in those terms with THEM. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I figure you could sell the horse and the wall section for more than $1 total. And of course if you wan tand snag this set on sales (or even clearances) you'll be even better off. (...) I'll go with that, although I generally price 'current' (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Dan Siskind has a number of castle dudes that he has accumulated, he may or may not be willing to sell some off. I have a picture of ranks and ranks of them, which, someday, if I ever find my driver disk for the scanner, or get the energy to track (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 4811 Defense Archer!
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Oops, I was confused as to which system showed the old catalog, and now it is showing the new catalog. The machine which was showing the old catalog is one of our central servers, still an RS/6000 though. At this point, I would have to say that it (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) And remember, everyone, take an ample supply of bricks to your bunker with you! The basic Lego brick has been Y2K compliant since 1949 or so! Here's a laugh for you, a media type was proudly displaying an ATM receipt he got, dated 1/1/00 (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4811 Defense Archer!
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(...) I think that last is perhaps a little unlikely. I'm not sure exactly what the infrastructure of our network here at IBM is, but I strongly doubt there is anything Microsoft between my RS/6000 and www.lego.com. I just did a little bit of (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Remy's Big Lego Christmas! (was Re: Big Lego Christmas)
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Well, (...) You and I know that but the mundanes don't. If you get an instance of a particular set, you have to expect that your mundane relatives won't buy the "but I want MORE copies" argument and refuse to buy it for you. (...) The dark side (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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Despite all the predictions of doom and destruction, midnight has come and gone. The candles and torches did not go out, the lock on my treasure chest still fails to work (just like it always did), my abacus still does work, blood did not rain from (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Building a Mini-fig Army, how much to pay
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(...) Because you like the new castle, you are in luck - without the a "figures" pack, it still rocks for getting soldiers. Here is why: 4811 - the Defense Archer (whenever he comes out) - you get one full minifig with a shield for around $1.99 (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I had one set of plastic Civil War soldiers when I was about 4, but I haven't seen many other toys. However, this points out an interesting market trend that addresses a point made elsewhere on this thread: Someone suggested that a Civil War (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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(...) I imagine that there must be, because I have gotten several replys, but I also think that some of these people think I am selling the whole set WITH the box. (which is not the case, just the box) Also, I have quite a few S@H catalogs between (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Brad: A way for almost ANY piece to be sold...
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(...) Internships I know don't require you to pay the student because it is part of their learning although many do pay students for internships. I think it really comes down to the profession. I know that IS/IT/MIS (whatever acronym you want) (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) As one who has been on the lists for a few months without seeing a single box I DON'T like that idea. Waiting is bad enough...to now require those of us who have been patient thus far to constantly monitor another newsgroup just to say we want (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.general)
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(...) I like the idea so long as there is some mechanism which makes sure that those who don't sit glued to their computer all day will get a decent chance to receive a box, and even better, something that makes sure there is a good flow (i.e. if (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.general)
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In novembre, abbiamo scritto...... (...) news:FKoC09.FLr@lugnet.com... (...) prometto (...) me la (...) Dicembre è passato, ma ricandido casa mia (a Mariano Comense) per il 22 Gennaio "19100", oppure per il 29 Gennaio. -- Cheers Carlo. LUGNET member (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Building a Mini-fig Army, how much to pay
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(...) Of my usual monthly Lego expenses, I'd say about 10-20% goes towards my "army" (and/or Pirate crews). (...) Start trolling Toys-R-Us, _immediately_, and pick up the Fright Force mini-fig packs that all the local TRUs here in Atlanta have had (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Happy 2000
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Peter Callaway wrote (...) into (...) Harbour (...) year. (...) Ditto. Y2k Ok in eastern Australia (BIG surprise ;-), and reports are that even New Zealand still has power 8-0! So I don't want to hear any northern hemisphere tales of Y2k woe getting (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Toys R Us Experience
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"Doing some late night (...) I have the ultimate TRU rudeness story. About 1 week ago, I was taking inventory of the lego sets for my site (coming soon) and a clerk comes up to me and the following occured- Clerk- "what are you doing?" Me- "taking (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Member page organization?
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I'd love to be able to sort by location (specifically by Country then State) so that I can find LUGNETters (LUGNETees?) that are close by. Mike -- Mike Faunce mike at faunce dot com LUGNET #96 "Larry Pieniazek" <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Just a question.
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Don't forget to try Target stores. That's where I've gotten my 2000 LEGO Star Wars sets. Also, remember that in most department stores (Target/Wal-Mart/K-Mart) that the Star Wars LEGO are in the Star Wars section, not the LEGO section. Mike -- Mike (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl)
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| | Re: Double Typo - coincedence? I think not...
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I saw another typo in the S@H catalog. Lego has been famous for always having the correct pieces in every set and using the best of speel checkers in their literature, but lately they have been screwing up a lot! I hope this lapse can be blamed on (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Happy 2000
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Hi all you Lugnetters, And a happy New Year to you all from Sydney, Australia. We've just flown into the 21st Century in spectacular (and Y2K bugless) style. Yet again the Harbour Bridge was blown up in an awesome display of fireworks. Gets better (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Gate of the Present Circular Loan? (Not EXACTLY a Jambalaya)
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(...) Oooh. Please put me on the list. (After anyone doing translation, please.) Chris (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Technic box #2 - list update
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(...) Ooh, ooh, I'll play! Chris (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: technic box #2
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(...) Right. I made a box and dictated that I would be every tenth recipient. (I need to get it back out after the last ten...I'm sitting on it.) (...) I wouldn't want to let it get too big. Say <$6 to mail on each stop. But that's just my two (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Lego Set Boxes
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I don't know if you got my email, but I am interested in some of these Castle boxes. If you want to sell them or trade, please let me know. -- Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) is yet another tool in (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Does anyone have a list of every castle set ever made?
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(...) AAH That Castle. (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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I thought I sent you a picture of this Castle before? The Weetabix (sp.?) Castle came out in the late 60s or early 70s (of the 1900s, mind you). I don't think it had a set number (not to my knowledge). It is one of the coolest looking castles ever, (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Roboarm from Dave Baum's super book
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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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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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| | Re: Toys R Us Experience
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(...) ...not to mention that most of TRU's sales aren't anything to faint over anyways. best LFB (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Hello Mohawk Valley Lego Fans
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Okay, I have been reading Lugnet since the first beta test was over and have never posted to my own local group. In a few short hours it will be January 1, 2000 so I decided that now is the time. Greetings fellow Lego enthusiasts in the Utica/Rome (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ny.uti)
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| | [Unofficial part] x3648c.dat Technic Gear 24 Tooth Clutch [DAT]
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Here is the new Technic Gear 24 Tooth with Clutch found in set 9747 (Mindstorms 1.5) and 8735 (Technic 9v motor) I really don't know the part number for that part, so I used the part number of the classic Technic Gear 24 Tooth with 'C' trailing. If (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: How many Vancouver LUGNET users?
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(...) I'm in Richmond... You could also just look to see who else posts/posted in this particular group. Bryan (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van)
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| | Re: Big Lego Christmas
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(...) Oh man you are one lucky dude... Considering the fact that I only have around 90 unique sets (over 20 years!), you received nearly a third of that in one shot... Nobody bought me any Lego so I had to do it the hard the way: Buy it myself! I (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brad Justus' Comments - Why Complain?
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(...) Can you get in touch with him about this? I sent him a message but given the ficle nature of my ISP when connecting to riso.dk/ldraw.org.etc I do not know if it got through. I am not sure whether I used the right address either. (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Does anyone have a list of every castle set ever made?
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Good. What is the weetabix castle? (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Insectoids on sale?
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Carbon 60 wrote in message ... (...) £7 www.thetoyshop.com (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Insectoids on sale?
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My local TRU had these cheap at the start of the week. Sainsbury's also had them, amonst other things, on "Sale". Scott A Carbon 60 wrote in message ... (...) for (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Mindstorms a Legovy Hry
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(...) tych, (...) Vyrabi se. Neni to mindstorms ale Dacta: (URL) by spatny takovou kameru mit. Taky jsem videl nekoho vyrobit pojizdnej jerab ktery pouzival tuto kameru. (...) Ano, presne tak. Snazi se taky delat do pocitacu. Podle mne to ale neni (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.cz)
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| | Re: Design Question - For a newbie
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(...) and (...) sensor (...) Except that you need a motor to trigger the firing pin, unless you do some sort of mechanical linkage which would make the front bumper a trigger... The L3GO from the DDK has a single-motor driving the left front wheel, (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Jsou tu 2 lidi! (Bylo: Re: Je tu nekdo?)
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(...) Tak to je jeste horsi nez tady. A havaj je klasifikovana jako jeden z nejdrazsich statu v USA. Na prvnim miste je asi kalifonie. (...) dobry (...) do (...) Jsem z Prahy. Ani by moc nevadilo nemit pontiac protoze tady nemam zase jine veci. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.cz)
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| | Re: detecting goal objects at a distance
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Ben Jackson <ben@ben.com> wrote in message news:FnJpCI.JGo@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) a (...) systematically) (...) darkened (...) barely (...) target in (...) on (...) make (...) Consider blocking the light emitter on the sensor, either (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Three arm piece for makeing tri-star
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Okay... I understand now. by the way, is the 3-pronged rotor plate available in any Lego service packs? Or is it only available in model sets (that apparently each have only one of them)? (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: P.S. :-)
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(...) Taky jsem jednou davno mival hodne kamaradu ale to bylo jeste doma v Praze. Ve skole jsme se kamaradili skoro cela trida. Tady se moc lidi spolu nekamaradi. To je docela blby. (...) Havaj. ;)) (...) Dokonce ti ho necham ridit. ;) A bez (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.cz)
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| | Re: light sensor
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Ben Jackson <ben@ben.com> wrote in message news:FnKnA7.J93@lugnet.com... (...) know (...) Yes, I believe that works in RCX, though I do most of my programming in RoboLab because my intent is to work with an elementary school. (...) difference of (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Remy's Big-Ass Lego Christmas! (was Re: Big Lego Christmas)
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(...) That's just silly though. You can't tell me that you only want ONE of each and every set that's new for 2K. There's GOT to be at least one you wouldn't mind multiples of, for parts at least (me, I WAS going to buy soccer vans and part out the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Proud New RIS owner... tires wanted
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(...) Ah. OK. Yes. I was trying to remember if the RIS came with 4 of the tires I was referring to, and seeming to remember that it did, as the Acrobot uses 4, but I was just confusing myself. I have to go to bed so I can get up at a reasonable (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Figurky (Bylo: Re: Lego je OK! ;)
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(...) Ty (...) znak (...) Ne ty ne i kdyz ty taky nebyli spatny. Proste se mi ted nelibi ze figurky maji obliceje jenom namalovany, treba s brylema nebo s fousama, atd. Libilo se mi vic kdyz figurky meli xichty vsechny stejny asi tak do roku 92. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.sk)
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| | Re: Are they blind???
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(...) That's easy - I'm not having kids, it would complicate the Lego situtation too much ;-) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Dan Strikes Again...
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(...) You mean like THIS: (URL) MY big red beast. We took our tree layout down the day after christmas but I ran big red and the matching passenger train around it. It's dated, and I can do much better now, but I still like it. (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Dobrodruznici
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(...) aj (...) Zacinam mit o tebe strach. Asi potrebujes vyjit na cerstvy vzduch a obcas nejakou zenskou spolecnost ;)))))) (...) som (...) Lugnete (...) No jo, on je takovej. On porad sedi u pocitace. Cely tenhle system vybudoval sam. Myslim ze (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.sk)
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| | 90 MINUTES LEFT: LEGO parts auctions on Ebay
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Hello! I have nearly 30 parts auctions ending on Ebay in an hour and a half. Please check out (URL) is what you can bid on: 10 LEGO 2x2 turntables - gray/yellow 10 LEGO black jet engines 10 LEGO car seats 10 LEGO gray megaphones 10 LEGO windows and (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Proud New RIS owner... tires wanted
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Nono, Larry, he's talking about the OTHER rims/tires - the ones on the 8440/8445/8520. Dave, Those rims/tires aren't available in a cheap set in white anymore. They are in grey on 8445 ($40), and dark grey on 8520 ($20). If you MUST have white rims (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Dan Strikes Again...
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(...) Well, the answer of course is not only to lengthen but the widthen;-) Going 8 wide will solve a lot of proportion problems, even if it leaves you with only 1 car. Hey, it took me 6 months of collecting pieces to complete some of my passenger (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) NQC says "No reply from RCX" when I do something simple like NQC -far or NQC -run. Thanks again for any help, I'd love to be able to give up the port expander... -Peter -- Peter A. Vogel Release Engineering Manager iReady Corporation (2 URLs) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Remy's Big-Ass Lego Christmas! (was Re: Big Lego Christmas)
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(...) Whew! Monty Haul! You've got some understanding relatives! My mother hasn't bought me a Lego set since 1970 (but to give her credit it was my first set). But my wife.. ah.. sweet bliss[1]! She bought me 5 new sets! That's where my wife and my (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Building a Mini-fig Army, how much to pay
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After building massive Castles, I always feel the need to have a full battle. My problem is that I only have 30 men with which to wage war. I am seeking a cost effective way to acquire 100 plus men. I like the new castle men, as well as the older (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Proud New RIS owner... tires wanted
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(...) Welcome to Lugnet! If you don't get any nibbles here, the best group for wanted postings is lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, which is technically where your post belongs but I wouldn't sweat it, just the once, especially on a first post! (...) (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Pneumatics problems
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(...) I advise strongly against doing that. If water gets into it, it is known to cause damage to the mechanisms and seals later. (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Roboarm from Dave Baum's super book
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(...) How did you guys do your instructions? I figured you would have used MLCad/LDLite/L3P/POVRay or some combination of those, but it didn't look like it to me.. (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Conversation at TRU overheard
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(...) Not all but some. I've seen some parents think that their kid is just going to be crushed if they can't make the set on the box especially when the age range says that they can't. So they nudge their kid toward another set, never thinking that (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: does anyone that owns a scout.....
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<lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:0.24b260f1.259c...aol.com... (...) than (...) The scout has 6 primary configuration areas in standalone mode, arranged like this: Motion Touch Light ---...--- status bar ---...--- duration mode FX (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Destroyer Droid in new S@H catalog
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(...) Whoops, looked at my copy again. I goofed. It is the **JANUARY** 2000 catalog. If you ask for spring you'll get nothing but blank stares (which can be confusing over a phone!) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Dan Strikes Again...
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(...) Oopps, forgot this bit... I use the treads that came with the old Expert Builder Bulldozer set (they work like the roller chain links, but are almost three studs wide). You can still get them from Pitsco Dacta but are quite expensive. Dan (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Conversation at TRU overheard
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(...) I answer speaking of toys in general, not just sets... Yes and no. When my kids were much younger, of the age where they could choke on things or get trapped in them or strangled, etc., I gave much more credence to age ranges, especially the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | USB->Serial converters and IR Tower
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Hi! Anyone else tried connecting to the IR tower via a USB -> Serial converter? I've been trying with an Entrega U1S9 (USB->9 pin serial) because my primary robotics machine is a Sony Vaio laptop and I HATE having to hook up the port expander just (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Big Lego Christmas
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(...) DANG! So, buddy ol pal, when you having me over? :) Its not more than a 20-30 minute drive for me... Congratulations!! (...) Heh, well nice strategy. I only made off with the Mindstorms RIS and the SW Snowspeeder (which I already have). Ah (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Dan Strikes Again...
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(...) The lead wheels are still the very small train wheels and the reason being is they need to articulate under the cylinder boxes. I would like to use the regular size wheels for proper scale, but I would also like bigger drivers too! As said (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | How many Vancouver LUGNET users?
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I was just curious how many of you are located in Vancouver? Adam (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van)
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| | Re: What would a lego stormtrooper be?
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(...) line. (...) the (...) me (...) Actually, for blaster pistols, the stormtrooper will probably have a black megaphone piece like the scouttroopers and Boba Fett have (yes, the scouttroopers have their blasters clipped to their speederbikes). If (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Dan Strikes Again...
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(...) If only Lego (or someone) would come up with large train wheels, we'd all be able to make more realistic steam locos! Dan (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Dan Strikes Again...
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(...) Yes, I actually added all of the plumbing and water tanks under the walkways, added the interior details to the cab, and redesigned the front end to be more in line with the actual model (lengthened smoke stack, raised light platform, etc.). (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Conversation at TRU overheard
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I was standing in TRU today... and there's a woman with her 2 kids, a boy just about to turn 7 and a girl probably 10 or 11.. The boy had some money to spend and wanted to get some Lego, He was looking over the shelf.. and pulling out sets he (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Big Lego Christmas
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Christmas this year was pretty amazing, Lego-wise. I had to share this with someone, and no one else around here would quite appreciate it... so, why not LUGNET? Here's the Lego that I was given for Christmas this year: Technic 8248 Forklift 8252 (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Member page organization?
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(...) To put a little definition around that request, give me the option to see the list of names in alpha order by first, alpha order by last or member number order, please. If you give me that right away I promise to hold off asking for full (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Member page organization?
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Todd, When can we expect to see the Member page better organized? That would help immensely. Thanks for the work on the memberships! I'm anxiously awaiting my member packet! -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: shipping time from DYA ?
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ben@yellowcastle.spam.com (Ben Gatrelle) wrote in <FnIID7.9BF@lugnet.com>: (...) I ordered two things on that day, within minutes of each other. The first order arrived early last week - around 10 days ago. And it had two club cars in it, among (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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I would like to join your mailing list. My address is tacodog@ameritech.net Skipps (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Calling for Box Status and New Rule to vote on
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(...) OOOOhhh.. I like that idea! (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.general)
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