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(...) If he leaks inside information. It would also probably be a violation of his terms of employment. It is also unlikely he has access to the information. Most retailers are very protective of their marketting plans. (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) I remember small plastic Civil War soldiers when I was younger as well. I do know that <a href="(URL)Playmobil</a> currently has Civil War sets out now. Check it out. I think that they have been doing Civil War for 20 years now if I remember (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Interesting Castle on Ebay
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(...) How phenomenally odd! "DALU"? "DALULAND"? I assume this is a translation of some kind? But why translate a product name? Does "lego" mean something in Arabic? Could it concievably be a rip off of lego? I'm not sure how copyright laws are in (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Somewhere on the Mindstorms site, I found a reference to the Peracom adapter. I have not tried it, but I did buy a Belkin USB Hub with a serial port and I know that the Belkin doesn't work. Scott (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Brad: A way for almost ANY piece to be sold...
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(...) Work Study is paid as well as Co-Op, I'm not sure about internships though I would believe they are also, And that there is some type of gov't control on what is paid :( (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Finds
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I spotted these last night: - K-Mart at 183/620 has about 10 silver anniversary buckets at normal price ($9.99) - Target at 183/620 has several Gungan Subs and Sith Infiltrators at around 40% off, along with some Cyberslam sets and a few misc small (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Interesting Castle on Ebay
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I found an interesting castle set from saudi-arabia on ebay: (URL) looks like a variation on the Black Falcon Fortress. Any insights from the more knowledgeable folks here? I noticed that it was numbered 708. (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Connecting Via a USB Hub
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I have a USB Hub with an RS-232 port. When I connect the IR Transmitter to this port, the firmware downloads fine. If I have a program with a single RCX command block, it's fine too. If I have more than one command block, I get a download error. Any (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Building a Mini-fig Army, how much to pay
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(...) I have to agree... I always had trouble having my 35 Crusaders vs my 28 Black Falcons... that war just seemed so pitiful... (fortunately my armies have expanded... but only about twofold) (...) Yep! Old style castle 'figs like the Crusaders, (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Swearing! (was something else)
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(...) <editing mine> Folks, I hate to be a PITA, here, but will ya cut the swearing, please? I have to say the casual one-offs here in .general bug me a whole lot more than anything else. It just isn't necessary to do it. Take it as a challenge to (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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