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I've yet to see a B-Wing on the shelves of my local stores, and I can't remember them clearly enough from the films, so I'll ask. Do B-Wings require Astromechs for operation? Are they Hyperdrive-capable? What about A-Wings, while I'm at it? Thanks (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Interesting Castle on Ebay
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(...) copyright (...) (Does (...) horses, white figs?, no castle corners with printing, no black spire w/ printed flag, etc, etc... But there is a lot to suggest it IS Lego... after all, if you were a knock-off, you'd want to save as much money as (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Interesting Castle on Ebay
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(...) Yes there are quite a lot of differences, but I've never seen, or even heard of, anyone trying to rip off LEGO. It is hard to imagine LEGO making a similar but different version of the set, but it is also hard to imagine someone trying to rip (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | in search of gascano direction
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anyone know where i can get directions to build the gascano pod racer. please let me know, thanks (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: USB->Serial converters and IR Tower
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Hi. The new Pitsco Catalogue has an ENTEGRA USB Adapter. Apparently you also need a special driver as it comes bundled with software. The cost is $59.00 which is relatively cheap as this sort of thing goes. Pitsco Part # D9902431 Barbara Nostrand (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Building a Mini-fig Army, how much to pay
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(...) 125 (...) <snipped impressive list> (...) Not shamed by me, at least. I think I've got around the same number you do, but a large number of mine never see "service" since they've been canabalized to make my matching guys. James (URL) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Interesting Castle on Ebay
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(...) I noticed that too... but I didn't really think anything of it... I took another look at the picture, and it looks like they COULD be there... I think I could barely make out the mouths, but they looked like straight lines (no smiles)... (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Interesting Castle on Ebay
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(...) I'm thinking rip-off more and more - take another look at the Black Falcon Fortress, you will see a number of differences: (URL)James (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Building a Mini-fig Army, how much to pay
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(...) Now I'm starting to get curious... how many castle 'figs does everyone else have? I've got: Classic (Yellow castle) - 0 Crusaders - 86 Black Falcons - 51 Forestmen - 6 Black Knights - 34 Wolfpack - 11 Dragon Masters - 18 + 7 Majisto's Royal (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Interesting Castle on Ebay
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(...) And is it just me, or do those minifigs not have faces? It's hard to tell, because the scan isn't a great resolution, but it looks like the heads are unprinted. Weird...I'm thinking blatant rip-off, myself, but I'm not certain. Wonder what the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Toys R Us Experience
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(...) Ah, ok. I must not have had enough coffee yet today - I missed that angle. But any national sale which isn't in a flyer a week ahead of time is a poorly marketed national sale. ;) James (URL) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Proud New RIS owner... tires wanted
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Those tall motorcycle-type tires/wheels are 81.6X15's. Dave is looking for the large wide tire/wheel combos, smaller than the MC types. I thought I saw somewhere in the list that Todd had initiated a part->set lookup feature, but now I don't see the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Design wanted: Touch sensor for passing trains
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I've build the design from Ted Michon. It is working great. With Ted's permission, I've put his note on the web at (URL) to everyone, Carl (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Building a Mini-fig Army, how much to pay
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(...) I'm fond of 5x5 formations. 25 figs, all matching look very good in a 5x5, and fit nicely onto a small-ish baseplate. (I think I'm at ~100, or maybe 125 done this way - I haven't checked to see if I can make the extra formations yet. 75 for (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | *** Update for MLCAD 17 - HELP ***
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Hy MLCad friends! I made some mistakes when making the package yesterday. So please download either the complete package again or just the help-files from my web-site: HELP: (2 URLs) not to forget: I wish you the all best for year 2000, hopefully (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Technic Turntable...
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Someone mentioned making a turntable out of Technic elements. A friend and I did this about two years ago using an old pair of Gemini SL-100 Belt Drive Turntables. We simply removed the outer casing and made one from Technic Axles. It looked really (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Toys R Us Experience
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(...) Stunningly pointless, IMHO. The measures that a store puts into place to prevent "spying" are invariably going to cost more than the potential loss of revenue. Again, IMHO, the potential loss of revenue is diddly squat - especially when (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: New wallpapers--Mine truck and Pentapterigoid Star Fighter
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(...) for (...) the bottom of the screen. That looks like something I could use. Ryan (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Divers set 6560 Plus others For Sale !!!
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(...) Though one would certainly still be better off buying the sets for $30, it's got a good parts selection, but definitely selling those baseplates is a good way to get some cheap bricks... (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Proud New RIS owner... tires wanted
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(...) Aren't those rims in 6589 Radical Racer in white and yellow in 2963 Extreme Racer? The tires do look different though. If no one knows for sure, I'll check at home tonight or tomorow (I have 8440, 6589, and 2963). Of course it may not be easy (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: What would a lego stormtrooper be?
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(...) Hate to burst your bubble Paul, but those megaphones are used as the air intakes. That is why TLC put them on the right side and not the left. (...) Actually the blaster rifles of both the Rebel & Imperial soldiers are very similar so TLC (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: The realization of juniorization sets in...
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<SNIP> (...) of (...) Another (...) I would like to have seen this piece (and the Mixer) made from several sections, so that it could be expanded or compressed to make different size models. ( Like in the good old days on the 378 (farm tractor and (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Big Lego Christmas
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Remy Evard wrote in message <8EAD248evardmcsanlg...et.com>... (...) What a load!!! Well every member of our family received an ample supply of Lego, however we also got a new KABOB* for Christmas. I finally had my baby (a boy) and he was kind (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Port Block sees in the new nineteenth century
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(...) This begs the question: Is anyone planning any LEGO celebrations of the new year/millenium (yea, I know, the new millenium doesn't actually start for another year)? (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: USB->Serial Converts and IR Tower
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(...) Wow. I am suprised Belkin doesnt work. Their products are really good. I never heard of Peracom. I know that Lego claims that "it worked for some users", but I wanted to stick with brand-names that I was familar with. Does anyone know if Lego (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) I think Playmobil shows that the Civil War can be done. Not only that, but that it can be done tastefully with out causing hard feelings to anyone. You don't have to put people in chains. It doesn't have to have every detail of the war. It's (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Lego vs. Pokemon
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can we move this thread to lugnet.off-topic.fun? (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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(...) Well, now I don't know what to think, especially since Playmobil and Lego have run parallel product lines so often in the past! Dave! (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Toys R Us Experience
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(...) This is something retailers are extremely sensitive about. The manager was assuming you were a "spy" for another retailer. I'm not sure what their exact protections under the law are, but from a purely Libertarian perspective, they have every (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Toys R Us Experience
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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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| | Re: USB->Serial Converts and IR Tower
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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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