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(...) CERTAINLY you meant 1988 here. Back to your rocketsled, orbit the earth backwards at exactly .80987234 c and you'll be right as rain. (...) I LOVE catching Todd in an error, even just a lowly typo, especially in HIS field. It happens SO (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) My son built the 8448 he got for his 10th Bday in a day and a half. Now he can't be pried away from the Mindstorms we..., er Santa got him for Christmas. Just thought I'd chime in as it seemed like bragging about your kid time:-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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Lindsay- That sound you hear is me weeping for the future. From where does *that* kind of nonsense come? -John (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Is that dyslexia acting up again, Lar? >8wide *good*, 6wide *baaaaad* (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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Bob Fay wrote in message ... (...) want (...) Thanks for the plug, Bob (^: Someday (when I'm not building (^; ) I'll whip up some HTML and make a decent looking page to navigate around. Right now it's just directories. Sorry about that. Iain (who's (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Actually, the college was St. Olaf in Minnesota. A group of us went and lived in the old city (The Lutheran hostel) and had professors either take us out on field trips or come to us to teach. (...) Where didn't we go;-) Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.people)
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Things appear to be back and I believe everything came through ok without lossage, but resend if you're not sure, thanks! (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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I am glad you enjoyed the machines. I hope you will try some yourself. Be sure to send me a note if you decide to create a CNC machine. You might want to check out Iain Hendry's machines at: (URL) does some very clever work. -- Bob Fay (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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Hiya So, having found a Mindstorms 1.0 kit recently at PC World (I wanted the one with the power adaptor), I want to buy an extra light sensor and maybe the remote control and 1.5 upgrade kit. I phoned Lego customer services to find out where I (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Hi Bine, (...) Ja also wenn ich mal ganz ehrlich bin: eigentlich wollte ich ja immer (NEIN, nicht Holzfäller!), ja also immer nur das machen, was ich nun auch mache: Lokomotiven und andere dem Erdboden nahe Maschinen bauen. (Ja, nach der Titanic (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.de)
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(...) Looks like it to me. I wonder if it is a better piece than the System secret door? (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
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(...) The dishonorable and lecherous Captain Lance Boyle, on half-pay, is in the employ of Malcom P Waite, and is in pursuit of our anti-hero. No trick is too underhanded for him, and on top of it, he has the hots for Miss Waite. He has the usual (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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I have in excess of 1700 sets totaling over 250,000 pieces. All of my lego are in storage at the moment as I will be moving to Saratoga New York some time around April. The new House (currently under construction) will have a 1300 + square foot (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm. Maybe that's the real reason for juniorization -- kids (and parents) want the impressive big sets, (most) kids don't really want to spend that much time building. So LEGO makes big sets with fewer, bigger parts. That doesn't explain the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You mean they don't insane/psycho/possessed? That's good -- judging from the box, these are not minifigs I want to have handling heavy equipment. Steve (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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Yeah, afgelopen week (vorig jaar) in de BartSmit in Den Bosch. Samen met de TownJr. en TechnicBattleDroid van StarWars. Ze zijn best wel cool ! Mark "Jaco van der Molen" <jmolen@globalxs.nl> on 01/03/2000 12:44:28 PM To: lugnet.loc.nl@lugnet.com cc: (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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(Sorry, no set numbers - too lazy!) Toys R Us Arctic theme - base £20, snowplough £9, skidoo £7 Town - highway construction set £50 Star Wars - Awing £10, Bwing £25, Slave1 £15, Landspeeder £8 No sign of any castle sets apart from the two smallest (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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As long as the service brochure keeps on being included in the boxes I cannot see how they can stop the service part service. Is there a brochure in a 2000 set box? Regards T (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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(...) No way, Larry. I worked in magazine publishing for years (I can tell you about pressure to get things out fast) but a mistake on the first page like "23nd" is simply inexcusable. The document is part of their PR kit. Facts & Figures is (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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I am with Doyle on this one. This is not an authentic LEGO set. LEGO is LEGO. DALU is totally different. Even the Japanese promo sets from the Kabaya Candy Company say LEGO on them ((URL) Go to (URL) and look at the official LEGO address listings. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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