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We have just added over 20,000 new pieces to the Nugator Company ((URL) These include a large number of Train and Town pieces, from sets like 4565, 4561, 6479, and others. Everything from 16x16 dock base plates to train doors, Pilot Mini-Figures to (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Civil War Theme
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(...) That sounds like a great idea. How do we start it? Just let me know and I'm all for it. Who Else wants WW/CW lego pages? I am thinking about buying a bunch of the 6706 Frontier Patrol packs that I have spoted at the TRU and painting the torso (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.western)
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| | Pirate Fig
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Anybody got an extra of the guy from 6286 Skull's Eye Schooner and 6277 Imperial Trading Post with white fancy-looking shirt, brown vest, gray straps, and red beard (he had different colored tricorne and pants in those two sets)? LMK. Thanks. Mike (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Installation Problems with MLCad Version 1.6 and 1.7
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Dear MLCad fans! I finaly found the problem for the MLCad crashes: Since version 1.6, MLCad uses color-tables. There is a problem now when the program is started for the very first time, since it tries to activate a dialog to ask the user for the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: BOGO @ 50% off
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(...) So what you're saying is that the warrior with FRECKLES is much more evil and cool than the "dork" with an eyepatch stiched to head? I don't get it. The guy with the cart is nothing more than a Timmy head, it's horrible. Not that i like the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Looking for scans of 8479 Barcode Multi-Set
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I know this would be a large task. Mainly I'm curious about the arm assembly in the front. Thanks, --Ben (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Re: Princess Storm, aka warrior woman---Any Pictures?
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(...) I was actually doing some calculations on that myself (to see if it would be worth it to buy a few sets like that and sell them off in parts). Here are some of the things I came up with: Baseplate - $10 Storm - $7 Queen - $7 (well - if you (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | What pirate ship mast pieces are there?
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I know only of the mast base used on the BSB and forbidden island, the mast middle also used on those 2 sets and the mast top from BSB. Are there any others and if so which sets use them? Also I believe there are 2 sizes of rigging piece, if I am (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Flash philosophy changepoint? (was: Re: New update website at LEGO)
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(...) 404 for me too. They're probably doing the develop-on-the-public-server thing again. But as for the flash/nonflash version thing -- I've seen pages on the site that have that before. The nonflash versions are usually pretty overdone too. And I (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Thoughts on 8448 (compared to 8880)
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I've always considered the Supercar (8880) one of the finest models TLG has ever produced. When I first found out about the latest Technic automobile - #8448 Super Street Sensation, I was a bit disappointed. The 'specs' on it weren't that impressive (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New Year's Resolutions?
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(...) The mining colony? Yah, LUGNET kinda got in the way of that and took precedence. :-( But yes, I did start it -- I bought several thousand gray 2xN's and planned out the monorail track on the computer and made a couple dozen "study" models that (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Flash philosophy changepoint? (was: Re: New update website at LEGO)
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(...) I just tried the link and it loaded just fine. I'm in the SF Bay Area. - chris (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Princess Storm, aka warrior woman---Any Pictures?
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Does anyone have a large picture of her from the new Castle set they bought. I think she would make a great wallpaper image for my windows background. It would be good motivation for saving for the new castle. I bet the figs from that castle set (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | parts DESPERATLY wanted
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I a,m desperate for the black seas baracuda pirate ship hull pieces in any form, mock-up,stand-in or whatever. I don't care how crude the dat files are, I just need them for several projects including my greek trireme warship. Oh and I need the oar (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Year's Resolutions?
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(...) Hey Todd, Have you started building that giant minifig colony yet? I've been looking forward to seeing that ever since '98. Seeing some of your smaller creations I figure this colony's going to be one of the most impressive creations yet seen. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | New Year's Resolutions?
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I resolve to clean up my LEGO room enough so that I can build in it again, and so that I can get to my file cabinet which contains all my instructions and catalogs. Every day that passes that I don't build something, another fraction of my soul (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Missing LUGNET membership packet?
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(...) LOL!!! Lets start a new thread 'Is Todd Lehman For Real?' and just get all anal about it :) -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Missing LUGNET membership packet?
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(...) Cool! But wait...I'm 140. (doh!) How long's my wait, Todd? (...) How much extra is it for that service? ;) Todd, [at least if you save phone numbers] you have mine... :) -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Nortel LEGO phone? (was: Re: What I did for the Y2K weekend...)
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(...) You betcha.[1] In fact, the MOA LEGO store was _the_ first LIC. --Todd [1] I don't get to say that much anymore out here in Boston. :-( (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Flash philosophy changepoint? (was: Re: New update website at LEGO)
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(...) Hey, whoa -- weird. I was just writing up a mail saying how cool it was that the new LEGO Media site had a separate special graphic clicky on it that says FLASH VERSION |> (so it doesn't force Flash down your throat, in other words), and then (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Yellow Supercar on Lego.com
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(...) same. (...) If you look closely then you'll see that the picture on lego.com DOES have 2 beams on the opposite side. It is really hard to see but when you look close you'll spot it. That means that when looking from the front of the car, the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Blue Spears and Samurai swords?
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(...) jeff ~ are you referring to the blue-green color in rock raiders? if so, it's aqua (aquamarine), or turqoise. teal is a much darker color. i've seen this color referred to as teal before in regards to lego, and have been looking for an excuse (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Nortel LEGO phone? (was: Re: What I did for the Y2K weekend...)
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(...) Hrmmm - does the store in MOA count as an LIC? I know they ship. Not sure about the one next to DisneyWorld, though. I gotta have a set of these... (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BOGO @ 50% off
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I bought 2 Leo's(6026) and 2 Axe Cart(4806). (The other bull guy in the Catapult set (6032)looks like a dork. I am not buying him for my army. What is printed on his torso? Coconuts, or some other tropical fruit? I do like the catapult though.) I (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Space & Pirates on E-Bay
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I posted the following lots on E-Bay last night: 6949 Robo Guardian (URL) Rebel Hunter (URL) Alien Fossilizer (URL) Harbor Sentry (URL) - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | A few items for sale
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I have a few items for sale. All prices are per unit in US$ and include shipping to 48 states. qty - description - price ea. MISB sets: 4 8480 Space Shuttle $150 1 4561 Railway express $100 2 7850 4.5v straight track $15 2 2126 Train Cars $75 2 6289 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | "Town Junior" an official product category?
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Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle! (URL) couldda sworn that a few months ago, the label "Town Junior" was shown there being applied only to the DUPLO town sets (as in, li'l kids' versions of the big kids' town toys) and not to any of the SYSTEM sets. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Skip tutorial in RIS software
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(...) It's in the readme.wri file that came with the software: a) Guided Mode - Tip: Although it is not advised to do so, you can bypass Guided Mode and make the full menu active by holding down the Control key and clicking the mouse pointer on the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Skip tutorial in RIS software
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You hold down ctrl and click "about" (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: "Co Je Teply Tenhle Tyden"
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(...) e- (...) No pockaj. Ja som to mal tiez tak, ze som musel pri kazdom prispevku pisat svoje meno a e-mail adresu. Ale potom som nieco spravil (neviem uz co ;)) a uz nemusim pisat nic. Rovno pisem text. Tak neviem. Tusim som to niekde zadal ako (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.sk)
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| | Re: Dobrodruznici
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(...) hehehe... cool idea !!! ;)))) Len ked budeme moc ozraty, tak neviem ako to zmakneme, ale sak nevadi... ;))) Nieco uz postavime... ;))) (...) heh... drsny chlapik. ;)) Ved Ty si to myslel v dobrom, nechcel si nic zle robit, tak preco sa tak (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.sk)
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| | Re: Remy's Big Lego Christmas! (was Re: Big Lego Christmas)
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(...) Funny, I thought you nicked it from Piers Anthony and the Zanth series... (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Imperial Soldiers Rank?
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Hi all, I'm not a military buff and so I haven't a clue as to what the ranking of the Imperial soldiers are supposed to be. I gather that the one with the white trimmed hat is an admiral and the foot soldiers are obvious, but what are the others. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Lego on CNN Headline News!
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(...) Didn't someone post a while back about how CNN was looking for Mindstorms users for this feature? Hmmm.... Yeah, here it is... (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Police and Fire Headgear
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Does anybody have a white fireman helmet with flame shield insignia (like the one the newer fire chief has), any black fireman air hoses which fit around the face (with clear blue visors to fit into them, like facemasks), a black fire helmet, or a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Instore baseplates holder
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Richard Parsons wrote in message ... (...) baseplate (...) In the US, the only rack I have seen is a cardboard box for the 48x48 baseplates (and I think also the Duplo base plates). At TRU, the 32x32 baseplates are in a wire rack (which may or may (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.general)
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| | Other Vermonters
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Just joined NELUG and spotted these newsgroups. How many other folks in Burlington are into Mindstorms and/or robotics of any kind? I'm out in Essex Junction. Dave (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.vt.bur)
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| | Re: Interesting Castle on Ebay
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(...) a clone of some type! I'm just surprised that we haven't heard of it before. enjoy! (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Figurky (Bylo: Re: Lego je OK! ;)
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(...) Aaaaaa... uz viem ktoru farbu myslis ! Ta sialena zlta ! No hej... ta bola moc crazy. Mne sa tiez paci ovela viac ta klasicka obycajna zlta priesvitna farba. (...) Shell. (...) klasicka (...) No teraz som si neni isty, ci to co mam od Shell (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.sk)
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| | Skip tutorial in RIS software
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How can you skip the tutorial in the RIS's default software? -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GU d? s--:--- a13 C++>$ UL++++@ P+ L+ E- W++ N+++ o- K- w+ !O M- V- PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP- t+@ 5 X R tv+ b+++ DI++++ D- G e-- h! !r y- ------END (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Small Parts Sale
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I've parted out 4 Sphynx Secret Surprises, and have gotten organized enough to put a sale on my website at (URL) few other parts are included as well (e.g., a 5542 windshield). I'm running the sale much like my "Parts is Parts" sale of a year ago, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Dome elements, first use of? (was Re: Ever notice this?)
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(...) Message-Intercept (...) Guide (...) Never mind, I ckecked Fibblesnork, and apparently, Futuron DID in fact have the first huge 1/4 dome, in dark trans-blue. Z (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Dome elements, first use of? (was Re: Ever notice this?)
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(...) I thought I saw a trans-yellow one in a Classic Space set, from around the early 1980s. After posting this message, I'll go to the Fibblesnork Lego Guide [space] and try to verify whether or not that's true. Z (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Mindstorms a Legovy Hry
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(...) hehe... pekne. ;) Ale stretol som sa uz na internete s tym, ze niekolko serverov zacalo rok 2000 pocitat nie ako 1900, ale ako 100 ! ;)) Jednoducho doteraz to ratalo na desiatky, teda 97, 98, 99... a po 99 logicky nasleduje 100. A tak som uz (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.cz)
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| | Re: A few questions...
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(...) Two other alternatives would be a weather balloon and a small plane. I've dropped parachute jumpers from my Cessna and under the right conditions might be willing to drop someone else's RCX. The maximum height would be about 3 1/3 mile up; and (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Dome elements, first use of? (was Re: Ever notice this?)
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(...) Uhm, well, hey, I gotta put in some good Larry-bait every once in a while. :-) Yeah, I meant 1988, thanks! --Todd (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Jsou tu 2 lidi! (Bylo: Re: Je tu nekdo?)
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(...) No to si ako moj kamarat ! Ten jazdi autom na druhu stranu ulice do stavkovej kancelarie ! Ja nejazdim autom kazdy den. Byvam v centre mesta a mam vsetko po ruke. Ale ked idem niekde mimo Bratislavu na nejaku akciu, alebo aj v Bratislave (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.cz)
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| | Re: Speculations on bedtime stories (was:Re: New sets, pictures at lego.com)
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(...) Ha, yup, we've got Joan covered in that new Castle set anyhow. [...] (...) Ok, that's it. This conversation is TOO fun. :-) I just rented "The Wizard of Oz" on video. And while at the store I saw "Sleeping Beauty" on the shelf. I had forgotten (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
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| | Re: Nortel LEGO phone? (was: Re: What I did for the Y2K weekend...)
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(...) Yes, there were. I think you can get them at the LICs too. (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: How many sets?
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My (and my 6yr old son's) set list is rather small but the parts count is not to shabby. 96 sets (between both of us) 24,400 pieces (over half are my Technic parts) and $1,945.75 (approx since some were gifts and others I can get a price on since (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Instore baseplates holder
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Baseplates came up in another thread and it reminded me of a recent (small) discovery. Here in Oz, baseplates (32x32) are normally shelved in a yellow plastic multi tray unit. Its got four or five horizontal shelves (kind of like stacked in trays) (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Missing LUGNET membership packet?
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(...) Well, it was some guy CLAIMING to be Todd, but how do I know it was actually him??? Well? :-) Seriously, personal service! That's awesome. Top THAT, AOL! (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | Lite legopriser
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Leknet (som finns på både torget och passagen) har några lågprislegon: judge slizer (8504) för 29 kr (vet någon om den innehåller bra delar?) järnkäftarna (8266) för 269 kr kämparna (8266) för 399 kr (innehåller tydligen motor och batteribox) (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Rose Parade Float
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Speaking of typos... "I see a coloredful drawing at the URL above but no picture." Coloredful??? As in past tense of being full of color? Hehehe Got you... Fred (URL) to change sub-domain names so I have a chance of getting CLSOTW) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la.pas)
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| | Re: The Gate of the Present Circular Loan? (Not EXACTLY a Jambalaya)
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The french one? my whim. You're good, though. The english one? Jeremy's call, not mine, assuming we can convince him. If we can convince him, I vote to kill circulation of mine and I'll queue up like the next guy for his. (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: LEGO trademark (was: Re: What I did for the Y2K weekend...[lego phone])
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(...) Yep, that's pretty much what they ask you to say. You can shorten it to just "LEGO bricks", if you want. <URL:(URL), of course. Of course, if you're polite about it, as a non-lawyer and non-Lego-employee, I advocate calling the product "Lego" (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Element Count Trivia
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(...) apologies to readers, Larry, and TLC. -Suz (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: LEGO trademark (was: Re: What I did for the Y2K weekend...[lego phone])
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(...) Mom, can I play with my LEGO brand plastic automatic binding bricks....PLEASE! (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Do you want $50 for a $20 set?
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(...) No sweat Rich. I called the same night as you did and then the Lego Shop at Home Headquarters the next morning and they gave the word that there were in fact none. Go figure. Maybe this is something Brad J. should be aware of huh? Cheers, Mark (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: P.S. :-)
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(...) Haole - to mi pripada ako (citaj odzadu) - elohssa. ;) No inak u nas to je podobne. A v Cechach to je uplne rovnake ako u nas. Proste ciganov treba chranit, aj ked su tou najvacsou zberbou v state ! S ciganmi su same problemy, ale stat ich (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.cz)
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| | Re: LEGO Direct Questions
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(...) Just a FYI: I weighed a 2x4 plate at 18.6 grains, and a 2x4 brick at 35.4 grains. The brick is about 2x the weight of the plate. However, when calculating "cost" to produce a plate vs. brick, the 16.8 grains of ABS is not even a "blip on the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Do you want $50 for a $20 set?
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It seems that the "off-hours" S@H people aren't so careful and do make some mistakes. I called last Sunday and ordered the 8479 Bar-code Truck and it hadn't arrived by today (2-4 day shipping), so I called and found-out that the order was never (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Suggestions for Lego: My two cents
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(...) I agree. And make them thicker in the middle than at the ends, for authentic scale models. (the problem being of course that that's used for perspective views looking up from the bottom of the temple, so not quite appropriate for scale models) (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Do you want $50 for a $20 set?
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(...) I called U.S. Shop at home last night and the woman said that it was In Stock and that the cost was $22.00. I could have been a mistake due to the fact that I called after hours. Sorry to get your hopes up. -Rich (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: How many sets?
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Frank Filz wrote in message <3870B1A3.167E@minds...ng.com>... [ ... snipped ...] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Frank does have a lot of stuff - he essentially lives in a LEGO storage unit! As he and I actually only live three or four miles apart, I (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Is the tower piece new?
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(...) Nice theory. How'd you come up with it? -Shiri (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 8445 - Gone!!!
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(...) Really? Wow, quick. That's a nice set, too. (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: LEGO trademark (was: Re: What I did for the Y2K weekend...[lego phone])
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(...) Leading to meetings out of which come concepts like "Dove is not soap", I'm sure. (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Return to Lego!
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"Marco Beri" <marcob@equalis.it> wrote in message news:38714e35.615865...net.com... Ci risiamo con i post notturni...... -- Cheers Carlo. LUGNET member page: (URL) member of ItLUG: (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: LEGO trademark (was: Re: What I did for the Y2K weekend...[lego phone])
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(...) A quandry for marketing, I'm sure. Legal keeps saying "No, Foobrand does not equal barproduct!", while the advertising folks are trying to convince people exactly the opposite. (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Defense Archer and K-mart
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(...) I know, I did. Bogo means buy one get one :). Thanks for the advice anyway. -Rich (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: What I did for the Y2K weekend...
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(...) BP??? Where are you going to get the parts for that? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Return to Lego!
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(...) Argh... caschi malissimo... i prezzi dalle parti di Varese sono qualcosa di impossibile. Comunque prometto di tenere gli occhi aperti fino al prossimo incontro. Grazie ancora. Ciao. Marco. (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Defense Archer and K-mart
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(...) be (...) Yes, but you could have went today and gotten a buy 1 get 1 half off deal. The sale goes until Jan. 7. Karl Martinson raymart@jam21.net (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Blue Spears and Samurai swords?
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(...) The two Katanas in this set are Teal. :) Jeff (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | 8445 - Gone!!!
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Lego S@H just told me that the 8445 was "no longer available". Better grab 'em of the shelves, boys!!!!!!! (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: What I did for the Y2K weekend...[lego phone]
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(...) I'm reasonably sure that is not the phone I was thinking of however...not positive, but reasonably sure. I think (this is me thinking! scary!) that the NORTEL phone was available around 1988/89, because that is when we got our second phone (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego on CNN Headline News!
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(...) I posted *right* after I saw it, so... (checking my post's time-stamp) I saw it at the end of the hour (like, the last five minutes or so). (...) My bad. They must've gotten it right, and I screwed up. As you might've guessed, I don't pay (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yah! And -- bing! -- now I think I *finally* understand the subtle point that TLG legal counsel was trying to explain to me when they asked me to change the name of my "Fibblesnork LEGO Backgrounds" page[1]: it shows pictures of 2x2 LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish)
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Tom Stangl wrote in message <386FB1A1.542946B2@n...pe.com>... (...) I did that a couple of months ago, and It worked just fine. You have to be very careful about what phone you pick to buy, so it can be rebuilt with Lego. Look at the buttons for (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A few questions...
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(...) It uses the Microchip PIC microcontroller. More info here: <URL:(URL). (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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What's the official name of the new Futbol/Football product category? Is it Football in the U.S. and Futbol outside of the U.S.? --Todd (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What I did for the Y2K weekend...[lego phone]
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(...) <URL:(URL) (or <URL:(URL), but that's worse....) That's definitely the Tyco phone. Someone less lazy than I should e-mail them and have them fix it. (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What I did for the Y2K weekend...[lego phone]
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(...) Or a Dumpster made by um, uh.... somebody other than Toccoa Metal Technologies. Trademark dilution at work! (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: What I did for the Y2K weekend...[lego phone]
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(...) Mike, does it look like (URL) to novelties, and at the bottom of the page there is a phone. I don't think this is the one I was thinking of however...I think the one I was thinking of was more blocky, with a normal reciever. More like a plate (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Otherwise: Sears (? don't know, here in Canada they carry it) TRU (rumored to be discontinued as a carried item, but the web page might have it, or they might be able to order it) James P (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.al.bir, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Petro-chemicals. You need someone to make ABS. Octan-Polymeres ? Octan-Elastomers ? Ray (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) S@H? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.al.bir, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Huh? That's like saying you own a box of Kleenix made by Puffs. Or that you own a Hoover made by Black & Decker. --Todd (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Nortel LEGO phone? (was: Re: What I did for the Y2K weekend...)
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(...) NAW. NAW, really? Seriously? No way. Really, Yeah? Nawwww... I gotta see _this_ to believe it! --Todd p.s. I think someone said there really were salt & pepper shakers shaped like 1x1 bricks though, that you could get at LEGOLAND. (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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Does anyone know what sets had black barrels in them? The only one I know of was the 1682 Space Shuttle; the barrels were used for the engine exhaust on the shuttle. Most of the Pirate sets had brown barrels, but the black ones seem to be rarer. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Destroyer Droid - anyone got the back leg working properly?
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(...) Wot? You mean the destroyer droid only takes 2 days to build? :) Simon (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Chance of More 2K Sets?
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Mr L F Braun wrote in message <38703BD1.7052AA23@p...su.edu>... (...) Since we have seen a pic of the smuggling compartments in th MF, there is a slight chance to see the Stormtroopers this year. ---D M Garcia (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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From: "Dave Johnson" <djohnson@sirius.com> (...) You can easily do this with a differential. Use it the opposite way of the way that it is used in car models. Hook each motor up to the side of the differential, and then run your wheel off of the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Would anyone be interested in an Instructions Box?? An envelope would probably be better, but from waht I see, these things are usually called boxes so... I've never done a jambalaya before, but I have my eye on Minifig2 and General5. If anyone (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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I'm working on a 'bot that will balance itself, and having pretty good success (it will keep itself up for 30 seconds or so on a good run, traveling around a bit, before it falls over). But I'd like to make it more stable, if possible, so that I (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Whoo hoo! One fo my very favorite debates has reared up again! And it's only been a week or so! You really can't tell people not to be "obscene", "vulgar" "profane" or "indecent" and expect them to follow those instructions exactly unless they (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEOG (was: Re: Rose Parade Float)
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(...) Err, that is, I mean, if TLC ever produces a _minifig-scale_ Flintstones- style theme. I _love_ the DUPLO Dinosaurs sets, but I'm holding out hope someday (fingers crossed!!) for the same thing but in minifig scale. And with four sets in (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A few questions...
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From: "Dan Novy" <nutw4dlj@idt.net> (...) An interesting subproblem here (and one that more people would probably consider tackling) is building the container and robot. The container could land in any orientation (unless heavily weighted on one (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Its possible. The -egg- contest type people would be first on my list to get in contact with as regards to how to pad it. However, to launch a RCX robot, you are likely talking HPR (High Powered Rocketry, Certificate required) rather than (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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