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Yeah they're still around here in Ottawa, Canada. I saw a couple just yesterday. $15 Canadian (~$10 US). I hope they go on sale soon. Tim Strutt 8^) (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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All the professional ones use essentially the same concept. Laser interferiometry to determine distance, and some kind of computer controlled most to increment the laser head. A series of points are the raw data. Filtering is necessary (there are (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 2 Motors -> 1 axle
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Dave Johnson <djohnson@sirius.com> wrote in message news:0FNZ00JD94JH7Y@...pbi.net... (...) I think you are drawing entirely the wrong conclusions. As others have said, your mechanical connection is at fault, not the differences between motors. Two (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) [Snipped review, if you haven't read, go do so!] Very well-done review. I agree with everything you said. This is a great set. It's the first SW set to feature a 'building'. Well, at least sort of. The ship is sizeable, the parts are good, the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.reviews)
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(...) According to OED, "snork" is either a snort or grunting noise or a young pig. (It's also apparently Australian and N.Z. slang for a baby.) Or as a verb, it means to snore or to snort or grunt (especially for the noises made by horses and (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That actually isn't too bad compared to some auctions. Although I think 5 cents would be plenty for 1x1 plates. (...) I wouldn't expect them to have special parts available to begin with, so that is a perfect incentive to get sets. I would (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Do you have a source on this? I've sort of made a minor hobby of researching ILM's techniques (especially the early ones, from Star Wars and Empire- back when they were still fairly low-tech :D ) and I've never heard of this. I'm not (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Lego a hit with Fresno Model Railroaders!
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I went to the Fresno Model Railroad club meeting last night and brought some LEGO train stuff. I figured one or two people might want to see one, but that most would not be interested. Ha ha ha, how wrong I was. There were about 25-30 people there (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Construction Site
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(...) That's not a regular feature- it was the fruit of their 1999 Builder's Exposition. As far as I know, they aren't currently displaying any models by their customers in the store. On the other hand, if there were any of the models you were (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: RCX-IR Tower Communication
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Did you download the spirit.ocx documentation? You can control almost everything with spirit commands. You can pol variable, send messages, ... I think that spirot.poll(source,number) will give the content of a variable, for instance. Or you could (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Review 7124 - Flash Speeder
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(...) This reminds me of the mirror trick used in "Star Wars". In a couple of shots, to make the landspeeder appear appear to hover a mirrored skirt was placed around the supporting structure below the chassis, hiding the wheels and reflecting the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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Oggi visto che ero in vacanza ho montato la scatola che stantiva nella soffitta da lungo tempo... e mi sono divertito un casino sia nel montarlo che nel giocarci. Sinceramente dei tre set di quest'anno (8445, 8446 ed 8448) questo e' quello che mi e' (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Suggestion for MLCad Plug-Ins
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Michael Lachmann <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in message news:FnyBpI.5HD@lugnet.com... (...) In my other life, I write what is essentially a plug-in for mechanical CAD systems. I also use plug-ins in other applications, like PageMaker. The common (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Slim Pickings at Target
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Just got back from Wal-Mart, the same mother load of Advent calendars (1298) are now $3.00 each!!! WOW!!! I only got 20 I didn't want to make a seen but I am going back for more... See Ya... Robin GFLTC (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.fl)
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| | Target clearance
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Apparently the sale at Target happened already? At least in Modesto/Tracy. My mom saw the sale on Tuesday but forget to tell me. Below is an email I got from a friend 40% off: ---...--- 6093 Ninja Fortress (Big castle) ~$54 RoboSports $29.90 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: History of LEGO series........
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(...) Ah..OK, I'll add a link to it from the lugnet.general homepage[1]... --Todd [1] (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Scusa ma perche' vuoi limitare la lungezza a 30 cm? Non e' che se e' piu' lungo va piu' forte, anzi... e poi i dragster non sono mica tozzi come gli acrobot :) Come nelle gare vere tanto conta quando il primo pezzo di dragster attraversa la (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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The construction site is a great store. I visited it when I was in the Boston area in August. They are VERY knowledgeable about Lego. They also have a great Lego display of customer's custom models. They will email you a complete list of all Lego (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: History of LEGO series........
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(...) Hey Todd, I was browsing this site the other day (from a Bookmark on my PC). Is it accessible from some other page, or do you just have to maintain a bookmark? I was browsing around LUGNET, and couldn't find another way to access it. Just (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Walmart LEGO Suprise and Adventure!
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They had those awful Cyber slammers or (...) If they were the spider slammers, we got them for $30 CDN each, and at that price, they were a good buy...a new motor, short power cord, and battery box in them... James P (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: origins of "Fibblesnork"
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(...) It's just a made-up word. --Todd (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Airport Project
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Check out two views of my International Airport at http:/members.xoom.c...m/legozone click on "Town"... Maybe one day I'll scan the rest of my pictures of this long gone airport. Good luck with your airport. See Ya... Robin GFLTC (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Bulk Sale Prices
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(...) fingers crossed for a little bit more. Such as: Train Windows - I don't use them, I don't need them. But I bet that the enormous PR and good will that the Train folks have generated with TLC will earn them the right to get train windows as a (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Missing LUGNET membership packet?
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(...) No, not yet. --Todd (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Shut out at Target!
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Targets in the Fresno, CA area had some nice LEGO stuff. Had. I went on a feeding frenzy and saw met some interesting people on the way. I was talking to some older ladies who were looking at the train set. I told them it was a good deal. We talked (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | What's a fair price for 4532/4537/4539s?
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I noticed someone lately offered to trade some 4537s he had for some 4536 blue hoppers, and someone took him up on the offer. I personally consider the 4536 to be "worth more" than 4537s, but that's because I have so many of them. My recent DYA buy (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Holy LEGO Star Wars, Batman!
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Wow! Brilliant! Amazing! <insert superlatives here> :) This photos here are incredible; in particular very effective lighting. Now if someone could translate it... Nick Allan ======== Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change. David Eaton (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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"John P. Looney" <valen@nospam.tuatha.org> wrote in message news:Fnytp9.9Ls@lugnet.com... (...) point (...) Check out (URL) and follow the link "Pneumatics" from the Lego Technic/Control Center section of the TOC. -Peter (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Ok, per me va bene. Preparatevi a perdere contro il mio mitico "Duna Rossa", che ovviamente verrà preparato in tutta fretta la notte prima del Legofest :-) Ciao Giulio (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Airport Project
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(...) Airport crash trucks at (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Lego Imag. Center: Orlando trip report
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During the holidays I had the good fortune of visiting the Lego Imagination Center at Downtown Disney in Orlando, FL. Here's a quick overview of what I saw that might be noteworthy to Lego fans. The LIC had a nice limited edition lithograph of set (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: 2 Motors -> 1 axle
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(...) SNIP (...) I think there are two reasons why you are having this problem. First, because the twenty-four tooth crown gears are prone to skipping unless really well reinforced, and second, because of the inertia of your model. I encountered (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RF Connection To RCX
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While you are considering RF control of your RCXs, you might also want to be browsing www.lemosint.com They sell the Radiometrix range of modules including the new BiM module. I am using this myself. Low power, 418 MHz so smallish antenna. And all (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | New Jambalaya'ers, read this! (was I want to start a Space box)
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(...) Go to (URL). That's the Jambalaya FAQ. Thanks to Patricia Schempp for maintaining the FAQ! Steve (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | anyone got a cutlass ???
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I'm trying to make some images of pirate minifigs (using LDraw), and I was wondering if anyone out there has done a ".DAT" file for the Pirate Cutlass and would be willing to let me use that DAT file. Thanks. Franklin Franklin W. Cain | (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: dragster race
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Mario Ferrari <mario.ferrari@edis.it> wrote in message news:Fnz5p9.5rn@lugnet.com... (...) primo (...) Proposte: 1) Lunghezza massima "fuori tutto" dei dragsters: 30 cm. 2) "Pezzo di codice comune" pubblicato sul NG, in grado di "autocronometrare" (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: LDraw Question
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(...) </nofill> I ran into this (I think) on my system. On newer (faster) machines there is some calculation that goes wacky. There is a patch for this on one of the sites that fixed the problem for me. <nofill> -Ken (...) --- Kenneth Dyke, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I am copying this to lugnet.cad because the CAD folks may or may not follow the lugnet.robotics group. (...) Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Technic box #1 update
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(...) It should go to Martin next - I missed his name on this box, because he's on the main list. My Bad. James (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Bulk Sale Prices
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(...) I'll gladly pay a quarter each for forest maidens. :) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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I've had this same problem...And cannot run it as a result. I don't know what causes this. Maybe Bram L. would know. Bram, could you shed some insight on this? -jeremy (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | More: Walmart LEGO Suprise and Adventure!
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Here's a few more Wal-Mart things I noticed on my recent trips. Beware that some of these items are not marked as clearance. Once you scan them, the low price is revealed. Town Minifigs are $2.50 Wind Runners are $1. Sphynx Secret Surprise $13. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: What color gems exist?
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Sorry, no - 5823 Fairy Bedroom (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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I'm trying to run LDraw on my PC. I install it and the parts catalog and sort the parts, as the directions say. But when I try to run it from a DOS prompt I get what looks like a null pointer memory error. I get this error on my NT system at work (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | WAMALUG Event Reminder & Webpage Update
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Hello Everyone, The WAMALUG Announcement God here to remind you all of meeting and shows. In addition, we have added a special page to our website! Our special page contains three Lego Haikus created by one of our members, Jennifer Boger. You can (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.loc.us.dc, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | origins of "Fibblesnork"
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Todd and/or Suzanne, Just out of idle curiosity. . . . Where did you come up with the name "Fibblesnork" anyhow? Thanks, Franklin Franklin W. Cain | fwcain@yahoo.com | (URL) | (URL) OF MY EMAIL ADDRESS FOR UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Walmart LEGO Suprise and Adventure!
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To All, I was running around last night with my fiancee, and we stopped by Walmart, where she wanted to get some stuff. Well, I ventured to the toy aisle with her, looking for the Slave 1, and found one! :) We were leaving, and I saw the clearance (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: ldraw reference
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Tom, it is really annoying when you post personal messages to Lugnet. Oh, and do you think you could be considerate enough to use CAPS and a signature, considering that those are things that were part of Jonathan W almost getting kicked off Lugnet?? (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | NFPA article
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Reading (on my spare) the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) Journal, there is a article on the Mall of America, with a description of the sprinkler system, including some comments on the Lego store, and how it is specally prote cted, due (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2 Motors -> 1 axle
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Instead of trying to connect two motors to the same axle using the crown gears, why not attach the two motors to the same axle using axle connectors. This would avoid the slipping problem that you mentioned and should have less frictional losses (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What color gems exist?
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(...) I just called, they don't have any. What catalog did you see it in? I never saw it, otherwise I'd have ordered some. It was listed online in the American Catalog up until April or May, I believe, and then they removed it. Jeff (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | WTB: 6469 Space Port Value Packs MISB
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Hello- I'm looking for a few (~ 4) 6469 Space Port Value Packs MISB. If you or any one you may know that would have these on offer, please contact me. This is a fairly new set, and may still be available in some stores (ie- TRU, Target, Fred Meyers, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: NQC beta test release policy
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(...) Whew, I was beginning to sweat there. MacNQC is the only Macintosh based robotics microcontroller software out there (Except for PBForth, which I'm not sure but may need a PC to download it). All of my PIC, Scenix, AVR, 68HC11 and Parallax (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Bulk Sale Prices
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(...) I definitely agree with the above... I think that any savings to be had via bulk orders will come from the fact that you're not buying 20 sets to get 100 of one type of piece-- and I think a lot of people (like myself) WANT to go out and buy (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 Dacta Catalog?
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"Miles Gentry" <gentrym@gte.net> wrote in message news:Fnxryx.1D7@lugnet.com... (...) should (...) states. I got mine yesterday. (...) or (...) Robolab Investigator, for example is not findable on the web, but it is on page 10 of the paper catalog. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.dacta)
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| | Re: A Hand With No Gears Or Pullies
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Hi Bas, The hand does not yet grasp. To make it grasp, add a thumb (built just like the fingers) and run a cable from the thumb to the same motor that runs the fingers. The hand/arm on the web site is just a prototype, and the time I allocated to (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Fujita LEGO Star Wars Website
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Han Solo in a tuxedo for ROTJ is fall-down funny! James Wilson (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.jp)
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| | Re: 2 Motors -> 1 axle
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(...) Possibly, I'll look into it. Right now everything is "locked down" rather severely, and I'm loathe to take it all apart and rebuild, but then again, that's part of the fun, isn't it? Dave (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Help Me......
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(...) Heh. I suspect this is something everyone runs across from time to time. A couple of the things I'll do when the creative juices aren't flowing might help.... 1: Have a pile of unsorted Lego. I find that a couple ice cream buckets is a good (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: dragster race
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(...) regolamento in (...) Ok. (...) faccia (...) Io ho il cronometro :-) Mario (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Help Me......
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(...) Probably not, but I can tell you what I do. First thing, I put all my LEGO in front of me (and around me, and behind me) in easy reach. Then I think about what I want to build. For me, as a trainhead, I've got a lot of options ready-made. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bulk Sale Prices
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(...) I would have to agree with you on this one. I don't expect to get any real bargans because if things are to cheap there will be little to no incentive for us to buy sets. I am hoping for some sort of declining scale though so that the more you (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Technic box #1 update
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(...) I'll take it, and I think that after me it will go down the border so I'll separate the catalogue between the two boxes. I'll send you my address off-line Martin (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | 100,000 page views!
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Server Statistics for Yesterday: General HTTP: Unique IP's: 11214 Static Pages Served: 109644 CGI Pages Served: 6875 Thumbnails Served: 808485 Total URL's Served: 1045788 Total Data Served: 10801 Megabytes HTTP Full size images: JPEG Downloads: (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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| | Re: Reference Site Inconsistencies
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(...) Parts (...) I noticed part 3943, 4x4x2 cone. Partsref (and other places that have it) show it with an axle hole through the top. While I've never seen the shown version myself, the 2 grey ones in 924 may have an axle shape recessed in the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Technic box #1 update
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G'Day I have rec'v'd Technik box #1 this morning, will have a look at it over the weekend. I will try to take it down to the Post Apocalyptic Robot Challange ((URL) ) then send it off mid week. Martin do you still want to see this box ? Or do I send (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Holy LEGO Star Wars, Batman!
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(...) Oops, I just missed it when it was posted originally: (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Shut out at Target!
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(...) I've been looking for one of these. Only one I've found still scans at full price, which might be why it was still there for me to scan. The best Target I've found for clearance deals has an annoying habit of not discounting the biggest sets (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: A Hand With No Gears Or Pullies
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Seems really cool. Do you already have pictures of it grabbing or grasping something? "David Leeper" <david.leeper@destiny.com> wrote in message news:FntouI.EyM@lugnet.com... (...) gears (...) a (...) arm (...) 1st, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Bulk Sale Prices
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Since we don't yet have any idea about what the LEGO Direct Bulk Sales policy is all about, I did want to mention a few things. One is that we shouldn't expect any great bargains in purchasing via bulk orders. I don't think TLC is going to undercut (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Storing bricks at low temperatures
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(...) That doesn't apply to most snakes I know. <grin> James (URL) -->off-topic.fun> (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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| | Junk Box #1
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Hi, I receive Junk Box #1 from A.J. Findley yesterday, took only 1 piece and throw away some broken really unusable part. put in some old stuff but still in good condition, will put more during week-end before sending it to the next one. I don't (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: 2 Motors -> 1 axle
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Will your design work using shorter axles and a bunch of the "axle connector" pieces? That should keep the axle train from flexing too much. --Doug Wilcox (URL) Message----- From: Dave Johnson <djohnson@sirius.com> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Video image analisys
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Hi Marco, I haven't done any vision processing yet, but plan to get into it sometime this summer. In the meantime, I've been casually scanning the web for related sites. Here's one you may find useful: (URL) Leeper (hopes this helps) (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | 2 Motors -> 1 axle
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After the good suggestions from folks (see the Balancing Bots thread) I did some experiments with using 2 motors to drive one axle (to double the power to the axle) and thought the results might be of interest to others. I first tried having the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RF Connection To RCX
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Eric, this was the approach I was thinking of. This way all the 'regular' functions, software, RcxCC etc would continue to work. Limitations: Speed is the same.. Other approaches would require deep hacking, I believe. I envisioned two devices: 1. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Very high-detail scans of the SW Collector's series sets
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(...) Even if a UCS MF was smaller scale, cost $100.00~$150.00, with the appropriate number of pieces, it would still be way cool. Steve (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Very high-detail scans of the SW Collector's series sets
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(...) Doh! I saw that after posting my reply to you. Those will be nice to get. Those pieces cause me to assume the lasers will be attached with technic pegs. Other than the canopy, I still have not found any completely new pieces on this model. But (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: What color gems exist?
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(...) Yes, this was listed in a S@H catalog from last year. I give it 99% probability it still is available. I don't have the catalog handy, but I believe the set was identified as a "Belville Accessory Pack". S@H has carried other BAPs in the past, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: pnumatic storage pressure
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There shouldn't be any difference with static pressure, but paralell tubing would allow greater air flow up to the point that you restrict it back to one tube. KL (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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De verkar vara slut redan i barkarby. Göteborg hade dem tydligen inte. det kanske bara var ett lokalt erbjudande. Om lego gör sig av med gamla set nu, så borde det finnas fler erbjudanden. Jari (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.se)
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After seeing yesterday's posts about the great deals people found at Target, I headed out this morning to see if I could find any of these deals. I was hoping for a Mos Espa or Sith Infilitrator (or two or three) bu unfortunately I was shut out. In (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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(...) Picking on this part... (...) No you don't. You can figure some intermediate figure, based on several of the body dimensions. Or you can assume that a "full size" minifig wouldn't actually match the size of an average adult human. Or both. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | pnumatic storage pressure
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I have several blue airtanks to store air in. Is there any advantage (higher pressure/volume) to connecting the tanks in series rather than parallel? Thanks. -Nick (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Has anyone done a PC-side program to do some video analisys, resulting in op-code sending to RCX/CyberMaster action control ? I want to do a "target" follower PC program, sending op-codes to my pBrick (CyberMaster) to control the X and Y rotation of (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Allora vediamo di fare le cose serie e vi propongo una bozza di regolamento in parte ispirato a gare di precisone per i modelli - massimo 3 motori - alimentazione ai motori mediante rcx - 5 metri da percorrere nel piu' breve tempo possibile - 20 cm (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: WTD: Two pair black Ninja "fortress" doors
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(...) They are black. I don't have any spare, though. If you still want brown (knowing black exist), I have some available at my sale page: (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Patterns (was subassemblies)
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I think a collection of patterns that Mark Crosbie mentioned is an excellent idea. As John Matthews pointed out, Fred Martin as a short collection of these at the MIT web site. My personal opinion of Fred's work is that it is usefull, but contains (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Any customised 8448's?
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Who has customised (sorry customized) their 8448 supercar? I have just completed giving mine a significant makeover (like its now a V12 mid-engined supercar, sort of Ferrari F50) and will post some pictures this weekend. I wanted to see what others (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: ~2000 Lego sets spotted in Regina!~
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(...) starwars (...) That's because no one sensible lives in Regina! <grin, duck> Seriously though, there does seem to be a small on-line presence from the prarie provinces. James (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.sk.reg)
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| | Re: Motor output multiplexing
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From: "David Leeper" <david.leeper@destiny.com> (...) little red (...) Shop at home sells them, and there is one in the Space Shuttle kit. If you call around to Zany Brainy stores you might be able to find one with a Space Shuttle kit still on sale (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Any customised 8448's?
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Who has customised (sorry customized) their 8448 supercar? I have just completed giving mine a significant makeover (like its now a V12 mid-engined supercar, sort of Ferrari F50) and will post some pictures this weekend. I wanted to see what others (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Motor output multiplexing
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Wow! That's just the type of thing I was looking for. Where do those little red motors come from? (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Ordering pieces might be possible for you too!!
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(...) Arjan, Did you ask her if this was a new service? Or are they just doing you a favor? Didn't Brad Justus (of LEGO Direct) ask that we not bother the LEGO Consumer folks, or was that one of the AFOLs that said that? I can't remember. Anyway, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Help Me......
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Create only you can....others have no access to your mind. A book you should read. A movie you should watch. Things of this nature will you find may help. -T (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Legofest 22 gennaio 2000
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(...) qualche (...) Di Ferrari ne ho già ordinata una per prendere qualche spunto e modificare la mia Supercar rossa (8448) in qualcosa di più realistico :-) (...) Grazie! Ciao Mario (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: DixieLUG ?
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22 january is good with me. The fewer canines present, the better. eric (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Prefabs (was Re: Another take on the dacta castle set)
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It makes you wonder what the process is for TLG, when they design prefab pieces. A lot of the prefab pieces that you see, seem to make sense (ie. Castle walls, columns, windshields), but some are just hard to figure out ,such as the rock piles (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Holy LEGO Star Wars, Batman!
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(...) Maybe someone's already pointed this out, but _I_ sure never saw it (so I'm forwarding it off to lugnet.general and lugnet.starwars)! This site is incredible! A lego MF, Mos Eisley, AT-AT, Star Destroyer, etc, etc, etc! I didn't look all the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I NEED HELP
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(...) BG Micro sells an equivalent Toshiba sourced part which I have been using in Rug Warrior without trouble thus far. The price is very good at 6.95 USD in quantity 25. You can contact them at www.bgmicro.com. John Vaughn Hobart & William Smith (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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