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(...) If this is all the technic we get this year, you're right indeed. But hopefully this is just a little sideline. (...) They're not wings. They're just stabilizers. Wings wouldn't do much good in space, now would they? (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | * 1999 *
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Heya all ! My opinion about news in 1999 mini catalog: Technic - looks very bad Town Jr. - Looks very very bad Town Space centre - the body of this Space Shuttle is good but where are WINGS ??? I hope that this little black pieces in back of this (...) (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Workspace
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(...) Uh. Sleep? What else do you do on a mattress? I guess SOME people might build Legos there... I need a hard surface yet. And I'm not married. (I wouldn't be thinking about building a loft bed if I did. I don't relish the idea of climbing DOWN (...) (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Thousands of elements auction - update
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Greetings: This is an update for an auction of thousands of bricks and other elements. This announcement and auction updates will go to rec.toys.lego and lugnet.market.auction in addition to the bidders via email. I am offering the elements listed (...) (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | FOTW: 6444 Outback Airstrip
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Well, it was a good deal, anyway. Only $14.99 for this older Outback set that is really quite nice. I found it at Media Play (which just started carrying Lego, AFAIK). They also had 3 Mindstorms set, the RoboSports expansion set, and put up a (...) (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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Hi all, My robot has come to the stage where its time to start writing the basic navigation routines. I have two encoders on each rear drive wheel and two caster type wheels on the front.I have been trying to put some basic software modules together (...) (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Lego = Tomy? (was Re: Thoughts on 1999 sets)
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(...) Anyone else see a resemblance between the Throwbots and the Zoids line from the early 80s? Granted, none of the Zoids was a very gifted downhill skier :) Anyway, check out a great Zoids site at (URL) Smith (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Target Halloween buckets.
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> I managed to pick up 33 buckets in all, I was hoping for 40. > They were priced at $4.99 each. They didn't have these at the target near me! :( Any chance you'd be willing to sell one off? Sean (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: K-Mart 20% off sale
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Shop-Ko also has 20% off for the next three weeks on Lego. (...) (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Announcing my website - with my LeoCAD models
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I've not actually told anyone about my site yet - quite where the counter got that idea from, who can say? Anyway - (URL) is the home of Llegogogoch, which doesn't look that great but is what I'm working on right now. All my LeoCAD models are on (...) (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
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(...) And since this is .publish, I'd like to comment on the attitude taken by the AGONN site. Okay, I understand wanting everyone to know you're the one who got the scoop, etc., but it was tasteless to write that in big letters _over_ the actual (...) (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
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(...) I don't understand. I don't own any Launch Command sets, but I checked out the pictures on Pause, and they don't look much more impressive than the new Space Port sets, if at all. (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Line follower kit
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I was wondering if anybody had used the Line follower kit from the robotstore? Is it pretty much plug and play (besides a little programming) for the handyboard? Thanks. Dave (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: DC motor voltage source
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Philip: I depends on how many motor driver ports you want to have on the new voltage. If you have just two motors, then lifting (and wirewrapping) pin 8 for one chip whould be enough. The motor outputs affected are nearest to the chip modified. I (...) (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | 1999 Catalogue
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When do we get our 1999 catalogue in Australia. Was it late december last year that we got the 1998 issue or did we have to wait until january. Can anybody remember. Terry begin 666 Terry Mason.vcf M0D5'24XZ5D-!4D0-"E9...)Y.SL[#0I& (...) (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | Welcome newbees
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There are many web pages offering useful info on lego-robotics, but to my knowledge there are currently two web pages specifically set up as convenient entry points if you're new to lego-robotics. Legorobotics page This page gives an overview of (...) (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Being a pilot in SW universe (was Re: Thoughts on 1999 sets)
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Selçuk wrote in message ... (...) I'll have to try that next time I play the game (whenever that is). It's only a frigate? All I remember was that it was big, parked on top of me, and wasn't very happy. The one time I beat the mission it had already (...) (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Thoughts on 1999 sets
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(...) As far as I can remember, the Y-wing was featured as a toy when the first wave of Star Wars Craze hit the planet. And speaking of the Y-wing fighter, as far as I can see, it probably has a total of eight 16-length beams with axle holes, as (...) (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Bucket surgery
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I have always hated the bar inside the LEGO bucket that the handle is attached to so today I decided to do something about it. I started ripping off the handles and what do you know, it works great. I now have a nice stack of buckets that are not (...) (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Tracks
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TRUs in Turkey has all sort of track packs. Selçuk Dave Jost wrote in message ... (...) (27 years ago, 2-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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