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Thanks to the help of Todd Graham (thanks Todd), I've found a really cool, low cost, RC robot platform. It's the same platform used by USC's 1997 RoboCup entry, the Nikko Hercules! It has 4 hard plastic drive wheels, dual drive motors, differential (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Mindstorms in Entertainment Weekly
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During the Vikings/Tampa Bay football (America:) last sunday (11/1), there was a Lego Mindstorm ads. Pretty funny, a robot sneaking up on a bathtub, and when the wife sticks her head out, the robot snaps a picture and scurries off. -Lee. (...) (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Clear plastic "tackle boxes"
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Any one try printing Ldraw parts on sticker paper and then label each compartment???????? Just an idea. Dave Barry McFarland wrote in message ... (...) seem (...) Intel (...) Logo. (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: LUGnet historical moment -- (was: Got 1999 mini catalog!)
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In a puff of smoke, Jeff appears and says, "Uh-oh... Split personality disorder!" He then disappears in a similar puff of smoke! Jeff ;) (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
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(...) How 'bout Totally Unnecessary Rounded Dirigible? Regards, BOB!! (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 1999 Sets...shameful?
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I'd be willing to bet they will have a disclaimer: "Not for use in dirt". Jeff (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
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(...) PLEASE don't do that! I got that a lot in Elementary School, and I really hate it. Jeff I'm not yelling, just letting you know. :) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Online Ordering is now Available!
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You can now purchase parts directly from my web page, no more cutting and pasting. It is also very easy to find parts, you can search by category, set, color, and part name or any combination. This site is operational but is still under major (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: I-Escrow service
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(...) This is being heavily touted by eBay as a way to deal with higher priced items. There is another service they point at too, but can't think of it off the top of my head. Rob +---...---+ | Rob Farver - rfarver@rcn.com | | (URL) | | (URL) | (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Bucket surgery
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(...) Actually, yes you can. Larry Pieniazek brought this up. He mentioned that the hardest part was getting the handles off without breaking them. I tried his method and it worked great. Then I found if you have a good serrated knife (and don't (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Workspace
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(...) My bed had about 4' above the platform. I had a futon mattress, no boxspring, so that means there was somewhere between 3' and 4' over the mattress to the ceiling. That was plenty of space. I got tired of climbing down and reaching for the (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | A simple bumper 'bot
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Hi, all, I finally got my hands on a Mindstorms set a couple weeks ago, and I thought that I'd try to use one of the built-in programs before diving into Robolab (I have Macs at home). So, I built a bumper 'bot that uses the built-in code in RCX (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | I think the Snow Speeder is a two seater!
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I zoomed in on the image of the Snow Speeder, and I think it has a rear window. It appears to be the same smokey color as the front canopy, and it appears to be a 3x4x1.3 sloped airplane windshield. I think I see the curved edge of the windshield, (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | I think the Snow Speeder is a two seater!
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I zoomed in on the image of the Snow Speeder, and I think it has a rear window. It appears to be the same smokey color as the front canopy, and it appears to be a 3x4x1.3 sloped airplane windshield. I think I see the curved edge of the windshield, (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: 1999 Catalogue
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(...) I think this year's catalogue came out mid January or maybe later, in Perth at least. I remember asking a Toyworld assistant if the cat's were available, and being shown a shop copy. A few weeks later they were available for general sale. (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | Re: LEGO Media up
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(...) TOO simple...still no place to send email and ask why all the Mac users are again shut out. I would have spent over $100.00 on LEGO media this week, if only they had Mac versions. Adding insult to injury, there is no place to communicate with (...) (27 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: LEGO Media up
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Hmmmmmm, very interesting. The rules don't say anything about no multiple entries. So I entered once for each choice ;-) (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do not associate my personal views with my (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New element color
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(...) Yah, thass the one...old news, after all. I saw it in the kids' building area at the LIC in Orlando. Oh well, I'll be first with news on something. Someday. 8) Rob (27 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Parts Wanted, please check my Wants page
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(URL) me know if you have anything I need, especially the first Technic piece (all the light grey sections in both Wants sections, actually). I added some new pieces in the top section, they are relatively common compared to some of the pieces I (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Mindstorms in Entertainment Weekly
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Hi, all, This week's Entertainment Weekly (dated 11/6/98, with Alanis Morissette on the cover) has in its Multimedia section a brief writeup on Mindstorms. It's pretty basic stuff, written up in EW's typically glib fashion. Also shown is a photo of (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)
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