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(...) Dan, I think you're definitely overstating the problem. First off, the Star Wars sets you mention are Technic sets - which have always had far fewer bricks than System sets anyway. There are some things you just can't do with the brick. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?
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(...) *Iff* you are familiar with HTML.[1] If not, then I suggest a WYSIWYG HTML editor - I think both major browsers include one.[2] I realize that the editors are inelegant and that they don't make the code in the 'best' way possible. On the other (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)
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Can anyone help me with a picture of the box that the North American version of the 5919 The Valley of the King's comes in? The picture is missing here: (URL) if you have the box and a digital camera or a scanner your help would be appreciated. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Insane prices.... nothing new
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Your right John! eBay has played a BIG part in the price reduction, infact... think about it, 6086 on ebay could very well sell for $250 or more a year ago, now though I doubt you could get half that price. Also I played it easy in this last (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | 2995 and 2996 from Shop-at-Home
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I just got a 5900 from Shop-at-Home. It turned out to be produced in Europe. It just has a label added across the front warning about the choking hazard. See (URL) pictures. My question is: Does anyone know if it is the same with 2995 and 2996 from (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: What set should I get next?
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(...) I cannot comment on the other 2, but the barcode truck is a heck of a neat model in and of itself. Mindstorms would make a great adition to it (then you could have a self aware garbage truck :) Lots of gears, and the flex tubing parts. 2 (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Datsville Police HQ [DAT]
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Here is a repost of the datsville police hq, with police officers to staff it. I have also made several fixes to the vechicles, mostly fixing the color of the steering wheels. I don't suppose anyone is working on the motorcycle piece so my (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | RIS coverage on DNJ.
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I received the JAN/FEB 2000 issue of "Developer Network Journal" (MSDN). At page 45, Jon Honeyball says: ..... The second item you really need is to get hold of the new O'Reilly book titled The Unofficial Guide to Lego Mindstorms Robots. The (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Police Airwing Test [DAT]
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Here is a repost of the datsville police airwing, now with police officers to staff it. 0 FILE polatst.dat 0 Police Airwing Test 0 Author: Jonathan Wilson 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6099P45.DAT 1 2 0 0 480 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 polair.dat 1 2 0 -32 -50 (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Datsville PD on Parade [DAT]
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Here is the datsville PD on parade for the first time The datsville PD is now on duty You will need the new police torso pieces from lugnet.cad.dat.parts to view this model. (they were too large to put in the MPD) 0 FILE parade.dat 0 Datsville PD on (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?
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[ XFUT lugnet.publish ] Shiri: (...) [...] (...) We are supposed to discuss web design and such things over in lugnet.publish, so I have cross posted the message there. I use "vi" as my HTML editor, but I will suggest that you just use your (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Interesting Castle on Ebay
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(...) I don't know if it is appropriate to dig through someone's posts but in case you want to read them, try using dejanews: (URL) can also read his one and only post here on lugnet by typing in his name in the search box on the main page :-) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Some time ago I offered to import a number of these into the UK, and then sell them on at cost. Today I have had a response from the seller. This is what I got: (...) $20 is more than I expected, so I may not go ahead with the deal. Scott A (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Insane prices.... nothing new
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(...) 800 bucks for a 6086? Wow! That must have happened during my dark ages. Matt's final auction bids are insane because he has a well established reputation over the years and also includes free shipping and insurance. So if you buy something (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Post-Christmas Sales Huh?
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I can't say i've ever seen any "Toy Kingdom" in Sydney as far as I know the only places that offer Lego on shelves in sydney are Kmart Target Big W Grace Bros Toys R Us Unlce Petes Toyworld Plus a few one-off toystores scattered here and there. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | What set should I get next?
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I'm another one of those people who got a Mindstorms set at Christmas and I'm wondering now what Lego set to get next. I'm looking for a set that has a lot of gears (I never seem to have enough of them) and gives me a bit more experience with using (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Death of the studded brick
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Yes, that's what I was thinking when looking at the scans of the new star wars technic droids. There doesn't seem to be a single studded brick in these sets! These sets look nice and have a great functionality but they don't _look_like_ lego at all. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(follow-ups directed to lugnet.market.theory) I was looking at old RTL auction posts via Dejanews, and at Matt Chiles past auction realizations on his site, and thought to myself that prices have dropped quite significantly in the past couple years. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
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Well, let's see: 1. I'm waiting for those new technic sets to show up so I can grab some trans-blue spears for my Alpine King's men. 2. I'm using black dragon wings, Ninja facemasks, and maybe some Ninja glide wings for the Army of the Dark Tower (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: RCX "locking up" when trying to use dll
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(...) 1.1.2 (...) Ok, I got egcs-1.1.2 (plus patch) and rebuilt legOS.srec. Now it works. I did confirm that the compiler is tripping over something in the libs rather than the kernel (at first I only rebuilt the kernel sources and the problem was (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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