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(...) I have a great deal of them too, but I would not sell them. I have to have some vegetation, even if it is a *palm tree*. :) Scott S. (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: New 2000 Sets Sucks
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(...) Yeah, I have to agree with you. The elevated highways were a great idea, but like most of the recent offerings, poorly executed. I hope TLC returns to making more complex sets in the future. Jim (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | $13 for 5978 at Walmart.com
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Wow, $13 for the 5978 Sphynx Secret Surprise (URL) is a current LSAH special at $39. go to (URL) + $0.97/set shipping. -Rob Doucette. (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Name?
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I thought of SLUGNET (or SLLUGNET). I thought that was pretty cool, but not sure if Todd likes or not. I like it better than the other two, but I don't want to step on anyone's toes. Todd let me put it on my Member page here on Lugnet (URL) I guess (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | Re: Insane prices.... nothing new
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Doug Finney wrote in message ... (...) well (...) Perhaps it is lunacy to buy the new sets right when they come out, but there is a high degree of desire to "get the new sets, and see the new parts." I think there is even a real "value" to the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: DixieLUG - 22 Jan 00 - Macon (Craig's house?)
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(...) Hey Craig, why don't you set up a mailing list at one of the various sites that host them. WAMALUG uses onelist.com < (URL) > and it works great! The messages can be private and you can also have surveys, files, and a calender (for events). (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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(...) Yup, I regret only buying two when I was at Legoland. I love that little jackal statue. Bruce (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Death of the studded brick
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(...) It's not a new thing -- the trend was definitely there in 1996's <set:8422>. There's still beams with studs, but it's not the primary means of construction. (...) I don't think so. Technic may go more this way, but the system lines won't so (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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(...) My two 5938's came directly from Legoland ($3 each there) and they have the classic segmented palm tree. Somehow, I have yet to get the one piece trunk. Of course, the new tree sucks - it defeats the purpose of having Lego rather than any (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Insane prices.... nothing new
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John DiRienzo wrote in message ... (...) eBay (...) reason (...) Part of the problem is uneducated buyers not realizing how many of these are out there (and not knowing that people bought them for bargain prices - I'm a lot less willing to bid up (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | DYA 5571 Received Yet?
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I ordered a 5571 for my Dad on the same day I ordered 4547 sets for myself. I received my train cars on 12/31 but my dad has yet to receive his 5571. Did anyone else order a 5571 from DYA? If so, have you recieved it yet? Mike - (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | Betta Bilda, (was Re: Brick.tube evolution?)
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Jon D Hayward wrote in message ... (...) that (...) Hey Jon, or others who've heard of Air Fix. I have a sealed Betta Bilda kit. It looks to be from the early 60s. I tried to get some info about it when I found it, but no one responded and none of (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | LEGO enters the 4th dimension!
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Check out LEGO 4 dimensional bricks at eBay Item #232646892 - Lego Red 1x1x1x1 bricks lot of 25 (URL) to lugnet.off-topic.fun... Frank eBay booboo police (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | NELUG 1-10-2000 Meeting summary and Ideas for the next meeting.
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On 1-10-2000 NELUG had a fairly spur of the moment meeting because 2 out-of-towners (Kevin L. and Larry P.) were in town and we wanted to get together. In all there were 17 people at the meeting (Another non-Mindfest record). This was a very (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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| | RE: Marble Miser pics now on my website.
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(...) Dave, I saw your design at the show and it was indeed very good. There were lots of very intersting little bots there, including one from Iain Hendry (hope I got the sp right). There was a large selection of builders too, from high-school kids (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Insane prices.... nothing new
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(...) I sometimes wonder how long the people who marvel at the "outrageous" eBay prices have actually been following Lego prices. Sure, there are exceptions where people pay way more than they need to but as a rule discontinued Lego sets are much (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Swearing?
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Tom Stangl wrote in message <38726741.3242BBA0@n...pe.com>... (...) is (...) CONDITIONS", (...) that (...) Who watches the watchmen? -- Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ebay: 6277 Imperial Trading Post
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Pawel Nazarewicz wrote in message ... (...) $24.95 (...) wrong... The baseplates are 32x32 not 64x64, making the area 32x64 studs... Frank (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: How advanced can RCX programming be?
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"TM" == Tobias Möller <tobias.moller@telia.com> writes: TM> If I´ve understood this multi-tasking right, then it means that TM> you can have one program running for the motors of a robot, and TM> another for the sensors, but at the same time. It (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Death of the studded brick
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D. Jezek wrote in message ... (...) wars (...) sets! (...) _look_like_ (...) reply (...) been (...) kind (...) new (...) who (...) been (...) Oh, I doubt studs are in danger of disappearing. Some of these new Technic sets are obviously responses to (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 5988 Pharoah's Forbidden Ruins FT
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Hmmm...since there was no response, I will try my luck on eBay with this set. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: MOC: Dragoons, digitally photographed
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(...) "Paint Markers"? I didn't know something like that existed! I may have to look into getting some. (...) Although, if Lego *does* make a beige ponytail piece, you can make her according to Amano's character designs...along with just about every (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Marble Miser pics now on my website.
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Dave: I love your designs! (Actually, I'm jealous of your superior skill.) They are functional and attractive. Great work, and I'm thankful for the extra detail on your site about the construction phases as well. Great work. Onward ... --Doug Wilcox (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | eBay auction: 5988 MISB Pharoah's Forbidden Ruins
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Three day auction on eBay for this great set: (URL) Main main@appstate.edu (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: What set should I get next?
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<snip> (...) I can't comment on the Barcode Truck but I've just recently acquired the Tow Truck and Space Shuttle. Both of these sets were purchased strictly as donor parts for my Mindstorms system but I decided that they both deserved to be built (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: FOTM! 4558 e 5581
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Mario Ferrari ha scritto nel messaggio ... (...) Mi interesserebbe. Quanto costa? Ciao PACO P.S. Se riesco vengo pure io a Mariano Comense (non sono sicuro dipende molto dalla moglie) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Picture of Gasgano Pod?
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Does anyone have or know of a place where I can find a scanned picture of the BOX that the Gasgano pod racer came in? As you most know it was one of the three pods in the LEGO Mos Espa Pod Race. It came in its own mini-box. I was hoping to get a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: How advanced can RCX programming be?
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(...) That wasn't me! David Leeper (has been a computer programmer for 17 years! :^)) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Accessories from other themes...
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The adventurers hat would also work as an alternative hat. The airman's cap might work as a leather helmet. Of course the adventurers backpack for a dungeon explorer, complete with lance (10' pole) and a pick or other tool... The pharaoh's (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Name?
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We need a name now that we are thinking more serious about a club. I had thought of at least one SLAMALUG or Saint Louis Area Metro Adult Lego Users Group or Saint Louis Area Mid America Lego Users Group. Andreas Stabno thought of MALUG or Mid (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | Re: OO programing in RCX
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Hi Dave, On the RCX side, I wouldn't want true objects. I wouldn't want to fill up the RCX variables with vtables and the program memory with the code to use the vtables. But on the PC side of things I'm beginning to think objects can be very (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: What set should I get next?
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This was posted previously (by me) under the title "Ideal Expansion or Companion to RIS." I highly recommend the Barcode set, especially if you can get it for under its $160 list price. ***...*** My wife bought me the huge Code Pilot set for (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Gats in St. Louis
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(...) suprised. (...) June (...) I like this too. I think it would bring new members. And I don’t think we need to big of a layout right a way it might be better to start small and work our way up. (...) module. (...) suprised (...) This sounds like (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | Re: Train Station
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Rogelio Garingo wrote in message ... (...) Ditto, I am looking for 2150 or 4554 myself. Rogelio, It is inappropriate to post buy, sell, trade or auction announcements in lugnet.general, so I have also posted this to the correct group: (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: John E. Doolittle.
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Tony Priestman: (...) [...] (...) Wonderful!!! LOL Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Star Wars Parts Auction
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I have just started a Star Wars Parts Auction. Tons of great pieces including; Gray, Black, Green, Tan, Brown Bricks and Plates Star Wars Torsos, Engines, Windscreens Gray, Black Slopes Tiles, Tiles, Tiles Minfig Accessories Visit the auctio at; (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: What sets had Black Barrels?
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According to the set inventories I have, none of the Castle or Pirates sets had black barrels. I think your best chances to find black barrels would be in Wild West and maybe Ninja sets, but I am not even sure if any of those sets have them. They (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: How advanced can RCX programming be?
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, David Leeper writes: I´m no computer programmer, but I´ve downloaded NQC but haven´t installed it yet. If I´ve understood this multi-tasking right, then it means that you can have one program running for the motors of a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?
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Jeff Johnston: (...) You are right about that for starting on documents, but it is often easier to tweak the actual code without a WYSUW_Y_G (not what the rest of the world gets) editor. No matter if you use a text editor or an WYSUW_Y_G editor, you (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Winnies A Pooh
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(...) Hear Hear!!!!! Great to hear from someone who tells it like it is. Actually I reread part of my original post that states that I had purchsed nothing from the 1999 catalogue (in Duplo) besides the Sherriff Jake. However that wasnt strictly (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.duplo)
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