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Perhaps a Princess... <sarah@eskimo.com> wrote (...) Medium density fibreboard - it's processed timber, sort of like sausages are processed meat (lets not argue the details). It's cheap and easy to work (has no grain). And it looks nice once it's (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) It should be possible. it's part of creating the file type association in the registry..I'll dig up the data later and post it. (...) Yes, and no, if Netscape can't find a MIME type for something it falls back on the Win95/98 registry to find (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.cad)
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The LEGO Mindstorms site ((URL) had AVI/QT movies of both of their video advertisments, as well as a schedule of when they would appear on TV. I prefer the other one (it had a mindstorms bulldozer which pushes dishes off of a table to "clean up"). (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I'm baaaack!
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ARRGHH! The text wrapping got me again! We have to move to an apartment until our house is completed. We have to be out of our current place by the end of this month. Just when we should be getting used to the apartment, we will have to move to the (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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| | Re: Thoughts on 1999 sets
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I'll second the stubby look. The fuselage looks a little short. As for lumpy, what do you expect? LEGOs traditionally have lumpy studs on top. :-) Duane (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Dave's Classic Space Auction
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Dave's Classic Space Auction Bid progression will be 1,2, sold at a 72 hour increment. 1st progression will be November 1, 1998. Updates will be posted to RTL and lugnet.market.auction approximately every 2 days, and bidders will also get updates (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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When you moving? (...) -- Joe Greene Technical Support OpenDisc Systems, Inc. Boulder, Colorado, 80301-2442 USA 303-546-0460 Joe_Greene@OpenDisc.Com (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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Richard A. Cini, Jr. wrote: <snip> (...) That ought to work fine, provided the cop is almost directly in front of or behind the "perp"; then no correction for angle is necessary. The Polaroid sonar detects objects within about a 10-degree cone. It (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Thoughts on 1999 sets
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(...) It's LEGO. There's only so much that can be done in the way of scale-modeling realism. If they wanted to make an accurate scale model, they'd have to make a bunch of specialized new structural pieces. Which is what most of us were afraid would (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'll bet these are the new gun-lance pieces, as featured in the X-Wing and Snow Speeder. (...) I like the look of the new foliage. They go nicely with the bamboo leaves. Now we just need tan 1x1 cylinder bricks, so we can make some bamboo. (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe my hopes were too high. Compare to (URL) for example -- the Lego design is way too stubby and lumpy compared to the long, sleek "real" X-wing. (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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What timing! I live near S. Boulder & S. Public. Unfortunately, I am just getting ready to move. My wife wants me to put my LEGOs into storage. I'll have to save a couple of boxes of choice pieces so that I don't go nuts during the transition. (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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Clem, In a message dated 98-11-03 01:04:33 EST, you write: << I started probing around for continuity to try and figure out what's what and I didn't get very far. >> This is the right place to start. If you can see the circuit traces, copy them to a (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Thoughts on 1999 sets
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(...) I like the X-wing design. I think it is quite well done. I can see it will need some modification for retractable landing gear, though. So does the Y-wing. I think the Y-wing is the best design of the ships they show. I like the TIE fighter (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LUGnet historical moment -- (was: Got 1999 mini catalog!)
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(...) I've certainly done the same as well. For awhile things got too busy at work for me to have time to keep up with RTL. Then lugnet came online, and I basically stopped going to RTL. I much prefer the way lugnet is organized. (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I did that once, awhile ago. It was easier than explaining my sorting system to my sons, and expecting them to remember it & live by it. Steve (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Scans Ready: Star Wars, Rock Raiders, and other 1999 sets.
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(...) 6x6x4 - not coincidentally, the same size as the boulder in Boulder Cliff Canyon... Steve (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.starwars)
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Hi Dave, I have a line tracker kit and also the IRPD infrared proximity detector kits from Lynxmotion constructed but do not know how to connect them to the handyboard. I contacted Jim Frye with Lynxmotion but he said he was not familiar with the (...) (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Oops. Not to imply that Larry is charging for his service. 'Cause I don't think he is. Steve (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Depends. How much do they charge for the service? And if I had to pay for an escrow/intermediary service, I'd rather pay a another lego-head. Steve (27 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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