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Everything listed as "ALMOST OUT OF STOCK" is now GONE. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: ArcheoLEGO
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Mario Ferrari <mario.ferrari@edis.it> wrote in message Fo4qs3.ACt@lugnet.com... (...) di (...) caccia (...) mentre (...) per (...) Il ragionamento fila, però penso che si dovrebbe interpellare l'interessato (l'acquirente) prima di ogni acquisto. Mi (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: US S@H Specials Jan 10 - Jan 16, 2000
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(...) I think I got the last one of these. She said she could only give me one. (...) I got two of these, so they should have some left. Jeff (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Houston Area Lego Group:
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(...) would (...) rotate (...) just (...) I know myself and another fellow here in College Station would be interested in meetings. We both like Pirates and Adventurers alot. He also likes Forestmen and Castle. I also like Divers, Arctic, and (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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I'll definitely trade off the statue or many other parts in the 5938 if anyone needs them. I'm keeping the palm trees, some of the skeletons, and some of the other pieces (haven't decided how MUCH to keep yet). I'm also keeping 10 of them boxed for (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: RCX Communications.
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Paul Frost writes: > I am considering building a PIC based remote control for the RCX, & I am > slightly confused by your communications details. > > Can you confirm that a '0' bit is transmitted as 417uS 38kHz IR & '1' as > 417uS of nothing. This (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Houston Area Lego Group:
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(...) Since monthly doesn't work, any ideas on a good format? Perhaps we could rotate the meetings? I'd be glad to host the first meeting (pending my wife's approval)...I live near UH, if that's convenient. Back to the format...would this be a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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I used to trade off my palm trees left and right, as I had no use for them. Now I am saving them (minemineMINE!), in case I build a beach/jungle. I got 30 of the 5938s at LLC too ;-) I wiped them out of their stock the day I was there a month or so (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Micro Scout programming with VLL bar code: HOWTO
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Richard Earley writes: > > Have you tried using the computer monitor? ie: display the bar code on your > computer screen and scan along the code? this may make a simple scout/code > pilot programmer possible. Even better, flash a big square in the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Shut out at Target!
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Sat night at the Milp Target, I got the last 4561 they had - it was obviously a return, there were lots of things missing, and all the bags were open. I talked them down to $38.03, because I THOUGHT the engine was missing. After getting home and (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | RE: review sites
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Dan Jezek's page used to have good castle reviews, but it seems to be only partly working now. Mark (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: US S@H Specials Jan 10 - Jan 16, 2000
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Doh! I just ordered the 6559 last week for $33! Rotten luck! Tim Strutt 8^) (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: NELUG 1-10-2000 Meeting summary and Ideas for the next meeting.
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(...) He has, from the WAMALUG meeting we had on Saturday. See this message: < (URL) > Jeff P.S. Two meetings in three days has got to be a record, especially since the WAMALUG meeting was 16 hours long! (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: Lista set disponibili
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Juda ha scritto: (...) Ecco una prima lista dei set che ho in vendita. Questi sono solo i pezzi che ho in casa (senza le quantità) e non quelli che magari posso facilmente reperire a Modena. Metterò prossimamente una lista più completa, appena ho un (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | review sites
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i'm in the process of working up a webpage that will organize and/or link to my past and current reviews. i'd also like to list any other sites that have reviews on sets or themes. for possible links so far i've got: rtl review archive adequate.com (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: RCX "locking up" when trying to use dll
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Ben Jackson schrieb: (...) Some parts of legOS, especially the interrupt handlers, are less portable than they should be - they use some assembly, or my attribute((rcx_interrupt)) which I haven't verified with 2.95.2. (...) Sounds like a problem (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: legOS is really neat!
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Ben Jackson schrieb: (...) I'm still looking for someone to write an R2D2 sound scheme ;-) Markus. (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Picture-Wrapping.
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I hope this is the right place to ask; it's a general HTML question, but it IS for a Lego page. :) If I have a page containing only images (jpegs), whenever I re-size the browser window, the images "wrap" to fill the screen. This is what I want to (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Scan your stickers
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(...) Great! I look forward to viewing them. You can never have enough stickers. Dean (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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(...) Set 8247 Road Rebel. The alternate model is a little plane. Jeff (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: DYA 5571 Received Yet?
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Mike We have ordered several times from Emmanuel (DYA), including 5571's on two occasions. All of our orders got here (Charleston, South Carolina, USA) in about three to four weeks. Our last order of 3 5571's on December 14, 1999 arrived on January (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | Re: NELUG 1-10-2000 Meeting summary and Ideas for the next meeting.
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(...) Really? *Serious* complaints? I heard a couple of people make some comments, but I thought they were all kidding... I like having the meetings (somewhat) documented- shots of models people bring, locations, people, etc will be great for the (...) (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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| | Lego Clearout
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Hello all i am having a bit of a clearout before i move in next 2-3 months and i would like to get some swaps for the following if possiable 060 - 1965 Basic Set (rare i believe, all orginal lego bricks, who ever went to the Dec Legofest in UK have (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: OO programing in RCX
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Hi Eric, Yes, I believe you could create a sensor object on the VB side and write your code thinking in terms of a sensor object. Here's one way: =-=-=-= BEGIN SAMPLE CODE =-=-=-= Private m_SensorNumber As Integer Private m_SensorType As Integer (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: NELUG 1-10-2000 Meeting summary and Ideas for the next meeting.
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(...) Actually I only took about 30 seconds of footage, and several people complained about the camera so I won't be posting any pictures. KL (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: Insane prices.... nothing new
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(...) The lego rep. stated that he has a lot of authority when it comes (...) Not so fast! See elsewhere the posts re the death of the studed brick. What happens if lego direct sell you any brick you want, as long as its current production? What (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: I am issuing a challenge
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(...) - the heads and decorated helmets are more difficult, IMHO. In fact I had already started on the classic space logo, but put it to one side when (sometime back) you claimed you were going to do a good job of it yourself - I even recall giving (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Price guide - something new (was Re: Insane prices.... nothing new)
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Frank Filz wrote in message ... (...) which (...) $. (...) are (...) or (...) start (...) times (...) the (...) be (...) about (...) just (...) rare (...) 6085, (...) (yes, (...) hadn't (...) Have you read the Lugnet plan? It mentions a forthcoming (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | US S@H Specials Jan 10 - Jan 16, 2000
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(URL) Race'n'Chase Bonus $ 7.75 $ 3.50 6582 Daredevil Flight Squad $33.00 $16.50 6559 Deep Sea Bounty $44.00 $22.00 5988 Pharoah's Forbidden Ruins $88.00 $52.00 Bellville 5846 My Secret Island $24.75 $15.00 B400 Lego Creator Book $16.50 $10.00 (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: John E. Doolittle.
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Bruce Schlickbernd <corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote in message news:Fo6HLL.8wK@lugnet.com... (...) all? (...) clipping (...) And I think I know a certain parrot who would be willing to advise you on your case... Tim (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Micro Scout programming with VLL bar code: HOWTO
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Have you tried using the computer monitor? ie: display the bar code on your computer screen and scan along the code? this may make a simple scout/code pilot programmer possible. -Rich (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics.vll)
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| | Re: What set should I get next?
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(...) Also to be considered is the 8448 Supercar, which has wheels the diameter of the RIS motorcycle wheels (but much wider), shock absorbers or two types, universal joints, ball joints and other fun parts. For me it was a parts-bin kit, as I (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: ***RCX tell scout***
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The RCX can communicate with the scout using the IR link, any programming system (including the RIS standard stuff) that can send/receive messages via IR link can communicate with the Scout. The Scout SDK (available from (URL) documents the messages (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:387B5239.D3AADA...ich.edu... (...) was (...) I don't have mine handy, but I'm fairly certain that I recall the yellow cylinders in this set having hollow studs. This makes sense; hollow studded (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Gats in St. Louis
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(...) Although I have not a lot of train track, I do have a good amount. (...) I think summer is a good shooting point. (...) I was thinking 10 x 10 to start or the equivalent Lego scale. (...) There is no reason why we can’t do multi theme areas. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | NYC LEGOfest - Saturday, February 5th
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The NYC LEGO Fest is on for Saturday February 5th at my apartment in Staten Island (easy commute via public transportation from all 5 boroughs as well as an easy drive from NJ, LI and beyond). If you are interested in attending, please let me know. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.ny)
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| | Re: Castle parts please
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Better yet, sell the minifigs individually (with appropriate accessories) for USD2.00 online. Do this for *all* minifigs sold in current sets. Steve (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?
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(...) To get started with HTML, try the tutorials at (URL).[1] Joe's done a nice job of presenting the concepts in reasonable chunks, with the right amount of detail. He also addresses flavors of HTML, including browser differences, style sheets, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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(...) Thanks for the info Craig. BTW any updates to Craigo-lego. Specifically your dino endeavors? Cheers, Mark L (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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(...) check (...) I will do what I can for an "old" friend. ;-) Mark L (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Cap'n Redbeard goes legit!
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Someone mentioned something about turning the blue pirate with the stripes at the v-neck into a prussian soldier. So I looked at that long rank of Captain Redbeards, gave him two proper black legs, dapper mustachioed faces (smirking Johnny Thunder (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?
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(...) Probably the easiest for a website newbie to learn the ropes is to get a free website at Geocities. Geocities offers two website editing tools: a very basic WYSIWYG and a more robust HTML Code editor. Don't be afraid of an HTML code editor. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Insane prices.... nothing new
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Frank Filz wrote in message ... (...) there (...) before (...) I bought 4 of 6091/98 during the BOGO (I'd already had two, by then). I haven't been able to open the 4 new ones yet, but I bought them to part out. I figured there would be enough (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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(...) Very nice. I intend to use them as castle decorations, but they can go in just about anywhere. Anyone do a similiar sized lion or gryphon? Bruce (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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(...) there ae a pair of the black palm tree sections in a very small technic set; a red jet helicopter or somesuch. later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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(...) Not one 5988 at three different wal-marts, and the fourth one had it full price. If you can snag one for me, great, if not, thanks for the thought! Bruce (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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(...) There are two in 8480 - the Technic Shuttle, there are also two grey ones in 8880. There's probably a few more sets that use them too.. Richard (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | My FOTW
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I'm delighted beyond belief right now. One of my coworkers returned from Belgium with two of the Shell sets for me: 1254 (the food store) and 1256 (the gas station). These will look great in my town; the Exxon finally has some competition. This is (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Lista set disponibili
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Innanzitutto scusatemi se ultimamente intervengo un po' poco. Visti i post degli ultimi giorni proporrei, in attesa di una apposita pagina, di riunire sotto questo thread le liste dei set che ciascun membro del gruppo può vendere. A tali set (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: How advanced can RCX programming be?
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(...) but (...) More than that. You can (for instance) have a 'command' thread, which looks at a variable, and decides according to the values on this whether to turn left/right or issue some other response, and does this by changeing other values. (...) (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 Armada chromed breastplate works well, and the morion helmet isn't that far off to be drafted into use, also. I use the coin sprue as ingots of gold. Bruce (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?
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"Shiri" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Fo5EHK.A8G@lugnet.com... (...) are (...) tried (...) to (...) (a (...) ;) (...) Start small and simple, and just put on the information that you want to share with others. Avoid gadgets and fancy (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Robotic Vision (was: Video image analisys)
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Hi Reimer, I've seen HALCON listed in (URL) checking Pong Suvan's software/dll's, I was going to check a couple more site's, HALCON's included :) Just downloaded ((URL) and tested the apps done by Pong Suvan to test/use/demonstrate his DLL's. WOW ! (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Velux House (1854) Update.
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(...) Eh? What's this? Did they ship them via mail? I'd like to get one of these sets, and if they're going to have them available here in the states, I'd love to know how to contact them for a set. Or two. eric (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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(...) Yeah, me too. I used two in my town hall. See this message for links to some pictures: < (URL) > Jeff (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: "Traces"?
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(...) 'Trace', and 'track', are common parlance, for the wiring built onto the printed circuit board inside a unit. So the post is saying that you have to actually cut the copper 'tracks' inside the unit itself. Best Wishes (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Weekend Creations
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Some pictures are now available!! (...) (URL) (...) (URL) (...) (URL) of these pictures were taken at the recent WAMALUG Meeting. Enjoy!! Jeff (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | "Traces"?
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(...) I've seen "trace" used a couple times as regards the Handyboard, concerning the leads from/to the inputs, I think??? What does it mean, what are they? Thx :) - Scarius (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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(...) What set did these come from? Mark L (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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(...) Great. Now maybe I can stop seeing ffilz on every ebay auction for vegetation. Even better, the prices won't be up to $20 per tree. Cheers, Mark L (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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(...) want (...) and (...) Hi Bruce, The new palm trees are made by Playmobil I think ;-) As for the 5938 check the Wal-Marts in your area. Ours had them at $2 a pop, not bad! I just got back into town so I'll start my search for the ultra-cheap (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: 5988 Pharoah's Forbidden Ruins FT
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It just went on spectacular discount with many people reporting getting it for $18. It's trade value is probably low at the moment, but it's a good set and I'm sure it'll rebound once the glut of cheap sets is over. Bruce (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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(...) Yes, and with my Art Deco town district, those old palm trees make for a great Miami Beach look. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Picture of 5919?
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(...) Hi Christian, I just got back into town. I'll scan one and send you the picture ASAP. Not a problem. I'll email you also. Cheers, Mark L (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Gats in St. Louis
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Wayne Green wrote in message ... (...) thing. (...) I (...) about (...) year (...) havn't (...) build (...) Well, we'll need to figure that out. I am good with the idea of starting over, I don't have many Trains built right now. I would like to buy (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | Re: Lego a hit with Fresno Model Railroaders!
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Steve E Barile wrote in message ... (...) more (...) At the local MRR Clubs show a couple months ago, I spent quite a while talking with a friend from church, who also happens to be a modeler, and works at a mall MRR store (in addition to working (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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(...) But do you have any black trunk sections? I do. Scott A (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: It's Time AFOL Take Action!
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Timothy D. Freshly writes: > And this is the beginning of what I see as a vicious downward-spiralling > circle - kids are more impatient, so TLG comes up with easier sets > (presumably to keep kids from getting frustrated and going on to "easier" > (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 4563
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Tom Stangl wrote in message <387A7215.DD3B6797@n...pe.com>... (...) My point was now that I have two parts, I can probably build 6668 (that was the set I was thinking of). Of course I might have to change the colors. Frank (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: John E. Doolittle.
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(...) "What kind of party pirates be ye, ya silly nits? I TOLD ye to spike the PUNCH, not the guns!" An alleged pirate-type but not until ye prove it in court or I'll have a personal-injury anti-defamation suit slapped on you so fast.... (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Help Me......
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Well, when I'm stuck, sometimes I pull out instructions for a couple of medium-size sets (from the same theme, though I guess they wouldn't have to be), build them (just to get in the mood for building), then tear them apart and see what else I can (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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(...) The date they switched from the Type 2 cylinders (without hole) to Type 3 was circa 1980. Someone with an intact Yellow Castle should check the yellow cylinders to see if they have the holes or not. The switch from Type 1 to Type 2 (remember (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | How do I kill thee? Let me count the ways!
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(...) Now you got me going again. TIMMIES! Arrrr, welcome aboard Timmy! Brought a lot o' yer clones, have ye? Good, good. This be a right good ship, and the lot of ye can fill a variety o' needs. I see that me crew gets plenty o' fresh fish, and (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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Scott E. Sanburn wrote in message <387B4BFC.C02238CA@c...eb.net>... (...) the (...) trunk. (...) rather (...) vary in (...) certain (...) I want (...) Lego and (...) actually (...) Wow - in my parts bin (which doesn't have my 5938s sorted out yet), (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | RE: RCX speaks ?
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(...) I do not know if this helps much, but the original MacinTalk (used to make the Mac128K say "Hello!" at the "1984 is not going to be like 1984" presentation by Steve Jobs) was a quite small program. I am not sure if it was like 7-8k or 14-15k, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: spelling questions ...
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(...) Farrier, though, comes from the middle english "ferrour". Iron is definitely involved. (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: NELUG 1-10-2000 Meeting summary and Ideas for the next meeting.
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(...) One quick note: Brick Wars is a tactical combat simulation- aka a tabletop wargame. Role playing games are so very much more than that (he said, with some amount of sarcasm evident in his voice). Sorry to be pedantic, but for someone who (...) (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: Velux House (1854) Update.
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That's about what Velux USA HQ in Greenwood, South Carolina sold them for. They are out and expect the price to be even higher when they replenish their inventory. -Rob Doucette. Scott-A <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | RE: Sanscript & Spirit.OCX
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hmmm...I tried using the OLE/COM wizard last night, but kept getting an error message. Spirit.OCX is installed properly on the PC, but I did not force the *.ocx in the Encapsulate Type Library form. I will give that a go tonight. Thanks! Rich (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: It's Time AFOL Take Action!
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Dan <jedi101673@aol.com> wrote in message news:Fo585t.Ho5@lugnet.com... (...) have (...) And this is the beginning of what I see as a vicious downward-spiralling circle - kids are more impatient, so TLG comes up with easier sets (presumably to keep (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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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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