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On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Mark Herzberg (<Fo7B5A.JEJ@lugnet.com>) wrote at 02:34:22 (...) <loud rattling sound as Mark disappears under 1000s of small water craft> :-) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Mike Poindexter (<Fo77DD.GMJ@lugnet.com>) wrote at 01:14:44 (...) Yes, you're right. But I imagine LD is going to offer stuff in current production, and stuff they can shift in large quantities, so I think that standard bricks (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Steve Demlow (<Fo7GFD.1v9@lugnet.com>) wrote at 04:28:25 (...) Now that *is* handy to know. The next question is: is it safe to play with low temperature LEGO, or is it likely to shatter and cause multiple lacerations? :-) I can (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) There used to be a rather large section in the LDraw FAQ on designing new parts for LDraw. This was of much help for me, and may be useful for you as well? (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If you happen to be using the Emacs editor, you can use the LDraw-mode. This adds a function to "clear up" all lines simply by hitting "C-u C-c C-q" while editing. (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad)
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Mr L F Braun wrote in message <387C3096.C62D9FA2@p...su.edu>... (...) Last year during the great 5571 Giant Truck sell off, ZB started the set on clearance at $75 and then it dropped to $50 as I recall. ZB has sent out their first flyer but it (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Timothy D. Freshly wrote in message ... (...) For a fee perhaps. I mean, Impunity may be a parrot, and a pretty stupid one at that, but he's still a lawyer ;-) Richard Still baldly going... Check out Port Block at (URL) the change in URL - Port (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ... (...) at (...) Captain (...) (smirking (...) Black (...) go (...) Johnny (...) Mmmm. Works nicely. This might be the basis of a uniform for Doolittle's officers/marines (unless you have something grander in (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Bruce Schlickbernd indicated that he was (...) Now it seems to me that there is an opening here for a bright, technically able parrot to make quite a tidy living out of this sort of behaviour. Impunity might end up hanging out a shingle. Richard (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: 2000 Danish Catalog is online
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(...) in (...) to (...) is minifig scale. Also in the Danish catalog the parts look much bigger blocks, and there is also a sort of screwdriver on that page, like the idea behind Toolo. Sybrand Bonsma (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Re: Timmies ahoy! (was how do I etc etc etc)
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote all manner of appalling duties that face Timmies aboard ship. Loved it. A few in there I hadn't though of. (...) best not discussed here. My ships have no cabin boys! I may have finally found and enduring use for a Timmy. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Rock Raiders??? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I guess this is the same as the race featured in the us catalog... -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.db.scans)
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In the Danish catalog that is on Kevin Loch's site, there is a preview of a new theme called Action Wheels. See: (URL) there are no minifigs in this theme, but another type. It looks to me like they used Fabuland bodies and put human heads on top of (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.fabuland)
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iant <iant@libero.it> wrote in message news:387BD533.6D0AF8...bero.it... (...) Grazie Antonio, mi hai curato dalla solita "sindrome della pagina bianca"..... -- Cheers Carlo. LUGNET member page: (URL) member of ItLUG: (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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(...) Thanks for the scans Kevin. Two interesting things are shown in the catalog according to me: - On page 60 there is a preview of the Action Wheels theme which comes out in June 2000. The figures are not normal minifigs, and at first sight it (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.db.scans)
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Tony Priestman wrote in message ... (...) the South Pacific, and native artefacts, including one of the head statues from Easter Island were removed from the vessel. None of the crew were killed, but all of the armament on the Dutch ship was spiked. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) It dropped to 48ukp at Langleys (Toymaster) in Norwich but the last ones seem to have gone now. :: paul (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Its me again. Just testing you. Rachel Kingston <Kingston@spirit.com.au> wrote in message news:FKLIE0.GCC@lugnet.com... (...) Sound (...) elements (...) went (...) in (...) however, (...) batteries, (...) and (...) consumers (...) box) (...) sound (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.duplo)
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My copy of Dave's book has just arrived! But I'm stuck at work for the next 8 hours so I can't play with it. Boo. -- Mark Rendle Est nunc salvus cessare vester computare (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Will this work with the current RcxCC? Or will there be a new version of that to follow soon? -- Mark Rendle Est nunc salvus cessare vester computare Dave Baum <dbaum@spambgoneenteract.com> wrote in message news:dbaum-110100215...act.com... (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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My copy of Dave's book has just arrived! But I'm stuck at work for the next 8 hours so I can't play with it. Boo. -- Mark Rendle Est nunc salvus cessare vester computare (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have a strange problem when displaying GIF and JPG images anywhere on my computer. Most of the time they come up like this: (URL) happens when viewing images in Netscape, IE or any image viewer like ACDsee. For example when I go to www.lego.com or (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)
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Ja, gevonden bij Intertoys in Breda. Is beschikbaar dus. Groet, Ton "Eelco Kooiker" <eelco@kooiker.demon.nl> wrote in message news:Fo7nvq.4Jt@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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(...) compiling (...) to (...) Following Harald's suggestion yesterday I downloaded the (big) TPForth Developer Studio. My very first impression is it would be a very cool tool to use together with pbForth. In the comments field of the downloading (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Holy LEGO Star Wars, Batman!
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(...) Amazingly slow, and yes it is quite good... (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) That's exactly what I meant! I took a look in my dictionary ... "conductor path" may be the technical term. (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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My world isn't as fleshed out yet as yours (since it's only in planning stages until my space creation is done), but here are the factions in store: Kingdom of Mitteland, ruled by King Frederik I and his son the Prince. This is the main setting for (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Bij Bart Smit in Lisse hadden ze er een paar. Waren op toen ik er een vroeg. Bij Intertoys in Sassenheim houden ze er een apart voor me. Ze schijnen voorlopig nogal schaars te worden geleverd aan speelgoed zaken. Greetingz... Sjaacko P.S. Er staan (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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Wel Battle Droid 69,95 Greetingz... Sjaacko Eelco Kooiker <eelco@kooiker.demon.nl> wrote in message news:Fnsy4F.70M@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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(...) To add a new data point, the local WM has almost 30 of 5956 (the dirigible set) on an endcap, and about a week and a half ago they were "stealth markdown" to $14. Well this week I scanned them again, and they are back up to $19.97. Similarly, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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Where did the gray bases come from? Scott A (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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I have a technic helicopter which has a gray one (i think). Try this: (URL) is the exhaust. Scott A (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | FS: MIB 4558 Metroliner and 4555 Freight Loading Station
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I have a 4558 Metroliner and 4555 Freight Loading Station to sell. Both sets are factory sealed, brand new, box substantially perfect. 4558 Metroliner (1992), Min. 250$ 4555 Freight Loading Station (1995), Min. 90$ I will sell them to the best offer (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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No - I'll clarify. What (I think) I need is: a) a copy of an instruction leaflet that would presumably have come with the set 1093, b) verification of my memory that there was a software product called 'LOGO' that could be used for driving this (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Mike Reed <mreed@csciences.com> wrote in message news:38765204.9B2D0A...ces.com... (...) don't (...) full (...) I don't know about the "minority" part, but although all the sets are part packs to me, I mostly don't buy a set if the featured model (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 5206 == ?
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(...) It *is* a speedometer: (URL) page: (URL) member page: (URL) member of ItLUG: (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Umm, you must have gotten a different King than I did in your Chess software. The one I got has *NO* semblance to the new king 6091... Different colors and printing ALL around. Torso and where ever, I'd call the torso a "fancy gold armor" type (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Sorry for the delayed reply. I agree that plug-ins should have more functionallity than just playing the roole of a format converter. What I could imagine is chaining the plug-in into the read processing of a dat/mpd file, that allowing the plug-in (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Waiting for ZB
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Well, our local mid-NJ ZB has a ton of Technic Shuttles and Neptune Discovery Labs...and today, I went over there to see if they'd been marked down. No dice; still $75 for the former, and $45 for the latter. On the other hand, they did have more of (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Calling all FansOf CW lego (was Re: Civil War Theme)
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I've got a few good heads you could use for Confederate soldiers in mind. An obvious choice is the guy with the black beard (red Imperial guards with tricornes, Fright Knight with silverball armor). Sparks' head would work pretty well, I think. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What are your 10 most wanted pieces from LEGO Direct?
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I would like to see the new gears for technic and have the steering parts from the 8448 sold seperatly. From Andy (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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I would like to see the new gears for technic and have the steering parts from the 8448 sold seperatly. From Andy (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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Thank you, David. Your gode is great! I learned a lot from your quick example, though I prefer Java more. I will encapsulate RCX commands in some utility objects and use them in more higher level objects. What I focus now is make a RF/IR adapter to (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Monorail: 6399 @$150 (Most Going 2)
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It is sad what has been happening to the Auction situation, unless you are a big Ebay fan. There's Ebay, AucZilla, and MA. Mostly the independent auctions are getting relatively bad results as are the Serious Collector and bricks@guarded-inn. I (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Auction Cancelled -- do we love Ebay?
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I have cancelled or postponed this auction due to lack of interest. I got *no* bids. I guess I will probably be going to Ebay, but I welcome alternative suggestions. You might say this is due to clearance sales, Lego direct, or whatnot, but the fact (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Is er al ergens een Nederlandse catalogus gevonden?? mvg Eelco Kooiker (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: New Minifig Reference Site & Official Delurk
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(...) you've done a beautiful job with this site, paul! i like the masks and helmets as decorative motifs on the pages. well, i dug out my mania magazines to furnish you with some names: from september ~ october 1997 Mania Magazine: U.F.O. ~ the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Classic Space baseplates
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I am auctioning off 6 classic baseplates as a single lot for a friend. Rules: This is a going 1, going 2, sold style of auction, with 24 hour advancement. Advancement will start on January 14. After this, the lot will revert to "going 1" with each (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Black minifigs
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(...) Yep. I saw a whole bunch of them at the local Toys 'R Us. I don't remember for sure, but I think they had a Ninja pack, a town pack, and maybe one other kind (not space). Toki. (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 2000 Danish Catalog is online
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(...) Still no pictures of the new tech build stuff, whatever TLG is comming out. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.db.scans)
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(...) Andrew, An LDraw parts creation tutorial is coming soon to ldraw.org. Its now in the revision process and should appear within a week or so. In the mean time, I reccommend asking a regular part author for some tips to get you started. -Tim (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Why SW isn't Jr-ized? (was Re: It's Time AFOL Take Action!)
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(...) It occures to me to wonder: Perhaps the SW sets aren't Jr-ized because LEGO could be certain of selling enough to make a good profit, even with a narrower margin? Perhaps LEGO's market analysis indicates that in general they need to have X (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 5206 == ?
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(...) Looks like a speedometer to me! Cool! Kevin (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Technic Building Modules (was, Re: Review - 8002 - Star Wars Destroyer Droid)
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(...) I have to agree with Jamie about the building modules (the seperating of the parts into different seperately built sections). I feel that part of the fun of building with Lego bricks is finding the piece, whether you're building from (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Review - 8002 - Star Wars Destroyer Droid
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(...) I recieved my Destroyer Droid yesterday from S@H and it took me alittle over 4 hours! The set itself is rather intimidating! Lots of pieces, 553 to be exact! I am not one for the modular design, so took all the bags and dumped them all in to a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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(...) OK Scott, gently place the paintbrush down and slowly step away from the model paint... -Rob ;) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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No... tak som to po velkej robote vsetko skopiroval. Bola to makacka. Ale je to spravene. Hned som aj odpovedal na tie prve 3 skopirovane prispevky, takze si na rade. Lebo na loc.cz si bol na rade, tak som to skopiroval sem. Proste teraz si na rade (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.cs)
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| | Re: "Co Je Teply Tenhle Tyden"
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(...) ;) Dik. No snazim sa, ale nikdy neviem, ci som to dobre napisal, ci to dotycny pochopia. No... snazim sa. (...) No faktom je, ze u nas uz pozaduju anglistinu aj nemcinu firmy. To vies - Nemecko je Europska velmoc... tak sa musime (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.cs)
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Ah, but do you have any _gray_ base pieces. I do. :) "Scott-A" <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote in message news:387B53A0.E66ED8...w.ac.uk... (...) have (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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Hi all. I just had an idea. Would sound effects be good whenever there is a sizeable Town/Train display to add to the ambience of the layout? I could make an ambience recording for a Town that would loop on a computer listening to shoutcast station (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: It's Time AFOL Take Action!
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(...) IMO, if TLG doesn't cut it out with the "sell to the impatient ones" plan soon, kids will become more and more used to it, until the whole thing is screwed. I think TLG is making the kids impatient by getting them used to such juniorized (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| | WTB: silver breastplates
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Hi. Me and a friend are looking for about five silver breastplates from the Pirates' Imperial Armada theme. We would prefer to buy outright; however, if you're looking for a trade, let us know what elements you're looking for. Also, we're still (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) You know i never actually have noticed that before. And have you ever noticed this: there are all kinds of faces that they have, but i have never seen one screaming or yelling or frowning for that matter. If anyone knows, can you still buy (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Dobrodruznici
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(...) No to ano. U nas su moderne rozne "talkre", "chaty", kde sa ludia rozpravaju. Sam som jednym zo spravcov najvacsieho slovenskeho talkra. Viem co to je pre tych ludi. Sedia tam v lete... ked sa da ist k vode. Proste stale. V noci. Hmmm Ja som (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.cs)
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| | Re: North West Fest writeup page
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(...) Despite the need, nay moral obligation, to insert some sort of innuendo here, I can't bring myself to do it. It happens to us all now and again I suspect. Personally, I found a lovely 6314 City People, and for my hippy streak, I mean Pirate (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Storing bricks at low temperatures
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(...) Most of the GMLTC layout is stored in a trailer, which AFAIK is outside through the entire rather cold MN winter... Steve (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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| | FA [eBay] 6372, 6898, Lots of Parts
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I have the following items on eBay, ending 1/16/00 at 15:04. 6372 Town House (Used, complete, box, instructions) 6898 Ice Sat V (Used, complete, box, instructions) Adventurers parts: 3 CRAPPs from 5978 Sphynx Surprise Balloon pieces Burps (Dark Grey (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Miscellaneous thoughts...
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(...) Yeah. I paid $20 for one of those guys just a few weeks before the first scans of the 2000 catalog came out. (grumble) I still use my "Chess King" as the king for my Crusaders/Royal Knights faction, though, because he does have a *semblance* (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Tom Stangl <toms@netscape.com> wrote in message news:387BB347.C87AC4...ape.com... (...) clearance (...) Just checked again, 8:35 PM (Pacific) and the sets are there for $13 (on the 2nd of two pages) TJ (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: free-for-all in space
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(...) be (...) Why not have everything blanketed in energy weapons? IMO, no space empire can get too military oriented; the more, the better [bet the enemy wouldn't expect a turbolaser-caked freighter, especially if half its cargo is fighters]. The (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Castle Minifig Races
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(...) I had a similar idea when I saw those wonderful trans-blue spears that will be coming out soon. Also, you could use clear (trans-white?) helmets with a black visor, and maybe a silver breastplate, to make a truly icy look. And don't those dark (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Making Ldraw Parts
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Does anyone either (1) have a tutorial or (2) have time to write something out on how to make ldraw parts? I would like to learn. I have been using ldraw for many years, since i was eight or nine if it's been around that long. If anyone could do so, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: OO programing in RCX
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(...) OO works very well for things like a parse tree. I can add a new statement and just add its rules for semantic checking and code generation...all within its own class. I think part of the problem is that compiler design is a very heavily (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Miscellaneous thoughts...
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(...) set (...) I bought one for $15 just to see what it had, but I probably won't buy any more unless I see it at $10. Theres a fair amount of weapons and shields, but it still seems a terrible expensive way to build an army to me. (...) I've (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | LEGO trains went well at Atlanta NMRA meeting
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I had been debating on attending the local chapter of the NMRA here in Atlanta for a few months now, but after seeing Mike Poindexter's post I figured that I had to go. So Sunday I got in touch with the Piedmont Division (Atlanta NMRA-SER chapter) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Micro Scout programming with VLL bar code: HOWTO
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Well if you use an animated gif of a flashing block, you will probably need to also have a "dead" space before the start so that the beginning of the bar code is obvious... since the animated gif's tend to just cycle. Or you could make the bar code (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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gistok@umich.edu (Gary Istok) wrote in <387B5239.D3AADAD3@umich.edu>: <snip> (...) Just popped the tower open on mine to check - they're solid. Type 2s. And also, the 1x1x1 bricks with holes on the side are the older style with square holes, not the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | The biggest adventurers set
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Has anyone noticed the 5988 Egyptian adventurers set (the huge one - called pharoahs forbidden ruins or something similar) go on sale yet? I and my mate Chris have both been sitting for the last year on the assumption that once it goes ex-catalogue, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | The biggest adventurers set
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Has anyone noticed the 5988 Egyptian adventurers set (the huge one - called pharoahs forbidden ruins or something similar) go on sale yet? I and my mate Chris have both been sitting for the last year on the assumption that once it goes ex-catalogue, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Speed Regulators
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Hi, is anyone in need of a speed regulator? LEGO Reference 4548 (URL) Unger (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 5206 == ?
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Check out the "speedster" technic set. Looks like a thermometer? (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Please provide diffs for legOS releases
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Today I had a bit of time on the bus so I went through the work of getting legOS working on my system. After I got it up and running I noticed that I was using 0.2.2 and that 0.2.3 was out (I started with 0.2.2 becuase the most recent instructions (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | 3406 == blue train windows
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There is a fourth soccer bus, 3406 that has blue train windows: (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: North West Fest writeup page
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(...) Hmmmm. From your small page: There was a small pilgramage (Carbon60, Liam, Ian, Richard and Tony) to Busy Bee. They kindly stayed open late as their stock was lovingly examined and fondled. It was a bit of a spiritual event really - one of the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Sentimental Journey (Was Re: What all has TLC done?)
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(...) I love that one, too. IMO, it's better than even BT1 ships! Z (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Hmyz
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(...) Hulls - su tie predne, stredne a zadne casti lode ? Tie hnede ? No pouzili ich aj v Time Cruisers... ;))) Tam je to nejaka lietajuca lod a tie casti su sede. A v jednom piratskom boli dokonca biele. Nejaka imperialna lod to bola. Ak teda (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.cs)
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| | Re: Cool sets For Sale...
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Please disregard this message and refer to: (URL) Unger dzz@mindspring.com ICQ: 14375008 ===...=== LEGO Fusion : (URL) Impact: COMING SOON!!! Zlatko's Universe : (URL) paid to surf the web: (URL) Unger <dzz@mindspring.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | NQC 2.1 b2 in beta test
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Major features for 2.1: Scout support fast firmware download switch statement expressions may be used as conditions NQC_OPTIONS variable The downloads (including a README with more detailed info) are at the usual place... (URL) Baum p.s. The ## (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Cool sets For Sale...(Updated)
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Hello everyone, I have the following sets for sale. If you are interested in buying please email me at dzz@mindspring.com. Here are the sets: Set 8480 Space Shuttle: $120 (URL) 6195 Neptune Discovery Lab $85 (URL) 6982 Explorien Starship: $90 (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | PCB Designs
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HI Any of you guys out there in robo land have any good PCB designs for high powered motor driver, IRPD's or a nice Handy Boardish thing that you dont know what to call. Thanx -roboman PS Got a PCB etcher system for XMAS and want some PCB designs (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Set 1698 not in database?
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(...) Thanks, Kevin -- I'll be waiting for it! :) For now, I put a placeholder in the DB... (URL) Thanks for the other info you sent along on 17 Dec 99... (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Micro Scout programming with VLL bar code: HOWTO
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The usual caveats with respect to refresh timing apply to all suggestions about displaying something on a computer screen. Think about watching a picture of a TV set on TV. The image seems to creep and only part of it is displayed at any given time. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Target - surprise finds!
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(...) Lego to build the complete model. I have little imagination, and even seem to have problems building things based on a picture or other item. I tried to build a piano once (because I love them almost as much as Lego) and it turned out awful. I (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | 2000 Danish Catalog is online
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(URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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| | Re: LDraw-Mode vs. BezGen... problems?
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(...) LDAO has a sort utility, but I belive it sorts left to right before back to front. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: help with LEdit - can i pan the screen
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(...) If you don't want to use View:Centre-Set, you can hit O, and X,Y, or Z, then a number (in LDraw units) to change the offset of the origin. You may need to hit E afterwards to rease and redraw the screen. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: help - how to "squash" new DAT files
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(...) LDraw Add-On (LDAO) has a "Compact" utility. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Mindstorms a LEGOvy hry
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U nas jedna banka nepresla cez Y2K a vsade uvadzali miesto 3.1.2000 datum 3.1.3900. ;))) Neviem preco prave 3900, ale nevadi... nejako v tom nevidim logiku, ale bolo to tak. Videl som to aj na ich stranke. ;)) Aj na uctoch to tak vraj uvadzali... ;) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.cs)
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| | Jsou tu 2 lidi
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Noooooo.... tak u nas to je horsie !!! U nas nesmies jazdit ked si vypijes. U nas su policajne hliadky a tie zastavuju nahodne auta. V noci je ich jak nasratych. A dychove skusky sa robia casto. Hlavne v noci. Takze tuto to moc ldi neriskuje. Ked (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.cs)
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