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(...) System bricks do connect to DUPLO, but only 2xY bricks, fairly secure (the tube fits into the hollow in the DUPLO stud). DUPLO will also connect to System bricks (but not as well as the other way around). Unfortuanately, DUPLO baseplates don't (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Z95 ....
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Does anyone have the instructions to make this x-wing variant? Eugwe Coral EugweCoral@mindspring.com (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Target Observations
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Anyone know what the red dots next to some of the shelf labels at Target mean? I noticed a few at my local Target which were not there the other day. All of the sets that are red dotted are now gone as well. Some of the sets that were red dotted (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | What's in the Ultimate Accessory set?
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(Just saw it in the Danish 2000 catalog) Matt (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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Remy Evard <evard@mcs.anl.gov> wrote in message news:8EB8E1D63evardm...net.com... (...) This intrigued me so I went and checked mine out too. Mine are definitely type 3. This is not so surprising, since this set was released around the time of the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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Mine (I only have one) came from 8839 Supply ship. (URL) is probably a pretty rare piece, I'd say. :) Scott-A <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote in message news:387C42DD.F0EB44...w.ac.uk... (...) I (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: More Fabuland bodies?
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(...) Looks like DUPLO/Toolo to me. (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| | Re: Cool stuff in Scala 3117
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(...) 1x1 round bricks will fit in the center of a Scala stud (as will any other shape which has the same cross section as a tube). The studs are normal height, so 2xY plates also work. (...) Doesn't the dolphin have a 2x4 tube area on the bottom? (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.scala)
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| | Re: Who here is from Michigan?
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(...) Well folks, You've got company here in Michigan. Let's see, I'm from St. Clair Shores (metro Detroit), Scott Sandburn and Mark Koesel are from Ann Arbor, Steve Bliss is from Kalamazoo, Larry Pieniazek is from Ada, and there are a lot more (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Sensor questions
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I have several sensor questions. I would like to use my miniboard as an engine management system. At the present time, I have a small 2 cycle engine from a weed wacker that I would like to control. I would like to have the miniboard gather some (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: part 2951, more questions, nearly done
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(...) I believe the prefered solution when encountering problems like this is to use as many of the circle and disc primitives as possible in a non-overlapping fashion, and then fill out the rest with polygons. (So my initial 2951 sketch uses the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Quick and dirty scans of 5825 and 5826
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(...) I assume from the backs of the instructions for 5823 and 5824, those are the are the same pictures I was talking about earlier. (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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(...) Ok, then that would be where my two are from. (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: John E. Doolittle, page updated
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Gentlemen (and others ;-) Timothy Freshly has joined the writer's guild. Still a few empty chairs at the authors' table, and plenty of rum. (URL) baldly going... Check out Port Block at (URL) the change in URL - Port Block is moving over the next (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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Hello Remy, Thanks for checking! See below for comments..... (...) That would mean that the cylinders without the holes were made as late as 1982. (...) A lot of AFOLs confuse this classic window (1x1x1) with the 1x1x1 brick with the holes on the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | SPI Port
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Hello - I have two sensors that require the SPI port: the Sharp GP2D02 IR sensor, and the Precision Navigation Vector Compass. I'm hoping that someone can tell me how to use both of these sensors at the same time, on the same port or by using some (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Technic Building Modules (was, Re: Review - 8002 - Star Wars Destroyer Droid)
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I dump them all out into the box it came in and mix them up real well. I don't like the modular design at all and I wish Lego would stop it soon. Until then, I will just stir them up. After I mix them up, I sometimes sort all the pieces by color or (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Name?
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(...) This is better and a good play on words (See 'm Lug). Should we publisize to the world? Andrew Reynolds (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | Re: australian name for 6890?
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(...) Thanks. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Expected battery life
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(...) have you tried upping the output power on the motor by 1 on the turn (...) i don't think long. The Baum book highly recommends getting rechargeables. (...) maybe, but probably not. i found the same problem. Again, Baum's book (somewhere) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: australian name for 6890?
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I don't have 1982 or 1983 catalogues but page 24 of the 1984 Australian Catalogue lists 6890 Galaxy Explorer. (Page 10 of 1979 Australian Catalogue lists 928 (=497) Space Cruiser and Moonbase) Jonathan Wilson <wilsonj@xoommail.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Why SW isn't Jr-ized? (was Re: It's Time AFOL Take Action!)
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(...) due in part to the control that the merchandising division of Lucasfilm exerts over TLC's designs. I've read that many of the toys that Hasbro/Kenner produces are closely reviewed by Lucasfilm for quality and realism. But that doesn't mean (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Expected battery life
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Activate de-lurk and engage..... I got a RIS recently and am having great fun with it. I am working with the tank tread robot from the manual trying out the line following challenge. What I find is that the bot will move nicely forward and bog down (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: TpForth Project ?
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(...) Mario wrote... (...) Mario, Thanks for following this up. I've heard about tpStudio - it was started at least a year ago. The GUI is neat, but it has one problem which interferes with pbForth - it only runs on Windows. :-( I'm still trying to (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Quick and dirty scans of 5825 and 5826
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(...) It also comes with a trans-green Wine Jug! Perfect for Elven Wine! It also has a trans-purple Magnifying Glass frame! Woohoo!! Jeff (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
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| | Re: Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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(...) The inventory is at (URL) and supports James' statement; there is just one grey palm tree trunk in this set. Cheers, Heather Heather Patey St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Pirate Wench / Brick Detecive (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | WTB: Ice Planet 6814, 6879 & 6898
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I am interested in buying the following Ice Planet 2002 sets: 6814 Ice Tunnelator 6879 Blizzard Baron 6898 Ice-Sat V I would like them to be complete set along including the intruction booklet, however, boxes are not necessary. Please email with (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Hello?
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(...) I have/had some friends from there. I spent a summer living in Greentree. Most of my time was spent in Sq. Hill or Oakland. My girlfriend used to live right behind the Kids Unlimited/SW Randall stores in Sq Hill. (...) Yes it's the WAshington (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.pit)
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| | Lotsaparts III Underway
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Hi! Lotsaparts III, our third LEGO parts auction, is well underway right now. (I'm sorry about eBay; I am trying to graduate this semester and am short on time.) There are over 80 lots available, many of which are going for prices much lower than (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Spare Parts in UK
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Sorry if this is OT for this group, but some of the others scare the bejesus out of me. Does anyone know where I can order spare/extra parts in the UK? Or good shops in the London area? Cheers, -- Mark Rendle Est nunc salvus cessare vester computare (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New MOC's on my websites
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Tamy, These are great!! I love the Keep and the circular staircase is great. I thought that the lugnet.castle folk might want to see this so I have added that group to the list. Eric Kingsley (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| | part 2951, more questions, nearly done [DAT]
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I'm having a few questions regarding the 2951 (it's a bucket or scoop) The round part is created using two overlapping cylinders, but due to the not quite roundness of these (16agons? :) I'm having some problems making it look right. Now, should I (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Castle Minifig Races
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The spear will be out soon (if not already in some areas) as part of the newest Throwbot-Technic line. The one that has it is not technically (sorry for the pun) a Throwbot, but it's marketing and design have the same features. They are called (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Don't laugh, but I need Blue and red couplers
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Is there some one out there who will sell or trade me some Red and Blue couplers? I need two sets.I'm close to finishing a #127. thanks Jeffrey Baldwin. (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 2000 Danish Catalog is online
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(...) catalog (...) You are probably right. When I first saw these pictures, I had the impression that it was a sort of Toolo only slightly bigger than minifig scale and much smaller than Duplo scale. However, by looking at the picture again there (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Re: Technic Building Modules (was, Re: Review - 8002 - Star Wars Destroyer Droid)
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(...) Well, I like the Modular design, simply because it is easier to build the sets. I sort out all the parts now, whenever I build the set: For example: (URL) for parts drives me nuts. I guess I spent too many years building large models, trying (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Please provide diffs for legOS releases
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Hi Alex, I'll post a cvs rdiff later. Alex Wetmore schrieb: (...) Rossz Vamos-Wentworth is working on an InstallShield version for Windows. (...) There's a watchdog timer module on the RCX, which is currently unused in legOS. Shouldn't bee too (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Idea for LARGE Star Wars sets
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I know that the Milennium Falcon is due out in July but, this is an idea so we can have an offical set that is to "scale" and is more appealing to both the Star Wars and the LEGO collecter! This idea is not only limited to the MF, but, can be used (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | FA: various parts....adventurer....
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(URL) in one hour... Thanks, Eugwe Coral (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: OO programing in RCX
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Dave Baum schrieb: (...) Yes, definitely so. Many concepts in parser generators are actually OO (bison result types, for example), but they aren't implemented that way. (...) Prof. Goos rather convincingly advocates generation as the do-all and (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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