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(...) I think he meant to say "droid". As in R2-D2. Franklin (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Part functionality questions
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1) The technics cyber challenge "shooter" parts (the spring loaded cylinders which shoot the rubber tipped missiles), when purchased as a service pack, come with 8 rubber bands. What are these for? I don't see any application with the shooter. 2) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: free-for-all in space
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(...) What about: Classic Space: 462 Rocket Launcher 483 Alpha-1 Rocket Base 897 Launcher {non-U.S. version of 462} 920 Launch Pad {non-U.S. version of 483} 6802 Space Probe 6871 Star-Patrol Launcher 6881 Lunar Rocket Launcher 6950 Mobile Rocket (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 7141 Naboo Fighter
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In lugnet.reviews, Joseph Gonzalez writes: <snip> (...) <snip> Android? ~Mark (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 6094 Guarded Treasury
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The land of Bernatia is on the brink of destruction and King Leopold doesn't even know it. Impending doom at the hands of Tauros the mad has slowly worked its way into the kingdom. Already his henchmen have quietly captured outlying settlements and (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Who here is from Michigan?
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Cross posted to lugnet.loc.us.mi and subgroups where this belongs, FUT set to us.mi. General is too.. general a group. Welcome to Lugnet! (...) My wife went to HS in Greenville, grandparents live in Smyrna outside Belding (...) lot (...) Steve's (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.loc.us.mi.det, lugnet.loc.us.mi.fli, lugnet.loc.us.mi.lan)
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| | Re: Turning with one motor
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The ratchet arm doesn't stop the wheel from turning properly. If you play about with it it should do. Try changing the end bit --- I think I used a 3-axle to stick down onto the gear wheel, so you should have an inverted L shape where they just have (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Painted baseplates
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Hi folks, I'm starting to get into LDRAW (with ML-Cad, fantastic program!), using it mainly for documenting building ideas so I can take things apart again. I've noticed that there aren't any painted flat baseplates in the parts list, such as 6071 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: The Gate of the Present Circular Loan? (Not EXACTLY a Jambalaya)
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How about it, Jeremy? Would that (sending you some money as a surety deposit for safe return) do the trick? Eric is done with the French one and wants to know if he should hold for a while pending resolution, send it on to Chris, or back to me... (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: John E. Doolittle, page updated
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I am honored. Thank you. On to another suggestion. As you have already set out in the story, Doolittle sends money back to his wife in England to provide for her. However, her affair with Waite becomes more public, eventually reaching the ears of (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Sensor questions
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(...) Sounds like fun! Go check out the EFI332 (hope I got that right) project. That's a project to build a 68332 board to control a larger engine. They'll probably have pointers to the different types of sensors that can be used with it, some of (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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(...) I got that one, Mark. FYI! Scott S. (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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(...) Well Frank, you have to have one of the biggest Lego budgets on the planet. I mean there are entire third-world countries that spend less on their survival than you do on your collection. I can't compete with the prices you pay. I am not (...) (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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(...) of (...) Yes, indeed. I think I fooled myself, hoping for more Fabuland items to come out. When I first saw the picture, I didn't think of Duplo to exist (shame on me), so I only thought: He, something different than minifigs, that must be (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| | Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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Jeff Stembel <aulddragon@wamalug.org> wrote in message news:Fo8C7x.71s@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) mid (...) were (...) Aha, of course -- set 590 Engine Co. No. 9. I actually have (or had -- can't remember if I sold that one or not) that set too. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: missing boba fett
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(...) No way! Considering the Slave 1 seems to be rare, I would return it, or to talk to a manager and see if you can get a discount. If the box is open, I don't buy it! (Unless discounted a good deal, I might add! Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | 4556 Train Station - Something to buy?
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I have found a 4556 Train Station with a 30% rebate. I wonder if this set is something to buy? I think it looks juniorized. Someone who have expressions on this set? Regards, Hugo Matre (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Idea for LARGE Star Wars sets
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[snip] (...) The problem would be that this idea book would only contain instructions for this one model :) and it would already be a large booklet. I expect the Ultimate Collector Series Instruction booklets to have at least 150 pages, a large (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 5206 == ?
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(...) Or can we hook it up to a train and see how fast they really go? jt -- James J. Trobaugh james.trobaugh@ngltc.org North Georgia LEGO Train Club www.ngltc.org (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Idea for LARGE Star Wars sets
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(...) try! (...) How about just put the instrunctions in an idea book using pieces from the other star wars sets. Jimmy (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | [eBay] 2 Model Team 5561s
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I have two 4x4 Bigfoot Model Team sets for sale on eBay: (URL) brand new, never opened. Auction ends on Saturday morning, so get your bids in now. Current price (as of 11am EST) is $46, and original retail was $79. (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | SUBPART for new (unofficial) part - 4x6 flag - "s\41s01.dat" [DAT]
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Here's the subpart for the 4x6 flag. Thanks. Franklin 0 ~Subpart Flag 4 x 6 without Front or Back 0 Author: Franklin W. Cain (fwcain@yahoo.com) 0 Unofficial Element 0 0 Used for plain and decorated 4x6 flags 0 included in older Lego Pirate and Lego (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | new (unofficial) part - 4x6 flag - "41.dat" [DAT]
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I've been working on the 4 by 6 Flag, the large plastic flag that LegoCo used in the Pirates and Castle sets before going to a fabric flag. As per the established procedure (as I understand it) within LDraw, as for any other piece which may be (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | missing boba fett
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I've been trying to find the slave-1 for a while now. To my suprise, I found one at target last night. The box had been opened, but it still had the plastic bags, so I didn't worry much about it. When I got home, I found one bag had been opened, and (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: NQC 2.1 b2 in beta test
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(...) Not that I'm complaining or anything :) but is the 'listen' feature I talked about a while ago in the plan for the future? I'll work on making Linux builds today if I have a chance. (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: 5206 == ?
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(...) provision to use it as a sensor with Mindstorms? Who was complaining about studs disappearing? Obviously they are not going away when even special components such as this include studs in addition to peg holes. (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Turning with one motor
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I am another one who got the RIS for Christmas. I have built the prototype from the back of the manual that uses one motor to turn both of the tracks with the differential. The problem is I can't get it to turn when it goes into reverse. I had a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Cap'n Redbeard goes legit!
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(...) Oh, added the gray backpack from the Star Wars bike-thingies. All the pirate babes are swooning! Bruce (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Black minifigs
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(...) No frowning minifig faces? There have been plenty of minifigs manufactured with grimacing or frowning faces. The Wild West bad guys, some of the Nijas, and the new Moo Men (Knights Kingdom baddies) come to mind, as does the frown of the Bat (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: yellow antenna
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Of course, you can always call Consumer Affairs and have it replaced for free. Jeff (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: new starwars set question
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(...) The Gungun steeds are new elements, albeit very SPUDish. What else? I don't know - that's the only 2000 Star Wars set I've bought. -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Expected battery life
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From: "Jeff Canar" <j_canar@yahoo.com> (...) instructions, (...) between (...) programmed (...) Information on a mechanical solution to this problem can be found at (URL) It uses two differentials to build a mechanical adder/subtractor. That said, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 7141 Naboo Fighter
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Sweat beads on the brow of the pilot's forehead. He has outmaneuvered the droid fighter ships for almost an hour now and he's simply too tired to keep it up. The chase (and knowledge of what the Trade Federation is planning) has so occupied his (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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(...) Whereas my 590 has solid studs. I got this set from a yard sale in the mid '80s. The only cylinders in the box were two yellow ones, all thee rest were missing. (...) 590 was a 1977 set, and it has minifigs. Jeff (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Sensor questions
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(...) SNIP (...) Newark electronics used to sell a humidity sensor based on this principle for about $ 12. It should still be available. I believe it was made by Phillips. Basically the variations in capacitor value is used to vary the frequency of (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: yellow antenna
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(...) S@H sells an antenna kit with two of each color. :) -- -Bones- = (URL) = NecroBones Enterprises toki barron wrote in message <387A889A.B72A6EA0@pitt.edu>... (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: More Fabuland bodies?
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(...) new (...) looks (...) instead (...) Agreed. Look at the DUPLO studs on the helicopter - the figures are sized for that. Their legs cover a span of two DUPLO studs, which would be four regular studs -- much too large for fabuland bodies, which (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| | Re: Z95 ....
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(...) Gene if you have the X-Wing set I don't think you really need instructions to make a Z95 Headhunter. The two basic differences are the Z95 has one fixed wing instead of the split wing/4 S-Foil design of the X-Wing. The other main difference is (...) (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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(...) I'll trade you the 3 parts of the cool piston thingy for the 2 black trunk segments. Anybody else want mass-quantities of specific parts of this set? Steve (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Cool stuff in Scala 3117
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One other interesting thing, I haven't checked it out for sure yet, but the baseplate has an extra rim which looks like it will make it the same thinkness as a plate instead of slightly thinner. This is also the case for the baseplate in Belville (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.scala)
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