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I'm in Royal Oak! (...) lot (...) from (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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Sounds neat. I still think we need to build some digital motors, or a train whistle module, with the whistle timing controlled by the voltage on the track. The other idea that might be simpler is to build a larger brick/module with a touch sensor (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Technic Building Modules (was, Re: Review - 8002 - Star Wars Destroyer Droid)
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(...) I've tried building both ways. When I built the new Pit Droid I used the subassembly method. When I built the Destroyer Droid, I just dumped all the pieces into the box. Given that the Technic Pieces are so small to begin with and usually (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | 31° iscritto ItLUG: Monica Pirovano
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(...) giunto.....in questo caso rieccomi qui... In effetti non l'avevo ricevuto. (...) fanno impazzire... (...) Udite, udite...il nostro primo iscritto donna :-) Benvenuta Monica! Mario (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 7141 Naboo Fighter
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(...) whoops! (blushing) that's one of those words that you put in place because you can't think of the right word at the time (and forget to replace during editing). sorry about that, chief! ..joseph g (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 7141 Naboo Fighter
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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| | Re: Death of the studded brick
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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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| | Re: Castle Minifig Races
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(...) *SNIP* (...) Where are you getting trans-blue spears from!? I did not know there were any, they don't appear in any of my vast collection. Also, in my kingdom I use the entire Ninja line (with black bows from Wild West) for the Elves. The red (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Will's Small Castle Auction - Update 4
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I acquired the following sets in a lot I purchased over the holidays. As a townie I have no use for these so I've decided to auction them off. The rules are pretty simple: This is a G1, G2, SOLD auction with advances occuring approximately every 24 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Michael Collins....Are you there?
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Don't worry. I just got this from him: (...) ... and I've not even paid for the set yet! Scott A (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | 2000 lego in oz?
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Has anyone seen any of the new sets or a 2000 australian catalog anywhere in the perth metro area? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | new starwars set question
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Do any of the newly released starwars sets contain any new parts, not including decorated elements where the element itself is not new or old parts in new colors? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Michael Collins....Are you there?
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Michael: I have not heard a reply, or been able to e-mail you. Your e-mails are getting through (auction updates). I tried to send new bids this weekend, but my e-mails were not getting through to you. Have you received anything from me since (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 2000 Danish Catalog is online
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(...) Thats because it *is* Toolo. Look at the digger arm. Those are the same pieces that were in a couple of the toolo sets. Jeff (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Re: Do you build sets you buy for parts?
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teyyareci (Selçuk) wrote in <Fo7r18.F39@lugnet.com>: (...) I do exactly the same, with the addition of: 2a. Decide, if it's cool enough, to leave it up for display for a long time, possibly never breaking it up. (This becomes an exercise in (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Miscellaneous thoughts...
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(...) scans (...) is (...) We're not talking about the KING from the new sets, we're talking about the new KNIGHT that is described above. The new knight has the same torso as the chess king. Bill (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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This message got me thinking. I mail ordered a 4565 and 8480 from a ZB not too far away from me. This was a couple weeks ago, when there was news about these sets on lugnet. I haven't received them yet - has anybody? -- Have fun! John The Legos (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Lets Just Pretend Lego are really listening to us :-\
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OK .... a bit of a challenge to you all :-) We have been complaining about the latest offerings put forth by TLG in regard to Duplo (I have protested quite loudly to anyone who will listen to me rant about the falling standard in quality and really (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.duplo)
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| | offtopicy sort of thing
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Ok, so it's nothing to do with nqc and not much to do with mindstorms, but here's a nice bit of elementary physics I came across while playing with my RIS: Take two 9v dc lego motors like the ones you got with the RCX. Stick something, a wheel or a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: What a bunch of minifigs
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I count 29, and have pics of them all at Brickset to prove it :-) (URL) Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:BEZ2OICVCnejamK...4ax.com... (...) most (...) minifigs (...) droids (...) TLC (...) in the (...) approach (...) sets (...) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | australian name for 6890?
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Does anyone know the name that was used in australia for 6890? -- 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: 2000 Danish Catalog is online
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(...) Aha. Now I know what you are takling about. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.db.scans)
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