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Is there someplace to get a hold of the Technic Idea books other than via E- bay? Ideally I'd want an on-line scan. Does such a thing exist? Is there a reason why I haven't been able to locate such a thing? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Target - surprise finds!
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If the yellow motorcycle is 8251 Sonic Cycle ((URL) and on clearance, I'd be (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NYC LEGOfest - Saturday, February 5th
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I'm going to have to decline for the 5th. I have family obligations. :-( -Mike Lunny (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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| | Re: John E. Doolittle.
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(...) Ooops-the Dutch East India Company operating out of London? I don't think so--for a long time the British and Dutch companies were arch-rivals, and the DEIC even slaughtered an English settlement that dared to get too close to Indonesia. The (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Padding materials (was Re: FS: 8880 Super Car, $135 shipped in the US
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Of course, your larger papers would have this equipment. :) My experience is with small weekly newspapers though, which tend to get printed on whatever press will take them! ;) Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | Re: Don't laugh, but I need Blue and red couplers
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(...) I have two spare red couplers and one spare blue coupler. Dunno if these are the ones you need. My #725 train has the couplers attached to the car base, the magnets I have are attached to a red 2x4 plate. The 127 doesn't have special car bases (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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(...) No, 673 Rally Repair Crew from 1978 comes with all solid-topped cylinders, incl. trans-blue. (Also, the instructions for 374 show solid-topped cylinders, but that may not mean anything). Nice set; I remember the pleasant surprise of 1x3 clear (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 6094 Guarded Treasury
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(...) The fig's are great A+ in my mind. As far as juniorization well yes they are juniorized but pathertically juniorized I am not sure. (...) Must have more arched Gray windows!. Great part. I do think I have seen some pictures of other colors of (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Ebay auction advice
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(...) You can also link to the item page on lugnet, but in my experience, actual pictures of your items seem to really help. I use a digital camera to make it easier, just snap, download to pc and put in listing. Or take pictures on film, an (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Quick and dirty scans of 5825 and 5826
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(...) Right. So why didn't you post them somewhere before I got to it? It seemed cruel not to give the people who are actually buying belville the fix they needed... -- Richard (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
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| | Re: Club talk (was Gats)
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(...) I think it is down, I tried to get to it all day. (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | NQC 2.1 b2 Linux binaries + rpm (was Re: NQC 2.1 b2 in beta test)
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I put up a Linux binary package in tar.gz format + rpm + source in srpm format at: <URL:(URL). I'd appreciate it if folks would look at it and tell me if I've done anything stupid. (Especially in the RPM.) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Part functionality questions
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"Ben Jackson" <ben@ben.com> wrote in message news:Fo8Iqz.1uC@lugnet.com... (...) smooth (...) gear (...) other (...) [snip] (...) differential. (...) the (...) and (...) This gear is also very useful for making multispeed transmissions. The 8880 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 31° iscritto ItLUG: Monica Pirovano
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Domenico Franco ha scritto: (...) Ehi, Domenico, ti fai subito avanti ? ;-) A parte gli scherzi, benvenuta anche da parte mia. Ciao Giulio (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: directly from NY ....
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(...) Quali sono le peculiarità dell'ingranaggio frizione? (URL) GOdt :-) Domenico (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Part functionality questions
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(...) If it's a service pack for the cyber challenge sets, then the rubber bands would be to replace all the rubber bands in the sets themselves. LEGO sure has gotten generous with those recently. Why, when *I* was a boy you were lucky to get one (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Ebay auction advice
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(...) Others will probably disagree, but I have the best luck with 10day. But if you want to get rid of them fast, do a 3day, but MAKE SURE to note in the title that it is 3day. (...) Don't end it on a weekend - lots of people bid from work or (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Motori per RCX
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Uno dei miei due motori dell'RIS è un po' "lento", non fa resistenza, se lo colleggo a delle ruote e lo metto su di un piano inclinato si muove!!!! È normale??? A proposito di motori, io ho l'870 (4,5 V) e i due motori dello shuttle, quali possono (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 6094 Guarded Treasury
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(...) Sad, but true. The 'figs have gotten better, but the buildings have gotten worse. Not only are they more poorly designed (IMHO) but they've got fewer pieces to boot... and the pieces they DO have are pathetically juniorized. (...) Also, the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 4556 Train Station - Something to buy?
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(...) Looks like it's made out of bricks, not wall pieces. It does have a lot of large windows. I'd buy one for 30% off, just becuase I like my 4554 so much. Actually, if it came in yellow I'd buy it for retail price! BTW, the 4554 is one of the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | New Train Cars and Train pics up
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Hi All. I have posted some new pics this morning, highlights include: 1- A green and white high speed train with a couple of club cars: (I still have to put together some regular passenger cars for this one...) 2- A red,white, and blue pullman (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 5206 == ?
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(...) Probably. I wonder how it's calibrated? I assume it's basically a rotation sensor. (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Turning with one motor
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(...) If you can't get that version working, try making a bot that drives forward with a plain differential (or even a solid axle, for simplicity) and uses a steering wheel (or wheels) which point forward when moving forward but twist sideways when (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | GMLTC at GATS?
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Is GMLTC going to be at a GATS event in the near future? I looked and could not find info on it at Lugnet, only on the Florida GATS. If someone could reply (or email me, preferrably) with info on a possible event, I'd appreciate it. I'd like to make (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.mn)
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| | Re: Who here is from Michigan?
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I just recently came out of my Dark Ages, but my childhood in Caledonia (Southeastern Rural Suburb of Grand Rapids) has left me with a good sized collection to build from. Unfortunately, and I do mean UNFORTUNATELY, I now reside in South Bend, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Star Wars Parts Auction
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My Star Wars Parts auction is now underway. Tons of good pieces for all, including; Gray, Black, Tan, Brown Bricks and Plates Slopes Tiles Minfig Torsos, Legs, Lightsabers, and Headgear Visit the site below; (URL) for Looking Dan M. (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: missing boba fett
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(...) Hmmm... I have been to about 12 stores between Ann Arbor and Flint, and I found three so far. Must be a popular set around here. Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator/CAD Operator-Affiliated (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 31° iscritto ItLUG: Monica Pirovano
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Un benvenuto particolare alla prima donna di ItLUG !! -- LEg GOdt :-) Domenico (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: missing boba fett
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(...) I've haven't seen quite that many on the shelves here in PGH, but the stores that I've visited (Target, Wal-Mart, Toys 'R Us) all have Slave I (as well as the rest of the new SW sets). Toki (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Michael Collins....Are you there?
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(...) Only problem is... I have not been able to send him my address. Hopefully he will see this post, or the one on RTL. Eric (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Expected battery life / motor differences
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(...) If you're talking about the tank treads, those scrub a lot when trying to turn in place. A line following bot would probably be easier to build with one of the alternate wheelsets (and I don't mean the little feet!). (...) Depends. If I'm just (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: missing boba fett
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(...) The "good Jeff" says: Don't return it! Unless you just can't live without Bobe Fett for a few weeks. Call LEGO Consumer Affairs and ask them to replace it. They will. The "bad Jeff" says: You expected to have a complete set when you bought it, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Ebay auction advice
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Hi. I'm planning to run a moderate-sized auction of about 20 sets on Ebay starting in a couple of days. So, I'm soliciting advice. --Is it best to run an auction for 3 days, 7 days, or 10 days? --Should I start the auction so it will hit more (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: missing boba fett
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(...) Rare?? In the three Wal-Marts I've been to lately, I've seen at least 2 dozen of them. Ryan (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Lots of new auctions on Ebay.
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I've opened the 3rd set of auctions on Ebay. These now include pictures! Keep checking back I will be posting more and more each week. Here is just one of the auctions running right now. Don't forget to check out the others. (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Who here is from Michigan?
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I'm in Royal Oak! (...) lot (...) from (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: SFX?
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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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