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(...) in (...) to (...) LEGO DUPLO TOOLO. It used DUPLO minifigures. (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.db.scans)
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I haven't heard anything. Please DO let me know if they drop further, I could use a few for parts. (...) -- | 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.market.shopping)
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(...) Yes, I've linked to the item page on Lugnet as well, but would really like catalog or instruction scans. problem is, i don't have a scanner or digital camera myself, nor do I have any sort of photo-editing capabilities for situations such as (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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while working on a project of mine to build a small replica of a 4 stroke engine out of legos I discovered I didn't know how to make a 4 to 1 ratio for the timing of the valves. I could get close using pulleys, but I figure there must be a way and (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The auctions I've run generally go higher if they end during the weekday. Another good idea is to time the auction end to coincide with evening hours Pacific Standard Time. I think many people are online in the evenings rather than the day. So (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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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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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) Quali sono le peculiarità dell'ingranaggio frizione? (URL) GOdt :-) Domenico (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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| | 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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| | 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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