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I am not a programmer. However, I found the tutorial and guide to be excellent. And of course, there's nothing like digging in and experimenting with NQC. If necessary, DaveBaum's most excellent book is a thorough intro to the language and is highly (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Cowboy hat - not a Town Jr. thing!
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(...) Even earlier- this set from 1975 got a lot of those hats in it! It's even from the minifig-time the arms and legs were fixed to the body... (URL) western train (1976) even has a better of the hats: (URL) the hat appeared in some town sets also (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: An incredible site!
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Indeed, Mr. Hopkins' creation is fantastic. He a member of our local user group, BAYLUG. What's really cool is to see this fort up close and marvel at the detail that photographs cannot depict. Way to go Michael! Dave (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Stoughton - 50% OFF SW Lego
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Hello...FYI, Learning Express (266 Washington St.,Stop & Shop Plaza) is selling all Star Wars Lego sets at 50% off thru the 17th. (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | RE: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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(...) Not that I've seen, though if anyone can provide evidence of either of these ($100k or thrown out) I'd love to see them. From what I've been able to dig up, the original award was for almost $2.9 *million*, $200k for compensatory damages plus (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Lego Outlets?
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(...) LEGO (...) St.Jacob's has an outlet store. Been there a few times. They always have cool displays too, with different LEGO themes. I got a good picture of one of the Pirate displays they had once. (URL) Strutt 8^) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) LEGO (...) Outlet store, it has been open at least 2 years. James P (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Most recent animal list
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(...) Which set did it come in trans-light blue? And why? Dave (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Catalog nostalgia
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Tobias Möller <tobias.moller@telia.com> wrote in message news:FoE7Fp.12E@lugnet.com... (...) I can't. It hurts too much. The older catalogs are so much nicer. The sets are better, the ads aren't beating you in the face. Aaaah, the good old days. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Useless parts?
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You could use the skeleton heads and the crowns (each with a different plume) and mount them as trophies of kings that have been conquered! A bit morbid but it works! "I'm NOT PLAYING, I'm CREATING!!" Bill (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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And I thought Kalifornia's laws were socialistic and ridiculous! Most states I've lived in, anything loose in the car is NOT covered. And I for one agree with that statement, I wouldn't expect an insurance company to have to pay for something you (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Lego Outlets?
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(...) That's a new one for me. Is it an Outlet store or an Imagination Center? Jeff (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | My ReVUE: 6090
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Background: It was my now annual spring trip to Europe and this time around it was Spain. One full day we spent shopping in downtown Madrid. While my wife and daughter had fun at the department store, El Corte Ingles, my son an I ventured off to a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Does anyone else's Pit Droid not "pop" up properly?
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(...) I realize that the instructions have the green "heel" part pointing down, but mine would not stand like that. I keep it folded up on the shelf because it won't stand. When I made the change that was suggested earlier about pointing the green (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?
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(...) are (...) tried (...) I'm using Microsoft publisher to build my page and you don't have to know any HTML rubbish. BTW: I am using Altavista to publish my pages. David (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Catalog nostalgia
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(...) If you're interested in what the minifig says while holding the bricks (mainly in the BASIC section): "... tomorrow I create something different" (pag 10) "Al your other Lego parts fit together!" (pag 12) "[Kids] invent the best toys (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Does anyone else's Pit Droid not "pop" up properly?
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The heels point downwards. I double-checked this when I was assembling it, since it seemed awkward. But with both legs, mine stands very well. I can even bump him around on my desk, and he slides instead of falling over. -- Paul Davidson Steven Vore (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Has anyone used the Naboo soldier torsoes with castle lego?
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I'm curious if anyone's found a good castle-related use for the Naboo footsoldier figs from set 7124. I've bought three already (for the green pieces). -- Paul Davidson (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Knight Varieties
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Hey, I was originally planning on constructing a gigantic universe for my castles where I would have areas for every castle race ever made and then some custom ones in addition. However, my pieces limit me to making a single giant castle and the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Catalog nostalgia
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Yes, Lego has decided that kids nowadays prefer to destroy rather than build, and are attemping to adapt their "building toy" to this trend. Maybe eventually sets will come pre-made, but with big juniorized pieces so that sets can be destroyed (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO in Spain and Portugal/LEGO en Espana/LEGO em Portugal
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Hello! I will be traveling to Spain this spring. I am familiar with Southern Spain, though this time around I will be going to Northern Spain as well as Portugal. Other than El Corte Ingles and this small little toy shop in downtown Madrid that I (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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(...) Tim, didn't your car insurance cover the window and any items stolen from the car? After the $50 deductible, mine does--including merchandise inside the car. Thank God for Michigan insurance laws! best Lindsay (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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(...) In fact, wasn't the award thrown out completely at some point? (...) I almost married someone about five years ago who had a rather large scar on her left hip (yeah, yeah, stop it, peanut gallery), believe it or not, from a McDonald's coffee (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: need help for my IR proximity program
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If you are not familiar with any language, then start start small with RCX code. It's really much easier. Trust me! \\\\//// ( OO ) ---o00---(_)---...--- | Anthony* | ---...---o00------ | | | | (__ l l __) | | (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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(...) Even if an accurate description of the culprit (which I'm sure it is--and then some), I'll raise the killjoy-spectre of "please watch the language." That's a word that I think should have remained in the not-for-prime-time lexicon. (...) This (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: OMR Filenaming Standard Change?
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(...) before we decided for sure to go to MPD and the submodel names we decided to go with. Like Todd said, that format easily crumbles, but we are now talking about the name for only the complete set's file. (...) What I'd really like to see is it (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Classic Space baseplates
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(...) Well, looks like my experience lines up with other recent .auction experiences...zero interest. :( Auction canceled. James (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Cowboy hat - not a Town Jr. thing!
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Oh no, cowboy hats are an ooooold and recently resurrected piece. I remember back from the eighties (around '86 probably) when I was kid, I had an ideabook in which some of the minifigs wore cowboy hats, and the sets they came with were so old that (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Useless parts?
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:gZKAOA+ykPvTEcI...4ax.com... (...) that (...) Some (...) That's why I'm saving them. Chances are that if I use them for a roof, the print won't even be visible anyway. My only problem is (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Does anyone else's Pit Droid not "pop" up properly?
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(...) the directions as it point downward. I'll have to go fix it now and see if it works. Thanks for the suggestion! -Jonathan (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Does anyone else's Pit Droid not "pop" up properly?
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Which direction does the green "heel" go on yours? Does it "point" downwards or rearwards? Mine had been downward-pointing, which I thought odd but that's the way I read the directions. Topple-city. I changed it to point rearward and now he's fairly (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 6746 & 6706 sighted at KB Toys
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My wife, a preschool teacher, had gotten a mall gift certificate for Christmas, and was in search of Adventurers; normally I avoid KB like the plague. I just came across those two, realized they looked a bit old, and figured I'd see if anyone wanted (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.western)
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| | FS or FT Pieces For Buildings
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I have these pieces that should interest those of you who build your own buildings. Take a look. (URL) can send you a short want list. (Thanks to Tom and Mike) I also have some red slopes in small quantities. Jerry Hill ghill@execpc.com (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | WTT: Black train doors for green
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Hi. I have a couple of pairs of black train doors I'd like to trade for green train doors (if you have green train doors to trade but aren't looking for black ones, ask too--I hopefully can find something else you're after). I'll also consider (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Cowboy hat - not a Town Jr. thing!
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The cowboy hat showed up in 1979-80 in the Exxon gas station (URL) Möller wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: using "lego" in domain names
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(...) Presumably not, since "lego" isn't included in the domain name. (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego-izing the Handyboard.
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I've mentioned this subject before here, but I never really got an answer that made much sense... Has anybody ever tried building a reasonable "LEGO-ish" container for the Handyboard? Ideally, that would be a sturdy enclosure that still provides (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | deals at mosespa.com on SW sets
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Check out www.mosespa.com for some pretty good deals on some EP1 sets. This is the URL for the Lego page, but you might have to negociate the web site to get to it: (URL) quite the 75% off sale at Target, but if you missed that sale like I did, here (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: missing boba fett
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(...) I have only had one set ever with a missing piece. It was a 6614 Launch Evac I. The piece was one of the white frames for the grey roll-up doors. I simply returned the set to the TRU, and they opened up a second set right there to find the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Newsgroups for LUGs?
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(...) My dad and I have both been using that word for years :) -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)
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