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(...) It was still going strong when I left and I want to say thanks to everyone, it was great meeting a few new folks, and I had a blast, although picking the corner may not have been wisest, I got to hear fragmetns of two conversations at once! (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: NELUG general purpose bricks?
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Just let me know where to send a check. I'm in for 20, more if we come up short... (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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| | Re: Newsgroups for LUGs?
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(...) Agreed... IF the groups want them. PNLTC at one point I think was asked and declined. A wrinkle, though... There's the current lugnet.trains.org already in existence. would a putative bayltc (bayltc is just forming, and may or may not remain (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: New web site for my space MOC
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(...) and loosen NASA's purse strings a little bit. I can't wait to see the ship! (...) I believe it's "La République," not "La Républic." But the last time I used my French to any significant extent was in 1983, so you may want a second opinion... (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Hello there!
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On Thu, 13 Jan 2000 15:48:10 GMT, John VanZwieten uttered the following profundities... (...) Too late, just got back today, didn't have *any* access to e-mail or anything! Get to feel really cut-off without it.... It is a yearly trip, though, so (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.il.spr)
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| | Re: What are your 10 most wanted pieces from LEGO Direct?
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(...) newsfeed, (...) TLG (...) excess (...) quantities. (...) few (...) for (...) 4's. (...) using (...) My TOP 10 wanted Lego pieces are: 1. 50 pairs Train doors in R, O, Y, G, B, Gray, Black and White 2. 200 pieces of Train windows in R, O, Y, G, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: HOTW! (Yeah, that's an H.)
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(...) FAO is very unbudgeable on price. They offered me the same on a Paradisa set--a Paradisa set that was already priced 40% above MSRP. I'll go into FAO to shop, but never, ever, *ever* to buy. When it was just jacked up 10%, many years ago, I (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | New web site for my space MOC
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This is just a fun PR site I threw up for my large spacecraft I'm currently working on. Feel free to comment, hopefully I'll be adding pictures of the construction soon. (URL) is also a bit of an exercise in my French skills, so if anyone wants to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Some of the "illegal" scans not too illegal anymore...
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Note that the "new" white kittens have painted eyes too, so technically there are TWO white kittens now, plain and painted. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?
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Except for the extremely rare use of Composer touching up handwritten pages when I'm in a hurry, I use Notepad or CuteHTML to write all my pages for all of my sites (4? 5? 5, I think). I've never found an HTML editor that saves the source in what I (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | RE: Controlling pneumatics
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Denis, Last night I opened my fischertechnik pneumatic robots set. It has three such solenoid valves that can be readily adapted to Lego use (even the lego hoses fit). Better yet, fishertechnik (which offers other sensors as well), sells individual (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Destroyer Droid Found!
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Went to the TRU in Everett, WA today and my friend bought the 8002 Destroyer Droid set. Just letting anyone in the Seattle area know. :^) ~Mark (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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All I did was type "coffee mcdonalds lawsuit" into the URL bar on Communicator, and the first match back was (URL) - everyone go read it. Can we PLEASE now take this to off-topic already? It has buggerall to do with Lego or shopping anymore. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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But his parents would probably help him or build together with him. My parents ( my fahter ) used to build big TECHNIC sets with me, but now I can build them myself. --Tobias (...) here (...) you (...) which (...) to (...) one (...) put (...) pick (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | dragster race e ... regole
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Ieri ho avuto qualche scambio di messaggi con Marco (Beri) e con Mario che stanno cercando di aiutarmi con il programma de mio dragster (vabbe' programmare in nqc non e' come lavorare con le batterie per me :) ed a parte quello che non so io, ho (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Some of the "illegal" scans not too illegal anymore...
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Wow! A painted cat! Awesome! --Tobias (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Hardest Piece to remove?
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Or, the antenna will get bent. I tried something like this when separating a tyre from a wheel. I out an antenna in the wheel center, whacked it on a table, and the antenna went right through the wheel! --Tobias (...) the (...) together (...) block (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Hardest Piece to remove? Final Answer
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This sounds impossible. Perhaps you can split the car in two and then remove the bricks and glue it all together :-) Seriously, the only thing that I can think of will make permanent damage to at least two lego bricks. You need a 2*2 brick and some (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Robosports for $12 on Target.com
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(...) Unfortunately, as of 2:25AM EST it shows them sold out... :( Dave (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Robosports for $12 on Target.com
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Robosports has been marked down to $12 on the Target web site, but I unfortunately couldn't find any other similarly discounted items. --Raymond Flournoy ===...=== flournoy@cs.stanford.edu "Because, of course, a man with an Computer Science Dept. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: batterie nicd
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(...) :-) (...) E' solo che di set disponibili io non ne ho. A parte l'8880 come credo tutti ormai sappiano. Beh, in effetti ho anche un 4555 e un 4552. Ciao Mario (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: New policy for LS@h
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(...) All the prices I've seen where there were US and Canadian side-by-side to compare, they worked out the same when you take exchange rate into account. SOmetimes exchange rate fluctuations would give Canadians a temporary break - and sometimes (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Customized homemade LEGO pieces...
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Excuse me a moment while I put on Steve the astronaut's flame-resistant spacesuit... What is everyone's opinion on making modifications to pieces to gain appearance/functionality unavailable in standard LEGO pieces? I'm sure I've missed a debate on (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Check out this unusual auction...
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I remember seeing the pics of this town when the builder posted them last year some time, here or on rtl. It's a kinda neat town - the bar interior is nice (pity he doesn't put pics of that in the auction). But $550? I don't think so (but you never (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Pitsco part function question
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First of all - thanks to all who have made comments on my earlier questions... All of you Lugnet'ers (Lugnuts? :P ) are a great resource that I'm glad I discovered... Looking at the 2000 Pitsco LEGO Dacta catalog I see a "SOUND ELEMENT D779885" for (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Newsgroups for LUGs?
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(...) Ok, but AFAIK there aren't any lug newsgroups right now. There should at least be newsgroups for LUGs and LTCs made under the appropriate heirarchy. lugnet.org.us.gmltc lugnet.org.us.gmlug lugnet.org.us.nelug lugnet.org.us.wamalug etc... -Tim (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Trains and Re: Hold Everything!
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(...) The only reason I thought that 10 - 5 was better was so that there was a wider spread of time for folks to drop in and out. Some folks find the morning easier and leave early afternoon cuz of evening engagements. (...) Traveling from the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Interesting Castle on Ebay
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John, can you email Abner and find out about this Daluland stuff. I think that a lot of us are still wondering about this stuff and if there is any authentic Lego in this lot. Thanks Kevin Salm (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | MOC: Aquaraider Wavechopper
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Newly added to my LEGO page (address in .sig, below). I bought the Hydro Reef Wrecker today (clearance at KB Toys) and was inspired to create a little something for the Aquaraiders. And thus, the Wavechopper, a one-man jet-propelled submarine (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic)
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(...) Again, it depends where you get your stats. You didn't say where you got yours, but I prefer to use the stats from the Star Wars RPG books. In the RPG, the A-wing doesn't have concussion missiles. Another consideration is that not only does (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: GMLTC Module Construction
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(...) I will make up a web page showing all the data on module construction. For now, here are the hard numbers: 2x4's needed - approx. 7,500 (62.5 Blue Tubs worth) 2x2's needed - approx. 10,000 (50 blue tubs worth) Large Gray Baseplates - 6 Weight (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: HOTW! (Yeah, that's an H.)
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(...) This always happens to me. No one ever gives me a deal on anything, EVER! The discounts I am usually offered are not worth the hassle of pursuing the missing parts. And this presumes I know precisely which parts have gone astray while I am (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Z-95 Headhunter
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Hi all. I forget who was asking about making a Z-95 alternate out of their 7140 X-wing Fighter. Anyways, I'm too lazy to look it up in the messages, so I thought I'd offer this bit of help. I uploaded a scan of a Z-95 graphic from one of the Star (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Parts FA on Ebay
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I am selling the following lots on Ebay, in 3-day auctions ending late Monday: 8 trans red jewels (unbid at $4) (URL) trans-orange flames (unbid at $4) (URL) raised tan 32x32 baseplates from 5978 (current bid $10) (URL) tall DkGray bricks (8 1x6x5, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Most wanted color other than those in the brick packs
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Tan. Definitely tan. John C. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: lugnet.belville has got on it's feet!
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(...) Hey, everyone likes everything for parts -- parts is what its about. The real problem is one of scale, and secondarily one of price. Belville figs means having to go to another scale in building and for a theme where the figures available are (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My robot exploded
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(...) This sounds like what happened to the robot I built to race around on a table top without falling off... It hit the carpet a few times just by backing off when it got into a corner, and once or twice because it saw the edge but didn't have (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: best set for micromotors, pneumatics
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(...) [snip] Well to follow up on my own post, I must say the 8462 Tow Truck is a great "parts" set, although the main model is so nice you might be unwilling to take it apart. This set is LOADED with big beams, plus the of course the pneumatics. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Check out this unusual auction...
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(...) Weird auction. He says there are more stuff - couldn't he/she just take another picture? "Also note that this and that won't be included... also more extra pieces and minifigs..." It doesn't seem like there are ANY special pieces, seems like a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Velky Nakladak 5571
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(...) Presne tak ! Podvozok, motor, kabina, tazne zariadenie, karoseria. Skrinka na naradie... vsetko ! Navyse ako sme tu uz spominali - to LEGO ma v sebe z 99% LEGO serii suciastky. Belville - macka na kapote vpredu, vlaky - okna a dvere na zadnej (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.cs)
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