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Are there any '3x3 facet' pieces (lt. grey) in any currently available sets? (URL) like the diagonal of a 3x3 brick, with one side angled, the other side stepped, with 3 studs on top) Thanks! DaveE (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Technic box #1 update
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(...) <shrug> Doesn't much matter to me. I'd guess keep any excess to cover your costs from JB#1. Anyone else feel strongly about this? James (URL) Was JB#1 the box I sent out without $10 in it? I know I ended up doing that for one of them, but I (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | FA(eBay): Castle 2000 parts lots ending Wed 19th
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Auctions ending on 19/01/2000 ---...--- 4 Kingdom Knights NEW 2000 (URL) 4 Bull soldiers NEW 2000 (URL) 8 lion head tan bricks 2000 (URL) 16 blue steep corner slopes++ (URL) 4 GREY 1x2x2+ arch windows (URL) 4 dark grey Castle battlement (URL) 8 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Q: How useful is "6497 Twisted Time Train" for LEGO trains?
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It's a pity that the set didn't come with a pirate ship hull middle segment. Pirate nuts would have been snapping the set up to get hull segments, and the train fans could have gone in with them to get the train nose elements. -- jthompson@esker.com (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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(...) I agree, but my preference isn't so strong that I'd actually *want* to take the effort to repackage the distribution files. Also, I don't know if the ARC compression format/tool will allow lower-case filenames. (...) Yes, in LDraw code, the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: "Free Web Space"
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(...) I've heard that Tripod will yank your account if they get the idea that you are using them to host images to be displayed from other servers (ie use them as a holding ground for ebay auction images or the like). I'm not sure about that, but (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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(...) Filenames were not changed to take advantage of the "force stud-drawing" "feature" of LEdit. The code inside of several files was changed to reference stud.dat or STUD.DAT. But the primitive file remained STUD.DAT. So this is not an issue for (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 25% off at Sears Tuesday only
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(...) Hi, and thanks for the tip, went yesterday after work (I know have to return some set to Zellers that I bought at 15%, luckely I didn't had time to open the boxes) Well the winter is here too, since last snow fall it is really cold in Montreal (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm...
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(...) <snip> (...) Sounds very cool! We definitly need houses for the common folk. Like I said I might try one myself but I am not sure. As far as the wall it sounds great. (By 2 bricks thick I assume you mean 4 studs thick?). (...) Well if you (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: Part number for crystal in Rock Raider sets?
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(...) the (...) the (...) Not knowing anything about LEGO cad, why would a transparent element need a different part number than the chrome version? -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 2951 (not quite finished)
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(...) The x-yEDGE.DAT files use color 24 internally to draw the edge-lines. If you reference these files with color 24, they will draw the edges with the edge-color for the edge-color of your part. Which might actually be the main color of your (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: If Lego made new Town sets... what should they be?
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J.W.Hummer <mr_spin_2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FoK0qo.C0A@lugnet.com... (...) too) (...) the (...) The wheels (and radiator piece) from the Adventurers sets are great for making classic autos. I agree that chrome hubcaps would be great (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Storage needed
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(...) I have a ton of these as well. Almost all of my Lego is in these, and they work great for me. (Some stuff is just to big to fit in them, and some stuff, like standard bricks and plates, I just have too many of to put in them) I'm thinking of (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Storage needed
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I use Sterlite (sp?) containers (very similar to Rubbermaid). I have ten shoebox size containers for various specialty pieces (and use 25th Anniversary tubs for my basic bricks). Like Rubbermaid, Sterlite containers are transparent, they stack well, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm...
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(...) Sounds great! We should probably get the exact dimentions of the window before doing it too (although like the Mindfest SW display, we can have our own "custom" setup that might look cooler when not restricted to space, too...) (...) I think (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: Customized Castle Minifigs
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Scans, Jeff. Scans! -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (...) Soldier (...) Shield. (...) Young (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Informal Announcey UKLUGy Thingy
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(...) Thats great! Thanks! (...) There would be reasons for including Argos (it sells LEGO) and reasons not to (it's a catalogue shop!). It's a valid place to get new ranges though, so if someone submitted it I wouldn't refuse it :) TRU does (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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Don Heyse: (...) My preference is all lower-case (mostly from an aesthetic point of view), which generally is more readable than upper-case. (...) I don't think it would be difficult to switch this to lower-case (if I can convince you guys to agree (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: IR tower mains powered
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I've had success in the past cutting wood to the size of the battery case and soldering the adapter wire to nails pounded in the contact locations. You end up with something just as sturdy/reliable as a battery and easily replaceable with an actual (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: My new Inn of many gable ends...
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(...) I love all those gables. There is something very satisfying about using a lot of slopes for a profusion of gables in a building. Great work! Gary Istok (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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