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Oh, I wouldn't expect to grab all of a person's stock, that wouldn't be fair. I have no problem interleaving my requests with others. The only time I'd want all of a person's stock is if they had 4 or less - to make a decent boxcar, I really need 4 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: LEGO grandfather clock
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Nice piece of work. Certainly impressive given the height and functionality. I like the doodads up on the top too. Nice touch. One thing I wonder about is what it sounds like - how much of a Grandfather-Clock-Like-Sound does it make? Does that great (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) most of my local targets haven't had any clearance items left for two weeks.. but I checked the one that has stubbornly refused to clearance anything at all and it finally did have something on clearance.. a 5988 Pharoh's Forbidden Ruins for (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Scans of my Minifigs
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Well, I didn't have to go to work today (Yay! Snow!!), so I decided to work on my website. First on my agenda, after a slight redesign, was to start scanning my minifigs. I've only gotten one scan done so far, but I'll try to update the page this (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Mike's Millenium Falcon
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(...) I'm not condoning painting your Lego masterpiece, but if you just GOTTA, then may I suggest Testors Camouflage Gray as the exterior color. It's an excellent shade of "dirty" off=white that seems perfect. Me and one of my friends built a (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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I was going to mention that until I realized he was asking about attaching a bogie to the plate. I figured that had he cared only about attaching wheels to the car, I could have offered that option. Mike PS: If you go Legoland scale, use the 4x4 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Dave Eaton's Grand Piano
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(...) I got my black macaroni's from 2 sources: 6953 Cosmic Laser Launcher (has 4) 6085 Black Monarch's Castle (has 12) I think I also remember that someone said there were a bunch in 5571 Giant Truck, but I could be wrong... I never had that one... (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.general)
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| | LUGs???
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Any Lego Users Groups in N.C. Particularly interested of LUGs in RTP area? thanks. rich. (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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Eric, Wow, Wow, Wow, Wow!!!!!!!! Just awesome! Talk about a candidate for working at LEGO (TLC, LC, TLG, LG)! Scott S. (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) Eric, Once again... Amazing! I am at a loss for words. Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) My Creations At: (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Attaching train bogies
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Sometimes it is hard to think outside of the box. I think the turntable is a great idea! Thanks. -Nick John Neal wrote in message <388763BE.9132D9F8@u...st.net>... (...) friction (...) on (...) completely. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO grandfather clock
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Wow! Now you need to build a LEGO mouse running up it. I would love to see the gearing mechanisms you built into that thing. Perhaps I could build one as well and put it into my LEGO train room. I especially like the picture of Parker Posey as (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Mindstorm firmware C compiler for W95 platform ready for download.
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I had no problem downloading and unpacking the files. CU Bert Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Lego pBricks www.bvandam.net -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Vlad Dumitrescu <vladdu@nospam.hotmail.com> Aan: (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Dave Eaton's Grand Piano
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(...) Hey thanks for the pictures! Finally, the lounge on my ship will have something to entertain people with! By the way, where did you get the black macaroni bricks? Thanks, Erin -- (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Ebay auctions including supports.
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Speaking of presentation... There was a seller with an AOL account a few weeks ago. Something to the effect of Sexygirl. Well, she had a ton of old toys to auction. The photos she used to show case the items? They were body shots of her, sans head, (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | LEGO grandfather clock
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Folks, All had been quiet with my LEGO sculpting recently, but now I offer my grandest creation to date... [drumroll]... (URL) tock, eric (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Attaching train bogies
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(...) Or you can use a 2x2 turntable plate and forsake the bogie plate completely. They work well, too AND...it's more prototypical:-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Farlie A
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(...) Be that as it may, Mr Justus did make his presence known here a few weeks back, and let us know that he was reading this group. You can't fault a guy just because he wants to be a little more formal than most. (...) Well, by posting his ideas (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Clearance price-matching (was Re: Last round of Target markdowns?)
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(...) Once again, Lar, you prove to be all wise. That is a great plan which I wish I had employed. My Target had at least 12 4561s sitting around yesterday for $77.xx. After calling today and finding out that they marked them down to $32.44, I went (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Concept Hydroplane [DAT]
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(...) I unlinewrapped it myself, so here goes: 0 Concept Hydroplane 0 Name: hydropln.dat 0 Author: Bram Lambrecht <blambrec@student.chuh.org> 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3020.DAT 1 0 60 0 20 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3020.DAT 1 0 -60 0 20 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | multitasking support.
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i'm running IC version 2.82. i'm not too sure how do i get the handyboard to do multi tasking on three routines: 1. control the velocity of the robot (i called the function 'dc') 2. steer (i'm steering with a front wheel) 3.identify strips on the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Last round of Target markdowns?
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(...) I noticed a free pack of Pokemon cards was added to my order, too. My LEGO sets are marked 'in process', not back ordered. Weird. I'm ... er, that is, my kids are interested in the Pokemon collecting card game Booster Paks from Wizards of the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Warner Bros "dotcom"
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(...) Didn't double my order, but it did come via FedEx today. Six 8735 motor sets! Just need to figure out how to hook them all up to my one lonely RCX (I missed the clearance sales at Target here, so I still just have one). I'll also be starting (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Clearance price-matching (was Re: Last round of Target markdowns?)
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(...) I don't understand this logic. 'We don't want it anymore, so it's on clearance. But you can return it for the 40% off price and we'll give you all the money back. Then we WILL sell it again, but at a MUCH LOWER price, but NOT TO YOU, because (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Dave Eaton's Grand Piano
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(...) I haven't put them (or a whole lot of stuff for that matter) into a page yet, but here are some of the pics (I'm currently undergoing Linux/Win95 dual boot issues at home which makes it phenomenally annoying to do actual work on pages, etc., (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Attention Lego Group: Children don't like juniorization, either!
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(...) The terms you're looking for are POOP and SPUD. POOP: "piece out of pieces" -- prefab, juniorized SPUD: "special-purpose, unlegoish/useless/ugly, decorative" -- over-specialized Steve (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Storage needed
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(...) This is the first thing i do when i bring home new ones from Kmart. Highly recommended, as the lids tend to get in the way when you are building. Troy (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Last round of Target markdowns?
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(...) actually sorta tried this, and found that they wouldnt price match anything that was on clearance, no matter what day it was, or when I bought it. They told me clearance was clearance and unless I was straight up returning it, they wouldn't (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | camera mounts?
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Dear Lego- Have you ever considered making a specialized brick that would serve as a camera mount? It would basically be like the head on a tripod but the base is a brick that could be snapped onto RC or robotic vehicles. -- dave (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Teeny shack
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(...) I can't stand the interior... I started building it and only got up a few levels before I realized that I wasn't going to be able to do a nice interior... I was running out of short 1x tan bricks fast... so I used a mix of 2x and 1x tan bricks (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | x786a.dat - electric motor with axle mockup [DAT]
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this is found in set 7866 no known part number, Tore i hope I didnt name this the same as one of your parts in work LOL x786a.dat - electric motor with axle 0 Electric 12 Volt motor(7866) mockup) 0 Name: X786A.dat 0 Author: Thomas Burger (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Rail.dat - A very cheap mockup for electric rails 9 volt [DAT]
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used for 9 volt tracks, but actual 12v rail insert will be made rail.dat - rail insert used for my 9v tracks 0 Rail insert. 9 volt track mockup 0 Name: rail.dat 2 24 10 0 -160 10 0 160 2 24 -10 0 -160 -10 0 160 2 24 10 -4 -160 10 -4 160 2 24 -10 -4 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | set 7866 Level Crossing with Electric Gates (m7866.dat) [DAT]
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This is in my opinion a Very good set.. Old, but good simply because it is the only double track crossing! (and perhaps electric gates to?) needs the following sub/mockups: rail.dat - rail insert used for my 9v tracks x786a.dat - electric motor with (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: Cannons
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Nephilim wrote in message ... (...) I think this is correct, but I seem to remember that the Micronauts toys changed the shape of the missiles that they fired right after this happened. My younger brother and I had some of the toys with the larger (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | (limited) set trading opportunity
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Hi. I'm planning to start an auction of mostly town and castle sets soon on ebay, but will give an opportunity to trade for some of the things I'm really interested in first, all 4.5V/12V train sets. First, what I have (ask about set condition if (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Attention Lego Group: Children don't like juniorization, either!
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(...) Well, NASA does have some concept space planes which are more or less wingless, "SRB-less", and with no external fuel tank. The major one looks like a flying triangular wing. But you're right, the aerodyanmic corners thing really screws things (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Teeny shack
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KBKids.com also has one of the Wild West sets on sale. (...) I wouldn't worry too much about shutters. If they had them, it would probably be more like a board which swung down from above. I also wouldn't make the window larger than 2x2 or so (if (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Attaching train bogies
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Use one. You want a loose boogie plate because that reduces your friction while turning. They seem to spin too easily when off of the tracks, but on the tracks, they work great. Mike Nick Goetz <ngoetz@iquest.net> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Dave Eaton's Grand Piano
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are there pictures of this online somewhere? (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Attaching train bogies
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Can someone share with me the proper way to attach a bogie to a non-train platform? In other words, attach it to a standard 6x6 plate. My guess is to use a Technic plate but I can't figure out if I use one or two, or if there is a better method. It (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Parts from 8448 not LDrawn
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[X-posted to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.technic, follow-up set to lugnet.cad.dev] While building the way-cool #8448 SSS Super Car Mk II, I compiled a list of parts which have not been modeled in LDraw yet. I've included it below. I had two reactions to (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Teeny shack
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(...) and remember, if you're going to sell a shack you've got to pay the microserf for windows even if the owner doesn't want to use 'em. oops, that was over in geekdom - hopefully your kingdom doesn't have those sort of monopolistic tendancies :-) (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Dave Eaton's Grand Piano
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(...) I will tell you that having seen Dave's Grand Piano in person I think it is one of the most amazing pieces of ~minifig scale furniture I have ever seen. The use of the 1x2 Silver Grill tile for foot pedals was ingenious. Plus the fact that the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Cannons
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Nephilim <jthompson@esker.com> wrote in message news:FonA25.6ty@lugnet.com... [snipped] (...) When I had my Transformers toys, I was annoyed that the missiles were so weak, probably for this reason. I opened them up and put pen springs in them. I (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Teeny shack
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(...) Just a thought but who says that peasants need shutters? Maybe they are to poor to afford them? Then again maybe they are to poor to afford a window. Maybe we could justify it by having a "window tax" making it cost prohibative for the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: where to find discontinued sets?
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"Ari M. Weinstein" <ariw@bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:FoM27E.3tv@lugnet.com... (...) Technic (...) search for (...) Watch it (...) relative (...) auctions? I have bought many Technic sets through ebay. Genrally, I have had excellent (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Mike's Millenium Falcon
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(...) Mike, say it ain't so...you're thinking of _painting_ your LEGO creation?? John (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Clearance price-matching (was Re: Last round of Target markdowns?)
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(...) Last time I tried this they said the point of clearances was to clear. They'd let me return the items and get what I paid back (40% off) but stated... you will have to wait 24 hours to rebuy at the lower price. I did not want to chance having (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 8002 Destroyrt Droid in Canada?
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(...) I haven't seen it, but someone else might have, so.... <cross-posting to lugnet.loc.ca> (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Concept Hydroplane
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Care to post a non-line-wrapped version? :-) -John Van Bram Lambrecht <braml@juno.com> wrote in message news:20000119.235245...uno.com... (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Cannons
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(...) Does anyone have any solid data on when the US one piece cannon was introduced? I would theorize that the Pirate sets came with the disabled shooting cannon until 1996 when Wild West was introduced (or possibly some time in 1995 when they (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Dave Eaton's Grand Piano
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Very nice! How about a concert hall for Datsville :-) -John Van Jeff Stembel <aulddragon@wamalug.org> wrote in message news:FoLL0n.Cq5@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Ebay auctions including supports.
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(...) Naaa. I think you just need to dial down the medication a bit. (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: BEWARE of John DiRienzo
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(...) I was happy to be of assistance in factoring this transaction (via John, and Hugo Matre) at no charge. (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Is there anything
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Tore Eriksson <tore.eriksson@mbox3...wipnet.se> wrote in message news:3885C9E7.8A9FE9...pnet.se... (...) Mechs and space ships have always dominated here, but I think there's a pretty healthy mix of other stuff, especially since Datsville (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Cannons
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(...) It wasn't a micronaut toy that caused the choking death, although those toys had plenty of shooting rubber-tipped missiles and the like, but a BattleStar Galactica spaceship (colonial viper) toy. The kid stuck the nose of the spacecraft down (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Clearance price-matching (was Re: Last round of Target markdowns?)
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(...) About 5 or 6 years ago, I would regularly bring receipts back on clearance items which had gone down further to receive the cash difference. That is, if I had bought some of set XXX, and then I found a Target store with that same set marked (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: [LDS] Is the keyword PLOT free?
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(...) Good. Then I hereby claim it. (...) I wasn't either, but then came LDS Shell, and I changed my mind. After the Redraw button is clicked on, the Editor re-reads the source file. (...) Correct, is there a better terminolgy? If those two (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Teeny shack
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(...) I thought about this briefly-- after all I do have one brown window which would look great... I think the thing I most wanted are brown shutters, though... having them red or blue or yellow or white just didn't quite look right. (The other (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: What stage of developement is datsville in?
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thomas burger <tburger666@aol.com> wrote in message news:FoJxI7.F81@lugnet.com... (...) No, just slowed to a crawl 'till I have more available time. I added Ryan's excellent raceway, and it crashed POV-Ray, so I need to spend some time figuring out (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Insectoids anyone?
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(...) This is sold now. It was not an auction, or at least I did not intend it to be. I actually sold it for a little (not a lot) less than the buyer offered. I accepted the first offer I got. Scott A (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: MGLM competition and website update
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Go to the general competition section, there are more rules and guidelines there than you could ask for. The specific section on the competition subject doesn't talk about the rules because the rules will be all inclusive for each competition. -- (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | 35° iscritto ItLUG: Tabellini Claudio
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Mettendo ordine ho ripescato questo e-mail che avevo ricevuto un po' di giorni fa. Qualcuno di voi ricorderà che l'avevo girata su info@itlug.org: (...) :-) (...) Ho interpretato questo come una richiesta di iscrizione. Che dite? (...) Benvenuto (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: MGLM competition and website update
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I'd like to see all these supposed X-Wing MOCs that you guys are talking about. I know of only a couple of set modifications, and maybe one older, pre-lego-starwars MOC. I would hardly call this a lot of X-wings. The truth is, it's looking like (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Angelo Brugnoli joins LUGNET
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Angelo Brugnoli è diventato il 156° membro di LUGNET: (URL) anche a chi di dovere che tra i suoi hobby extra Lego cita "aeromodellismo" :-) Ciao Mario (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Tracked Exploration Unit
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(...) A download section will be added to my website soon, but not yet. Anyways, thanks for visiting my website, and I hope you update your's. Mladen Pejic, over and out! (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: 8480 Space Shuttle have hit $56.25 or less!
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Just another tidbit of info for the 8480: I recieved the January Lego catalog the other day and found several sets missing including the 8480 and the bar scanner model. So I called Shop@Home. They said that they don't always put all sets in their (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Teeny shack
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(...) shack/chicken coop? If it is a home is there any way to give them at least one window? I realise it is tough seeing the bricks you are trying to work with but even peasant's need a little daylight :-). The forescant lighting is a little tough (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Last round of Target markdowns?
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Adam, (...) A lot of stores are asking for ID now, depending on the store, they might need the credit card as well. Well, if it works, good luck! You worked at Best Buy too, huh? I worked there a couple months, I didn't like being a cashier there. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Missing parts in 1.5
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Full instructions for an RIS 1.5-compliant Minerva are here: (URL) the link for "Minerva 1.5". The building instructions are full-color and computer-rendered--I think you'll like them. Regards, Jonathan (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Last round of Target markdowns?
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was at a best buy while on vacation during christmas. an item that i purchased rang up higher than the shelf price. didn't notice this until i walked out the door, came right back in to get it corrected. they required my credit card and drivers (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: System Axles
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(...) vehicles (...) with (...) I'd been meaning to email you personally about this, but lately I've been too busy collecting free, informative pamphlets on how to lower the dust mite count in my home. -Tom McD. when replying, off-camera, Squiddley (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: [LDS] Is the keyword PLOT free?
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I believe PLOT is currently unused by all known LDRAW utilities. I'm not too keen on the compiler modifying the source file, but that's your decision. So <sectors> is how many points to generate, and <total_sectors> is the total number of sectors in (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Insectoids anyone?
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(...) Or old sets - if someone in a fit of generosity, (or fit of spouse), wanted to get rid of some sets at a bargain price, only to folks in the UK.. then I think a one off post would be ok.(1) IE - what Huw said - if you want to make a profit - (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Teeny shack
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(...) I especially like the pile of monkeys in the background! Dave! (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Last round of Target markdowns?
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(...) Granted it's been years since I worked the returns desk at Best Buy, but we never required the card or a picture I.D. of any kind back then. And if it's a return, I doubt the signature means anything, nobody would dispute a huge credit on (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Teeny shack
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Well, I started puttering with my bricks last night to start making some peasants' homes last night for NELUG's display TCS. I wanted to make a few shacks (like 3-5), but I also knew I wanted them to ULTIMATELY be in tan & brown.... two nicely rare (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Rack-and-pinion steering line tracker
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(...) I don't think so, but the goal is to let the truck follow a line that it can follow (turns that are wide enough and so on) and take up the tires it encounters. At the end of the line it should sound a beep to request the emptying of its (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | FYI: Another Robot Dog!
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Remember the Sony Robot Dog. Now Sega has come out with their own robot dog. (URL) Tom tml@tennantco.com (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Last round of Target markdowns?
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(...) <<tongue-in-cheek allusion to another thread>> I understand that TRU has a fairly laid-back return policy--maybe you could try them, instead! <<end of allusion>> Dave! (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Bulk Auctions on ebay "Mister Lister"
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Ah, Red Dwarf has made it to Germany. If you have no idea who rimmer is, he is the smeg head in the far left: (URL) pics here: (URL) A BTW : Red Dwarf is a Sci-Fi (I've never understood the difference between Sci-Fi and Science Fiction) comedy which (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Hmm... I don't know if they have to honor that, much less the credit card legalities, I don't think the person who you sent the receipt to, could legally sign for the credit card, and they usually require the card and a drivers license as (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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(...) At this point, I don't even know if the ARC program is DOS or Windows, so I can't say for sure if it's case-aware or not. I'll be finding out soon, after the 2000-01 voting process. Which is going to happen (relatively) soon, I promise. Steve (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Last round of Target markdowns?
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Okay, here's my proposal: What if one very trusting Lugnetter and one very honest Lugnetter get together for a lucrative deal? Let's say I buy a bunch of RIS 1.5's and Tie Fighter vs. Y-Wings at my local Target at 25-40% off. Then couldn't I just (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | LEGO SHELL promo race set #2554 new in box on eBay
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I have the following for auction on eBay. Bid opens at 19.99 ends 1/22 LEGO SHELL promo race set #2554 new in box (URL) Ben Gatrelle (remove the spam dot from the yellowcastle to reply) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Yellow inverted slopes?
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(...) There were two of the inverted extreme slopes in set #1896, Trauma Team. And 4 of non-inverted 1x2x3 yellow slopes, too. Source: Tim Vattima's set/piece inventory cross-reference at (URL). Thanks, Tim! I always meant to buy that set, but never (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Bulk Auctions on ebay "Mister Lister"
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(...) Is there a "Mister Rimmer" as well? ;))) Regards, Torsten (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: A taste of things to come (Castle Website)
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(...) No, The Domesday book was a survey of lands and titles that (William the Conqueror?) did some time around the 11th century, IIRC. James (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Cannons
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Jeff Johnston wrote: [snip] (...) Oh, yes they were. At least for the first year. I have US 6260, 6274 and 6260's that have shooting cannons, I got all of them the first year Pirates were availiable. Here's a kicker for you, my 2nd 6260 has a (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | 8002 Destroyrt Droid in Canada?
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Hi...anyone heard anything on the availability of 8002 in Canada (specifically Toronto and surrounding area)? I'm patiently waiting for it to show up on store shelves but it is startiong to drive me nuts! (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: The Differential and One-Motor Turning
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I did some reading... I think the "adder-subtractor" name must come from the fact that the output to the two wheels is (A+B) and (A-B). This is a pretty cool assembly... Another cool one I read about that involves differentials went something like (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BIG shock - was "Danger, Do Not Read - May Shock"
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Not sure if it was re-performed or not, but I know that Rod Stewart sang this in the early 90's or late 80's. Dan "Kieran Brady" <mfmm@iol.ie> wrote in message news:FoHw68.240@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: NELUG 01/10/2000 is up
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Several people noticed that in the store :) KL (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | 4559 chassis plates
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Does anyone have any of the yellow chassis plates from 4559 that they would like to sell ? I have most of the other pieces that I need to do what I want but those are hard to come by... (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MGLM competition and website update
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Are there any specific guidelines? What scale? (minifig, technic, nano, etc.) Maybe I just need structure in my life, but I need more rules to work with. I want to enter, but I have no idea on what level to start... (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: MGLM competition and website update
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(...) I'd like to second that. At first I was excited to see another contest, but I think there have been enough X-wings built already. How about something original like the Space Battleship Yamato. Hey...that's a good idea. (begin inventory on red (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Storing bricks at low temperatures
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(...) Actually, you'll have a different, less annoying problem. Alot of water condenses on cold lego. I forgot and left a bucket of pieces in my trunk for about a month this winter and when I finally brought them inside, there was about a half inch (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Tracked Exploration Unit
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(...) you medic ship. Do you have a dat file for it? I would like to see more. I love the shape and form. -Duane (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Turbowolfs Construction zone comes to life
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(...) i like the way you built up the station to two or three levels and look forward to some interior shots of it. i think the new arctic sub-theme has potential and you are proving the fact that there are distinct possibilties with these sets. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Sending a message to a RCX using a PC
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Thanks to many people (Roger Hamlett and Philippe Possemiers among other), I now have a short VB program that can send message to the RCX using the IR tower. I give you the code for your use. I always use mod 256 to make sure the message was in the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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