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| I can agree with your feelings of the Technic theme being slowly diluted with Bionicle, Throwbots and the like and the theme 'Technic' itself may indeed be dead but I am in a huge disagreement with idea that the newer Technic parts are in some way (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| What is Spybotics? I've carefully studied the box in the store. I've carefully studied the catalogue. And I still have absolutely no idea. Also, do any of the Lego cameras do online vision processing? What kind? Or is it all done on the PC? Peter (22 years ago, 24-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| There are good, rational reasons for most of these decisions: (...) That makes good sense - because once a piece has been modified, you can't use it for it's intended purpose again. (...) That also makes sense - because it's purely decorative - and (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) <snip> (...) buy in the store, much as it is now. Then, like servos or such, you can buy add-on's which would snap to the side of the RCX. These add on kits could be: motors plus snap-on expansion port to the RCX Sensors (any type) with, (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | BimP Updates (10 Aug 2002)
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| Additions to BimP include: * Another Phillip Thorne BrickFest Review. Read all about the Q&A session with Lego Direct from the 2002 BrickFest. {click the events button} * Read Answers 11-16 from the Ferrari Brothers. Find out about their next book (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.announce) !
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| (...) Also, for the Robot Sumo fanatics, they could have multiple battery packs and many, many motors. If the batteries aren't modular - then they impose a limit on the amount of stuff you can have - so the power supply has to scale along with (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Cheers John! Not really a high-end user, I'm fairly satisfied with the RCX brick with a few exceptions: First, it isn't really that robust. I've got 2 RCX bricks, and both get amnesia. Bending out the battery clips reduced the problem in one, but (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Mega Bloks RC set 9616
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| I recently purchased this set for the sole purpose of examining its R/C technology - I have an ongoing interest in the area of Lego R/C as some on lugnet may know. The R/C system itself is clunky. A large box holding batteries, receiver and motors - (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | RE: Specs?
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| Check this msg from Jake McKee: (URL) can find these msgs through a search on LUGNET news. mc. PS: I don't know why ppl ignore the search engines. It's dead simple: Goto to www.lugnet.com select "News" on the "Search LUGNET:" drop down list, type (...) (22 years ago, 16-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| OK, I've been watching this thread for a few days (I am LUCNY's "Expert Lurker" after all !) and refining some ideas that I've had for a while in hopes that I can contibute to this dicussion in a useful way. Please keep in mind that I'm a Mechanical (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I've made a point of avoiding video games for years now. It's weird because I love them. I know this is gonna seem REALLY Old Skool, but, I loved my Nintendo! I had all the Space Ship - Multiple Gun games. Then I realized, the more I played Video (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Service pack 5111 - Wires - no longer available
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| (...) Well, if Spybotics is the true harbinger of doom, the future is to put the computer, the motors, the batteries and all of the sensors into one indivisible lump of plastic. At this point wires are unnecessary and the end user no longer cares (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Inventory of Shadowstrike S70 (set 3808)
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| Enjoy... Philo www.philohome.com ---START--- Set: 3808: Shadowstrike S70 Theme: LEGO / TECHNIC Year: 2002 Pcs: 223 Inventoried By: Philippe Hurbain Source: Part count Date: 23th August 2002 Element Count: 236 Qty Part # Color Part name notes 2 x165 (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: Service pack 5111 - Wires - no longer available
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| (...) Well, I guess - but the Spybotics firmware wouldn't know how to drive the extra motor - unless it replaced one of the built-in motors which would then be 'dead weight'. I think you'd have to be pretty desperate to want to do that...especially (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | A few sightings
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| Not big news, but the Kmart in McIntyre Square has a handful of the new monster-themed Studio sets, but not the biggest one. Also, Target has at least a couple Spybotics sets, but I haven't looked too closely at them. Dave! (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.pit)
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| In the last couple of catalogs - on the pages with the new Spybotics sets - there has been a photo of a boy dressed all in black. I (being a graphic designer and sensitive to such things) have noticed that this photo is of extremely poor quality. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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