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| While pondering the merits of various schemes for adding more I/O to the RCX, and having already built a few different schemes myself just to be able to test drive them, I was struck by the interesting possiblity of seriously extending the RCX my (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: High Speed Trains-Photogallery Link-LEGO Acela v.1
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| (...) ...hardly can't wait ;-)) (...) for (...) If (...) I haven't heard about the dark blue one with yellow stripes. But that doesn't mean there is none! I meant the german version used by the "Deutsche Bahn". That one is white, the windows are (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Old pneumatic pistons
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| One very useful application for the old-style pneumatics I've thought of is a single-cylinder, double-acting compressor. Using a new double-acting cylinder, connect each hose to the centre input of an old-style pneumatic brick, and connect the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
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| (...) I completely agree. They are plain ugly and utterly disappointing. And I can't see any mechanical functions other than the stupid launching thing in the hands of trooper. They don't have even the elegance/close resemblance of the same series (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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| | 200 white 2x4's for 200 blue 2x4's?
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| I haven't done much trading so I don't know if this is a normal request. The 200 2x4's I have range from blue tub new to child hood old. The majority look fine but there are of course some discolored pieces. All are smoke free of course. There's (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: My Stance
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| (...) I think we are not talking about "excluding him from Lugnet", he is already excluded in some way, and not for his web content. What we are talking about is whether his apologies are sincere or not. And his web content makes me believing the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | RE: Old idea or new idea?
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| Ralph Hempel wrote: >Sounds like the MIT "Cricket" to me John.... >As an embedded guy yourself, you know this means distributing >power to each brick with its own battery, unless you want a wire >in which case you might as well use a standard serial (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What is with the Technic Stormtrooper?
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| Yep, I agree. I actually don't but technic anymore just for the reason that these beam pieces are not LEGO enough. The main pieces they use are the L-shaped studless beam mentioned above. They also use way too many rods and those giant molded (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 4th Imperial shuttle figure....
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| (...) Ah yes, the old Black-and-white-imag...laceholder trick. And the proofreader fell for it. In some graphic shops it is common practice to drop low-res B/W images into a layout to test designs, then update the final (approved) copy with the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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| | Re: Price for bulk secondhald Lego?
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| (...) Depends on the quality of the pieces, how much non-lego stuff is mixed in, whether or not you can identify possible sets in the mix (look for rare pieces, partial construction, etc). Bill Katz has mentioned that his standard offer for random (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| | Re: Old idea or new idea?
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| (...) 3 things: sensors, actuators/motors, controllers. Sensors: measure the environment actuators/motors: chance the environment controllers: input, output, software. If you want your zoo of bricks, it's really a set of sensor/controllers or (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 8x11 box and plate
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| In the boxes I have the box designs are 4. One for each box number. 518 an adult man building a building 519 a young adult male and female building 520 an interior house design, with two people in black cardboard 521 a gray roofed house on box cover (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Maiden's cart - Castle set 6023
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| Which London Bus set would you have got? I notice from a quick search on lugnet, that there are three with a picture, and one without. The one without a picture is 769, the rest are 313, 760, and 384 - I bet anyone finding sets that old would have a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: translation please...
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| Here's my version from learning German in school 15 years ago: For most Lego bricks may be play stuff - for programmer Eric Harshbarger they're: The 29-year old American is probably the only Lego amateur craftsman in the world, who makes money from (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO 2001
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| Sorry to follow myself up: Interesting notes abound on the fbtb scans Tim kindly did of the 2001 brochure. 1) The top of the new TIE is a 4x4 radar with printing. Then again, the AT-ST side panels are 4x4 dishes too. 2) There is indeed a black (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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| | New parts for 2001?
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| Looks like cool new parts for '01: (URL) "landing pads/feet" for small pod just below the main ship. They look more complex than a simple 1x2 plate, and they don't appear to be click-hinge plates. The arms may be new parts, too. Is that a 1x2 brick (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | New LEGO Parts for AFOLs.....
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| Dear LEGO Direct, Previously I made a request for some new LEGO Architectural elements that can be used by the Town and Train Systems (or any other systems that can find it useful). After viewing some of the nice pieces used in the Belville System, (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct) !
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| | rare colours in: Life on Mars
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| Hi Paul, (...) From what I can see this "pink" is not from the Belville or Paradisa line (and I own a lot of these). Instead, my guess is that it's one of the 'unpink' light red Scala colours that were released in 1997 and 1998 which were then (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.year.2001)
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