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| Well it had been a slow couple of weeks for new train MoCs, but I see that trend has already changed in the last few days. And now here I am to add my 2c to the pile. I'm slowly clearing through my backlog of creations and getting them up to (...) (18 years ago, 13-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | LEGO USB Drive
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| I was perusing Engadget and found this LEGO USB drive. Question is - are they REAL LEGO bricks???? May be old news, but cool for the geeks in us nevertheless... (URL) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-08, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Any interest in high amp. Train controllers?
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| I was poking around looking at LM317 specs and can't seem to find the Max Vin. What's the max Vin we can plug into the controller... I see old laptop "wall warts" and inline "bricks" getting tossed all the time here at work. If this alone helps the (...) (18 years ago, 4-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LUGNET is moving servers once more
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| Hi everybody, the server move as such has been very successful this time as opposed to previous moves. Not only did the move just take a mere 2 hours, primarily due to the low bandwidth available to transfer all the files and fix a few settings. (...) (6 years ago, 4-May-20, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Interesting point of view, Rene!
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| (...) I seem to recall General Motors making a promise that they were going to release the new Camaro by "x" date....well, turns out that they didn't make it. The result? An advertising campaign featuring the "human caring factor" of a manager who (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: New Panel Fairings?
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| (...) I wasn't referring to the old fairings. I was referring to the new fairings. Being that they have pin holes on both ends, I would have thought they gave you more of an opportunity to "close up". They could be used in co-operation with old (...) (18 years ago, 20-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: ROBOLAB Update?
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| (...) Hello everyone, I know this is an old message but I'm looking for the ROBOLAB 2.5.4 C patch to update my original software 2.5.4 and the link described above does not work :( If someone still have this installation patch and can share with us, (...) (6 years ago, 11-Apr-20, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | ROBOLAB 2.5.4C Patch
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| (...) Hello everyone, I know this is an old message but I'm looking for the ROBOLAB 2.5.4 C patch to update my original software 2.5.4 and the link described above does not work :( If someone still have this installation patch and can share with us, (...) (6 years ago, 12-Apr-20, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Cleaning Lego
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| (...) snip (...) This is my tale of woe from a few years ago with a old pillow case and a washing machine. Your milage may vary. (URL) (20 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: How do -you- clean your LEGO parts?
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| (...) Tooth brush is what I use to be very careful, and an old electric tooth brush. For large amounts I use the dish washer on delicate, cold water, bricks in a girly stuff bag, no drying. I take them out and put them under a fan after laying them (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts)
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| | Discovery channel-How It's Made-Plastic building blocks
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| Discovery channel-How It's Made: Today, Feb 21, had an interesting segment on the making of plastic bricks, Mega Blocks. I would assume that it is the same process that Lego uses (too bad they did not use the Lego Company, wonder if they were (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Panel Fairings?
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| (...) I think it's because I always think things should be "closed up". If I was say building a truck and putting fairings on the side I'd build it from bricks and plates so it would be rectangular, you' can't do that with the old fairings. (18 years ago, 20-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: How do -you- clean your LEGO parts?
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| (...) I use washing machine. I pre-sort the parts, plates longer than 8 go out, anything printed/glass/sticke...d/electric goes out, and also the things from softer plastic should go (trees, clips etc.). Then I put it in cloth bag (old pillow), (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-08, to lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: Actuator?
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| (...) It's so old, the example excavator still uses studded technic bricks... ROSCO (18 years ago, 10-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: I Just Don't See It
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| (...) Peter I agree. I too have a lot of old bricks. Many of the white mint bricks I have from the 1970's have "tanned" as well, due to sunlight. Interestingly enough, I think that Cellulose Acetate white bricks keep their whiteness better than ABS (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Lugnet - the talk-back radio of the world of Lego?
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| (...) At one time Lego was messing up. They were losing money and for a private company, that is bad even if only for a couple of years. They tried to get back into the swing of things with Galidor and Bionicle. Bionicle was a hit and probably saved (...) (18 years ago, 15-Feb-08, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Variations in dark blue color.
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| (...) I'll echo Tommy's comments on colors. I've got four years experience working with injection molding machines, and about 8 years experience in manufacturing processes. It is true that where LEGO used to receive color-molded pellets for molding, (...) (18 years ago, 13-Feb-08, to lugnet.color)
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| | Posted on Yahoo.com News
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| Posted on Yahoo.com News At 50, Lego still going strong despite high-tech toy world by Slim Allagui 1 hour, 50 minutes ago COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Lego's colourful bricks that have inspired kids' imaginations worldwide celebrated their 50th anniversary (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Most redundant Lego part
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| (...) Yes, but then TLG would need to create 1x4x4 arches if you want to make a colonnade with 1x5x4 (half arches) and the 1x4 arches. Or perhaps a 1x4x3 arch to go along with the 1x12x3 arches in a colonnade. Or if you wanted 1x6x2 arches with the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Long Span Suspension Bridge?
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| (...) I built one a couple of years ago that spans 128 studs, with two tracks. It's pretty minimal. I used double 1x16 technic bricks to support the deck, then combinations of technic bricks for the trusses. The deck is just strips of 2x16 plates (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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