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| Phew!!.......I thought I'd missed the bus but it seems the bus was late (as per usual). Anyway Moore Wilsons in Tory St is selling some old Technic, train and one old town set (coast guard set from 95). BUT mind you that was about a week ago and I (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.nz)
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| And who said flame wars were dead? Granted this may not big a huge flame war, but still. ~my thoughts~ Ok, I agree with Larry - I think he has very valid points and good intentions. I do not know if people just do not get what he is trying to say, (...) (23 years ago, 4-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| While travelling north for a New Years holiday I checked out all the small towns for old LEGO. My one and only old find was a 7853 4.5v crossing from 1980. New in box :) Allan... (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) He's not saying the new ones are less useful, He's saying the new ones couldn't be worse than the old ones. In other words, the old ones are a useless as they could be. (17 years ago, 21-Feb-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| I was looking at the emblem on the front of a Pontiac the other day and thought that it would look great as an insignia for castle armor or shields. Then it reminded me of the old Yellow Castle insignia (the Pontiac kept saying "remember the old (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| I am planning to port NQCC to DOS to use an old Laptop I have to program my bots. My old laptop has an ancient 286 processor so I have trouble locating a proper compiler that can target it. I don't mind if the compiler itself needs to run on a dual (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| They were used as masts in 314 and 315, two of the old ships-series. They were also used in the old Model-team: the Harley and the Norton (393 & 394) feature a few as axles, footrests and antenna. The Rolls Royce (395) uses one for its steering (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-01, to lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| I've got this old Radio Shack RC car that I want to use as a chassis for the HB I'm building. It is the same type car that the Mobot Lab used to build Tom and Jerry. I no longer have the box and I ripped the RC board out of it long ago. How can I (...) (28 years ago, 30-Jan-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| 0 Scorpion. 0 Designed by Ben Vaughan for marsbase.com 0 This model uses non-lego hardware in the form of 0 small springs pulled from a hook and eye latch with a spring loaded catch. 0 These are used on the axles of the hips to provide tension. 0 0 (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-98, to lugnet.cad.dat)
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| (...) Sweet model. I've got a question, though. Lemme retry this in both IE 4.01 and Communicator 4.7. Yep, same problem. When I click on the link in Communicator LDlite pops right up. When I do so in IE I get the File Download box. It has Save (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-98, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) There's a message that's part of the LDLITE 1.0 thread that gives some info about how to do this. I only running Netscape 4.07 so I haven't tried it with IE...I will though! 8) ======== Posted via the LUGNET discussion group web interface (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-98, to lugnet.cad)
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| | New vs. old (was Re: More 1999 Figs... ?)
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| (...) I do like the classic minifigs, but I do like a lot of the new ones too. I'd love to see a re-issue of classic sets, but on the whole I'm pleased with the current line. Sure, town is looking terrible, and the last few years of space and castle (...) (26 years ago, 24-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I dunno. They've got the legos, which would be more useful if they were movable, but still can be applied elsewhere. And the wings are pretty special-purpose, but they look cool anyway. :) What other specialized pieces are you referring to? (26 years ago, 25-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) What other insectoids-specific parts? I think I've given you a comprehensive list. There's also the trans-yellow/green "eye" domes, but those seemed more generally useful than just insectoid, so I didn't count them. But even with those: three (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) BTW, how many people integrate both the older and newer minifigs in their layouts? I've decided to have both in my town. It's kinda like having two different races. They are similar in many ways but there are some important differences too. (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I dunno. I've built several different ships using insectoid pieces -- and my creations don't look insectoid in the least.... (...) Yes, I agree heartily here. Even better if they would interface nicely with technic, for making walking (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I'm often undecided about whether or not I like new pieces. The biggest factor that pursuades me is how useful I think it is across themes. Even purists argue amongst themselves saying that they won't use a piece until they think it useful, (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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