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| (...) I beg to differ. The origninal technic motor was ungeared. It was bad because the first thing it did was try to power unlubed high friction gears. At least with enclosed, lubed close tolerance gears, there's a lot less friction in the gear (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Is this going to be totally incompatible with the old Mindstorms?? That would be devastating to people with investments in the existing system. Gyl (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I'd like to propose the creation of a new meta-command. It is as follows: 0 !STANDALONE_LDR The zero at the beginning of this command MUST be the first byte of the model file. LDraw viewing programs can look for the presence of this command at the (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| Well, in the very first iteration of the board proposal I actually did have tiles in the bases of each square. But Steve had me take them out because he didn't figure anybody would have that many tiles. I'm willing to defer to everybody else's (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| Manuel, The windows you are talking about came out around 1955 or 1956 (which is the date of the catalog you have described). The catalog probably also probably has the old LEGO Gnome (small man in red overalls and white shirt) shown in it. This (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Eeoow. That's akin to kissing one's sister:-p (...) Well, I was imagining a sort of regulator as a part of the battery pack that a remote control could simply activate. A long time ago my son Ross rigged up an old 12 volt motor that ran off of (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) SNIP Fantastic vigs! I like how the old table is still (somewhat) adjustible. Nice touch! (...) Your 'Paper Jam' vignette is also very nice! Good Job on all! "Big Daddy" Nelson (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| Hi, I have lot of legos pieces (almost technic - about 10.000 items) an I have a major problem. When I am at home, it´s ok i have all my legos near me, but when I go travel for a weekend, for instance, obviosly I can´t take it all with me. So the (...) (18 years ago, 5-Aug-06, to lugnet.storage)
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| (...) I am sure that safety was the reason. But I checked out the old DEC connectors and I think they were polarized to the opposite side! grrrrrr JB (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Already done, I did some experiments using some of the old 4.5v track. (URL) I ran metal foil tape on top of the platic rails. The tape is tin plated copper for use in stain glass. The train motor ran fine. And with the new plastic track I (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.it.itlug, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| (...) Wrong. They are not RJ11. They appear to be RJ12 (with 6 wires) with an offset catch thing Someone said they might be the same as an old DEC connector but someone else has said that the DEC connector has the catch on the opposite side to the (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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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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| (...) I agree with you here, Jason. When considering the new battery system, we are, in theory, talking about a line that will provide easier access to LEGO trains for the GP. There is something non-threatening about devices which only require just (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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