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| (...) The buckets with 1x bricks were here in Vancouver before Xmas: I got one just after Xmas for 50% off because it had been opened (was probably a return) but I haven't seen one since. I'm hoping that when they get another Lego shipment with the (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: New Service Packs for 1999..
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| (...) Don't forget the 4x4 round brick with side holes! Here's some others I'd love to see in a rounded parts pack: - 6x6 rounded-corner plate (fits with the 4x4 quarter-round brick) - 3x3 rounded-corner plate (new for Star Wars, I think) (fits with (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Pyramids
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| Copy of a reply I made to a post on RTL: ---...--- (...) Incidentally, while writing Tom on this subject today I came up with the following formulas for figuring out how many slopes it takes to build a pyramid (assuming all 2x2 slopes as Tom is (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: TLG investigation
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| Well I don't mind sorting BEFORE you build.. it's afterwards.. when you've built an MOC that uses 500-1000 parts.. and you're pulling it apart so you can build something else.. I just tend to get a little tired of sorting sometimes.. I just sorted a (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Variations on the "ADDER SUBTRACTOR" ("differtrans" ?)
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| Hi, fello legoroboticists. My son Michael has a web page via Geocities, where we decided to begin to assemble various lego oddities to share with other enthusiasts. Much interest has centered around the "adder/subtractor" transmission, a design that (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Formation of local train club
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| Well, I met with the local guys who have been showing Lego trains at the GATS (on and off since '85 I learned!) and let me tell you! But first off, I should say that, originally, I wanted to be in a group such as the PNLTC and so I started (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | 2 8299 CD-ROM's Available!
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| Finally a decent Technic set on sale in the UK!(£15!!each!!!) Anyway, I bought two. I already have one CD-ROM. The other 2 will become coffee coasters unless anyone wants them! I will consider trade, say 2 silver bricks each or make me an offer! (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: TRU returning open sets
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| Back when I worked for LEGO in Enfield not many bricks fell on the shop floor and I swept up most of the bricks that were left on the floor and tossed them in a dumpster. LEGO brick versus forklift wheel...you can imagine which object wins. (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | 1970's-'80's collection FOTW?
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| Hi All, Just picked up a collection that appears to be complete and in excelent to near mint condition, which is great as the majority of the sets were released between 1973 and 1982. It contained plenty of classic lego sets, with instructions and (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RCX Train
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| I finally got my RCX built into a train last night (sorry, no pictures yet). Initially I didn't think it would fit, the darn thing is so big. But I got it to fit into a heavily modified version of the boxcar from 4563. To make it fit I had make the (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jan-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: tente page
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| (...) Wow, that's quite an impressive list of clones you have there at the (URL) I wonder, are there enough LEGO® fans here who are interested in both LEGO® bricks and imitation brands (such as Tente and Tyco) that we should set up a separate group (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Another Adult Friend of LEGO
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| I think Town Junior *was* a good idea, to a degree. Lemme 'splain! I enjoy building my own vehicles, and I've got bins of various small axle plated to prove it, collected from a large variety of kits over the years. However, I don't mind a *few* of (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Okay... I'm lost here.
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| (...) No, it's a fan-based term. (...) (URL) ath=(URL) Those are also good examples of microfig-scale. Well, compared with the Star Wars models they are huge so what is micro-fig scale? (...) Well, I only have a few basic bricks at the moment so I (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: IR camera?
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| (...) I nominate a Lego "assembler" as an "ultimate" project for a RCX (or more likely a group of RCXes with a PC). I've seen a few Lego brick sorters, an assembler seems like a logical next step. Once you have all those bricks programmatically (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Two piece light sensor.
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| Greetings, Well I finally succeeded. I have created two piece light sensor emitter pair. To do this I took the basic light sensor circuit of Malcolm S. Powell (see (URL) and broke it into two pieces. I built the emitter in one brick and the detector (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Non-TLG Parts
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| (...) :) Um, I didn't know there was a thing out there for MOC bricks.. interesting... (...) Yep, I don't mean any offense either, and I agree with you Todd. (...) Another good idea.. group, lets keep the creative juices flowing.. Ldraw Consortium? (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Toy Shop Closing, All Items Reduced
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| My long-time favourite toy shop is closing :-( Everything is reduced by up to 40 percent. There is not much LEGO left. Here are some items of interest particularly to Technic and Train fans. All prices are in US dollars. (These are the reduced (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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