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Howdy all, ...the Boys and Girls Club of Ada County just held an open house with their new AOE Lego lab...we hosted a buildathon! Check out the cool stuff kids built. (URL) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Group/list for pbFORTH created
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[Followups set to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth] A new newsgroup/mailing-list for focused pbFORTH discussions has been created: CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth (group): Focused discussion group for pbFORTH, an unofficial (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Lego Engineering Open House at the Boys and Girls Club
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PCS Academy of Engineering Site License Installed at Boys and Girls Club of Ada County PCS Education Systems, Inc. announced today that the official opening of the Academy of Engineering program at the Boys and Girls Club of Ada County will be on (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | National Engineers Week
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Howdy, I have just posted some pics of student projects celebrating National Engineers Week at (URL) check it out. You might also catch the eweek contest at (URL) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Water Fountain Pic
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Howdy, ...check out my first attempt at a Lego water fountain. This is on my desk at the school! (URL) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Oh CANADA.... S@H weekly specials begin!
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Finally the Great White North is trying the S@H weekly special. I was making orders today and when I was finished my operator started to explain what a "weekly special" was. She was a little surprised at my exuberance to a plan she hadn't finished (...) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.general)
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| | Lego Pinatas!
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Howdy, ...just got around to posting pictures from last summer's ROBOT CAMP at PCS. Check it out: (URL) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Lego Locks
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Howdy all, ...I have added some updates ( better pics ) to my Lego Locks webpage. www.weirdrichard.com/lock.htm Please check it out! Richard rwright@pcsedu.com www.weirdrichard.com (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | S@H Specials, Feb 22-28
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REAL slim pickings this week... Play 6555 Sea Hunter $ 4.50 $ 2.25 6037 Witches Windship $ 8.75 $ 4.50 Technic 5274 Large Tires & Wheels $ 4.50 $ 2.25 1" x 1 1/4" 5265 Large Tires & Wheels $ 4.00 $ 2.00 1" x 1 3/4" Clothing P200 Extreme Polo Adult (...) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | BlockCAD Version 1.6 released
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Hi All! My Lego drawing program BlockCAD has reached version 1.6 What's new in 1.6: - Minor bug fixes (they are _always_ minor :-) - New pieces: Rounded plates, small wings, panels, minifigs (sort of...) - A group can be saved as a sub-assembly - (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | ZIP Version of LDraw Tutorial
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I just uploaded a ZIP file of the entire LDraw and LEdit Tutorial [1] ( (URL) ) so that anyone can now read the tutorial offline. Please remember to contact me before using it for anything else, though. To get it it, go to: (URL) only 410 Kb! (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Group/list for NQC created
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[Followups set to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc] A new newsgroup/mailing-list for focused NQC discussions has been created: CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc (group): Focused discussion group for NQC ("Not Quite C"), an unofficial (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Group/list for legOS created
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[Followups set to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos] A new newsgroup/mailing-list for focused legOS discussions has been created: CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos (group): Focused discussion group for legOS, an unofficial replacement (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Old scans - new URL
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My scans from old Disney comics magazines are back at a new URL: (URL) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Girls *CAN* build
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Howdy, ...just posted version one of a page discussing the issue of introducing girls to technology using Legos. www.weirdrichard.com...irlsed.htm Please check it out. Richard rwright@pcsedu.com www.weirdrichard.com (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | S@H Specials, Feb 16-21
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Duplo/Freestyle 2029 Medium Primo Stack'n'learn $ 6.75 $ 3.50 System 4012 Wave Cops $22.00 $11.00 6087 Witches Magic Manor $44.00 $22.00 6549 Roadblock Runners $33.00 $16.50 6958 Android Base $44.00 $22.00 Technic NONE OTHER P200 Extreme Polo Shirt (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | LEGO Barcodes have changed!! :-(
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I noticed on the new 1999 Space Port and City sets they come with a barcode that doesn't have the set number contained within. eg. Old form 5 702010 9nnnnx Where x is any number n is the set number. Also 702019 and 702011 - these are for promotional (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Lego Easter Eggs!
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Looks like the image link is broken, by looking at the page source I found the picture of the egg packaging here: (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce)
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| | Virtual Flower Delivery Service
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In honor of Valentine's Day, "Flowers-By-Harry" Online wishes to extend the following reminder of their online flower delivery service: (URL) from four lovely Valentine Arrangements, write a custom greeting, address the card, and it's off to the (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | Lego Easter Eggs!
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Lego Easter Eggs! Seen in the UK today, cost GBP4.99! Contains 1 of 4 sets and a big, chocolate easter egg! See my site for a picture of the packaging. Select the egg reference on the side. (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.uk)
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