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If someone would like their well-done Povray rendered model displayed on the ldraw.org main page, please let me know. There will be a little paragraph describing LDraw and I feel it is appropriate to include a small image of a rather impressive (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | S@H Canada Specials July 5-9 , '99
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Summer catalogues will be sent out in about two weeks. As of Monday, July 5th, the S@H specials in Canada are the leftovers from before (still!). I won't bother posting this again until (if) they have some new specials. set# sale reg $ year name (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | Perilous Pirates have moved
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The Perilous Pirate Page has moved to: (URL) thanks to everybody who voted for me. I'm CLSOTW for this week! I have added a map of the Legoribbian which include some pictures of Fort El Lego. Enjoy! SteveC Perilous Pirate Page (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish)
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| | US S@H Specials Jun 28 - Jul 2, 1999
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PZ40 Wild West Puzzle $16.00 $ 8.00 8266 Spyder Slayer $76.00 $61.00 6836 V-Wing Fighter $ 4.50 $ 2.50 -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer | (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | lugnet.com upgrade/downtime/heads-up
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This is a general "FYI" heads-up... The lugnet.com server is due for a slight overhaul to upgrade the OS from FreeBSD 2.1.7 to 2.2.7. When exactly this will occur is not set in stone, but I'll post more when I know more. Hopefully sometime in the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Update Fabuland Homepage
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Hello everybody, I've updated the Unofficial Fabuland Homepage today. The layout has changed very much, and I also added a links page, although I have still to add many links there. Of course, you can still find the set list and the set inventory on (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | US S@H Specials Jun 21 - Jun 27, 1999
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Duplo PZ06 Switchable puzzle $ 5.50 $ 2.75 Clothing P200 Extreme Polo Adult $24.00 $12.00 Youth $22.00 $11.00 ===...=== Featured Items (not on sale, but listed by phone reps) 6457 Astronaut $ 2.50 2532 Passenger Jet $19.75 8255 Technic Trick-Trike (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Factoring service
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(Posted to many groups, but followups set to .market.theory) I have been meaning to write up my factoring service for some time now. Except for the fact that my email address (hehe) is nowhere to be found in it, I am happy with my writeup and I am (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | [Update] Fractal landscape generator
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I have updated the Fractal Landscape Generator site[1] with binaries for DOS and OS/2. The DOS version should work on recent flavours of MS-Windows. Play well, Jacob 1) (URL) ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | [Update] MPD builder
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I have updated the MPD builder site[1] with binaries for DOS, OS/2, and the recent flavours of MS-Windows. Play well, Jacob 1) (URL) ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | [ldraw.org] Official Model Repository Filenames/Headers
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After discussing the ldraw.org Official Model Repository header and file naming system, I feel that we can come to a final resolution. A lot has been discussed on the topic, including various file naming systems and also locations within the models (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | IMPORTANT - [ldraw.org] Help Still Needed
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There are still a lot of things that need to be done on ldraw.org, and there's only a handful of volunteers in a specialized area. We are in need of help working with reference material for the most part. As quoted from a previous post: 5. Reference (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | S@H Canada Specials June 14-18, '99 (retreds again)
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As of Monday, June 14st, the S@H specials in Canada are whatever they didn't sell (too sick to look up all sets again) 6109 8234 ( 1left) 6589 (few left) 2863 DUPLO 6.00 8.75 ?? Zoo Animals 8239 19.00 27.50 Cyber ? (few left) 6499 TC 11.00 16.50 ?? (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | US S@H Specials Jun 14 - Jun 20, 1999
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Duplo 2864 Duplo Wild Animals $13.25 $ 7.00 Technic 8266 Spider Slayer $76.00 $61.00 Clothing P100 Kid's Polo shirt Toddler's and youth sizes $18.00 $ 9.00 P210 Skateboarder Polo Youth $22.00 $11.00 Adult $24.00 $12.00 ---...--- "Non-sale (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | New URL for Ed Boxer sites
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I now have an additional URL to access my sites: www.geocities.com/~edboxer This would replace: www.geocities.com/We...ywood/9172 (note, this URL will remain active) I have joined GeoPlus (an enhanced version of GeoCities). Its actually a very good (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | My site
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Hi all This is my first post here, but i just wanted to let everyone know about my site. It's a fire related site at (URL) There are pictures of my stations and trucks there, so stop on by and let me know what you think. Thanks Tom D (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | IMPORTANT - [ldraw.org] Official Model Repository
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In order to begin assembling the ldraw.org official (TLG) model repository, I need to begin collecting TLG models in Ldraw. If you have made any TLG models you would be willing to contribute to the repository, please email them to me in .dat or .mpd (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | [ldraw.org] Donations
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All needed donations for ldraw.org have been recieved. Thanks to all of you who have donated: Larry Pieniazek Terry Keller Mike Stanley Jean-Pierre Paris Lars Hassing John VanZwieten The money will be taken care of soon and sent off to Todd to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | IMPORTANT - [ldraw.org] Software Download Templates
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I need to ask for help from those of you who have created utilities that are designed for use with LDraw or LDraw .dat format files. ldraw.org will be offering a centralized download section for these utilities. If you have created one of these (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | US S@H Specials Jun 7 - Jun 13, 1999
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System 5274 Large Tires & Wheels $ 4.50 $ 2.25 Scala 3103 Male Doll $ 8.75 $ 4.50 Clothing P100 Toddler/Kids Polo Shirt $18.00 $ 9.00 Blue, Red, Yellow, Green Sizes - 2Toddler, 3Toddler, 4-7 TS04 Adult Adventurer's T-shirt $14.00 $ 7.00 Adult S-XL (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Cracking down on unauthorized image links
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I just happened across a couple unauthorized links from eBay auctions directly to images of sets hosted on the lugnet.com server. What people are doing is linking from various places (mostly eBay auctions) directly to the JPEG images. This is a big (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.announce)
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| | Temporary outage of FAQ work
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Hey all LUGFAQ fans, Well, it happened. I have acquired a lot of short-term duties at work (1) and my Scotland vacation is coming up fast, so I am unable to continue work on the FAQ for at least a few months. I should be able to again dedicate time (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.announce)
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| | [ldraw.org] Progress
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I haven't posted in a while concerning ldraw.org. So far, a handful of pages have been created, along with a few templates. I will end up doing the html myself for the site, but VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED to work with assembling content. We still (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | US S@H Specials Jun 1 - Jun 6, 1999
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Misc PZ40 Wild West Floor Puzzle $16.00 $ 8.00 System 6836 V-Wing Fighter $ 4.50 $ 2.50 5125 Launch Command Accessories $ 3.00 $ 2.00 New Items (NOT Specials, not a sale price, just listed by reps) 4532 Passenger Jet $19.75 3117 Scala Fun at the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | S@H Canada Specials May 31-June 4, '99
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As of Monday, May 31st, the S@H specials in Canada are 2854 TECHNIC Bungee Chopper (purple) $7.00 (reg $10.75) 5276 TECHNIC acc. Gear Wheels Etc. $4.00 (reg $5.95) 5289 TECHNIC acc. Toggle Joints & Connectors $4.00 (reg $6.50) in Canadian dollars of (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | emulegOS: a legOS (and RCX) emulator
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Marco Beri and I just released the first version of emulegOS, a software emulator of legOS and the RCX itself. We like a lot legOS and the way it opens a broad range of possibilities to the RCX, but felt the need of a more comfortable environment (...) (25 years ago, 29-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | S@H Canada Specials May 25-28, '99
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Hope everyone else had a better Victoria day than I did. Please, consider the health of those around you and refrain from the use of pesticides just to get a better looking lawn. As of Tuesday, May 25th, the S@H specials in Canada are 6548 Octan Gas (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | US S@H Specials May 24 - May 30, 1999
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Duplo PZ06 Duplo Switchable puzzle $ 5.50 $ 2.75 Clothing P200 Extreme Polo (red or blue) Youth $22.00 $11.00 Adult $24.00 $12.00 That's IT. -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do not associate my personal (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | ¡Legopalooza!
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Pictures from Legopalooza have been posted, so all you concert-goers can see what you missed last weekend. This page will later be incorporated into my town section. Relevant questions/comments/criticisms are welcome. It's a bit slow-loading, but (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce)
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| | US S@H Specials May 17 - May 23, 1999
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Duplo/Primo 2864 Duplo Wild Animals $13.25 $7.00 2081 Small Stack'n'Learn $4.50 $2.25 (VERY short supply) Not really on sale, but listed as Telephone listings: 6458 Satellite with astronaut (31 pcs) $4.50 5533 Technic Red Fury (390 pcs) $54.00 4552 (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | S@H Canada Specials May 17-21, '99
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As of Monday, May 17th, the S@H specials in Canada are 6487 Mountain Rescue - Outback $6.50 (reg $9.75) 6560 Diving Expedition Explorer - Divers $75 (reg $105) 6560 is a S@H only set, so this is a good deal. in Canadian dollars of course (before (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | Service interruptions - 11 May 99
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I posted this to rec.toys.lego about 20 minutes ago... (...) Good news, Things now seem to be back up & running fine (of course there -could- still be further turbulence tonight). I'll have to tune in to the local pair newsgroups later tonight to (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | S@H Canada Specials May 10-14, '99
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As of Monday, May 10th, the S@H specials in Canada are 6909 Space Sonic Stinger $19.00 (reg $27.50) 8202 TECHNIC Bungee Chopper green $7.00 (reg $10.75) 8205 TECHNIC Bungee Chopper yellow $7.00 (reg $10.75) in Canadian dollars of course (before (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | US S@H Specials May 10 - May 16, 1999
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Duplo 5024 Rails'n'Polarity Switch $ 7.00 $ 3.50 Play K6029 Playtheme Pack - contains polybags: 6902 - Space Plane 6791 - Bandit's Lookout 6029 - Treasure Guard $7.50 6712 Sherriff's Showdown $ 4.50 $ 2.50 6709 Tribal Chief $ 4.50 $ 2.50 Technic (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | group lugnet.robotics.rcx created
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[Crossposted to lugnet.robotics & lugnet.announce; followups set to lugnet.robotics & lugnet.robotics.rcx] All right -- better late than never... A new group lugnet.robotics.rcx has been created, and is there now for anyone wants to jump in and use (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce)
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| | .off-topic.qotd group nuked
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The .off-topic.qotd group didn't work out as planned, and has been nuked. It may in the future come back someday under a different name, but until then the .off-topic.fun group (or other groups, as appropriate) can always be used for the sort of (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | US S@H Specials May 3 - May 9, 1999
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Sorry, guys, I was out sick yesterday, my hands were too swelled up to type. They still hurt like heck, but at least I can type now. Play K6029 Playtheme Pack - contains polybags: 6902 - Space Plane 6791 - Bandit's Lookout 6029 - Treasure Guard (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | New .off-topic groups: .geek, .pun, and .qotd
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[Followups set to lugnet.admin.general] Three new newsgroups in the .off-topic hierarchy have just been created. For background on what has led up to this, please visit the following super-monster of a thread: (URL) make a long shory stort, the (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | New newsgroups for LEGOLAND parks
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[Followups set to lugnet.legoland] Newsgroups for LEGOLAND parks have just been created. For background on what has led up to this, please visit the following thread: (URL) lugnet.legoland (group and hierarchy): General LEGOLAND® (not (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.dk.rb.bil, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.uk.en.bk.win, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.loc.de)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.trains.org
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[Followups set to lugnet.trains.org] A new newsgroup lugnet.trains.org has just been created. For background on what has led up to this, please visit the following thread: (URL) lugnet.trains (group and hierarchy): Train mania: modeling, layouts, (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.market.theory
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[Followups set to lugnet.market.theory] A new newsgroup lugnet.market.theory has just been created. For background on what has led up to this, please visit the following threads: (2 URLs) lugnet.market.* (hierarchy): Auctioning, buying, selling, (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | New newsgroups in lugnet.cad.dat.* hierarchy
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[Followups set to lugnet.cad.dev] Six new specialized newsgroup in the lugnet.cad.dat.* hierarchy have just been created for posting various types of LDraw DAT files -- for example: models, scenes, building ideas, and parts. For background on what (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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| | Yonkers New York newsgroup renamed
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(...) All right, Ed, I'll be counting. ;-) OK -- so -- the Yonkers, New York, U.S.A. newsgroup has just been renamed: from: lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny.yon to: lugnet.loc.us.ny.yon And anyone who has e-mail subscriptions to the Yonkers group has been (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.yon, lugnet.loc.us.ny)
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| | S@H Canada Specials May 3-7, '99
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As of Monday, May 3rd, the S@H specials in Canada are 2862 DUPLO zoo animals $6.00 (reg $8.75) 8239 Cyber Slam Spider $19.00 (reg $27.50) 6499 Time Tunnelator $11.00 (reg 16.50) in Canadian dollars of course (before tax). Tax varies between 15.025% (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | [ldraw.org] Progress
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During the last week or so, Jacob and I have worked on the templates for ldraw.org. I feel that they are just about set, and definitely ready to recieve content. I still need to work on the images for the multilanguage support pages in Danish, (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Halloween Lego Design Contest Reminder
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Hello everyone! One month ago I publicly launched the Halloween Lego Design Contest here on LUGNET and RTL. It is my plan to make monthly announcements to help remind those interested in participating and for those people who have only recently (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Working on the FAQ
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Hey y'all, We're really working to get a FAQ put together! :-, The FAQ will be patterned after the LUGNET site structure, and has room for Q+A on anything and everything you'd expect to see on LUGNET. If you have any questions for the FAQ -- or (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.announce)
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| | S@H Specials, Apr 26 - May 2
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Primo 2081 Stack'n'Learn $ 4.50 $ 2.50 Scala 3117 Scala Flashy Pool $41.50 $29.00 3118 Fun Fashion Boutique $54.00 $38.00 Freestyle 637 Playtable $49.50 $39.50 K6791 Playtheme Pack - contains polybags: 6902 - Space Plane 6428 - Wave Saver 6791 - (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | S@H Canada Specials April 26-30, '99
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As of Monday, April 26th, the S@H specials in Canada are 6190 Sea Creeper (Stingrays) $12.00 (reg $16.50) 6589 Radical Racer (X-treme team) $12.00 (reg $16.50) in Canadian dollars of course (before tax). Tax varies between 15.025% (Que), 15% (Ont, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | Re: New LEGO Backgrounds
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My backgrounds are now in GIF format: (URL) LMKWYT! --Bram (25 years ago, 25-Apr-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | New LEGO Backgrounds
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Hi all, I finally got around to translating a nifty tiling geometric figure into LEGO format (inspired by Fibblesnork LEGO Backgrounds) Feel free to use the images using the terms listed. If anyone wants other colors, please let me know. Here's the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | GMLTC to show at NMRA Nat'l Convention
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The Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club has just been accepted to show at the National Model Railroad Association's National Convention. The three day event will be held at RiverCentre Convention Center in St. Paul, MN from July 23-25th. For complete (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Builder's Gallery
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(...) The upload.asp page came up this time with no complaints or detours, so it might work now, though I didn't upload any pictures to test it. -Tom McD. when replying feel free to not include the spamcake. (my apologies for the double post to (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Everything LEGO links page to LUGNET
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Hello everyone, This is an announcement to say that the Everything LEGO links page has migrated to LUGNET. Todd has graciously agreed to take over maintenance of the links page since I am no longer able to host the traffic at its present site. The (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | [ldraw.org] Status/Help Needed
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As the site templates begin to take shape, we need to begin organizing volunteers for various aspects of the site. This is the current status of various site areas: 1. Multilanguage Support - Group Leader Jacob Sparre Andersen (Danish translation) (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | B&W Jpeg of Passager Plane 2532
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Hello Gang- Got my Lugnet access going. You can view the picture of the new plane set #2532 at: (URL) new set is not all Town Jr. The front of the plane is your usual airplane windshield, however the side windows look real small for "glass". It has (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | S@H Canada Specials April 19-23, '99
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As of Monday, April 19th, the S@H specials in Canada are 5909 Treasure Raiders $20.00 (reg $27.50) 8222 VTOL $16.00 (reg $24.00) in Canadian dollars of course (before tax). Tax varies between 15.025% (Que), 15% (Ont, NS, NB, Nfld), and 7% (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | LEGO Mindstorms Challenge
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Hello, Once again, Thames Science Center in Newport Rhode Island will host a LEGO Mindstorms competition and is looking for LEGO robot builders of all ages to participate. The rules for this challenge and registration information are posted on (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | S@H Specials, Apr 19 - Apr 25
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SMALL week for Specials :-/ Misc PZ40 WW floor puzzle $16.00 $ 9.00 Scala 3103 Male Scala Doll $ 8.75 $ 4.50 Play/System 6097 Night Lord's Castle $88.00 $44.00 ---...--- NOT A S@H SPECIAL, THIS IS FOR INFO ONLY: Darth Vader Keychain - KC12 - Coming (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | www.ldraw.org Registration Sent
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This morning Jacob Sparre Andersen sent me the information for the hugin.risoe.dk server where ldraw.org will be hosted, along with the technical contact info for the administrator at the Risø National Research Centre where the server resides. This (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | U.S. and Canada: New groups for states and provinces
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60 new local newsgroups have just been created: 12 at province level in Canada and 48* at the state level in the U.S. Rationale for creating the new groups: - Help people locate one another and hold discussions across sparsely populated areas. - (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | S@H Specials, Apr 12 - Apr 18
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Duplo 2029 Med Primo Stack'n'Learn $6.75 $3.50 5027 Start/Stop Rail/Straight Rail $5.50 $2.50 Play 6746 Chief's Teepee $22.00 $11.00 6748 Boulder Cliff Canyon $44.00 $22.00 6496 Whirling Time Warper $22.00 $11.00 K6791 Playtheme Pack - contains (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | S@H Canada Specials April 12-16, '99
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As of Monday, April 12st, the S@H specials in Canada are 2601 DUPLO T-Rex $7.00 (reg $9.75) 6097 Night Lord's Castle $80.00 (reg $119.00) 4012 Wave Cops $19.00 (reg $27.50) in Canadian dollars of course (before tax). Tax varies between 15.025% (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | New version of BlockCAD - 1.7 - with shading and background pictures
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I'm happy to announce the version 1.7 of my building program BlockCAD. Ever since Paul Gyugyi released LdLite, I have wanted to have shading in BlockCAD too, and now it's there! Another new thing is the possibility to have background pictures on the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Builder's Gallery
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(...) -Tom McD. (25 years ago, 9-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build)
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| | Builder's Gallery
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The official Lego site ((URL) has a "Builder's Gallery" area now where people can upload their own creations. Each month, eight creations will be chosen for a vote by web club members for a "Builder of the Month." Each web-club member can have 4 (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Prototype Starwars Pictures ONLINE!
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OK, I had to go on a mission and walk 30 mins to my friend's house. Anyway, these scans are big but they are good quality. (URL) (364KB) (URL) (345KB) (URL) (119KB) - not so good quality. Hope these work - they are case dependent - I had to use (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.starwars)
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| | The Gary Louie Memorial Auction
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Subject auction, which we discussed here and via e-mail in the February timeframe, will hopefully get under way soon. I have begun constructing the lots at SeriousCollector and hope to launch by Friday. Featured lots so far: 4537 Twin Tank unopened (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.announce)
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| | S@H Canada Specials April 6-9, '99
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As of Tuesday(1), April 6th, the S@H specials in Canada are 6515 Stunt Copter $2.50 (reg $3.99) (quant. 33) 8216 Turbo I $10.00 (reg. $16.50) (quant. 29) in Canadian dollars of course (before tax). Tax varies between 15.025% (Que), 15% (Ont, NS, NB, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | S@H Specials, Apr 5 - Apr 11
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Duplo PZ06 Playhouse Switchable Puzzle $5.50 $2.75 5024 Ralis & Polarity Switch $7.00 $3.50 Play 6766 Rapid River Village $73.00 $44.00 6549 Roadblock Runners $33.00 $16.50 Accessorries 5126 Workzone Accessories $3.50 $1.75 5011 9V Basic Motor (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Carlsbad Legofest Pics Online
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Greetings.. I have recently assembled a gallery of Carlsbad Legofest pics I took a couple weeks ago tonight for you all to see. Please take a look and let me know what you think at tcourtney@avenew.com The url is: (URL) also threw in a couple pics (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Halloween Lego Design Contest
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Hello Everyone, I don't know about all of you, but my favorite time of the year is Halloween and my favorite pastime is building with my Lego collection. This year, Erik Wilson's Ancient Design Contest sparked an idea and soon Felix Greco, Anne (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | SeriousCollector
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Check THIS out: (URL) this isn't for real, it is one of the most elaborate practical/April Fool jokes I have ever seen. Note the anti sniping policy! Any bid keeps the auction alive for 24 hours. ** I LIKE that ** I am not so keen on having to give (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.announce)
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| | LDraw Add-On 2.0.3 Now Available
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[follow-ups set to lugnet.cad] The new version of LDraw Add-On (LDAO) is now available. This is version 2.0.3. The major change is a fix so Visual Basic 5 runtime files are no longer needed (this affected new users trying to install LDAO 2.x). Also (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | S@H Specials, Mar 29 - Apr 4
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Duplo 5087 Toolo Wrench $ 3.50 $ 1.75 Play 1821 Rally Racers $16.50 $ 8.50 6109 Sea Creeper $11.00 $ 5.50 Freestyle 4157 Freestyle Trial bag $ 2.00 $ 1.50 Technic 5274 Large Tires & Wheels $ 4.50 $ 2.50 5265 Large Tires & Wheels $ 4.00 $ 2.00 P100 (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | S@H Canada Specials March 29-April 2, '99
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As of Monday, March 29th, the S@H specials in Canada are 6496 Time Cruisers Whirling Time Warper $17 (reg $27.75)(1) 8215 Technic Gyro Copter $9 (reg $14.25) in Canadian dollars of course (before tax). Tax varies between 15.025% (Que), 15% (Ont, NS, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | Bidder Wizard (beta) ready to download
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Bidder Wizard is a FREE program to help internet auction bidders to keep track of their lots. It has been developed with Lego parts auctions in mind. The name "Bidder Wizard" has been proposed by Chuck Cottrill. Thanks Chuck! The main features (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: S@H Canada Specials March 22-26, '99
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(...) Sold out (they only had 4 when I phoned Monday morning) replaced by: 2581 DUPLO School Bus $22.00 (reg $44.00) very limited supplies. (...) Gail Meagher LEGO: PI+++(6286) TR+++(4563) HM++(693) MOC++ #+++++ S+ LS++ Hal M+ A++ LM++ YB67f (25 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | How to
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Howdy, ...for those of you interested, I spent my spring break cleaning the school's Legos. You might want to take a look at: (URL) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Pictures of (very?) old Lego Idea book
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Hi all! I've tried to take pictures (no scanner yet!) of my old Lego idea book. It must be from about 1960, I'm not sure exactly when - perhaps someone else can give more details... (URL) page is slow, and the picture quality is not the best, but (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO Mindstorms Competition
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Hello, Thames Science Center has a LEGO Mindstorms competition this Saturday March 27. You can register following the instructions on (URL) or you can simply WALK-IN with your robot the day of the challenge. The mission rules are published on (URL) (...) (26 years ago, 22-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | S@H Specials, Mar 22-28
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Duplo 1776 950 pc bucket $22.00 $11.00 2081 Small Stack'n'Learn $ 4.50 $ 3.00 Play 6487 Mountain Rescue $ 6.75 $ 3.50 Technic 8239 Cyber Challenge $22.00 $12.00 8222 V-TOL $16.50 $ 8.50 8229 Tread Trekker $22.00 $11.00 5290 Plates and Gear Rack $ (...) (26 years ago, 22-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | S@H Canada Specials March 22-26, '99
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As of Monday, March 22nd, the S@H specials in Canada are 2791 DUPLO Playground $16.00 (reg $27.95) 2154 Robo Master $35.00 (reg $59.00) in Canadian dollars of course (before tax). Tax varies between 15.025% (Que), 15% (Ont, NS, NB, Nfld), and 7% (...) (26 years ago, 22-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | LEGO Mindstorms Competition
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Thames Science Center in Newport, Rhode Island will have a LEGO Mindstorms Competition on March 27th at 2:00 PM. The General Rules are posted in (URL) The mission rules will be published on March 18th. This is their third challenge so far, it is (...) (26 years ago, 17-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Another Math Lesson
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Howdy, ...jsut added another math lesson ( thanks to Erik Brok! It was his suggestion...he is super cool! ) to my website! (URL) it out and let me know what you think. Richard rwright@pcsedu.com www.weirdrichard.com (26 years ago, 17-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | S@H Specials, Mar 15-21
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Sorry for not posting yesterday, I was recovering from a long Sunday at Legoland. Duplo 2029 Medium Primo Stack & Learn $ 6.75 $ 3.50 5027 Start and Stop Straight Track $ 5.50 $ 2.50 Play 6746 Chief's Teepee $22.00 $11.00 6549 Roadblock Runners (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Duane's Lego Page Update
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I have restructured my Lego page to (hopefully) be a little more user friendly. Please send me some feed back to let me know what other changes could be made to my pages to make them more enjoyable. Thanks, Duane (URL) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | S@H Canada Specials March 15-19, '99
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As of Monday, March 15st, the S@H specials in Canada are 2081 PRIMO Stack N'Learn $4.00 (reg $6.50) 6563 Gator Landing $22 (reg 37.95) in Canadian dollars of course (before tax). Tax varies between 15.025% (Que), 15% (Ont, NS, NB, Nfld), and 7% (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.db.inv for inventories of LEGO sets
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[Followups set to lugnet.admin.database] A new newsgroup lugnet.db.inv has just been created. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.db.inv (group): Special data-oriented group for the storage and retrieval of parts inventories of LEGO® sets (one set per post); (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.announce)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
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[Followups set to lugnet.admin.general] A new newsgroup lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands has just been created. For background on what led up to this, please visit the following archived articles: (14 URLs) lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands (group): (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO Training at Trail Winds!
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Howdy, ...just posted pictures of teacher LEGO training at Trail Winds Elementary. Please check out: (URL) the 14th picture of Clifford the Big Red Dog with a Lego power pack. Richard rwright@pcsedu.com www.weirdrichard.com (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Lego Math Curriculum
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Howdy, ...I have posted a new set of web pages dedicated to applying Lego constructives to a sixth grade math curriculum! Please check it out and let me know what you think... (URL) here are a series of specific lesson plans: (URL) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club (GMLTC)
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A new group of LEGO train fanatics are organizing the "Greater Midwest Lego Train Club". Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the club currently has a 13' x 15' layout built entirely from Lego bricks. We have approximately 70 pieces of custom rolling (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | See a Motorized Boat!
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Howdy, Please check out my new web page...it chronicles how a student named Alex built a motorized Lego boat. (URL) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO S@H Canada Specials March 8-12, '99
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As of Monday, March 8st, the S@H specials in Canada are 2790 DUPLO children's room $20.00 (reg $34.95) 8408 TECHNIC Desert Ranger $25.00 (reg $42.95) in Canadian dollars of course (before tax). Tax varies between 15.5% (Que), 15% (Ont, NS, NB, (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | S@H Specials, Mar 8-14
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Duplo 2687 Duplo Harbor $52.00 $26.00 Play 6097 Night Lord's Castle $88.00 $66.00 PZ4 WW Floor Puzzle $16.00 $ 8.00 Technic 5561 Bigfoot 4x4 $88.00 $66.00 Scala 3103 Male Scala Doll $ 8.75 $ 4.50 -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | See my water fountain!
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Howdy, ...just posted my water fountain at (URL) my Japanese style lamp at (URL) check them out and let me know what you think! Richard rwright@pcsedu.com www.weirdrichard.com (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | S@H Canada specials March 1-5
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As of Monday, March 1st, the S@H specials in Canada are 2160 Crystal scavanger $15 (reg 24) 8235 Front End Loader $19.50 (reg $35) in Canadian dollars of course (before tax)(1). I suddenly have a reason to get up on Monday mornings :). When I phoned (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | S@H Specials, Mar 1-7
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Duplo PZ02 Water Park Surprizzle $ 5.50 $ 2.75 PZ06 Playhouse Switchable Puzzle $ 5.50 $ 2.75 5024 Duplo Train - Rails & Polarity Switch $ 7.00 $ 3.50 Play 6748 Boulder Cliff Canyon $44.00 $22.00 6180 Hydro Search Sub $54.00 $43.00 6496 Whirling (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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