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| (...) you (...) Well yes of course. (...) No comment. (...) This I highly doubt. I base this on the going prices of Idea Books that are freely available on www.brickshelf.com. No matter how good the scan, there is just no substitute for the real (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.books)
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| (...) mind (...) Is this the same book as "50 Years of play"? I won this in an auction a while ago. Mine is not in the best of shape, but did come with the bookmark, but no slipcase. Frank who is slowly but surely working on a collection of LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.books)
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| (...) I have planned (when I get time) to put select parts on baseplate.com to share with the community (along with other LEGO book materials). There are some great old pictures and some funny stuff too. But no mass scanning from me. I would not be (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.books)
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| Suzanne D. Rich wrote in message ... (...) mind (...) Can either one of you scan it in? (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.books)
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| (...) Yes, I own one. A real gem. Came with its own special bookmark as well. is yours in English? I wonder how much it sold for (?) esp if it was unopened. [if you wouldn't mind my asking] -Suz. (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.books)
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| I just won an auction for this book and was wondering if anyone had heard of it before. It's written by KKK himself, has 130 pages, covers the years from 1932 to 1982 and has its on slipcase. Thanks Mark H. (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.books)
| | | | | Re: Brick Layers II book
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| (...) Wait till I pneumaticise them ;-) Seriously, I would make #1031 essential reading for all Technic and robot builders. The mechanisms shown therein are fundamental and will crop up time and again in various models. Enjoy! -- C S Soh (URL) where (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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| David Macaulay's book "Mill" can inspire you to build a LEGO Technic MOC model or a classroom project that incorporates both architectural and mechanical features. An old LEGO educational Dacta model can make this project interesting. For a (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
| | | | | Re: Brick Layers II book
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| Thank you for the correction. The set with parts has the ID #1030 but the building cards alone have the ID #1031. Weird. My mistake for not confirming the correct URL at Kevin Loch's Brickshelf. More importantly, now we all know that C S Soh dabbles (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
| | | | | Re: Brick Layers II book
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| (...) It should be 1031, here (URL) C S Soh (URL) where air is power (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
| | | | | Re: Brick Layers II book
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| (...) I can't find 1030 (or 9030, in case it was a typ0) at Briskshelf or Pause. Where did you find these scans, Miles? Kevin (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
| | | | | Brick Layers II book
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| You can learn basic LEGO Technic engineering and building from books. What do you know about the new book, ie, "Brick Layers II ..."? Pitsco's 2000 catalog has a new book titled "Brick Layers II: Creative Engineering with Lego Constructions" (Pitsco (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.build, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
| | | | | Re: New MINDSTORMS book
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| I bought 'LEGO MindStorms Super Creatures', too. The robots in this book have beautiful mechanism. In Japan, two robots, 'Walker' and 'Beetle' appeared on television. (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.books)
| | | | | Re: Container grabber
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| (...) Bite your tongue. But glue it to the roof of your mouth first so that it really hurts. Infidel. (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| Glue? Chris Just couldn't resist. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) But not very well. They have a tendency to pop out again. At least that's been my experience. Anyone have any clues as to how to get them to stay? (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| On Wed, 19 Jan 2000 04:02:08 GMT, Allan J Smith uttered the following profundities... (...) For those with the tractor wheel links, the inside "tubes" of 1x4 plates fit into the holes on the links.... (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | New MINDSTORMS book
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| I found new book of MINDSTORMS, and I bought it. The book name is, Joe Nagata's LEGO MindStorms Super Creatures (Ohmsha,Ltd. Japan ISBN4-274-08683-6) There are many robots, and how to make these robots. I can not read Japanese, but many picture help (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.books)
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| (...) I just built the grabber. I extended it by 6x1 & added a 4x1 plate to the bottom inside. The only problem is that last year (99) I started to build trailer 6x?? so now I'll have to build 4x?? trailers for small trucks & 6x?? for large trucks. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Hey thats a good Idea. Due to lack of room its hard to have a switch track to a ramp. So I'll have to try that comcept. Just have to build a stout crain to support the weight. Thanks J.W.Hummer www.geocities.com/spincity999 (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.books, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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