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(...) Uh... I don't think that you projected out far enough ther.e That is just Auczilla 9. Sarah (28 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Go, Gary go! Chants of "Gary.. Gary.. Gary.." were heard throughout the land. "Gary for Lord Emperor of Time and Space" bumperstickers began springing up all over, and the coveted Gary Istok minifig commanded $75 in AucZILLA IX! ;-) (28 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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A nearly all-black interstellar warship that holds a few dozen minifigs should do the trick. (Blacktron was way ahead of its time.) *sigh* Wishing that I could do the same... (...) (28 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Well, I finally got enough green medium slopes to build a small house. The URLis below, please let me know what you think. I'm looking to get more of these green slopes (currently only available in 1x2, 2x2, and 2x2 apex sizes), as well as more (...) (28 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Matthew, (my first article here) This is the same crappy generic reply TLG sent me back into the 1980's. That's why I went over their heads and sent a letter to Peter Eio (then) president of TLG USA. He had the Consumers Affairs manager reply to me (...) (28 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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I have very little by way of pneumatic stuff; I've mostly avoided sets containing pneumatics. But it seems like there's some interesting potential when combined with Mindstorms. Has anybody made any interesting Mindstorms-controlled air-powered (...) (28 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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I'm currently working on a big spaceship...certainly not the biggest out there, but probably the largest Lego project I've ever undertaken. The idea is that it's been taken over by a band of space pirates, repaired and modified beyond recognition. (...) (28 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Weird Catalog from Consumer Affairs
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(...) from: "Mønti Pythøn ik den Hølie Gräilen" OLD WOMAN: Well, how did you become king, then? ARTHUR: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held Excalibur aloft from the bosom of the waters to signify that by Divine (...) (28 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Don Forth wrote in message ... (...) The "watery tart" quote is in the same scene with the quote above. The peasant ("Old woman..." "I'm not a woman!") asks what gave the King the right to be King, and he said that the Lady of the Lake gave him the (...) (28 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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I usually undertake large building projects over a couple of months, and I have just finished building a 6 storey office building and I'm eager to continue building. Some other projects i've undertaken are: a rail depot, a space city, a castle (...) (28 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Matt Marshall wrote in message ... (...) HEH.. Help, help - I'am being repressed....... -But I want to face the peril... -Nope, its too perilous. -- ===...=== Don Forth ( Klaatu ) email: dforth@caro.net Home Page: (URL) (28 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Do you dare dish the Monty Python, how dare you, "Semi Amusing Insult quote"(1);-> (1)I need to watch it again I only remember the knight, the bridge, the castle and the bunny scenes, oh and the virgin scene but no quotes Jesse Long wrote in message (...) (28 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) *blink* That quote comes from that movie? I really like that movie, but still don't remember the quote (or anything like it) at all! Sarah (28 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Perhaps a Princess.... wrote in message <362af5de.42433142@2...63.236>... (...) Ouch. Major declaration of cultural ignorance. Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail. Dumb, dumb movie, but it has a serious cult following in the US. Basically (...) (28 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) are (...) I built my last bot so that the Robot frame went around the RCX, but did not connect to the bottom. That way I can pull the bottom off and replace the batteries without dismantelling the bot.. I also (...) (28 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Set Review 6553 Crisis News Crew
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(...) Well, IMHO, discussion of reviews relates directly to reviews -- more commentary basically expands upon the review. So it should probably stay in .reviews, unless the thread drifts too much. (28 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Set Review 6553 Crisis News Crew
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I wonder if reviews should have their follow-ups set to lugnet.build (or lugnet.robotics, as appropriate) Or if discussions about reviews should happen here? I have cc'd this post to lugnet.build, and set the follow-ups to go there. I got this set (...) (28 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build, lugnet.reviews)
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(...) I guess my problem is that I do not know the movie from which the quote comes. Sarah sarah@eskimo.com (28 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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I understand the weird catalog I received now. After I sent pictures of my Huge Gothic Cathedral to Lego, I received the "Lego, Like You've Never Seen It" catalog a couple of weeks later. A week after that I received a letter from Consumer Affairs' (...) (28 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Weird Catalog from Consumer Affairs
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Perhaps a Princess.... wrote in message <36271280.17743537@2...63.236>... (...) Someone pointed out to me a long time ago my quote was actually a misquote. I, too, prefer my version, that is why I still use. It evokes the spirit of the scene and (...) (28 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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