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(...) Not counting lightsabers, of course. Or cannons. Or revolvers. Or muskets. Or swords. Or crossbows. Or vaguely pointy-looking things on spacecraft. :) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Being primarily a spacehead I've rarely strayed from collecting and building spaceships. Though recently I built my first Super Car #8880 and have begun to understand what all the fuss is about. What an awesome model. Can't wait to build the new (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Yeah, that guywon Cool LEGO Site of the Week #69, 11/30/98 - 12/6/98. His other stuff is quite ingenious as well: (URL) - jsproat (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Hi all, I was browsing around for neat LEGO sites and found this one: (URL) Sorry if it's well known... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (URL) ---...--- Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com ---...--- (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) This is not far from normal conditions, winter and summer, here in central Texas! :-) (...) Edmund Scientific has an accesory that does just that. Alan (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Speaking of Yoda....I dodn't see that Terry posted this to lugnet, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) The 4x1 rack has ten teeth, so you can calculate five links for every four studs of length as a general rule. Fredrik (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Hello Have you checked the 856 bulldozer? this one uses 40 tooth gears, and are 14 holes appart, axle holes included. This one uses 50 peaces per tread. The 8851 uses even more, but this tread also goes over two 16 tooth gears. You can check the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Ben Fleskes wrote in message ... (...) Realistically, the load when you try to drive a couple of motors off your RCX is such that solar cells are not a Lego option. 9V at 300mA per motor means you need about 6W coming in. To get that reliably (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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I bought that set of tread links recently. N779938 - 36 x Conveyor belt links - $6.25 Actually I received 40 links! But I still think that's way expensive... I had enough to make a tread using 2 24-tooth gears spaced 12 holes apart (including the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Here's a rough way to calculate your own answer. Each link takes up 2 teeth. So to make treads using 24T gears, figure 24 links for the ends, then measure axle centerto axle center and measure using the rack pieces how many teeth that is. I think, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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I've been looking at the technic tread links available from Pitsco and have one question about them. How many links does it take to make a decent set of treads? For example, how many links are used to make a tread with 24-tooth gears at the ends and (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Thanks for the leads on the red 1x2 brick. I checked them out and the first 4 of those sets are way to huge for what I have. Pause Magazine does not have a picture for 5187, but I only have *1* of these bricks, so any set with 12 (like 5187 and (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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There are about 250-300 or so pieces left, with the specialty pieces being mostly grey or yellow. What bugs me is the number of minifigs for which there need to be sets relative to the total number of pieces. I know from the prior owner that there (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Based on what Sybrand just posted, seems to me you may want to dig into whether you have the pieces for this one: (...) <snip> (...) <snip> 2 x 2 plate with turntable in center. In yellow: <snip> (...) <snip> Not a sure thing, you need to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Hello Brian, I haven't taken a look at your page, but I think I know of a few pieces which pieces you mean. You can find these pieces, although under a different name in Tim Vattima's set inventory (Under www.lugnet.com/inv ): 1 x 2 brick with (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) There are also quite a few unique pieces, like the red 1x2 brick with the vertical groove and the 2 black 1x2 plates with attached horizontal grove and "teeth" on the bottom of the groove portion, the yellow&gray 2x2 turntable, and many of the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) pieces. (...) the (...) Thanks. I couldn't find sets with the lightning logo. With hundreds of Town sets to look through it's tedious and easy to miss stuff. Are there other Town sets with the lightning logo? (...) I've already assembled one (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Yes, I've also heard about that, but I had not known that the first one was an urban legend. I had heard it from a magazine news show on TV. I think urban legends from another country can easily be spilled into non-serious news broadcasts of (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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This is OT, sorry. As far as I know, that's actually an urban legend. A very popular one though. But for a more recent and confirmed bad lawsuit story, how about the woman who won a huge amount of money because she spilled her coffee from McDonald's (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Brian H. Nielsen <70401.2635@compuserve.com> wrote in message ... (...) with (...) are (...) see (...) Sorry, but the pieces that you show/list are mostly generic pieces. There are some hints anyway. The "lightening bolt" patterned panel pieces and (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Jonathan Wilson wrote in message <378687AE.708B896F@x...il.com>... (...) cannons? (...) There is no non-shooting cannons ever in anywhere except US (and maybe Americas). They are disabled only for those countries. Why? I'm not sure but the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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you could have a 6671 utillity repair lift... that has the lightning logo pieces. get the instructions and find out... that is the only set i can find that has the lightning logos. that set also has the red fence pieces 6679 rescue I helecoptor has (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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i guess this was TLGs way of making cannons using the shooter parts and moulds that did not accually shoot. why did tlg stop making shooting cannons? anyone know? a safety issue? (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Not a direct question. In general. Each photo cell will give a certain amount of voltage and current capability. If a cell is rated at .5 volts, that is generally under very well lit/bright conditions, which are unusual. It also assumes the panel is (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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I have posted a few pictures of my latest milling machine. Still waiting for a rotation sensor for x axis. Then I will try a cut on this one. (URL) Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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I've built several sets from a second hand LEGO purchase, but I'm left with a pile of parts that are begging to be assembled into sets unknown. There are quite a few pieces here that *should* be easy to identify what sets they belong to given the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Hi Frank, I disassembled the cannon by pressing on the two small holes near the plunger end of the cannon and that allowed the firing mech to slide out . Take care to not push in too hard as it might damage the tabs.The plastic was obviously (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) It seems likely, I've got a bunch of these also, and it seems unlikely that every cannon which looks like a shooting cannon, that I've got from an auction lot, would be broken. (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Greetings Fellow Lego Fans I have a question about a cannon I just recieved from an ebay auction. It is a cannon that appears to have all the parts for shooting but the plunger wont move backwards enough to "fire"theoriticaly it came with the pirate (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Had a look in Tim Vattima's inventory and there are a few possibilities, check here: (URL) top level of Tim's database is here: (URL) , also accessible from the LUGnet main page.) Indispensible resource! Heather St. John's, Newfoundland, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks. I just visited the Edmunds Scientic Page and they said their solar panels can be wired in series. The thing I need to know now is how many volts and how many amps is appropriate for powering the Rcx. I assume 9 volts. But is 12 volts (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) The solar panels from Radio Shack can be wired in serial. I belive one rail is the + and the other - . (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Anybody done it? I would like to incorporate solar power into lEGO and perhaps LEGO robotics. In fact, I have never used solar power (SP) for anything. I have heard that the TAMAYKO (sp?) plastic model kit from Japan has a good solar panel but it (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Maico Arts wrote in message ... (...) But you can also make them "sucking" by mechanically pulling or pushing the piston. Their working principle is applying pressurized air to the one face of the piston, then piston goes opposite side, right*. so (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics)
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Hello Try to get one of the early technic pneumatic sets, like the 8851 or 8843 TRhese set have a grey 4 x 2 brick with valves. This pump pushes the air through one side of the brick and sucks the out of the brick using the other valve. These (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Technic heads, Is it possible to build a pneumatic _SUCTION_ system using only LEGO parts? I've seen many pneumatic PUMP systems. But my goal is to have a MindStorms controlled suction system that can lift a LEGO brick (on the flat side of (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Think Diagonal. You may get a few more studs that way, not sure, depends on the width (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) I don't see any other Paradisa parts. I think they must have come from multiple copies of 6552 Rocky River Retreat, but I only have enough parts to complete one of the sets. I suspect the boys I bought the LEGO from received identical sets so (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) 6405 Sunset Stables as well; the Paradisa pieces in both sets are obvious, I'm sure, if that's what you have. (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) That's just over 38 studs - a bit tight for a decent car, which is really all I can build. I've got an (already too-short looking) El Camino standing here that would fit if I take off the rear bumper corners, I guess BTW: It's got an (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) 6363(?), 6521 (...) 1722, 6593, 6612, 6643, 9365 (...) 6544 (...) 6342, 6347(?), 6338(?) (...) Selçuk (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) (URL) I got the hull and some of the parts for 4021 in a big ship parts lot. (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) That fits with some other pieces I have. Unfortunately, the side panels are missing. (...) I was hoping there was another set with that tile. I have enough parts to complete one 6593, but no ladder or hose winch for a second set. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) 6521 Emergency Repair Truck, probably. The giveaway would be the printed 1x2x2 panels. (...) I have one in a 6593 Blaze Battler - there's also a 2x4 hose winch and frame with flame logo. (...) One of the Launch Command sets? (...) Dunno, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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John Kornhaus wrote (...) This is a sigline I have not seen before, and it is sufficiently obscure to be useful only on lugnet. Unfortunately, it is also very true.... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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I just emerged from my dark ages and bought a box of LEGO with no instructions at a yard sale. I've had pretty good luck (and a lot of fun!) re-constructing most of the sets, but I have some pieces left that I can't assign to sets. Can anyone help (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Yup, that's it. I suspected it would be a Fabuland part. (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Selçuk wrote in message ... (...) Wow, I was correct. Just checked fabuland pictures, and saw it. See 3671, 3672, and/or 3678 from pause. Selçuk (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Frank Filz wrote in message <37839555.A16@mindsp...ng.com>... (...) Just a rough guess but it could be a Fabuland furniture part, probably a chair. Selçuk (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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I got a weird piece in a lot yesterday, one thing which will make it a tad hard to identify is it is broken. It looks like about a 4x4 rectangular tile with two studs on top. It has a brick height round column underneath which has a center tube and (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Yeah, those are classic space windows/panels, found in 6940 Alien Moon Stalker from 1986. I got one! -Tom McD. when replying, today partly spamcaky, with SE winds 10-20 mph... (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Design for drink machine (Was: Re: Anyone tried to build a Coke machine?)
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(...) Yeah, I don't think springs would work. Because of the scale involved, simpler is often better. Maybe you could make the dispensing mechanism like some sort of revolving door turned on its side? That was my other idea. (...) Your ASCII art was (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Please do. I'd like to have all versions online. KL (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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Hi- The pieces that I'm unfamiliar with came from a garage sale. They are 4x3 solid sheets in black. There is also one in transparent green. They are not plates nor tiles... but they look like some kind of door or wall... they have a nub in the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Green Plates?
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Thanks guys, you're much too kind. What I do is for the love of the brick. Scott was the first AFOL that I had ever met, since my internet access started exactly one year ago this week (on RTL). A great guy. I strongly believe in the power of the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Design for drink machine (Was: Re: Anyone tried to build a Coke machine?)
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First off, thanks for the advice, folks! (: I messed around with the Coke machine for a while but couldn't get the mechanical bits to work right. I am debating re-attempting it with a spring mechanism, but I think the springs I have are too long. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Tom McDonald wrote in message ... (...) I've been doing the exact same thing over the weekend (train station and coke machine - and various other street furniture). I built my coke machine very simple (no actual dispensing), with red and white 2x2 (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | RE: Legoland semi truck
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(...) solicit input from the group and wait for OTHER people to tell us if our MOCs are decent or not :-) This is not a flame, just a polite suggestion about how to share our creativity... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- A picture is worth a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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YES! here is a truck i built. this thing is incredible (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Hi Rufus, I have some older catalogs that may help. I have an american catalog from 1973 and a couple of british idea books/catalogs from the period when lego didn't put year of release on their material. They mention such sets as basic sets 020 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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Speaking of this, I had the pleasure of meeting Gary, and he is like a walking Lego history book, with the original sets to prove it. I want to be just like him when I grow up! :) (You're a great guy, Gary!) Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) hey, is there anyone interested in helping me to complete my listing of crossindexes between european and american sets from the 70's? right know i have gone back to 1976 but have no older catalogs. rufus t. (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) Cool! (...) Maybe you can make a mechanism inside that, when it's tilted down to serve the soda, blocks the hole above at the same time. Only when you close or lift it back up does it receive another can. If you lay the cans on their sides, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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I don't know about anyone else but when I see a Gary Istok post I feel the urge to grab a cup of tea and a biscut, make myself comfortable and indulge in a bit of nostalga while I read his posts. I would have said make myself comfortable beside the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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How about some of those 2X3X1 clear parts packs you showed us, Gary? :)- Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) found in Service Packs 518 (2x4 plates), 519 (2x3 plates), 520 (2x2 plates), and 521 (1x1 & 1x2 plates) which were available ONLY in the mid 1960's (so you're not gonna find these today). These sets were available in Europe and USA (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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In lugnet.build, Don Heyse writes: - snip (a bunch of stuff about set 480) - (...) I just checked, it's set 358. Does anybody have instructions for this? As an aside, it would've been really handy to have that set search box available as I was (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Looking for Instructions (set #480)
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(...) I vaguely remember a police station where the placement of the minifig stiffs on the cover was different for the two versions. As far as I can tell the only difference between 480 and the euro version is the catalog pics on the back. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Green Plates?
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(...) Well, the 2 sets that have the most are expensive and you'll end up with lots of parts you might not want, but ... The 8479 Bar Code Multi Set has 9 1x2s 4 1x2s with the side tray 6 1x3s 10 1x4s 2 1x6s 1 1x8 4 1x10s 3 2x4s 1 2x6 2 2x10s 2 3x3s (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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Hello again, Just wondering which set contains lots and lots of varying sizes of green plates? I am making Gasgano's Podracer and the green brick service pack won't do it alone. Greg citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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I'd still mail a message to Kevin, see if he wants to put them up. Just incase there is something just a little different with the sets. I believe 1737?? going by memory here... and the other set which was a 68?? set of the same thing were released (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Landing Gear Help
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(...) alotted. (...) I just wanted to send out an update on the subject to let all of those who have responded know how things are progressing. I have been able to design a retractable system similar to the Technic Space Shuttle which fits within a (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Looking for Instructions (set #480)
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(...) You might as well upload them to kl.net, since they aren't there yet. Jeff (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) Rats, I thought this was my big chance to finally contribute something here. Is anybody still interested in the 480 instructions? I just rummaged thru the old box of instructions and scanned them this morning. Don Heyse (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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I am in the process of building a train station, and decided I wanted to add a Coke machine. Minifigs get thirsty out here in the desert, ya know. (: Has anyone tried to do this before? I've got a general concept -- use the 1x2x3 (I think) window as (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Looking for Instructions (set #480)
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Try this one: (URL) set as #480, but the European version. (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: SW Lego Design Contest -----> Prizes!
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(...) aol works out to $20 a month on unlimited. ---...--- WWW.SAGABEGINS.COM weird al's new song, very funny, to the tune of American Pie, SW EP I lyrics! (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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Hi all, Does anyone have the building instructions for the Rescue Helicopter set #480 (it's the big red helicopter). I've checked at www.kl.net for scans, but no luck. This is one of the last sets I haven't rebuilt from my 20+ year old collection (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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[crossposting to lugnet.build] (...) Wow!!! Incredible! Now that you mention it, I seem to remember visiting that page about a year or two ago. But there's still nothing like seeing it in the flesh! :) If you can make it to the next adult play day (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: SW Lego Design Contest -----> Prizes!
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(...) It could be that the pop-up windows are causing the stripped down IE that comes with AOL to have a fit. What exactly happens when you try to access a Geocities or Tripod page? Jeff (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: SW Lego Design Contest -----> Prizes!
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(...) Perhaps it has something to do with the way the preferences are set up. I'm on AOL using IE and I don't have any problems accessing any sites. Also, sometimes new screen names have their parental preferences set differently, that one must (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: SW Lego Design Contest -----> Prizes!
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(...) So you're saying that AOL costs -$10 a month? I am pretty sure that RoadRunner costs only $29.95 here, but I'm not certain, I don't have to pay the bill :) Greg citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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(...) I can't for all the living daylights get to certaain sites, GEOCITIES and TRIPOD, I hate AOL, but, Roadrunner costs $40 a month MORE than AOL, and my parents "LUV!!!!" AOL if you can't post them, could you E-mail them to me? TJJohn12@AOL.com (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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(...) I use IE and I haven't had any problems. But maybe having RoadRunner might also have something to do with it. Greg citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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(...) problems, (...) Hmmm... I've never had any problems on the rare occasions that I access the web thru AOL, and my sister has never mentioned it to me either (and if she was having problems, she'd mention them). Then again, we all use Netscape, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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(...) Sure John! No Problem. I'll post txt files for the rules, entry, and prizes pages. They will be in the (URL) path. I'll post them when I get home tonight. I'll also post txt files to this group as well as others as long as Todd is ok with (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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(...) Yes, AOL, the stinky service, blocks all competators. ??? on the HTML ? just rules would be nice thought WWW.SAGABEGINS.COM weird al's new song, very funny, to the tune of American Pie, SW EP I lyrics! -John Rudy TJJohn12@AOL.com (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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Me too. I want to see something that inspires me to make my Millennium Falcon model even better and I tend to be competitive in nature. But having just heard of an AT-AT in the works, I suspect I may be relegated to runner up. I think it is great (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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(...) This, I don't understand. Does AOL block competitors? And why can't AOLers read HTML? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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OK, I and some I know can't make it to certain sites, AOL and browser problems, can you post TEXT ONLY of your rules and entrance info PLEASE!!!! PRETTY, PRETTY, PLEASE!!! -John Rudy (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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To All who want some updated win95/98 instructions that work: I got up early and tried a "clean" install on my laptop(win95) and made some cryptic notes to myself, and it actually worked (with only a few false starts). I didn't want to clean-off (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Hey Jeff, Let me break this down a bit for everyone. You can submit as many models as you like. You may submit both a CAD version and a real version of the same model if you like. They will be judged independently in all categories that they (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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(...) If I submit some photos of a model to the minifig scale section and then make a POV-Ray rendering of the model's dat file, would that count as the same model for winning purposes? In other words, if it won for best Minifig model, could the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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I made a couple of changes: I put back the submission deadline to October 15. I am allowing a single model to win only one category (down from two), so that we get more contestants in the final round And yes, I put up the prizes page. Check it out (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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Hi all. This is a bit OT, but has some relevance for people getting ONE MORE KIT to round out their RCX... LEGO S@H Canada has the 8286 3in1 car on sale for $90CDN With taxes and everything, that works out to about $70 US! This set has 726 peces (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.build)
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(...) Tamy, Try this search: (URL) answer comes up at the top. :) --Todd [followups set to lugnet.cad] (25 years ago, 27-Jun-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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I've searched the web interface though I'm guessing the article didn't have something that had to do with the message body :( What is the color to use in ledit to create Tan? and where is the faq again? I swear I saved that message so I could (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jun-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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Looks good. Can't wait for the "prizes" section to be ready. BTW, on the first page it says "Gudging" You have alot of good categories defined. -Phil (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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