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Well...there's a chance I may be able to help here...my mother is the head of the science department at a local secondary school (Which is one way to get dacta set info/order forms and catalogues :) ) I'll see if she can find out about ordering the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.dacta)
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Thanks Benjamin, I have already been to "The Construction Site" in the US. It is great, but I have to pay for shipping :( My other option is to become friends with a teacher, child care worker, librarian, etc. Carl (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.dacta)
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(...) Yes and no...Yes I can help...No, unless you're a school/educator, you can't get Dacta in Australia. Your best bet is to order it from the US where TLG are a lot more consumer friendly with these products. Benjamin Whytcross (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.dacta)
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Could someone please help me. Can I get lego DACTA in Australia? Does anyone know? Thnakyou. (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.dacta)
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(...) I would be interested in this as well. I was at a Train Show (PNLTC) this last weekend with my RCX Train and would have LOVED to have been able to have a portable unit for programing in NQC or making small changes... I'd even be happy if I had (...) (24 years ago, 23-Aug-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Greetings! I hope theese groups are the right ones for questions like this. I want to program/control my RCX or Control Lab, from my CE device. It can certainly be done, but unfortunately i don't have any developertool for my handheld. I have a HP (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: New eLab solar cell and capicator from Dacta
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These have been around for at least a year: (URL) sells them. -Rob. "Ben Gatrelle" <ben@yellowcastle.spam.com> wrote in message news:FyFCBI.I9G@lugnet.com... (...) Capicator (...) eLab (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta)
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Anybody seen this yet (URL) ? Go to the Products link and see the Solar Cell <set:9912> and the Capicator <set:9916> for storing the solar energy. These are part of the new Dacta eLab program and will be sold separately. Where are our Dacta (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Lego Soft (only in Dacta)
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(...) too (...) write (...) Not to mention would have the space for them. We've got 30-something of those plastic Chub(s?) Baby-Wipes Bricks (imported from the USA IIRC) and they really really really annoy me spacewise, whether stacked up or all (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe because they don't make that many of them, like plain old supply and demand, since they'd only make maybe like 10,000 a year, they're probably so much to offset the cost of all the new machinery they need. Or something. Alan (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) Probably because they are marketed towards Day Cares, etc who are able to write them off. Wow, wouldn't it be neat if you could write off LEGO on your taxes!! "Honey, I was just trying to lower our bottom line!" ;-) -John (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ok, I must've overlooked them, seriously. They'd be cool to have but yes, too much $$. I wonder why they're so much?? -im (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) They were in Brick by Brick, Tim, down at the bottom of the display cases. They were also for sale in The Big Store, though 4 different employees told me they weren't (They *were*, back in the Duplo section directly behind the cash register). (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) Though I should add, not all at once! The 'buildings' had walls approximately two feet tall, with a slightly higher section for the door. You had to stoop to get through. Well, the children had to stoop. Grown ups would have to crawl! -- David (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) I would say it was exactly half way between the model shop (where the LDRAW and Trains display was) and the park entrance. Specifically, they were in "Duplo Play" - right beside the "Build & Test", and across from "Maniac Challenge" and "LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) David - Where were these at the park? If they were in Brick By Brick, I missed them there. The only place I saw them was somewhere only staff could go, certainly _not_ open to the public. Then again, I was too busy to really actually see parts (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) My son and I had great fun building with these at LEGOLAND last week. They had several hundred of these soft bricks there. They are strong enough to hold my weight, but I'm not sure that the connection strength would be enough to hold you (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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Steve Martin <martinsa@mail.com> wrote in message news:Fy06Eu.GDq@lugnet.com... (...) They have a room full of these at LEGOLand Windsor. They are indeed pretty cool, and with my 2 daughters I built a house big enough for the two of them get into (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) Just that Lego doesn't in general attach any huge significance to powers of two. (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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(...) than (...) And? :-) Start with a 2x2 System brick. A Duplo 2x2 brick is 8 times bigger (volumetrically) than System and a Primo 2x2 is 8 times bigger than the Duplo, right? Or is it that a Primo 1x1 is 8 times bigger than the Duplo 2x2. I (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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