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Good...It's not just me who doesn't get responses from MOORE educational. BradJ/Lego Australia, if you're reading this, could you do something about the lack of any form of communication with this company. Even just a reply saying that they don't (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.dacta)
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(...) are (...) Like most of us, I was long under the impression that DACTA wouldn't sell to us ordinary folk in Aus. However, I contacted Educational Experience www.edex.com.au (Sydney) on their hotline email address in July this year asking if I (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.dacta)
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(...) Is this a recent change in policy from LA ? About 5 or 6 years ago, I wrote to the Lego DACTA address (which was printed on the back of the regular catalogue) asking for some DACTA catalogues to be sent to me. I seem to remember getting a call (...) (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.dacta)
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(...) can't (...) are (...) No, Lego Dacta in the USA won't sell to Australia, but refer you to their Australian distributors, Moore Educational and another crowd (forget the name). I talked to both the Australian distributors earlier this year, and (...) (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.dacta)
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(...) rather (...) I used to be a lot easier to do this. These days it can be a lot harder. The WA Dacta rep would only sell to you if you had an official school order form. Unless you have a friendly registrar/bursar you'll then let you pay for (...) (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.dacta)
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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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(...) 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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