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In lugnet.dear-lego, Jasper Janssen wrote: [snipped great ideas about powering mini-RCX's with external battery boxes] (...) I agree! Small, modular robotic bits would be better than one big RCX bit. With the way robotic LEGO creations chew through (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Brad Justus' Comments - Why Complain?
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Hey Dad!! You seem to be too old to play with Lego. So your message isn't a gripe? And can't be very serious if you've only spent a couple of bucks on lego, come back when it's more like 20 or 30 grand. Mark H. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: LEGO Direct Questions
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(...) Hmm... per piece price on the 2x4 brick and other similar bricks needs to be somewhat lower than 10 cents a brick. Thanksgiving 1998 got me zillions of 400 piece buckets for 4 dollars USD each (after using a 1 dollar coupon I had hoarded, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Bulk Pieces suggestions
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(...) Of course, LEGO has all of us beat building a model of the tallest freestanding structure in the world, the CN Tower in Toronto...since there is a 12 ft tall (or so...I haven't seen it in a while) model of it already :) James P (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Bulk Pieces suggestions
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(...) Well, "fluff" may not be the right word for 500+ metres of cncrete and steel.. but it's certainly not as classy. (...) For now, I'll just continue planning to build - half the fun's in that anyway ;) Maybe Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament? (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Bulk Pieces suggestions
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Petronas is fluff compared to Empire State, even at 1:1. C'mon, build the Empire State Building. We can compare notes later! Build On! John Matthews P.S. When I said 'replica' earlier, that is not what I meant. As we all know, a replica is an (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: LEGO Direct Questions
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(...) I get the impression from Brad's last post that this is not finalised yet. As Larry said so eloquently a little earlier, Brad, I think you need to give us a bit of direction to shoot for. Ideally, _every_ piece of lego ever made would be (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Bulk Pieces suggestions
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(...) Shoot. I guess that means I need to plan something else.. Petronas Towers, 1:1 scale anyone? Jasper (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | LEGO Direct Questions
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Hi! I have a a question regarding LEGO Direct, and hopefully Brad or anybody else can answer them (I hope this is the right newsgroup): 1) What exactly is meant by "bulk" ordering? Does this mean we will be able to order certain pieces only in large (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: The Boats line
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(...) Hey! I'm with you on this request. I'd love to see a yaht. Or any sailboat for that matter. I'm personally not exctied by motorboats. But I love watching the Cup race on television. ..All that technology put into what's essentially a low-tech (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.boats)
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