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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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(...) Why? That defeats the purpose of having LEGO for me! (...) Yes I do realize that, and I thank the TLC for allowing such databases to remain accessible to the public. (...) So we are supposed to fall over like little "yes men"? If we don't like (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I agree.....I want more boats too! ! ! I was lucky a few months back and was able to obtain a 4020 and 4031 Fireboats....but we do need more boats. And make it something more than a cabin cruiser, perhaps the idea of small research boats. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear Lego, I am a large boats fan, and I am disapointed in your current boats line-up (except for 6560, and 5976) I suggest you have something for the firefighter and police boats to protect and save. Bring back the NAUTICA line. Get a bit more (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Just to clarify, I was only about half serious. The other half was just me being mischievous. Sorry for the misunderstanding. John Matthews Matthew Verdier <matthewv@digital.net> wrote in message news:Fn7y5o.Dx6@lugnet.com... (...) he (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Wayne R Hussey <eskimo@uswestmail.net> wrote in message news:Fn7q20.AJJ@lugnet.com... (...) just (...) Oh, please, you first!.. (...) appropriate (...) the (...) any (...) means. (...) If you still didn't get the idea after more than a hundered (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) It's all in fun. Lighten up, Frances;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Wayne... I second your notion for some of the people to grow up and act responsible. This has gotten way out of hand for adults. Flame me for saying this but I totaly agree with you on this one. Fred (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I agree. I think the post was mostly in fun, and my head has returned to its normal (for me, that is, somewhat swelled) size. (...) Right. And I didn't even get a sword thrown at me, much less meet a watery tart! (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Yes -- the miniRCX should have a few LEDs to indicate status, but no LCD panel. (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I like it. (...) Yes. Absolutely. Over one half of the current RCX is batteries, and another quarter or so is IO ports. I can see a very small mini-RCX being possible, especially if you make the display smaller or remove it altogether. What (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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