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Kevin Johnston wrote in message ... (...) minifigs! (...) So, is this the "Temple of Doom" installment of the Adventurers series? Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bring Your (Favorite) Minifig To Work Day
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(...) I've got my monkey minifig - does he count? :) Richard (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
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(...) I am against having Rec.Toys.Lego on the Lugnet server, but you decide to do this, could you make the messages expire after three weeks? This would give most of us a chance to recover from a computer crash, where it might take a little time to (...) (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bring Your (Favorite) Minifig To Work Day
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Reminder! Tomorrow, Friday, December 11 is Bring Your (Favorite) Minifig To Work Day :-) --Todd (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Credit Card Size Billboard
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I finally got around to rendering this in LDRAW. If anyone is interested, the image may be seen at: (URL) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Hmm
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Jasper Janssen wrote in message <366f974b.39204574@l...et.com>... (...) Well, no, not really. But it did take a very long time... Moz (and that's a Dilbertism <tm>) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Cog railways
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Just a note to locate a few additional cog railways. There is one which takes you to the top of Pikes Peak, just west of Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Larry, that is 2.5 hours from Lakewood, without rush hour traffic.) I've never ridden this one (...) (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Anti-Lego People
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Paulo Caparica Junior wrote in message <366F2F7B.1C3959C9@h...il.com>... (...) I've become one. I used to really love Lego, would buy it for gifts and recommend it to anyone who asked for a gift idea. However, I'm really not pleased with the (...) (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Design Contest?
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(...) I'd be happy to come up with a theme/prompt and offer a prize at some point. Sounds like a cool thing to get lots of people into, both as builders and judges, etc. (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: why the 1999 catalog images have moved
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(...) At least three of which were me. :) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Design Contest?
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(...) What are some construction ideas that people have that we could use for the contest. I have a couple of good ones, but I don't want to make them public until the competition starts. Anyone? Bueler? Bueler? Bueler? Scooter DML6@po.cwru.edu (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Design Contest?
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Blowing my own horn here... BlockCAD is sooo easy to use, that even MY kids can build with it :-) -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) M. Dye skrev i meddelandet <3664C248.5AA7@writeme.com>... (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Robert M. Dye skrev i meddelandet <3664B9E7.6C9C@writeme.com>... (...) <plug> Or maybe "What can be built with BlockCAD?" :-) -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Hmm
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I NEVER BUILT the main model. I think the "bodywork" is UGLY. I built the alternate first, and haven't touched it since. Someday I'll rip it apart and built the alternate PROPERLY, with transmission and other extras, but it will take more parts, and (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What set was this in?
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OK, um, has anyone got one they want to part out? Might as well JUST get the 2 pieces I need, rather than buying a set ;-) I'll buy it if I have to, but I don't need most of the pieces in that set, especially at $50. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Anti-Lego People
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(...) I do sometimes overhear this sort of thing in stores, but other than that, I would say not really. It might just be the kind of people I know, but they tend to fall into one of two catagories: "Lego is cool!!!!" or "Uh, yeah, that's neat." (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) My mom, until about two years ago... She was *always* stepping on the pieces. (I never left them out, of course. It must've been the same Lego Gremlin that now hides my most important pieces.) Cheers, - Sproat (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Merry Christmas everybody! (Now the page works too!)
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I would like to wish You all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! My 'Christmas card' can really be seen at: (URL) now the pictures will show up also! Thanks Ben!!!) -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Hmm
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Also sprach Moz (Chris Moseley): : I took an 8880 to work once. A cow-orker took it apart and built the : alternate model. ^^^...^^^ I'm assuming that's intentional. Did you get the new newsletter? / _ _ / _ _ It is said that the meek shall inherit (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Wall Street Journal on Lego Mindstorms
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The Wall Street Journal has a nice (albeit technologically simplified) article today on Lego Mindstorms' popularity among adults. It's not, to my knowledge available on-line, and for copyright reasons I won't post it all here. But here's a couple (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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