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[Followups set to lugnet.faq] A new newsgroup lugnet.faq has just been created for collaboration on and development of LEGO-related FAQ lists. Here is the charter: Discussions and collaboration on FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) lists for (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jan-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: more Mindstorms FAQ
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(...) That's what I meant, yes -- all-encompassing in terms of coverage across all FAQs for all LEGO-related newsgroups and/or mailing lists -- but with each actual FAQ (as posted after extraction from the master FAQ-base) having a unique and (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)
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(...) I would be against a single, all-encompassing FAQ, since I would like to be able to access a single document that is the Mindstorms FAQ. I'm not against a database of questions from separate FAQs, however, or the sharing of questions between (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: more Mindstorms FAQ
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(...) Anyone interested in collaborating on a Mindstorms FAQ (or any LEGO-oriented FAQ) may want to get in touch with Jeff Thompson <jthompson@teubner.com> and Jim Baker <beaker@havoc.gtf.org>, who, among others, are beginning to organize a new, (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Happy Newyear!
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Andrew Hood skrev i meddelandet <368C2A79.65B5A702@g...es.com>... (...) You can still find it in many Swedish shops, more or less discounted. I bought mine for 895 SEK (~ $105 ? ). You'll have to add the trip to Sweden of course :-) -- Anders (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Looking for mini figures
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(...) I hope not. I'd kinda like a return to real Castle stuff. Leave this Ninja crap behind. (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <368D2074.B67DCC08@c...AM.com>... (...) I should have bet Jasper. Matthew Verdier "You can't just say you're King because some watery tart threw a sword at you" Dennis, 700 AD (URL) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <368D2762.576E1285@c...AM.com>... (...) Auggh! 5145 is a staple of my Lego diet! Don't wish it out of existence! I just ordered 30 of these. : ) Matthew Verdier "You can't just say you're King because some watery (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Meta Sets
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(...) shutting (...) Why would they want to do that when they have us buying $30-$50 kits just to get a few of the parts we want? Robert Wallace robertw@netcom.com (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) 5145 Basic Bricks Grey, 62-pcs. 5148 Wheels and Tyres, 20-pcs. (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) holiday. So I'll do it Monday, and I'll get my special friend there, she'll realise the gravity of the situation. :-) My order will be: 1 - each starwars set, to be starwars complete (for later shipment) 20 - 5216 black slope 5 - 5321 big (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: S@H Specials ...
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Mike Stanley wrote: <Robert Jordan stuff...> lugnet.off-topic.fun ?? (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Looking for mini figures
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(...) From what it seems, the white princess seems to be one of those minifigures that only appears in one or two big sets (ex: forest wench, ice planet babe). Does anyone actually think we'll have more ninja sets after this year? I'm surprised we (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yup. The women sniff and the guys all think (individually) to themselves, "gee, I wish I knew as much about girls as the other two." (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I thought the quote was, so yeah. It was late, though, so forgive me if I was wrong. I like Jordan's WOT series. Have duplicates of all of them, AAMOF, just so I can keep a nice copy for the shelf while I reread the whole series each (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I can chip in, but I never really order more than one or two things from S@H at a time, so I don't know how much difference it would make. [1] 1. Sarcasm, for the humor impaired. (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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I just placed an order with SAH and was told that the black roof bricks and green bricks can be placed on back order to ship Feb 20! So I place an order for them as well. Ok, Rob, Terry, Larry, Erik and Mike show them the power of the internet and (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) with arms (...) Or pretty much any female character Robert Jordan creates, but Nynaeve is one of the worst offenders. Matthew Verdier "You can't just say you're King because some watery tart threw a sword at (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego(r) Master Maniac designation?
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(...) Although I could be dissuaded, I would prefer that the membership not be open absolutely, but that there be some minimal qualification that practically anyone could meet with some minor effort, perhaps any one item from an expanded version of (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That is such a negative, pessimistic view. Also, I think, very true. Very succinctly put. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Is that a reference to the Wheel of Time series??? (...) Matt Marshall $%#$% Vacuum Cleaners Always get my pieces!!! Matt's Lego Page (URL) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Nynaeve? (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Fabuland Figures and Trees
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(...) Actually, separately released figures (usually with some small accessories) were the bread and butter of Fabuland releases. Check the Pause list at (URL) check the bottom for individual characters -- note that I just fixed the names on all the (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Monorail Question
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(...) Indeed. :-) - I concede your reasoning WRT the 2x4 Brick. My point being that a common, rare, element between sets will not define the type of set (for me, anyway). Your point, that that monorail track sections and the 2x4 bricks are vastly (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Happy Newyear!
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It seems that the more I look at the 8880 and then compare it with the 8448, the more I want the 8880 due to it's composition and the visibility of steerable drive with suspension. (any one know where I could get one, Im in the UK and dont yet like (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Don't you mean: " She crossed her arms beneath her breasts, and sniffed. Loudly." ? :) Jasper (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I checked out the sales here today. "from 350 for 300" (Guilders) RRP is 300. Most are like that. Jasper (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego(r) Master Maniac designation?
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(...) Well, yeah. But most plonks are actually temporary. As in, I'll give you another shot in a month or so. Unless of course, the person is either *very* offensive (ala: Come see my neonazi webpage! Which I recently saw somewhere... ewww.), or has (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I hopefully will get my 8880 (nib) here in a couple of weeks ... already shipped from France ... can't wait ... (...) Uhggg ... not this song ... The Artist formerly known as Prince has this song, and supposedly MTV is going to play that song (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Pre-ordering Star Wars
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(...) Save you're pennies folks, buy whatever they throw at us! (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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Hi! To all europeans, a belated newyear, and all Americans, an early one! Jasper, who's just finished showing the last guests out.. everyone admired my 8880 (new since 2 days :) ), and there were some major fireworks.. In fact, ours were cool too :) (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: FOTD (Day)
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(...) the (...) shelf (...) Because I rarely Lego shop due to a lack of a job (and hence money), I am kinda clueless on the whole clearance thing. I havent' seen more than a 20% off sale. Does anyone live in the Chicago area (especially DuPage (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Minifigs and Music
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(...) I am working on a lego band right now, they are called little green men (after the band i'm actually in). So far I've only done 2 guitars, working on drums, bass, etc. P.S.Little Green Men is not copyrighted by us, and there is a band by the (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: S@H Specials ...
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Here's hoping the Diving Expedition Explorer #6560 goes on special RSN! Steve (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Monorail Question
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Joshua Delahunty wrote: < snipped a bunch of very logical reasoning, all correct > Granted. Every bit of it, except for the part about 2x4 bricks. It is difficult to conceive of what else you could build from a monorail switch part other than a (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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hi i'm starting a page for construction clones at: (URL) you have info (or links) on clones, please e-mail me so i can flesh the page out a bit, thanks ..jg (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You're carrying on just fine. If this nascent idea cannot be implemented except as a popularity contest, I would oppose it. NMRA models are judged without names attached, and many of the MM criteria the NMRA put in place are at least partly (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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With all of the Target mark downs out there I figured this was just a find of the day. (FOTD). Scuba Squad $2.53 Frontier Patrol $1.53 These scanned as "$clearance 0.00" at Target. I took them to the front and the checker had to call a toy (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Jasper Janssen wrote in message <368b5bd8.140622427@...et.com>... (...) Perhaps that statement about rawsfrj wasn't completely fair of me to make. There just seems to be a whole lot of 'plonkin' going on, which tends to be a sign of an adversarial (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Personally, I find rasfwrj _more_ entertaining... I tend to skip the on-topic bits, tho. <recklessly thrown open robes and all> However, I think It's not quite so bad as it used to be, as far as ripping newbies apart is concerned. And, most of (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Please.... Don't presume to speak for me, OK? whether I am or am not interested in what kind of day he had, is not really for you to say. Thank you. Jasper (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Just because I just finished putting together my new 8880, which arrived in the mail today, I feel I need to say: Amen! to that. :) Jasper (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Matthew Verdier wrote: r (...) For what it's worth, this is pretty much exactly what I had in mind (still not speaking for Larry). (...) I agree absolutely with respect to the merit awards. With respect to the service award, I can't say that (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Minifigs and Music
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Having been spurred on by this thread, last night I perfected keyboards, and will have a LeoCAD rendering later and a photo of my band soon. Anyway: One space control panel (piece 2342) One black 2x4 plate One black 1x4 plate One black 1x4 tile One (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Monorail Question
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(...) 6399 is an Airport Shuttle. It has a hamburger stand and people with hair and "town torsos". Trees and park benches and street lights. It's a town set. To me, it's more a town set than it is a monorail set, really. "Town" defines it. 6990 and (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Fabuland Figures and Trees
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We've just spent the last week sorting out our Fabuland. During this time we found a number of figures that don't seem to belong to any of the sets. Were there any figures released separately or are these figures that have been "made up" from (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego(r) Master Maniac designation?
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Also sprach Richard Dee: :> 'Profanity is a linguistic crutch for ignorant motherf*****s.' : You **must** add this to your random sig generator! Brilliant! Already done. You'll see it eventually. I can't believe it wasn't in there already. Clearly (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Haven't heard that yet, but there was a lawsuit against god for making the bible so general, only in America. It wasn't dismissed either, kind of makes you wonder De Bengel wrote in message <368aefd0.11032503@l...et.com>... (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It amazes me that they are still being sold in the US if that's the case. Did anyone sue the sun for being to bright ;-) ____ |oooo| Cheers, |oooo| Wouter van Wageningen ¯¯¯¯ (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Defamatory Statements (was Re: Lego(r) Master Maniac designation?)
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(...) Good question. The spirit behind the word "defamatory" in that case is to note that the following should be avoided: slanderous or libelous statements, falsely accusing someone of a crime or offense, falsely assailing the character of another, (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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Profanity is only considered profanity because one or two people thought it was offensive. I mean the f-word(1) is simply a noun, a descriptive word. Like BFC, All they our nouns, Any word can be used to belittle or offend someone, i.e. You Redcoat, (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> (...) LUGmaster, Would any of the above include posts of people's names who have not paid or delivered with regards to auctions or sales? Defamation in a dictionary of which I looked had two out of its three definitions not mentioning (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey, I got that book. I need to look at it again. I made keyboards (just with plain white 1x4 tiles) and a drum kit, except I used an old 4x4 round turntable for the bass, as 2x2 wasn't big enough for me. Made some acceptable mic stands too. (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) One thing to remember about living in America: we might not actually have a higher rate of stupid people per capita, but the love of money will compel some lawyers to plead such cases thereby discouraging the education of such folks, and (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You **must** add this to your random sig generator! Brilliant! (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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i will just have to get the pics up of all the drumsets and guitars and other sound stage items i have made. to do the drumset, i used th esame symbol elements. for the kick drums, a 4x4 radar dish was used. the 2x2 cylinders and round plates were (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Profanity (was Re: Lego(r) Master Maniac designation?)
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(...) Depending on how you interpet the Terms of Use, there already is a ban on profanity here. (That's how I interpret it.) The difficult thing is that it's not really possible to define profanity in any way that people can agree on, especially in (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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Steve Jacquot wrote in message <368A4443.41C6@kali....ia.edu>... (...) dole (...) interpersonal (...) what. (...) I tend to be cynical, and distrust organizations in general. A random sampling of webpages that focus on hobbies has led me to believe (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) I would as well. (...) Yep. Petition anyone? (...) No flaws? :) -Tim <>< (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm involved (running, actually) a local 'social club' based around a completely different hobby, but the basics are the same, regardless of where the special interest lies. The biggest single thing that a group can do to avoid the 'elitism' (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Jeff Stembel wrote in message ... (...) I've had a bash at a drumkit, with the 2x2 radar dish/bin lids making nice cymbals and with a 2x2 round brick as bass drum. I planned to use 1x1 plates for just about every other drum, but it was difficult to (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Moz (Chris Moseley) wrote in message ... (...) world. (...) are (...) Ok, here we go. I don't have any kids. (Ducking to protect myself from the legions of people who are going to tackle me for spouting opinions I have no right to because I have no (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I won't speak for Larry (whose idea this was in the first place), but that's certainly nothing like anything I ever had in mind, and if that's what this thing degenerates into, I'll call it a failure and move on. Do you believe that the (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4970 Rock Raiders
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(...) Apparently you can, because people have been reporting eye damage all over the place from laser pointer damage. Stupid people point the thing directly in someone's eyes for up to a minute. (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Space Boy jumpin' in here... To me, the monorail sets definitely fall into "Space" and "Town" as themes (systems) because of their numberings and because of their constituent elements. IMM (in my mind), Monorail sets don't transcend themes (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Todd Lehman: : 5. Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, : defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, or indecent : information of any kind, including without limitation any : transmissions constituting (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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You might want to have a look at the lego section of the Open Directory Project (formerly Newhoo) at: (URL) links and descriptive text in this directory are created by enthusiasts from a variety of fields. The Lego section is growing rapidly and has (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Below is a snippet from the Terms of Use for lugnet.com. Someone who is in violation of these terms runs the risk of being kicked off the system. Depending on the nature of violation, someone may need to be kicked off instantly with no further (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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What instruments (besides guitars and such) have people made for Minifigs? I'm thinking along the lines of an orchestra or something. The only thing I've done so far is a flute. (1) Jeff P.S. What song do Town minifigs like the best? "Sunglasses at (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Matthew Verdier wrote in message ... (...) Think it through, Matthew. Do you want to shield your children from the world... of paedophilia? of addictive drugs? of bungie jumping? At what point do you personally think it's reasonable to limit a (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Janet Zorn wrote in message ... (...) Personally, I think it is unhealthy to isolate your children from the world. Too much isolation leaves them unprepared to make the hard choices they are going to have to make throughout the course of their (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well that's certainly the generally accepted theory. But to me, of course, the fact that they are Monorail trascends the theme and should have been the superior factor in deciding the numbering scheme to be used for the sets and the track (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Damn! There used to be a good one by Dan Jezek that was nicely categorized, but it appears to be gone. :-( That leaves the mind-numbing completeness of Michael Dorneich's page at: (URL) the title of the page says, it's "Everything Lego". An (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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This isn't exactly where I wanted this conversation to go, I think there are other, more important issues to thrash out, but I certainly don't OWN it, it will go where it will. That said, the following contributes to the tangentiality problem: I'll (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) 69xx is space. The Airport Shuttle is Town, hence 63xx (could've been 66xx or 65xx, but 6399 is where it came up at the time it was released). Since 6921 (accessory track) was released with the first shuttle (a space shuttle set), it has the (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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I was wondering if there's a page out there that has links sorted by interest. I used to go to the Cool Lego Links page, but it disappeared a while ago. I love Everything Lego, but sometimes I want to look at castles or spaceships etc., in (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Janet Zorn: : And Beaker, I share your libertarian philosophy. Since when did the : libertarian philosophy become an excuse for "as nasty as they want to : be"? There is a difference between liberty and licentiousness. To me, the heart (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Matthew Verdier wrote in message ... :Beaker wrote in message ... : :>I have a libertarian philosophy, and thus a lot of my sigs have drug :>humor, ... I also have a couple that use profanity, and I am :>equally unapologetic. I maintain that the (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | 99 Catalog scans complete
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well, all done scanning them, where to put them? there is a total of 2.61 MB of them, all the new ones up to the Search and Rescue Complex (P 29), will scan the rest tommorw, I ran outta space on my C: drive, where the scanner software holds a temp (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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Fear not, for I am scanning the new 99 sets for everyone -- Instructions for usage of Ickna: Ickna should be placed on a level surface, maximum acceptable incline is +/- 5° Ickna is not a toy, may be toxic to less that .00013% of the population of (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Pretty much anything goes as long as everything is coherent and relevant in an overview capacity and is divided nicely into digestable portions to read (that is, reasonably short paragraphs of correct English sentences). But I'd say don't (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Is that still a problem? I thought that you could never get enough power out of a 'AA' cell to do any real damage. Don't they use an extremely low power laser, maybe even modulated? ____ |oooo| Cheers, |oooo| Wouter van Wageningen ¯¯¯¯ (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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I just got a minifig keychain for Christmas, and after using it for this time, it has become relatively scratched. His torso has a few knicks in it, and I discovered today that the paint on his smile is chipped in the middle. Is there something that (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Before I get started, I have a couple things to ask: 1. Should I stick to the same format as in the previous ones? 2. For the new elements section, would new colors for special (gems, for instance) be good or bad? 3. Could someone e-mail me scans of (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Beaker wrote in message ... (...) Boy do I agree with you. Every time a certain Lego enthusiast tries to insist that RTL is a family newsgroup I have to bite my tongue. I am a relative newcomer to RTL compared to Todd, Jeff Crites and some of the (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Terry K: : If your sig phrases are generated randomly, then that one was : particulary apt. :-) They are. Sometimes I think the script is psychic:) / _ _ / _ _ The Democratic Party itself is evidence of a ()(-(//((-/ vast right-wing (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks Mike!! Mondays are going to be a little less of a bummer now that we can look forward to the S@H phone special posts. Barry (who is smiling broadly, with his wife in the background rolling eyes with arms defiantly crossed). (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) why Airport shuttle isn't 6993 will always be a mystery to me. It's not used, nor is 6992. (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Close -- not .bmp files but .jpg files. Here's the URL: (URL) set to lugnet.publish] (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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Hello, I seem to remember Todd having a really cool Lego .bmp that you could download and use as a background for web pages (giving proper credit of course). I can't seem to find it anymore. Is it still available? Eric (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If your sig phrases are generated randomly, then that one was particulary apt. :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Mikey's back in the swing... (...) Though it seems his sig needs updating :) Thanks again Mike for doing the weekly lsahs post. My credit card will never be the same... :) From Tom McDonald Anti-spam block in place. (URL) what you can, but (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's it. The other space set is a Unitron monorail. From Tom McDonald Anti-spam block in place. (URL) what you can, but behave yourself. We'll have more, right after this. (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Rene Virsik: : The 3rd is classic "White space" set number 6990. I own it. What is 'classic White Space'? Going by the minifigs, 6990 is a Futuron set ... / _ _ / _ _ A polar bear is a rectangular bear ()(-(//((-/ after a coordinate (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Mike Stanley: (the weekly specials) Grrr ... no space sets again. I'm waiting for the Arachnoid Base to hit $44 ... / _ _ / _ _ The early buyer gets the bugs. ()(-(//((-/ ===...=== Jim Baker -- Weather Weasel Extraordinaire ===...=== (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Jeff Stembel: : P.S. When did you take crap for any of your sig files? I get a kick out of : almost every one, and I can't remember anything wrong in any of them. (Althoug : my memory is faulty, so I could be mistaken) I have a (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach G. Crisp: : Don't forget: : Who is Timmy? Duly noted, and added to the list:) / _ _ / _ _ We are born naked, screaming and covered in bodily ()(-(//((-/ fluids. There is no reason why this should ever change. ===...=== Jim Baker -- (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh, here is the complete (I hope) list of specials for this week, just for completeness's sake. Page should be updated shortly, I would imagine. Item Name Original Price Sale Price Duplo/Freestyle pz02 Water Park Puzzle $5.50 $2.75 pz06 (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You caught me. :) I did buy that handful of 1807's at the Lego Imagination Center in Disney. I also stopped by Target and picked up a few sets there. Not up to my normal standard of 50% off or better, but I figured times might be changing, so (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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