 | | My First Robot - or - Having fun with Designer Set #4097
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Just a bit of fun from this afternoon... First, I built one of the robots from the Idea Book that came with set #4097 (Mini Robots): (URL) I built my own guy... which was my first ever attempt at a robot like this: (URL) a shot of the Idea Book bot, (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: High praise for Designer Set #4100
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(...) (idea book) (...) Indeed. Here's an idea about idea books. What if TLC went with an alternate distribution channel? We know that sets seem to have shorter and shorter lifespans on store shelves these days what with faster rotation and so (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Do your visitors a favour and stay away from Geocities. Their adds are really annoying... Duq "Matt Canales" <canales@lvcm.com> wrote in message news:HD8pD5.1D92@lugnet.com... (...) it. (...) can (...) print (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Allan Bedford writes: (snipment of Allan and Larry) I've just got back from LLW where us Brickishers have been doing a display (more about that later from someone with a camera I expect) and while there I popped up to the shop to (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Which set has 12- and 20 tooth double bevel gears?
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(...) The 8448 Supercar, 8466 4x4, and the 8457 Power Puller. I think they all have two of each, the Power Puller may have more. They are are fairly expensive (depending on what you consider expensive), like $100 US or so each. But they all have a (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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(...) I would agree, though I would characterize it just *slightly* differently. I would say that these sets draw from the roots of LEGO, but that they are more fully formed branches... off the same tree. In my original post I suggested that the new (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmmm...interesting. I have yet to see these sets in the flesh/ABS so my next comment is more speculative than yours from experience. The database shows a price of $20 USD for 290 pcs. and that is only around 0.07 cents (just under actually) an (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Much snippage. I too cannot say enough great things about the Designer series. These are roots LEGO(r) sets and they rock. (...) This is one of my favorite features of the sets as well. MichLUG had a draft from the aircraft set last weekend and I (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | High praise for Designer Set #4100
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In a recent thread on LUGNET, someone referred to 'evangelizing' about LEGO. This post may have some of that tone to it, though I suspect this is probably more like preaching to the choir. On Friday I was pleasantly surprised to find several of the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general) !
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| | New LPC, new Top 10, new Ask Merliz
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We've updated our website this weekend. Todd's Brain results : (URL) Caption: (URL) 10 excuses Minifigs would give not to help clean the room : (URL) Top 10 List: (URL) Merliz new question/answer: (Question submitted by Manfred Moolhuysen) (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Re: what happened to hitechnic?
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(...) (URL) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Some Weird Action Team turns 4 years old!
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(...) Well ya know, if you stopped posting, how are people going to know about what you're doing with the site? Perhaps some more regular updates, more creations, and staying involved in the community would help your image. Take a look at (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Manor House of DUDE
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smoochie: (URL) notes: so here is little crackhead lenny surfing the net and he finds this cool picture of a medieval manor house and he says to himself that he could build that, given he had the ruby of sulifar, so he went and passed through the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Badly designed common Lego parts
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To add a new piece to the mix, I've had problems with the Turntable 2 x 2 top (URL) I use the turntable underneath large plates (4 x 4 and larger), the top had a rather good chance of separating from the bottom and stay with the plate. The top, (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Legends and MOCs Highlight Pages (FTX) new or improved...
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Hi. Awhile back I posted a enthusiast-based page highlighting the current LEGO LEGENDS. Since then, I have been trying to tweek it so it looks nice. The link is: (URL) hope you like the layout of this FTX-based guide on LEGENDS. I also did up a (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Some Weird Action Team turns 4 years old!
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Nope, a year later, and you're still an attention-starved child whining about the fact that noone is stroking your ego about your site. Get over yourself already, and grow up. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | vanishing LEGO chromatology
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Hello all, Having gone through some miscellaneous bricks (primarily Belville) late Friday "night" in search of some car body pieces, I became a bit annoyed/perplexed/frustrated, as I imagine most have, with not having a given part in a wanted color. (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Some Weird Action Team turns 4 years old!
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In lugnet.announce, Nick Crocco writes: "SWAT: Some Weird Action Team" (...) Hey, nice name for your site! "SWAT: Some Weird Action Team" whileas truly its S.W.A.T. Team (Special Weapons And Tactics Team) Do you pay anything to host that site, like (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Custom LEGO TRON Minfigs
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If you ever find that person, tell it he/she is a cool minifig maker! Also, when I get my NBA sets (basketball's okay, but the sets are pretty cool!) I'm going to get 2 Shaq's and 2 Tracy McGrady's. I'm going to keep one of each the same, but for (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: A little bit of questions...
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Oh, thanks Dave! What I meant by a free website builder thingy was this: (URL) well! Matt C. (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Custom LEGO TRON Minfigs
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In 2001 on ebay there was an auction of 4 Custom made LEGO Minifigs of TRON. Here are the images of the minifigs. TRON: (URL) anyone know who made these images? or who the highest bidder were for them? I believe that the person who made these custom (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Some Weird Action Team turns 4 years old!
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(...) is your site updated on a regular basis? I like the Ferrari very much. Good luck with SWAT. Terry www.rotule.qc.ca (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Making Lego MOC Web Pages
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(URL) Maxwell" <r34_v@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HD7Ju0.G1C@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) you (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: A little bit of questions...
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In lugnet.general, David Simmons writes: If cost is an issue, you can always sign up for a Brickshelf (...) One *can* get visual control-- get that Brickshelf account, and then sign up at MOCpages.com: (URL) to create your own web pages *easily* and (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hi Matt, I don't know of a free HTML program. I used CuteHTML and CuteFTP from GlobalSCAPE ((URL) to build and upload my pages. The programs are easy to use, especially if you have next to no programming experience. A friend of mine loaned me a book (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
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(...) Please see Shiri Dori’s Acronym FAQ: (URL) will help you also with the other ones that you may encounter, and some are just plain fun to read. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Hey I was just wondering what IMHO stands for... thanks! Matt C. (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Badly designed common Lego parts
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(...) 1. The un-notched Technic axle 2: (URL) when trying to remove it, because you can't get much leverage on it. Replaced by the better notched Technic axle 2: (URL) And the Technic axle 3. I wish it would be notched as well. (URL) Technic axle 3 (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A little bit of questions...
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(...) Oh yes, there's one question I forgot (sorry!) If I put something as Want to Buy, can I ever change it? And, if I put something as WtB, and I dont put notes, will I be able to later post notes? Thanks! Matt C. (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Oh, well thanks anyway, what I meant by that was like geocities.com, tripod, etc. Matt C. (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A little bit of questions...
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(...) If I recall correctly, Ozbricks used to host free sites, but I think they terminated that service recently. (Issues with server space, perhaps?) For some odd reason, nothing about hosting was present at the site. But if I'm incorrect and (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | A little bit of questions...
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Okay, I didn't know where to post this, so I posted it here. I have a few questions, if you have any answer(s) please reply. I am going to start making a Lego website, and I dont know a thing about it. Does anybody possibly know what the best FREE (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Badly designed common Lego parts
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(...) Yes, many of my freqently used headlight bricks are cracked... :-( They can still be used, though, but they don't grip that well. (...) I think that these have become of better quality, though. In my childhood, probably every second wheel (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Make Your Own HiTechnic Style Radio Control?
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(...) (URL) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Some Weird Action Team turns 4 years old!
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Guess nobody cares. Kinda why I stopped posting in the first place... guess nothing has changed in a year. Later. ~Nick www.swatonline.org (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | what happened to hitechnic?
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my question is simply this- what happened to hitechnic? (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Badly designed common Lego parts
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(...) I had problems with all these parts as well. Add to that the original classic space helmet. The chin strap was too thin, and they would frequently snap in half. Adrian -- (URL) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Make Your Own HiTechnic Style Radio Control?
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Has anyone come up with a radio control transmitter and receiver similar in style and use as the discontinued HiTechnic products? I had planned to purchase some HiTechnic parts for my models, but as they have been dicontinued, I have no idea what to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Making Lego MOC Web Pages
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Are there any specific things I should know about making a web page to display my Lego MOCs? Do I have to post any statement saying that I am not affiliated with Lego, my views don't necessarily represent Lego's, etc.? Also, does anyone care if I (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Strange Find on Lego.com... Chris?
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(...) Nice, you guys had me there, although I thought the name was a little dumb, I still know Lego makes dumb names for their sets a lot. I read these on April 2nd, so I didn't even think about April Fool's. (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Badly designed common Lego parts
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(...) In lugnet.general, Lars Gjerløw Jørgensen writes: (...) I've never had any problem with any of the above parts, and I have never even seen a 6351 so thanks for that info, Stéphane. Those are cool... (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Strange Find on Lego.com... Chris?
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Thanks for the link, Chris. Very nicely designed and put together; I can see why everyone would get excited! My congratulations on what was (obviously) a very successful prank! Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Badly designed common Lego parts
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(...) When removing the (...) Hmm, cracked wheels... never has that happened to me, although sometimes the axles don't work, and this is because the axles have slits on the stick parts to let the wheels on and stay on, but only slightly so you can (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
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(...) When I had left the service back in '99 and discovered that LEGO made trains...my jaw had hit the floor! And I was totally engrossed in LEGO (and the online AFOL community). However, since that time I have become involved in other hobbies as (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) [sniii...iiip] (...) WOW. This is really cool! I wish I had time to reply inline to some of the stuff you came up with. I think this is a great definition, and I'm glad you posted it. -Tim (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) The Community Development team (the team I am on), spent some time looking at this same question. As you can imagine, we get LOTS of questions internally about "What is community anyway?" To address that question, we developed a generic (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community) !!
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| | Re: Questions about Electric, Light Brick 4.5V 2 x 2
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Hi, I use the 4.5v lights for my town and town buildings. They work quite nicely, and you can string quite a few (4 or 5 at least) off a single battery box. You can see the lights at work in one of my buildings here: (URL) trick I have done is to (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: One Small Step for AFOLs, One Big Leap for Me
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Hey, right on Hendo. e (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Questions about Electric, Light Brick 4.5V 2 x 2
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Thanks, Bryan, your information was all very helpful. I do have one more question, however, whic had forgotten to ask: how many lights to each (4.5V) battery box? Thanks for you help, Curt (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh yeah! I just realized this one not too long ago. When removing the tyres, make sure you DON'T press on the center of the wheel where it holds the axle in place. And when pulling this wheel off from an axle, DON'T pull the wheel by its (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | One Small Step for AFOLs, One Big Leap for Me
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Woo-Hoo! With the designer sets I got a few weeks back, my collection has finally topped the 60,000 piece mark (not including BrickLink purchases)! I'm so happy. :) (URL) everywhere are breaking open the champagne... -Hendo (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Questions about Electric, Light Brick 4.5V 2 x 2
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Curt, I'm doing something similar but with the 9V light system. The Electric Light Brick 4.5V 2x2 hooked up to a larger battery box that used 3 "C" cell batteries. (URL) . The connection is made using a 4.5 wire with a two prong connector. (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Questions about Electric, Light Brick 4.5V 2 x 2
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(...) There is a bulb. It requires a 4.5v battery (or the 3.6 VAC connection on the 740 transformer). I forget how bright it is. The similar 12v bulb is reasonably bright. Frank (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Questions about Electric, Light Brick 4.5V 2 x 2
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Hello, For those of you that have the Electric Light Brick 4.5V 2x2 ((URL) I have some questions. I'm going to buy lights for a model I'm making, and I wanted to get some of this kind of piece. Here are my questions: 1. Is there actually a light (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Badly designed common Lego parts
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Stephane Simard's utterance expressed in news:HD56zs.12Aw@lugnet.com: (...) The standard pin (URL) All of mine older than 5-7 years are bent in the end so that they doesn't "click" into place :( luckily they come in great numbers... The plate with (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: parts that have only ever come in one set...
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(...) Nop, set 6473 (RES-Q Cruiser has 4 of those. (URL) at step 12 here: (URL) only remember this set as it was the first set I bought after I moved out of my parents house and started living on my own. No more sneeking LEGO past my parents! But (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't know any other examples but 'we' have a fantastic inventory database (= Peeron) which can tell you that without any doubt. Maybe we can ask Dan to create such a report which lists these kind of unique parts ...... ? Stefan Sanders (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
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(...) Carefull! That's how I got started with them too. Now my collection has exploded into almost every set of the series ;-) But does that make me part of the LEGO community? Probably. But more so does the fact that I _say_ I am part of it. Think (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: parts that have only ever come in one set...
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(...) Try Fabuland, e.g.: 3662 Bus - the sides of the bus 3673 Steamboat - the boat hull and the paddle wheels or, if you want to stay in Lego System, what about the baseplate for the 6090 castle? The big doors and door frames from aquanauts 6195? (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | My dear Lugnet friends and comrades (and all others who don't think they apply)
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FUT Off-topic.fun for a lack of a better place. Hi. If you don't know who I am, I'm sure you've seen me post from time to time. I'm Anthony. I run the little website found here: (URL) that's the problem... that's all I do. I graduated last May (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
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(...) LOL - oh what a dork I am! I just tried raising that question in a reply earlier in your post here, without realizing you raised it yourself a few lines down. Glad I didn't post it and make a fool out of myself :^) [1] Anyways... I've seen (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
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(...) Hey Ken - Thanks for posting this. I happened across your post first, then Matt's. I was very close to posting a reply I had written to his post, but didn't want to taint the thread with something negative. I think the ideas put forth in this (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: parts that have only ever come in one set...
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(...) The airscrew from <set:8855> Prop Plane. OK, so it was in a service pack also but that does not count? (URL) two control centers (those are more of units then parts?): (URL) <set:8479> BarCode Truck there's the Code Pilot: (URL) the wheels: (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Strange Find on Lego.com... Chris?
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(...) Sorry, I'm not too familiar with the (URL) site. I was looking at my print catalog. -Tim (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
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(...) I have pondered this sort of topic a bit. I have intentionally only read one post here so as not to color my thoughts up front. Only a couple of small points frist on the LEGO 'community.' It's hard to say 'what' that is. I generally consider (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Strange Find on Lego.com... Chris?
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:HCr4xu.yFM@lugnet.com... (...) Can you give us a link? I can't seem to find it. :( -- Markham Carroll BoogaTech Ships & Construction: (URL) Gallery: (URL) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
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(...) Isn't pondering the unaswerables pretty much what philosphy is generally about? You seemed to be interested in writing a lot in response to a question you didn't seem to deem worthy of answering. You seem to want to disagree with this post on (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | The cost of a new mold. (was Re: parts that have only ever come in one set...)
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(...) I have come to the conclusion that a new mold costs less than two 1x1 bricks in a retail set. How, one may ask, did I come to this conclusion? Simple, set 4702 Harry Potter Final Challenge. The instructions depicted the turntable wall piece (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Looking for Ontario LEGO builders (WAS: The Hobby Show 2003)
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(...) Hello again everyone, Just a follow-up to last week's posting. It may have been a bit long for a first announcement, so I'll try again..... only with some brevity this time. :) November of this year will mark the first time that LEGO has been (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: parts that have only ever come in one set...
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(...) Many. Kaadu (URL) Tube System (URL) Vader Helmet (and the cape, for that matter) (URL) Thing (I think?) (URL) of the weirder baseplates on this page: (URL) others (URL) interesting related question: since molds cost so much to design, does the (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: parts that have only ever come in one set...
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(...) These 3 exist in other colors in other sets, I am only interested in cases where a part mould is exclusive to a set (it just seems stupid to me to make the mould then to only use it for one set) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | BrickLink Set Inventories will be Auto-Posted to the lugnet.db.inv Newsgroup
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Dear All, First I would like to say thanks to the LUGNET owners for creating a new newsgroup here on LUGNET for BrickLink announcements. I'm happy to announce cooperation with LUGNET regarding Set inventories. All newly submitted set inventories to (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce.bricklink, lugnet.inv, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.brickshops) !!
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| | Re: parts that have only ever come in one set...
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Hey Jonathan, Here is a brief list I know about (mostly castle stuff, since I am a castle freak)- Black sword in #6041 Big yellow windows in #6372 Black Crossbow in #3342 Dark Grey bay window wall piece in #6097 Build On! Josh (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Idea: Starship Project.
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Thoughts: Popularity of Moonbase Project desire to build large spaceships, but lack parts/time to complete it Proposal: Modualrised spaceships. Standards: Minimal. - a two brick wide connecting 'collar' at each end that conforms precicely in shape (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| | parts that have only ever come in one set...
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Can anyone name any parts that have only ever come in one set. For example, the gear stick and shift plate from the 8880 have only appeared in that set in any color. The princess leia hairpiece has only appeared in the Millenium Falcon in any color. (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Badly designed common Lego parts
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1) Headlight 1x1 brick. (URL) wish I had a dime everytime I buy some used headlight bricks and there's a crack in the front center of the base... 2) Standard 3-stud-diameter wheel. (URL) used in large Town vehicles such as buses, and almost all (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Okay, it looks like you must have had a nice amount of time on your hands in order to come up with such a question - time I would normally spend building. (...) Step back and look at the arrangement of themes. For some reason, the community (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) swears that the product line doesn't exist in their computer (ie, it doesn't exist at all...) Dave! (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Steve (and everybody else who is interested), I think I can answer that question. However, before I do I will explain why I can. The week before Richard posted his result, I compared some bricks and plates with a PANTONE book, so my results (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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"Adrian Egli" <aegli@san.rr.com> skrev i meddelandet news:HD34nv.uo8@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) I don't agree with you there! At least if by 'the medium' you only mean real, physical bricks. I haven't got much opportunity to build with real Lego, (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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April 8, 2003 /PRNewswire BIONICLE™ Blaster Whirls LEGOLAND® Guests Into New Dimensions of Fun, Action and Excitement Interactive Ride Is Based on Popular LEGO® Action Toy CARLSBAD, Calif., -- There's an exhilarating new spin on fun at LEGOLAND® (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hm... He has not posted to .technic in over a year and Brickshelf seems to be down at the moment. Your best bet is probably to go there and search for member by last namne, enter Camilleri and see if he pops up. Google returned nothing... Best (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't disagree, but being a member of 'The friendliest place on the internet', I like the idea that people 'into Lego' are automatically included just because they are intrinsically valued as people to begin with. Hmm...here's a (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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The following project seems interesting. (...) Can anyone tell me if this project is completed, or if it is posted anywhere? Good luck if you are still working on it. Thanks for the info. MM (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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(...) My personal feeling is that the "LEGO community" doesn't really exist. That is to say there isn't a singular entity that can qualify to classify the group that might make up this definition. But rather, in my mind what you might really be (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Certainly anyone who does is welcome, but perhaps being a part of the community, or one of many 'LEGO communities' is a matter of individuals actively identifying with such groups...? -Tim (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney writes: SNIP (...) HUGE SNIP (...) basically, any one that plays or works with ANY Lego building product. Jeff (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Great topic, Tim! Hmm... Well time for Hendo to babble again... :) In my analysis, the term "Lego Community" is a group of humanity that reaches far beyond any of the limitations you have suggested. The entire Lego Community includes TLC (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Thanks, Felix. (...) I haven't had time to formulate thoughts in reply to the other posts, but they're floating around in my head somewhere. You bring up a very good point, I think. Some individuals identify only with some components of "the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Hi Tim, These kind of conversations are what help us develop as a community. I applaude you for bringing it up. Its nice to see us going a step beyond merely coming together to share likes and dislikes. By stimulating this type of (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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Heya y'all, I don't know if this is old news or not, but a LUGNET search on "brodie" turned up 0 results. OTOH, it seems there was some discussion about 2 weeks back about a virus email hitting .space and .castle users... Anyway, for about a month (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:HD21C7.1yst@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) WHEW! This is quite a topic to cover! But, hey, I like it :-) (...) As someone has already mentioned, LEGO is a medium. If someone uses that medium (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) But Lugnet is NOT the only internet community of LEGO fans, so calling Lugnet "the LEGO internet community" is innapropriate. Actually, "the LEGO internet community" is (URL) since the word order implies ownership by or direct association with (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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Hey everyone! Long time no see... It's been a while, eh? Man.. I haven't posted here in well over a year, maybe even 2. What sparks this new post you ask? Well, it's because my website "SWAT: Some Weird Action Team" celebrated it's 4th birthday on (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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(...) My thoughts are that there are many aspects of the LEGO community...as you mention later, there are those with different interests with LEGO from Bionicle to Mindstorms. And the common thread of all of these groups that make an overall (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Me too! (...) One of the things I have noticed, is, when I have met people who are on the "fringes" of the community, I guess they don't realize how much we all would like them to a part of this experience. I figure the top percent of people (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) I think by using the word community, it specifys a specific group. Lugnet seems to represent the LEGO internet community. In order for us to be considered as a community not as individuals, we must work together, sharing ideas and enjoying (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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My quick answer is this: Every fan of LEGO who wants to be part of this community is. No need to post on a website, to have a folder on Brickshelf or be member of BrickLink, a LUG or the FLL... Everyone, even the ones stil ignoring about this (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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Over the better part of the last year, I've done a lot of thinking about the LEGO hobby and the LEGO community, trying to develop a philosophy on it which I use to channel my efforts, energies, and interactions. I'm interested in hearing others' (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community) !!
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| | Return of The Random LEGO Set Name Generator
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Seth McCarus wrote me today and asked if the old random LEGO set name generator was still around anywhere. It was something I wrote waaaay back in the last century and it had gotten lost over the years. I dug around a bit and found it, and have (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !!
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