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| (...) An AC source isn't portable though! Anthony, you mentioned a substantial length of wire. Is the model static or moving? If it's static then a Train controller, RCX with AC socket or Control Center could do the job. The train controller can (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| Does the Potomac Mills store have Pick-a-Brick, and if not will it be getting it in time for Brickfest in August? The Capitol Building has seen better days, so if it was removed, that would leave a decent space for the P.A.B. (22 years ago, 31-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Hey, You are right, having more lights will slow the motor and dim the lights. But if you think about it, he want's to make fireplaces and I think dim lights (if not too dim) would work fine. Yeh, an AC source is almost always a must in this (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| (...) See, what you've got here is the new Secret Agent Harry Potter, from the upcoming movie that's a crossover with Cody Banks and Spy Kids. (...) That's the kevlar spray-on Bullet-B-Gone, so he doesn't have to waste his magic powers on Matrix (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| (...) Anthony, Nice, clear question. You won't hurt your electric parts by running too little voltage through them. As you add lights, existing lights will get dimmer, the motor will run slower, and the batteries will not last as long. You MAY hurt (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Welcome to the wonderful world of Technic! (...) Anthony, I don't know how many you can put on the box, but I would guess that three lights hooked in parallel (the easy way to hook itup), should be fine on one battery box. Kevin (22 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| (URL) Besides the new grey and flesh tones there are a lot of other differences between the old and new Harrys Lets start with the uniform. Why is the new one dark grey when the new light grey doesnt have an exctremely noticable change? Next theres (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| I have a question to all you technic gurus out there. I've looked around Lugnet for a good half hour or so without any luck, but maybe I'm not looking in the right places. In any case, I decided to just come out and ask the question, after all I'm a (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
| | |  | | NELUG layout at 3/27 - 3/28 Greenberg show (Animated King Kong!!! included)
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| NELUG continued its tradition of doing a new layout that includes some really new stuff including our goal of adding lots of automation to the layout. For this layout that included an animated King Kong climbing a sky scraper. This was put together (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| Just walked back from the mailbox with a new LEGO catalog (Late Spring 2004). The cover has a picture of the new HP "purple bus". If you look carefully between the two side windows, it almost looks like the bricks are (surpise !) two different (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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