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| (...) Hmm. My mistake. I thought you could renew patents, but I guess not. (...) Those are pretty neat! Dave! (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Uh-- did they really 'allow' it to expire? I was under the impression that the patent lasted 20 years, then 'tough noogies'. 1958 was the patent year for the stud-and-tube system, so 1978 would fit the bill... I was interested to see some of (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Fantastic!!!! I am hoping you won't mind that these little cows will get copied for every train show from now on. Is anyone going to have time to make some for BrickFest? I really hope so. JB (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Goodness. I can think of close to a dozen brands that use some variation of the tubes-and-studs clutch system, so recognition could definitely be a problem! (URL) This item> has been mentioned previously on LUGNET, but it seems relevant to (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) This won't likely happen. Previous lawsuits have ruled that MEGABLOKS has erred in marketing its product in a way that can confuse the buyer into thinking that MEGABLOKS are affiliated with or endorsed by LEGO. Therefore, for close to a (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Impartial? Well, sort of, but not in the way that you seem to think. It's called PRNewswire. PR, as in Press Release or Press Relations. This appears to be a website where various corporations can upload their press releases for various news (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: MOC: Motorized Cows
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| "Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:I1vw1n.131J@lugnet.com... (...) 25th, (...) will (...) (URL) (...) (URL) (...) brick (...) way? And (...) a (...) Those are great! One way you could make the motion a little different is to (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| Eric- What a great concept! And implementation! And effect! You cut to the heart of what makes a really cool MOC. I'm certainly going to want to put some cows in our pasteur when I get back from BF. -Ted Michon SCLTC (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Hi Jake, please add the date/time on this page showing us when it was updated. Thanks, Saso (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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| Hi Matt, (...) don't confuse trademarks (which don't expire), patents (which do 20 years after filing), and copyright (which expire 70 years ofter the death of the creator). Here LEGO had a patent on the shape of the blocks, which expired long ago, (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well, that's fair enough. The LEGO trademark on the standard brick must have expired years ago, it's only the fact that the community automatically associates said brick design with LEGO that prevented Megabloks taking it for themselves ages (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) snip (...) Erik, these are awesome! You have inspired me anew to add automation to our future layouts. A big thanks for providing the instructions as well. Jason (22 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| I missed the initial post the first time I read about this, but my first thought was magnets. My wife (a non-AFOL) thought magnets too when I showed her the video. I've noticed the train magnets are strong enough to make the magnets twitch on trains (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) snip (...) Wow Eric, Spotlighted! That is SO totally cool!!! I showed my kids and they were amazed, as am I. Truly, imho, it's MOCs like that, that will make HO modelers think twice about the "limitations of the brick". Way to go! Nicely (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) That's exceedingly cool. But since I don't have an RCX, it makes me wonder whether something similar could be done without it. Perhaps a small lever that's pressed by the train as it goes past, which is connected by a hidden string to the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) So simple and so very cool! That is a great piece of eye candy for a train layout, super job! jt (22 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks :) (...) Well, the only limit I see is from the power of the RCX and/or its number of outputs. You can easely modify the programm, by example in order to add sensors or outputs to control 3 or more cows. For my part, I have only two (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) that I'm currently working on. (22 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) This is officially the coolest MOC I have ever seen. Other than space and brick constraints, is there a limit to the number of cows you could rig this way? And is it possible to vary the rate of motion slightly between animals? In any case, (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| I have just had a strange request (probably thanks to www.brickset.com) from the editor of Maxim magazine in the Russia, who is looking for a LEGO fan in Russia, presumably to feature in the magazine. If you fit the bill, drop me a line and I'll (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
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