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(...) Prostitute. Russell (17 years ago, 9-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) still don't get it tim (17 years ago, 9-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks Jordan and Erik! The side of this box says "Recommended for children from 3 years and up" to add to the variants ; ) But it is a canadian version, and that often accounts for changes in printing even on newer sets... Thanks again and (...) (17 years ago, 7-Feb-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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$79.99 for 17 minutes ... are they insane?! (17 years ago, 7-Feb-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) The person interviewed owns (or co-owns) the production company. Looks like a way to make extra money off research done for his academic position. He's also done one with a product manager for LGB trains, and one on the Corvette Paul Sinasohn (...) (17 years ago, 6-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think it is the point that it is a girl standing there with money and a weiner. I have heard jokes about this set since it came out. Russell BayLUG (17 years ago, 6-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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Saw this at the Target webiste today: (URL) seen this? -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (17 years ago, 6-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This is not the pre-school set 078. Pre-school is the forerunner of Duplo and appears in 1975 in the USA. To see it, locate a scan of the 1975 USA consumer catalog, the one with a red cover and maxifig in a box. The box art of the airplane and (...) (17 years ago, 6-Feb-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) OK, I don't get it. Why is it funny? Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG (17 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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look at the picture in Peeron, a little humorous. John P (17 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) On the catalog in Brickset, there is an entry for the set listing it as "Pre-School Set" and the year 1976. I was guessing it was earlier, such as 73-74, based on the box art (relatively modern LEGO logo next to the old 5-color flag). Brickset (...) (17 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hey all, Just wondering if anyone could tell me anything about this set? I can't find it in the Lugnet database and I really don't know anything about older sets. Could someone even identify the era for me? Suggestions on the appropriate newsgroup (...) (17 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Attention midwestern-ers. :-) Stacy was surfing the "Plastics News" site this morning and came across this little gem of information. ===...=== Legoland Discovery Centre to open first U.S. site By Moneé Fields-White CRAIN´S CHICAGO BUSINESS (...) (17 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.general) !!
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(...) Thanks, Scott. That's very helpful. I've got to get me some calipers! Rafe (17 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) 0.055 inch would be correct. It never crossed my mind that 0.5 = 1/2. I don't use my calipers often enough to correctly interpret its output every time I do. Lesson learned: Double, uh, no, triple-check the readout (and make shure I'm (...) (17 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Scott, I'm sorry; That can't be right. More than half an inch? Did you mean 0.055 inch? I'm talking about the thickness of a baseplate, the area without the studs, the distance a block would be above my desk if the block were sitting on a (...) (17 years ago, 4-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) rats! (...) Thanks for the heads up, John Looks like I really have to start brushing up on my NXT 'bot building now. Dave K (17 years ago, 4-Feb-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) 0.55 inch. That's measuring with a dial calipers. HTH sjf (17 years ago, 4-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Dick Swan's replacement RCX firmware also does not support directly manipulating the IR led and it doesn't support microsecond timing control. Both of these features would be required in order to send the IR messages to a Power Function or R/C (...) (17 years ago, 4-Feb-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Baseplates are exactly the right thickness, such that if they are resting on studs, their studs are exactly 1 plate higher. So I guess that makes them 1 plate minus the height of a stud 8?) ROSCO (17 years ago, 4-Feb-08, to lugnet.general)
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