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Does anyone know what type of metal the 9V track rails are made of? Is it copper? Nickel Alloy of some kind? Thanks, Scott (18 years ago, 27-Feb-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego)
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| | LEGO S@H opens for Poland, Hungary and Norway?
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Hi there, Since yesterday, some interesting changes are observed on S@H page: - when accessed from Poland, site shows Polish flag next to the available countries - shop main page fails to load (like there were some localized resources missing) - the (...) (18 years ago, 11-Feb-08, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Brick Testament image used on LEGO.com?!
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Warning: this post contains language concerning and links to LEGO depictions of materials that some may consider offensive and/or inappropriate for children. A fan of (URL) The Brick Testament> alerted me via e-mail last night to the apparent use of (...) (18 years ago, 30-Jan-08, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.fun, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Poll for new Town Sets
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I was hoping that the Ambassadors would make a new post to town, train, and announce, especially since they just announced a poll for Star Wars sets for 2009. While we wait for their post, I might want to add that the suggested sets should be aimed (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jan-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Tormod Askildsen appointed Head of LEGO Community Development
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The LEGO Group is boosting its support of the LEGO Community by appointing Tormod Askildsen as the new dedicated Head of LEGO Community Development. Tormod takes over from Richard Stollery who will now focus on the LEGO Club and other consumer (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jan-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Re: Ebay auction... (suspect?)
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(...) Plus the four Lions Gate Models CDs of original model building instructions, which I produce. Kevin ---...--- Custom LEGO building instructions and models: (URL) Instructions (URL) instructions ($$) (URL) (19 years ago, 27-Dec-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ebay auction... (suspect?)
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(...) If the eBay powers-that-be would have been involved you would get a page that says the auction number is not valid or does not exist. Since you can see the auction ended it is because time ran out for the auction with no bids. In terms of a (...) (19 years ago, 26-Dec-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Ebay auction... (suspect?)
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(...) Ugh. That's pretty crappy. What a jerk... Dave! (19 years ago, 24-Dec-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ebay auction... (suspect?)
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(...) he has more running right now of the same thing. John P (19 years ago, 24-Dec-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ebay auction... (suspect?)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Alexander Farlie wrote: ***big snip*** (...) On the plus side, the auction ended without a bid. I only glanced at it, so I don't know if it was terminated by the eBay powers-that-be, or if it truly lapsed without interest. (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ebay auction... (suspect?)
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(...) I've email Lego about this several times. They don't seem to care. (19 years ago, 24-Dec-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Ebay auction... (suspect?)
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(Note to Moderators, If this post is not appropriate please fell free to remove it.) Dear TLG, I note the following EBAY auction: (URL) seller claims: "THIS DISC IS NOT AN UNAUTHORISED COPY.THE COPYRIGHT OF THE CONTENT IS EITHER, OWNED BY THE (...) (19 years ago, 22-Dec-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO TV on Comcast on Demand
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(...) Steve, Thanks very much! I'm having a blast watching the retro LEGO Sport movies. Hard to believe that they were brickfilming even back when I was only three. The Racing movie was hilarious. Oh, and enjoyed watching your video of PDX, too! (...) (19 years ago, 6-Dec-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO TV on Comcast on Demand
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(...) This is awesome. Sometimes the comcast menus can be a little daunting to find something like this. You don't know the menu items do you? I'll be looking for it once I get home. (19 years ago, 4-Dec-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO TV on Comcast on Demand
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(...) Very cool--especially for those of us using satellite TV and don't have Comcast. I do like the use of the 9V trains in the opening theme...too bad the 9V line is being discontinued... I love seeing the 2007 LEGO commercials!!! Scott (19 years ago, 4-Dec-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: The Future of Trains
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(...) Benn- In my experience keeping SCLTC trains running for the last 6 years (including a 10 week, 6 day a week show every year), what kills the train motors is erosion of metal contacts that pick up electricity from the rails. The contacts wear (...) (19 years ago, 10-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: The Future of Trains
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(...) <snip> (...) One evening, way back in 1991, I was pushing a baby stroller thru Toys R Us. My son, Graham, 2 years old, in the stroller. We went over to the toy train area - because I was looking forward to the day in the futrure when we could (...) (19 years ago, 9-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: The Future of Trains
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(...) You are right, the main limitation probably comes from wall wart... You are essentially right for the 0.7A current (though it is not hard limit, rather a safety one). Philo (19 years ago, 9-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Future of Trains
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(...) The Australian LEGO wall wart is marked 10V @ 7VA on the secondary. I don't recall all the stuff I learnt about the relationship between VA and W, but that seems to me to indicate about 0.7A. I believe this generally reduces as load increases, (...) (19 years ago, 8-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Future of Trains
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(...) I did some research on this several years ago. At the time it was to pursue the idea of wider radii curves. But now it's of even more interest with the 9v track going away. I drew up several different ideas, and even contacted someone in a (...) (19 years ago, 8-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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