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(...) Don't hold your breath -- "coming soon" from the phone company means "maybe in two years". I hate to think of what "reviewing their plans" means. (25 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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| | RE: More sexism from Lego (Was Re: 2000.2 Catalogue now out :)
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Well, till then you'll still have to look at them in that size if you want to see them. :( [or wait till the catalogues arrive near you :) ] I'm actually considering scanning my ENTIRE catalogue collection and uploading it to brickshelf...I'm sure (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'd just like to say that while there is no official announcement as yet, that I've checked on the possibility of ADSL coming to my area, and it says on the Telstra site that they're reviewing their plans for my area. Here's hoping we get some (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Sounds great Kevin. Relax. (And um, when you send me the pics, don't forget to send the pic of your sig fig - your profile stands ready :-) And a reminder to all Studs that if you can get me a scan of you favourite alter ego fig, I can (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Well, unfortunately, you will have to :( I'll do my best to get the rest of the catalogue up tonight, although it takes a while to upload images. One thing no-one seems to have noticed..ALL world club advertising has shown only boys. There has (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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I havent posted since the weekend, cause I'm sick....just got on the comp today to let Richard know that I'm getting the photos developed over the weekend...and should have them scanned by Monday...sorry for the delay..sniff...sniff....... : ( (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: More sexism from Lego (Was Re: 2000.2 Catalogue now out :)
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"Deidre Rushton Brumby" <drb@tasmail.com> wrote in message news:Fz2zsD.Isp@lugnet.com... (...) company (...) Okay, I think that this isn't sexist at all. It's just a case of directed marketing, where the manufacturer pitches the sale towards the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mindstorms 2.0 vs 1.5 (was Re: Greetings)
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"Santosh Bhat" <santosh@student.unsw.edu.au> wrote in message news:Fz2x7H.3FD@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) Hi, I haven't actually played with the DDK, so I'm not exactly sure what it's capabilities are. However, judging by the literature, the DDK (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Yep. DDK is stand alone, it's quite limited, but you don't need anything else. Heck, you can even go without a computer (except that the destructions are on CD). HOWEVER. To have an R2D2 doing anything more than shaking side to side or (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | rock raiders for GBC? was Re: 2000.2 Catalogue now out :)
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So far it looks good. I will have to keep my eye out for one of these catalogs when they appear here in the west. One thing that I did notice was that there is a picture of what looks like lego rock raiders(?) for the game boy color. I didnt know (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks Ben (I'd almost given up on you!) From the contents page: "Lego Mindstorms offers boys the ultimate programming challenge" "Football - Now boys can create their own football match" What? You (Lego) mean that I can't get a Mindstorms set (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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Okay...It's starting to go up. [I'm slowly adding images :) ] {Usual warning about 400K images...} I've put up the cover and a few inner pages, and hope to get the rest up tomorrow night and over the weekend. [it's taking too long to upload at the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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Howdy, Don't suppose anyone locally has an excess amount of 9v train regulators that they'd like to sell to me for less than retail value? I'm only looking for one at the moment though. Santosh (25 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au)
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This posting is way out of context, but I'm, sure ya'll can answer this one. I'm not up to speed with anything Mindstorm related, BUT..I did see that Dick Smith Electronics was selling the Droid developer kit, for $99. This is the set with that (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Are there any new lines in the catalog, or anything that even looks remotely new? Or is it mostly expanding on existing lines? Be particularly interested about new SW stuff in it. Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde Whytcross, Benjamin (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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Last weekend i was in queen street mall in the toyworld near the games R us store... and i found willa's hideout for only $40 ok seeyas i hope this is useful to people - James Walker (25 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri)
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"Deidre Rushton Brumby" <drb@tasmail.com> wrote in message news:Fz2BJ9.8Kp@lugnet.com... (...) I can't see them packaging any of the other sensors with the set. At most, they might include a rotation sensor. But they probably won't unless they're (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) I think the mains adaptor was why many people considered 1.0 a better buy than 1.5, it'd be nice if Lego was paying attention! (...) I'm in Hobart. Last night we got the leftovers of Melbourne's windstorm. It is quite a bit better today but (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) doing (...) lots (...) really (...) Myer (...) Where are you physically? That will help with the recommendations. Kerry (25 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Hi, Diedre, (...) Didnt v1 have a mains adapter connection? That would be really handy while developing programs. Maybe that'll get re-instated... (...) What's the weather like in Tas? I just moved to Melbourne from Hobart last December (for work). (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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