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(...) My wife is going to hate it...first we pick up a railway engine (3.5" gauge, 3/4"/ft scale, weighs about 100 lbs...fills trunk), and then we go lego shopping (again) on a cross Canada trip :) Unfortunatly, I know that the track will not fit (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: Bricks and Blocks- Cooksville Outlet Mall
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G'Day Yes they did have track - straights, curves, switches and the crossing piece !!! Cheers Oliver "James Powell" <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:G3LMu7.Ko@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: Bricks and Blocks- Cooksville Outlet Mall
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Q for you, did they have railway track? 6 months until I pass that way, but hey...it saves driving to St. Jacob's James (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | [rtlToronto] November 10, 2000 Toronto Dinner
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Hi folks, As usual, it's the rtlToronto second monthly Toronto get together and of course, everyone is welcome, especially those new to the Toronto Lego "scene" (?!) It is at: Mel's Deli 440 Bloor Street West (1 block east of Bathurst) Toronto (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | re:Cooksville Outlet Mall should be Cookstown . .... doh !
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G'Day Sorry about that its COOKSTOWN outlet mall up by Barrie, (URL) : (URL) is down by Mississauga ! "Dave Cheng" <dmc@removethis.vex.net> wrote in message news:G3JErB.21I@lugnet.com... (...) for $ (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: Bricks and Blocks- Cooksville Outlet Mall
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(...) Is the Cooksville Outlet Mall the one on the 400, just outside of Barrie? I can remember an outlet mall there with a Nike store, North Face store, etc. (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Bricks and Blocks- Cooksville Outlet Mall
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G'Day Fianlly had a day off to make the trip up to the Cooksville Outlet Mall, found the four Chrome Castle sets ( 4816,4817,4818,4819) and a series of Adventurers set I had not seen before (5911,5912,5913,5914). Also, aside from the usual stuff, (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: Shopping report
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(...) Thanks for the tip. Man, the Loblaws has lots in stock. Jude (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Shopping report
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Loblaws in Shoppers City West (Balseline/Woodroff) has 1271 Jungle Surprise, 1265 Moon Buggy,1269 White Ninja and 1268 Bike Blaster. $3 each. The Zellers in the same mall has 2 TIE+Y-W+SnowSpeeder combo sets left. Warmart has the Gungan Sub+Patrol (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Re: PST and GST on S@H (was: Lego Studio Steven Spielberg Moviemaker set Review)
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(...) Yes, I think we are going to do that. The only problem is that it adds an extra 9 days to your order time and they may have backordered or be out of some of the deals... sigh... You just can't win... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | PST and GST on S@H (was: Lego Studio Steven Spielberg Moviemaker set Review)
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(...) The taxes are the same whether you add them before or after the conversion. So it is still 15% (15 cents per dollar) on both American or Canadian dollars. Jude Also if you pay via a Canadian cheque you only pay 1.43 CDN to US exchange rate (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Princess Storm Availability in Ontario (was: Lego Studio Steven Spielberg Moviemaker set Review)
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(...) want (...) Would (...) Bradley, She is available here in Ottawa at Mrs Tiggy Winkles for $6.99 Cdn which is $8.04 with GST and PST. Over all that is a few cents better than S@H without counting the shipping. I suspect she is available in other (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Lego at Chapters.ca
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Dunno if anyone else is interested, but it appears that Chapters.ca now carry Lego. Small selection, standard prices, but there are always Chapters coupons to offset that. Go here: (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Is Robotics Discovery Set good?
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Hi, Bradley. As other people already told you, RIS is the most complete set. It is also the more expensive too. If you are looking for a cheaper and easier version, go for the Discovery set. The controller that comes with it, the Scout, has some (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Is Robotics Discovery Set good?
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Hi I think RDS is the best to you, except touch sensor, you also can use external light sensor in Scout, you can do most thing that RCX can do. I don't know if you can write NQC program as you are so young, you can refer page at (URL) there is a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Is Robotics Discovery Set good?
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(...) You can do that with the Scout. (Note: Micro-Scout and Scout are NOT the same) The scout comes with some nice stuff. But to use the full power of the Scout you're going to need a transmitter for the PC. Lego or Ebay should have them. The (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Is Robotics Discovery Set good?
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(...) come as (...) I think the Robot Invntion system is too much money. Since i'm gettng the Cyber Strikers set, a $60 dinosaur book, and perhaps other things for Christmas too, I don't think I'd be allowed to do that. And I don't really like (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Is Robotics Discovery Set good?
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(...) Brad, if you can, go for the RCX (RIS) It will be usable for MANY years to come as you grow. I have all three units and I can tell you that the RCX (RIS) is the best. There was another message group that discussed all this in detail. (URL) the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Is Robotics Discovery Set good?
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(...) The RDS is a really cool set. And if it is your first time programming then i think its the way to go. The only real drawbacks i see with the scout is it does not support the rotation sensor and it only has two inputs(that you can change (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Is Robotics Discovery Set good?
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I got a catalog today from a science store in Toronto, and it has relativley low priced Mindstorms. There are Droid Developers for $105.00, and Robotics Discovery for $159.95. This is quite close to the American price, so I think it is a better (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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