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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 (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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In the Pharma Plus drug store in the Zellers mall in Lindsay, Ontario, they have two HTO sets (and some RoboRiders, but they are pretty common). They are in plastic display sleeves that are designed for a set to be pulled out from the bottom. There (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce)
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(...) The 3571 has the motor, battery box, cable, and two flex shafts. The flex shafts are the best part, IMHO. ZNAP will be reissued in a few years I'm sure, once they've designed better mating to standard Technic. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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G'Day In todays Toronto Star there is an insert from a company called Party Packagers, that I have not heard of before, but they advertise a ZNAP building set for 2.99 (can not tell which set) and a motorized set (looks like 3571) for $14.99, which (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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the store 'mindstorm educational' has a sale on lego, 20% off everything until sometime next week. they've got a whole bunch of stores across ontario, and have always managed to have some interesting sets when i've been. (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Bluewater? (was Re: new LIC in Chicago
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(...) Bluewater is actually an out-of-town shopping centre in Kent, about 20 miles to the east (and a little south) of the centre of the city of London, which in case the reference to Kent didn't give it away, isn't the one in Ontario. I believe it (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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(...) Hm... Hey! *i'm* in London... Where in London is "Bluewater"?? :-) Or do you mean London Ontario? I've heard of that one Thanks! ++Lar (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Lego Stores in Canada
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(...) GUNGAN (...) which (...) seen a (...) They have this thing at Walmart here in Canada, too now. I didn't check the price though. Interestingly, the only Lego clearance item I ever saw was at Walmart during the summer. They had the Gungan sub (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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G'Day Finally made the Bi-annual trek to St Jacobs. Of interest I noted a new (to me anyway) StarWars EP1 combo pack, a GUNGAN sub(7161) and Naboo Swamp(7121) packaged together, on sale for $43.99, which is not bad seeing as the sub was $69.99 (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | I was in the Bay in Oshawa on Saturday and they have old Lego...
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Here's what there was! Castle Dragon masters Dragon Defender from 1994, about $16.99! (There was only one of these) Witch's Windship from 1997- $12.97 Samauri on a horse- tiny set from 1998. $3.49, I think. some other more common Ninja sets, 1998 (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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Were there any older System sets in that warehouse (eg. Pirates, Royal Knights, Cowboys, Pre-Jr. Town...)? (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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(...) No Sears and Target are not the same thing. Sears stores are owned by the Sears Corporation (based in Chicago). Target stores are owned by the Target Corp, which until last year were called Dayton Hudson (after the Minneapolis based Dayton's (...) (26 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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G'Day Sears has had these sets for about a year now, I have also seen them at Supercenters on the west coast for $9.99 last Christmas. Cheers Oliver "Bradley Dale" <dinosauria_ca@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:G0zt11.D56@lugnet.com... (...) some (...) (26 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | September 23rd Toronto Lego Event
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Hi folks, 6th Annual Lego Robotics Event Saturday September 23rd 2000-10AM Competitors, 1PM Audience St Michael's College Theatre, University of Toronto 121 St Joseph Street Just wanted to announce the 6th Semi-Annual Lego Robotics Event, taking (...) (26 years ago, 17-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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I was at the Sears store in Pickering, Ontario last night, and they had some 'Action Pack' sets with the 2882 speedboat, 2884 aircraft, 2886 racer, and 6407 fire chief. Some websites list these sets as Target promotions. I don't think there are any (...) (26 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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(...) Wayward?#@$*I7@! :) We're not wayward, we're central to all the good deals! Calum (26 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Continuing That Info Thingy! Oh, And Brickwars!
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I was reading WAY back in the Toronto Posts, and saw the thing where everyone was listing personal info to get to know eachother, i think it's great and we should keep it going, i'll post mine soon. I'm new on lugnet and think it's a great way to (...) (26 years ago, 3-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: TRU?
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(...) ...plus, if you need to encrypt any other acronyms, you might be able to use this: (URL) .faq (26 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.faq)
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