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Hi All, Has anyone else built a "real" pod racer where you eliminate the tan 2x plates, bricks, etc. and use black 12 gage solid copper wire to support the control "cabin"? (you also need additional clamps in front) Mark (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Fremont pictures
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(...) IIRC he has no web page. So unless he's sent pix to you personally... Roger's ships are very cool - adaptations of the Galactic Mediator and others redone in very cool color schemes. He's working on a yellow and dark gray ship that's (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Power control for trains...
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The X-10 Lamp module controllers can only handle resistive loads, like lightbulbs. Inductive loads (like motors) screw them up royally. (The dimming is accomplished by switching off each AC cycle early. Inductors don't like to switch off in this (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Fremont pictures
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(...) BTW, is there anywhere we see more photos of Roger Rothhaar's space ships? I'm tantalized by the shapes of the leftmost & rightmost ships on that page. --Todd (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.build)
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| | LEGOLAND pictures
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I realize this is almost three months late, but I finally have all 168 pictures uploaded for the LEGOLAND grand opening and the LEGOfest after: (URL) Clark (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | RE: Fremont pictures
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(...) That's a common side effect of being a photographer...you are seldom in the pictures taken with your camera. ;-) -Z- -- Zonker Harris (zonkerh@corp.webtv.net, zonker@gnac.com) Onsite Network Support, currently at 1250 Charleston Rd., Mt. View, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Fremont pictures
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(...) Sorry about that. I didn't even notice until I was scanning them in. But hey, it adds character. Russell (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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So Zonker, you camera shy? Mark -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Zonker Harris Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 11:00 AM To: lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf@lugnet.com Subject: Re: Fremont (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Hi Zonker, Nice portrait photos. Please note my last name is the same as my son's, Benz. Thanks, Mark -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Zonker Harris Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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BTW, nice photos. Thanks! Mark -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Russell Clark Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 9:44 AM To: lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf@lugnet.com Subject: Fremont pictures I (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Russell Clark wrote; (...) (URL) Sorry, no page, just pictures. (URL) there's a skeleton page, but it shows a few faces to go with the emails. :-) -Z- -- 8<----( clip and save! )---...--- (URL) Grand Opening Planning Page (URL) my main page (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | RE: Fremont pictures
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Hi, I see you truly captured my good side in the first airport photo... Dead center in the frame too! Mark -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Russell Clark Sent: Wednesday, June 02, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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--- Zonker Harris wrote: Don't know if this went out so I'm reposting here on Lugnet too! (...) Ouch! Yeah, I've heard that changing the high voltage end of the transformer is not the way to go, especially where circuitry more complex than a (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Fremont pictures
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I have posted my pictures of the quarterly meet in Fremont. There are only seven of them, but with Joe's pieces all over the floor, who had time for pics. : ) (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Z says: (...) <snip all that stuff about electronics that I don't understand...> ;-) I still think it would perhaps be a good idea to hide the power source for the trains away from the public's hands. If they can't access the control unit, they (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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My initial experiments have met with limited success. But, since there seems to have been some equipment damaged, I wanted to share my findings as a caution to others who might try. :-( I used the RF "transceiver" module. This plugs into the wall, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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I was at a Safeway in Alameda and picked up the 7128 Speeder Bike set from a small display by the deli. There were also the Droid Fighters and the little Duel Set. I didn't check MSRP first, but I paid $9.99 for it. Just thought I'd mention it just (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) A person I work with happened to have a copy that she was going to throw away. Russell Clark (URL) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) <snip> (...) Do a search at their site main page on lego. It worked for me. (...) Good that you captured that. The pix were no longer with the story when I did my search today (Thursday). (...) I looked at Wednesday's Daily Review for San (...) (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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I got back to the Fremont area near 11 p.m. last night. I found many empty ARGUS Newsstands. However, I did find a few that still had the 'window copy', so I bought the last copy from 10 stands. Let me know if you want a copy. (Club members will (...) (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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