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We have a bunch of photos of a couple modules being built down in Mike's garage on the BayLTC page; (URL) Regards, -Z- (URL) (26 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Train Module at BayLUG
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(...) tower and grid system myself, but I had only been using one brick towers. Now if only I had more bricks.. :) (...) So when you put in the extra plate in some sections it goes tower, grid, tower, grid, tower, grid, plates, top? (...) I wouldn't (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Train Module at BayLUG
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(...) Done. Check it out at (URL) left to right: Dark grey are the 2x2 'towers'. Green is the outside wall of the section, built from 2x4 bricks. Light grey is the 'grid', notice how each 2x4 is attached to two towers, or a tower and the side wall. (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Yes, please do. I was just wondering about this and reading over the old threads last night. Ben Roller (26 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Ya. or if I get a chance I might LDraw something up that shows it. It does require a LOT of bricks but not nearly as many as a solid would. It's simple, and when I first saw it I said "that'll never work" but it's amazingly strong and (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) I just sent the .bmp file to Jim - would there be any interest in me posting it to brickshelf? It's not a complicated system - it just requires a LOT of basic bricks... JohnG, GMLTC (26 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.trains.org)
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Mike, Do you have the lattice structure BMP file that the GMLTC used to build their layout? Thanks Jim (...) (26 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | RE: NOCAL ALERT: Mindstorms Robotics Discovery - 59.99 @ FRY'S
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Figures, I just bought one for half off at ZB mark (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | NOCAL ALERT: Mindstorms Robotics Discovery - 59.99 @ FRY'S
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FRY's has a sale on the Midstorms Robotics Discovery Set $59.00 - MSRP = $149.99 (URL) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Re: Next BayLUG Get-Together in August 1999
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(...) Hey everyone, welcome the new guy, baptized by fire! :-) It probably is a good thing to discuss our next get-together anyway for the Fukaya room, though much thought and energy is being put into the train layout right now. Can you possibly (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.con)
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| | Re: Next BayLUG Get-Together in August 1999
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Opps, I responded to last years message...yes.. I really am new. (26 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.con)
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| | Re: Next BayLUG Get-Together in August 1999
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(...) I am new, but would love to see it on Saturday August 12th. sowhat usually happens, what is expected of the people that show up and how can I participate better? Mark (26 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.con)
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| | Re: Sale at Gilroy Outlets a Bust for Lego
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(...) Just got back: it's "up to" 70% off "list" on "selected" merchandise, and not all stores are participating. Nothing new, or especially exciting, at the KayBee outlet, in the last couple of weeks. Not in the Lego department, at least: they're (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Sale This Weekend (7/1/00) at Gilroy Outlets
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A friend who lives in Morgan Hill tells me that there was an ad in the local paper announcing a "70% off sale" at all the Gilroy Outlet Mall stores this weekend. That's all the info that I have: I don't know whether it's on "selected merchandise", (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Re: Our BayLTC Layout
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(...) Cool, hope you can. I'll be there 7/5 until 7/11 when we drive down to Carlsbad. (...) I'm planning on working on different aspects of the town. Depending on the setting, etc I could take some pictures around downtown Wheaton here and bring (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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I will TRY to come down. Unfortunately, I lost the transmission in my one trustworthy car this weekend, and am scrambling to gather parts to toss together a spare tranny and get it into the car. IF I get it in next week, and IF that spare tranny (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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Tom McDonald <radiotitan@yanospamhoo.com> wrote in message news:FwJ2st.5J6@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks, Tom. Yes, I am in dire need of help. As it stands, it is looking like a near impossibility to meet the Legoland deadline for my layout. With work (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Our BayLTC Layout
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Thanks to everyone involved in making our BayLTC layout something of which we can be proud. In these few days before Kidvention, our layout will be in a place that kids have been dreaming about for years: Legoland! This isn't just a place at some (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Re: Lego Soccer Truck at Sunnyvale TRU, Thursday 11am-4pm
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(...) I was at the Winchester store in San Jose last night (just a couple of blocks south of 280, so it's not a major trek from Sunnyvale). The Soccer section of the shelf was pretty thin (only 1 or 2 of some sets), and they don't have nearly the (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Lego Soccer Truck at Sunnyvale TRU, Thursday 11am-4pm
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When I dropped by the Sunnyvale Toys-R-Us yesterday, I saw flyers advertising the arrival of the 'Lego Soccer Truck' this Thursday (June 22) from 11am to 4pm. Apparently this is a tractor-trailer (the real thing, not a model), coming by on some sort (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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