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(...) IIRC (from Mindfest), the "Cricket" is about the same length and width as the 9V battery which powers it, so it is significantly smaller than an RCX. With the battery included, the entire assembly probably fits into a 4x8x3 space. There are 3 (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) It looks like the crickets are basically Mindstorms RCX's, in smaller packages. If you follow the link at the bottom of the page, it takes you to CMU's page about it. A little digging finds the following pages: (URL) about the crickets. They (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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From the article: "In all, the city required more than 100,000 Lego pieces, which the company donated." Yowza! I was disappointed to read that they made their roads out of construction paper instead of the road plates. I bet they didn't use minifigs (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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My 2-yr old's been wearing LEGO-wear for at least 6 months now... ever since my wife found it on clearance at TJ Maxx... -Jon (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.mediawatch)
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During the new Mag Ryan movie Hanging Up, there is Lego around at least in three different scenes. Mostly castle and pirates. Selçuk (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) You are quite a challenging personality..:-) From lawyer to mechanical design engineer?..wow! Selçuk (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) -Tim (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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February's issue of "Desktop Engineering", a freebie industry publication that I get at work, contained a neat two page article about the Unigraphics systems in use by Lego for everything from product and mold design to rapid prototyping of ABS (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.cad, lugnet.general) !
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(...) Yeah, I considered that possibility, too. More likely, this bit of dialog was entirely an invention of the playwright (Benjamin's dad), and there wasn't really a lego castle. (...) What can I say? I'm a sucker for sentimental stories, cheap or (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Maybe he built his own Castle. When you first said you were "in tears" at the end, I assumed it was 'with laughter'. Ooops. eric (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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