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(...) I wouldn't say it's a "very, very bad idea"...Just a very, very risky idea. This is worse than playing the lottery. You have a very small chance of winning big, and a very LARGE chance of losing all the money you invested. If you play the IPO (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I just read on the Bloomberg news wire that Mega Bloks, Inc. will IPO and list its stock as "MB" on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The underwriters are Merrill Lynch, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, and National Bank of Canada. This is big news (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands) !!
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| | Re: Pics of MB Harriers at Port Block
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(...) mixing required!!! BTW, this page has the underline problem, too. D'oh! ROSCO (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Pics of MB Harriers at Port Block
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Evening all, MB 9709 - not bad for $30. Port Block had to refit a couple, obviously :-) (URL) baldly going... (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: OT: LEGO+Sploids+KNEX Models w/MCLAD
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Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:Gt6BIq.117@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) update (...) do! (...) Yeah, I think I'll try making a couple parts.this is the most I've ever been interested in part creation.I'll wait till after the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Eek! Well I put all the blame on Lars for paying too much attention to detail! If he were more of a slacker, I wouldn't have this problem... (...) studc2.dat it is! Thanks for the catch and the suggestion. If anyone cares to download the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Using stud2.dat in clones.dat files
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...is not a good idea, for the same reason that we have the studc.dat primitive: With L3P and Qaul=2, the logo of the Leading Brand will be rendered on its inside. We shoud have a stud2c.dat or studc2.dat, identical to stud2.dat to solve the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: OT: LEGO+Sploids+KNEX Models w/MCLAD
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(...) I have a little Tim Courtney voodoo doll on my desk happily surrounded by MegaBloks and TYCO Superblocks--eventually, the spell will take hold... In the meantime, the clone.dats unzip to the appropriate sub-directories, following the example (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: OT: LEGO+Sploids+KNEX Models w/MCLAD
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(...) Thanks for your interest! Keep your eye on O.T.Clones for another update around the end of the month. And if you want to make some parts, please do! Dave! FUT OT.Clones only (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: OT: LEGO+Sploids+KNEX Models w/MCLAD
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This single directory zip file doesn't seem to be a problem for MLCAD at least. I just made a new sub-directories under /PARTS and called them KNex & Sploids. I didn't want them to show up in the parts listing so this works well for me. I can't (...) (23 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: OT: LEGO+Sploids+KNEX Models w/MCLAD
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:Gt4pAx.Dzq@lugnet.com... (...) How about using LDR instead of LCAD - after all, that's the new file extension and so it still indicates the contents of the update file, and it's the first 3 (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: OT: LEGO+Sploids+KNEX Models w/MCLAD
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(...) That could be an issue, but Steve should tackle that one. I don't know how your MegaBlok parts unzip (and you know me, the anti-clone, good luck getting me to download them) ;-) Are your parts named with a prefix that distinguishes them from (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: OT: LEGO+Sploids+KNEX Models w/MCLAD
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Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:Gt3AIn.6MA@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) Hey thanks for providing this link, I've been wanting to make some Mega Block parts in LDraw,and now I don't have to. Gary <snip> (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Old LEGO Clone bricks made by Nintendo
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I think I might have some of those bricks. I have some very long white 2x? plates/semibricks. They are badly bent due to age(?) or hostile climate(?). /Tore (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: My K'Nex monstrosity made it into the paper!
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(...) Me choose a house just for that? Never! ;-) (...) I tried. I pointed out the size of my collection as well as that the telerobotic web cam that I was using during construction was made of LEGO. But I think since I had no plans to put it back (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: My K'Nex monstrosity made it into the paper!
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(...) LOL Chris, from the article it sounds as though you specifically chose the home you moved into to accommodate your MOS (my own structure)! BTW couldn't you have gotten the reporter to mention the L word at least once? Surely you also have a (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: My K'Nex monstrosity made it into the paper!
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(...) There's lots of pictures (and a movie) on my site at (URL) I don't know why the Register doesn't put their pictures on their site, maybe to get you to buy the paper? (23 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: My K'Nex monstrosity made it into the paper!
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(...) Let them talk--there's nothing wrong with being outed! Dave! (23 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | My K'Nex monstrosity made it into the paper!
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The Napa Valley Register printed an article on the 18 foot tall K'Nex monstrosity that my cousins and I built in my living room. They even included a couple of color pictures on page 1D, plus a black and white one on the second page. Yes, the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | A minor update
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I've scanned the cover page of the (apparently) KMart-only military MegaBloks set: (URL) well as a few POV-Ray renderings from that same set: (URL) link to the scan doesn't work from the main page, but the direct link should bring it up. Also, since (...) (23 years ago, 11-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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