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Putting Chris's hat on for a moment... (URL) Early '70's at Christmas. Those were the days--receiving LEGO sets at Christmas... oh wait, I still do :) Dave K (18 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | November 15th, 2008 SMART meeting
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Time is sneaking up really quickly for our next meeting! The meeting will be November 15th at DigiPen from 2 to 5pm. The mini-challenge is a walking robot race - walk to the end of a field, turn around, and return to the starting spot. See (URL) for (...) (18 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Proof of concept - Vid 2
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(URL) it's RCX'ed That was slightly more difficult than I thought It isn't perfect--still needs a little tweaking, but it's a great start The monorail switch mechanism needs to be improved but the rest is pretty good So there you are Dave K (18 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.space)
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| | NELUG to Display at Hartford, CT
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This coming weekend, November 8th & 9th, (URL) NELUG> will be kicking off our train show season with a display at the Greenberg Train and Toy Show in Hartford, CT. For details, see the (URL) Greenberg Train and Toys Show site>. If you're in the (...) (18 years ago, 3-Nov-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés vendredi 31 octobre 2008
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jour. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** MOC - Locomotive CC 6500 RC / 3ème et dernière (...) (18 years ago, 1-Nov-08, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: Proof of Concept--Old School...
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(...) Thanks Tony! I hope the monorail will remain pretty much constant inits stopping position 'at hte station'. The difficult part for me will be the other carrier. But when it's all running, we'll see what happens :) (...) Take care, Dave K (18 years ago, 30-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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| | Re: Proof of Concept--Old School...
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(...) it was snivved and adapted from the Mindstorms Mars Exploration set Plagarism is the highest form of flattery and all that :) (...) The whazzit should be ready for the Nov 22 train show in Toronto--I'll get pics and movies up! (...) Space (...) (18 years ago, 30-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés mardi 28 octobre 2008
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jour. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** Skaerbaek - Exposition LEGO au pays du LEGO ** par (...) (18 years ago, 30-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: Proof of Concept--Old School...
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(...) I am very much looking forward to seeing this when completed. I suspect that aligning the train correctly is going to be the big technical challenge here. Or maybe you've already go that covered... as I said, I'm looking forward to see where (...) (18 years ago, 29-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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| | Re: Proof of Concept--Old School...
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"David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote in message news:K9HEMn.CBo@lugnet.com... (...) The claw mechanism coupled with the lifting mechanism is a simply pleasurable piece of eye candy. I'll have to remember that design. *Start mental note (...) (18 years ago, 29-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space)
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| | Proof of Concept--Old School...
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(URL) to my classic space layout will be this little item--a 'pick and place' robot arm that will move a space ship from the monorail onto the carrier. Tis is just the proof of concept to show that it can work--the motors and RCX will come in the (...) (18 years ago, 29-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.space)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés jeudi 23 octobre 2008
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jour. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** Parts Catalog, un outil d'inventaire LEGO. ** par (...) (18 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | TexLUG at Maker Faire Austin 2008
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TexLUG was invited to participate at Maker Faire 2008 in Austin, Texas this past weekend. We're not the first LUG to display at Maker Faire, but this was our first time, and we walked away with not one but two "Editor's Choice" awards for our (...) (18 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés mercredi 22 octobre 2008
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jour. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** CR de la réunion du CA du 6 Octobre 2007 ** par (...) (18 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Big Blue : The Return...
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So I was just cleaning up and sorting my collection (in whatever spare time I can find, between the renos and getting the abode ready for our upcoming baby)... When I happened across this guy-- (URL) Thinking that it's been a long time since I've (...) (18 years ago, 22-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Next challenge?
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(...) I talked with David and Gus, and the challenge is to build walking robots. We are going to follow the format of the Robothon walking robot competition, and will have an arena that meets the specifications of that competition at the meeting to (...) (18 years ago, 20-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | October SANDLUG Meeting
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The October SANDLUG meeting will be on Saturday October 25 from 2:00 PM - ??? at Matt and Dawn's home. We're sticking with our regular meeting date of the 4th Saturday of the month. We will be showing off MOCs, buy/sell/trade, and parts draft of (...) (18 years ago, 19-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.us.sandlug)
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| | A date has been set for the next Ontario Lego Robotics event
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THE CAN GAME! Summary Build a robot made completely out of Lego parts that can find and retain a can. The robot with the heaviest can at the end of the round wins. Date and Time Sat 24-Jan-2009 10:00 AM - 04:30 PM Location New Toronto Library Alex (...) (18 years ago, 16-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on, FTX)
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| | 5th Annual "Living LEGO-cy" Christmas Show
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Museum of American Heritage 351 Homer Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Schedule: Show Hours: Friday-Sunday 11am-4pm Monday-Thursday closed Admission: Donation We are pleased to announce that our 5th Annual "Living LEGO-cy" Christmas show will be on (...) (18 years ago, 16-Oct-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.sacbb)
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| | Michiana-LTC at SJVRR Swap Meet - Sunday, October 19
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To all, The Michiana LEGO Train Club is pleased to display at the upcoming SJVRR Swap Meet on Sunday, October 16. Time: 10:00AM - 3:00PM CST Address: Elks lodge 3535 East McKinley Avenue South Bend, Indiana 46615 Admission: Individual $4 Families $8 (...) (18 years ago, 16-Oct-08, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains)
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