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(...) RTLToronto and others- Sorry up front for the cross-post, but I wanted to get this to the .loc and .orgs in the area... I just stopped in a lunch and Marek let me peek at his layout. It is about 13m x 6m (about 42 x 20 ft), has several bridges (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.us.ny.buf, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham)
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| | Re: Did you guys see this...
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(...) Hey, that is pretty neat! Now I feel really stupid for manually destroying all of those MSDN CD's and DVDs...we could have built a CD slinging machine. Calum (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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So I am catching up on lugnet (at 3:00 am, dumb work, why do I always get paged!!!!) And I see this link: (URL) leads me here: (URL) is cool.... :) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Scan of 1979 "Marvel Team-Up" Comic Back Cover Technic Ad
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YA, that is a cool advert. I actually own 2 comics that have that on the back cover. at the risk of "starting something" I think the colours are misleading. THERE!! i said it! the colours do not look right. the yellow is more orange-y (...) -- (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Well, after many years....
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TLC sent me another broken piece. Now friends, when I purchased one of the M-Tron sets off the shelf many years ago, I found a 2x8 hinge plate that looked like it was crushed in a press--the edge of the 2x8 portion of hte hinge was snapped, but (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well I did get a picture of the Clickits store at Legoland just for you. :-) (URL) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: BFDC2004 Robotics contest?
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(...) -Friendship Bracelet Weavers. Iain Hendry had a plan to build a weaving machine, which would make narrow segments of fabric (ie, Friendship bracelets). I don't think he ever finished it though. Finally a use for those clickits... (URL) you (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Found this when going through some old "files". A full rear cover advertisement for Technic Lego (referred to as the "Expert Builder Series") (URL) I think this is one of the reasons I begged for 951 and 948 until I actual got them! BTW, The comic (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) (snip long list of mostly my ideas) :) (...) Calum, you forgot to add my best idea ever. and some day IT WILL HAPPEN! The game: Axle sorting. Your robot will be given a cup of all size lengths of axles. The winning robot is the one that can (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I'm not really sure. John Barnes asked about it too, but we were pretty noncommittal. I wasn't really planning to do a new contest, unless people REALLY wanted one. I guess we could try doing rope climbers or something there. This time all (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Calum and gang: Are you guys going to have something like you had last year at BF? I really enjoy the ingenuity in both the contests you guys come up with AND the entries from the people who compete in these contests! I'm hoping you guys can come up (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Another wasted weekend
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So, instead of building a mountain this weekend, I spent it working on my masters thesis/reading course. Let me delight you with some of my literature review. Calum PS-I did get all four XPods at the TRU sale (I thought they were buy one get one (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Re: Green Bricks
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G'Day Well, if you get a chance, and you have the room, I could use about $20 worth of tan 2x plates, (heavy on the 2x4) seems to be the most usefull for landscaping. Cheers Oliver "Derek Raycraft" <djr@rogers.com> wrote in message (...) (20 years ago, 1-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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So I'm at Zellers, grab 6 green bps, and proceed to the checkout counter. Now friends, let me tell you it's been a very long time since I purchased brand new green baseplates--teh last time I did there were 2 baseplates in a package (iirc) and the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) What? You're hanging out with Elliot? Hi from Dave. Tell Jeff that we can't wait 'til he gets back up here to Canada! Dave K (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Baring a complete change of selection, or not being able to make it back, this will be no prolem. The only frustrating thing is the lack of 1x1s in tan. They have lots of all the other lenghts. In 2 by it goes from by 2 to 6. Jeff and I have (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) YOU ROCK!!!!! And I was thinking they would have none... :) Jeff VW (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) <snip> Derek, If you have the time, I could go for the same 1xn, 2xn Tan plate order that you got for Jeff (or I could just get those off of Jeff :) ) Thanks Dave (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks! (I think! :) Whatever you think is good--I like Town-esque parts like arches, fences, slopes...etc. Calum (20 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Went to Legoland Yesterday. Solection was not great. May go back again next week though. Unfortuneately I goofed and forgot the wish list at Jeff's So I wasn't perfect at filling orders. But I will try again next time, and we still need to go to the (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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