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Subject: 
Re: Got balls? Heads up.
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lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
Date: 
Thu, 15 Dec 2005 15:10:04 GMT
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Brian Davis wrote:
In lugnet.org.us.laflrc, C. L. GunningCook wrote:


After seeing the great ball moving into more and more train
layouts... the "soccer" balls, seem a bit .... uh "strange"
for lack of a better word.


If you don't like the black and white color scheme, just wait - we're finding
the black is wearing off fairly fast :-)


"Zamor Spheres" set number 8719


Wild. They look like the LEGO version of Horta eggs.


Sure enough, upon opening them, they ARE NOT the same size as
the soccer balls.


   Thanks for the heads-up, but now I'm interested in them as well. It would
make it much easier to form a module that passes soccer balls while retaining
horta eggs, for instance.


Janey, thanks for playing with these new balls and telling us all about
them.

Brian, if you wanted to make a module that passes soccer, but retains
horta eggs, then you would need to make EVERY module be able to deal
with both sized balls.

But, this might be a good idea for an rtlToronto game.  Ball sorting.
cause Axle sorting didnt seem to fly.


Chris



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  Re: Got balls? Heads up.
 
(...) Actually, it would be kind of cool to have a module that just circulates the eggs & balls, but only passes the balls forward. No one else has to deal with them, as long as you don't let them out. Sort of like this module (from Brian Davis): (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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  Re: Got balls? Heads up.
 
(...) If you don't like the black and white color scheme, just wait - we're finding the black is wearing off fairly fast :-) (...) Wild. They look like the LEGO version of Horta eggs. (...) Thanks for the heads-up, but now I'm interested in them as (...) (19 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)

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