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Robin Sather wrote in message <3a0120c1.38529533@l...et.com>... (...) If we moved the monorail track on the mountain ledge one short section to the left, that would free up 4 short sections and also make it easier to build the track supports at the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Robin Sather wrote in message <3a011f92.38227159@l...et.com>... (...) David has monorail parts so he should be OK. He also has access to the stuff on our Xdrive so he has the JPG of the layout to look at - he said it looked OK. He isn't reading this (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Sorry Bryan. I said I'd post some more ideas today for the "Outdoor" area, but I just didn't allocate my time too wisely today. I'll post something ASAP. Robin (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I'll admit that the sentence is a little unclear, but did you download the file? My hope is that we can completely cover the surface of the layout with baseplates. I organized the text file so that people can reserve baseplates, whether they (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Um I don't quite get that one... Can you explain? I've found some blue baseplates, in case we were in short supply (four 16x32 and four 16x16)... Bryan (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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I'm sorry, but I had to do it. There are just two changes to the file from version 17. I added an additional short straight track onto the west end of the monorail track at the airport station. I also modified the dock station to include 2 control (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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I've updated the building plan file with a few bits. It's on the X-Drive, Layout Files folder, name is B-K0003R.txt. Anyone with baseplates that fit as per the layout (17 or 18), download the file and fill up those baseplates. Robin (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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OK, perhaps I went a little overboard on this one, but I had an hour to kill, right? D'oh ... Anyway, I created an Excel spreadsheet file that meticulously details the building space in and around the dock monorail station. It is saved in, I (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I don't have anything done for the docks. I've got Claus making *MANY* containers and I've been too sore to do much. I'm working on the factory/Train thing though... Dean (...) -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Spoke too soon: David is going to do that. He's also interested in doing the docks (Dean and Claus, were you going to be doing something there?). The main areas I see as still un-grabbed and unbuilt are: * Downtown commercial area E of the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Finished the 9v station near the airport, and the fire station, and tucked a little hardware store in between the on the main street. I plan to grab the ELEVATED MONORAIL STN NEAR THE DOCKS (oops) next unless anyone is already working on it. Speak (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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| | Re: Shipping to Canada (was Re: Lego Studio Steven Spielberg Moviemaker set Review)
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(...) When I ordered (Before the shipping charges) just after s@h went South the cost difference was about $14. s@h credited me the difference but I don't think I could get that now. With the added shipping now (~$9 CDN) it's not worth it for small (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Example, the large Pod Racer set is $99 USD. (That's ~$150 CAN before shipping etc.) It's $89 CAN in the stores... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.robotics.vc)
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(...) If you were to pay by cheque you'd only pay .43x % in exchange... (...) You do pay GST and the $2.00 charge for brokerage/duty (That's what they call it). Check your bill. (...) You purchased almost $500 CAN. I doubt you would be doing that (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.robotics.vc)
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<trimmed reviews & vision command, added loc.ca> (...) I placed an order for several grey brick packs(1) shortly after S@H Canada closed down. I did the math when my order got there, and the difference in cost, compared to what it would have been (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Sorry for including the entire history above, but I thought it was needed. I made my first big train order to S@H not long ago. I don't quite see how it all worked out, but here are the numbers: Total for goods, in US funds: 303.88 (4565 + (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.robotics.vc)
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(...) 6091 costs $129.99. It will probably go on clearance for about $90-100 next year. Or, it might go on sale right before Christmas somewhere. And hopefully if there's a 30% off sale... I just think it would be a better buy, because it has lots (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.robotics.vc)
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(...) I guess it depends how much you value extra Princess Storm minifigs, doesn't it? Sixteen Canadian (snicker) dollars is still much less than whatever 6091 costs (which, given it's $90 US price tag and your formula, should be around $288 (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.robotics.vc)
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(...) No, I can do some building there as well (Work can wait! ... :-). I'll take a better look at it tomorrow and give you a better report of what I think we could do there. If you have a good idea of what you'd planned for the mountain and any (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Okay... But how will we coordinate this?? You give me ideas and I build it? :) (...) After turning my head upside down, I have acquainted myself with the angled driveway baseplate. :) Looks like it'll fit! (...) I've got some brown plates (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Of course I do have Micro Controllers... Heh heh... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Shipping is $6.xx for shipping. Don't forget to add an extra $2 for duty or whatever it was... That's $9 bucks CDN for shipping. I figure that when S@H moved to the US our prices for S@H stuff jumped about 26%. I used to order MANY things from (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.robotics.vc)
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(...) Yeah I recall seeing that set 1682's box in your room... But I never registered this "angled baseplate" thing. :) If I/we need it, we know where to get it from! (...) Go to www.xdrive.com, log in as "vlcstuff" and the pw is "password". Bryan (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Would (...) Two places-- Shipping- $4.50 US Taxes are added before conversion rate. And Ontario taxes are bad enough as they are- with S@H, it's about 21 cents per dollar. (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.robotics.vc)
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(...) Huh? US $5.00 / 0.65 => about Cdn $7.70 . Add GST => 8.24 . Where does the rest come from? (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.robotics.vc)
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In lugnet.org.ca.vlc, Bryan Wong writes: ... (...) I definitely have at least 1 angled Driveway plate (but I think I showed it to you before) but if there's any other baseplates you need to borrow, swing on by Saturday or something. Btw, I must have (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I can feel your pain, unfortunately, it's a hard thing to solve without a microcontroller or sophisticated mechanics. Frank (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) This all sounds great. Way to go Robin and Bryan! Kevin ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Park: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) OK, great. Kevin ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Park: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Let's get all the required structures built before we start adding bells and whistles. There are a lot of buildings needing doing. Kevin ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Park: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Home, (...) I did the math before, and $5 S@H is about $16 of actual Canadian money. Would that still be a good buy? (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.robotics.vc)
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(...) Let's work together on this then. I've got some ideas too. Perhaps we could look after 68,69,82,83,96, and 97? (...) Sorry. I should have posted a link or picture. It's the baseplate from (among others) 1682 (an awesome set BTW!): (URL) better (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) That sounds good to me...I'm nuts about streams & waterfalls all of a sudden (especially since it rained like crazy). If there are no strong objections, I'll see what I can do to add some flavour to the scenery. As for changing baseplates (at (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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One (minor) change I'd suggest we make to the layout. The mountain will be along plates 69, 83, and 97. Some of it can even extend to 96, I would hope. My thought was to use the rest of 96, and perhaps some of 68 as an "outdoor" area, with trees, a (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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I've grabbed some of the water baseplate spaces, including the island in the middle (#32). I'm going to build a lighthouse, with revolving light (micromotor), attached keeper's house, small dock, perhaps a seagull or two. I'll also build a boat with (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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In the interest of keeping all this building organized, and in my hopes of completely covering the entire layout with baseplates instead of resorting to cloth covering, I've tried to organize a building layout file in similar fashion to our train (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I don't quite follow you here. (...) The control track has three positions, forward (let the monorail run straight through), reverse (reverse direction immediately), and stop (stop the monorail until one of the other two positions are (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Right you are. I'm blind as a bat today ... But yes, I've got 2 sets of each, so we're covered. Robin (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Let's have both handy at the show. Robin (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Other groups. Not sponsors. Sponsors deserve credit if they help out. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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