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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): (...) (21 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 (...) (21 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)

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