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  Blue tanks
 
Lego shop at home has the sub discounted to $25.00. It's a deal! You get pneumatics stuff, including the blue tank, and a lot of other handy technic stuff like long yellow beams. JB (26 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Blue tanks
 
(...) Unfortunately, the sale expired on 30 September, IIRC. I don't know about S@H's policy on holding firm on such dates; might be worth a phone call to check on it. Cheers, Roger (26 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: LEGO robotics dis'd in CACM Forum.
 
BAH! (to the writer of the nasty letter in the ACM communications) If one but peruses the Robot Store catalog (www.robotstore.com)--which I actually use as a source of inspiration for Lego 'bot building, one will see that Lego is by far the least (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  RE: LEGO robotics dis'd in CACM Forum.
 
"Also, while LEGOs (sic) are a wonderful tool for encouraging creative play in children, they fall flat as a university educational or research tool. LEGOs (sic) have so many structural limitations, and LEGO geartrains have such poor frictional and (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  RE: pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders
 
Reasonable is a such a subjective term ;>) You might look at (URL) They have a very broad assortment of small pneumatic stuff. Internationally available Parker http:/www.parker.com has all the big stuff you'll ever need... not necessarily cheap, but (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 
  Re: Blue tanks
 
(...) The Fall S@H still has it for $25 - a very good LEGO deal. DLC (26 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Blue tanks
 
(...) Very true...and I'm glad to see this is still on-going. Now, if only I had the -current- catalogue to which you make reference... Cheers, Roger (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  RE: Blue tanks
 
(...) I think S@H is mailing these one by one or something. I have seen "I've got it yesterday" messages for a couple of weeks now, but I still don't have one myself. Tilman (26 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Blue tanks
 
(...) <laughter> Now, if my alleged luck holds true-to-form, I'll get back home tonight and find one in my post-box, having kvetched about it here in public.... Cheers, Roger (26 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: LEGO robotics dis'd in CACM Forum.
 
---...--- (...) check out: < (URL) > It list for DM 499, which works out to US$ 260 ... later, greg (26 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)


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