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(...) Actually, I'm tackling that particular problem right now. I don't claim it's elegant, but I'm using the pneumatic valves interconnected with a robot arm in such a way that each time the arm goes up, valve A changes position. Then when it goes (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Lego bulk (was :I am an Idiot (was Pneumatics Are Back!) )
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Great ideas. Maybe the LUGNET collective is someplace to begin. You can clearly see the marketing behind the pieces in the Star Wars set minifigs. Want Princess Leia or C-3PO? Buy the Millennium Falcon for $100 ... Want Padme? Buy the giant Pod Race (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Lego bulk (was :I am an Idiot (was Pneumatics Are Back!) )
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I suspect that their idea of bulk and ours is very different. They need to grab some mimimum $$$ per purchase to even make it worthwhile answering the phone. I suspect that figure is in the area of $20. So selling individual pieces between $1 - $4 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: I am an Idiot (was Pneumatics Are Back!)
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I agree on both points--the bulk and the pneumatics set availability--but this is still progress over a year ago. There were frantic messages posted not long ago that pneumatics might be going away for good ... so it's nice to see them making a (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It's very nice that we can now get the air tanks. But it's bittering that we must now pay a fortune for the entire 'kit' if we only want a few bits... LEGO's idea of BULK seems grossly different from others. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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