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(...) What about the new Silver Champion (#8458) with 1,412 pieces at $169.99 compared to the Super Street Sensation (#8448) with 1,408 parts at $129.99? It cost them $40 for four extra elements..? I'm a twenty-five year old LEGO fan. I've spent (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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What I found interesting in the new S@H catalog is the price difference between the (now older) Droid Developer Kit ( US$ 59.99 @ 652 pieces) and the newer Darkside Developer Kit ( US$ 99.99 @ 578 pieces). Same micro scout, different color, fewer (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have decided to give my mobile robot some serious alerting power by modifying a truck air horn for use with the lego pneumatics. I have a picture of the modified horn here: (...) compressor and a tank, and it's sure to clear my bot a path. Now I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I was wondering about this... Now that I see the parts pack, I can't help but think that this is NOT a pneumatics parts kit. This is a collection of parts that happens to have some pneumatics in it. This is a far cry from bulk pneumatic parts, Brad. (...) (25 years ago, 9-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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(...) Now we are talking the BULK discussions. They did this in the train area... About Train windows and whatnot... Goto to the lugnet.legodirect (or something like that) and put in your word. But with our luck they would sell two air tanks for $30 (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Buy one of them new packs. That's got 1 of everything. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Some more thoughts on this... I recently talked to Lego customer service in Germany about single parts ordering and they said they´d do it for special purposes. But you have to pay a premium of about .25 to .5 $ per piece for the manual handling. As (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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But what if I don't want or need pumps and blue tanks this month? And how many months will I wait till my favourite parts are featured? Why not if all people in this group go and think of what they want and make a wish list? For instance, I can make (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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All this is a very good idea! Yesterday I wanted to stock up on all single pumps and pistons that I knew a store in the city had on stock, well, had is the key word... :( (...) Another small bit: They would not have to spend much on package design (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I bought several sets - just for the motors - they also have a strange gearbox part that might come in useful for mounting motors in unusual places. ZNAPS can be found in rather battered boxes in just about every Toy'R'Us outlet in the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I was just in my local Toys'r'us and they have the Lego Znap #3552 set marked down to $9.97. It has: 1 1:10 mindstorms motor - #5225 (Pitsco $16.25) 1 small battery box - #???? 1 short wire They also have a larger Znap set marked down to $14.97 (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Here are some ideas (inspired by a model railroad club I know about but am not a member of). Some of the ones toward the end are more brainstorms than a thought-through plan. Take 'em for what they're worth. Acronyms used: AFOL = Adult Fan(s) of (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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>The problem is that they 'salt' the kits with parts that you'll ever only >need one or two of. Take the Hand Air pump. How many of them are you going >to need? My point exactly! But when I suggested that an organization like lugnet take on the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The problem wouldn't be so bad if I had to buy $20 worth of Air Tanks. Hell, I'd buy 5 sets tomorrow. The problem is that they 'salt' the kits with parts that you'll ever only need one or two of. Take the Hand Air pump. How many of them are (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I agree there. When Lego discontinued the pneumatics I ran out and bought up as many of the large pistons as I could... Now, of course, I'm short about 20 of the valves with no cheap way to get more. heh. At $45 CDN it's **VERY** costly. But (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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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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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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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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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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