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Hi Mario Ferrari, Why isnt NL on your list with an afaik enthousiatic community of LEGO collectors and addicted people. And Holland even is part of Europe you know. De Bouwsteen is even an international club since we have members (about 200) from (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org)
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(...) I'm a Belgian. But I only lived in Belgium for six months :) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) pay more to get Web access? Try Juno for FREE -- then it's just $9.95/month if you act NOW! (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org)
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Mario: (...) Sounds like a fun idea. I think I will come. Northern France/Southern Germany sounds like a reasonable location (except for for people in Northern Sweden and Norway ;-). I don't know a L(EGO)UG with sufficient logistic capability, but I (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org)
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This would be cool. Given enough advance notice, I might even drop in to bug all the UKers about stuff... Mario said: (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org)
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Mario Ferrari <mario.ferrari@edis.it> wrote in message news:FM44KF.720@lugnet.com... (...) Legofest. Sounds an excellent idea. Count me as interested. Somewhere like Brussels may be suitable - the 'capital of Europe', rail links from the UK and (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org)
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The great experience of meeting in person other Lego enthusiasts at the MindFest and at some Italian Legofests, makes me dream of a European Legofest. Some remarks about this topic (talking freely): - Saying "European" I use the term in its (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.at, lugnet.loc.be, lugnet.loc.ch, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.es, lugnet.loc.fi, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.loc.ie)
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Hi there! Anyone who will visit Spielefest ( homepage: www.spielefest.at in german language only) will have the possibility to see the Lego-robot "Mindstorms" (singular!!!! one robot) - as it is mentioned in the local press (if it appears there) and (...) (26 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.at, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events)
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(...) There is a movie (a comedy) that came out in recent years called "What about Bob" staring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss about a neurotic man following his new Psychiatrist on vacation ..... and in that movie Bill Murray followed the advice (...) (26 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics.events)
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(...) The purpose of my post wasn't to try to convince people to be less cynical; I've never met a cynic who became uncynical overnight by direct persuasion or by happytalk. The purpose of my post is to draw wide attention to something positive (...) (26 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics.events)
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(...) link... (26 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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(...) I could be wrong, but I would expect that trying to put motors in the knees might cause a lot of unsightly bulk there that might ruin the whole effect. I had been thinking that this might be a good application for some sort of remote linkage (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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(...) Some friends and I have been discussing that on and off, to the level of watching the movie to make sketches of leg motion. We have sort of assumed that you'd have to pack the storage in the center with 2 or 3 RCX's. You'd also have to lose (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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(...) Actually, a more likely reason is that we are looking at the LEGO Mindstorms web site. No RCX --> no "Mindstorms" --> no picture. We really should collaborate on how to mechanize one of those AT-AT's! (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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(...) Ironically, they originally did spell out "The New England LEGO Users' Group" under Henry's picture. It seems that when they added "NELUG" to my captions, they also acronym-ized his caption. (They're almost _too_ responsive!) My theory as to (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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(...) I wouldn't be embarased none of the non-robotics stuff made it. Which is of no supprise seeing that was the main theme of the event. I think most of the stuff other than Henry's call at the NELUG table would be considered Modeling or Art and (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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(...) Hey, at least you designed something and got it on the page. My Mindfest embarrassment runs deeper... (...) And it seems he did. It's almost tempting to ask that he spell out what NELUG is and/or link it to the website, but that would seem to (...) (26 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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(...) Wow, I'm (almost) embarassed that two of my robots are depicted on the LEGO page. There were certainly a lot of much cooler robots at MindFest than mine, but I'm not complaining... I'm actually in the process of creating a web page for each of (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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(...) Henry Chea. (I had to look it up on (URL) myself, I only got to talk to him for about 20 minutes myself the whole weekend) Wow, by the way. Quick response time! eric (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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What is Henry's last name? We'll add it right away. Russ (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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(...) Hmm. Unfortunately, it doesn't give Henry the credit he deserves for having built the car himself, and it doesn't mention the other members of NELUG who had their own tables as being members. The former is much worse than the latter, in my (...) (26 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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