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(...) I don't mind SOME of the new style smooth beams. My complaint is that the new style smooth beams and axle/rod/flex tube connectors have almost completely displaced "traditional" technic components. It's like the new "Technic" is a whole (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) <snip> (...) Uh, you have half the world's current supply of black beams. Isn't that enough, for good? ;-D (...) Yep, I think gray, dark gray, and white would be high on my list too. TJ (always wishing for more beams, any size, any color) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Hmmm, black I have plenty of (for a while, anyway). Grey & white would be nice though, and I know it's unlikely, but green'd be cool 8?) And other sizes, too. ROSCO (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) If you removed the 'excess' you would lose a lot of the strength of the part. Although I always thought if you removed the sticky out bit you could make an excellent heavy haulage tractor hitch. Steve (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I am no expert on these matters, but wouldn't a single excessively cross-posted message have done the trick here? Moreover, the subject matter doesn't seem particularly urgent for many of the newsgroups to which you are posting this news. What it (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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An excerpt of specific Technic related issues: "Q8: How about black technic beams? Why can't we get black technic beams off of Shop@Home? A8: I don't know. Q18: Can Lego Direct help the technic lines? A18: I don't know that they need our help. It's (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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GONE -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of William Howard Sent: 20 February 2002 17:56 To: lugnet.technic@lugnet.com Subject: Free technic manuals - UK Only Hi, Due to another (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Brad Justus, Sr. VP of Lego Direct did a question and answer session at Brickswest. I have completed the transcript of this event. You can download the .pdf file from here. (URL) Herrera (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) And they're all 'stepped' - boy was that fun! W (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I think it actually took longer to ldraw the excavator than to build it - but I had fun in the process so who cares. I also had to dismantle most of it in the process so I effectively built it twice. The excavator started with the boom, then (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) They're 'unoffical' parts from the ldraw parts tracker database. Most pneumatics are by Marc Klein in .dat files that start mk000. The flex hose is file 75.dat and the ribbed hose is 78.dat - you can make these any length you like by following (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) tube parts for MLCAD? I've not come across those before. Jennifer (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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"William Howard" <william@howard-fami...rld.co.uk> wrote in message news:NFBBICINOLKHMIO....co.uk.... (...) taken ages to create them in MLCAD and I'm looking forward to viewing the models in greater detail when I get home. Interesting that you've (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) found. (...) on (...) as (...) My humble attempts at your models, aka "what I did over Christmas" (both build with lego and learn MLcad) If you don't like MLCAD/LDRAW - don't look! (URL) advantage of MLcad/LDraw - I didn't have enough yellow (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) to (...) sounds (...) Except for the fact that they were meant to be sending the instructions for 8464 only! :-) William (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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"William Howard" <william@howard-fami...rld.co.uk> wrote in message (...) Indeed so! The corrugated tubes and new angle connectors, although inflexible in angle, are also great looking. (...) on (...) That would be very interesting to see as I (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Ah, to play well! Clearly the sanest attitude possible. - Kyle (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) That's spectacular incompetence? I'd like to introduce that level of incompetence into every service that I use. From this description, it sounds more like it fits between mild confusion and merest oversight. (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi, Due to another spectacular display of incompetence by the Lego Customer Services group I find myself the proud owner of duplicate manuals for sets 5218 - Pneumatic parts pack, 8548 - Nui Jaga and 8463 - Forklift Free to the first UK based member (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) ((URL) UK £12, 100 pieces and 15 cool models! Now if Lego made some more like that, perhaps by combining several of the micro series in one box with a combined manual, they could win the younger punters back. And on the subject of combining (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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