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(...) Scala figures would be your best bet. I think they're still too small, but they're larger than any other (current) LEGO figures. Of course, you'd then have the LEGO equivalent of Barbie's Dream Corvette. Steve (25 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi folks, Here's to inform you that my pneumatics page has moved to: (URL) original site was getting kinda cramped with only 2 Mb space, yep it was that litte. The new site offers much more room but has a few quirks like not accepting files with (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Can you tell me how they work? I can see that the upper legs are two parallel beams, which can control the angle at the knee joint. But, what operates the horizontal bar at the top? It would have to tilt this bar at the same time as driving (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) None that I've seen. And I *am* watching closely for them ;-) Some of the new Race sets use the 5-hole beam for suspension swingarms. That's all I've discovered so far that hasn't already been mentioned. I'm hoping Lego will at least put (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I do not know the length, but there are some of those beams in the Dark Side Developer Kit. They're used for the legs so they are fairly long. Eric. (25 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi, I've noticed the introduction of rounded, straight full-width technic beams lately. For example, there are five hole beams in the 8002 Destroyed Droid, and there are 15 hole beams in some of the speed slammers sets. But which other sizes exist? (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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 | | Re: Technic & robotics-compatible LEGO ZNAP clearance at TRU
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TRU in Fresh Pond Shopping Mall (Alewife, MA) had the larger sets (as of yesterday), i.e. #3591, #3552 and #3571 as well as some 3581 Formula Z Car in Storage Box (no motor). I bought a few, but left many (at least 20 I guess). Note that TRU online (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.technic, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thursday July 20, 2000 6:00 PM the TRU pricer had marked all but 2 sets. None of the sets revealed prices at the bar code scanners available to shoppers, but did produce the sale prices at the check-out scanner. ZNAP sets did not occupy the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.technic, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.robotics)
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 | | Re: Has Anyone Joined the Dark Side Yet?
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(...) Oops, I haven't built my Tie Interceptor yet! Maybe I don't deserve to be a Sith Master after all. No wonder the cape wasn't in the box. :-) -- David Schilling (25 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The internals seem identical. The colours are different. Darker, if you know what I mean! :-) After all, the best part about being on the dark side of the force is the dark cloaks you get to wear, right? I'm still looking for mine, though. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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Actually, while the Tie uses that piece, the X-Wing, interestingly, does not. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) If you use angle brackets <> instead of the parentheses that were in the original message (), it should come out okay. Angle brackets are a standard for setting off URLs in text, and should be recognized as such by virtually every Internet (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) That part is also in the 7181 UCS TIE Interceptor, as the collar that sits on the display stand (it's probably in the 7191 UCS X-wing too, for the same purpose, but since I don't have the X-wing yet, I can't say for sure). I was wondering (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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I just visited Legoland Billund, and they have a clearance sale for the 8880 Supercar (the black one), which amounts to approx $100 USD. They had about a dozen sets; I bought two of them for myself. They also had the 8448 Supercar (the new, red one) (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I was thinking about this recently, as I am working on fitting out the interior with adjustable seats, 3 point seatbelts, glove compartments, handbrake, foot pedals and much more. I was considering making my own scaled figures out of lego, but (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Does it come with the same Micro Scout as the DDK? Are the programs the same? (25 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) coast always seems to have a month or more delay after the east coast gets new sets, here in America. Wish it wasn't so, but then, I'm glad I'm in America, as other places in the world are a lot worse off in this respect.) I got it from LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) What are "Adult Belville?" Where can such an item be purchased? Thanks SG (25 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Eelco Kooiker" <eelco@kooiker.demon.nl> wrote in message news:Fy1JuC.D9w@lugnet.com... (...) of it. (...) That is excellent. Must have taken ages. Where does one get the CAD program you are using? Huw (25 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Somehow, you broke that link with the bracket there - the correct link is (URL) - I usually don't put brackets around links for this very reason - there is a good chance that OE5 (Outlook Express V5) will break the links in this manner ... There is (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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