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Wednesday, June 14, 2000

Today’s new members... John Hoppe.

  Re: bulk ordering is here!
 
(...) I visited the new bulk ordering section for Lego Shop at Home. What i don't get is their pricing -- it's all screwed up, not a good deal at all: For example, lets buy 1 of each, A. B. C. D. E. & F. of the standard bricks they are offering -- (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)  

  wild west creations
 
i have few pics of my wild west creations posted on brickshelf saloon and bordello (somewhat racy) (URL) (good use for cowboy keychains) (URL) a nicer presentation you can view them on my web site (URL) avi movie (best viewed with internet explorer) (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.western) ! 

  Bulk Economics
 
(...) useful - we (...) the (...) As excited as I am about this new service, I'm a little disappointed in the per piece cost of these elements. Granted, it's nice to be able to order the specialized pieces and rarer colors in bulk, but the cost for (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)  

  Another pneumatic compressor and pressure switch designs
 
I have built another pneumatic compressor and pressure switch; I believe both are improvements on the previous designs. The compressor is full-stroke, double-pump, uses the new 9v motor and is rather small; the pressure switch is similar to Ralph (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)  

  LEGO Model Designer postings on Brickshelf
 
Looks like one of the large display model designers at LEGO posted a few pics of his creations. Nice job Paul, I like that polar bear. I also love that Orlando girl. I have actually seen her at the Orlando LIC. Great job, post more! Bickshelf: (URL) (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.announce)

  Sales at Potomac Mills... the Store week o' June 12
 
Despite all the madness over LEGO Direct, I figured I should call the Buffster to see what's up for this week (specially since I didn't think LD would have an open phone line any time in the near future). specials 5874 belville baby hospital $12.99 (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)  

  Robot Club Held in Public Library
 
Howdy All, An acquaintence of mine in El Paso started a Robot Club in the Public Library. He gave me permission to post his letter to me here...I thought to share and encourage grass roots efforts like this one! ***SNIP*** Great news, the robotics (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.edu)  

  Korov III
 
here's a recent model/remake of the space 1999 eagle (transport version) using parts from the 4559 cargo railway: (URL) also posted a .dat file for the model here: (URL) non-users of ldraw i'll have instructions up in a week or two. ..joseph g (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.space)  

  LEGO.com back up
 
LEGO.com and the new bulk services page ((URL) are once again fully accessible. We had a server problem this morning unrelated to traffic volume (bad timing, eh?) -- and there is indeed lots of traffic! Thanks for the interest, everyone. -- Brad (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.services)  

  Re: bulk ordering is here!
 
Thanks Brad!!! For those of you that cannot see the server due to difficulties... Here is what I saw... I added the per Item field, as I bet we all want to know this. Please don't quote me on the color or size of the Train windows... I am not a (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.services)  

  Speed Computer
 
I finally broke down and got a speed computer <set:5206> ((URL) I was hoping to find out what its capabilities were first, but couldn't find anything very useful. Hopefully this post will answer any questions others might have. I ordered it from (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)  

  bulk ordering is here!
 
Greetings! After a somewhat longer-than-intended absence, I’m back, and with good news: LEGO Direct is pleased to announce that bulk sales from LEGO start today, June 14. Our first bulk releases include standard bricks (1x4, 1x6, 1x8, 2x2, 2x4, 2x8) (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.services) !! 

  Acronym FAQ - FTX version
 
Fiddling around with the FTX stuff today, here's what I came up with: (URL) to Richard Franks who suggested this long ago :-) The only problem I had was with the bulleted list... it didn't seem to work. No biggie, tho'. `-Shiri (as I have to write (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.announce) ! 

  Space Team Adventures number 5 done
 
Finished off issue 5 of Space Team Adventures (URL) is the first one done with Digital-Cam and Not my Video-Cam. Have fun DaveG (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.publish)  

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