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Inverting voltage to PF motor
I often use separate PF motor for each driven wheel. Sometimes the most interesting design of mechanism requires opposite polarity of power supply to motors. Is there any simple non-destructive way to ...
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How should I model a Heroica Banquet hall?
My son had a great idea for his Heroica game: Convert one of the desks from the Fortraan set into a table with food, and then your Hero could stop there and eat to regain health.
I pointed out that ...
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Can 10153 9V train motor be powered by the Power Functions Battery pack?
I am currently making the switch to Power Functions with my Lego Train collection and am wondering if I can power the old 9v motors that I used with the metal rails, with a battery box from the power ...
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How can I upgrade the firmware of an RCX 1.0 to an RCX 2.0?
I have an RCX 1.0 set from 1998 and I would like to upgrade the RCX 1.0 to RCX 2.0. Can this be done? Exactly how would I obtain a firmware file and load it? I do have access to the Bricxx Command ...
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Why does my RCX programmable brick have no power socket?
My RCX has no power socket, I don't know why. it seems that all RCX 1.0 over #300000 have no power adapters. My ONLY link is Google pictures. why?
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Where do I find Mindstorms building plans?
I have the Mindstorms NXT 1 kit. It includes a printout of the first robot model building plans. The plans for several other robots (e.g. the scorpion bot) are included in the NXT software. However ...
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My Own Train vs. other 9v trains
Does My Own Train series have any pros and cons (or pitfalls) against other 9v trains?
Seems that is a rich series but less popular comparing to, for example, Santa Fe or regular City sets. Why?
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Set to run a program within another program using NXT-G
I'm using NXT-G to program my robot to do few tasks autonomously for so many possibilities. When using C programming, we can call a function from different file into the main program. So, I wonder if ...
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What is new about the IR reciever in the 4x4 Crawler 9398?
Reading a review of the 4x4 it seems the IR receiver is different from what is included with the trains. From the review all the information we got was "improved CMOS motor driver with lower power ...
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Why did the dark grey color of bricks change? [duplicate]
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What is the bley (blay) color?
15 years ago there were 2 shades of grey - light and dark grey bricks. Some years ago, hue of new produced dark grey bricks shifted ...
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how to build a diorama
I have almost all the items from the Lego Castle Fantasy set, and I would like to build a nice full Lego diorama, but I have no clue on where to start. Do you know if there is a tutorial on how to ...
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Do LDraw files describe models, bricks, or both?
Sorry if this is kind of a dumb question, but do LDraw files describe models (with translation and rotation values with references to bricks contained in other files), or do they describe the bricks ...
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How Hard is it to Convert the New(ish) RC/PF Trains to 9V
I have a HUGE investment in 9V trains (think many thousands of USD) and was wondering how difficult it is to convert the newer RC/PF train systems over to 9V motors? Do the 9V motors fit? Does the ...
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Can custom content be imported into LEGO Creator?
I was reading this Wikipedia article that states:
Some people have uploaded custom (Lego) model creations for others to
download into their version of Lego Creator. Tools used include LDraw,
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Serial tower stopped communicating with RCX 1.0
I recently bought a RIS 1.5 with brick 1.0 and serial tower (no CD). I got a cheap USB adapter and installed the RIS 2.0. It worked almost fine for a few days. Everytime I started RIS I had to ...
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How to sell massive, vintage and unsorted lego collection with manuals?
So I was a big LEGO collector as a child in the early 1990s. The genres I have are town/city, pirates, and castle. To store them, I broke them all down to fit into 2 giant plastic tubs. I still have ...
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Mindstorms NXT Bluetooth Slow Connecting
I have just bought a NXT 2.0 and have installed the software on my laptop, and after some trouble getting it to connect I now have it connected any working using bluetooth. However it takes an age to ...
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How can I make a mosaic from a given number of 1x1 bricks and a picture?
This question is similar to How can I convert an image's pixels to actual LEGO colors? except that I need to fit a certain number of bricks of a certain colour.
For example, I have 20 white, 28 ...
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Can't open the page to enter my LEGO Advent Calendar code
I'm on a Mac and have been using the link provided in other posts to try to enter my Advent Calendar code. But the page doesn't work for me. This is the link I'm using:
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Help Installing NXT-G On Mac 10.6.x
I'm failing to install NXT-G on Mac 10.6.x. Whatever I try seems to end up with an error saying "A required file is broken" when I try to run the IDE. Could someone talk me through the steps please?
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Are there any AFOL clubs in the Atlanta area?
Are there any AFOL clubs in the Atlanta area? If so, do they have current contact information? I did some Googling but the results were inconclusive and I thought I'd shoot this out to the community.
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What are all the different third-party accessories that I can get for an RCX?
What are all the different third-party accessories that I can get for an RCX?
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Color Specific inventory list
I can't seem to figure out the correct colors for Model #7150 TIE Fighter & Y-Wing inventory list. My son has four different colors of "gray". Two seem to be warmer in tone (almost a khaki ...
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Ultrasonic problems with the red and blue balls?
I'm still new to the nxt thing, I try to make the robot locate the ball using the ultrasonic, while there I should be in a square area marked by white color.
How can I make the robot locate the ...
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LEGO Digital Designer is unable to connect to the Internet [closed]
I just installed LEGO Digital Designer on my Macbook Pro running OS X (10.8.2). Every time I start up the application, it immediately displays a dialog box stating "Internet access failed" as you can ...
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I have entered codes for days 1-7 on the LEGO Star Wars Calendar site and now can't enter any more
I have the LEGO Star Wars Advent calendar and have put in the codes up to day 7, however it will not allow me to proceed and put in any more codes from day 8 upwards - are other people having this ...
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Flash update breaks the Mindstoms NXT viewer
After udating to the lastest version of Flash on my Macbook Pro (OS X 10.7.4) The Mindstorms NXT software that comes in the box no longer displays the build instructions. It does load up, but the ...
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Cleaning lego: substances that can be safely used without causing damage? [duplicate]
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Lego cleaning techniques and tools
I've used a normal washing up solution of Fairy washing up liquid and warm water to good effect previously, but I do find the blocks ...
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How versatile are the parts in a lego pirate ship set?
I am looking at buying one of the pirate ship sets, such as 6285-1: Black Seas Barracuda,
however, I am concerned the parts in the set are too specialized, and could not be easily adapted to make ...
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What is a good ratio to buy bricks in?
I want to add to my collection by buying an assortment of 2x4,2x2,1x2, and 1x1 bricks in a variety of colors. I want these to be general purpose bricks, primarily for sculptures and buildings.
What ...
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Does the LEGO company sell LEGO brick organization bins? [duplicate]
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What are some storage options?
Are there official LEGO brick storage and organization bins available? If not, then what good 3rd party options are there? I'm looking ...
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Options for sorting old and new versions of colors
I'm working on sorting my LEGO collection. I'm sorting by part then color, with colors mixed when it makes sense (e.g. black is separated out, but medium blue and dark red are together). I'm trying to ...
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Building instructions from an LXF file
I've downloaded an LXF file from rebrickable.com. Which software do I need (for Windows and/or Linux) to get the building instructions based on the LXF file?
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Ninjago lightning and fire dragons
I am searching (to buy) the lighting dragon and the fire dragon from the Ninjago series. I am not interested in other parts of those sets, I'm just searching for the dragons themselves.
I have ...
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Is this antenna a LEGO piece?
I came across this piece while sorting:
It appears to be similar to 2569, but it's clearly a different part. 2569 doesn't have the ridges and has a spherical tip rather than the cylindrical one on ...
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Apart from the LEGO brick, is there any other hardware that has an NXT firmware written for it?
I am trying to find out if you can upload LEGO NXT byte-code to any other hardware, so I am just checking to see if anyone has ever written the LEGO firmware for any other hardware. Maybe hardware ...
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Why do some sets have two different numbers? [duplicate]
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Why did Lego use the same number for two different sets?
For example, 324 Ricky Racoon on his Scooter and 3605 Ricky Racoon and his Scooter appear to be identical in ...
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I need help with a broken LEGO motor
I have a LEGO motor and it broke but I didn't know why so I took apart the LEGO motor to see if the wires were the problem. I tested the wires to see if they were working but they weren't and I can't ...
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Is the 3rd party vendor Amazing Armory still around?
I heard that he was a scammer, but he made some good stuff and quite a few people have some of the great visors and guns he made.
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NXT Bluetooth “Failed!” when turning on
When I attempt to turn on my bluetooth, the response on the display after about 5 seconds is "Failed!" Then I'm sent back to the main menu.
I've reset the unit and updated to latest firmware (1.31) ...
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Setting priorities in LEGO NXT Programmer
For a sumo bot competition I made a robot that has a perfectly functioning ultrasonic senor. However, when I made a second branch on the program for a light sensor, I calibrated the light sensor and ...
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Programming the NXT brick using an ipad app
for the past few years, I have been using netbooks to program the NXT. I would like to move into the 21st century and use ipads. Is there an ipad app for programming the NXT brick?
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What disinfectant can I use on used LEGO parts? [duplicate]
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LEGO cleaning techniques and tools
I usually purchase LEGO parts at yard sales and the like and would like to disinfect them before using them. Can I use any spray ...
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Were there any non “misson-x” sets from the LEGO Alpha Team Range (as in with the PC Game)?
In the LEGO Alpha Team Range, there's "Mission: Deep Sea" and "Misson: Deep Freeze", but were there any sets in the same "theme" as the computer game (and the same characters)?
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How many themes have been released by LEGO?
I would like to know the various themes, current & discontinued, that LEGO has released in brick/element form.
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NXT motors not moving?
I've been looking around the net for a solution to this problem, to no avail.
After taking my NXT v1 out of storage, I tried using a motor, but it sortof just, moves back and forth once, then ...
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Bluetooth pairing successful in OSX but Mindstorms NXT software still can't connect
I'm using OSX Mountain Lion. I've installed the Mindstorms NXT software successfully using the NXT Script.rb script from Lego's web site, which is supposed to tweak the install so that it is ...
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How Can I paint my LEGO Bricks? [duplicate]
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How do I change the color of a brick?
Is there a way that I can paint a white LEGO brick? I would prefer paints that will not come off easily.
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Is the Antikhythera clock design available as Open Source?
After reading and watch the video about the Antikhythera Clock, I am curious if the design reference (or better yet the instruction manual) is available as OpenSource.
Why? Because it would be cool ...
