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Re: Lego® train motors from 1966 till now...
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lugnet.general, lugnet.trains
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Sat, 17 Jun 2000 02:07:48 GMT
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Reinhard "Ben" Beneke <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> wrote in message
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> I just have done a bigger update on my "LEGO® Motor History" site.
> http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~rbeneke/lego/9v_12v/9v_12v.html
Ben, this is a great site. I find the motor history fascinating. I do have
a few questions:
I have seen pictures of a 60s-era motor and battery box that were made with
clear parts.
There is a scan on Joe Lauher's "The Construction Toy Homepage" web site:
http://www.chem.sunysb.edu/msl/LEGO/60s_c1.jpg
Is this the earliest known LEGO motor? Was it before you started
collecting?
You say that the 4.5v battery box grew between the '69-'75 version in set
103 and
the '76-'89 version in set 107 in order to accomodate larger batteries. I
have a motor
and battery box from set 310 (Motorized Trucks) which I received for
Christmas in '69
and I have a set 107 which I purchased in '85. The only difference I see
between the
battery boxes is that the newer one has a thicker lid (two plates thick
instead of one).
The size of the battery compartments themselves are identical. To my
knowledge the
battery size has never changed. Perhaps Europe used to use different sizes?
Are
you still able to find batteries of the right size to fit your set 103?
What size are they?
Are you going to expand the site to contain information on motors not
specifically used
for trains? I would love to see more ... keep up the good work.
--
Mark Haye, mark_haye(@)tivoli(.)com
IBM TSM Server Development, Tucson, AZ
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| In lugnet.general, Mark Haye writes: Thanks Mark, for your reply and good hints and questions! (...) This catalog is not dated, but I suppose it might be from before 1966. If that's the case, this would be indeed the very first Lego® motor. But (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| I just have done a bigger update on my "LEGO® Motor History" site. (URL) quite sure there are still a lot of mistakes in my use of language, but I hope the new pictures could help at some of the frequently asked questions about Lego® motors. Kind (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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