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  Re: Yellow blues...
 
Try putting the pneumatic airtank next to another blue brick and see what happens :) Did not someone report that the hubs in that set appeared to be made out of some other plastic then ABS? (21 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: Yellow blues...
 
(...) Now that I have built the model (highly recommended BTW), I must confess that the color difference is almost invisible to the unwarned eye. You see it best under fluorescent light that give a slightly greenish tint to the old yellow color... (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: Yellow blues...
 
(...) IIRC, there was some speculation about the material used for the tires, which seemed less "rubbery" in 8455 than similar tires in previous sets. Dave (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: Yellow blues...
 
(...) Ah, yes! My bad, sorry! (20 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: Yellow blues...
 
(...) Seems as rubbery as the tires I got with my 8446... maybe slightly more since they are new and clean ! Philo (20 years ago, 4-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  8455 tires (Re: Yellow blues...)
 
(...) I know this issue has been discussed before, so forgive any redundancy. After examining my 8455 backhoe, the larger rear tires (which look just like the "power puller" type from 8466, but are slightly smaller) are less rubbery than the power (...) (20 years ago, 4-Dec-03, to lugnet.technic)

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