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Re: 8475
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Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:19:24 GMT
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And if someone does take it upon themselves to snap pictures:
I'd also love to see a sideview and topview comparison of the 8475 wheels
with their off-road tires vs. the 8466/8458 wheels with their off-road tires,
and the same comparisons using each wheels' respective smooth, racing tires
as well. (This of course would require one to own all three sets).
"J G Gregory" <jgg@ultranet.com> wrote in message news:H0sAsI.Jtr@lugnet.com...
> Does anyone have pics of these parts up on the web anywhere? I can't really
> get the idea from the text descriptions.
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> --Jack Gregory
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> "John Heins" <Johnmhiii@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:H0rK02.99z@lugnet.com...
> > I have to say -surprisingly, this looks like maybe TLC is getting more on
> > track. This set seems to have much more potential than I expected. Not
> > being able to pry this away from my 10 year old who was busily building, I
> > had to wait until he went to bed to get a look.
> >
> > The modularity of this unit fits much better with TLC philosophy - AND
> > offers potential in other areas - robotics and technics. The drive motors
> > are mounted in "arm like units" which use standard technic/RIS connector
> > wires. Think "L -shaped" with the motor in a fat base and two drive • points
> > in the long arm (both are connected to the motor, but turn in opposite
> > directions). These units have 3 pairs (matched on 'top' and 'bottom' of • the
> > arm) of 2 holed mounting "ears" and attach to pivoting pads on the main • body
> > to provide part of the sprung suspension. Two of these units provide the
> > drive for this unit (its really 2WD). A separate module for steering has
> > lots of potential. The main "body" has two connector points - one for • both
> > drive motors and a second for the steering unit.
> >
> > The wheels are also quite cool with TWO styles of tires (off-road and
> > racing) for the 4 wheel hubs. An extra set of 4 hubs would've been nice,
> > but I'm impressed enough with the choice in tires. I personally haven't
> > seen these tires or hubs before though they might have come on one of the
> > supercars. The tires are marked 56x28ZR and the off-road 68.8x36R. The • hub
> > itself is marginally smaller than the whole 20x30 tire.
> >
> > I have to admit that the $129 does seeem pricey but I'll be buying more (a
> > bunch more) if I see the price drop anywhere. A combination of these • parts
> > and an RCX might be really interesting. The "battle bot" concept has • passed
> > throughmy thoughts as well - though I've got kids trying that waay too • often
> > in class already with what they've got access to via the microscout, scout
> > or RCX.
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>
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| (...) Greetings, Hope these pictures help clear up some questions. First time for me using the camera so they aren't as clear as I would like them but I thought you would want to see the new parts : ) Lots of promise with these parts and I want to (...) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| Does anyone have pics of these parts up on the web anywhere? I can't really get the idea from the text descriptions. --Jack Gregory "John Heins" <Johnmhiii@aol.com> wrote in message news:H0rK02.99z@lugnet.com... (...) points (...) the (...) body (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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