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In lugnet.boats, Niels Karsdorp wrote: <snip> (...) It looks identical to the Playmobil motor, actually. I have seen other ads from floating boats from this era state that you can motorize the boats with "another toy boat motor." (...) This set in (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.boats)
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In lugnet.boats, Jeff Szklennik wrote: <snip> (...) It attaches pretty easily. you might have to "shave" just a bit of plastic from the top nib of the Playmobil motor for a perfect fit. also in this set: (...) I don't have this set but have wondered (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) looks good, nice work Am I betraying my age? I don't think brown and orange are classic colours! Tim (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.boats, FTX)
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(...) Motorized boats are not new to lego, take a look at the instructions of set 314 from 1976: (URL) I have two copies of this set, I don't have a motor and I won't use my set in water, but it would be nice to see boats moving through the water. (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.boats)
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(...) Snip (...) thanks for posting! my brother's got that set & has wanted to get a motor for years. The playmobil motor was the only one i could think of to get, but i wonder if it attaches easily? also in this set: (URL) a motor, & i suppose that (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.boats)
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"Thomas Main" <thomasmain@myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:I4CH32.uJn@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) Ah, for the ultimate in Lego Miniland R/C boats, check these photos out (URL) of the boat are here (URL) was made as a test prototype by the chief (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.boats)
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Over the weekend I spent several enjoyable hours playing with my 4011 Cabin Cruiser ((URL) the twin hurricanes passed through my part of Appalachia, we had one of those brilliantly clear and beautiful September days in the mountains that makes you (...) (20 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.general)
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(...) That's insane! The website also mentioned that to get boats to the wheel they also had to build the aqueduct and a tunnel. A canal tunnel. Wow. Rick Clark (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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The Union Canal in Scotland has a pretty interesting lock mechanism for moving boats between two levels, called the Falkirk Wheel. Here's an animation to show it off: (URL) Boats move between the top and bottom levels via the wheel. More images are (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) I think you should be, it came out great! nice work! (...) I like the cargo containers, I'm thinking there might be some other 1x2 logo'ed bricks out there that might work (like Octan maybe?) The repaint came out nice. I hope some other folks (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jul-04, to lugnet.boats, FTX)
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