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Re: Fun with Lego Boats
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Date: 
Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:21:15 GMT
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In lugnet.boats, Thomas Main wrote:
Over the weekend I spent several enjoyable hours playing with my 4011 Cabin
Cruiser (http://guide.lugnet.com/set/4011).

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I took my boat out to a small lake and just had fun with it.  I had a reel of
fishing line that I attached to the bow and put a Playmobil motor underneath > and set it off.

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Thomas Main
thomasmain@myrealbox.com

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:

http://guide.lugnet.com/set/4669

there's a motor, & i suppose that would work.  are the boat huls the same?  i've
looked at the 4669 box, but don't remember a good pic of the bottom of the
boat/motor connection.  thanks!

Jeff



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Fun with Lego Boats
 
(...) 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)
  Re: Fun with Lego Boats
 
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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  Fun with Lego Boats
 
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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