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This discussion of the 8880 and 8448 Super Cars has been great. I don't own either yet, and find it difficult to decide between buying the older 8880 at auction or the 8448 new. For those familiar with both, if you had choose between one or the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: US S@H shipping 8448
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I'm glad I don't have kids to fight over Lego with ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: i need ideas for some castle minifigs i am making...
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(...) He spelled it wrong, so you don't need to stand corrected Bryce, you can sit down :) The word is ARMOURER (if you speak Brit English) or ARMORER (if you speak American English). Never an "OR" at the end. Kevin (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: i need ideas for some castle minifigs i am making...
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(...) of (...) admit (...) or (...) I stand corrected. "Armouror" must not be in my spellcheck. Thanks. Bryce McGlone (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: US S@H shipping 8448
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As did mine...er my son's;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: US S@H shipping 8448
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Mine arrived to day. Bob Fay Tim Rueger <rueger@io.com> wrote in message news:FG2Fu8.M5C@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | US S@H shipping 8448
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I ordered a bunch of stuff this morning from Shop at Home, and much to my surprise, the rep said that they had just gotten in their 8448's and were shipping them. I'll be getting mine next Tuesday or Wednesday. Woo-hoo! -Tim (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Technic Supercar 8448
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I just got mine today. "Mine" meaning my boy's, who won't be getting it until his birthday in late October:-( I *hate* waiting:-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Fluid inside Pneumatics
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(...) Huh, interesting. I didn't use water extensively, but I tried it, and mine weren't ruined. And these would definitely have been the old style. (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Fluid inside Pneumatics
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(...) As we learned in the robotics ng, air _is_ a fluid. :) Anyway, I know what you mean. I don't have any pneumatic stuff now, but I remember testing this as a kid and it worked fine. (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: i need ideas for some castle minifigs i am making...
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(...) an armouror makes armour. he would work in an armour shop like 6041. (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Incorporating Throwbots Elements?
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(...) Frankly, (...) I have been playing around with these trying to make usable joints for mecha. I've found that attaching the shoulder pieces to a technic beam helps, but honestly I haven't gotten much further. One thing that was helpful was (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: i need ideas for some castle minifigs i am making...
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(...) You have to admit though, Tim, there is a sort of tough love/little brother/annoying cousin/kid down the street quality to the verbage. I kind of like it. And you have to admire that tenacity...like a pitbull. I must admit that I am ignorant (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: i need ideas for some castle minifigs i am making...
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(...) i need i need i need i need i need. well, with the addition of atrocious spelling it would be: i nead i nead i nead i nead i nead.... 'nuff said (no signature for yall) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Guide to the Throwbots elements (was Re: Incorporating Throwbots Elements?
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(...) I keep finding more and more ways to use the Throwbots elements with the older "standard" LEGO Technic elements, and many of them are quite stable. In fact, it's really making me respect the amount of time and attention the engineers at TLG (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Transmission
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(...) I've thought about it (as an automatic, with speed-induced pressure determining the gear), but never tried actually building it. To avoid gear meshing trouble, it might be worth trying a setup where the gear-selecting part is moved (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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I now know that it is possible to make one of these, but does anybody have any ideas on how to make a pneumatically powered transmission have more than two speeds? I have just built one, but I failed horribly. It has two gears, but only one speed (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Space Original Creations Etc.
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(...) Yeah, yeah, yeah. (No offense) I knew someone would point this out. I did think about this and considered it, but I decided I had to make some compromises for using lego in the real (non zero G) world. First, if all the windows faced inwards (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New Technic Supercar 8448
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(...) It _says_ 'hydraulic' in many places, but it's really a pneumatic cylinder/plunger with a spring. Compressing, the plungers' valve opens all the way; releasing, airflow is restricted and slow the expansion of the spring. -gbr (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New Technic Supercar 8448
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D Garcia wrote in message ... (...) Okay, I stand corrected. It is hydraulics. I told you I can read. (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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