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> In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Jim Choate) writes:
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> > I've always wished Lego made flat plates that were circular with holes so
> > one could make peg gears. Then it would be possible to build all sorts of
> > midieval mechanisms (Viva DaVinci!).
> [snip]
But they DID, way, way back. I still have a set (2 Yellow 3 blue and 2 red)
of the old BIG tooth gears. The yellow set is about the size of an
8x8 plate nad has a 5x5 grid of holes.
The set has the old white Technic axles and red bushings. They also came
with 3 or 4 grey bricks with holes everywhere.
I ALSMOST traded these, but now that you mention it, they might come
in kinda handy.
Maybe Gary Istok can fill the group in on the history of these giant
gear sets...
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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| (...) I have a co-woker who has an half-complete set of these in the original box -- I don't know the number -- but wow, they're cool. Is there any way I could find out what the market value of a complete set would be? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Now that you mention them I remember I have some too! Pre-Technic Lego gears. They are HUGE. I guess I got mine in the first half of the seventies. There was a very nice black chain too with two studs on each piece, ideal to join any standard (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Am I absolutely dreaming, or was there an earlier set of gears which were all grey? I seem to remember having Lego gears, but definitely don't remember multi-color ones. Such a set would have been from the early 70s (or possibly earlier if we (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Jim Choate) writes: [snip] (...) [snip] They came close with the SW Y-wing fighter. The disks that make up the engine pods have an axle '+' in the center and a selection of button holes throughout the (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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