 | | Re: Voting page 9905 (JOSHUA D. Read this) —Joshua Delahunty
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| | | (...) My TECHNIC is currently packed away and inaccessible. I'll need the group's help for this. Here are the first couple years' use of this element. If you (anyone, anyone?) have one of these sets, and you're reasonably sure it's safely been kept (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | | | | Re: Voting page 9905 (JOSHUA D. Read this) —Terry Keller
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| | | | (...) I don't have _any_ of these older sets. :-/ But, in checking the samples of 2853 I have (20+ free/not in models), all but one have the rectangular slot. I *might* have surmised from that that the rectangular slot variant is likely the newer (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | | | | | Re: Voting page 9905 (JOSHUA D. Read this) —Fredrik Glöckner
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| | | | (...) I'm not sure if I agree with that. Looking at the 8251, a 1999 set, it looks like it has a rectangular slot: (URL) then again, I haven't got the 8251, so it may very well be that the parts included have the circular hole. I dunno. Fredrik (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | | | | | Re: Voting page 9905 (JOSHUA D. Read this) —Terry Keller
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| | | | | (...) But you can't actually see the hole in that picture. The hole is not opposite the axle end, it is offset. -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | | | | | Re: Voting page 9905 (JOSHUA D. Read this) —Joshua Delahunty
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| | | | (...) Fredrik Glöckner wrote: (...) Gar, guh, gah, guh.... D'oh! Did I _mention_ that conjecture wasn't allowed? I KNEW this'd happen... <sigh> <bg> ----- 1990: ---- 8850: I bought mine used [and was ripped off by the buyer on this one, thank you (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | | | | | Re: Voting page 9905 (JOSHUA D. Read this) —Terry Keller
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| | | | (...) Made my day. :-> (...) Oh, the pain. (...) Thanks for the archeology, Joshua. So: Rectangle = 2853a T-shape = 2853b circle = 2853c -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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