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Re: What non-LEGO entities are lurking in your LEGO collection?
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 7 Mar 2000 04:37:46 GMT
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Oh Yeah!
I had that set. I remember that one. It had a little lever so you could
make the elevator turn based on the car's wheels.
Do you remember BioTron and GyroCopter?
Erik Olson <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:Fr1BCC.97o@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Brad Hamilton writes:
> > I forgot. I also have some bits and pieces of old Micronaut toys. These
> > were my favorites prior to my discovering LEGO. They were made up of
> > interchangeable pieces as well. They were popular in about 1973-77. Did
> > anyone play with these?
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> All the time -- they were much easier to get than Star Wars figures!
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> Eventually, though, the play value fell victim to the screwdriver! The • varieties
> of peg and connector families gave place to studying the types of screws • and the
> proper tools to get them out! Once open, the Micronauts revealed an inner • world
> of intricately connected gears, rods, motors, springs, rubber bands, ball • and
> socket joints, and a bit of glue (oops.) The ultimate in disassembly was • the
> Stratastation motorized base which was powered by the wheels of a car • parked on
> the middle level (so like the proverbial trapped hamster...)
>
> Somehow the Micronauts never fit back together as tightly again. Baron • Karza's
> butt forever rattled after the operation.
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