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Re: Technic windup motors and other new pieces
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 29 Jun 2000 01:03:28 GMT
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I was impressed with the motor as well. I wonder if one could make a little
windup toy that walked...
Build On!
John Matthews
David Schilling <davidNO@SPAMsunteleia.com> wrote in message
news:Fwus4o.2z@lugnet.com...
> I just bought a Speed Dragster <set:6714> and a Rocket Dragster • <set:6616>,
> for the windup technic motors. I've been wanting something like this for • a
> long time!
>
> Turns out that there are a couple of other new pieces in them that I've • never
> seen. In the Speed Dragster set, there are two blue, 1x4 versions of
> <part:4865> (1) which is called a 'panel' in the partsref list. I've • always
> called them arm rests, for their normal use in vehicles, but whatever. • Does
> any other set have these in the 1x4 size?
>
> The Rocket Dragster has a couple of interesting click-hinge pieces. One • is a
> combination of <part:30364> (2) and <part:30365> (3), with a single • 'finger'
> on one end, and a double 'finger' on the other. The other click-hinge • piece
> is a 2x2 version of <part:30364> (single 'finger'). Unfortunately, both • are
> in yellow.
>
> The other thing that really interested me was the minifig shirts. The • Speed
> Dragster's minifig has one of the ugliest faces you can imagine (a Timmy
> rival?!), but a very nice shirt - a blue shark. Maybe this has been in
> another set before, but this is the first time I've seen it. And the • Rocket
> Dragster's shirt is a tiger.
>
> See pictures of the new parts, as well as the minifig shirts at:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=760
> and
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=762
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> Oh, and the windup motor works great! ("Pull back, let go" type, can't be
> over wound.)
>
> --
> David Schilling
>
> (1) or http://www.lugnet.com/cad/ldraw/parts/ref/search.cgi?q=4865
> (2) or http://www.lugnet.com/cad/ldraw/parts/ref/search.cgi?q=30364
> (3) or http://www.lugnet.com/cad/ldraw/parts/ref/search.cgi?q=30365
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