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Re: Need help deciding: 8480 or 8880 ?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 1 Feb 1999 15:26:09 GMT
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Since I have both, I would say that the 8480 is better part-wise. Many more
gears than the 8880, and the 8480 also has 2 motors.
HOWEVER, if you have the choice right now, get the 8880 ... the supplies are
dwindling fast (especially for an unopened one). And you might find a deal on
the 8480 somewhere ...
Kevin Bracey wrote:
> In message <36b552e1.6262044@lugnet.com>
> legoverse@geocities.com (Terry K) wrote:
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> > On Sun, 31 Jan 1999 21:30:34 GMT, Laurentino Martins <lau@mail.telepac.pt>
> > wrote:
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> > >
> > > If you had the chance to buy a 8480 Space Shuttle or a 8880 Super Car
> > > for approximately the same amount of money, what would you choose? And
> > > why?
> > >
> > > I can't buy both, so I have to decide soon.
> >
> >
> > 8880. Snap it up now. Those are getting pretty scarce.
> > 8480 is still available at times, but the 8880 is just about gone.
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> That's just a decision based on availability, not on the sets' merits.
> Personally, I'd take the 8480, because it's such an ingenious and beautiful
> model. More funky general-purpose parts too. 8880's just a big car.
Just a big car???? You have to admit it's pretty cool. Though more 'Lego'
than the new 8448. (I'm talking about the body)
I would say that the 8480 is technically better than the 8880, since there
is a definite form that the 8480 has to comply to, and the gearing with
the switch plates is VERY cool, and compact. Contrast that to the 8880,
where you have a lot of room to place stuff, and there is no definite car
shape that it's modeled after (though it looks close to a Diablo).
--
Lee Jorgensen, Programmer/Analyst - Bankoe Systems, Inc.
mailto://jorgensen@bankoe.moc <-- reverse moc
mailto://ljorgensen@uswest.ten <-- reverse ten
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| (...) That's just a decision based on availability, not on the sets' merits. Personally, I'd take the 8480, because it's such an ingenious and beautiful model. More funky general-purpose parts too. 8880's just a big car. (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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