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Re: Cannon info
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:42:08 GMT
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Timothy Jones wrote:
> > > > My cannons do not fire but they are also made of multiple pieces like
> > > > they were intended to fire but when LEGO decided against firing cannons in
> > > > the U.S. they just removed a small componet.
> > > > I actually had no idea that later pirate sets had a completely
> > > > different
> > > > non firing cannon.
> > > > Anyway I'm just rambling but this was news to me.
> I was wondering about this. I've only been into Lego for a few years and have
> hardly any knowledge about the history of the cannons. I got an older cannon
> at a garage sale with a black handle on the hand that can be pulled out about
> 1/4 inch. Is this the different non-firing cannon you're talking about?
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> Tim
There is a whole evolution of cannon, Tim. The one you have is probably a
transition model that was built to fire and then modified to not fire by
replacing the springs with a solid pin. Yours can be modified with a small hobby
spring (or a pen spring) but you have to disassemble it first. Firing cannons
pull way back and will really launch a 1x1 cylinder. Transition cannons (black
plunger) pull a short way back, and solid cannons do not fire at all, of course.
SteveC
http://www.widomaker.com/~litehous/Pirate/index.html
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