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Re: New Roborider, Lego racers found
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lugnet.general, lugnet.technic
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Wed, 3 Jan 2001 18:30:04 GMT
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I wentlooking last night at Walmart durring restocking. I didn't See much of
anything On teh shelves at all, But then, I read a tag: "Millenium
Roborider: $19.78"
Cananyone else confirm this? Are they billing The boss as a Millunium
Roborider here in America?
Andfor those who own him, Is he worth $20 unlike the Millenia Throwbot?
In lugnet.general, Jonathan Lill writes:
> I was at Walmart this weekend as part of my post-holiday trolling, looking
> for all those odd sets that pop up on the shelves when everything new is
> sold out and I found the new Roborider boss, #8516
> and one of the new racer sets, I forget which one since I have so little
> interest that I didn't even want to fork over the $3 or $4 for it.
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> The Boss Roborider is quite neat as it consists basically of three separate
> bikes which attach together to form a trike. All three use a worm gear to
> allow the rear axle to change position. This is the first roborider I have
> purchased. I like it because back when I was a kid and I had the big Technic
> harvester with solid rubber wheels. And the most fun I had with it was
> building unbreakable two wheelers and throwing them down the hallway in
> races. Build this set and you automatically have three bikes to race against
> each other.
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> My main reason for posting though is too mention that the image seen at
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> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/8516
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> is of the secondary model, not the primary model. Worse yet, the images in
> every catalog I've seen feature only the bottom half of the secondary model,
> a gross misrepresentation of the set. See:
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> http://collectibles.echostation.com/fbtb/2/techrobo06.jpg
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> Undoubtedly Lego is shooting themselves in the foot with this error.
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> I'd love to hear some comments from people who have bought other roboriders
> to see how this compares and from people who have bought the racers.
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>
> Jonathan
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| (...) I like the dark grey wheel hubs, but apart from that it didn't have that many interesting parts. If there are any of the specific parts included you need, or if you are a Slizer fan, I would suggest picking it up. Otherwise, I don't see that (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| I was at Walmart this weekend as part of my post-holiday trolling, looking for all those odd sets that pop up on the shelves when everything new is sold out and I found the new Roborider boss, #8516 and one of the new racer sets, I forget which one (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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