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In lugnet.general, Allan Bedford writes:
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> > Or this 8-wheeled fire truck with 6 steering wheels:
> > http://www.marzdistribution.com/insideMarz/moreinfo.cfm?ID=LEGO-8454
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> This is a disaster.
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> Frankly, I don't even see a fire truck in that picture. If you removed the
> label and asked people to identify it, I'll bet you wouldn't get 'fire
> truck' as your first answer more than 1/2 the time.
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> What I can't understand is how the company can release the backhoe (which is
> a reasonably accurate scale representation of a real vehicle) and also
> release that "fire truck" which looks like a VW van that got thrown into a
> blender along with a can of Seven Up. Were these done by two different
> design teams? Was one an outsourced design, while the other was done
> in-house? Something is different between these two models... the connection
> to reality is completely dissimilar.
>
> Can anyone offer insights/thoughts on this?
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> I know there are a bunch of fire apparatus and rescue vehicle LEGO fans out
> there. What do you folks think of this? Could this have been done differently?
>
> Happy, confused and frustrated... all at the same time,
> Allan B.
I like the backhoe model as well, although I wonder if there are going
to be any blue airtanks included... hopefully, since this looks like a
large model using the 8466's large tires. It seems strange to me to have
one technic set with 9 pneumatic cylinders: wouldn't it make more sense to
include a motor/air tanks/gear train instead?
As for the fire truck, it is a little different from the standard red fire
trucks we see on the streets: that's because it's an airport fire truck,
which are usually that yellow/lime green color. I would bet that the truck
contains a neat mechanism in the back, in addition to the 6 wheel steering.
While I'm not crazy about the color, it is realistic, but I'll wait to pass
judgement on it once more info is available.
Examples of actual airport fire trucks:
http://www.e-one.com/Cool_Photos/2000/LAX.jpg
http://thunder.prohosting.com/~arff-2/arff/waltek/06.jpg
The truck on the right in the first photo looks most like the LEGO model.
There is also a technic R/C car in silver...
Build well
John
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| (...) Really? See the link near the bottom of this post. I think a lot of them are still traditional red, or often bright yellow. Just my opinion, I really can't back this up with any data. (...) Mechanism to do what do you think? I figure the two (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) earlier this year and saw those actual trucks or ones very like them. It's sort of what you'd get if you mixed that reviled lime green LEGO color with the standard LEGO yellow we love so much, and then added a bit of white to lighten things (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) This is what I think of when I think of LEGO Technic models. This has a very realistic look to it. Very well done! Someone once asked me why I felt so strongly that the Jack Stone series was a bad move for the company. I told them that, "it (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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