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Re: TECHNIC IS NOT DEAD!!!
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.technic
Date: 
Tue, 7 Jan 2003 08:02:54 GMT
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> 8454 - Funny how the more ugly set got more responds than the other one.
> However, this pile of liftarms has more than meets the eye:
> 
> 1. The knob closer to the front seems to have double action: It is not
> steering like the one behind it, but is connected to some kind of liftarm,
> enabling it to work as a four-direction joystick.

agreed
under the back knob you can see the ball-pin
the front knob is connected to it
but the front knob seems to be enable to move in one direction only

> 2. The thing between the green liftarm and the black panel at the back is
> the regular engine; I guess it is connected to the non-steering wheels.

i agree
when i sharp a little bit the picture then it shows part-studs of engine
bricks

> 3. The blue hose between the wheels is connected to the red "thing" close
to it.

yes and when you look closer you can see that this red thing is a fire
extinguisher
simmilar to http://peeron.com/inv/parts/4599
and above the rolled hose you can see two black
http://peeron.com/inv/parts/75535
one upper and other lower to enaboe the hose to pull out

> 4. Nothing seems to open on the body - no doors of any kind, so there is
> something else that is hiding there.
> 5. There are two dark gray handles next to the steering knob, that has to
> control something like...

like door open knobs on the roof in http://guide.lugnet.com/set/8466
but i think they are pushed to the front instead of to the down

> 6. ...(did someone say) a water gun! Could this be the first hydro-lego • set,
> or is it just my imagination?

i think it's true :)))



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  Re: TECHNIC IS NOT DEAD!!!
 
Hello all, After reading all the threads of the original message, I would like to contribute my 2 cents, (before I’ll gladly give them, along with few hundred dollars more to Lego). 8454 – Funny how the more ugly set got more responds than the other (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

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