Subject:
|
Re: Technics in the new catalogue
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.loc.au
|
Date:
|
Fri, 1 Sep 2000 09:54:49 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
447 times
|
| |
|
|
I checked my local Toyworld, and they said that the set wasn't available to
them. I'm wondering if this is true for the rest of Australia, or just for
my neck of the woods.
If it's just for my neck of the woods, I think I'll just try to order that
set from somewhere in Australia through AFOLs. If it's true for the rest of
Australia I imagine TLG Australia (And maybe their Denmark headquarters
too.) will have enough mail, email, and phonecalls from irate AFOLs to deal
with for some time. :o)
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
Kerry Raymond <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in message
news:G06sp5.IxH@lugnet.com...
>
> So, Technics heads, what do you reckon about the new catalogue?
>
> For a Technics set, the 8458 Silver Champion appears to be more about • looks
> than engineering. Indeed, it looks very similar to the 8445 Formula 1 • Racer
> apart from the colour (I don't own a 8445, so I say this from looking a
> pictures). Its mechanicals seem to be a subset of the 8448, and I don't
> think that building a V10 engine block is going to be any more interesting
> than building a V8 one. However, the catalogue describes the suspension as
> being "unique" and claims the set involves "hydraulics", so maybe there is
> more to it than I realise. Certainly, I won't be paying big bucks for it
> unless it offers something mechanically superior to the 8880 and 8448.
>
> However, the 8457 Power Puller interests me, if only for the huge number • of
> chains I can see on it and all that yellow. I notice a lot of older • Technics
> comes in yellow, but my more contemporary Technics collection has very
> little yellow.
>
> Kerry
>
> --
> Kerry Raymond
> kerry@dstc.edu.au
>
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Technics in the new catalogue
|
| So, Technics heads, what do you reckon about the new catalogue? For a Technics set, the 8458 Silver Champion appears to be more about looks than engineering. Indeed, it looks very similar to the 8445 Formula 1 Racer apart from the colour (I don't (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
|
3 Messages in This Thread:
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
