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Re: 8421 Crane spotted in Toronto suburbs
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Fri, 3 Jun 2005 16:03:36 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, John Guerquin wrote:
   The 8416 forklift and 8420 motorcycle are starting to show up in larger TRU stores in the Toronto, Ontario area.... but.... I was completely shocked after seeing this 1884-piece monstrosity on the shelf at TRU THIS EARLY!!! (there were only 2, and one had my name on it, and the other Dave K’s name)

after moderation: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1245961

Largest and heaviest box Technic box that I’ve seen in 25 years :) BTW, no chain - string is used for boom extension. Yellow battery box, one R/C motor doing 2 functions: a mechanical “switch” is to select boom extension or lowering the hook. 6-wheel steering.

It’s gonna be a busy weekend! More pictures coming after it’s built, including the inventory.

Play well!

John

What did it set you back?

Jude



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  Re: 8421 Crane spotted in Toronto suburbs
 
(...) The full retail price, ie. 200 CDN $ (plus tax of course). I'd rather buy it in a store than wait until it appears at Shop@Home, and then have to pay shipping too. So it's double the price of the new forklift, but this set looks much much (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)

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