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Re: FOTW (ish)
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Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:21:45 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Simon Bennett writes:
> Hi all
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> I went to a Meccano show at Whitewebbs Transport Museum near Enfield on
> Saturday (because I had been invited there by a chap from the UK Bayko club
> but that's another story) and I found one chap who was selling used Lego
> which I assume he had got by accident when buying bulk collections of Meccano.
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> Unfortunately I only had 20 quid on me so I bought the most interesting
> stuff and among it was an old 4.5v Technic motor BUT on inspection tonight
> it has no middle hole for the technic power lead and, most, oddly says 4v on
> the end. It came with an old (3x C-cell) battery box which was clearly not
> original because it was a grey box with a black lid. The lead problem is
> irritating because I can't test it! (though it only cost £2.50 so I don't
> mind if it doesn't work.) The question is, was this an early variant or are
> they common as muck?
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> Psi
These are the original Technic motors, from the first motor sets in 1979.
See <set:870>. Look closely at the wires, and you'll see they don't have
the centre plastic pin you're used to. Personally, I had <set:880>, the
black 12V motor, which I burned out with some dodgy gearing.
I don't know if they're all that rare, though to have one still working
today might be. It's just the later one with the extra hole was the one
taken up by schools, and was produced in much larger quantities for longer.
Jason J Railton
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| (...) Thanks Jason Unfortunately it didn't come with a lead. I have a couple of leads with a middle plastic pin but no motors to go with them and I have an old black motor but with no lead so I'm a bit stuffed for testing it. I guess it's 4.5v even (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
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| Hi all I went to a Meccano show at Whitewebbs Transport Museum near Enfield on Saturday (because I had been invited there by a chap from the UK Bayko club but that's another story) and I found one chap who was selling used Lego which I assume he had (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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