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(...) NO!! LEGO can kill!! I have not seen it personally, BUT i've read stories in lugnet.torture... its not pretty. this is why we MUST abandon ALL notions of lego trebuchets. these are some photos i found: (URL) to nowhere. (23 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I'm about 75% done...and it’s never tried to bite me yet! If you can't handle lego safely, do you really think you should be working with pyrotechnics?? (23 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Save the idea for the "launch things at a castle" event. ;p (23 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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&$%#&^$#%*@!!!!!! ras-a-fras-a OK, so I was being EXTRA careful with my bridge...... super loaded all 10 of the not an inner tube rubber bands.... I found a NEW way to trigger the release mech. I motorized it. :) I locked the motor hook in place! I (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Add me to the list of attendees. I met Mario at Mindfest a few years ago and really enjoyed editing his book.... Cheers, Ralph PS. I just recently figured out that all the action was in the rtltoronto group, and not in the ont group...DUH! (23 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Well. no pressure here. :/ DID you know.... THE (pronounced thee) Mario Ferrari will be visiting our little shin-dig. As well as the honourable John Barnes. So I want a status report. and it better go something like this: Rob: No problems here (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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The passenger car bogies are 8 long with the pin in the middle. The Engine has one motor and one dumbie motor which has the same geometry as a motor. The actual size of the bogies shouldn't make a difference provided the pin is centered between the (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I assume that all the bogies are 8 long and rotate at the centre? That is, each consists of 2 3x4 new wheelsets with a 2-stud gap between? That's what it looked like in the photos, anyway. Jeff E (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That should be between the 10 and 11th studs from the front. Derek (23 years ago, 31-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Ok I figured out the size of the Go Train last night. Passenger Cars: Length: 50 8 wide length: 48 Bogie plate pin sits between the 6 and 7th studs from the ends. 38 studs between bogie plate pins. Engine: Length: 45 8 wide length: 44 Bogie plate (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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