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Re: So, as usual, late to the game
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Fri, 9 Jan 2004 08:11:04 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote:

This is step 59 on page 63 or whatever.  So I give it a tug to pull it up, and
the HOSE DISCONNECTS.

I finished building the Backhoe tonight.    I had a 20 page paper to hand in
(Derek didn't help at all!) and broke up building it over three or four nights.
So many great sets this year:  Shuttle, Helicopter, Yellow Truck and now this
one, the Backhoe.

What an amazing model!  I never liked pneumatics much before, but I can see why
this one is so much fun.  The previous sets I had were only one cylinder (8250
Search Sub, 8040 Pneumatic Universal Set) so having ten cylinders and seven
functions is really cool.

I also had a new found appreciation for the new rounded beam and unusual
clasp/hoop/whatever pieces.

Does anyone else find their steering to be stiff?  Like there's a snap when you
turn the steering?

Calum



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  So, as usual, late to the game
 
I, unlike my colleagues here in rtlToronto, end up buying sets many many months later. I just can't get myself sets the day they come out. Anyways, I'm building my backhoe tonight while watching that NOVA Mars special, and all is good. It's now (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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