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Iain... I down loaded the "raw" footage, and... and... holy ca ca! Its cool to see what you do with Lego, but to see this and know you were a MAJOR influence in its design and fruition.... WOW! :) man, your so cool. no go and build me a lego axle (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) What's amazing IIRC about the Viper and ViperSE is that the idea was originally pitched by Iain to his boss with a Lego model. Isn't that cool? Calum PS-cooler than a $104 track cleaner. (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) let me get this straight.... $104 USD for a bit of steel, and some round felt. for $104 (or less) someone could rig up a new mindstorms sensor that measures the resistance of the track and trigger a motor to clean the required section. (using (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Calum is on a tirade... ;) Chris is on a build unique 'bot spree... (paper folding and now track cleaning 'bot) Dave's on a train layout building spree... Rob hasn't said much... At least Iain's still posting great video footage of awesome (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I dunno, I'd just hire some college kid to clean the track for me. Iain (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Is it ever any different? :) I'm just surprised how many people can rationalize a $150 product that is nothing more than a metal bracket and a felt roller and is of questionable effectiveness. Are people that lazy, or are there that many (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) What??? I just order 3 of these for us!!! One for each loop of the layout. I've even started licensing discussions with Centerline so we can produce rtl branded versions of them. I thought this was going to be a big seller and everyone would (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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