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| Hello, and I apologize in advance if this is a really dumb thing to be asking, but... I recently got ahold of one of those firing cannons, with the black plunger thingie on the rear end and the long spike in the barrel and all.. however, I can't (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) I am actually guessing this is NOT a firing cannon. There were a few early ones in the US that had the firing mechanism parts without the spring. In other words they were disabled. More recently those pieces have been removed and replaced with (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) asking, (...) and (...) is (...) AH-HAH! Okay, well, that does indeed explain a lot, doesn't it? Thanks a bunch :) Dan (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) is (...) This is one of the disabled cannons - they can be modified to shoot with the addition of a spring (some disassembly required). They were later replaced by the one-piece non-firing cannon. Bruce (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Is this information accurate? I have two spring-firing cannons, both of which I acquired from a 15-year-old who was entering his Dark Age. He assured me he'd never been out of the country, nor had he knowingly purchased any overseas sets. I (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) The sharks and Crocodiles can also do that to them or worse! ;-) Signed, Rick LUGNET member 540 email ACS77@aol.com Lego Star Wars Classic, Pirates & Town Enthusiast (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Remember: It's all fun and games, until someone loses an eye. Then it's art. best, LFB.uk (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) "You'll shoot your eye out kid, Merry Christmas.", Santa Claus from the theatrical film A Christmas Story, 1983 ;-) Signed, Rick LUGNET member 540 (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| What kind of spring is used? All this time, I thought just flicking the black piece of the cannon made it fire! Scott (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) Nope, there's a spring inside. Someone here did modify non-shooting cannon (the disabled variety, not the one-piece mould variety, naturally) to fire with a cut-down spring from a retractible ball-point pen. It's roughly the same diameter. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) black (...) I have a disabled one. Can you give me more details on how to fix it? (24 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) I've never had to 'undisable' one myself, so I really can't, but if you do a search through .pirates you should be able to find the old thread which tells you how. best LFB (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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