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| | | Has no one done a revue on the bar code multiset truck? Its a pretty pricey Technic kit, but it does look interesting. My questions: How many motors? Can the controller steer as well as drive? What triggers the "grabber" than can be used? Other (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | | | | Re: Does anyone have the 8479 bar code truck? —John Cromer
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| | | | | Hi Dennis, (...) Only one of the new geared-down motors. (...) There is no "steering by controller" in the models given in the instructions. You could of course rig something. (...) A touch sensor is used to trigger the grabber. (...) The controller (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | | | | Re: Does anyone have the 8479 bar code truck? —Hao-yang Wang
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| | | | (...) One. (...) The controller has only one motor output, as well as one input for touch sensor. Thesedays I use it solely as a fancy battery box. (...) A touch sensor. You can see it from the picture in the S@H catalog. (...) You get a decent mix (...) (25 years ago, 25-Sep-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | | | | | Re: Does anyone have the 8479 bar code truck? —John Morgan
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| | | | | (...) Hi Dennis One of the interesting but not clearly documented parts of the Code pilot Brick is the little white star wheel optical activator. you can program the brick to "activate" when the star wheel is turned. One way would be to set it to (...) (25 years ago, 26-Sep-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | | | | | Re: Does anyone have the 8479 bar code truck? —Rengenier Mulder
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| | | | | (...) These clutch gears are the same as those on: (URL) (1) I remember a post a few weeks ago stating that they only appeared in the Motorset #8735. If the Barcode Truck has two of these the set becomes even more interesting. Rengenier (1) sorry, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Sep-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | | | | | | Re: Does anyone have the 8479 bar code truck? —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | (...) Yeah, that post was mine. And I almost posted exactly what you just said, but then I realized exactly how much the bar-code set costs. It's nice that these gears are available somewhere else, but it's not exactly an easily accessible somewhere (...) (25 years ago, 26-Sep-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Does anyone have the 8479 bar code truck? —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | (...) I haven't opened my Robotics Discovery Set yet, but from the box, it looks like it comes with 2 clutch gears. The RIS really should have come with clutch gears. (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | | | | | Re: Does anyone have the 8479 bar code truck? —Chris Phillips
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| | | | (...) I just noticed the flex cables in the picture of this set in the latest Shop at Home catalog. They look like bicycle brake cables. That could be really useful for transferring motor power to other parts of a model or robot. And probably more (...) (25 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Does anyone have the 8479 bar code truck? —Todd Bertschi
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| | | | (...) at (...) This is something I'd like to know too. I've been trying to make cheap copies using other Lego parts, but nothing's working real well. I'd like to use the originals. Finding old sets around my area is a pain, so any ordering info (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: Does anyone have the 8479 bar code truck? —Rob Doucette
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| | | | Todd Bertschi <Cptgldfsh@aol.com> wrote in message news:FJG59D.LxB@lugnet.com... (...) copies (...) the (...) info (...) The cables are available in 5118 Service Pack (try Busy Bee) (URL) Control Center II (try ETS DYA) (URL) Nighthawk (??) (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.robotics)
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