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Re: Review of 6575 Polar Base
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lugnet.reviews
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Fri, 17 Dec 1999 03:26:30 GMT
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In lugnet.reviews, Frank Filz writes:
> This juniorized set is divided into 7 sub-models. The helicopter, the
> tracked vehicle, the snowmobile, and the 4 quarters of the structure.
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> 435 pieces per the box.
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> Individual Sub-Models:
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> The tracked vehicle is nice. I have never seen this track component before.
> It is smaller than the Technic track, and is free-running (can't be powered
> w/o modification). This vehicle while packaged in the juniorized method, is
> not really juniorized. The frame is built from plates and plates w/Technic
> pins on the ends (axles). The cab has doors, steering wheel, and a flip up
> roof. Bendy-arm components are used to make the little crane arm. The cargo
> bed does use 4x6 double inverse sloped hull bottoms (first used in the
> shuttle?). The nose does use 2x2 outside corner slopes (yea!). The driver is
> a green Arctic figure w/green baseball cap. In addition to orange sloped
> parts, several orange 1x4 plates are used. 1 pair of snowshoes and a
> circular saw are included.
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> Frank
<big snip>
The tracks on the snowcat were seen in 1999 on the Spaceport 6456. They were
on the lauchpad transport unit. They are MUCH slower moving than the Technic
series tracks, but also much smaller. You could motorize them, but you would
have to do away with the stock axle/wheel setup and opt for Technic gear
equipment. I have not done this yet, but it is a project in the works.
Can't wait to get a Polar Base!
Aaron>maniac@vol.com
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| This juniorized set is divided into 7 sub-models. The helicopter, the tracked vehicle, the snowmobile, and the 4 quarters of the structure. 435 pieces per the box. General cool things: There is a single instruction book, which has photographs of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.town)
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