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Subject: 
Re: how to get started with pneumatics?
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Sat, 21 Aug 2004 03:17:27 GMT
Original-From: 
Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail{stopspam}.net>
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Joe Strout wrote:
If I wanted to get started with LEGO pneumatics, how would I go about it?  A
search at the S@H site turned up no hits in the parts or kits, and even Dacta
seems to have only one kit:

<http://www.legoeducationstore.com/catalog.cfm?dest=itempg&itemid=480&secid=4&linkon=subsection&linkid=18>

...which might be OK, but it's pretty limited, and contains a somewhat ominous
"Available while supplies last" notice.  Is this what people use to get into
pneumatics, or is there some other set I'm overlooking?  Or is LEGO simply
dropping the pneumatic line entirely?

Probably not - there are always occasional sets coming out with pneumatic
parts in them.   But it can be hard to get a bunch of parts without buying
a lot of stuff from kits that you don't need.

Have you checked out the PitscoDacta online store?

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If I wanted to get started with LEGO pneumatics, how would I go about it? A search at the S@H site turned up no hits in the parts or kits, and even Dacta seems to have only one kit: (URL) ...which might be OK, but it's pretty limited, and contains a (...) (20 years ago, 20-Aug-04, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.robotics)

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