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Re: Strange "cartoon" gears?
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 11 Dec 1999 02:30:41 GMT
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Yes, these gears are from the late 60s, I have quite a few as my parents kept
my Legos. There is a white gear which just fits on the old small wheel (4
studs), a yellow gear which fits on the larger wheel, a larger blue gear, and
the largest of the gears is the red one you saw. They do not mesh with the
technic gears, but are definitely easier for younger hands to use.
Brent Rager
In lugnet.robotics, Dave Johnson writes:
> I was perusing the web and found "Tim's Lego Pages" that showed his
> "Kitty Tormentor" robots: they shoot rubber bands. Very cool!
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> The rubber bands are mounted on a kind of "cartoony" gear with widely
> spaced teeth, bright red. I thought at first it was a custom piece, but
> then I saw them again at Marcus's excellent Lego site
> (http://www.fischer-mellbin.com/Marcus/Lego/lego.html) in his "Gear Math"
> section.
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> What are these gear pieces? What sets include them? Duplo, maybe?
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> Thanks,
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> Dave Johnson
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 | | Re: Strange "cartoon" gears?
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| My mistake, should have waited to see the picture. These gears came after the ones I posted about previously (white, yello, blue, red) and used the technic holes and axels, but mesh with the older style gears. I only had one set of these (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Strange "cartoon" gears?
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| (...) You can get these from Dacta in the Primary Gears set. John A. Tamplin LiveOnTheNet.COM, Inc. jat@LiveOnTheNet.COM 2104 West Ferry Way 256/705-7007 - FAX 256/705-7100 Huntsville, AL 35801 (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Strange "cartoon" gears?
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| I was perusing the web and found "Tim's Lego Pages" that showed his "Kitty Tormentor" robots: they shoot rubber bands. Very cool! The rubber bands are mounted on a kind of "cartoony" gear with widely spaced teeth, bright red. I thought at first it (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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