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Re: Strange "cartoon" gears?
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Sat, 11 Dec 1999 14:00:28 GMT
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"Dave Johnson" <djohnson@sirius.com> wrote in message
news:0FMJ006PAWGKZN@mta4.snfc21.pbi.net...
> 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 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.
> 
> What are these gear pieces? What sets include them? Duplo, maybe?

I played with these as a kid. I think they are from a set which also
included a motor, from the early '70s. They fit on technic axles. The set
also included technic bushings (red). Of course all this wasn't called
'technic' at the time.

Arjen


> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dave Johnson
> 



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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 (...) (27 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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