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Re: Strange "cartoon" gears?
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 14 Dec 1999 18:27:51 GMT
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Ralph,
The prices quoted are in Austrian shillings. Check out the 'S' symbol for
the currency and the listed adress in Wien(=Vienna). I don't know the exact
exchange rate at the time, but I'm pretty sure there were several shillings
to the German Mark. So, the prices aren't as high as they seem.
Regards,
Arjen
Utrecht, The Netherlands (another funny country with a funny currency ;-))
"Ralph Hempel" <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote in message
news:000001bf4650$9c967fa0$0500000a@pro150...
> > In lugnet.robotics, Mark Koesel writes:
> > > These gears were part of the original "Technical Building Sets" line • that
> > > was never made available here in the US. All the gears have teeth • counts
> > > which are multiples of 3. The red gears have 9 (3 x 3), the blue have
> > > 15 (3 x 5) and the yellow 21 (3 x 7). The sets contained • translucent-ish
> > > white technic axles, and grey 2x4 blocks with holes throughout. Red
> > > bushings (similar to today's grey technic bushings) were also included.
> > > Some sets also had special cast-metal cross axle parts which were used • to
> > > mount these gears to the 4.5v motors available at that time. The first
> > > line of these sets was released in 1970. The sets were 800, 801 and • 802.
> > > You can see them here:
> > >
> > > http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/katalog/gk70/GK70-16.JPG
>
> I'm pretty sure I have 801, I can remember building a windmill that was
> able to shred tissue paper (and fingers if you were not careful).
>
> Check out the prices on the cat sheet. DM270 for the motor kit. Back then
> you could get a LOT of Marks for a dollar (about 4 if I remember • correctly)
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> Even so, those were pretty high prices....
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> Please correct me if I'm wrong about the DM currency.
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> Cheers,
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> Ralph Hempel - P.Eng
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> The bus stops at the bus station,
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| (...) Thanks Arjen, In my haste, I didn't realize the importance of the S symbol, it would have been DM like in my Marklin catalogs...I guess I saw the German text and jumped to conclusions... Cheers, Ralph (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) able to shred tissue paper (and fingers if you were not careful). Check out the prices on the cat sheet. DM270 for the motor kit. Back then you could get a LOT of Marks for a dollar (about 4 if I remember correctly) Even so, those were pretty (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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