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  483 Alpha 1 Rocket Base Question
 
I got this set for christmas in the late 70s. It's still in great shape after all these years, but I'm looking for replacement black hoses for the fuel truck: (URL) seem to remember that they were flexible rubber, not a hard plastic. I was thinking (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
 
  Re: 483 Alpha 1 Rocket Base Question
 
(...) I can't help you there, exactly, but the infidel MegaBloks makes a few smallish sets which include rubber tubing very similar to that found in 483. Dave! (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
 
  Re: 483 Alpha 1 Rocket Base Question
 
(...) with (...) Mega-what? Oh, yeah... those. Seriously, I'll have to check for them next time I'm at TRU or Wal-mart. The Technic tubing (#5109) is $3.25 from S@H, and you get one 23" hose, one 39" hose, and 4 t-connectors. If MegaBloks can beat (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
 
  Re: 483 Alpha 1 Rocket Base Question
 
(...) Yeah, it's a great set! I got two one year for christmas! Woohoo! Six inverted slopes with control panels! I was ecstatic! I still have all six hoses. But to answer your question, the tubing is not quite the same. The pneumatic tubing wall is (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)

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