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Hi everyone; it has been several months since I last posted here. I have been very busy with real life matters and unfortunately had to take down my Technic set review website due to a lack of time; perhaps I will able to maintain it once again some (...) (22 years ago, 26-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Best all time Technic sets poll
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I'm not a Lugnet member but my personal favorites would probably be the following: 1: 8868 Airtech Claw Rig 2: 8480 Space Shuttle 3: 8460 Pneumatic Crane Truck I will definitely want to see the results of this poll though; it should be interesting (...) (22 years ago, 26-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: front wheel drive system
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That is a pretty neat assembly, and one could probably reroute each wheel's geartrain to a differential somewhere in the back as well. It might be worth replacing the crown gear/16-tooth gear linkage near each wheel with a 20-tooth bevel (...) (22 years ago, 26-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8461 - wrong piece?
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"Keith Blumenthal" <keith.blumenthal@wcom.com> wrote in message news:H3065D.5zw@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) No, there was EXACTLY as many pieces that there should be in my set. When finished there was nothing left. Well that was not entirely (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | 8461 - wrong piece?
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Hi I just finished putting this beautiful model together however during construction I found I was missing a technic axle of length 8 but had an extra technic axle of length 5. Anybody else have this problem or am I the only unlucky one? Keith (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: front wheel drive system
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(...) (URL) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Best all time Technic sets poll
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(...) Oh, that was never my intention - just filled you in. Perhaps a little unclever of me come to think about it. Oh well... /Tobbe (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 8558 - naming colors and parts
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(...) On the internet! Lojas Americanas had them for R$26,99 just for one day, then they corrected the price and now they are R$ 199,00. I ordered them and received them the next day :-) 1230 parts, mainly Technic for less than R$ 55,00 (~US$16,00) (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi Niels, (...) Wow! Where did you find them? Rio or SP? Which Store? (...) Take a look at this picture and see if "Metallic Gray" is the color that they are: (URL) There is another good site with lots of Lego colors: (URL) well, zanette. (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Can someone generate a picture of the design for the Ldraw deprived crowd? (me included...) Thanks, - David (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) a (...) (8 (...) Hi Josef, very nice setup ! Starting from yours, I tried to add a diff just on top of the main axle. You can support the diff with half beams, and have the space for bevel gears to engage the horizontal ones. Or use standard (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8735 set with too many parts?
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Hello It is quite normal to have some parts extra in Technic sets. In the 8735 set which I bought there were also these same extra parts. Greetings from the Netherlands Maico Arts "Øyvind Steinnes" <senniets@online.no> schreef in bericht (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8480 Shuttle not locking rear wheels
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<snip> (...) My father-in-law is 82 and he's not guilty at all. -- Thanx~ Nicole Drumm MS (URL) Account: drumm-family Geekshelf Account: Drumm-Family Bricklink Store: drumm_family or Drumm's Small Lots (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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i think that it is actually cheaper for lego to make the machines that put the parts in the bag err on the side of extra than be 100% accurate and make an occaisional error of too few parts. -tk "Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) No, it's not normal - go back throught the instructions, and check that the gear trains mesh with the parts at the right angles as in the pictures - this is *very* important! (...) Not at all! And I feel just as non-guilty at 38! ROSCO (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Øyvind, It is not unusual for LEGO to include extra numbers of small parts, including bushes, pins and 8 tooth gears (also 1x1 round plates etc in non-technic sets). I assume this is because the machines are less accurate counting the smaller (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8480 Shuttle not locking rear wheels
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"Frederic SIVA" <frederic.siva@wanadoo.be> skrev i meddelandet news:H2tzB8.7Ez@lugnet.com... (...) Unfortunately, I didn't play with Technic when I was 35 (in my 'Dark Ages' at the time), but now at 48 I'm happy as a child when I get a chance to (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | 8735 set with too many parts?
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Look at this picture: (URL) at photo on backside of the instructionbook (upper right corner of picture). Arent there TOO many parts in this set? All the pieces on the table is from the newly bought set. There are 5 Techinc Pin 3/4 (partnr 32002) but (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8480 Shuttle not locking rear wheels
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(...) I built it a long time ago, and I remember having the same problem. It's a little vague, but I seem to remember the problem was with a <part:3713 Technic Bush> on the axle that holds the wheel that blocked the movement towards the locked (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The first time I built my 8480, the back wheels didn't lock. I rebuilt it going back a few steps and they locked. There must be something confusing about the instructions... ust try to rebuild it. The front landing gear is pure genuis, BTW. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)
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