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(...) That tractor was by a long way my favourite of the first Technical sets. I loved the fact that you could build three different tools for the back and I remember using my Britains farm toys (they used to sell very well so there certainly was a (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Heeeelp! My lego is cracking (and I'm not joking)
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(...) After looking at the pix, I wonder how much heat stress has been applied? If your work space were very warm, or you left the assembly in the sun, or something like that.... I have been working with the Technic pieces since their inception and (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Heeeelp! My lego is cracking (and I'm not joking)
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(...) Thanks a lot, M. Moolhuysen There`s something curious: the cracks that appeared in my Technic Bush #3713 are not in line but perpendicular to the slot. My fear is that all of those cracked pieces would be unusable (If so, I wouldn't be able to (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.co, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Heeeelp! My lego is cracking (and I'm not joking)
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(...) A question for all: Is 5 years too old??? My first lego was bought ending 1997 and I stopped buying in 1999, when no good sets were arriving to Colombia... and because they are too expensive here too. I never leave a model more than 2 months (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Heeeelp! My lego is cracking (and I'm not joking)
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(...) What do you mean? bend it to the opposite side with my hands? I'll try it, thanks. (...) Nope... none of my lego has been on open sunlight.... they prefer to be enclosed in dark boxes (once they stayed there for about 18 months)... (...) (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Heeeelp! My lego is cracking (and I'm not joking)
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(...) [snap] This is not a new problem. There are several parts that used to crack relatively easy. Among these are the ones shown on your picture: Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular (URL) Connector Toggle Joint Toothed (URL) prone to this problem (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Making a model of an real life car
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"Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in message news:H69yzJ.2or@lugnet.com... (...) Tempo (...) Prix (...) for (...) to (...) model. For (...) moves (...) the car (...) build." (...) The translation is good, but the source page is not (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Heeeelp! My lego is cracking (and I'm not joking)
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(...) Well, I have similar experience, and my opinion is it's because of age. My oldest parts did the same and I didn't do anything wrong to them (I mean things like lot of load, stress or anything) All I did was I built a model and than I left it (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I just want to agree. If you can, try to find as much pictures as you can, auto magazines are quite good source, car retailers sometimes offer quite exact sketche (It of course won't help if you're trying to build 1912 bugatti or military (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Heeeelp! My lego is cracking (and I'm not joking)
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hi axles can be unbent some of mine were bent now they are not :) you can do it in hands but carefully and about joiners didn't you set your model on open sun light, did you my legoland bricks especialy small parts break more easly than before they (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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