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Dear LEGO Direct, Is 8431 sold out for good or is this just temporary? On SAH they show it as being sold-out and I was surprised there wasn't an option for back-orders. I decided not to worry but today I got my SAH catalog and I see 8430 but no (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8475 and skipping...
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I have only heard of a few serious problems that could not be resolved with this issue. But, on the other hand, there have been a few (like mine) that can't recover from this steering problem. I think you have a 75/25 chance in it being ok, but if (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8475 and skipping...
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Rob, Are you serious? I gave one of these to my grandnephew for Christmas. If you can't make this work, what is to happen to the rest of us? I hope his is ok. -- Bob Fay (URL) Hendrix" <rob.removebeforesen...msltc.org> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8475 and skipping...
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(...) I (...) I never could get my steering to center, no matter what I did. I worked with it for over 2 hours and gave up. My model is now sitting on a shelf collecting dust. I'm actually thinking of dismantling and using the motors for a new top (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8475 and skipping...
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(...) I just got this set for Christmas (for the kids) and under load it will frequently jerk or skip with the speed cutting out or the steering messing up. When it is just starting to move from a stop or when I am using both joysticks at once also (...) (22 years ago, 31-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Jamocklaquat - The waters are still - a brief pause and analysis -
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(...) The AI will come from the programming ultimatly. (...) The Super Mech-Bot has a Dual Vision Command set up. (URL)If you wanted it more advanced, you (...) The Super Mech-Bot has touch sensors in the hands. (URL) nice about Vision Command is (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Jamocklaquat - The waters are still - a brief pause and analysis -
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(...) It'd be nice if it had some AI. Perhaps a camera in the head, hooked up to a computer, sending messages to the RCXs? If you wanted it more advanced, you could have multiple cameras, plus microphones, a speaker, and maybe more sensors (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Jamocklaquat - The waters are still - a brief pause and analysis -
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Thanks TJ and Thanks for Spotlighting the Technic Beast in the Cool MOCs section too, that really made me happy. I have just figured out a few deatils of its construction. We may see it completed sooner than I thought. I would love to bring it to (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Toa Nuva have knees?
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(...) If the sneaked preview of several weeks ago was any indication, I was being prescient in my post above. (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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| | Re: Jamocklaquat - The waters are still - a brief pause and analysis -
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(...) Dang! 10 RCX! That's a lot of batteries :-) Have you invested in rechargeables? (...) That's quite a 'bot, and a serious building endeavor (plus a huge investment :-) I'm not really a mecha fan, but Jama is awesome just from a Technic/ (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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