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"Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <talonts@vfaq.com> wrote in message news:3EAFFAAC.C448F1...faq.com... (...) There's a (...) hideous. It (...) still (...) shade). (...) puke (...) panels (...) to come (...) I'm with you there! The color sucks and yes, going (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Son of Walker
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I hate to see a good thread die, so I decided to throw down the gauntlet for small weight shifting bipeds. Mine has *huge* feet and looks kind of dufy, but it does weight shift. It is the first time I've ever used a micro-motor. (URL) else up for (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Dear Lego, please stop doing whatever business thing you did that lead to the 8466 4x4 off-roader
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In lugnet.technic, Steven Lane writes: <snip> (...) The problem I see is the most of the responders to this thread don't want a set for the models it creates, they want it for the parts. I say fooey to the parts, you can get those on Bricklink, I (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Dear Lego, please do whatever business thingo you did that lead tothe 8466 4x4 off-roader
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(...) Okay, he's the first to PUBICLY say he likes the color. I'll be the second. Any new colors that aren't derivitives of Tan are welcomed be myself and many others. Bring on more metallic colors-we'll keep using them. They key to using these (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Dear Lego, please stop doing whatever business thing you did that lead to the 8466 4x4 off-roader
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(...) I wasn't asking for either, the guy who started the thread wanted the 8466 I was simply saying the 8880 was a better set for 4x4 parts (4x4 parts being the reason for buying either set). I doubt Lego would make special steering parts (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Dear Lego, please stop doing whatever business thing you did that lead to the 8466 4x4 off-roader
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(...) If it's parts, then don't ask for sets and ask for accessory packs. If saying "Not the 8466!" cause it doesn't contain such 'n such piece, then ask for such 'n such piece in an accessory pack. If you want to build cool creations (and we all do (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Dear Lego, please stop doing whatever business thing you did that lead to the 8466 4x4 off-roader
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(...) I don't want a car, I never said I did, I only buy sets for the great parts and then build my own thing. I just want to build cool vehicles with driven steer axles. I also have no experience of the 8448, although I know I hate the wheel trims. (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Dear Lego, please stop doing whatever business thing you did that lead to the 8466 4x4 off-roader
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(...) <snip> (...) I'd rather have the 8466 over the 8880, even with the green panels--the 8880 is pretty neat, but overly complicated and doesn't have near the suspension 'out of the box' that the 8466 does. I find that if you want a car, the 8448 (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Well put Ben. I have seen Ben's steel bridge (and helped re-rig the cables to the pulleys after a minor anomaly), and I can attest that it is truely one of the finest LEGO bridges in the AFOL community, or in the world for that matter. It is very (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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I've just had another idea (...) The next time their is a poll to choose which set should be re-released why not have an advocate for each potential set. Each advocate could be drawn from the Afol community and state their case for why their chosen (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I've made available two Excel spreadsheets that aid in the design of trusses. All details are explained on the webpage: (URL) programs can be used to size the members of trusses. They have their limitations, and do not cover all types of trusses, (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build) !
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| | Dear Lego, please stop doing whatever business thing you did that lead to the 8466 4x4 off-roader
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(...) The only thing that would make those parts useful to me would be a Lego recycling machine set on beam. (Is it possible to recycle worn Lego?) I think people would much sooner have the 8880 which had a much superior 4x4 mechanism and could be (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Others may not agree, since S@H has had to put it on 50% clearance twice to clear out inventory. I too think it is a great parts set, except... (...) You're the first person I've seen that likes the pea soup puke green. There's a reason why (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Wow Eric, That's really amazing. Will he walk? :) -Anne (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Dear Lego, please do whatever business thingo you did that lead to the 8466 4x4 off-roader
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That set has been, IMHO, (next to the 8431 Crane Truck re-issue) the best "really big" technic set in recent years (mindstorms doesnt count as technic) The 8466 has so many good attributes: 1.a fair few studded beams, including the (exclusive to (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Thomas Johnson" <aklego@mac.com> wrote in message news:HE4DMA.1Eqy@lugnet.com... (...) cause i said something without any knowledge about the current state of the orrery i missed that the moon's orbit's not coaxial with the earth's one but as i (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Vertical lift spans (was: Re: drawbridge
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(...) OK, this is similar, but first take a walk down to the local auto repair shop and see if you can look at a 'cats cradle' type auto hoist. Here is my description. It involves one string to lift one end of the span and another string, which is (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I used a single motor, with all cables being passed above the top of the span to get to the far side (4 cables). One trick that I would do if I was building another one is to make the cable drums easier to adjust to one another, since they (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New 2003 Technic sets on S@H
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(...) They do indeed have new pieces (to almost everyone). During my frenzied visit to the Toy Fair showroom, I spotted what I believed to be a new Technic piece (though I later found out that it's available in at least one Spybotics set). It's a (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Vertical lift spans (was: Re: drawbridge
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Not sure where to chime in, so I'll jump in here. Regarding the lifting of vertical lift spans: I've built many of these over the years and my latest version (yet to be published on the internet) takes advantage of an engineering survey done on one (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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