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(...) Wow...that model looks quite impressive; I think I see a transmission switch between the two seats and those tires look like the huge 8457 Power Puller rear ones. I guess it would have 4-wheel drive from the name, and I'm kind of an off-road (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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| | Re: 8082 Universal set
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Thanks for the replies. I built the forklift model and apart from a few design glitches (which can be corrected easily), the function switch system has to be one of the most innovative ones I've seen! There is essentially a platform on which the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Looking for set for parts
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(...) Yeah, some of the older sets (8460, 8480, 8862, 8868, 8880, etc) are very nice in terms of functionality IMHO. It seems that today's models are actually less functionally advanced than some older ones (at least from 1989-1998), which would (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8862 Backhoe Grader question
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(...) A few older sets were also marketed in different countries with different set numbers. The one that springs to mind is the london bus, which was sold here in Australia as #760, and in the US as #384 (or was it the other way round?). I don't (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8862 Backhoe Grader question
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(...) No, the 8862 was available in the US as a S@H item, I dont beleive it was available as a retail item. There have been a number of sets that were never available in the US, a number of sets that were released in Europe the year before they were (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic)
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