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"blessing" <blessing@icefog.net> wrote in message news:G9v7sr.L81@lugnet.com... (...) awwww man, shhhh...that's on myebay right now...i got about 5 more hours... (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Hello, I have just bought a used Dacta control lab and I use it via an ActiveX that I found on the net. However there are some small details that I would like get cleared out. 1: What is the difference between the yellow and blue input connectors? (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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(...) Ah, OK. Mild misunderstanding on my part... I thought the interest was more in the funky wheel thing, which IIRC these also use. I get to see these (relatively) frequently, with about 5 major industrial plants along the stretch of highway I (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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There's a mag wheel master on ebay right now for $37.00 (I think) Gary Krusty <surfside_guy@nospam...tmail.com> wrote in message news:G9v3Jn.B6F@lugnet.com... (...) Super (...) range...it (...) only (...) pneumatic (...) was (...) over (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Turbo (...) had (...) kind (...) last (...) axles (...) You know, I've been trying to get my hands on a mag wheel master now for quite some time, and it always seems to go just a hair out of my range...it just seems too new to me to be going (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Heheh...those sounds seem to be interesting. The town siren would be very nice for a fire truck, ambulance or police car... But yeah, they look as if they would be far more compact than the modern light/sound modules (the ones that come with (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.space)
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(...) It sort of started in 1998 with the 8417 Mag Wheel Master and the 8428 Turbo Command. These two sets mostly did away with using beams for the outer framework and had extensive usage of the flex cable sleeve tubing (this had been used before is (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Playing with the ones in my sound box, there are definitely two types, town and space. From the ones in my part box, all the white ones are space and all the black ones town, but I want to say that I've at least seen the town one in white (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.space)
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Okay, when you look at the 8880 supercar, you see the body and overall design of the car is made almost entirely of lego beams. Same with the Airtech Claw Rig. These designs are made from almost exclusively from beams. Now, when you look at the most (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Gaurav Thakur wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> As another poster stated, I think there were a couple different versions of the sound module for space and town sets. When I was about 12 I had the 6780 Light & Sound XT Starship, with the white version of (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.space)
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(...) centipede is a steel hauling trailer. That is, it hauls structural steel (or coil steel) It's the same form factor as a regular 48' or 54' dual axle trailer except it has more axles. Way way more, like 8 or 10. Same width, same length. Does (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Dunno about Europe, but here in australia they're reasonably common - often used for flat-trays carting building materials (brick pallets, etc). They generally have the 4 front wheels & 2 axles with 4 wheels each on the back. Many also have a (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yeah...I'm in the US too and mostly see the usual 18 wheelers. I have seen quite a few trash trucks though which seem to have 3 drive axles in the back, each housing 4 wheels (making total number of wheels 14). The interesting thing is that (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Uh, I guess the best way to describe it are beeping and whirring sounds. Actually, if I remember correctly, there were at least two types of this piece--one for space, and one for town. The one for town made different kinds of siren noises (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Cool...that seems like an interesting piece. What kinds of sounds in general did it make? I would get a scan link but it seems that brickshelf is missing the 8720 instructions. I was thinking of scanning and uploading one but my 8720 manual is (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Sorry, it's 6 legs on the forest walker. Pics and info here: (URL) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Hot diggety!! (Starts drooling) when can I get one????!!!!???? How about this? Using old blue or grey rails (non-conducting), you could have a transmitter & 8 receivers (assuming of course that the receivers'll be available separately?), one (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)
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Hello Fellow Technic Collectors I am looking for some missing Thorwbots and Roborider Items, Can you help, here is the list below, let me know if you want to trade. Many Thanks Slizers -------- I have for Swap Torch 8500: 2,4,4,5,5,6,6,6 Ski 8501: (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic.roboriders, lugnet.technic.slizer)
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(...) Here's one, although it's a heavy equipment mover, and has lots more than 10 axles. Lower left pic on this link: (URL) other types of heavy-duty movers on that link, too. :) James (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) That and the center of weight is closer to the center of the vehicle due to reduced length.. the US can afford to blow length on essentially unused space (...) This is cool, but what I meant by "centipede trailer" is one with 8 to 10 axles and (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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