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I saw this from Brickbay, pictures of the new Technic Car ride at LegoLand in California - USA (URL) anybody think that a model of the car will be sold as a set? If so, let us know Thanks Michael Edwards (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Okay, does anyone have info on the Ultimate Builder's Set?
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"Krusty" <surfside_guy@nospam...tmail.com> wrote in message news:G9qptF.9EB@lugnet.com... (...) coming (...) Calum Tsang on the .robotics group says he just bought a RIS 1.5 set with a RIS 2.0 box in it, maybe LEGO have released some early or (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Four wheels good, two wheels bad
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(...) They are common as muck here; as well as the type of vehicle you mention above, they are frequently used as heavy duty tippers, skip trucks and cement mixers. Jennifer Clark (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) In a European context they are sometimes referred to as a "lazy axle" and are retracted when the load in the vehicle is empty or light. The idea is to reduce tyre wear and improve fuel economy by reducing friction etc. I would imagine that (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Guide to Control Lab
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"Lars Gertsen" <lars.gertsen@mail.tele.dk> wrote in message news:3AA73386.14FEDB...tele.dk... (...) yellow=used for yellow sensors(touch, temperatur), sensors needs no power to work. blue=used for light and angle sensors, these sensors needs power (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: When did Technics switch over to the 'new' models?
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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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| | Guide to Control Lab
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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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| | Re: a question for those with lots of technic
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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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| | Re: When did Technics switch over to the 'new' models?
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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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| | Re: When did Technics switch over to the 'new' models?
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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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| | Re: Information on an element
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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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| | Re: When did Technics switch over to the 'new' models?
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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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| | When did Technics switch over to the 'new' models?
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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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| | Re: a question for those with lots of technic
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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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| | Re: a question for those with lots of 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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| | Re: a question for those with lots of 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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