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Is there anywhere that technic beams can be got in large quantities? (Esp blue/green/red) Apart from the ebay auctions which have variable quality assorted beams (with say 40 pieces!) More like 25/50/100 of 1x16 etc. Do lego sell these at all? TIA (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: How about ideas for new elements?
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(...) Your evil, you know that don't you! :-) (...) I just can't bring myself to do it. Although last night I dreamed up a vehicle and the success of the whole project may depend on boring out the holes on three 40t gears, so they spin on their (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: LSD/Auto-Locking Differential Gears
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(...) Shouldn't that be understeer? If the inner wheel is provideing a force, surely that would cause the nose of the car to veer outwards rather than inwards. Steve (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: LSD/Auto-Locking Differential Gears
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(...) It works extremely well actually. It is easy to push the car when it is going straight, but as you turn the steering wheel, you can feel the gradual tug of the LSD working as the car goes into a tighter turn. On grippy surfaces like linolium (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: LSD/Auto-Locking Differential Gears
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(...) Manual Locking differential and Automatic locking differential I presume. (...) Does it work? Steve (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Curious, what do MLD and ALD mean? BTW I took some quick pics of my clutch-pack LSD (installed in my McLaren F1). Two views of the engine bay are here (I removed the spoiler and opened the hatch): (URL) LSD is near the bottom of the pictures, (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Bionicle Symbols (was: I'm sorry to interrupt your dialogue, Xtian....but...)
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(...) Finally I had some time left to create at least a tiny addition for my site. It's a better version of the "dictionary" I uploaded earlier. Now, you can make out the symbols much better than before and nearly all letters are complete. If you (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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| | Re: Scary Monster
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(...) Looks neat! (...) LOL...that would be an interesting battle; what weapon would that one have? ability to throw easter eggs or something? :-) -Gaurav Thakur, raving madman Can be reached at cp5670@supermail.com (URL) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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(...) Cool...I think I have a vague idea of how one can be made using that slip gear; let me know if you ever happen to get some photographs of the design... (...) Yeah I noticed that too...since all the Lego pieces (or almost all) are made using (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: LEGO Plans $15M Push for Bionicle Games
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(...) Don't be too sure. It was Throwbots that sucked me into Technic after I stopped collecting Space System sets around 94 or 95. (I think it was the price tag on the <set:6991 Unitron Monorail> that chased me away.) In spring '99 I was roaming a (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Plans $15M Push for Bionicle Games
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"Mark Sandlin" <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:B6FF1865.10220%...ink.com... (...) It's not about building pleasure, nor is it about creativity, so I guess that must be it. I just can't see people ever returning from Dark Ages on the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Scary Monster
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(...) Cool greg! Now you need to take some pics of it battleing something like... umm, a easter bunny! --Kyle "Hey, that's my bunny!" Keppler (URL) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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| | Scary Monster
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(URL) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: LEGO Plans $15M Push for Bionicle Games
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(...) I think this is the kind of behavior that TLC wants to occur. After all, Bionicle is about collecting. :^) ~1st Lieutenant, Fleebnork Division Muffin Head (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Plans $15M Push for Bionicle Games
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NOOO...OOO!!! You heard it: "Exclusive characters available only through an upcoming Happy Meal promotion with McDonald's" Now we will have to buy fast food just to get a complete collection of Bionicle characters! I think the promo sets will be the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Plans $15M Push for Bionicle Games
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(...) I don't think they will gather dust. Over here, the Bionicles are hot stuff. The shops can hardly supply enough of them! (...) The Bionicles are still LEGO. Both in name and in function. You can still use the elements to build something other (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.general)
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| | Lego biped links
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Hi there, Chilling at home for 4 days during Easter would be a lot better if the mail had delivered my Vision Command kit before the holidays. It didn't, so I'm forced to postpone major additions to the Technic Puppy site which require digital photo (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LEGO Plans $15M Push for Bionicle Games
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Ok, I agree with most of the fads you mentioned. But Craftmatic adjustable beds?!?!?! I've been wanting one of those for as long as I can remember. The ads have been on for years, and I know someone must be buying the things. Not only has the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Plans $15M Push for Bionicle Games
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(...) This is really too bad for most of us AFOL's. I had hoped that LEGO would return to their traditional business of offering sets with more versatility instead of all this. I can see it now, after all the Bionicle promotions are over with, the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LSD/Auto-Locking Differential Gears
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I have managed to make a LSD using the white clutch gear (clutch-pack type of LSD). Sorry, no pics yet! My original plan was to make a torsen type LSD, but after learning how one works, I have concluded that it's impossible to do with lego parts. (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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