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(...) Those are remote controls for the two crab critters. So apparently you can steer and control attack actions in the bionicle version of battle bots. Jonathan (24 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.year.2001)
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I'm not sure....That's important....check back or call, they might.... good luck.... Eric (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Thanks Eric, Looks good. Do Pitsco ship outside the US ? Their policy/info page is, er, blank (or my browser's busted) RW (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi All, In one of the bionicles that I bought (for the new-style gears only), I found a year 2001 bionicle minicatalog. Here's the relevant scan (400kb): (URL) from some screenshots of the bionicle game and a picture of a Lego watch, there are (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.year.2001)
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I'd like to see a Remote controll interface for the RCX that has a little touch pad simular to manual control box found in the Technic controll center2 and the one with the mechanical Tyranasoaurus (forgot the set #'s)you know the Yellow round (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) If anyone remembers the very first universal joints were the same diameter all the way along, they didn't have the narrower section with the slots that looks like a bush, I still have two of these but I've never thought to substitute them into (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Older than town Jr., perhaps... (...) We're not the target audience of a 15M marketing campaign, you can be sure of that, I would bet dollars to doughnuts.(1) 1 - a saying that used to mean "great odds" but now that a decent Krispy Kreme is (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.general)
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targeted at the older audience??? they abviously have not been researching us very well all i see around is more universal technic sets, no juniorization and beinging back the bulk sets (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hehe..yeah, that's what those meant (they were mentioned in the first post). I wrote up that post at around 4:30 in the morning and was too tired to write out the full names so I just abbreviated them. :-) (...) Great designs there! I suppose (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I don't know if your making any sense either :-) Steve (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) In the case of a RWD car with a *stiff* LSD in the rear, the inner wheel is always slipping a little bit whether on the throttle or brakes or nothing.. Considering that the highest amount of grip is typically at a 15% slip angle, it is not (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Olivier-- Very nice, simple designs! I wish I knew how to have the differential automatically engage the lock, but I can only think of ways that involve hydraulics... //Henry Chea hchea@kungstorget.nu *S* Göteborg, jaja, jag behöver inget mer! (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Conical gears in all the standard gear sizes, PLEASE!!!! Bring back the half bushings with the teeth, and put teeth on more of the lift arms. It's too hard to do anything at angles other than 90 degrees. (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yeah, but "the excitement is collecting" just doesn't sing the way "the excitement is building" did. Steve (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'd say get over it already, that or try Chameleon paint stripper. It's made for use on model trains it should get nearly anything off. Steve (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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ever tryied using netscape news? (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Why not just have toothed holes on all gears? Using a toothed half bushing, it's easy enough to convert a gear with toothed hole to a axle hole gear...It might be cool to inset the hole so that the hole would be as wide as a half beam, thus (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Oh yes, kicking, screaming, and banging my head. I'm still mad at myself for painting some pieces about 15 years ago (I was a stupid kid). Okay, back to the original subject: Here's an idea for NEW pieces (listen up, Lego): How about new gears (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) it may be a lot more effective in selling the toys. (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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Hello, I have built both LSD and manual locking diff. Both were simple AND worked very well, BUT they are not realistic; I mean that they do not work the way the real LSD and locking diff. work. I'm still working on that... One of my creations is a (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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