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(...) Not entirely a bad thing but I've been looking in to alot of harvesters for forest use lately and I guess this one is supposed to be some sort of hartvester/lumber crane. (...) Also very clever use of the bent beams to secure things. My (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Don't have any pictures but this is good news! I thought it would be more expensive. *sigh* Guess I have to convince my g/f once again that this is a relly rare set that is special in so many ways that I want to buy it... But I'll wat for the model (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Or $35 each, at after-Christmas sales. :) :) Actually, one thing that K'nex (the company) is doing right is to reissue their 'classic sets'. The Roller Coaster and the Big Ball Factory reappear on store shelves every year, right around (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Indeed, if the green bits were replaced with white it would remind me of one of the Eagle spaceships from Space 1999. A bad Moon series as opposed to bad Mars movie - close enough I think :-) I am still not convinced this is an entirely bad (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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I've found two sites with photos of the 8466 4x4 but when I tried to print them up they weren't that good :-( I'm just guessing these photos were posted in 640x480 but I want to get a better look at the details. Any better photos are welcome. I just (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I just built the 8446 Monster Crane Truck and I say we just have to learn to use these new parts! I'm truly amazed... Must be one of the best Technic set's from 1999. To bad it looks like something out of a bad Mars movie though... I think (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) And even more so for those of us who don't work with programming things in everyday life and don't want to have to buy super-expensive sets, learn a coding language or even buy a decent computer to play with Lego. Psi (24 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Perhaps a more manageable idea (less pieces per bag) would be to organise by colour so: black - 8880, 8860, 8868, 8412 red - 851, 853, 8440, 8837, 8851, 8865 yellow - 850, 852, 856, 8459, 8460, 8828, 8862, 8853 Put me down for one of each - no (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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<snip> (...) bet (...) I would like one of those! Build On! John Matthews (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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If you decide to make this thread any longer, please change the group... (...) K'nex and LEGO are meant for different types of building, IMO, so one does not exclude the other. (...) Hah! I've used clone bricks if I can't tell the difference at a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The Roborider 8509 "Swamp" doesn't have any in olive green, but it does have the similar 32291 Double Cross Block in that particular color. (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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What a top set that would be Duq. But how about 8850 truck and 8862 JCB. Perhaps each limited edition issue could be a collection of types of model. Set no 1 could include the parts for all of the super size cars, Set 2 for all of the planes, set (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Nope your thinking of: (URL) just checked, it comes on the Swamp Roborider. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:qrdoftlm7bc.fsf....uio.no... <snip> (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin, lugnet.technic, lugnet.technic.roboriders)
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(...) I'd be the first to admit that I should give up anti Bionicle and anti K'nex rants and go a get a life but I can't beleive you and Ralph Hemple defending this cr*p. (Incidentally I intend to get a life once I've got some more bricks at this (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I couldn't agree more. (...) Your completely right, who's ever tried to compete by bringing out a WORSE product than they already make (admittedly still much better than the competion's product). Steve (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) But it's not that simple. LEGO's marketing and development as of late isn't simply a new avenue of exploration, but rather an abandonment of their ideals. It would be like if Caddilac started manufacturing riding lawn mowers, cut back (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) For $99, you can buy an 8x4 foot roller coaster or a 5 foot tall Rube Goldbergian ball machine. (I have both, and they're both quite cool) K'Nex definitely has it's pros, especially for large constructions. And the parts are even more of a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Check out (URL). This is an Australian company that has built a sizeable market in providing science workshops to school children using, among other things, K'NEX Sure, they might have tried LEGO, but they way kids in classrooms treat any (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I always thought ZNAP was Lego's answear to K'nex (spit!), which is probably why it failed, nobody want's either. Of course K'nex is a huge failure, shame the people who make it (and the people who buy it) haven't realised that yet! :-). Steve (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I think ZNAP was an exciting departure for Lego. I am only sorry to see it effectively withdrawn before it had a chance. And I hope, like Ralph appears to, that it may not have been the end. If you compare todays ZNAP parts with original Lego (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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