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(...) I've got two copies, one of which which I got for Christmas in the year of release. Both use 'Shock Absorber 6.5l's. I always assumed (even as a kid) that the box photo was a prototype and the shocks were added due to some design flaw of the (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Try here: (URL) , this really works! -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "Steve Runnels" <netfreak16@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GDGEII.1x2@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Oh yeah, that's a great question. I remember that as a child I felt like I was cheated out of building that part. I guess I hated POOPs even as a child! I completely forgot about it until you mentioned it. Does anyone have this set with the (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks for the information everyone! Now I can finally tell what people mean when they create a topic called "Yet another MOC" or something like that. That acronym list is very useful... -Gaurav Thakur, raving madman Can be reached at (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) That's too bad; the scissor lift seems to be one of the more interesting box-idea models. I think many of the smaller and medium-sized Universal from 1989 to 1993 or so had the model ideas on the box as well as the older models. BTW while (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) If you just want a stiffer friction peg, you could try using the old pre-1990 friction pegs. (these came with sets such as 8854, 8855, 8862, 8865, etc) These old pegs did not have the two small slots in the center, making them very tough to (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Well, I've tried putting paper into the peg several different ways to try to make it stiffer, but the paper loosens up after awhile... Some joints just don't have room (functionaly or estheticaly) for anything but a simple friction peg, but they (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I'm afraid there was only one instruction book. The scissor lift did not feature in it, it must just have been a box-suggestion, (whatever happened to them?) Sorry to disappoint you Psi (24 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi all, I noticed that the box for the <set:8860> car chassis has a scissors lift. The scans of the instructions on brickshelf: (URL) do not have any instructions for the scisssors lift. Was there a second book in the box or was this just a (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) For a simple rubber-band-driven biped, check out (URL) you can transalate from japanese into English at (URL) is one of the many Lego Bipeds on my list at (URL) (24 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I once made a car with a technic liftarm 1 x 3 attached to a cross-axle and some gears to the back wheels. (URL) attached the rubber bands in another part of the chassis and lay them over the technic liftarm and then wound up the engine by (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yeah, I try to make them move as fast as possible w/o comprimising to much raw power. It's more fun to drive a fast model with radio control you see. All movies are 100% speed except the slow motion shot on the Lynx page ,) (...) (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yes, I'm pretty happy with the quality, especially since I'm customed to use my video camera to capture "photos". I bought a more expensive camera since I do a lot of photographing in the nature and such while biking/walking. I bought a Kodak (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) My local Lego Outlet store(Who just got half the Turgha In!) have been giving these magazines with the comic away for free in pre-sealed packets!If anyone is interested I may be able to aquire some more...But yeah, its all good new stuff, but (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) My local Lego Outlet store(Who just got half the Turgha In!) have been giving these magazines with the comic away for free in pre-sealed packets!If anyone is interested I may be able to aquire some more...But yeah, its all good new stuff, but (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Thanks for the suggestion, in looking up SNOT I learned what a SPUD is. (...) Jürgen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr> (URL) (24 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Good work Tobbe, one thing I noticed immediately is that your models move really quickly (or have you just speeded the film up? :-) I love the Killough platform, and the descriptions of the various movements make a lot of sense. I'd like to make a (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Gee, I hope I got the Lego Club form sent in soon enough to get this issue of Mania. The Manas, by the way, are the remote control crab-ish things. Bionicle.com doesn't have them but pictures have been floating around the net for months. (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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In lugnet.technic.bionicle, David Wertz writes: [...] Wow! That's actually a LOT of news! Could anyone in the US please scan these new things? We EU AFOBs would love to see all these new things too and I don't think we may get these previews any (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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I haven't been able to check this site for about 10 days, and was suprised today to see how much has happened. I got my Mania Mag in the mail later today, and with it came the first Bionicle DC Comic, and a brochure advertising the "Build Your Own (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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