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  Comic #2 out, Promo listed
 
The U.S. bionicle comic #2 of 3 is now out. On the back cover are the pictures of the bionicle villagers promo specials at McDonalds. They will hit McDonalds from September 7-27 as the toy for the kids happy meals. There are six villagers. Also (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
 
  Is there such a thing as Bionicle MOC's?
 
Ok, I went to Legoland today and got the LL exclusive mask, I figured I needed something to use it with, so I got a few of the small sets, and 2 of the bigger in-a-can sets. When I got them home and put them togehter, I started to wonder how would (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Bionicle At Walmart!
 
I went to walmart today for some oil, and Low what doth my eyes see: a Massive Lego display, and on it-oooo yes- The PowerPacK! also all teh toa's, teh Card Game, Nui Ramas, Nui Jagas, and a ton of the new Dinosaur and Alpha Team stuff! I got the (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
 
  Re: New Civil Engineer letter
 
"Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com> skrev i meddelandet news:GG1utI.nE@lugnet.com... (...) what (...) Meccano is also juniorizing, and putting out more "models" and less basic sets. -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Flex cable option?
 
(...) What sort of problems are you having? I have a bunch of sets with flex system cables (with both the new and old kinds of connectors) but haven't noticed any problems with them. I guess if they are bent really hard, they stay bent and hard to (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Bionicles: we can rebuild them...
 
"Matthew Gerber" <matthew@digitaliris.com> wrote in message news:GFyqvG.tK@lugnet.com... (...) truly (...) you (...) No, no, no, he was referring to your adding it into the .bionicle group. Here in .loc.au we tolerate all kinds of discussion, as (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
 
  Flex cable option?
 
A lot of my older Technic sets like the 8856 Rescue Helicopter that used the flex cable system are showing some real problems. Many have heard this problem before and getting supplements in the USA isn't easy without putting down some bucks. One (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Flexible drive shafts UK?
 
(...) If you are asking about the parts that have white axel peices on the ends and the plastic coated flexi-wire in the middle, then they are Znap, (a Lego product). Znap was only availible everywhere but the U.S. until about a year ago. Lego (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: worm gear question
 
Hello "Jonathan Wilson" <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> schreef in bericht news:3B46B92C.F1E826....com.au... (...) Count it as one... When jou turn the axle of the worm then you can see the gear turn for that number of teeth. If you use the worm on a 16 teeth (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Flexible drive shafts UK?
 
Are these Knex parts? What sets have them and any guesses on availability in the UK? Cheers Robin (24 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Comment about Bionickle Colors
 
I have infact made Lvl 2 Toas, most featureiong articulated necks similar to those you described(but with STF flair). I should be able to get some pics of them for u all to see very soon...just hang on (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
 
  worm gear question
 
When calcuating gear ratios etc, how many teeth should I say the worm gear has for the purposes of ratio calculation? (24 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Comment about Bionickle Colors
 
(...) In the CGI movies Lego made of the Toa the CG models have a lot more joints than the actual toys do. I think the same models were used to make the package pictures. It seems reasonable to me, to get the arms and legs to actually be fexible (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
 
  The Great Redini Was Correct!
 
New colors have appeared! There are 3 shades of orange in (URL) (the floating head at (URL) said that the new colors could be found found at Bionicle.com, and I think they were! Huki (a bionicle guy who lives in Po-Koro) has a mask that looks DARK (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
 
  Re: scanning for new parts
 
"Thomas (T. J.) Avery" <thomas.avery@intec-hou.com> wrote in message news:GG2A1F.GLK@lugnet.com... (...) could (...) are (...) I know what you mean. Lego has this facination of driving us nuts. Being a Technic fan more than the other themes, I (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: scanning for new parts
 
(...) That is a very nice idea...it would really help to know exactly what you're buying. People would not be forced to find a parts inventory list or head for Brickshelf to see what elements the set comes with. Looks like the 8465 and 8466 will (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: MOC Contest
 
It has been two Weeks Since Someone sent me a MOC Entrie, I need another One. (24 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
 
  Comment about Bionickle Colors
 
Hey Y'all: Okay, so once I finally saw one of these Bionickle cannisters cracked open and strewn about the shelf of a local store I got curious to own one. Some of the parts did actually look interesting in terms of expanding my teeny collection of (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
 
  Re: scanning for new parts
 
What I would like Lego to do is make more pictures and descriptions available. How much would it cost them to post a few more pictures of 8466 (and others, too) on the Net or simply put more text descriptions? We could get a better look at the beast (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: scanning for new parts
 
You're right, it does look like the 32186 of the 8448! When I look closely at the main photo, I can see some bevel gears, but it's not clear enough if they are within a diff housing above a 16 tooth gear and did something like what was done to the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)


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