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100 lb? Seems a bit heavy for a piece of kite string.... ;-) Duq Michael Camilleri <yellow5guy@twmi.rr.com> wrote in message news:GLBIuA.5I9@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yep. I only wish that Lego made a tire that looks like the old 24x43's but is much larger in diameter. What I would like to see is a tire the same diameter as the power puller's, but "squared off" (like the silver champion's) and with deeper (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I think the very fact that we have Bionicle today is due to the past success of the Throwbot/Slizers and Roboriders sets. Whenever LEGO has a runaway best-seller (e.g. the Aquanaut sets), they run the idea into the ground trying to replicate (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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-- Michael Camilleri "Thomas (T. J.) Avery" <thomas.avery@intec-hou.com> wrote in message news:GLCo75.CnE@lugnet.com... (...) don't (...) I meant the tires are too fat and balloon like for a realistic looking Hummer. (...) flimsy (...) With (...) (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I think you have a good starting point as to why Bionicle is appealing, but the full reason would be 'It's just Bionicle'. It's the flavor of the month. Lego hit the whole marketing shebang perfectly with this idea, though I believe that (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Andy, I think this has been discussed before.. however.. (...) This is something I've been pondering as well, as an adult with marketing, collectibles industry (gag), and 'net background... (...) Action figures have always been "cool". I think (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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Has anyone done a study to determine what is so appealing to the buyers of Bionicle? And I don't mean the AFOLs as much as the rest of the buyers... Is it: - Because they are robotic/action figures? - Because they have a full online story behind (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) And Learning Express marks up over retail too! Typically 25% I think (they had 3033 for 25.00). But that's because the individual shop owners are paying more wholesale (to their distributor, I think) than TRU is to LEGO directly. People DO buy (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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"Steve Tanner" <bounga1@REMOVECAPSyahoo.com> wrote in message news:GLCv6K.7nu@lugnet.com... (...) on others :-( (...) other (...) either (...) reorder. (...) as (...) line. (...) I had a conversation with the owner of a Learning Express ((URL) toy (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Well, unfortunately, this does provide insight from LEGO on how well the line is doing. I wondered myself as you can't seem to see the Toa or other lower priced kits on shelves much by me here in the midwest. Figured either they were selling (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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"Michael Huffman" <mhuffman@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:GLCq2z.H81@lugnet.com... (...) That's done it! Now Lego will have the justification to focus more on this junk, and less on others :-( The only light on the horizon is that these (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) No, buy it for the tires! ;-) (...) FLIMSY?! I have faith in this one: (URL) pounded it up and down with my fist and the suspension held up fine. With enough shock absorbers, it would definitely support a model the size of a big super car. TJ (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It doesn't even come close! Dennis' crane had a maximum height of 4.2 meters and I estimate this new crane to have a maximum height of around 2.7 meters. And there are other Lego cranes that exceed 2.7 m ;-) TJ (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.technic)
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-- Michael Camilleri "Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message news:GLBo3o.Kor@lugnet.com... (...) with (...) off (...) on (...) to (...) need. (...) raises (...) build (...) to (...) What is a geared hub? (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic)
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fun with photoshop: (URL) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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-- Michael Camilleri "Thomas (T. J.) Avery" <thomas.avery@intec-hou.com> wrote in message news:GLBJ4p.62s@lugnet.com... (...) with (...) off (...) on (...) to (...) need. (...) to (...) I don't want to use the power pulled wheels because they are (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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One thing I forgot to mention is that this will be powered by 4 gear motors on the back wheels and 2 to steer. The steering wheels will be powered by an RCX and monitored with a rotation sensor. The back 4 will be powered by a battery box controlled (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) One thing to remeber about hummers is they often have geared hubs, which raises the suspension even further off the ground. I've thought about trying to build these before, but never had any firm ideas - simething else always seems to take (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic)
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On the page it says 'the world's largest Lego Crane', but I'm not so sure it beats Dennis' Monster Liebherr ((URL) wonder if this might be the crane that's been announced for the Lego event in Holland in two weeks time.... (hence x-post to loc.nl) (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.technic)
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Use kite string, the kind used for stunt kites. It has very little stretch and comes in varying weights that go as high as a 100 lb. -- Michael Camilleri "Andrew" <ABNews@tesco.net> wrote in message news:GIqDxM.Aoo@lugnet.com... (...) has (...) (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic)
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