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(...) [snip] (...) Wow! this sounds like it might be pretty useful! Those motors sound interesting...plenty of scope for breaking gears... Any info on the full throw of the proportional output? Thanks for the review! ROSCO (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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8475 RC Race Buggy – A quick initial review This is a 27 MHz remote control vehicle set. It isn’t called Technic, but it is primarily composed of Technic parts, some new, at least to me. The transmitter has two thumb control joy sticks, one up/down (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thank you for your comments! I appreciate the feedback. (...) Well, I'm just lazy. Only kidding ;-) I started to find it more difficult to maintain the POTW and SOTW pages. This is a result of the lack of new Technic sets from Lego. I guess (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I think with that size of a model, it's fairly easy. With a model as compact as your crane, I'm sure it would have been a lot more difficult. It does take a bit of room to accommodate panels, and they all must retain a little structural (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks! I'm going to keep this model built for quite a while, so you'll definitely have a chance to see it. TJ (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks! The greatest thing about most of these new parts is the smaller cross section dimensions, when comparing traditional Technic beams to studless beams (or full-width lift arms): (URL) pieces that are equal in height and width allows for (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Let's hope that it's heavy duty enough to survive the torturous journey through airport baggage handling. (...) Um, no. That would be many, many rail cars. I do have one flatbed car, but it's not 8-wide ;-) TJ (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Looking forward to it. I hope you (and others from Down Under) can make it as well! (...) Yes, and operation of the digging arm is very slow once the tanks are depleted. I'd really like to add a few more compressors. The hand pump on the (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I hope so. That minifig is just about on scale with the model. The real machine must be quite an impressive sight. (...) Oh, the drama! ;-) (...) Neither do I! I guess I need to stop using the old style 24t gears (the ones with two extra axle (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi, TJ, I'd like to say I'm very happy with what you've done with our small part of Lugnet, the Technic page is now much more useful and interesting than it used to be. Thanks ! What happened to the "set of the week" & "part of the week" ? Also, I (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.technic)
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