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Re: #7 axles and fragile parts
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 18 Jun 2003 19:25:57 GMT
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John Guerquin's utterance expressed in news:HGnooC.23uy@lugnet.com:
> Also note how the axle pins are now in tan in most new sets
> (used to be in grey) <http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/3749>.
> The friction variation of these axle pins seems to be appearing
> in blue nowadays (last year it was introduced mainly in black, but
> also in white) <http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/43093>
I don't know if I have just been unfortunate, but it
seems to me that the tan pins are a bit more fragile
than the ordinary grey ones. My hailfire droid had
several of them crushed, so that I had to replace them.
Also in this subj. - the metallic colored parts seem
to be made of another material than the normal ABS -
making them more "glass-like" and therefore more fragile.
well.. just me bitchin' :)
Keep on building in the lego-world!
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Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: #7 axles
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| (...) Don't forget the 8453 Technic Slammer Rhino (one gray 7-axle). (URL) The new 'mini' technic sets, 8451 and 8453 also follow the trend of odd axle length in grey, even lengths in black. (2 URLs) Also note how the axle pins are now in tan in (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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