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Re: Flex tube material
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 24 Feb 2000 11:47:19 GMT
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"Christopher Jeris" <cjeris@math.mit.edu> writes:
> But 8002 Destroyer Droid also contains some brown
> flex tube for decoration, and this stuff is very flexible, even more than
> the cable.
Cool! I've found that the traditional flex tub straws are a bit too
rigid for my taste, so a more "floppy" version fits my taste just
perfectly!
How about the tan flex system straws seen in 8001? Are they of the
floppy, bendy type too, or the more rigid type?
Fredrik
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| Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ... (...) No, the flex tube appearing in 8000 and 8001 is the stiff kind (it's used to make radio antennas, and body lines on the head of 8001). Mark Koesel mentioned in his reply that soft flex tube first appeared (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Flex tube material
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| I have noticed that thin flex tubing (Technica section 050) appears in at least two different materials. A stiff tube, which will bend with force and has some memory of bends, appears in most of my sets (8286 3-in-1 Car, 8444 Air Enforcer, 8445 Indy (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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