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    Anybody bought the 8438 Crane Truck yet? —Stephane Simard
   I'm curious to know if all parts are exactly the same as 8431, including squared bottom 90's pneumatic cylinders. The photo from S@H is certainly identical to 8431. (21 years ago, 19-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Anybody bought the 8438 Crane Truck yet? —Jordan Bradford
   (...) Besides replacing the old style half bushings [LDrawPart 4265a:7] 4265a Technic Bush 1/2 Type I with the new ones [LDrawPart 4265c:7] 4265c Technic Bush 1/2 Type III the only major change is the way you manually turn the pulley wheels. In the (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
   
        Re: Anybody bought the 8438 Crane Truck yet? —Stephane Simard
   (...) Ok, you just listed the differences between the original 8460 and the first re-release, 8431. I wanted to know if the second re-release 8438 differs from 8431. Thanks anyway. (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
   
        Re: Anybody bought the 8438 Crane Truck yet? —Jordan Bradford
   (...) 8438 is exactly the same as 8431, except the number's different. (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
   
        Re: Anybody bought the 8438 Crane Truck yet? —Stephane Simard
     (...) Cool! Thanks! That means right now, Lego is keeping two kind of pneumatic cylinders in production. :) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
   
        Re: Anybody bought the 8438 Crane Truck yet? —Keith Hui
   (...) What about the box? Does it come in a yellow 2003-style box or a "silver" 2002-style box? (21 years ago, 2-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
   
        Re: Anybody bought the 8438 Crane Truck yet? —Maico Arts
     Hello Keith "Keith Hui" <buurin@accessv.com.SPAMBEGONE> schreef in bericht news:Hnq786.1oEA@lugnet.com... (...) first (...) differs (...) Yes, it comes in a 2003-style yellow box. Sets are practical identical. Pneumatics hose color is black. Not (...) (21 years ago, 2-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic)
    
         Re: Anybody bought the 8438 Crane Truck yet? —Harro de Jong
     (...) I just bought an 8438, and it also contained 4 cylinders, so it may not have been an accident. Could they be clearing out their inventory of old-style cylinders? HdJ (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic)
    
         Re: Anybody bought the 8438 Crane Truck yet? —Philippe Hurbain
     (...) Did you check the alternate model? maybe it is a new one and requires 4 cylinders ??? Philo (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic)
    
         Re: Anybody bought the 8438 Crane Truck yet? —Harro de Jong
     philohome@free.fr (Philippe Hurbain) wrote in <Ho8En8.1Cyz@lugnet.com>: (...) I checked the instructions. The alternate model looks the same as in the original release (a truck with small crane), and it uses 2 cylinders. (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Anybody bought the 8438 Crane Truck yet? —Stephane Simard
   (...) Here's a picture of the box, taken from eBay... (URL) (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 

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