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Re: Flex tube material
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 24 Feb 2000 21:17:25 GMT
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Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ...
> 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?
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 in
1997, on 8250/8299 Search Sub. I'm looking through the catalog scans
from 1997 to present, and the following sets look like they might have
soft flex tube in them, besides 8250/8299 and 8002:
1997 - 8215 Gyro Copter, 8277 Giant Model Set, 8414 Mountain Rambler,
8437 Future Car
1998 - 8417 Mag Wheel Master, 8428 Turbo Command
1999 - 8246 Hydro Racer, 8253 Fire Helicopter, 8255 Rescue Motorbike
These are guesses based only on the fact that I see a flex tube bent
in a fairly tight curve in these models! But in 8286 3-in-1 Car from 1996,
stiff flex tube is bent into tight curves to make the car's canopy, so that
doesn't entirely signify. People who have these sets will have to correct
my guesses.
(It's amusing that the alternate model for 8286 uses the stiff tube bent
into exactly the same shape. I guess the memory effect is pretty strong.)
Chris Jeris
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| "Christopher Jeris" <cjeris@math.mit.edu> wrote in message news:FqGDMC.HvE@lugnet.com... [snip (...) Actually, all of these sets use the rigid tubes. The soft tubes are only used on 8250/8299, 8002, and (as someone else -- sorry I can't remember (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.technic)
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