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Re: RC racer sets
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:49:42 GMT
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Jordan Bradford wrote:
> What do they mean by "groundbreaking new building experience with flexible
> nylon elements"? What pieces are they? Have you in fact tried this set
> outdoors in the mud? And how does that manual speed shift work? Does that
> mean you manipulate something on the car, or on the remote control? How
> about the adjustable suspension -- how does it work?
LEGO presented these Racers at the German 1000Steine event. Myself and a few
others had a nice little race on the hotel's backyard (even Jan Beyer of
LEGO joined us ;) )
The cars are made of plastic elements, which are held together by rubbery
"connectors" , a bit like Technic or ZNAP. This way the cars are both
sturdy but won't break on impact against say a tree (which happened to us
frequently!) They're very fast, have great traction and are quite agile.
Overall the best RC racer LEGO put out so far, surpassing all previous
models easily in durability.
Great is that stuff can be combined between boxes and that it comes with
real RC-battery packs instead of using AA batteries for everything. The
only negative I can think of is that they didn't put these things out when
I was a kid!!
--
Jan-Albert van Ree | http://www.vanree.net/brickpiles/
Brick Piles | Santa Fe B-unit
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| LEGO's online store has three RC sets, (URL), (URL) 8369>, and (URL) 8475> (currently unavailable). There's also a Radio Shack exclusive, (URL) 8376>. 8369 is brand new, and its description says "The first LEGO Racers RC car that can conquer the (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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