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Re: Does anybody know the story behind 8847?
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:42:49 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Robb King wrote:
> I was putting together 8847 (Dragster, 1983) the other day and my instructions
> called for a universal joint to connect the two runs of the steering column.
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> However, the main model picture, peeron inventory, and brickshelf scan indicate
> that a version exists that calls for two toggle toothed joints and a halfpin to
> complete the steering column.
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> My instructions --> http://www.robbking.com/parts/step12.jpg
> & another look --> http://www.robbking.com/parts/step12b.jpg
> Brickshelf scan --> http://www.robbking.com/parts/step12c.jpg
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> This had me wondering a lot of things, such as when/why TLG would change such a
> minor design detail midway through a run, or which version was the original, or
> how common it was to change designs back then.
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> On top of all that, is there any background information that would support an
> opinion that 8847 is hard to find? Was it a North American-only release, or
> anything like that?
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> Any info at all about this would be appreciated!
I know that one of the supercars--
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/8860
As pictured on the box cover, and even in some of the instructions, just showed
springs on axles for the rear suspension. The actual set, however, had the
first generation technic shocks. You can even see the springs-on-axle on the
picture from the LUGNET link above.
I didn't know if this supercar was first released to the general public with the
springs-on-axle, or if halfway thru the development of this set they changed
over to proper shock absorbers, before they released it to the public.
Dave K
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| (...) So that means there's at least a history of TLG changing products between advertising and actually distributing them. Wonder if there's some kind of significance to that, within the 88XX series? For instance, some 8858's came with chrome taps (...) (20 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| "David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote in message news:I4rqvD.2237@lugnet.com... (...) with the (...) changed (...) I'm almost certain it wasn't - I received this set when it was released and it had the one piece shocks in it. I did notice (...) (20 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Does anybody know the story behind 8847?
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| I was putting together 8847 (Dragster, 1983) the other day and my instructions called for a universal joint to connect the two runs of the steering column. However, the main model picture, peeron inventory, and brickshelf scan indicate that a (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.technic)
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