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Re: New 2006 Technic Set Pics
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Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:56:53 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Ross Crawford wrote:
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In lugnet.technic, Ross Crawford wrote:
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In lugnet.technic, Steve Lane wrote:
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In lugnet.technic, Adrian Egli wrote:
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I was browsing trains and caught this
post from Jeramy Spurgeon with a
link to a LEGO site in Hungary. So, I decided to do a little digging
around and found a new crane, the 8288.
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I saw the crane and the other models in a catalogue at a Lego show on the
Sunday before last. It’s not a brilliant picture but it looks like it has
lots of track links, so I’ll be buying multiple copies :-).
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Hard to tell, but I’m hoping it also has multiple weight bricks. That will
offset the almost total lack of studs...
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Looks like it has
2. A bit surprised actually, thought they might have produced a new studless
weight brick.
ROSCO
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I think it has 2 weight bricks as well. Unlike some of the other models I was
reluctant to tip it over and get pics from all sides. (the towtruck... I went
crazy on that one. I could not spot any studded bricks in that model at all,
but I may have missed some, heck, some obvious ones for all I know).
I think my favorite part of that model is the ratchet:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1625250 Using that tooth and
the finger gear that way with a rubber bushing is very clever in my view. It
works well, the ratchet is stiff enough to hold the sheave in place (it’s only 2
part, disappointingly) but not too stiff to work.
The string used seemed much thinner than normal LEGO string onsite but I think
that’s an illusion. Not sure how much you get so not sure you could make sheaves
with more parts using only the kit supplied string.
This may be my favorite new Technic model. It could be made non technic (minifig
scale and appearance) fairly easily I would think). If you looked through my maj
gallery you’ll see I caught some other cranes doing their thing too, including
one feeding drywall in to a hole in the upper story of a building...
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| (...) There's a couple of downsides to multiple parts sheaves - first, it means at least twice as much string, and that can mean either larger spools or thinner string, which is much harder for small fingers to handle; and second, it's harder to (...) (18 years ago, 12-Feb-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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