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Re: New 2006 Technic Set Pics
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lugnet.technic
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Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:16:31 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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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.
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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.
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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 depict pictorially in instructions how to rig the model. In fact, I
will be very interested to see how LEGO have done their rigging instructions...
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 (...) (19 years ago, 12-Feb-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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