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  Re: Amazing new part!
 
(...) Cant wait for next Christmas... Steve (18 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  Re: Amazing new part!
 
In lugnet.technic, Nathan Bell wrote: I will be (...) Try never. That would be both brilliant and invaluable, which is why it will never happen. I hope to be proved wrong. Steve the pessimist. (18 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  Re: Amazing new part!
 
(...) The new tracks are awesome! It may be harder to place 1x flat plates on then to make wide tracks, but they already apper to be 5 studs wide by themselves. The teeth are closer to bicycle gear teeth (rounded teeth and vallies) so they may (...) (18 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  Re: Amazing new part!
 
(...) I did!What do you think of the new track design?..Me thinks the track will slip too much off of the designed gear if not under tension..and when trying to do a 3 point turn like a CAT does....maybe not..hmmmmmm.Look for some photos late (...) (18 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  Re: Amazing new part!
 
(...) Correction: he did the basic design for the snowmobile but someone else did the track design- just in case anyone actually read my last post. (18 years ago, 8-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  Re: Amazing new part!
 
(...) I was thinking that myself. I wonder if Lego have already designed the family of sprocket sizes or whether they design them only "on demand". If Jake Mckee was still around I'd ask him. Lego might have a policy to complete the whole system (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  Re: Amazing new part!
 
(...) 28. (...) Four. (...) Glad everybody enjoyed the pics! Tim (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  Re: Amazing new part!
 
(...) Yes the piece is exactly like you described. The bar is the standard size, and a minifig can hold it as a shield. The 2 holds are exacted 3 wide. You can pass axle and pins through them and the half pin will latch perfectly. The whole piece is (...) (18 years ago, 7-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  Re: Amazing new part!
 
(...) It does look like that bar peice. Nice to see TLG maintain a standard, however the linking socket must then be bigger than the standard "clip" items so that friction between the links is minimised. It seems limiting that there is only one (...) (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
 
  Re: Amazing new part!
 
(...) They seem like they'd be great for a lot of "stuff". The edges of the tread itself are just a bit thinner than a tile, so they should slide in the groove of the '1x4 brick with groove' piece. The sprockets that drive the chain have good grip, (...) (18 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)


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