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| Technicopedia ===...=== Hello everyone! I've finally decided to turn my LEGO Technic obsession into something useful. Well, more useful than it already is anyway. I've started a new website which will not only catalog all of the Technic sets, but (...) (17 years ago, 15-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| (That "FTX" formatted text thing didn't seem to work when posted from a newsreader, but it does when posted via the web. I wonder why?) Technicopedia ===...=== Hello everyone! I've finally decided to turn my LEGO Technic obsession into something (...) (17 years ago, 15-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Hello Eric, A promising site! Two little points nonetheless: - " The 8 tooth gear is still in use, but the others have been replaced with improved versions, or simply dropped (40 tooth gear)." AFAIK the 40 tooth gear is alive and well! eg (...) (17 years ago, 15-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Thanks for looking close enough to actually notice. For the 40 tooth gear, I suppose I could have worded it better. For the part introductions (and retirings), I am referring exclusively to their use in Technic sets. Some of the parts existed (...) (17 years ago, 15-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) BTW, you would get nicer images using LDView ((URL) (17 years ago, 15-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| Hello Eric, Eric Albrecht schreef: (...) Have you seen the new 2008 sets, comming next Januari? The new motorcycle does have the 40 tooth gear! I have seen it on LEGO World... So it is still in use, even in Technic sets... About the tires: In the (...) (17 years ago, 15-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I have only seen some very high level pictures, not detailed enough to tell which gears were used. I am happy to hear the 40 tooth is back! I'll have to ammend my 1977 page. (...) There are various types of tires. The old Technic tires were (...) (17 years ago, 16-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Well, I'm not sure what you mean by "official", but there were photographic instructions in the 8860 chassis set on how to include 870 and 872 to provide power. Yuo can view them starting here: (URL) believe the yellow helicopter and the blue (...) (17 years ago, 16-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Vaguely, I remember that red jeep from the mid eighties had a section in the back of the instructions for adding the motor kit too. -Rob www.brickmodder.net (17 years ago, 16-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Many, many sets have had either photographic or full instructions for motorizing the main or alternate model. What I meant by "official" is that the original 4.5V motor, battery box, 12V motor, and gearboxes did not come with any sets. There (...) (17 years ago, 16-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Snip (...) Cool concept, and looking forward to your progress. Since I never had any technic as a child, and only recently been seeking out older, and new technic sets I personally love the animations of so many set I have never seen or owned. (...) (17 years ago, 16-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Your respons is exactly why I am doing this. When I first got into Technic, I knew I wanted to collect some of the older sets, but it was hard to decide which. The only resource available was the Lugnet list which shows a picture of each set, (...) (17 years ago, 17-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Update: ======= Sets from 1979 and 1980 are now posted. Blakbird (17 years ago, 19-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| Hello Eric, If I recall correctly, the 16 tooth gear is also from that year, as it is first used in the 8860... Greetings Maico Arts Eric Albrecht schreef: (...) (17 years ago, 19-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I like your site, sofar and as other already have stated it looks very promising. But the principle about describing parts as new just because it is the first time it is seen in a Technic-set I disagree with In the description of the 856 (...) (17 years ago, 20-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I discuss the 16 tooth gear on the 1979 page. The 857 motorcycle had it. Eric (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) The site is a history of Technic, not a history of LEGO. I am certainly not an expert in all of the other LEGO themes. I don't tend to mention "regular" parts like bricks and plates which may have been used across a wide range of sets, but try (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| Congratulations on a most excellent site, I spent about an hour browsing it yesterday and I only went to a quarter of it. If you do complete it, it promises to be one of my favorite site. A comment though on your supercars section: should you only (...) (17 years ago, 21-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I admit that the categorization is fairly arbitrary. LEGO doesn't put any of these into any categories at all (except Artic Action). The primary purpose of the categories is to be able to compare sets which have similar features or similar (...) (17 years ago, 22-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| Hello Eric, Sorry, you are right! 857 had it too! I totally forgot! Greetings Maico Arts Eric Albrecht schreef: (...) (17 years ago, 22-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Update: ===...=== Photos of about 60 sets added and feature comparisons completed for categories: Cranes Bulldozers Forklifts Super cars Go carts Tractors Helicopters Motorcycles Other Blakbird (17 years ago, 23-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Hi Eric, Shouldn't you mention 8431, 2002 reedition of the 8460? Philo (17 years ago, 23-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) So far I have not listed any re-editions, only original releases. When I write the detailed page for 8460, I will list the alternate numbers (it was released 3 times). There are several other sets which were also re-released. Eric blakbird (17 years ago, 23-Nov-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| Update ====== Sets from 1981 have been listed including 8844, 8845, 8846, 8848, and 8859. blakbird (17 years ago, 8-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| Update ====== Many more categories with feature comparisons added. Over a hundred new photos. Eric blakbird (URL) Technicopedia> (17 years ago, 15-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| Update ====== Universal sets from 1982 now added. Blakbird (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| Hi Blakbird, Little note about 4.5V motor: when you say "The motor is DC, so polarity is not important."... precisely since it is a DC motor, polarity IS important, rotation direction depends on it... Philo (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Eric, this is a fantastic resource you are creating. I can't wait to see further updates - even if for some of us what you write is common knowledge, it still makes good reading and I always find something new to appreciate. As a side note, (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Good point, Philo. I did not choose very good wording here. What I meant was that, as a DC motor, there is no "hot" terminal and no "neutral" terminal. Therefore, you cannot hook it up wrong and damage it. I'll go back and see if I can clean (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) By the way, I noticed that your site only looks at the 9V motors. Have you ever dissected or tested one of these 4.5V motors? Eric (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks. Even though much of it is common knowledge for us, it took a whole lot of collecting, building, and searching the Internet to acquire that knowledge. My goal here is to put a lot of that knowledge together in one place. I am certainly (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Never... yet! Philo (17 years ago, 22-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Just by the way, back in those days LEGO also made a 12V technic motor that was the same size as the 4.5 but came in black. I actually used to have one that I got in a sealed box (!), and when testing it with a train speed regulator (12V grey (...) (17 years ago, 22-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) [LEGOSet 880] (...) [LEGOSet 872] ROSCO (17 years ago, 22-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) Yes, I have both of these sets. After I finish all of the "regular" Technic sets, I plan to go back and add some of these unique supplemental sets. The gear reduction blocks are especially interesting, and are needed for some of the models in (...) (17 years ago, 23-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) I just won one on Ebay. I thought it might work well in a truck transmission. (17 years ago, 23-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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