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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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| | | | | Re: Technicopedia —Eric Albrecht
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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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| | | | | | Re: Technicopedia —Philippe Hurbain
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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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| | | | | | Re: Technicopedia —Maico Arts
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Technicopedia —Eric Albrecht
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Technicopedia —Ross Crawford
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Technicopedia —Rob Hendrix
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Technicopedia —Eric Albrecht
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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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| | | | | | Re: Technicopedia —Martin Bruun
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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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| | | | | | Re: Technicopedia —Eric Albrecht
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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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