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(...) I've got all of both lines, mostly because I'm a sucker for little robots. The RoboRiders are easier to play around with, since they are on wheels you just roll them around instead of worrying about posing them and stuff. But in the end they (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I wouldn't make any major plans that depended on that. Personally, I've found that watching the closeout sales, and the webpages of people who buy and part out sets, has met nearly all my needs. And at a lower price than TLG charges for a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I hope lego direct plans to put technic beams and plates on the list of parts to produce. The new catalog is lacking many of the tecnic packs that were in the old catalog. The beams and plates that we could order in the past are totaly void in the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I do not have any of these sets, but I was thinking of buying one. They are not that expensive (unless you look at the piece count- yikes!), and seem very fun to play with. If I get a Throwbot, I will probably get Amazon or Granite, if a Roborider, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Here's a few more ideas: 1) Sirius Black's motorcycle (make that one a Technic set!) 2) The Knight Bus (from book 3) 3) Diagon Alley (a Town set perhaps) 4) King's Cross station (platform nine and three quarters) & train set I'd get all 4 of (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) guesses (...) can't (...) - Possibly a few 'Muggles' sets (Maybe Harry's original home?) - Ron's home, possibly? - The one village where Harry gets his supplies.... the name escapes my mind at the moment. There are plenty of model ideas (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I have read only the Sorcerer's Stone book, and I really can't imagine nine sets being made from it. I mean, there's a big castle, but there isn't nine castles. And there isn't any big ships or anything to make either. My guesses are - Hogwarts (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I speculate Harry Potter will look a lot like Timmy with a scar. I wonder if we'll get a new broom that the minifigs can actually ride on, rather than just hold? (...) myself, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) myself, (...) www.toycity.dk, and as a free gift I got one of J.K.R.'s HP books - I can't remember if I had to buy Lego to get it though. Scott A (25 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I don't think it's in any danger of dying down. A close friend of mine works in a children's bookstore, and they opened at 12:01am on Saturday (the release date of Harry Potter IV) until 1 to sell the book. The line wrapped around the corner (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) It's not really that surprising, since the fourth one *just* came out. I'm sure the press release was timed that way specifically. I personally am boggled - I thought it was a joke, or someone proposing an idea - although hopefully this will (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) xposting to lugnet.general, FUT lugnet.general eric (25 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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(...) started... err, the second one. Synchronicity! eric (25 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hmmm...Warner Brothers is involved...Warner Brothers has Flintstones rights...maybe someday we'll see Fred, Wilma & all...yabba dabba do :-) (...) myself, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I found this posted on the website. Lego has announced the purchase of construction toy rights to Harry Potter and will release nine sets in conjunction with the release of the Harry Potter Movie in Fall of 2001. Anyone care to speculate on what (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I found this posted on the website. Lego has announced the purchase of construction toy rights to Harry Potter and will release nine sets in conjunction with the release of the Harry Potter Movie in Fall of 2001. Anyone care to speculate on what (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) See this thread - I hope it helps: (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) They are still available here - but I think stocks are getting low. I expect the system will go the same way as the US soon. It looks like the new Technic accessory pack will replace service packs?? Scott A (25 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Paul Gyugyi wrote: ... (...) ... Hmm, makes me think of an interesting challenge to make a mechanism that automatically loads and launches the disks. The peg holes could be used to store multiple disks in a magazine, and a mindstorms kit could be (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Are folks in the EC also able to get some of the other items we can't buy in the U.S. (anymore)? Especially pneumatics: the only way to buy a new valve here is to go to Pitsco, and buy their "pneumatic circuit", with hand pump, tubing, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Matt Chiles (follow the link to "The Vault" on the .buy-sell-trade group intro page) will probably have them. But they're *very* pricey. Ran (25 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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One of the things I noticed was that a few quick cuts with a hobby knife allow the roborider wheels to be used in a throwbot arm. On the non-picture side, there are three pairs of support ribs. The spacing between is the same width as a throwbot (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Oh...For those of you interested in collecting seriously rare Japanese sets, try this page: (URL) it's the July press release page for Kabaya, a japanese manufacturer of candy/toy bundles. I have NO idea where you'll go to buy this stuff (Japan, I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Not terribly ethical if you never had them in the first place! (25 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Call lego and tell them that you need the parts replaced and they will replace them The only thing is, you need a pIicture of the parts that they would have! Adam "Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hello, That was tho one. Thanks. Lars G. Scott A skrev i meddelelsen ... (...) perhaps (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Although designed as an expansion set for CyberMaster, this set can be built stand-alone. The CD-Rom included contains building instructions and extra missions if you do have the CyberMaster set. I counted 640 pieces. Colours are mostly black, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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(...) Hi Larry this set is born to be used as an upgrade of the base Cybermaster set. It includes a CD Rom with more "mission" (things to do). But it includes many technic pieces that can be used anyway; I am not able to tell you if you can build (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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(...) I think so, or at leats it says so on the box. (...) To be honest, I've no idea what is in the box(?) (...) I get, on average, one mail per week asking if I can get it. I have been offered one for $15 less in Germany... but I am not sure if (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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(...) parts) And, is it good for parts in its own right? Is there any demand for it in the US? What's MSRP? Thanks, I may have a chance to buy a few, trying to decide if it's worth the bother. (25 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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8450 - Now in Busy Bee The price is UKP44 (quite high), but buyers from outside the EU get a 17.5% discount as they do not have to pay vat! Full contact deatails are here: (URL) A (25 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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Hi, Can anyone tell me how powerful the different motors are? I am thinking of doing a custom model and need to figure out what to use. The motor would not need to power a car on the floor for example. It just needs to give a little action to my (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I think the technic ones were all red or yellow. Ice planet sets (and perhaps others) had white. The 6834: (URL) the ice planet sets: (URL) A (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hello, I have just got a box of used Lego. {without drawings :-( } Among the parts was 3 or 4 white ski'es, like those in 8620 (snowcar with ski). What set can these white ski'es be from? There was also two yellow tailwings with the number 5. This (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I have a Excel-sheet whith all my lego-elements sort by sort and color. I have searched the sheet for all elements and place the colors I have. On my website you can find a (not updated yet) list of my lego-collection. (...) Available in: (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I have six of them (in light grey...some in other colors as well). Looking through my sets, I find that mine came in the following sets: 6499 Time Tunnelator (1) (not a Technic set) 8824 Hovercraft (2) (I have two of this set, so that accounts (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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A while back I posted about my 1/2 volume supercar. I have a new model up now. It is a superbike using the wheels from 8448 at scale. So, go to (URL) to check em out! Hope you all like it! Tom Newsom (25 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic) !
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(...) Another issue, overlooked by everyone in this thread, are the *other* red parts on the 8448. Most of the needed elements: 12L cross axles (12L) Angle connectors (#1, 2, 3, 5, 6, I don't remember any #4) Flexible axles (various lengths) Axles (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.technic)
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