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(...) The stores closest to me here in Sweden still has them on their shelfs. Perhaps I should get myself a copy before the dust hides them? I recently bought the 8480 Space Shuttle in a store so it's no rush for the larger models here in the middle (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) If you like technic sets you probably have by now a big collection of technic engine cylinder heads and round engine pistons. I know I do. I don't like single purpose pieces and I tried to think of an alternate use for them. What I came up (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I read this article recently, although an immediate disadvantage that springs to mind is that if you want to move the cylinder quickly you won't be able to anymore. Another article (perhaps by the same author?) suggested that a good (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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The biggest problem I could see, especially while I had my JCB Backhoe set, was that with the handpump, directional motion in one direction was dependent on the load being levered up - the directional motion on the other direction depended on how (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I see your point, although I have to plead ignorance as to what a reduction valve is. I assume it has something to do with pressure regulation... Would it be helpful if the tank had a plunger of some type in it, which can change the volume of (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I believe Linc Smith posted a long article about using some elements from disposable syringes to make an "air flow limiter". It is probably a very early post on LUGNET. He basically converted one of the T-connectors (which many people have a (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Gotta learn to handle this tool one day:) Just had to add this: Using airtanks is not always a bad idea with compressors, when you only need a single or few pneumatics actions once in a while, the air tanks can be nice to have (ofcourse with (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Guess it was my tirade against the tanks you spotted:) I would absolutely love an airtank with reduction valves, btu as they are now, the tanks are little more than wide pieces of tubing, there will be no proper tank capacity without a (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) -if you are meaning the store in St. Jacobs, I picked up my 8445 from the toy store in downtown St. Jacobs (the instructions I got given to get to the outlet there were _funny_, go to St Jacobs, you cannot miss it....). This would have been (...) (25 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Where in the US are you and when did you order it? I got a letter from TLG just the other day stating that they still expected it to come in on the 18th. I suppose I should go check and see if I've been billed yet.... ----- Original Message ----- (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I have never seen the 8448 or the Indy storm 8445 in Canada, not even in the Lego Outlet store. The guy at the counter told me you could only get the 8448 through special order. I ordered a 8445 over 8 months ago (at the outlet store) and (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) seconde-edition (...) a (...) There are no visible differences between the Mk1 dampers that broke in weeks and the ones LEGO UK sent me to replace them. The trans-blue ones also look identical, apart from the colour of course. Huw (25 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I have the 8445 indy car, and yes, the spring does break. I had to call into shop@home to order a new one. And I don't think that they are selling it in canada anymore either. I live in vancouver and I haven't seen one on shelves since july (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Why would it be pulled from brick & mortar stores, but not online stores? It was in 3 of the 4 stores I just checked. kbkids.com - $44.99 etoys.com - $39.99 toysmart.com - $29.98 -Adam 8^D (25 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) -beg to differ, not in Canada. I can get some if you want) Snip (...) I think that the air spring _is_ the problem. some people have gone through 2-3 sets of them already! James (25 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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The 8448's are still selling pretty strong in Skandinavia... I saw them at Legoland Billund (Danmark) for about $60 USD, and they were selling like crazy. The 8445's are also still being sold in large quantities in Danmark and Sweden, but they're (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I doubt it. I just did a USPTO trademark search and diddn't find anything obvious for "Super Street". Also, the 8445 was actually recalled from all stores, the 8448 was still sold by TLC stores until supply ran out a few months ago. 8448 was (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Could it be that 8448 also had a problem with a copyright, like 8445(Indy Storm). After all, there is a magazine called Super Street, so Super Street Sensation would definately conflict. Indy conflicts with way too many things, Indianapolis raceway, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I saw on the pictures the are transparant-blue. Are these the seconde-edition of the air-dampers?? Or are these broken afther a time too? (I know, it's a difficult question, but are there differences between the "old" and (hopefully) "new" (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I should correct mmyself. 8448 was discontinued 3 months after it was released, not 6. I can't give the details, but I know from several sources that 8448 is no more. The only chance of getting one new is the Imagination centers, but I don't (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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It just arrived this morning. The box is about the same size as 8448. The front panel opens to show lots of pics of the completed car. The box has a clear half panel once the lid is open, to expose a bag of silver parts, the silver wheels and the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) From my own perspective, it is basically due to having an interest in how things work and/or making things work, a geek philosophy if you like. From this, making lego models and doing a PhD in a technical subject seem pretty consistent with (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Jennifer, (...) So many adult Lego fanatics have done, or are doing PhDs! I'm at the same stage as you, writing up :-( Just a shame that I haven't got a Lego bribe to spur me on like you! And what IS the connection between doing a PhD and being (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I've still not built the 8462 I have yet (it is a personal bribe for getting to the halfway point in writing my thesis) but I think it looks pretty good, although perhaps a little on the large side for Technic figures. It cost 50 UKP from Busy (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The rims are from the ~old~ supercar (8880) and the tires are from an old RC car, they are a bit to large but it worked fine , specially with the Five 5 motors.(4 for drive and one for steering) The tractor pullers where made back in January (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:Fz71vF.5po@lugnet.com... (...) super (...) It's a good thing I made some space in my room for this set! (...) like (...) think (...) All the better! I like to take my dear sweet time when (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) They had a Silver Champion sitting on a shelf on display at Kidvention. The biggest problem with it was that it had the 'old' springs and the car couldn't support it's own weight. Its bottom would scrape along the ground. I'm glad they fixed (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Maybe TLC has discovered that releasing catalogs of new products ahead of their arrival in store generates alot of pre-release publicity and marketplace buzz. They obviously don't want that and will probably begin releasing catalogs after the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I didn't realize Huw was from UK, so I didn't post it earlier, but I checked my online bank and I was just charged for my preorder for 8458 on the 11th. So, that means its in the US and shipping, if I understand correctly. Call LSAH and see whats (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Thanks for taking the pics! Hmm, among other things, it looks like Lego came out with yet another new type of spring: (URL) that the springs' coils are different. (25 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Michael Edwards" <medwards@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message news:Fz8ysy.ExI@lugnet.com... (...) Yes, I was surprised about that. (...) I was a bit slow off the mark this year with the new stuff in the Argos catalogue. I was on 'vacation' when it (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Huw Millington" <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:Fz71vF.5po@lugnet.com... (...) super (...) I have taken a few pics, (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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No, last years 1999 Super Car Catalog I owned the 8458 for 2 Hours, 3 weeks ago Michael - - - Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Home of the UK Technic Club Magazine (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) One more question. Did it come with a new Technic catalog with other new sets listed (like the power puller)? KL (25 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Kevin Loch" <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:Fz7urC.3rC@lugnet.com... (...) Argos, UK. 99GBP (...) Yes, I think so. There are over 1000 pieces, but about 20% are black friction pegs of varying sizes... (...) The silver parts are the same (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Alan Gerber" <foofoogood@hotmail....ed_e-mail> wrote in message news:Fz7KoG.8H1@lugnet.com... (...) that of (...) There is no figure. The box says, in small letters, 'figure not included' :-( Huw (25 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Huw Millington" <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:Fz7C0F.J5A@lugnet.com... (...) I forgot that the back lifts up, damped by the air dampers, to reveal the engine. Huw (25 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The 'geometric incorrectness' (!) is also true for the driveshafts of course, as the wheels have a fixed distance between them even though the driveshafts change angle. This is not a problem as this design allows the springs to be mounted in (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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(...) Yes, I believe you about this. I tend to be too anal about the mechanics being geometrically correct myself, which can be a bit of a nuisance some times. It is a good thing to be able to loosen these principles some times since you can be much (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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(...) I looked at your page - some very interesting designs. I have to ask, were are the wheels in picture (URL) from? I couldn't find them on technica. TIA, - David (25 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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