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On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 18:23:16 GMT, "Kama Uzinama" <kamauzinama@aol.com> wrote (...) Instead of useing one big building I would make it many domes with tunnels connecting them. I would use technic to build support structure. You should also use an rcx (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Of course, it's full throttle and keep your foot close to the left and right brakes... but don't dare stop a wheel completely or your sunk... momentum is the tractor puller's friend, gravity his worst enemy... :) Dave (25 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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If I remember correctly, while pulling, they can be steered by applying the brakes individually to the left or right rear wheel. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Some of them do. It's a real challenge keeping the front wheels on the ground at all with many of them, and therefore they are somewhat influenced by the differential to give one wheel or the other a bit more power (depending on engine or (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"James Powell" <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:FzyuxD.69J@lugnet.com... (...) positioning (...) or a (...) Yes, of course! I don't suppose the real things veer to the right all the time, though... Huw (25 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Huw, didn't you see in the video...the real things steer like a stuck pig, or a steamroller with the pin in (dif pin)...:) Lego is only trying to make it easier for you! James (25 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:qrdzolyltay.fsf....uio.no... (...) Yes it does. And I should have mentioned in my review that it sucks big time. The steering wheel is connected to the front steering mechanism (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) From the images I have seen, it appears to have flex system steering, much like 8445 and 8437. Please not that this is merely educated guessing: I do not possess the set myself. Fredrik (25 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Thank's for your mini-review and the instruction-scan in your database. When I look at the instruction-scan I get some questions: * Is the Technic-figure included? Or is it like #8458 just on the cover? * Can the puller steer? If yes, how does it (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Are sets like (URL) available from S@H? NICK #:^/ (25 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) It's quite a feeling being within 15-20 meters of those monsters as they roar down the track... the local fairground has really close seating... my son and I try to go at least once a year when the super modifieds are running and the 4x4 (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) website (...) Thanks for the pointers. Yes, those are the beasts... Huw (25 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Paulo Caparica Junior" <caparica@vertex.com.br> wrote in message news:FzuoDy.ELL@lugnet.com... (...) 70GBP = US$110 (25 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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called s@h just now to get some info on 8450 and 8457... they said that 8450 never was available and is listed as "discontinued" (it makes me cry)... and they said that 8457 will be available at the end of the month, but you can order it now (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.technic, Huw Millington writes: -snipped to related statements- (...) Tractor pulling is really big in the Midwestern US... check out (URL) for the National Tractor Pull Association's website or (URL) for FullPull Magazine's home to see (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) <snip> It is a nice set! How much does it cost? Paulo (25 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I have just finished building this. It is not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Unlike most new Technic models, this one is build using mistly traditional components: There are a few bent beams, flexi-axles and other new parts but by and large (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The funny thing is, those body panels are very cool to use as torso pieces. They were really wasted in the two Millennia designs. Steve (25 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I was wondering if this model is still available as it is absent from the newer SAH cataloges. Thanks in advance. (25 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Although I never thought to check the county fair, the festival that my city puts on over the 4th of july weekend also has a Lego Building contest. Ask around and see if someone around you has one. Troy -- -- Please note my new e-mail addresses: (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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