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Re: Two original Technic creations
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Sat, 16 Sep 2000 09:09:06 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Jennifer Clark writes:
> Selçuk Göre wrote:
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> > But I love "wow"ing when I completed an official model, and the
> > new sets steals this pleasure from me, except some really good models of
> > course. The mid to small size range for the last several years, looks
> > like just some futuristic idioticity to my eyes..:-(
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> There is a recent model I am still undecided about, the Monster Crane Truck
> (8446). It has some pretty cool mechanisms, especially the grab, and is very
> well constructed, but from an appearance point of view would look more in • place
> on the "Space 1999" film set (just think of it in white) than on a • construction
> site or in a foundry. The point is, I don't know if this is necessarily good • or
> bad. Same with the colour (green), which from my own spare parts point of view
> is pretty dire, but for the model it seems to work well.
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> However, the fact that I got it for 18 quid from Argos makes it an excellent
> set.
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> Jennifer Clark
I can easily add 8462 Pneumatic Tow Truck to this category. I don't own the
set, but from the incpection of its box, it looks like very nice from the
functional/mechanical point of view, and surely it's a heavenly parts pack,
especially pneumaticwise, but look at these cab and wheels!..
And yes, if I would have found any of the two for 18 USD each, of course I
would never mind "what a piece of junk" they are from the looks..:-)
Selçuk
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| I tend to think of anything with less than 200 parts as a parts pack to lump in with bigger stuff ... Like sets with around as many pieces as the Mindstorms Vision system - most could be classified as a fairly good parts pack, and a quicktime camera (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Two original Technic creations
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| (...) There is a recent model I am still undecided about, the Monster Crane Truck (8446). It has some pretty cool mechanisms, especially the grab, and is very well constructed, but from an appearance point of view would look more in place on the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.technic)
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