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(...) Hi Kerry I do not know that much the McLaren company, but if it would have been the Ferrari name I can insure you Lego should have paid to use it (and not the opposite) and I guess this was the real reason to make an anonimous silver F1. Marco (25 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Silver Champion design comments
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(...) If McLaren had paid, I would expect to see the McLaren name and logos all over it. Surely they wouldn't pay just to keep us guessing. Kerry (25 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Science Experiment- need help!
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An optical illusion most likely. You can spin it near the monitor but looking next to the screen and it will turn only one direction. Or you can stand back and put the propellor between the monitor and your eyes and it will again turn in 2 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Science Experiment- need help!
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(...) First of all, yes you are completely safe. there is nothing wrong with your monitor. Secondly it's not a magnetic thing, there's no metal (or magnetinc ceramics even) in ABS so there's no way for the propeller to interact with your monitor's (...) (25 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.technic)
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| | Science Experiment- need help!
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To answer: Is my computer emitting abnormal magnetic fields? Materials needed: 8504 Jet Throwbot (or LEGO toy with similar propellor), your computer Directions: 1. Stand away from the computer. 2. Spin the propellor by tapping on one side 3. Note (...) (25 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: I am looking for inventories of...
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(...) NO! (...) NO! lugnet.db.inv is for posting INVENTORIES, not questions. --Todd (25 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.technic)
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Hi! You might try posting to lugnet.db.inv This newsgroup would be more appropriate for your request, although I don't think it would be too off-topic for lugnet.technic, so I've decided to add the newsgroup I mentioned to the FUT: list. Cheers ... (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: what type of car is the 8448?
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A discussion on this has already began:) (URL) Falslev (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Jet Alternate Model
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I did it! Torso- pretty much copied from Ultrarex's dual throwing arm, from Jet's instructions. Most pieces in this arm are found in Jet (in different colours). I was missing one friction peg, as Jet only comes with three (one is a spare), but it (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: How would one make...
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(...) There are a number of ways to make a propellor or rotor from an 8448. Use your imagination. For example, take one 2x8 technic plate (with holes). Stick one technic bushing into the centre hole. The studs go into the notches on one side of the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: q about the technic fig
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(...) I'd say the 30.4x14VR wheels are best, but it depends on if you want to make an SUV or a small passenger car. (...) Yeah. Here are some cars that match the Technic figure: (4 URLs) (My fav) (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | How would one make...
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an airplane propellor or helicoptor rotor from just an 8448? Is it possible or do I need to buy, say, an 8444 to get the parts? (25 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | what type of car is the 8448?
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Does anyone know what type of car the 8448 most closly resembles? if so, does anyone have a picture of this car? (25 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | q about the technic fig
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What wheels would work best if I was going to make a normal car with normal wheels that was to scale with the technic fig? Also will the technic fig fit into the technic seat piece? (25 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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8458 silver champion 8509 swamp roborider 8511 frost roborider 8512 onyx roborider 8513 dust roborider 8514 power roborider 8251 sonic cycle 8279 4wd xtrack and also if someone could help me by scanning in the inventory pages for the droid dev kit, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: I got the Jet Throwbot!
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*Below are pictures made from <b>1</b> Basic Jet model ONLY!* Judge <a href="(URL)<img src="(URL)<img src="(URL)</a> Jury <a href="(URL)<img src="(URL)<img src="(URL)</a> Verdict <a href="(URL)<img src="(URL)<img src="(URL)</a> Executioner *This is (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: super cars
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I've done a quick bit of modification to a 8448 image filling in the panels and such, see it at (URL) . The fourth generation Camaro does look a lot like the Super Street 8448, but I think the Ferrari 550 Maranello fits it better. The 550 has a (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Silver Champion - FULL size at Fisketorvet/Copenhagen
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(...) Great pictures! I went to Fisketorvet yesterday (Friday) to get a closer look, but the Silver Champion had allready been shipped on - so don't bother to travel to Copenhagen for that reason! Greetz, Soren (25 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.dk.kb.kob)
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| | I got the Jet Throwbot!
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***** 8504 Jet 42 pieces $5.99 US/ $9.99 Canada (paid $7.99 Canada, as LEGO was 20% off) Pros: it's fun to build and play with Cons: none of significance Jet is great! His flight mode reminds me of a mechanized pterodactyl, but that might be just (...) (25 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: super cars
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(...) Thanks! I must admit, though, that the model was very unplayable. While it did have a lot of working functions, the weight and bulk of it implied that it wasn't any fun at all to push along. For example, the suspension required a lot of shock (...) (25 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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