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Hey Gaurav, The video is probably kinda fun for kids who are into power puller and monster mudder things, but it's generally lame for adult collectors. It's only about 10 minutes long, and the only thing of real interest is how much the model looks (...) (25 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Silver Champion at the British Motor Show
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Does anyone know where else they are planning to take this full-size Silver Champion? Other auto shows? In Canada perhaps? :) The press release does mention "the first leg of a world exhibition tour"... thanks John (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Feedback on the Airtech Claw Rig (8868)
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(...) Australian washers also have the agitator (25 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I think that sets 8504 and 8507 come with this piece. 8504 has a black one and 8507 includes one that looks somewhat like magenta. There might be other sets as well but I'm not sure. (25 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I'm thinking of getting the 8457 Power Puller and I've heard that it comes with a video of some sort. Does anyone know what is on this video? The Fall 2000 catalog said that it includes "live action tractor pulling from one of the top 5 European (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | 2001 Technic Pictures
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Hi As the new Technic Line has now been discovered please find these pictures on my website, many thanks to Eric Lanteigne who found the 2001 catalogue, all credit to him.. (URL) are 8531: Pohatu 8532: Onua 8533: Gali 8534: Tahu 8535: Lewa 8536: (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) You've got the order wrong, the engineering undergrad is most likely... (...) I'm not sure where you live, but remember that European clothes washers are generally front loading and have no agitator. The clothes tumbling upon themselves (with (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Your colour choices are... Black from <set:8504> Tan from <set:8506> Purple from <set:8507> As for a previous post re:Slizer in Australia, Good luck. On the east coast, they're gone. I have some second hand though, email if interested. James (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Its a throwbot part (I think). It has a throwbot large towball on one end and the rest of the part looks sortta like a giant chainsaw blade. What sets does this part come in and what colors come in those sets? I ask because I need to get some for my (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | LEGO F1 cars a bad omen?
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Pretty ironic isn't it? LEGO release their Silver Champion (Mika Hakkinen's McLaren/Mercedes 'Silver Arrow') and only weeks later the McLaren boys loose both driver's and constructor's championships.... Last year they did a yellow F1 car, more than (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Feedback on the Airtech Claw Rig (8868)
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(...) Actually, I'd pick "young kids" as the most likely to perform the experiment. With "engineering undergrads" a close second, and "a scientist or researcher" a distant third ;-) I'd be leery of using a clothes washer: it seems likely that the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Feedback on the Airtech Claw Rig (8868)
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(...) I got a used Airtech Claw Rig from eBay for $150 and I have also seen some MISBs for around the same price, so $300 might be a bit too much. Still, if I had to pick one top Technic set of all time, this would be it... :-) The set I got was in (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Silver Champion at the British Motor Show
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Has anyone been there? Are there any better pics of it? Duq "Michael Edwards" <medwards@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message news:G2p35w.JpH@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
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What is the set number for this, I think I will add it to my wanted list :-) Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Buiting" <frank.buiting@infopulse.nl> To: <lugnet.loc.uk@lugnet.com>; <lugnet.technic@lugnet.com> Sent: Saturday, October (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
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"Michael Edwards" <medwards@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message news:G2p35w.JpH@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Heh, £150,000 including postage and packing... I wonder if the set comes in polybags and with building instructions ;-) -Frank (25 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Feedback on the Airtech Claw Rig (8868)
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"Michael Pratt" <mpratt@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:memo.2000102022...k.co.uk... (...) Agree! Just built the old sets (851, 852, 853, 855, 8848) again for the first time in a decade and they beat the new sets hands down (except the shuttle (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Technic Beams Needed
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Did you try Pitsco? (URL) sell Technic beams in bulk. If you're not in the US, you might try your local LEGO DACTA dealer. -- Mark Haye, mark_haye(@)tivoli(.)com IBM TSM Server Development, Tucson, AZ (25 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Feedback on the Airtech Claw Rig (8868)
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(...) Yes but Lego are definitely past their prime. The current sets are not a patch on the ones from the seventies and eighties....which is why they are so collectible. But then again I am the sort of person who wears clothes from a thrift shop and (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Feedback on the Airtech Claw Rig (8868)
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(...) Well, I haven't tried it, but if I were to, I'd go for a gentle/delicates cycle, cold water for wash and rinse, no extra spin, and use dishwasher soap instead of laundry soap. I'd only use fabric conditioner if I wanted my lego to be nice and (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Not that I wish this thread to get out of hand by going into too much detail, but... What setting is best for washing Lego? Bio or non-bio? Fabric conditioner? :-) I definitely need to get out more! Jennifer Clark (25 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Kerry Raymond <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in message news:G2pHJs.759@lugnet.com... (...) ones (...) Well, they would have to be pretty hard lumps of dirt. If you just toss a handful of loose dirt in the washing machine, it will be dissolved in the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Feedback on the Airtech Claw Rig (8868)
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(...) images of (...) I don't worry about the 16-beams as much as I do about all the little bits that can slip through the holes in the wash bowl. The simple solution is to use those "lingerie bags" or whatever they call them in your part of the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Silver Champion at the British Motor Show
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(...) No excuses Michael, you've had a few sweet sherries again, haven't you? ;-) Mark (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
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Should be British not Brisitsh My Spell Mistake -- Michael - - - Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Home of the UK Lego Technic Club Magazine www.technic-uk.co.uk - - - (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
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| | Silver Champion at the British Motor Show
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Hi The Silver Champion full scale car is now at the Brisitsh Motor Show at the NEC in Birmingham The Address for the press release is at (URL) - - Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
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| | RE: Feedback on the Airtech Claw Rig (8868)
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(...) Taken out of context, this is a very strange sentence indeed! Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- The train stops at the train station, The bus stops at the bus station, So why am I sitting at a work station? ---...--- Reply to: rhempel at (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Technic Beams Needed
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When I called S@H yesterday to (finally) order dozens of the 5235 Technic beam pack, I discovered to my horror that it was permanently out of stock. Technic beams are more basic to me than a 2x4 brick - I expected to buy hundreds of the 5235. (If (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Feedback on the Airtech Claw Rig (8868)
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"Sean Harrington" <harrington@macgenius.com> wrote in message news:G2n08t.4GD@lugnet.com... (...) Unless you're a diehard collector of unused boxes, is any set worth $300? Think of all the new sets you can buy in a shop (especially if you buy last (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Jennifer Clark" <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message news:39EED7C4.55E62B...h.ac.uk... (...) images of (...) I've never tried it, but you're supposed to put your bricks in pillowcases... Duq (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Feedback on the Airtech Claw Rig (8868)
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(...) Yes. It is a mighty set. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Feedback on the Airtech Claw Rig (8868)
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These days, if I see an official Lego model that looks great or appears to work well, my inclination is to download the instructions from Brickshelf and build it from my existing parts. Sometimes one has to improvise a bit, or resort to cunning use (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | I need #5235 Black Beams (was Re: US S@H Specials)
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(...) they had. Unfortunately though, they no longer have the <set:5235> package of black beams. How am I supposed to get hundreds of black 1x16 beams without #5235?!?!?!? When did they stop carrying it? Are they still available somewhere? Perhaps (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks for the suggestion, Eric. I might resort to that. - Sean (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Feedback on the Airtech Claw Rig (8868)
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In lugnet.technic, Sean Harrington writes: Snipped (...) Sean, Up until recently I've also been a MISB freak. However, to complete my collection I had to buy a used 8860. The set looked o.k. but nothing spectacular (I usually enter into a drooling (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Feedback on the Airtech Claw Rig (8868)
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It is a really nice set yet I wouldn't pay 300 $ for it. Sean Harrington <harrington@macgenius.com> schreef in berichtnieuws G2n08t.4GD@lugnet.com... (...) Airtech (...) claim (...) Europe. (...) these (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Feedback on the Airtech Claw Rig (8868)
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(...) I have two of these and recently made one up as to sell on e-bay. I have to say it was the most difficult models I have made in Lego technic. However when complete the self contained moving parts powered by the on board compressor are a (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: my first post and what i think is a spiffy engine....
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(...) One of my older models used a 6 cylinder T-block engine, ie 3 banks of 2 cylinders. It used the old 2x2 'cylinders', so was quite a hefty lump! Still more compact than a V6 though. If you want a look, follow the link below, go to 'Lego (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: US S@H Specials, Oct 18 - Oct 24, 2000
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(...) Ooh -- if you're a fan of the old-style Toggle Joints with teeth, jump on that 5289. There are 4 of the old 2L Gray Toggle Joints and 4 of the old gray piston rods with opposing side studs. The rest of the parts aren't particularly uncommon (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.space)
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| | Feedback on the Airtech Claw Rig (8868)
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One of the older Technic kits that has shown up on my radar is the 1992 Airtech Claw Rig 8868. Feedback from set owners is good in that both people who claim ownership mention it as one of their favorites. The problem with getting ahold of one is (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Thanks! I'd seen this one already, and so far it might be the only promising way to get it done. I'll keep ya posted :) -jeff (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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