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Tobbe, This is a nice looking model, especially with all the functions. As to more traction, you could use alternating regular chain links and tread links and mount a 1x4 plate on each tread link, studs out. I'm not sure how realistic this would (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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i was wondering if it would be possible to add hydralics to an 8880. essentially, you would have to replace all of the shocks with large pneumatic cylinders to get the effect done right. perhaps you could use an electric compressor like in the 8868. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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The most popular ones here appear to be the 8480 Space Shuttle and the 8880 Super Car. The space shuttle is an outstanding model with seven functions, complex gear/axle networks and many useful (special and generic) pieces. I don't own the 8880 so I (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) You broke the link in half. The open-bracket ("<") must be on the same line as the close-bracket (">"). Here, watch (click on "View Raw Message" to see exactly how I typed this): <set:7171 this link should work > <set:7171 this link should NOT (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.technic)
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(...) King's (...) name= (...) Stinger>, (...) I guess I'm not quite good enough with the guide link system here. But you still get the idea of what sets had the minifigs. (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Castle had a queen/maiden in the 1980s (<set:1584 Knight's Challenge?> <set:6023 Maiden's Cart>, <set:6060 Knight's Challenge> <set:6067 Guarded Inn>), an inarguably female forestfigure in the 1980s (<set:6071 Forestman's Crossing>), a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Mine are: 8880 Super Car 8458 Silver Chapion 8448 Super Street Sensation 8460 Pneumatic Crane Truck (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I tried - No luck. (Train bridges are black...) SRC StRuCtures (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) As many as I can find people to take the pneumatic parts for... :-) I need hundreds (even thousands) of beams, so the only problem is finding enough buyers for the "extra" parts from <set:5218>. I could put them in my BrickBay store, but what (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.technic)
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It's been interesting to follow the progress of the creation of this model, and the finished model is certainly great! The front mudguards that follow the steering of the front wheels is a nice touch. Did you use the colour black for them because (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) in (...) scheme. (...) Good to hear you recognised the 7. I agree about the colour too (I know the BRG acronym well!), I did consider a white stripe on the blue, but decided it would probably end up looking messy. BRG bricks please, Lego? Neil (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Erm, where shall I start?! The chassis is mainly made from 8448 parts, with some 8480 for good measure. However, tracking down which sets all the blue bodywork came from? I'll let someone else work that out ;-) Thanks for the compliments! (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) in (...) I'm running a res of 1024x768 with no problems, I downsized the images from 1280x960 to make sure they fitted on MY screen. However, some people (ahem) do run lower resolutions, so I've now made all of the images resizable and (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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What sets does one have to buy to have all the parts neccesarely to build this awesome model? It should be made as an official Lego technic / modelteam set . Really beautifull car. Koen (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) ......... ......... .........and video into one MPEG stream using the free (...) Phew! It does sound complex. Another idea for Christmas pressies....! (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Cool! Thanks a lot! (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Very cool! I recognized what car it was right away! But it needs to be in BRG (British Racing Green) with a yellow nose cone and stripe. Yeah, I know, it's a Caterham but us Prisoner/Lotus fans only admit to one paint scheme. :-) Bruce (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I used a Sony EVI-D31 pan/tilt/zoom camera, commonly found rebadged on videoconferencing systems, to film the video. I don't have the good fortune to own one myself as they are rather expensive (about 800 UKP), but we have a couple in the lab (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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"Neil Everett" <neil.everett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:G3GH6H.7po@lugnet.com... (...) but (...) Neil, small point, but when I click to select any larger views that open in a new window that I cannot resize. However, many of the images are (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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"Neil Everett" <neil.everett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:G3GHu5.959@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) a (...) I only have the latest issue of Autocar (for the wheels) Like the Grinnall The 340r looks a bit easier than the Grinnall as its not (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) also (...) liked (...) because of (...) etc, (...) I thought it was worth going for some BIG images now that it's all finished. With some careful use of JPEG compression, their file size is not too huge either. I'm impressed with the quality (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Excellent stuff, and the photos are great. The writing about the car was also useful to me as I previously had no idea what a Caterham 7 was. I also liked the very large zoomed in photos; I've always gone for smaller zooms because of the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I think I mentioned my source of info in a recent(ish) thread:- I have 13 years worth of the weekly magazine 'Autocar' taking up more space than my Lego collection! The road tests on Caterhams (there are 3 or 4 within the last 5 years or so) (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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"Neil Everett" <neil.everett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:G3GH6H.7po@lugnet.com... (...) but (...) and (...) on (...) Hi Neil. Where did you get technical information on the Caterham from - i.e. what served as your blueprint for this? (do (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Hi all, I'm sure many of you have seen previous pictures of my Caterham replica, but it is now finished! The finishing touch to the model is the working windscreen wipers. In addition to these, the bodywork is now complete, and there are some seats (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Here's an idea you can try to have them slip a bit less. Do you have the ordinary chain links too? Then ones without the wide tread? If so use an ordinary chain link for every third link, say. Like this: ##=##=##=##= Perhaps this will give (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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Hi! Timothy Carl Buchheim schrieb: (...) Thanks for crushing my hopes ;-) It would have been too good to be true :-( And yesterday I took a look at the LEGO website (am I the only one missing the old product catalog!?) and saw this next to the Movie (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks :) (...) Yes, they sure were. One of 'em I even managed to scare twice, first when the tank entered the room and then when it actually fired a projectile :) To bad it takes almost half a minute to set the cannon horisontally, I have to (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thanks! So do I :) (...) It's from before my dark ages, mainly the 8851 Excavator and the 8660 Arctic Rescue, I also got two with the 8843 Fork Lift truck. They usually look better then they work since they tend to slip a lot, but in this case (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) No it is not. This set was a mid-2000 release in Germany and some other countries, but will be a 2001 set in the US. Several other recent sets have been released outside the US before being released here. For example, the 4930 Rock Raiders (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I have about 16 motors and I have had, out of the box, 6 motors DOA... Other friends have more then 20 motors with 0 failures... I can only guess that I'm cursed with motors. S@H will replace ALL your dead motors... They did for me. Once when (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Wow...this creation looks awesome. Great work! (...) Heheh...That seems like it would be really neat...they must have been quite surprised :-) As a side note, does anyone know how one can get extra polarity switches? They appear in some older (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Those treads are a Dacta item. You can bulk order them. They are somewhat slippery for use as treads. They are like the chain links with an extra bar molded over the top of each link. I think Dacta calls them conveyer belt links. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Nice work Tobbe! For some reason it reminds me of the tank in the Tank Girl movie, a good feature if you ask me :-) I'm looking forward to seeing the mpegs. Where on earth did you get all the wide caterpillar tracks BTW? Getting that amount (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thank you! (...) *think* Thread is perhaps a better word, I struggled a tad on that one. My ex. co-worker stole back her dictionary when she left, dang! *searching* Technica, which is a nomine for cool site of the week BTW, claims it's labeled (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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"Tobbe Arnesson" <tnt@arnesson.nu> wrote in message news:3a01462c.517105...net.com... (...) Very nice! How many 8480 did you use, and where did you find the tracks (threads?) ;-) *Gimme some* /J (25 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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Lego customer service is really good about this (as has been written before on this newsgroup). This is a known problem with this motor. On the suggestion of the various posters, I called up Lego Customer Service (number listed on their web site and (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanx! /T (25 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Tobbe, I've gone a few stages further with my design, you may be interested. I've managed to get some suspension in there too! I've made it a permanent part of the website. Click on 'prototypes' on the main menu. (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Here are mine: Technic Control Center I Technic Control Center II Lego Mindstorms 1.0 Barcode Multi Set --Electro-- (25 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi! Jonathan Wilson schrieb: (...) I did some checking and learned, that this set is available in Germany for some time, too. Seems a little bit like the soccer sets which were released half a year earlier here than in North America (due to the vast (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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Hi. Here's a tank I made during the weekend, it has radio controll so beware LEGO purists ,) (URL) used a five channel radio, five servos, five polarity switches and five motors to make this work. It has two motors for drive, left and right track, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics) !
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(...) them (...) hand. (...) When I first got my RIS, on a finny sunny christmas morning :) I eagerly built my first bot, only to watch it veer off to the right, at first I was puzzled assuming I'd messed up the power settings, but eventually I (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic)
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(...) take some work to get the power down there from the chassis or have this figured out to? Thanks! /Tobbe (25 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Okay, got it. So if I can place the wheel in a "fork" with powering to the wheel by gears and then make the "fork" turnable, like when spinning spaghetti on an ordinary fork, the pivot point will be centered in the middle of the wheel. Could (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Gaurav, Certainly isn't in my case, these motors are stalled so bad I can't get them to move at all now unless I stick a 24t gear on them and turn them by hand. Even then it requires considerable force. The cables I've tried on these motors work (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Given that this set has been available in australia for the past few weeks and us ozzies always get lego next to last I would say that it should be available everywhere. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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Hi! Usually I dont' have any hopes that LEGO sets arrive here before the date in the catalog (and the catalog hasn't been spotted in Germany AFAIK), and even the wonder with the MTT (available at my local TRU a few days before hit the US) didn't (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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There is a special part in that rant I specially like, namely 'let jennifer do the design'. I have seen many many wonderfull designs by people whom post on lugnet and these would make some great sets. And the strongest asset of Lego is the community (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) but they are still blindsided by the extra-technical group. The age distribution of Lego users has a huge long tail that extends into the adult range. Although these people are far from the peak of the demographic, I think our combined numbers (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Here is the link to a photo (decided this was easier than a rendering!) of a fairly compact solution. (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) This might sound a bit silly, but it could be your electric cables. I also have a bunch of motors (most are 3-4 years old, one is 7 years old) and I use quite a bit. As far as I have noticed, they haven't had any problems. However, I have (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic)
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This thread encouraged me to have another play at making a compact steer & drive setup, something which I have tried many times over the years. However, I had not had another attempt since taking on a load of 'modern era' lego in the last year! I (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I wasn't too clear myself, so no worries. Take a normal LEGO steering setup, e.g. like on 8660. When turning the steering wheels, they turn around the pivot point, that is the centre of the pin which connects into the end holes of the 1x8 (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Oh, yes. Sorry I should have meantioned that. More like the wheels from the Tow Truck or the BarCode truck since I don't have six supercar wheels, hey I do have to eat :) This is the chassis that made me realize that I needed steering _and_ (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Rob, Did you ever get any answers to this query? I also have three of the newer Technic motors that have seized. (Out of a collection of about 10 motors that's a 30% failure rate - not good!) I suspect that this may occur with lack of use rather (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I took a look at 8660 right now, and I'm sure you want to use the same principle, but not the same size, right? You'll probably want to use Supercar size wheels? I'll agree with you that you'll need to power more than one axle to get it going. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Good news everyone! It's still possbile to order from LEGO Service, at least in Sweden. I had my doubts 'cause of the Power Packs etc.. And - just to bug your you American fellows - it has always been possible to order pneumatics here in Sweden :P I (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I never tried it out so I can't tell about the friction. (...) Perhaps that's an option. Don't think the bulkyness matters. (...) Nah, it ain't to ridgid, hence the other version above. But it's made out of mostly basic Technic parts, or could (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I can't bring myself to like the 8480, as I found it a pain to build. I also dislike the fibre optics - they are a little naff. Apart from that, when built it is quite good. It is also good to be able to put minifigs in it - it is a pity more (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) this. However, the setup was much too bulky, and the friction inherent in the bevel gear transmissing made it mostly useless. So I'm not a fan of this kind of setup. Perhaps you can achieve less friction by using crown gears rather than bevel (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi! How to make a wheel mount that has both steering and driving capabilities? Without using the special parts from 8880 Super Car. I have made a couple of tests: (URL) thing is that I would like to build a vehicle in the lines of 8660 with six (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I'll have to go for three categories, look, function and parts :) So, here they are: No.1 in looks: 8448 Super Street Sensation No.1 in parts: 8479 BarCode Multi-Set No.1 in function: 8480 Space Shuttle The all-time Technic set would be THE (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) When I rechecked all the sets introduced under the name of "technic" (it has some clues in it isn't it?..:-) during the whole 22 years, I saw that I can't agree you. The whole idea behind the Lego is "building things out of pieces -- nothing (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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Good question! I would say my top three are: 1. 8001 - Star Wars Battle Droid - Great looks, great functionality. As perfect a set as I seen from Lego. 2. 8480 - Space Shuttle - Most sophisticated in functionality. Challenging to build. 3. 8462 - (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I would say you are right there, functions are really what it is about when it comes to Technic - I used to love models like the 8860 which were big on functions when I was a kid. The 8860 was so cool that looks simply didn't come into it. On (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) But this points out why the 2000 Technic droid sets 'worked': the EP1 droids were all skeletal and exposed mechanisms. Very TECHNIC-ish. The TECHNIC models were not accurate, strictly speaking. The bits were in the wrong places, the way they (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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"Selçuk Göre" <ssgore@superonline.com> wrote in message news:39FE7102.EA9612...ine.com... [snip] (...) IMHO, the Technic line is for building things out of Technic pieces -- nothing less, nothing more. (25 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) 8880 Super Car 8460 Pneumatic Crane Truck 8862 JCB Back Hoe 8855 Prop Plane 8480 Space Shuttle 8868 Airtech Claw Rig 8459 Pneumatic Front End Loader 8859 Tractor These Eight sets are all equal for me, so the order is random. And I can't chose (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) First, Lego and Star Wars names on the same box had been a 20 year dream for me, which finally became true, so I will say a very strong NO to this one..:-) Besides, I don't agree that Lego is producing bad quality sets in Star Wars line. Lego (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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Hi: I just received today several ofthe Technic power packs, including the 5222 Chassis Pack. Several people have mentioned that the new grey 2L rounded beam with the plate attached to the bottom was missing. In the box I received today it was in (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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<set:8082> (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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The angle pieces aren't too bad...but in my opinion there is an excessive use of them in the newer models. BTW how come the 8479 Barcode Multi-Set is available again? Maybe TLC could do this with other models... (...) Heh...actually I guess I'm (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I agree. However I visited your website and found your machines totally magic. Any chance of some detailed building instructions ! Regards Tim (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) All right, I stand corrected. I looked at the rickety hollow body and didn't look at the legs. --Todd (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.starwars, Eric Kingsley writes: <snip> (...) look at it the more it looks like a Stormtrooper. I think we should reserve judgement on these new sets until we can hold them in our hands and play with them... All we've got is a 2D (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I was looking at the current range of Technic models in the shops yesterday and would agree that the selection is pretty dire - certainly there is nothing there that I would wish to purchase. The only one with a bit of appeal is the Power (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I built an 8846 tow truck from spare parts and replaced many of the connectors with black number 6s. However, because the new connectors cannot be made fixed with respect to rotation about the axle (which was possible through the use of the half (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I tend to agree with this point of view. The old toggle connectors do still enable solutions that would otherwise be impossible with only 'current' Lego pieces, but they are about the only piece that has been phased out that I tend to 'miss' in the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I'm actually very fond of these new angle connectors, even though the point you make about them not being as flexible as the toggle joint is accurate. As far as I am concerned, the great thing about them is their colour - you can make designs (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) This error came up lots when shop.lego.com went live too. ((URL) Deleting all existing lego.com cookies on your machine worked for me. John #388 (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) That being me. (5 of at least 15 that I have) The "I want to sell copies of a set" feature of the guide has mostly generated mail to me asking what I want for a set, followed by a flurry of "gee that's too much" mail, but no actual sales. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) No, it is an Ep4-6 model. He has modeled as he having the cowlings, even with a silver cowling instead of golden on one of his legs. I thought that Todd was a "detail" man..:-) Selçuk (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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yep, cookies are enabled. My guess is that it's LEGO's problem. Last week I got the same message from s@h online, and my browser has always accepted cookies. After a few days it simply worked again... Duq "Gary Blessing" <blessing@icefog.net> wrote (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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same "you're browser does not (...) Hi, Have you tryied opening the preferences area of your browser aplication? on my 2 computers running Internet Explorer there is an option area where you can change whether your computer will accept cookies or (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I've you find what's wrong please tell me, I've got the same problem here. Duq <Duq@nlgateway.net> schreef in berichtnieuws G37t5G.3x6@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) message (...) accept (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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There's a couple in one of the universal sets - the one that builds the VTOL plane. I dont remember the number.... ROSCO Juergen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr> wrote in message news:87itqb8pf0.fsf@loria.fr... (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Yeah, I'm looking to use it for a compressor pump. Because I'll be using a pressure switch (pneumatic ram + rubber band), I dont need an on/off or reversing switch, so one of these would be ideal. ROSCO Gaurav Thakur <cp5670@supermail.com> wrote in (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Heh I know what you mean by "silver loser". I also went for the web extras a while ago and I didn't have any problems with the cookies. You may need to enable cookies through your browser's control panel. As for the alternate model itself (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Just tried logging in for those web extra's for the silver loser. First, it wouldn't take my nickname (Duq). Little window pops up saying the name must be a minimum of 4 characters. So I change to Duqq. Another message saying it has to be at least 6 (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi all, a few months ago I moved house and country. And thanks to those b****** in Maguires (Bray, Ireland. Whatever you do, DO NOT LET THESE GUYS MOVE YOUR STUFF!!!) I lost a lot of pieces. Thanx to Auczilla and other sources I now have almost all (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I bought mine in Dublin last year. Every toy shop seemed to have a few on the shelfs. If I remember correctly I paid some 95 IEP which is roughly the same as $95,- Duq "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G37I1F.21u@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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OK, When I went into my dark age (upto 95 or 96) I didn't through away every magazine or manual. About a month ago, I was comparing them to from then to now. Basicly I thought Lego designers are either getting lazier or they think people's IQ is (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Mike & Mark, I'm not sure about details, but 7 people here (URL) said they'd like to sell the set -- with one person having 5 copies to sell. Considering that it's a very popular set, it's interesting also to note that it's the set that the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) There are two switches in 8480 space shuttle (don't know where else) that can reverse direction. Jürgen (25 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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The 8456 Fiber-Optic Multi Set also includes ones of these. The only thing I don't like about these is that the switch is somewhat hard to operate (some practice is required) and that it can only send current in one direction. It also runs out of (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) THese new junior models are supposed to be designed for kids, correct? They are designed to make building easier for kids, right? Well, I'm a kid. And here is what I say to junior lego, IT SUCKS LIKE CRAP!!!!!!!Why can't lego design their (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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First of all: yes, I totally agree! It's great not to be alone.... I own some early technic sets from when I was 10-14 and some I bought last year. Because the removal company (Maguire in Bray, Ireland, beware!) was particularly careless I lost a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Can someone set up a vote on their webpage? Would be interesting... Anyway, my list from sets I have (and I only have 12 Technic sets): 850 Forklift 8848 Power truck 8286 3 in 1 car I guess I'm the first to include pre-8000 sets. I love the forklift (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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8880 Super Car 8868 Air Tech Claw Rig 8485 Technic Control Center II (dinosaur model) Runner ups: 8480 Space Shuttle 8862 Back Hoe 956 Auto Chassis "Gaurav Thakur" <cp5670@supermail.com> wrote in message news:G35KvE.D75@lugnet.com... (...) be? (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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