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(...) (URL) That's pretty nifty. Dave! Dave! (25 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Ah, but some of maintain the hope that Lego will make sets that are intended for adults or gifted children to use. I'd pay a premium (over and above the component costs) for a set as feature-packed and mechanically ingenious as any of (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.technic, Mike McFarlane writes: <snippage> (...) Grok is a word coined by Robert Heinlien in his book, Stranger in a Strange Land I did a web search and found this page on Grok: (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I'm not saying all Technic models should be like Jennifer's; just that some should. The technic space shuttle took me a long time to assemble, and I enjoyed the whole process. It's really neat to see how something that complicated fits (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) It means "to comprehend deeply". (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I know you have already answered yourself, Rob, and have abandoned your plan, but still I knew I had seen something like this idea before (I found the link at Fredrik Glockner's site): (URL) design by Ben Williamson uses small pneumatic cylinders (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I'm not quite sure I agree, I think some kids are probably are a lot more intelligent than we give them credit for, and I think they are getting brighter?? Where Jennifers models really score for me is the attention to detail and that sort of (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I dunno about that. Didn't someone here say that he/she found the 8480 Space Shuttle too difficult to build? Given that LEGO sets are, after all, children's toys, I think they should comprise fairly simple mechanics and construction, so that (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Tobbe, The current version I have has 2 motors but it is not strong enough to twist the structure left or right. I do like the gear system you have on yours and maybe it is a question of insufficient torque to twist it around so I may have to (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.znap, lugnet.fun)
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(...) Yep, I made this in May '00 I reccon and as the page declares, it didn't work to good :) (...) LOL! (...) I haven't really though of it much since the version on the web. My hopes was that the wheel could be divided in two halfs and to have (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.znap, lugnet.fun)
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