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Hi all, once again I found a LEGO set that I have never seen or heard of before! For a short set review and a couple of pictures check out my homepage or use the following direct link to the 'new' sets: (URL) #: 880001 Theme: LEGO > Technic > (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.1998)
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| | Re: Another Technic Creation
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(...) That is an exceptional creation...combines a lot of functions into a medium-sized model that also looks good...great work! (...) Heh...I'm kind of a nut with these things; I just have to know exactly how everything works. So, right after (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Instruction booklet misprint
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(...) there was one strange thing: there was a single loose page in the box of one of the steps. Thinking it had fallen out, I looked in the booklet and the appropriate page was already there. Then I looked to see if the duplicate had any changes (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Wobbly Silver Champion?
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(...) My Silver Champion seems to be very strong actually; the only problem I could find is that the decorative tubing in one or two places seems to come off easily. It could be that since the display model there was unsecure, it might have been (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Today I bought the Silver Champion and I got a misprinted instruction booklet see: (URL) only were the pages wrongly cut, the pages where not sorted so I had to browse the entire booklet to find the next step. I'm calling customer service this (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Wobbly Silver Champion?
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Should have given it a test drive on the floor, just to see if it broke apart.. :-) I hoping to get myself one soon, after my UK Driving Test on Friday :-() - trying to steady my nerves, just to treat myself if i pass......... i hope i do......... (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi all, I saw a Silver Champion in a shop today (V&D in Hoog Catherijne voor de hollanders). First I was surprised to find it simply parked on a shelf, with no security measures whatsoever. I took the opportunity to have a close look and feel and (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Another Technic Creation
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(...) Completely agree on that. When I was first built my 8860 when I was 10 or 11, I never had seen before mechanisms like reciprocating engine, transmission, differential, etc. Even I first assumed that the transmission of 8860 was a hand brake, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Sets with worm gear box?
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(...) Hi, Go to this site: (URL) go to: (URL) search for Yellow Gear Block. Cheers Gary (25 years ago, 18-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | A technic elevator
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I have updated my Lego page with my new own creation : a Lego elevator. (URL) Klein A Mindstorms fan. (25 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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Jennifer, Your excavator is brilliant and easily on par with your other creations. I can barely wait for you to build your next model. In fact, if you want to build a large tracked vehicle with official LEGO parts, I would be willing to loan you my (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The Tread Trekker is a S@H special this week, for $10.00 George (25 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Another Technic Creation
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My own building experiences: (...) That'S the first step of getting into the buisness of creatin own models. Building by instruction gives good ideas of how the technic bricks could be used. But that just covers just 20% (or less) of the reasonable (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Sets with worm gear box?
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"Peter A. Vogel" <pavogel@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:G44zG3.43A@lugnet.com... (...) I have a 5288 worm gear box service pack (non-US from the UK) on Brickbay at: (URL) gear box is yellow, same as the ones in the exploration mars set. -Rob. (25 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Sets with worm gear box? CORRECTION
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(...) correction... the site is: www.dya-shopping.com (25 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Sets with worm gear box?
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(...) www.etas-shopping.com has them for US$10.... it contians one worm box. (25 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Another Technic Creation
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Yep. The main difference is that in a car gearbox, the slip rings are generally all on the same shaft, mad possible by the vastly larger selection of gear wheel sizes in "real life" 8?) ROSCO (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Set 8229 (Tread Trekker) had one for $22, but they're probably in very short supply anymore. Dave! (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi, Does anyone know of any inexpensive technic sets (preferably widely available) that contain the worm gear box, like the two that are contained in the exploration mars set? Thanks! -Peter (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: The Giant Wheelbot
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This reminds me of something I was considering building about a year ago, though not out of Lego. (I consider building a lot of things, but nothing ever gets built) I had the idea to build a remote controlled robot completely contained in a sphere. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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