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(...) There's also the specialized rear suspension element: A black bent, snaking liftarm. This element can also be found in the rear lift of the blue 8462 tow truck. There's a total of fourof these wierd liftarms in the 8462 and one in the 8417 Mag (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) If memory serves you can get it as a Club Z reward at Zellers. Jude (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Impressive! However, I can go further than this in both ambition and stupidity - on yet another one of those strokes of "genius" that seem to inspire us as kids, I plugged the motor into the mains with one of those leads that go into cassette (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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This does not help you much in Canada, but the LEGO Outlet Store at Potomac Mills Mall in Woodbridge, Virginia has quite a few of the Mag Wheel Master (with labels on the box from Legoland, California) for about US$ 30. Glöckner is correct about the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Now i got it! Cool down guys and make up your mind. I will tell you what's going on. Have you ever heard of or have you ever _meet_ somebody being _that_ good on such different tasks like Jennifer Clark? She's perfect in engineering, presentation, (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi! I'm onto this rather big pneumatics project where I have several cylinders per switch and I found that if the numbers of cylinders used is 'Y' and the number of T-crosses is 'X' then this is true (if you use but one switch to control the whole (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) If it's the wheels you're after, they can also be found in 5219 Wheel Pack: (URL) pack has two of the narrow front wheel from the 8417. Fredrik (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) As a child, I only had one of the large, bulky 4,5V motor with black housing and built in gear. I actually found it pretty useful, but then again I never put my hands on any other kinds om motors. The most useful feature of the motor was the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Well, I've been thinking about this, and I think it's possible to do with an arrangement like the valve gear on your everyday steam engine. This would allow it to be changed with the wheels in any position. Implementing this, however, is not trivial (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I live in canada and was wondering if there are any outlet stores or anything where I can get the mag wheel master. i recently bought the circuit shock racer off of my friend at school but I'm looking to start a website with technic MOC motorcycles (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I came to exactly the same conclusion. I hope we are both correct! (...) A pure mechanical solution, which would work with 4 wheel steered vehicles, with each axle being steered to the same (or opposite) angle such as the one you describe, is (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Jennifer Clark wrote: [] (...) I've been toying with this -- mostly on paper -- as well, in attempt to convert my 8448 to four-wheel dual-mode steering. Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, the only way to do it its to only switch modes when the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) a (...) better, (...) A _mere_ 9V? I ran one up to 54V, for short periods of time. However, the real answer is to use a hefty 12V motor. I have a 12V can motor (it might even be a 24V job, in fact) that runs quite happy with _anything_ you (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I remember this too, and also remembering building the thing and wondering why they were closing off one of the gears - they did it with a 1x1 plate if I remember correctly? I think it was because the engine went amazingly fast in the lowest (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I still count the stuff out of the box - if I don't, them I usually miss something out at some point ;-) It's funny you mention the axle thing by the way, someone was watching me build recently and was amazed I could do the same thing just by (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Sounds like we are of a similar age - I suppose there is a sort of of "Golden Age" type thing when you look back on the models of the late seventies. I think my favourites were the Mobile Crane and the Motorbike, although I remember the fork (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Actually I thought that looked really nice...functons seem like they would work pretty well too. You could try to use a "worm" gear to gear down the turntable; it can usually get the job done without using too much space... (25 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Me too, so I tinkered with the Cybermaster Tracks sunday afternoon. (URL) notes: - The tracks are longer than the RIS tracks, but still too short. - The original support structure from Cybermaster looks awful, due to its wedge shape. - The (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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<snip...or should I say Znap?> Okay, now that you've done plenty of work already, it's time for you to further drive yourself insane by telling us the 5 cheapest currently available sets containing inarguably female minifigs, sorted by hair color (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.technic)
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There's also "Crystal Aput" in the Arctic Theme's Polar Base (6575), who has a common female head, but a unique torso, and (reputedly) "Haley Comet" in the largest of the SpacePort sets. You can see scans of Crystal Aput and the female Green Ninja (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.technic)
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