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Somehow neither of these series appeal to me...maybe I'm just a bit too old (14). Although you're probably right about the fact that these are probably designed for younger builders, since my brother (who is 8) really enjoys the Throwbots. (25 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I would have thought so - remember that action figures are always very popular with kids, and I assume that ranges such as the Roborider are an attempt to capture a share of this market. Jennifer Clark (25 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I have a Grandnephew that just loves Roborider. Maybe they were made for kids. -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Christian Gemuenden wrote in message ... (...) Because most of us couldn't care less about yet another fighting machine series? Kevin (25 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) great (...) don't (...) I love those sets! Here's why- 1. They do stuff. A few gears and a launcher is more function than the (former)LEGO SYSTEM sets have. 2. It's easy and fun to combine sets, with endless possibilities. 3. They look cool. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, David Eaton writes: <snip> (...) If you're looking for some, there's still over 100 of them in my BrickBay store, (URL) at the cheapest price (of BrickBay) too. :-) Does this mean I'm going to have to wait a year for my beams? (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Christian Gemuenden" <GECH1@t-online.de> wrote in message news:G5985A.8z7@lugnet.com... (...) I guess it's becoming harder and harder for those LEGO guys to come up with another car, another heli, another tractor, another..... Maybe with ZNAP going (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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...at the reactions I've seen to the slizers and the "follow-up" products of the robo-riders and the coming Bionicle. I've read almost nothing positive about these things. While they aren't really the greatest thing for heavy builders or people (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi! I wonder why so far nobody has mentioned the new LEGO Technic product that is shown in one of the large pictures of the photo gallery. Looks like we will get more Cyberslam-like stuff later this year. I copied the relevant images into the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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try (URL) Bassett <sbassett@basscole.a...mon.co.uk> wrote in message news:3a2ecccd.260152...net.com... (...) real address) (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Depends how old the set is. If the set is only recent then you need to call lego customer service to get another copy (they will probobly send you one for a small fee) If its an older set go to www.brickshelf.com, they have instruction (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hello World, I'm sorry to be a pain, this is probably a question that gets asked quite a few times, but... Is there a site on the Internet somewhere that has the building instructions that comes with lego sets in, for example, PDF format? My son has (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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A 1 rotation/ 36 second escapement is going to be really tough. Mine is 1 turn / 8 seconds, and is is close to the edge of the reliability envelope. The big problem is that the escapement must come to a complete stop with every pendulum swing, and (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Hello, I stumbled across your posting about the continuos loop chimer and it blew my mind. So I decided to join lugnut I'm also curently working on a weight driven pendulem clock and I'm going to try to build your device. I originaly tried to (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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off topic test (25 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:m3k89e4iva.fsf@...ldomain... (...) The difference is, when the bush is rubbing against the beam, it's a much greater surface area than when the axle-end rubs the end-stop. ROSCO (25 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I don't have these sets, but I found something similar in the 8002 Destroyer droid. It came with an amendment sheet for page 30, showing a different position for the two rubber bands. Now the photo on page 31 shows yet another position for them.... (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The length of one axle is normally slightly shorter than a corresponding beam, ie. an axle #4 is slightly shorter than a 4 stud beam. So this is probably why you achieve some slack when putting bricks on either side of the axle to support it. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Excellent stuff - I was hoping you had something different in mind :-) Jennifer Clark (25 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Chain:- 81 links (i think) Motor:- 9v same as mindstorms. Flex System? I like this set, almost tempted to get a 2nd set to get another motor and big set of wheels.. -- Jason King LugNet #665 Jose Antonio Vacas <joseavm@meta4.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Chain:- 81 links (i think) Motor:- 9v same as mindstorms. Flex System? I like this set, almost tempted to get a 2nd set to get another motor and big set of wheels.. -- Jason King LugNet #665 Jose Antonio Vacas <joseavm@meta4.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Chain:- 81 links (i think) Motor:- 9v same as mindstorms. Flex System? I like this set, almost tempted to get a 2nd set to get another motor and big set of wheels.. -- Jason King LugNet #665 Jose Antonio Vacas <joseavm@meta4.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I noticed this too. The reason being is that-- to my knowledge-- the picture displayed is just a mirror image of another photo. I don't know why they would do that though. I can't say much as to your 8868 anomaly, as I don't know much about (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I was just looking around at various pictures of the 8460 (Pneumatic Crane Truck) and 8868 (Airtech Claw Rig) sets, and noticed a few strange things... All the pictures I have seen of 8460 (including the box and Brickshelf scan) appear to have the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I was just looking around at various pictures of the 8460 (Pneumatic Crane Truck) and 8868 (Airtech Claw Rig) sets, and noticed a few strange things... All the pictures I have seen of 8460 (including the box and Brickshelf scan) appear to have the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I want the instructions for the big RoboRiders, but they can apparently no longer be found at lego.com. I tried to load the smaller riders, but they are all one big error. Are these on brickshelf or anything? (25 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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I have build 2 of these machines, this is a nice set, but I have a two complaints about this set. 1. the flex stearing system does not respond good. 2. the mechanisme to transfer the motor to the wheels is a sloppy, there are 5 chains with each 16 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Amnon, I've also found a not in-significant source of friction is the bushes against the beams (or whatever your axle goes through). I've reduced this a bit on occasion by not using bushes to hold axles in position, but having a brick at each end, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I had another mechanism in mind. I'll see if I get a chance one of these days to make a prototype.... Duq "Jennifer Clark" <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message news:G503FM.4tz@lugnet.com... (...) add (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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One of the tough problems in building a clock is to design a very low friction, very tall gear ratio drive. I want the spool to turn around somewhat less than once every half hour, and the escapement to turn once every six seconds, so I need around (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks! I'm glad you liked it =). ~Nathan (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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Links are a Pitsco-Dacta item, but I don't know if they ship to Australia. They are really useful for solving tricky problems, and having two different types is handy. They are expensive, however. Sometimes I use them where I need a little more (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Nice work. Your use of the differential is really clever. -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Silverstein" <amnon@best.com> wrote in message news:G5182G.B1I@lugnet.com... (...) strikes (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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That is so cool! I really like its prey. Great creation! -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) McDowell" <Skiing_Scotsman@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G51D7G.K37@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It would appear that there are some very large mobile cranes which can have independent control of each section, but it is still done with a single hydraulic ram and appears to done under computer control. I think the operator inputs the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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How interesting! I've always wondered how the telescoping booms function. I originally thought the individual boom elements could be extended individually, but it appears that one of the elements control the other(s), as you've shown us. It looks (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Some questions about the 8457 Power Puller How many chain it has? What kind of motor? How are the flex system? thanks (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Sounds good except that you need a lot of links and last time I looked links are hard to fine (where I live anyway) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hey gang =) I just put pictures of my Micro Scout powered scorpion up at (URL) The parts mostly came from the Droid Developer kit but I had to throw in a few more gears and some other random parts. When the scorpion walks, it moves it's claws and (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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I came up with a Lego implementation of a clock striking device that strikes a bell to indicate the hour. At 1:00, it rings the bell once, at 2:00 it rings the bell twice, etc. It is powered by a weight, and it will play the sequence of hours over (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) What you are thinking of is generally referred to as a "multi stage hydraulic ram", but as far as I can ascertain, that is not how real multi sectioned booms with more than 3 sections work. An engineer friend of mine suggested that using this (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Neat! I'd often thought about trying something like this! When I was a kid, (pre-technic!!) I built a gantry crane that used a complex series of cables (string) and pulleys. I only had 1 (4.5V) motor at the time, so all movement had to be controlled (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi Jennifer, (...) 3-sectioned crane! I also thought how THIS might work in real an came up with that kind of cable-mechanism you used! But I never was able to fit it into a technic construction ;-(( But how does a real multi sectioned boom work? (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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There has been a lot of talk about crane type mechanisms recently, so to add to the pot, here is a mechanism to achieve the subject of this post. (URL) Clark (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic) !!
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I saw <set:8521 Flare> and <set:8522 Spark> yesterday. Not for the first time, of course, but it was the first time I looked at the number of pieces on the boxes. Spark had 33 pieces, and Flare had 42. In the Lugnet Guide, and in a LS@H catalog (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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I saw <set:8521 Flare> and <set;8522 Spark> yesterday. Not for the first time, of course, but it was the first time I looked at the number of pieces on the boxes. Spark had 33 pieces, and Flare had 42. In the Lugnet Guide, and in a LS@H catalog (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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<G> Its nice to be remembered.let me know if you have any questions about it : ) John (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Could this be what you're looking for: (URL) evah, John (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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A while back--a year or more--I saw a great model v8 technic engine one somebody's site. Of course I have no idea who. It had a LOT of good pictures from all angles, and I think a scene of the engine block suspended from a stand with that lego (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) It was about 20 years ago, and I must confess that I ran and hid for five minutes after it happened, but it was virtually instantanenous, I am certain that bits flew off, and that it made a short sharp noise. This is also corroborated by the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: where can I get airplane parts in black?
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(...) For the wing back, try this: (URL) the wing front, try this: (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I am particularly interested in the wing front and back pieces and also a propellor. (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I would tend to think he's reffering to parts used in wings. Like those in the 8480 Space Shuttle. Technic sloped beams, small bevel gears for flaps and such. Fred (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Do you remember how it "blew up"? I'm uncertain about just how a motor would do that. Some possible results that come to mind: * Windings repel themselves (possible explosion) * Shake to pieces (possible explosion) * Windings vaporize (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yeah...actually I think those are the only sets that used green beams; they aren't very common (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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A fair number? Maybe not. But the 8446 Crane Truck and the 8479 Barcode Multi-Set come to mind for a few. (...) to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Are there any technic sets of recent vintage (up to 4 or 5 years) that had a fair number of large(ish) green beams ? Why I want these: I found an 8862 Backhoe Grader in a consignment store the other day. Its about 98% present (missing a couple of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I s'pose. But it's not really a keyboard, then, unless you can get each key to set the sensor to the appropriate position... And it's always gonna be limited to monophony unless you can get multiple RCXs to talk to each other...oh, no, I feel (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Gray parts? Which gary parts? The only gray parts that I had at these times are the ones from 8860, 8845, 8841. Just a few plate and even less bricks. And a 10x20 basebrick from my first set (a universalkasten from 1968)..:-) I won't even (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Na, with a rotation sensor for pitch it would be easy. Or use a light sensor, but that would be harder to control. Jürgen (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Check this out. It is a modle I made a year and a half ago and never really finished. It was a radio controlled 4WD 4WS w/limited slip differential. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) C&C airplanes? It would be pretty neat if someone could make a Lego Orca... (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) It escapes me at the moment just what kind of parts are "airplane parts". Since you are posting in lugnet.technic, I guess that you are not refering to black wing shaped plates. If you could clarify this, perhaps someone can help you to find a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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And even trickier to get a whole bunch in close proximity side-by-side 8?) Amnon Silverstein <amnon@best.com> wrote in message news:G4tr6A.2rt@lugnet.com... (...) piano (...) The (...) octaves, (...) on (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I think this is an understatement. I think it would be a huge challenge to build something strong enough. A piano key, however, would be a really cool project. I saw a diagram of one once, and I thought about trying to build a Lego model of a single (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I currently own an 8448 supercar and I want to get into making airplanes, an F-14 and mabie some of the C&C airplanes and I want to know what set is the easiest & cheapest set to get if I want some black airplane parts sutable for making this kind (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hmmm. I imagine a piano action wouldn't be out of the question, either. The main problem I can see is with the strings - if you're looking at 4 octaves, thats 48 fairly tight strings, which is going to put a fair bit of strain on whatever base you (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Myself being a keyboardist, I've been seriously considering making a single manual harpsichord (with the strings non-LEGO, of course). I've worked out workable mechanisms for the key action. However, it'll take a while to collect the parts for 4 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Using a non-lego element(ie fishingline) a harpsichord could work. Deap sound box under vs a soundingboard should give air room to spread and amplify a bit. Might try it myself. RCXed tension motor pitch bender for leslie/vibrato/triggered... (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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You may be able to make an electronic keyboard using an RCX, but you'd have to use some non-lego to get any decent range of notes.... ROSCO (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Nothing particularly clever... but it should be possible to "tune" one of the electric motors and play notes from an arbitrary scale on it. The faster you drive the motor, the higher the frequency emitted, and vice versa. This works really (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Has anyone made a musical instrument out of Lego? I've searched around and I haven't seen anything. I'm not sure what sort could be made. Lego isn't air-tight enough for a wind instrument, it damps out vibration, it has nothing bell-like, no obvious (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I may have missed a post on this, however I found two Technic (2001) sets at my TRU today. In addition to LoM and Movie sets. The numbers were 8240 Slammer Stunt Bike 14.99 8241 Battle Cars 9.99 The battle cars appear to be part of a new line that (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) That would be cool, but I'm not sure how to do it. The MindStorms R2 is too small to fit Kenny Baker ... (...) I'm not sure it'll have a MindStorms brain at all. The Microscout is next to useless, and the RCX is too big and too yellow. Maybe (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Interesting. That just seems wrong, somehow. I can't picture it. (...) Yoiks. Good thing that was dropped. Maneuvering thrusters, I could see. In space, not planetside. But not big thrusters. Steve (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I like this one! The colour scheme is nice. It looks very realistic. (...) The 8846 was my fav as well! It has working mechanisms which were very well done. I think it's design hints towards the Land Rover. (...) Wow! I don't have any pre dark (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi Mark, (...) I would start today, if you give me some days off? I promise, that I will try to model that machine! Holger ...from Germany (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi Selcuk, (how to make the little hook under the "c"??) (...) Thanks, but I just took pictures of the best models years ago... (...) Very nice. Isn't the normal color ao such an aircraft just black or dark grey??? Ok, these days you might haven't (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi James, welcome at lugnet.technic!! (...) it was a pleasure, even scanning and transfering into *.jpg went well! (...) with (...) Thanks, the red and black truck is the oldest, on that project I learnt a lot! The blue Euro Truck was completed when (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi Jennifer, In lugnet.technic, Jennifer Clark writes: There is a mobile crane in the background of one of the pictures; would I be right in thinking it has a three section telescoping boom? Oh yes, absolutly. My crane-fascination begun very (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Holger, thanks for posting these MOC's of yours from the past. At the time of their creation, you were 13 years old. I am very impressed with your talent. Seeing how large your old collection must be from these older creations, and knowing now that (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Improving Mindstorms R2???
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(...) Actually, being the huge Star Wars geek I am, I don't think R2 ever zaps Yoda... All he does is grab at the lamp with his arm. He DOES zap an Ewok in ROTJ though... he also uses a small buzz-saw to cut through a net that they get trapped in... (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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"Holger Matthes" <matthes@fh-aachen.de> wrote in message news:G4s6rM.D1L@lugnet.com... (...) [snip] (...) -- Mark Haye, mark_haye(@)tivoli(.)com IBM TSM Server Development, Tucson, AZ (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Wow, you had a hell lot of lego for a 13 year old teen, and apparently you had a well developed building ability to deserve that much lego..:-) Very nice models, even for an adult. I have pictures of one of my pre dark age MOCS, too. Look at here (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I wouldn't have said so; while Dennis Bosman certainly seems to have the large truck side of things sorted out, and I am able to make reasonably competent facsimilies of Technic figure scale construction machinery, there is certainly more to (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I think it was in the "Dagobah System", no doubt mispelled. I remember that bit in the movie too; I like it when Yoda starts hitting R2D2 with a stick. They were arguing over a small torch or something :-) Jennifer Clark (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) From a technical point of view, I think the US truck is the best, but my favourite has to be the blue and red tipper, simply because I prefer the appearance of European trucks. There is a mobile crane in the background of one of the pictures; (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) And (...) wheels. (...) fire (...) The "real" R2D2 has enough vertical movement with its third "leg" so that when fully extended, it can go up and down stairs. A scene showing this was cut from Episode 1. (There was also a scene cut during (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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Xanthra47 <Xanthra47@Inphotek.com> wrote in message news:G4rnEn.M3G@lugnet.com... (...) I wonder if anyone will be implementing the function it had in EP4 when Luke Skywalker landed on the planet Yoda came from. R2D2 zapped him with a charge from a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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I'm working a few of these ideas, but basically I was annoyed at how *SMALL* it was (the DDK) so I've started making a "life" sized R2 simmilar to Eric Harshburger's and the one at Legoland, but this won't be a static sculpture. The head will turn, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) about it. Dennis' crane is truly incredible - I am humbled. Dennis and Jennifer have set the bar so high, (fifteen feet?!?) that I can't help but feel like there's no point even trying with MOC. SRC StRuCtures - only about a third the size of (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Mario Ferrari made an awesome R2 model named 'Otto'. see: (URL) David (25 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) <snip> (...) I look forward to seeing your "more functional" R2... another thing that would be cool is if you could make him "waddle" when in bipedal mode like he does in the films... I'm pretty sure he can roll only in tripedal mode. Also, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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Jennifer Clark <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message news:3A23CC3E.C55DD6...h.ac.uk... (...) the (...) you (...) (URL) these, the boom isnt the problem, see (URL) (the one on the right). It is lifted from the end, so really only has to (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I just nabbed a second copy of the Mindstorms Droid Developer Kit[1], and I've been thinking about how to make a better R2, and what the functions should be. Then I realized I wasn't even sure what functions the reel R2 has... So, in the interests (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I found with my mobile crane that the limiting factor really started to be the strength of the boom - 6 batteries at a fair distance from the fulcrum represents quite a substantial load moment with respect to lego beams, and you can actually (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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The shocks in the Silver Champion ARE stiffer. The lever action is just how they happen to be used in the "Silver Champion" instructions. Or did I not understand your point? They are used without any lever action in the "Silver Truck" instructions. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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YES, the shocks on the silver champion are far stiffer...this is because it uses a lever action like real F1... Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:qrd4s0tl4ec.fsf....uio.no... (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi, Speaking of steam engines, I've built a working Lego live steam engine... OK, OK, the boiler and piston are metal, but the chassis is Lego Technic. You can see it at: (URL) of the chassis are on my Lego page at: (URL) those interested, the steam (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
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