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(...) To bad I missed out on the silver champion. It sold out at Walmart. It was selling for half price. Mike (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Gaurav Thakur <cp5670@supermail.com> wrote in message news:G7LEn3.BuB@lugnet.com... (...) seems (...) Yes, it has a groove around the axle about halfway along (similar to the grooves in many #2 axles), for using a rubber band direct. ROSCO (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Oops...just saw the pictures; never mind... Both robots look quite cool (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) robots to actually rip each other apart...it looks like "Little Idiot" wasn't such an idiot after all ;-) ! I need to try a robot battle sometime... Do you have any pictures of the robots? BTW it might be a good idea to post this in the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yeah, the springs on these yellow shock absorbers are much stiffer than the normal ones. Although on the Silver Champion, even they are not enough to hold up the chassis properly (sometimes when it is pushed down, it stays down). They work (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Okay I see; thanks for the information. The 12V motor is not any more powerful than the 4.5V one? That's strange...I wonder why it was released at the same time as the 4.5V one (when it was nearly identical to it); the only other difference (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Additional pictures and a AVI movie have been added to this site. (URL) Fay California, USA rfay@we.mediaone.net (URL) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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Sorry these have been so long in coming, but I just now got the pages for Duck and Little Idiot up. I have been having massive A drive problems with my computer recently and can only just now load things saved to disks. So here they are: Duck: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks for the tip on the U-joints. I think they just added that! Thomas (25 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Great model! I tried to figure out the joystick design for some time and I think there is a mistake in the instructions - It seems to me that there should be only two gears inside the inner box. With three gears I think left-right movement will be (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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That is an excellent design for a joystick. I had been trying to figure out how to do one myself. Out of curiosity, did you get this from some real machine, or did you invent it from scratch? Martin Howard <goldfishwbp@yahoo.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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From: "Phoenix007" <sky_dude@hotmail.com> (...) event (...) Jeez, (...) Yes, I disagree with some of this. If you had read the messages in this thread (or looked at the site), you would have seen that the events are shown on the base of the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) event (...) Jeez, (...) certainly (...) No, the sets are already available from S@H in Europe :-( Martin (S) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) And the 6th bionicle arriving will probobly coincide with the release of the models... (25 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks for the info John. I did notice they looked a little different. I was just at the pitsco site they now have a shock four pack for ten bucks. If I recall correctly that is four dollars more than the lego service pack. (which we can no (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) the Silver Champion model has yellow shocks. They also have different springs that appear to be stronger. John (25 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi all I was on ebay and noticed an auction with yellow shocks. What set did they come from? (25 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I hate to sound insulting on such a friendly board, but have any of you EVER given a thought to the following facts? 1. The site didn't work at all until around New Years. 2. 12 days from the 20th of January is the next event, which comes to (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I read this at work and thought, I have recently dug out my 8865 instructions and assembled the alternate model (URL) later motorized it with a 4.5 volt motor and I sure don't remember any second set of motorization instructions. But there it (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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From: "Andrew Eade" <vestras@hotmail.com> (...) Nui, (...) to me. [Snip] (...) If you look at the numbers under each of the pictures, they are all dates in the future, except for the landing of Tahu. The next event will take place in just under 12 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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I posted some pictures of the Silver Truck with power steering and driven with the RCX. I will add some more pictures and an avi movie Sunday. I used two micro motors for the steering coupled with connector plates. Works fairly well as long as the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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I have dedicated a lot of time to trying to unravel the mystery of Mata Nui, and have made little real progress, thought several revelations have come to me. 1)The Observetory/Telescope is actually Gali(Water) Bionicle's Specialized Arm holding the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Now you tell me! oh well, I found a way too... I'll post a link to pictures when I'm done. Gary SuperD <dmf67@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G7FHIt.CDL@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Looking forward to it 8?) ROSCO (25 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Mine has a transverse mounted 12 cyl engine, and a two speed worm gear tranny. The rear axle has a differential, but I have one problem. Using a worm gear in hte tranny means that the engine can drive the wheel, but during gear changes, the axle (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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I figured out 4WD/4WS two years ago :+) It also has a working differential so that when one wheel gets off the ground, the other will still get traction. Check it out: (URL) this model does not do, but could easily have, is a differential between (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Well, I did it for good looks, but now I'm glad i did! Whew. Not sure how long that wouldv'e taken me to figure out. I finally mounted my t-block engine and the two-speed auto tranny to the rear assembly. And darned if it dont all work! (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) They were about as fast as the standard 9V motor, but less powerful. To move larger models you needed the 872 gearbox set. It wasn't the voltage that gave it so little power... the 12v motor (as in 880) is just as strong (or weak) Also there (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Very nice! The varied color scheme looks quite nice, and the functions are excellently done... (25 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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Just wanted some information on the old 4.5V motor that was used in Technic models until about 1989 or 1990. It appears that the 8050, 8054, 8055 and 8700 sets coame with this type of motor. What is the general rotational speed of it? (is it really (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi, My technic aeroplane can be viewed through the link on my LEGO page: (URL) has working extendible flaps, ailerons, rudder, elevators, joystick, and six cylinder rotary engine. There are also instructions for some of the features. As usual any (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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(...) This is something I'm just now getting into. There are quite a few things I found. Pneumatic switch and pump: (2 URLs) r/c servos with the RCX (Remote switch): (URL) limiting switch: (URL) acting compressor: (URL) pneumatics reference: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Oooops. Just realised how bad that sounded, Jennifer!! I didn't really mean it like that!! ROSCO (in tail-between-legs mode) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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It should be simple enough to do, too. Just a solenoid controlling a valve piece molded into a piece of plastic, and with a power attachment on top of it for the control pulses. It might require a bit of fiddling with on-neutral-off settings, maybe (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Or static cranes 8?) (...) Sounds like its right up your alley... Regards, ROSCO (25 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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"Bastonnade" <TBouvart@aedifica.com> wrote in message news:G7Bxt4.8H5@lugnet.com... (...) Only 955 and 8460 are decent mobile cranes. 8868 is a great set, but doesn't count. 8854? What can I say... (...) No, obviously I don't. As Jennifer said, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) There isn't any fighting in the advert. It mainly shows the Bionicle in action, while the narrator talks of the legend of Mata Nui. (25 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I'll second this! While I've yet to get the Mindstorms set, electrically controlled pneumatic switches would open up so many possibilities. While it is possible at the moment with various mechanisms, the motor overhead (and size) makes it (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) You cannot have too many mobile cranes. And that's a fact ;-) A grader would be nice - there was one as an alternative model in the first Technic fork lift truck, but it was very simplistic. Jennifer Clark (25 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Jennifer Clark (25 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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