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Re: Power Puller
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 31 Jan 2001 02:12:12 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Rob Bryson writes:
> I just got the Power Puller yesterday and I have to say that it is a really
> good set with a good price/piece ratio. With close to 1,000 parts and a
> motor, this set should be going for ~$130, IMHO.
Yeah, the price seems to be attractive considering the piece count. My
latest S@H catalog shows it priced at $99. I could really use the motor and
the technic figure and the large tires and 20 engine parts looks nice as well...
> One of the things I liked
> about it was the ingenious system it uses to pull the load forward, with the
> increasing force needed as the load got closer to the front. I built it in
> the 5x V4 configuration. The chains do not fit very snugly around the 16T
> gears like in other sets, namely the 8880.
Actually I've noticed that 8880 seems to be the only set where the chain has
a very tight fit around the gears that it runs around. For example, all of
the various motorcycles (8838, 8422, 8417) seem to have a rather loose fit
over the gears. I'm not sure about the others though...
> The rear wheels are huge! I'm
> not sure about their exact diameter and depth, but I imagine that they are
> close, or even greater than 100mm in diameter.
Wow...that's about as big as the Silver Champion wheels, if not larger.
> When you open the box,
> (which has no open-up flap on the top) everything looks as though it was
> just thrown in there, with the tires, the motor, the hubs, and alot of the
> bigger pieces just loose in the box. However, it is separated in bags that
> are very similar to the 8002 Destroyer Droid.
That is interesting; my 8458 pieces also came in a disarrayed manner like
this. Although my box was sort of smashed up due to mishandling by the UPS
people, so that probably caused it in my case...
> The steering is horrible, and
> when you let it go on the tile, it always veers to one direction because the
> steering always slips.
That's somewhat strange; it seems to use a flex-cable based steering system,
which worked very well on the 8440 and 8445 models. Although the steering
linkages do seem to be somewhat bent on this set, which could cause the
problem you described...
I ordered it off the S&H US web site. This set also
> comes with a video. The video has absolutely no dialogue in it, and was
> pretty corney when it showed the kids doing just about anything. The video
> was even low enough to put in advertisments at the end for similar products
> like the 8458!
Hehe...so what is on this video? Does it basically contain a bunch of
real-life tractor pullers running around?
These were just puctures with music in the background
> though. Overall I recommend this set. And if anyone is wondering where
> that small sticker in the corner goes, it goes on the figure's back.
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> Rob Bryson
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> Rating - 9.5/10
I guess I should go for this one sometime...
-Gaurav Thakur
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| (...) Actually, having the 8458 as well, the rear wheels rather dwarf them! Even while using the same hubs, the wheels bulge on the top and sides rather generously. They read "Technic" and "Power" on the sides, similar to how the 8458's say (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| I just got the Power Puller yesterday and I have to say that it is a really good set with a good price/piece ratio. With close to 1,000 parts and a motor, this set should be going for ~$130, IMHO. One of the things I liked about it was the ingenious (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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