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Re: When did Technics switch over to the 'new' models?
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 8 Mar 2001 04:42:26 GMT
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"Gaurav Thakur" <cp5670@supermail.com> wrote:
> It sort of started in 1998 with the 8417 Mag Wheel Master and the 8428 • Turbo
> Command. These two sets mostly did away with using beams for the outer
> framework and had extensive usage of the flex cable sleeve tubing (this • had
> been used before is many sets but not to this extent) as well as a new • kind
> of corrugated thicker tubing that somewhat resembled hoses. The 8462 Super
> Tow Truck later that year used a little bit of the tubing but mostly
> utilized the beams for the framework. I think that this was really the • last
> set to use lots of beams. The 1999 line introduced the flexible rubber • axles
> and pretty much did away with beams for the superstructure.
You know, I've been trying to get my hands on a mag wheel master now for
quite some time, and it always seems to go just a hair out of my range...it
just seems too new to me to be going for such high prices, usually going a
bit above the original MSRP. The Turbo Command went on sale just before
Christmas for some ridiculous price (around $25 iirc) and it was during
finals and I *completely* missed the two weeks it was on sale. I had
purchased one before, but I'd have gladly gotten one for that price. I only
just this week scored one for $31 on ebay which was skirting the edge of
what I think I'd pay for a second one.
That tow truck is fantastic looking and me and my friend have been telling
each other for a year now that one day we're gonna get it. My only pneumatic
parts are from the new pneumatic accessory pack that I got from S@H this
past fall, and the pneumatics in that set (including that awesome
'compressor' which I've never seen and am not really sure how it works) was
a main factor in swaying me over to saving up for the airtech claw rig over
the 8880 supercar right now because I Just got a 8448 after Christmas...
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| There's a mag wheel master on ebay right now for $37.00 (I think) Gary Krusty <surfside_guy@nospam...tmail.com> wrote in message news:G9v3Jn.B6F@lugnet.com... (...) Super (...) range...it (...) only (...) pneumatic (...) was (...) over (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: When did Technics switch over to the 'new' models?
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| (...) It sort of started in 1998 with the 8417 Mag Wheel Master and the 8428 Turbo Command. These two sets mostly did away with using beams for the outer framework and had extensive usage of the flex cable sleeve tubing (this had been used before is (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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