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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 05:11:31 GMT
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There's a mag wheel master on ebay right now for $37.00 (I think)
Gary
Krusty <surfside_guy@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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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.
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> 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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| (...) Turbo (...) had (...) kind (...) last (...) axles (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic)
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