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Re: Silver Champion
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lugnet.technic
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Sat, 14 Apr 2001 18:15:39 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, David Arnon writes:
> Great! I'll love to see it.
> When I just came out of my dark ages and had no clue on the various sets that
> came out when I was away from LEGO I found this sight:
> http://www.westwood.u-net.com/lego/reviews.htm
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> And it really helped me with my LEGO Technic education and served as a good
> buying reference (what to buy and what are the more interesting sets to get
> from eBay).
> It's really useful to get an opinion from one man about various sets - that
> way you can get an idea about how close your tastes are and perform some kind
> of "normalization" of his marks and opinions about the different sets.
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> If I had the time I'd create a sight too, but I don't, and further more it's
> also hard to sit down and once and for all decide _exactly_ what is your
> opinion about a set, especially if you want to grade it against other sets.
> (for example I'm still not sure if I like the fact that the
> Destroyer droid uses no gears at all and if it's better or worse
> than <set:8428>)
Thanks for your interest...I'll post a link here in a week or so when I have
it operational (although it will probably take a while to write all those
reviews). I've had a similar experience with that site...I didn't even know
of the existence of some sets (such as the 8868 Airtech claw rig or 8854
Power Crane) until I visited it since these came out when I was 3-6 years
old (and was impressed by the small universal sets :-) ). It is quite a well
designed website. I think it was actually the first Technic-related site I
found on the internet.
> Well, I think their main purpose is to push the springs when the wheel is
> pushed upwards, so a flex cable will certainly not replace them efficiently -
> the flex cables are designed to pull, not push. Considering the strength
> of the new springs (which is even enlarged in the model's rear suspension
> using a lever that is longer at the spring's end than at the wheel's end) even
> with those new pieces I was surprised that they performed so well - I thought
> at the beginning that they'll bend much more than they actually did.
Yeah, those new beam-like pieces are stronger than they initially seem.
Although the flex cables won't work at all alone, they might do the trick if
they have the flex cable casing (this is used for the outer framework on
some models as well) covering the cable completely. It still probably is
better to use the new pieces though, since those yellow shock absorbers
require a good bit of strength to push...
> I don't think that's the reason. The "trunk" assembly hits the two
> <part:32136> at the sides of the seat when it's lowered and makes the correct
> low position impossible. Just to try this theory I removed them from the seat
> and the trunk went down just fine. (It's not a solution because those two
> elements are what holds the seat and some decoration pieces in place)
Ah okay...I think I see what you mean. (thought you meant that you couldn't
get it to stay closed) The funny thing is that I took another look at my
Silver Champion last night and I noticed that the lid actually was going
down the whole way. Now this is rather strange since I distinctly remember
not being able to close it completely with some force. I did take apart the
model once to try out the alternate model and later built the main one
again, so I must have done something differently from the first time. On
closer examination it seems that the aforemenioned parts are not conflicting
with the trunk assembly anymore; either I made the mistake last time or this
time...or possibly both... :-)
-Gaurav Thakur, raving madman
Can be reached at cp5670@supermail.com
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