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Re: Silver Champion Questions
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 10 May 2001 22:56:36 GMT
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Verry helpful review,
thank you!
Gary
Gaurav Thakur <cp5670@supermail.com> wrote in message
news:GD4rGF.HJz@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.technic, Gary E. Blessing writes:
> > Hello,
> > I have a few questions about the silve champ.
> >
> > 1.How solid is it? some people said that its flimsy,so what I meen is 1.5
> > solid compared to the 8448?
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> I though that this set was actually really strong (heh...if you look on • one
> of the above links you can find my opinion there :-) ) and • well-constructed.
>
> > 2.Does the steering work? (yes I know thats a stupid question,but it • dosen't
> > say on Lego's site)
>
> LOL actually that's not too bad of a question; the steering systems on the
> other two major 2000 models left a lot to be desired. (8457 was very messy
> and ineffective, 8279 didn't have one at all) Anyway the one on this model
> does work, but it could probably use some improvement. The thickness of • the
> wheels makes the steering somewhat hard to operate. (since they scrape
> against the floor/carpet and create lots of friction)
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> > 3.Does anyone have a picture of it next to an 8448? (I need a size
> > comparison)
>
> Sorry, my camera isn't working properly at the moment, or I could have • taken
> and uplodaded some. 8448 is about 19-20" long (at least the wing doors
> model) while 8458 is about 26-27" long.
>
> Anyway a little bit more information can be found at a review on my • website:
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> http://cp5670.terrashare.com/TC/reviews/8458.htm
>
> -Gaurav Thakur, raving madman
> Can be reached at cp5670@supermail.com
> http://cp5670.terrashare.com/TC/
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| (...) Glad you found it useful! So far the site has 11 or 12 of them in total. I try to upload a new one every 3-6 days; that time period will probably be shortened a lot when I get more free time with the end of the school year in sight. (woohoo!) (...) (23 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I though that this set was actually really strong (heh...if you look on one of the above links you can find my opinion there :-) ) and well-constructed. (...) LOL actually that's not too bad of a question; the steering systems on the other two (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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