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Re: 8860 Scissors lift
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 17 May 2001 02:39:30 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Gaurav Thakur writes:
> BTW while we're on the subject of the 8860, what kind of shock absorbers did
> it use? The pictures I have seen of the model on eBay auctions that say
> "100% complete" or something similar use the light-gray small shocks (also
> used on 8865), but the picture on the box seems to have some kinds of
> springs wound around axles to make the suspension operate. Anyone know
> something about this?
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> -Gaurav Thakur, raving madman
Oh yeah, that's a great question.
I remember that as a child I felt like I was cheated out of building that
part. I guess I hated POOPs even as a child! I completely forgot about it
until you mentioned it.
Does anyone have this set with the suspension that is shown on the box?
Any information at all?
- David
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| (...) I've got two copies, one of which which I got for Christmas in the year of release. Both use 'Shock Absorber 6.5l's. I always assumed (even as a kid) that the box photo was a prototype and the shocks were added due to some design flaw of the (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) That's too bad; the scissor lift seems to be one of the more interesting box-idea models. I think many of the smaller and medium-sized Universal from 1989 to 1993 or so had the model ideas on the box as well as the older models. BTW while (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.technic)
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