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Re: LEGO Legends
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 13 Jun 2001 16:41:33 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Selçuk Göre writes:
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> Jennifer Clark wrote:
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> > "Fredrik Glöckner" wrote:
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> > > Perhaps Unimogs are not so common in the UK?
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> > I've certainly not noticed many (any?) of them kicking about here,
> > although I am prepared to be proven wrong on this. I gather they are
> > popular in construction and agricultural use, but I've never come across
> > them in that capacity either. The reason I thought the Lego model was odd
> > was that it didn't quite look like a "proper" tipper truck, and I had
> > never seen a tipper truck with a digger bucket on the front either!
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> Here, they (The Mercedes Unimogs) are mostly used by military as a
> transport mainly, but also for too many other purposes (from field
> ambulance to airport fire engine), but our highway repair department
> also have quite much of them, mostly used to open roads (in the exact
> configuration as modeled in 8848) that covered with snow. They have also
> quite other configurations, one of which is very similar to small town
> set "6667 Pothole Patcher". This tough truck always been my dream
> vehicle, though I never saw any non-military/non-state-owned versions
> around, not that I can afford it if any civilian versions would have
> been available..:-)
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> Selçuk
I read an article late last year that Unimog was preparing a consumer
vehicle to be sold as an SUV in the US. Shudder.
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| (...) Here, they (The Mercedes Unimogs) are mostly used by military as a transport mainly, but also for too many other purposes (from field ambulance to airport fire engine), but our highway repair department also have quite much of them, mostly (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.technic)
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