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| | | I find this pretty interesting: There is a section called "model of the month" at: (URL) are 3 modified supercar models created by kids. Look at the yellow supercar supposedly created by Det gule lyn age 13. It is the first one on top receiving the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: Yellow Supercar on Lego.com —Bryan Wong
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| | | | | (...) No wonder that picture on lego.com looks so familiar! One small thing to point out, though, is that the car in the picture on lego.com is facing towards the left, whereas the article's picture is facing the right. Does that mean anything? (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | Re: Yellow Supercar on Lego.com —Dave Baum
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| | | | | | (...) Its definitely a different picture, but probably the same car. Dave Baum (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: Yellow Supercar on Lego.com —Eelco Kooiker
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| | | | | It has even the same transmission and both have a motor on the same place!!! (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: Yellow Supercar on Lego.com —Dave Baum
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| | | | | I'm pretty sure that the car couldn't have been built outside of Lego. Consider all of those yellow "axles" (both flexible and normal). All of the flexible ones I've seen in real sets have little ridges near the ends. I don't see any ridges in the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | Re: Yellow Supercar on Lego.com —Fredrik Glöckner
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| | | | | | | (...) I think it was probably a mistake. I wouldn't expect them to do this knowingly. BTW, I liked the middle car best. Fredrik (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | Re: Yellow Supercar on Lego.com —Peter Jepsen
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| | | | | | Dave Baum wrote ... (...) I've noticed the same things as you folks, and I'll give my guess as to what has happened.. "Facts" that I think we all can agree on : The car model is the same as in the car magazine article. The yellow Flexible Axles (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Yellow Supercar on Lego.com —Lawrence Wilkes
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| | | | | | | (...) Until I saw the direct links to these pages (e.g. (URL) I had been unable to progress beyond the menu page that required you input the registration number as a password. I have seen other comments on this problem. I assume that they have not (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Yellow Supercar on Lego.com —Tim Wilkins
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| | | | | | | | (...) Hi Lawrence, The registration number on (URL) is LT8448. If you had clicked on the "need more help" icon you would have seen a man holding a car with....guess what....LT8448 on the number plate. REgards Tim (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Yellow Supercar on Lego.com —Lawrence Wilkes
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| | | | | | | | (...) LT8448. (...) Yes, I know. I should have been more explicit. Even when I enter the correct password it just displays the same screen, with the following in the URL (URL) have tried every comination I can think of, and I know there have been (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Yellow Supercar on Lego.com —Tim Wilkins
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| | | | | | | | | Ah Ah I see now. It worked just once for me and now it does not ? Regards Tim (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Yellow Supercar on Lego.com —Tim Wilkins
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| | | | | | | | LT8448 Problem solved. You must click on the enter button.....not hit the enter key! Regards Tim (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Yellow Supercar on Lego.com —Lawrence Wilkes
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| | | | | | | | (...) Yes, obvious really! Cant think why I never tried that before....... I really feel dumb now. thanks for your help regards lawrence (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Yellow Supercar on Lego.com —Jeff Boen
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| | | | | | | (...) i believe the wheels (or "hubs" as you refer to them) are simply the 1999 technic silver wheels used in most of the large technic sets: (URL) not sure if the old supercar (8880) tires fit on these wheels (i'm at work, have to wait until i get (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Yellow Supercar on Lego.com —Peter Jepsen
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| | | | | | Correction : (...) from any publicly available Technic sets. The 8445 set (yellow F1 racer) of course includes six yellow flaxles. Sorry, Jepsen (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: Yellow Supercar on Lego.com —Will Middelaer
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| | | | (...) After looking at the two pictures for a while, I felt like I was looking at one of those kids' games of "Spot the differences." Well, I only found one difference that is striking. Even with the very different brightnesses of the pictures, this (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: Yellow Supercar on Lego.com —Dan Jezek
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| | | | (...) same. (...) If you look closely then you'll see that the picture on lego.com DOES have 2 beams on the opposite side. It is really hard to see but when you look close you'll spot it. That means that when looking from the front of the car, the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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