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Re: 8862 pneumatic cylinders
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 12 Dec 2001 11:20:07 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Klaas H. Meijaard writes:
> 'All yellow': 1989 First appearance and introduction of the 8862 in the Dutch
> Lego-Catalog (pic 38&39):
> http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/catalogs/1989/c89nl/index.html
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> Fall 1990: Cap color changed to black. First seen in the German/French/Italien
> catalogue. Also the 8854 has the newer black-cap cylinders in that edition.
> Service-pack with black cap came available.
> Detail in 1991 (dutch) catalogue: the capcolors of 8044 and 8854 are still
> yellow, the 8862 is printed with the new caps. Looks like foto-retouch-job to
> me. Pic 45 on catalogue page:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/catalogs/1991/c91nl/index.html
Obviously, they painted over the yellow holes in the black cap...
http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/catalogs/1991/c91nl/c91nl-45.html
> Last known changes: the connector-pegs and bushings improved to the newer
> (second) version (see Hughes Technica) and the air-hose material became more
> flexible, an other teint of black too.
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> Well, that's it as far as I know/have been building/have sold.... :-)
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> Klaas (who build 19 times an 8862 so far ....)
Thanks! That's very interesting information!
It's still weird that they released a poster of a 8862 with both the regular
cylinders and the all yellow ones.
http://w3.one.net/~hughesj/technica/index/8800/8862i.html
- David
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