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Re: Need Instruction Scans - Trike Buggy (set 1257 or 3000)
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Date: 
Fri, 5 Apr 2002 19:17:54 GMT
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Looked up a 393 on Bricklink - whoa, my wallet had a heart attack. Thinking
about just recreating one from downloaded instructions, but the wheels &
tyres are of a type I have not seen before.  The wheels look like they could
double as paddle wheels without the tyres. Can't even find a MLCad version.

BTW - kinda bordering on the blasphemy part here, but picked up a Mega Blok
Super Bike at a garage sale (hey, for a buck even Mega Bloks are a bargain).
Been thinking about doing it in Lego, with some better construction ideas
(the MB approach was a bit too 'solid' with way too many 2x4's).

In lugnet.technic, David Till writes:
> 
> > Here's a few to add:
> > 
> > 393 Norton Motorcycle (1976)
> > 394 Harley-Davidson 1000cc (1976)
> > (above two not really Technic, but way cool as LEGO model sets go)
> 
> Perhaps not technic, but still closer than some of the newer stuff in the
> 8000 range
> 
> I don't see why they shouldn't be included.
> 
> (Duckie) Dave Till
> Hoping to find 393 and 394 whilst on holiday from tommorrow.
> 
> 



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  Re: 393 pre-technic parts
 
Mike, The paddle wheel is a european-only pre-technic gear. From the same series are the milky-white axles and red bushings. They are listed on Technica: (URL) tyres look like an early version of the 3634. You could probably make a modern substitute (...) (24 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.technic)

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  Re: Need Instruction Scans - Trike Buggy (set 1257 or 3000)
 
Mark Chittenden <mdublade@aol.com> wrote in message news:Gtusyp.735@lugnet.com... (...) Actually I included 2 roboriders, but neither was typical of the line, both looking more like motorcycles than action figure. (...) Perhaps not technic, but (...) (24 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.technic)

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