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Re: Technic is alive? on 8431 it does + new 8472 set
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Thu, 5 Sep 2002 16:40:29 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Michael Edwards writes:
Whist looking at the images of the new reissue of 8460 Crane Truck as  8431,

I've noticed on this image

http://shop.lego.com/xt_Imagepopup.asp?Theme=&XMLPath=2057&iFile=/images/pro
ducts/TYPE04/LEGO-US-2057/Box384x288us008431.jpg

That it has "TECHNIC" on it... now those this mean that technic is back?

My guess would be that since this is a re-issue of a TECHNIC set as a legend,
it has TECHNIC written on the box.  I mean, in the original release, it was
part of TECHNIC, not Star Wars, Racers, Bionicle, etc.

Personally, I don't really care if the "TECHNIC" LEGO theme disappears.  As
long as technic elements such as beams, liftarms, gears, transmission bits,
motors, etc. keep showing up in decent quantities in LEGO sets, I, for one,
will be happy.  No matter if it says Star Wars, Bionicle, Racers, or TECHNIC on
the box.  And I believe one of the LEGO reps at Brickfest 2002 DID say that
TECHNIC is not dead.... probably referring to technic LEGO in general.

Also discovered a new Racers (technic) set on Shop@Home:
8472 Street 'n' Mud Racer
http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?id=%7B9F9A18AB%2D82C6%2D11D6%2D8047%2D00C04F5ED856%7D

It has a motor, and appears to use bumpers to toggle the motor from forward to
backward.  The switch appears to resemble a polarity switch.  Unfortunately the
motor is likely inside a single module with the batteries, similar to the
Manas.  Not sure if the set has steering or not.  Anyone have this set?  Anyone
know anything more about the 8472???  Cool use of Bionicle parts as fenders on
the off-road version...

build well

John



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  Re: Technic is alive? on 8431 it does + new 8472 set
 
(...) I couldn't agree more. It's the parts I want! (...) I have this set on order, but it didn't show up yet .. grrrrr! My primary interest is in finding out how that bumper system works. Checking out if it is adaptable to other uses where (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)

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Whist looking at the images of the new reissue of 8460 Crane Truck as 8431, I've noticed on this image (URL) it has "TECHNIC" on it... now those this mean that technic is back? ~~ Mike Edwards ~~ (URL) ~ Edwards-Parts (URL) ~ Kanohi-Power.com ~~ (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic)

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