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  Colored gears
 
I was just browsing around the Lugnet parts inventory and found some unusual gears that I had not seen before. They do not seem to be compatible with the normal gears as it looks like they have different types of teeth, and the standard axle (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Colored gears
 
These are old, pre-Technic gears. --Jack Gregory "Gaurav Thakur" <cp5670@3dap.com> wrote in message news:H415zC.CuA@lugnet.com... (...) unusual (...) the (...) pictures. (...) There (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Colored gears
 
(...) These are quite old. I got some in my first LEGO set in the 1970's (Probably around 1975 or so). They are not modern Technic compatable. I still have several of each. They used to attach to the old wheels with metal axels. Eric Kingsley (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Colored gears
 
(...) They appeared in several sets in the early 70's (URL) remember having an old idea book with plans for geared contraptions, but being frustrated because the gears were not available in the US at that time. I finally got my hands on some a few (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Colored gears
 
These are pre-Technic gears. There are actually two types. One with a round hole in the middle which were released in the US/Canada by Samsonite, and a second with an axle hole in the middle that were released in Europe. They are not directly (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Colored gears
 
Thanks for the information, everyone. So were there still sets with some Technic-like mechanical functionality before the expert builder items came out? (...) only dates back to 1981 or so, so I did not know about this stuff at all until now. Are (...) (22 years ago, 16-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: Colored gears - and the chain links no one talks about
 
Hi, Just adding my two cents: I recently purchased a mixed pile of Lego which included plenty of these gears (with European cross axle hole), the old white axles and the old chain links. The gears cannot be meshed with modern technic gears, but they (...) (22 years ago, 16-Oct-02, to lugnet.technic)

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