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Subject:	Re: Colored gears
Newsgroups:	lugnet.technic
Date:	Tue, 15 Oct 2002 20:26:28 GMT
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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 compatible with modern gears. The line included red bushings, milky white axles, and 2x4 grey bricks with holes (the bricks are still in use). The Samsonite gears could also be attached to the old studded wheels with metal axles. Here's the explanation on Technica: Sam gears http://w3.one.net/~hughesj/technica/registry/gear/gear_1.php Euro gears http://w3.one.net/~hughesj/technica/registry/gear/gear_2.php Connectors and axles http://w3.one.net/~hughesj/technica/registry/connect/conn_1.php http://w3.one.net/~hughesj/technica/registry/axle/axle_1.php Hope that helps, Clark Visit my Vintage Parts pages, submissions always welcome: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=8642 In lugnet.technic, Gaurav Thakur writes: > Does anyone know anything about these gears and/or where they are from? > > -Gaurav

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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)

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