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In lugnet.general, Ronald Vallenduuk writes:
> A few observations about the new sets (now I've had the time to have a
> better look).
> First the fire truck. I've seen enough disaster movies to immediately
> recognize it as an airport firetruck. The color, oh well, maybe I'd prefer
> yellow or dayglow orange.... There are definitely two knobs on top. Back and
> front steering independently would be very unlikely on this kind of vehicle,
> the second knob to control the hose makes much more sense.
Maybe it controls the hose arm on top?
> From the size of
> the vehicle there must be something interesting inside. From what I can see
> in this picture it looks unlikely the cab or the back will open up. There
> are two things I can't work out in the picture: what's that blue thing
> between the wheels,
Looks like a hose.
> The Backhoe grader. I'm afraid there won't be an airtank inside. Just look
> at the size of the cab. There must be at least five pneumatic
> valves/switches (outriggers, front up/down, front tip, back up/down, back
> tip), maybe six (an extra for the back).
I'd say definitely 6.
> With the amount of hoses that'll
> take I don't think there'll be any space for a tank.
Very unlikely. But I don't think you need a tank when you're using the
manual pump.
> Interesting bits in
> this picture: the one red piece of tubing in the back, I wonder what's the
> significance of that.
Looks like ordinary flex hose to me - dunno why it would be red.
> As for the small construction vehicles: I'll get those in a flash as soon as
> they hit the shelves. Even if there's hardly any new parts in them for me, I
> think they're very well done: they're just cute. And Lego should be
> encouraged to make more of this....
I agree! These sets look great for younger technic builders to start on!
ROSCO
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