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Re: Broken pieces in 8448 Supercar?
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http://www.lego.com/advanced/m0p0.asp - Mike's Column, FAQ.
Or if you are lazy (and don't want to check out the Cool stuff on the Supercar
site), http://www.lego.com/advanced/m6p1.asp
Ben Vaughan wrote:
> I bought the 8448 supercar about 3 months ago. It's been sitting on my desk
> at work and hasn't really been touched at all. The doors have been opened
> probably 30 times. This leads me to my problem. The doors are raised
> automatically by a spring loaded cylinder (I'm not sure of the actual name of
> this piece). Said spring is held in place by a small lip in the cylinder that
> forces the compression of the spring when the door is down. I tried to open
> the doors today and found that the lips on *both* cylinders had cracked,
> allowing the springs to decompress into the cylinder itself. End result is
> that the doors won't open.
>
> Here's my question. Anyone else seen this happen? Any suggestions about
> fixing it? Should I just try to get replacements from TLC?
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
> Ben Vaughan
> buster@marsbase.com
> http://www.marsbase.com
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| I bought the 8448 supercar about 3 months ago. It's been sitting on my desk at work and hasn't really been touched at all. The doors have been opened probably 30 times. This leads me to my problem. The doors are raised automatically by a spring (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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