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Re: Power Puller alternate model ROCKS!
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Mon, 20 Jan 2003 02:17:23 GMT
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Thanks for the tip Stephane.
It looks like they have only posted part of the lessons. I was not able to
get lesson 7 or 8. I sent them an email, hopefully they will repost the
last two lessons.
I was one of those that was not very happy with the 8457, this looks like a
very cool alternative that may breath life back into this set.
Regards,
Greg
"Stephane Simard" <plague@videotron.ca> wrote in message
news:H8xzE4.LCn@lugnet.com...
> Hello all,
>
> Back in october I got out of my dark ages and immediately placed a shop at
> home order for the 8431 crane truck, and 8457 power puller.
>
> Even before receiving those sets, I read on their description of the power
> puller that the instructions for an alternate model was on the set's
> official website, www.lego.com/powerpuller. So I wasted no time in • spending
> 2 evenings downloading those instructions of that Power Dragster, by mean • of
> "print screen" every flash animation frame.
>
> As (bad)luck would have it, a mere 4 days later Lego decided to pull the
> plug on their website extras of the Power Puller and Silver Champion. I
> called them to ask for an explanation, and they said, "these websites have
> EXPIRED." IE: The products are getting old and the extras took too much
> webspace. No sweat, I had the 8457 alternate model on my hard drive, which • I
> later printed.
>
> Tonight, I finally took the time to build the dragster. Although the
> downloaded instructions are chock full of errors, I managed to complete • it,
> albeit having to make one crucial modification to the axle joining the
> engine to the drive: changing an axle 4 for axle 5 with a nut, to prevent • it
> from leaving the engine shaft.
>
> I have to say that the dragster is a superior model to the 8457 main • model.
> It's huge! It take a majority of the parts of that set, and all of the
> standard technic bricks. Most of the pieces remaining are engine pieces • and
> the 4 balloon wheels for the sled in the main model.
>
> The engine is a V8, which is less than any of the 8457 main model's many
> engine configurations.
>
> The steering is better, using the more functional axle + gears, instead of
> the flimsy flex system. It has an "hand of god" steering now.
> (By the way, the main model's steering worked only if you corrected an • error
> in the instructions, which I guess is why so many people complained about • it.)
>
> There's a cab for the driver and he's actually sitting in front of the • engine!
>
> But here's the deal: I check again this evening and Lego put back the • extras
> pf the Power Puller website!!!!! since the dragster instructions don't • come
> in the box, many people are ignoring that sweet looking alternate model! • Go
> the the site
> www.lego.com/powerpuller
> and "print screen" those instructions before Lego decided to pull the plug
> again!
>
> Anyone else built that alternate model yet?
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