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| One other question regarding this set. Why the new type of motor? It is bigger than it needs to be, not any better as far as I can tell than the standard type (just as noisy anyway), and no doubt added to the cost of the set. It has two places that (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| My 8421 crane arrived today and I'm going to give my first impressions. I did a quickie pen and paper inventory that I may try to later key in and submit to peeron (Honestly i've never done an inventory and I'm a bit intimidated by the size of this (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic)
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8421
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| (...) I received mine Monday after ordering from Amazon.com. (Peeron RSS feeds rock!) I just completed it, and I pretty much agree with others' impressions here. The box is cool and huge, but I also didn't like having to tear it to open it. Like (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic)
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8421
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| (...) As far as I understand it, having had a chance to chat with the set designer in Billund during the inside tour, the "buggy" motor is cheaper than the smaller one you are referring to. The buggy motor uses a conventional iron cored armature (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| On Fri, July 1, 2005 10:17 am, Gyl said: (...) I replaced the single pair of pneumatic cylinders with two pair of pneumatic cylinders. It's a very easy change (except for securing the two cylinders end-to-end) That allows the boom to hold much more (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| On Thu, June 30, 2005 11:49 pm, Gyl said: (...) The motor is the same used in the RC Racers. It's much more powerful than the other motor, runs three times as fast, but also draws more current. The two outputs run at different speeds. Steve (20 years ago, 1-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Hi Gyl, one thing you could try is adding hoses to the unused cylinder outlets, and pushing lever handle partially in the end of the hose. I've found by adjusting how far the lever is up the hose you can partially block the hose, which would (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I will make an assumption (not always a good idea) and say the 2 unused cylinder retract ports should be hooked together with 2 legs of a Tee, then the third leg of the Tee attaced to the unused port on the pneumatic switch. Every other (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I also have finished this set and I also like the boom extension, but the main problems for me seem to be that the boom extension doesn't move smoothly, and the outriggers follow the same pattern as the ones from earlier sets (8862, 8460). (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Hi Keith I got one here in Toronto soon after we corresponded :-) Just started building it today. It will likely take a couple of weeks given the size of this set and my lack of time. It's certainly the most impressive Technic set I have ever (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| Well, I just finished building this set and all I can say is WOW!! This supplants the space shuttle set as the ultimate technic building set in my humble opinion. The whole body section of the vehicle is chocked full of mechanisms. There's (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I like the smaller lift & carry cranes, which actually run the hoist cable through the boom extension, so that extending the boom doesn't require letting out any cable at all. (...) That may be a playability decision. As I found with my (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| (...) I must say with respect to the box, the same thing applies for the 8416 set, which is disappointing. Now all I have to do is get 8421, where can I get one delivered to Australia? Cheers, AP. (20 years ago, 17-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I posted one to Bricklink already. :D (...) The 32-long axle first came out with the minifig hockey sets as control sticks, then as the slide pole for 7240 file station. Before this the longest axle is 12. Lego once said on their site that (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I am skeptical. I am old-school technic, and hated bionicle at first, but confess that I have learned to like it, and I have spent more on Bionicle this year than on system Lego this year (granted, I had 5years of Bionicle to catch up on, (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX)
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8421
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| (...) I just finished mine as well. It is quite an incredible set to build and operate. I like how the cable spools itself in and out with the boom extension/retract though sometimes one seems to outrun the other. With the boom up and extended I (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| Thanks for the info; I went yesterday to Oakville and got it. It looks really neat! Pros: 3 section boom more wheels motor to operate both the extension and the hook lowering Cons: Not many technic/regular bricks outriggers (20 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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