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Re: Amusing Review of 2963 Extreme Racer on Amazon.com
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Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:43:45 GMT
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In lugnet.fun, Lorbaat wrote:

Of the pieces in the set, only the exhaust pipes even seem exotic to me.  In
fact, that's why I bought it, to get a pair.  Somehow I'd managed not to get
them.

There is something (to me) un-LEGO about them... they follow such a
non-standard preformed shape, I guess.

Yep.  I know they showed up chrome in a few different sets.  Well, OK, at
least two, one of which is 2963.

They look even weirder (i.e., more un-LEGO-ish) without the chrome.  My
kids have got one set of those, and I can't count the times I've *almost*
thrown them away.  I wish I knew which set *those* came from.

Steve



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  Re: Amusing Review of 2963 Extreme Racer on Amazon.com
 
"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:58461to0tlde2lv...4ax.com... (...) In (...) get (...) There are a non-chromed pair in the 6646 Screaming Patriot. (URL) - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
  RE: Amusing Review of 2963 Extreme Racer on Amazon.com
 
(...) <set:6446> and <set:6669>. I have both... --Bram Bram Lambrecht BXL34@po.cwru.edu (URL) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
  Re: Amusing Review of 2963 Extreme Racer on Amazon.com
 
(...) They can be found on older race type sets (Diesel Daredevil, Screaming Patriot, Eagle Air Show) but it is originally a Fabuland piece. Selçuk (24 years ago, 20-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)

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  Re: Amusing Review of 2963 Extreme Racer on Amazon.com
 
(...) Heh. (...) Of the pieces in the set, only the exhaust pipes even seem exotic to me. In fact, that's why I bought it, to get a pair. Somehow I'd managed not to get them. There is something (to me) un-LEGO about them... they follow such a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)

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