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Re: Redesigned mini train wheel (!)
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:23:44 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Rick Clark wrote:
> This seems to have slipped by under the radar, but the mini train wheel has been
> redesigned and improved by LEGO. The old one [1], available in M.O.W. cars,
> Gringott's Bank, etc., was high friction, and tended to be very squeaky. The new
> one [2], available in the Spiderman Train Rescue set [3], has a redesigned axle
> hole which is low friction. Consequently, it rolls more freely, and squeaks
> less. There's four in the set.
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> The easy way to tell them apart is that the old style has a round axle hole, and
> the new style has an X-shaped axle hole (which is too small for a Technic axle).
> If you have really good eyesight, the old style is printed with the number 2927,
> and the new style has the number 50254.
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> Rick C.
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> 1. <http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/2927>
> 2. <http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/50254>
> 3. <http://guide.lugnet.com/set/4855>
Oddly enough when I noticed it my excitement turned into disappointment. From
what I could tell on the box art in the store, I thought it was actually an axle
hole, and I had a mini-celebration for a minute there. Then when I got home and
opened the damn thing, I realised I was wrong after all :-( Oh well, I'll settle
for ANY improvment. Less squeak? Great! (Haven't really used the wheels much yet
so I wouldn't know personally, though.)
Legoswami
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| This seems to have slipped by under the radar, but the mini train wheel has been redesigned and improved by LEGO. The old one [1], available in M.O.W. cars, Gringott's Bank, etc., was high friction, and tended to be very squeaky. The new one [2], (...) (20 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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