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Re: New Images of 2006 Trains
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Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:24:38 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Mike Walsh wrote:
> > LEGO has provided ILTCO with some new images of the 2006 Trains. Check them
> > out in the ILTCO Gallery: The new images start after the box images.
> >
> > http://www.iltco.org/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=album41
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> Thanks Mike and ILTCO!
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> Something just occurred to me and maybe I'm just clueless, but it appears to
> me that the wheels on the green croc are new, a la BBB small wheels, using a
> technic axle. Does the ICE train use the same wheel type? And if not, then
> I assume that the wheels come off the motor block easily. What occurred to
> me is that these remote control motors could be used in many other
> applications by replacing the train wheels with gears, essentially turning
> the "train" motor into a generic remote controlled motor.
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> Or am I missing something here?
The pics I got at Toy Fair were of preprod stuff (witness the use of a metal
railed turnout in old gray), so don't really help. The spoked wheels are there
but the motor block on that one appears not to have technic axles:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1627106 (and others in that
area)
Still, worth mentioning as items of interest?
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| (...) Thanks Mike and ILTCO! Something just occurred to me and maybe I'm just clueless, but it appears to me that the wheels on the green croc are new, a la BBB small wheels, using a technic axle. Does the ICE train use the same wheel type? And if (...) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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