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Re: LEGO Magnet and coupler statement.
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 15 May 2008 13:17:53 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Eric Kingsley wrote:
> LEGO has released a statement about magnets and couplers.
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> http://www.trains-n-town.com/article.php?story=20080515124005414
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> -Eric
Thanks for the link, Eric! This seems to be pretty good news and I am excited
to see how the new couplers work. In addition, I'm interested how they managed
to get the magnet to rotate. It could be a two step manufacturing process where
they mold two halves, put the magnet in, and then bond the halves together. Or
they could be doing some really tricky injection molding work...which wouldn't
surprise me either.
-Dave
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| (...) No problem Dave. I am also quite interested to see how the magnet works and rotates in the housing. I am sure someone will dissect one eventually. I was confident that there was going to be a way for the magnet polarity to switch but it is (...) (17 years ago, 15-May-08, to lugnet.trains)
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