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Re: LEGO Magnet and coupler statement.
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 15 May 2008 14:54:57 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Dave Sterling wrote:
> 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
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> 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.
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> -Dave
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 nice to get an official statement form LEGO confirming this.
-Eric
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| (...) In the hi-res images of the new buffers, one can see an "S"-shaped line running across the face of the magnet enclosure; it appears to be made of two halves that are then assembled and held together with a slot-and-locking tab mechanism. I (...) (18 years ago, 16-May-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO Magnet and coupler statement.
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| (...) 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 (...) (18 years ago, 15-May-08, to lugnet.trains)
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