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Bit of backstory: When I was just a kid (born in 81) - my first major Lego Sets after the little airport and space base - I saw these sets and went wacko. Begged and pleaded for each-and-every set. Somehow - some way I managed to keep them intact and together over the years. Due to various issues I was unable to do much due to living situation - then that changed thanks to a good job and pulling out of debt. I've since become a Star Wars fanatic and started collecting UCS sets - but Mtron always held a very special place in my heart. My first major collection. I intend to keep it that way. I found that I was a little hard on my lego's so I had to recover/replace some parts - and missing 1 manual - 250 USD later and some patient waiting on Ebay - I can finally say I have the entire collection. I also discovered that there was a bonus set that I had missed that required 3 of the models to make this one - hence the 200 bucks or so - I bought the 3 extra duplicates of my collection to make that one special bonus. And here they are all on display. Notes: What you see is the following sets: 1478 - Mobile Satellite Up-Link 6811 - Pulsar Charger 6833 - Beacon Tracer 6877 - Vector Detector 6896 - Celestial Forager 6923 - Particle Ionizer 6956 - Stellar Recon Voyager 6989 - Mega Core Magnetizer 6862 - Secret Space Voyager (bonus "super" set - 6877, 6896 and 6923 required/used) 6704 - Extra figure Somewhere in there I may or may not have modded a couple sets for the extra parts left over from the super set - and took some creative licensing (all extra parts) 6710 - Blacktron Space Landing Plates - 3 sets of them 6971 - 2 Space "Lunar plates" from my old yet horribly broken set (I regret this) I have all manuals - no parts missing - I only lack original boxes - back in the day those where original paper - no cardboard - I regret that - but at least this survived. Now If only I could figure out what this entire collection is worth? I'm also inclined to find a MOC MTron Base for my collection. - In any case - may you enjoy and share the memories of the epic 90's. I decided to make a little themed "mining operation" showing off my collection - bought a whole pile of neon green studs due to shipping restrictions - cause why not. Yes you may or may not spot the Ice Planet models in the background - don't mind them :) Trivia Fact: This was the first time they introduced magnets into Space Legos I hope there are still some die hard MTron fans out there - love to hear from you! Enjoy. :)
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Does anyone know the measurements of the magnets and maybe where to find stronger ones. I've had this set since new and not long after I got it, the lower panels started to droop. I know this set is 15 yrs old and it's taken me a while to get to the subject. Any info is greatly appreciated.
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Magneto PMH Generator
Boxerlego posted a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
Hi, This is a Magneto PMH Generator. Here I am making magnetic currents in the U core by using a magnetic structured armature that has North pole magnets on one side and South pole magnets on the other side to focus currents down the PMH generator with a center tapped rectifier and capacitor to store the electricity that is produced. A DC motor and a AA 9 Volt battery box is the main power source to turn the magnet armature around. My last project was going to be a Flux Switching Alternator but here on this machine the magnets on the armature are not switching the domains around in the core but here its rather pulses one streaming direction of magnet current through the U Core. This Generator is able to produce a no-load voltage of 15 volts, please note that the coils do not fit precisely over the U core and that diminish the magnetic effect that is occurring between the coils and the metal core. When I put a load on the capacitor the RPMs on DC motor rises I demonstrate this with my stepper motor as the capacitors load. Now when I power the XL's internal motor, it barley running with any driving force behind it and it is able to turn the planetary gear sets weakly around at 20 rpm.
