• LEGO pull-back motor

    Yellow brick-built wind-up motor with a large red key next to a black, red and gray Technic-style racing buggy with broad tires on a wooden table.
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    From Wind-Up Keys to Pull-Back Racers: LEGO’s Spring Motor History

    How LEGO spring motors evolved from the 1981 winding key to dedicated pull-back units, 2000 dragsters and Technic racers. Includes the catalogue-transcription caveat and disputed 895 dating.

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