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"Allan Bedford" <ExpertBuilder-DELETE-TO-REPLY@apotome.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.general, Ronald Vallenduuk writes:
> > Check out this backhoe with 9(!!) pneumatic cylinders:
> > http://www.marzdistribution.com/insideMarz/moreinfo.cfm?ID=LEGO-8455
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> This is brilliant design work.
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> This is what I think of when I think of LEGO Technic models. This has a
> very realistic look to it. Very well done!
I totaly agree. I take 3 of that one, please! :)
Can anyone see if there is a pnaumatic tank in there some place? I dont
have one yet...
> Someone once asked me why I felt so strongly that the Jack Stone series • was
> a bad move for the company. I told them that, "it just doesn't *feel* • like
> LEGO sets when I look at it." This backhoe model is exactly the opposite.
> This *feels* like a LEGO model. I realize we're talking juniorized sets • vs.
> Technic sets, but the principle is the same if you ask me. LEGO sets are
> golden when they feel the way you think LEGO sets should... whether new or
> old designs, and whether consisting of 10 Duplo pieces or 1000 Technic • parts.
>
> This speaks volumes about the ability of the LEGO company to produce • solid,
> well-designed, realistic Technic models... in awesome and consistent color
> schemes. This model should be held up as a standard for the type of • quality
> work of which the company has always been capable. Bravo and pats on the
> back to anyone involved in the planning and design of this set. You've
> earned your pay and then some!
I agree with you here also. The backhoe model is what we can say is the
heart of "real" Lego; all bricks that this model is made of can be used in
almost infinitve number of ways. And with some fantasy and skill you can
even get it to look like an airplaine using the same parts. You cant say
that about every sets from Lego today...
http://www.marzdistribution.com/insideMarz/moreinfo.cfm?ID=LEGO-8316
This one does not look like Lego at all. If it wasn't for the LEGO letters
in the name I would not have thought of this as a Lego set at all. I hope it
is not a big investment from the Lego Group company....
And I sorry to say that I will hope Lego stop that Bionicle line. I hate
that stuff, that is not what I can define as Lego at all, its more like
Playmobile stuff.
> > Or this 8-wheeled fire truck with 6 steering wheels:
> > http://www.marzdistribution.com/insideMarz/moreinfo.cfm?ID=LEGO-8454
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> This is a disaster.
> Frankly, I don't even see a fire truck in that picture. If you removed • the
> label and asked people to identify it, I'll bet you wouldn't get 'fire
> truck' as your first answer more than 1/2 the time.
Well, not a disaster. Airport firetrucks (some one mentioned crash trucks,
is that the same thing?) does not always looks pretty. They dont need to,
they only need to go fast over all terrain and be efficient. :)
But the backhoe model was the best of all Techninc sets that I could see on
that site.
Have my own Tracktor model here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=24410
It does not look so nice, or even at scale because the form of a Tracktor
only came after some try&fail with that steering consept.
Regards
Øyvind Steinnes
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=Phoenix
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| (...) Sorry, I didn't mean to give the wrong impression. I'm quite fond of the 'real' crash trucks. I think they are a wonderful blend of function vs. form. They are superbly rugged looking... something the LEGO model lacks woefully. It wasn't the (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) This is what I think of when I think of LEGO Technic models. This has a very realistic look to it. Very well done! Someone once asked me why I felt so strongly that the Jack Stone series was a bad move for the company. I told them that, "it (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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