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In lugnet.technic, Paul Kleniewski wrote:
> hi
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> "Jonathan MacIntyre" <jonwally2002@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:Hr7xHI.3p6@lugnet.com...
> > Lego does make some good models, but then they make things like the "Fire
> > Truck" and "Tow Truck" (http://guide.lugnet.com/set/8462). I think Lego
> > should hire people off street (or internet) to design models. If given
> > enough time I could build a better fire truck.
> i think there is finite amount of models which can be buid
> i'm not saying nothing new will appear
> but if you track out technic history you will see few models
> which are redesigned from time to time
True. But the original posting wasn't complaining that there weren't new
subjects for LEGO Technic sets, rather that the MegaBloks set *looked* so very
good. It was then me who pointed out that the current LEGO fire truck looks
very much like a.... like a..... like a..... well, not like a fire truck. :)
Again, no complaints about the subject matter... just the execution of the
design.
> models should be good looking AND good working
> they sould be interesting and entertaining
Yup. I agree.
> and what fulfill it?
> supercars, back hoes, bulldozers etc
Fire trucks are interesting and entertaining too!
> but we cannot have new supercar every year
> so sometimes we have weak models
> just to wait for these excelent :)))
But don't weak models = weak sales?
Maybe it would have been better to _not_ release the LEGO fire truck this year.
Maybe it needed to go back to the drawing board for a while. Maybe it needed a
complete redesign before being released.
> in case of fire truck from dennis post
> we can see there good looking "bricks" which are ladder
> but noting more than ladder
> i suspect nothink more can be done from this ladder
> but the whole issue is to design universal pieces
> that's why there is no ladder in any lego technic or lego model team models
If you have a copy, or can borrow one, take a look on page 9 of the Ultimate
LEGO Book. There is a ladder truck there that uses primarily 1x2 45 degree
white slopes (regular and some inverted) to create a very nice looking ladder.
It can be done. In fact, it's been done. But why can't they take a realistic
model like that... scale it down a touch... and release that as a set? I can't
think of a reason.
All the best,
Allan B.
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| "Allan Bedford" <ExpertBuilder-DELET...otome.com> wrote in message news:Hr82qz.wDC@lugnet.com... (...) it's an air-port fire truck it doesn't have to have ladder but in fact what to release fire-truck for if it is not a fire-truck what everyone is (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| hi "Jonathan MacIntyre" <jonwally2002@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:Hr7xHI.3p6@lugnet.com... (...) then do it :))) i think there is finite amount of models which can be buid i'm not saying nothing new will appear but if you track out technic (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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