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oldest lego technic piece —Vineet Honkan

Does anyone out there know what the oldest lego technic piece is that is still in use? IE a u-joint, axle, pin etc. (19 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)

Re: oldest lego technic piece —Gerhard R. Istok

(...) OK, I am not a Technic expert, but I do know about the European gear sets that were produced starting in 1970 had axle pieces that are compatible with Technic today. The #800, #801 and #802 sets were the first of these. I was surprised to not (...) (19 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)

Re: oldest lego technic piece —Juergen Stuber

Hi, (...) some of the axles existed even before Technic (IIRC 4 6 8 12) for the big colored pre-technic gears. They changed from uncolored to black when technic was introduced, and probably the material was changed as well. JÃ¼rgen (19 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)

Re: oldest lego technic piece —Rob Antonishen

(...) From my cruddy web-cam: Original bushing (URL) version of the "technic beam" (brick?): (URL) axle (seems translucent, but it could be age): (URL) u-joint: (URL) of these came from the 812-1 I still have parts for: (URL) A> (19 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)

Re: oldest lego technic piece —Ralph Hempel

(...) fun are they? (URL) I wonder where they are now, or if they are lamenting the passing of their old style gears into the newer fine-pitch teeth :-) Imagine the uproar of changing the basic brick with holes into the studded beam. Heresy! Ralph (19 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)

Re: oldest lego technic piece —Juergen Stuber

(...) It is probably because pre-technic Lego constructions fall apart as soon as you apply a little force. They'd probably rather play with Fischer Technik, that was the stuff to do serious technical constructions at the time. (...) No, Lego (...) (19 years ago, 24-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)

Re: oldest lego technic piece —Ralph Hempel

(...) I still have all my old Fischer Technik stuff, and I honestly played with it until about 1998 when Mindstorms came out. I think it was one of the best construction systems out there, and when I went to Germany in the fall I was amazed at how (...) (19 years ago, 25-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)

Re: oldest lego technic piece —Ross Crawford

(...) Like (URL) this>? ROSCO (19 years ago, 25-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)

Re: oldest lego technic piece —Wayne R. Hussey

(...) I prefer this one: (URL) the other one shows me. I prefer to show just my work. I can add to the discussion about the 'oldest Technic piece still in production': The axles. Assuming you aren't counting the 'improved versions' of the (...) (19 years ago, 26-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)

Re: oldest lego technic piece —Ray Sanders

(...) Well said.. ZNAP scales up much easier than traditional LEGO System. The connectors are stronger for larger items (and bruised fingers trying to get them apart sometimes). (...) Nice work Ross ! Ray (19 years ago, 26-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)

Re: oldest lego technic piece —Ross Crawford

(...) Well, it may have been my work finding it, but the MOC itself is not. As Wayne has said, it is HIS work, my collection of znap would make a bridge about as long as a muon's lifetime... ROSCO (19 years ago, 26-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)

Re: oldest lego technic piece —Danny Staple

I still use Fischertechnik parts occasionally. In terms of there robotics (this will get me shot too...) and pneumatics stuff - they are far in advance of Lego - but for actually gearing and wheels Lego Technic does still come tops for me. Having (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)

Re: oldest lego technic piece —Juergen Stuber

(...) there is an older type that is generally too loose. (...) (URL) this is normal, I think it is just the uncolored plastic. JÃ¼rgen (19 years ago, 24-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)