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In lugnet.lego.announce, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
For me the new bulldozer marks a return to some studded building, which in my
opinion is welcomed. So far there have been some good suggestions. What about
some process line plant, that would manipulate a object on a conveyer and maybe
put it in a box. Or even a card board box folder, using pneumatics, and some
control electronics? Why doesn’t Lego Technic take us to the fairground and give
us some complex sun and planetary motions and G forces.... And lets see if we
can make the Technic figs vomit!!!
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In lugnet.technic, Mervyn Tomb wrote:
> What about some process line plant, that would manipulate an
> object on a conveyer and maybe put it in a box... Why doesn't
> Lego Technic take us to the fairground and give us some
> complex sun and planetary motions and G forces...
I think we've gone very far beyond the "vote for some of these stock models"
point of the original post, but as long as we've gone there... <grin>...
I would love to see an "assembly line" style Technic series (each kit does
something on it's own, but buying more than one allows you to link them together
to make something more complex in an automated fashion). The question is if you
can do this without "electronic" automation (without the NXt for instance),
which would really drive the price up.
Another option I think might actually sell well (in addition to being fun for
AFoLs... not always the same thing ;-) ), is GBC modules. I've had no end of fun
building and displaying these, but perhaps more important it seems to have
caught on with kids and school groups. And, again, you could make a number of
them that follow the standard, and the more modules your have, the more fun you
can have arranging them... Toss in 10 balls per module, and your soccer ball
supply is self-sufficient as you buy new modules.
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Brian Davis
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In lugnet.technic, Brian Davis wrote:
> Another option I think might actually sell well (in addition to being fun for
> AFoLs... not always the same thing ;-) ), is GBC modules. I've had no end of fun
> building and displaying these, but perhaps more important it seems to have
> caught on with kids and school groups. And, again, you could make a number of
> them that follow the standard, and the more modules your have, the more fun you
> can have arranging them... Toss in 10 balls per module, and your soccer ball
> supply is self-sufficient as you buy new modules.
This, of course, is great idea, but these days we come to except such things
from Brian.
I've got to believe that some simple modules could be priced very affordably,
perhaps in the $15-$30 range. More complex ones, of course, could be priced
higher.
But the hook-them-together-ness would be a great selling point. It would be
most cool.
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In lugnet.technic, Brian Davis wrote:
> I would love to see an "assembly line" style Technic series (each kit does
> something on it's own, but buying more than one allows you to link them together
> to make something more complex in an automated fashion). The question is if you
> can do this without "electronic" automation (without the NXt for instance),
> which would really drive the price up.
I think the idea of models that perform some direct mechanical function is a
good one. As a child, I remember being immensely pleased with the "fan" I built
from http://peeron.com/inv/sets/8020-1 - it was just powered by a hand crank.
That example is hardly as sophisticated as an assembly line, but the idea of
making some kind of game or system out of each individual device seems like a
viable way to market a series of kits.
Jim
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In lugnet.technic, Brian Davis wrote:
> In lugnet.technic, Mervyn Tomb wrote:
>
> > What about some process line plant, that would manipulate an
> > object on a conveyer and maybe put it in a box... Why doesn't
> > Lego Technic take us to the fairground and give us some
> > complex sun and planetary motions and G forces...
>
> I think we've gone very far beyond the "vote for some of these stock models"
> point of the original post, but as long as we've gone there... <grin>...
>
> I would love to see an "assembly line" style Technic series (each kit does
> something on it's own, but buying more than one allows you to link them together
> to make something more complex in an automated fashion). The question is if you
> can do this without "electronic" automation (without the NXt for instance),
> which would really drive the price up.
>
> Another option I think might actually sell well (in addition to being fun for
> AFoLs... not always the same thing ;-) ), is GBC modules. I've had no end of fun
> building and displaying these, but perhaps more important it seems to have
> caught on with kids and school groups. And, again, you could make a number of
> them that follow the standard, and the more modules your have, the more fun you
> can have arranging them... Toss in 10 balls per module, and your soccer ball
> supply is self-sufficient as you buy new modules.
Before reading the poll's and the replies, I was going to say "machines of the
industrial revolution". But then I saw a poll that gives me N choices of
crane.... yawn.
How about a lathe with a hot-wire tool that can turn shapes in foam? How about
a milling machine that can mill soft wax? How about a loom that can weave
standard knitting yarn? How about a model bottling line than pushes 1x1 plates
onto the tops of 1x1 bricks (or model bottles)? A drill press?
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