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Re: Ancient Art Of Technic Skeleton (Was Re: Building big)
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lugnet.build, lugnet.space
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Tue, 19 Jun 2001 19:36:25 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Tom Stangl writes:
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> Kyle Keppler wrote:
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> > > 2. Newer Technic sets seem to use more and more studless "liftarms" and less
> > > brick-style Technic beams - for example, 8880 had dozens of 1x16s, but the
> > > Silver Champion only contains 8. The SW Technic sets don't seem to contain
> > > any. This is a real shame - technic beams longer than 1x8 are becoming more
> > > and more difficult and expensive to obtain.
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> > Yea, at around $2 a pop it's rather hard to get a bunch of them...
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> $2/ea? Not on Brickbay! Less than $2ea for most I saw...
Oops, bad rounding I guess. But good colors (like black and grey) are still
too expensive anyways...
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> > > Having the luxury of a good Technic collection, I must say that personally I
> > > love using this construction method. In fact, that's why I prefer building
> > > big - not only is the result more impressive, but you're given the
> > > opportunity to solve a greater range of construction/engineering problems on
> > > the way to achieving it.
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> > > So yeah, in other words bigger IS better. :-)
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> > :-D
> > I need more technic. Heres to bulk beams!
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> S@H Europe had the 5237 Technic pack for a while last week or the week before. I
> suggest you keep checking, as many of their packs have come back in stock for
> short periods of time, I would assume as they send off all orders and verify what
> (if any) they have left.
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> Keep a watch on 5235, just in case it comes back in stock.
Will do, thanks for the tip..
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> But YES, I agree, they really SHOULD release large Technic beams in bulk. I'd
> love to see packs of 10 or 25 in black - 1x16s all the way down to 1x8s (but
> packaged SEPARATELY, not as mixed size packs!).
I agree 110%
--Kyle "I want bulk beams" Keppler
http://hvl.cjb.net
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> Tom Stangl
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