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How about "Technic Tubs" ???????????
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Fri, 12 Oct 2001 05:52:43 GMT
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THis post started life as a comment on Technic beam colors but I think it's
time to bring up one of my pet concepts - one which has proven itself VERY
useful in teaching - color coded sets.
In teaching classes involving Legos I've found that life is much easier if I
can provide "teams" of students with color-coded "kits" of parts for my
robotics and machines courses. It eliminates "borrowing" and makes clean-up
much easier.
So.....how about - even if only offerred through DACTA - "Technic Tubs" -
available in a dozen or so basic colors. Each tub could be an assortment of
classic beams, plates, hubs, gears and such in one color or in an assortment
of a dozen colors. THINK here guys, there are some real possibilities
here!!!!!! Different color cars (think Legoland build-a-car) Different
color robots!!!! This is a logical and EASY product extension!!!!!!!
Personally, I'd love to see one color per tub (saves me the sorting). I
expect that you'd see some colors (greys in particular) flying off the
shelves while others (purple and turquoise) might languish, but the overall
production and packaging time to produce this item is minimal. You set the
molds and run - changing colors during the molding. The packaging is simple
as well.
In my experience - which includes wide exposure to and use of DACTA sets, I
find that Yellow, Red and Blue are by far the most numerous colors (by
virtue of their preponderance in DACTA sets). Yellow shows up alot in the
Technic "construction" vein and Red in the "Fire Truck" vein. Black is more
common in the Technic sets as "support" pieces, putting it fourth most
common on my list. Black and Light Grey show up sporadically elsewhere but
the Star Wars/Mindstorms provide much of the light and dark Grey, White and
Black. Green shows up in a few sets (Code Pilot and the current truck)
though in small amounts. Turquoise beams show up in the rare and
discontinued Cybermaster line.
I've been able to put together sets equipped in Yellow, Red, Blue, and
Black. Some beams and plates in red are relatively rare. Sets in White and
Grey are not quite complete (Grey uses both light and dark) while white is
supplemented with black. The green set is heavily supplemented with black
(at least 50%) and turquoise.
I'd LOVE to see TLC offer Technic beam and plate sets (and wheels and
hubs)in a RANGE of sizes packaged by color:
Yellow, red, blue, black - relatively common already
White, light grey, dark grey, green, turquoise - far less common
Orange, purple, brown - don't exist
These colors allow an even dozen "kits" - in my experience the maximum
number of teams you want to deal with in a class environment. I can't
believe that it would cost much to run and package beam and plate
assortments in each of these colors. TLC would sell tons especially if
offerred AT A REASONABLE PRICE - think "Technic Blue Tubs".
Unfortunately it seems that the whole Technic line is moving away from the
"classic" technic format of holed rectangular beams. There are too many of
the smooth holed beams and axle/connector pieces.
Again I think this is an area where I suspect TLC is "missing the boat" in
making things too simple and ignoring the potential in the educational
market (while pursuing bizarre niches like management "team building" and such.
And FYI, even though I'm an engineer, my wife is an EVP in Marketing (for
products that have had meteoric rises and national impact). Not to be
immodest, but SHE thinks this would be a no-brainer in brand extension,
super-appealing to the educational market - and from school exposure - great
at increasing sales to individuals.
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ???...???
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| I second the idea, I would probobly want one of these in black no questions asked! Lets flesh this idea out a bit and come up with a sutable contents list for one of these buckets... Given only parts still being made (so that rules out the old style (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ???...???
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| In lugnet.dear-lego, John Heins writes: >Unfortunately it seems that the whole Technic line is moving away from the (...) I think that the LEGO company is "missing the boat" big time when it comes to promoting the educational value of their product. (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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