Dear LEGO : 3483


Dear LEGO / 3483

How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —John Heins

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 (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego) !

Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —Jonathan Wilson

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" ??????????? —Ronald Vallenduuk

I like the idea, but I'd split into two sets: one bucket with the basics; lots of plates, lots of beams, selection of connectors and axles. one box with extra's; wheels, gears, propellors and stuff. The ides being that you'd get more of the buckets, (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —John Barnes

Technic in tubs or technic in bulk. Great idea, and yes limited to currently in production parts! But I would definitely want to see the studless beams, especially now they have started appearing in different lengths. I think describing them as (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —Larry Pieniazek

(...) I think they're VERY useful. especially the long straight ones. Rounded ends allow things you could not do easily with straight (URL) (more detail) So I too would love to see a Technic Tub but would want rounded end studless beams. Just not (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —Thomas (T. J.) Avery

(...) I agree with you there! I'd also like to see the studless beams complimented with 1/2 width "links". They are also very, very usefull. The more I get, the more usefull they seem to be. Of course we all wish for "Blue Tubs" that offer other (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —William R. Ward

(...) I'm pretty sure they were intended to compete with MegaBlox which had been producing similar tubs at similarly cut-rate prices. Lego's 3033 (just about?) completely annihilated the competition. Now that there is no competition for that (I (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Bulk Sets (was: Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ?) —Thomas (T. J.) Avery

(...) That's a shame. I consider the Blue Tub (3033) a staple set amongst AFOLs everywhere. Their content is just too essential to our building needs. Even if you only use 50% of the bricks, it's still worth the $20 price (comparing it to bulk (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: Bulk Sets (was: Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ?) —Victor Knight

(...) Lego has stated that 3033 is NOT a loss leader. (meaning it's profitable). (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: Bulk Sets (was: Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ?) —William R. Ward

(...) I've heard that too, but I suspect they are just talking about production costs. ABS is cheap, and there's no retooling needed to make basic bricks. So from that end it is certainly profitable. But when you include the distribution costs, I'm (...) (23 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: Bulk Sets (was: Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ?) —Allan Bedford

(...) I doubt anything LEGO makes, now or at any time in the past, could be classified a loss leader. There is not $19.99 worth of raw materials and packaging in that tub. (...) I think an argument could be made that it might also be a staple for (...) (23 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: Bulk Sets (was: Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ?) —William R. Ward

(...) Didn't you read the part in parentheses? --Bill. (23 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: Bulk Sets (was: Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ?) —Allan Bedford

(...) Sorry... let me rephrase.... There is not $19.95 worth of raw materials, packaging and costs of distribution etc. in that tub. I don't waver from my point. I still don't believe that was a loss leader for LEGO. Regards, Allan (23 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: Bulk Sets (was: Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ?) —Mark & Milissa Millère

(...) Bill and Allan I brought that point up with Brad Justus at Brickfest 2001 when I asked about single color 3033's. I, like alot of other people, assumed (never assume) it was a loss leader also. Brad said it "was not a loss leader", however the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)

Tubs [was: Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ???????????] —Thomas Garrison

(...) Last I saw my local Wal-Mart still had a fair number of Mega Bloks tubs, and even more identical tubs manufactured by Ritvik but sold under the house brand name "Kid Connection". (And yes, they clearanced their 3033s months ago.) I thought (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —Ross Crawford

(...) Here, here!! A fairly equal selection of studded & studless would be great! Including a few of the bent studless ones. The panels have their uses, but not in a bulk tub, please!! ROSCO (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —Steve Lane

(...) I hope FEW is the operative word here, Why not have a few double bend studless as well, now they ARE virtually useless. I'll don my tin helmet now cause Jennifer use's double bent beams to mount her rear mud guards, and Jon Barnes built his (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

RE: How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —Ralph Hempel

(...) Ahhh, the magic Universal Set words have finally been spoken. I have my treasured 8062 in its own Plano 3720 tackle box for short trips.... I think the reason there has not been a Universal Set in a while is that it's a LOT of work to put (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: Universal Sets (was: How about "Technic Tubs") —Ross Crawford

(...) I must say, I don't treasure my universal sets *that* much!! (...) And I dont really understand that - I think there were some great parts in that sub - I have 2. (...) Yes, that would be nice. But I think universal sets fill a different (...) (23 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —John Heins

(...) I most emphatically did NOT suggest anything regarding a universal set. While I also have more than a few copies of both the 8277 and the sub - and paid an obscene amount for a some large vintage sets, this is NOT what I had in mind. I WANT, (...) (23 years ago, 14-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —Steve Lane

(...) Me too. (...) Well, you've summed up the argument perfectly in two lines. Maybe though as the Technic brand is being so poorly catered for at the moment we should pitch this as a Mindstorms basic bulk pack. Just changing the name not the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —David Arnon

(...) "Expert Bionicle Builder" for best results... :) - David (23 years ago, 14-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —Allan Bedford

(...) John... you have a great point here, I agree with you whole-heartedly. (...) Your two paragraphs above make a point that perhaps isn't always easy to see. Let me put it in my own terms and see if we can't get the point across. More than 1/2 of (...) (23 years ago, 14-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —John Heins

(...) YES! YES! YES!!!...!!! and isn't this ironic, people BEGGING a company to let them buy their product....... Ironically, I see a parallel in another hobby. I have a few old convertibles that GM no longer makes parts for. For a while, I'd pay (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —David Schilling

(...) I have wished for something like this for a long time as well: it would be really cool to have a separate tub for each colour of technic elements! The vast majority of pieces should be mainly beams, (without overly many small ones) and technic (...) (23 years ago, 14-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —Steve Lane

(...) In the interest's of furthering this intellectual discussion here is my contribution. If we have beams we need connector pegs, luckily lego know how to put a set together(even if they don't have such a great idea of what set's to make). (...) (...) (23 years ago, 14-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)

Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —Allan Bedford

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)

Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —Jonathan Brown

This is *such* a good idea. I'd be buying them in 10s. (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)

Re: How about "Technic Tubs" ??????????? —James Seibert

I need to build train bridges in black and gray. So I would buy them in 10s. "JP Brown" <envcons@ameritech.net> wrote in message news:GL89CE.B9n@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)