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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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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) "Expert Bionicle Builder" for best results... :) - David (23 years ago, 14-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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"Suzanne D. Rich" <suz@baseplate.com> wrote in message news:a05001913b7ee47...226.51]... (...) Great analyses of the current state of LEGO! All three peoples' comments were excellently crafted. Kudos to Allan (and to Jeff, though I don't recall (...) (23 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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