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Re: Is "traditional" Technic being killed off?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Tue, 19 Feb 2002 14:52:21 GMT
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"Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:qrdg03zfdgp.fsf@eos.uio.no...

On the subject of the traditional technic beams, you can still find
them in newish sets like 8458 and 8466.

Yes, but how long will this continue, I wonder.

You can hardly construct a
large, stable chassis without them, so I don't see how they can go
away.

I must disagree.  In fact, I can construct a very rigid chassis of
arbitrary size using the smooth beams, half beams, lift arms, axles,
angle "bricks", and angled beams.  Frankly I actually like these new
parts and rather enjoy coming up with new ways to connect them.
However, I too am saddened to see the old system being depricated.

I think we must face reality: there is no technical reason why they
need the studded beams anymore -- at least not to build large technic
models.  The parts will remain a good way to connect the newer parts
I listed above to brick based models or substructures (but definitely
not the only way) so I expect them to last a while for that purpose.



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  Re: Is "traditional" Technic being killed off?
 
(...) this article, I only see that they are moving into other areas in addition to building bricks. On the subject of the traditional technic beams, you can still find them in newish sets like 8458 and 8466. You can hardly construct a large, stable (...) (23 years ago, 18-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)

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