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Re: Is "traditional" Technic being killed off?
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego
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Wed, 20 Feb 2002 13:10:48 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Ross Crawford writes:
> In lugnet.technic, Allan Bedford writes:
> > In lugnet.technic, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> > > On the subject of small technic sets, I have to say that I am a huge
> > > fan of the 1998 "micro technic" sets, for those who remember them. I
> > > think they are very well designed, and they also had very useful
> > > parts. Nowadays, these parts are more readily available, which means
> > > that the sets don't hold that much value for me anymore.
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> > Can you cite some set #'s. I'm afraid I'm not familiar with these sets, or
> > perhaps know them by another name. Thanks!
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> Are you perhaps talking about sets like http://guide.lugnet.com/set/1259? I
> bought a dozen of those at AU1.95 each (my first bulk set purchase!)!
Hmm. The 1259. My local TRU still has it for ~UKP5.00 (~US$7-$8). For me
"Micro Technic" brings to mind the 8203 + 8004 which are about the same size
as the 1259 (originally a promo set IRC). That said, what Brickset calls
“microtechnic” covers some (slightly) larger sets:
http://www.brickset.com/search.asp?Subtheme=microtechnic
The best being the 8218:
http://www.brickset.com/view.asp?Set=8218-1
Scott A
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> ROSCO
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| (...) That sounds kinda expensive for such a small set. I think it retails for less here. (...) I think the six sets 8203, 8204, 8208, 8209, 8217 and 8218 were released simultaneously in a UK/Australia/New Zealand only launch. Apparently, they also (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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