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(...) Ah, to play well! Clearly the sanest attitude possible. - Kyle (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) the (...) the (...) cost in (...) of (...) cases (...) to (...) and (...) They make great booms for diggers and modern looking cab roofs I've found. I'll get the photos/dat files up somewhere to show my interpretations of your 'compact (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"John Heins" <Johnmhiii@aol.com> wrote in message news:Grt1In.Bux@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) To a large extent I think these studless beams have been unfairly criticised, and in all honesty I suspect a lot of this is due to people being unfamiliar (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) 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” (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I didn't say I liked the part personally, I just said that I liked the fact that the motorcycle sets included them. I believe that the part makes it easier for kids to build their own motorcycles. (...) My problem with the triangle is the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I hate this part I have dozens, probably from the ebay lots I buy where people cant wait to get rid of them, but each to their own. My nomination for potw (once the current list is exhausted) would be the technic triangle which has come to the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I hardly knew those. Very neat! The whole range from 8202 to 8219 is worth looking at. 8216 is another beauty. (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) single shock absorber, which is kinda realistic. Most of today's road racing bikes have a single rear shock absorber, according to my experience. I also like the fact that is _does_ include one of the strangest technic bricks: The motorcycle (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I can certainly agree with this selection except for one minor detail: Even in 1977 farm equipment didn't tend to interest most kids. As much as I loved this model, that was what ultimately kept me from saving for it and getting the larger set (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Regarding the $100 barrier. It IS there and it is a big one. I'm in the center of "affluent suburbia" - not at all typical of the rest of the world (or even the US). Despite the ridiculous amounts I've seen parents spend on kids, there is a (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Are you perhaps talking about sets like (URL) I bought a dozen of those at AU1.95 each (my first bulk set purchase!)! ROSCO (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) This is the economy of lost profits that the company doesn't seem to understand. They could undercut prices found on eBay and through private sellers and *still* make more money than they're making now. If they don't get this theory, they (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Indeed for another shining example (of this principle, not of another go-kart) you need go back no further than 1999. Now for those who have read some of my previous postings and know that I usually suggest 1970's sets as good examples, this (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) You can 'have' the two 8862's currently up as I've already got one (actually the first set I owned, closely followed by 8868 - and in my opinion the range has gone down hill from there with only a few exceptions (OK about 20 exceptions!)) :-) (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Oh bugger, competition! Steve (a fellow brit) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Two problems: 1) A current problem with Technic (which even I can see just poking around looking for Castle stuff) is that there are very few <$30 Technic sets that are not some kind of Tech Play. If people have to shell out over $100 to get (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Gungan (...) out (...) SNIP (to save space) (...) Hear, hear! I'll agree with all of that and put myself up to be shot at as well! Happened to be in a very well known large department store in London, UK today ... 5yr old comes back with Mum, (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I'm not denying that there are SOME traditional Technic parts out there but they are few and far between (except for in RIS sets). You will spend a small fortune in trying to obtain a quantity comparable to what you used to get with ANY large (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:qrdg03zfdgp.fsf....uio.no... (...) Yes, but how long will this continue, I wonder. (...) I must disagree. In fact, I can construct a very rigid chassis of arbitrary size using (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) For a small go cart, you don't even need to go that far back! The 1998 set 8219 has it all. It even seats a technic figure. I think the low seat on the 8219 looks more realistic. I like the angled engine block on 8815, though. We've also had (...) (23 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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