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Re: Is "traditional" Technic being killed off?
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego
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Mon, 25 Feb 2002 04:57:38 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Mark Koesel writes:
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> "John Heins" <Johnmhiii@aol.com> wrote in message news:Grv2G6.zH@lugnet.com...
> > In lugnet.technic, Jennifer Clark writes:
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> [snippage]
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> > As stated before, just TRY to mount ANYTHING constructed out of new style
> > Technic pieces onto a base plate without using old style holed beams to
> > interface between the two. Without holed studded beams (even as small as
> > 1x2) there is NO compatability between the current Technic line and bricks.
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> Not to beat this to death, but this is plainly false.
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> Here are some ways to connect non-studded technic parts to studded parts.
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> .......................
Not wanting to be too argumentative, but most of the ways listed use parts
that conform to the "traditional" technic model - something that mounts to
studs on a brick or plate and then uses a connector or pin to interface to
the "newer" parts.
My basic point was that the very basic cross platform compatability that
used to exist between "regular" Legos and Technic is not what it used to be.
The kids that I have in class find the "newer" style Technic a little more
difficult to use - there is an additional learning process involved. It is
not as easy or as intuitive for those kids that had "mastered" the basic
Lego brick. Some of these kids have never seen an old Technic set and are
awe-struck by the 8460 (?) crane truck and some of the others.
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