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(...) I'm just jumping in to this thread now, sorry if I'm redundant.. (...) nope, no way. (IMHO) (...) What about DACTA? If price were not an issue, why wouldn't we buy a zillion DACTA TECHNIC sets? could/should the adult community focus on that (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Surely not. Think back to what the store shelves looked like. There is a reason that Technic has died. (...) What kids need is the experience of complex modularity with rules of certain varying granularity. Technic (and LEGO more generally) (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Just my comments on Technic, and Lego in general... Most of us know that Lego is a company, and it does rely on a lot of market research, and it's important to realize that while we are a market segment, we are not the biggest market segment. Some (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Well, technically DACTA is already as dead as the DUPLO, err, dodo: (URL) middle of the page announces the DACTA is now "LEGO Educational Division". This press release raises three interesting questions: 1) Is this rearranging the deck chairs (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.dacta)
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(...) Jumping in with constructive comments is never redundant. :) (...) My best guess is that most consumers (perhaps even some "adult LEGO fans") aren't either aware of DACTA or aren't informed as to how it can be ordered by an individual. My one (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) yeah, I'm aware of the name change, but for some reason I refuse to adopt it. ..chock it up to nostalgia. and too long of a name. I still say SYSTEM, DUPLO and TOOLO too. (...) lol. that's not funny, but it made me laugh. never heard that (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.lego.dacta)
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I'm not sure, but I think this thread has now had more name changes than a dead LEGO product line. ;) (...) Name changes (after 20+ years of being in use) are a silly exercise. For anyone who's ever known it as such, it will always be DUPLO. And why (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.lego.dacta)
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(...) I agree. I have had no trouble ordering online from these guys. They are just like any other online retailer. Red and blue technic beams, gears, motors etc. A bit pricey, as has been pointed out, but if they are the only source, you gotta do (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.lego.dacta)
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(...) Really??? that is one of the most often used metaphors for an exercise in futility. From the The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations: "I'm not going to rearrange the furniture on the deck of the Titanic." --Rogers Morton (URL) Ford's (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.lego.dacta, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"TWS Garrison" <tgarrisBASSo@ISmath...urdue.edu> wrote in message [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I have only ordered from Pisco twice but both times were pretty straight forward. Call them up, tell them I want items such and such and (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.dacta)
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(...) A myth indeed! I too have ordered from Spectrum and received prompt and courteous service. I got what I wanted within days of ordering it. They were quite helpful (and patient) in locating part numbers, even though I was reading from a Pitsco (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.lego.dacta)
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Christopher L. Weeks writes: "What kids need is the experience of complex modularity with rules of certain varying granularity." Yep, I can't count how many times I heard old Gramps yelling that out the kitchen window at me. (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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