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Re: Where Have All the Studs Gone?
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Mon, 4 Dec 2006 20:37:02 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Chris Phillips wrote:
   Dear LEGO,

I just opened my new MindStorms NXT, and my first impression is that this is a really cool system with a lot of potential. But I’ve gotta ask - where have all the studs gone? A 577-piece LEGO set that has a grand total of six pieces that have any studs at all? Just think of all the subliminal advertizing opportunities that you’re missing out on!

It’s been said before, but please, please, PLEASE bring back the studded Technic beam!

Thanks for listening...

While I also have some misgivings about the apparent decrease in the use of studded Technic bricks, probably money is the way to talk - instead of buying sets without studs, go buy multiple copies of the ones with studs, a good starter is

    7905 Building Crane
721 elements, 3 figures, US$50, 2006
LEGO > SYSTEM > Town > City

It also has a porta-loo!

ROSCO



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  Re: Where Have All the Studs Gone?
 
(...) That is good advice, well-received, but which is sadly getting very hard to follow. On a recent trip to my local LEGO Retail store, I asked the employees if there were any sets with studded Technic beams, and they didn't even know what I was (...) (18 years ago, 4-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)

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  Where Have All the Studs Gone?
 
Dear LEGO, I just opened my new MindStorms NXT, and my first impression is that this is a really cool system with a lot of potential. But I've gotta ask - where have all the studs gone? A 577-piece LEGO set that has a grand total of six pieces that (...) (18 years ago, 4-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX) ! 

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