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Re: Where Have All the Studs Gone?
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Mon, 4 Dec 2006 23:36:13 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Chris Phillips wrote:
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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 talking about. Eventually someone showed me 7905 which,
despite being hidden far away from all the other Technic offerings, was
almost completely sold out. (Only one copy left in the whole store.) The
model looks great, and I almost bought it, except that I already had an
armful of Pick-a-Brick cups and a copy of Creator set 4956 in my sweaty
little hands by that point.
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Seems to me the best place to get studded technic is in non-technic sets. The
Dino attack helicopter, several exoforce sets, designer sets etc are all
appearing with at least some studded technic.
Otherwise, perhaps it’s time to update your skill-set and learn to use the
studless beams instead of just whinging about them.
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I might be back there tomorrow, so maybe I’ll
have another chance to vote with the old wallet. (Voting with my feet for
the past 2 years doesn’t seem to have done much good.)
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Did you seriously think it would? :lmao:
Allister
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 | | Re: Where Have All the Studs Gone?
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| (...) The studless beams have their place, but they are not a perfect replacement for studded beams in all circumstances. A studded beam can almost always be used in place of a studless one, but the reverse is not true. If I wanted to place (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Where Have All the Studs Gone?
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| (...) 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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