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(...) And can you bring back 1x2 bricks while you're at it? If you looked around you would notice that studded technic is still alive and kicking. I guess that would (and has) kind of damaged your whinge and I'm sure I'll be called a troll for (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Yes, I notice that you snipped my original statement, which apparently I need to parse for your benefit: "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 (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) For smaller length Technic bricks I have found Star Wars sets to be pretty useful, with the added benefit that they often contain many other useful bricks as well. Even Harry Potter sets seem to use quite a few. ROSCO FUT: .dear-lego (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the timeline. I'd assumed that the events you'd included in your post occured in the order that you'd given them and didn't allow for full sequence of events. (...) The tone? I repeated two comments you'd made, questioning them (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) You should be grateful anyone responds to your blithering at all. Seems to me everyone else moved on from the studless whinge ages ago, and apparently don't particularly want to go there again. This thread lost relevance after the first post, (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Richie, I don't know why you would assign an arbitrary and incorrect timeline to events which you did not personally witness. Enter LEGO Retail, ask sales associate which current Technic sets include "classic studded Technic beams." Clerk (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Allister, You are getting somewhat off-topic for both this newsgroup and this thread. Perhaps you would like to bring your fascinating insights over to a more relevant newsgroup where we can all ignore you in peace? FUT: (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) So there you were, with an armful of Pick-a-Brick cups and a copy of Creator set 4956 in your sweaty little hands and you then asked for a set with studded technic beams? And when someone pointed out to you a set that met your request, you (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) whinge whinge whinge. It's not even a new whinge. The studdless 'debate' has been ongoing for years as far as I can tell. What's next? A whinge about Town Junior? (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Actually, I'd like to see your analysis of that statement. (...) I prefer to think of them as "challenges" rather than "roadblocks". (...) I'm not even sure studs CAN be trademarked. But their trademark logo is prominent on the front. (...) (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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