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Re: Suggestions for Lego: My two cents
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Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:18:18 GMT
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Yadda, yadda, yadda. Brevity is the soul of wit:
Just bring back Pirates! :-)
Bruce
In lugnet.dear-lego, Brian Lanning writes:
> It's taken me a couple days to go through all of the posts following Mr
> Justus' bomb-shell. It's nice to see lego moving in a more customer-friendly
> direction. I'd like to add my suggestions/wants/needs :) to the mix, so here
> goes:
>
> I'd like to echo what others have asked for which is a return of some older
> sets a la metro station. May I suggest starting with the metroliner and club
> car? :)
>
> I'd like to see the return of town. But I think a good idea would be to • expand
> on the compartmentialization that has been going on lately. For instance,
> instead of one large fire department set, how about splitting the set into
> several smaller (and cheaper) sets. Three different fire truck sets, each a
> different size truck, plus a headquarters building, plus the garage piece with
> roll-up doors. This way, the people who are not concerned with the price can
> get what amounts to the $90 fire department set, but the more price contious
> can still buy lego, perhaps a piece at a time. I think this technique would
> work very well with trains also. These could be connected the way the stone
> tower bridge or the large ninja castle were connected.
>
> In general, I'd like to see trains expanded. I'd also like to see some other
> interesting track sets. The cross tracks are great. I'd also like a way to
> make moveable tracks. For instance, if you put two straight track segments
> together, they form a good bond, both electrically and mechanically. But I'd
> like to see one with a week mechanical bond. Straight tracks that make
> electrical contact when they're together, but separate easily. This would
> allow for things like drawbridges, transfer tracks, ferrys, and round-houses.
> I'd also like to see a section of track that starts an incline. I realize • this
> one's difficult, but a cog train set would be great. Also, a way to attach
> mindstorms to mechanical points and the transformer would be good.
>
> The return of monorail sets
>
> I'd like to see a combination model team/town theme. Sets that make very
> detailed models of famous buildings and monuments or architectural styles.
>
> I like the direction technic is going in. I especially like the supercar
> transmissions. There's a piece in the transmission though (you know the one)
> that is only available in the super cars. It's the one that is moved by the
> gear selecter to engage the gears. I'd like another way to get those.
>
> I'd like to see a servo motor for technic, or a linear actuator. I can think
> of a thousand uses for them and both would make automating train points much
> easier.
>
> Also, remote control technic. I want to use the controller from the RC car to
> control technic motors, servos, and actuators.
>
> I'd like to see the concept of the idea book expanded. Actually, more like an
> instruction book catalog where you can buy extra high quality instructions • from
> lego. This would increase the traffic to the bulk parts site and would also
> allow for larger sets that would be impractical in stores. For instance, a
> 5-foot tall statue of liberty. Then you could click one button and place an
> order for all the bulk bricks needed for the model.
>
> A pink brick, plate, and tile service pack for my wife. Paradisa pink, not
> belville pink.
>
> Todd Lehman's spider walker is incredible. I think a larger insect/animal
> theme would be good.
>
> Please bring back the old palm trees.
>
> Please cook up a way to add traffic and street lights to town. The lamp post
> pieces are perfect, if I could just get a light in there. Here's an idea, • what
> if there were very thin mylar wires designed to be passed under bricks and
> plates between the studs. They would serve the purpose of the electrical
> plates, but would be easily hidden, then contacts could be put in the base of
> lamp posts to provide lighting. Or what about watch batteries in the lamp • post
> bases.
>
> More trees. In fact, how about a tree set.
>
> Pirate boat hulls just a little wider. :)
>
> I wish you could undo the millenium falcon and start over. At least we got it
> though.
>
> Make some cars for town that incorporate the two-seat piece. Hotrod Club is
> one of my favorite sets. A six stud wide hotrod would be nice.
>
> A black low-slope roof brick service pack with the corner bricks including the
> inside 3x3 low slope corner brick that seems to be missing, the concave one.
> The convex one is in pizza to go, another one of my favorites. Basically,
> every piece available in the medium slope brick only in low slope form. Also,
> the steep slope bricks would be interesting in a roof brick service pack.
>
> A service pack containing the 2x2x3 lattice bricks like in the windmill in
> outback airstrip.
>
> Technic sets that demonstrate solutions to classic mechanical problems, for
> instance, geneva motion. Then several of these sets could be combined to make
> a specific type of machine.
>
> Years ago, when I was in Japan, Bandai had a toy roller coaster set called
> space warp. It included a spiral lift, plastic track, and aluminum tubing as • a
> support for the track. When I saw the flexible axle pieces, I was immediatly
> reminded of this. Numerous flexible axle piece could be combined to make • track
> for a pachinko ball to travel on. This would be an excellent demonstration of
> the laws of physics.
>
> Ancient greek and roman themes.
>
> I'm sure I'll think of more, but these are the things that come to mind.
>
> brian
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| Bruce Schlickbernd wrote (...) Cool. How about: Bring back pirates now. or PIRATES NOW! (please?) Richard Still baldly going... Check out Port Block at (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| It's taken me a couple days to go through all of the posts following Mr Justus' bomb-shell. It's nice to see lego moving in a more customer-friendly direction. I'd like to add my suggestions/wants/needs :) to the mix, so here goes: I'd like to echo (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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