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(...) It looks cool, yes, but I try to avoid sets with Technic figures, as I hardly ever use them. BTW, this sets seems to be the only one which has a special piece, a 1x1 round plate with ball joint connector. What purpose does this have in the (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree. True, I haven't built any TB yet (they're not in Norway), but from what I have seen, the parts look really useful. I can hardly wait 'til I have them in my Technic collecting. Also, notice that many of the 1999 Technic sets already (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Sidebar here - Todd, how many SW sets have you preordered for AucZILLA XI or XII? ;-) GOTTA have those orange 1x3s, but I'm not buying 10 Snowspeeders to get them... (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jasper Janssen wrote in message <36b84515.2564735@lu...et.com>... (...) Really? I disagree... it has almost no gears. Mechanics are the essence of Technic for me, and 8277 was really lacking there. If you like yellow beams its a great set though. I (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) and I know why, too. (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Something I thought of while cruising www.lego.com: using a fuzzilogical POV, which has a higher affinity for being Technic, Mindstorms or Throwbots? My brain says Mindstorms is highly Technic, maybe 95%. It uses standard Technic pieces, both (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) But Tente could be considered a clone, because it is based on a top-stud-joining-brick-bottom system. But it's 0% compatible. As opposed to K'nex, which is 0% clone, 100% competitor. Steve (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Right, the Shell companies are shell companies. (...) The inactives seem to be ventures that didn't pan out, but Shell doesn't want to totally dissolve the incorporation. Maybe they'll think they can use them later. Maybe it's the corporate (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe. That doesn't seem to stop many corporations. I'm assuming TLG defined TB as Technic, because they saw a positive benefit from the association. Further, I'm guessing that TLG thinks the positive benefit is either (a) revitalizing Technic (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) on the page. (...) i'll watch out for the possible creation of a forum for this kind of stuff. thanks, todd ..jg (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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