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Re: No way for a LEGO newbie to get up to speed? Unfair!
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Tue, 19 Jan 1999 18:51:41 GMT
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Alex Wetmore wrote:
> 9719 seems to replace 8485 to me (8485 also includes a bunch of
> "unnecessary" electronics). It cost the same amount as Mindstorms does as
> well.
Mindstorms has something like 720 pieces or so. 8485 had over a thousand. At
any rate, I don't think any single set, universal or not, is really going to be
enough for a die-hard enthusiast. A combination of 3 or 4 different universal
sets, however, maybe totalling US $500 to $600 or so, could easily stand to be.
Try to find a selection of "model" sets that would offer the same variety of
pieces for that amount of money.
> I don't understand what pieces or selection of pieces you consider to have
> come with these Universal sets that are missing now. I don't feel that any
> of the Universal building sets were very useful on their own (I can't think
> of many Lego sets which one can buy and be content with the selection of
> pieces for everything). I still feel that the pieces from a few well-picked
> mid-sized Technic sets are as useful as what you could have acheived with
> the pieces from a few Universal sets.
Universal sets have always had the desireable characteristic of supplying the
greatest variety of pieces per dollar. Mindstorms is a great example of a
universal set. However, what else can you get that has as great a variety of
pieces that doesn't have an RCX? You see, I wasn't necessarily saying that a
person should buy just one set. It just seems to me like the amount of money
required to get a person up to speed these days, in light of the fact that there
are no more universal building sets (other than Mindstorms), stands to impede
the future of creative LEGO building beyond those who may already happen to have
a sizeable selection of parts.
> Finally, if you could afford $200 for 8485 then what about $150 for the
> Space Shuttle (plus a car, say Future Car, to get wheels). I haven't seen
> the Space Shuttle up close, but from the pictures it clearly includes many
> gears, beams, axles, and the rest of the core pieces from Technic lego.
The only problem I have with model sets is that generally speaking, the number
of pieces they contain which have many uses outside the general type of model
that the set is made for is somewhat limited, and not worth the money, unless
one is merely interested in building that particular model or models similar to
it.
> > Mark
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| Mark Tarrabain wrote in message <36A4D43D.EA1EFA19@l....bc.ca>... (...) At (...) to be (...) universal (...) be. (...) of (...) Has there been a time when there have been multiple universal sets out at once? From my memory (which is missing much of (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Mark Tarrabain wrote in message <36A4B9E1.9FAFDE89@l....bc.ca>... (...) of (...) 9719 seems to replace 8485 to me (8485 also includes a bunch of "unnecessary" electronics). It cost the same amount as Mindstorms does as well. I don't understand what (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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