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Re: Australian Roll Call
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lugnet.loc.au
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Sun, 21 May 2000 21:56:37 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond writes:
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> > It's great to see a woman who has Technic as a specialty.
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> I must confess that Technics has been my love affair now my Dark Age is
> over. When I was a kid and acquired my first Lego early 1960s, it was all
> 2x4 bricks with some doors and windows and I built houses, shops, petrol
> stations, and pretty much anything that was a building. What else can you
> build with 2x4 bricks, doors and windows after all? :-)
Those were the days and that's what we did.
> Mindstorms brought me out of the Dark Ages but it took about 2 weeks after
> acquiring Mindstorms to realise I needed more Technics pieces to build
> bigger robots. So, I bought some small Technics sets to acquire certain
> extra parts for my robots. In the process, I realised that Technics was a
> heck of a lot more fun than just a source of robotics spare parts and now
> Technics makes up the bulk of my collection. Admittedly my love affair with
> Technics has done some serious damage to my credit cards but, hey, I gotta
> have some reason to get up and go to work each morning :-) And, more
> philosophically, when you earn your own income, you don't have to ask anyone
> else how you should spend it!
Did the technic pieces give you a shock, Lego-wise , as the modern systems
Lego gave me a shock with their variety ?
Work - definitely need motivation to go there.
pete.w
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| (...) Absolutely. My initial reaction on seeing modern Lego close up was to be very critical of the number of specialised pieces. However, I'm getting to be more tolerant of this, especially for Technics. However, I remain somewhat intolerant when (...) (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) I must confess that Technics has been my love affair now my Dark Age is over. When I was a kid and acquired my first Lego early 1960s, it was all 2x4 bricks with some doors and windows and I built houses, shops, petrol stations, and pretty (...) (25 years ago, 21-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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