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Re: Specialisation (was Brick Storage)
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Sun, 20 Aug 2000 17:22:35 GMT
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.IHATESPAMnet>
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Stefan Steinbauer wrote:
> Basically the increase in functions also means an increase in complexity and
> with this: parts. On the other side: How often do you misuse a part, to do
> something it is not made for? From my point of view: I sometimes build
> something around one of the new parts.
The complaint I have though is that many of these new parts are totally
unnecessary. The case in point that upset *me* was the "Bi-Wing Baron"
from the Adventure series (5928) which is a small biplane model. The whole
of the underside of the plane is one *huge* brick - it's 11 studs long
(4 wide and two and a third high)...and you can get the exact same thing
from about four really common parts. That brick is totally unnecessary
and if the Bi-Wing Baron had come with those four smaller parts instead,
you'd be able to make more things from the kit.
I presume they did this to save money - It's possible that it's also to
keep the complexity of the model low enough for the 6 to 10 year age
range - but what gave my 9yr old the most trouble was fixing the upper
wings to the fuselage - because pressing down on the wings causes a plate
on the nose to come un-stuck.
It's noticable that even the Lego designers couldn't find another use for
this monster brick because it's not used in either of the other two 'suggested
designs' on the back of the box (that's pretty unusual - those suggested
designs usually use pretty much all the bricks in these smaller sets).
In the limit, what you have is no longer Lego - it's just a clip-together
kit for a fixed design.
> The other thing are the parts I would call real designparts: eg windshields,
> steeringwheels (esp. Technic) and wheels.
Yep - I have no problem with that.
> There is a big loss of fantasy in this part of the Legodesign (although I
> really love these aluminiumwheels from the last supercar)....
Those are *cool*.
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| (...) Well, actually, you can't quite get the same shape, or at least not if you want as sturdy a model. It also would actually take 12 parts to reproduce it (2 4x7x1 complex inverse slope, 2 1x4 plates, 2 1x2 plates, 2 1x2 bricks, 2 1x1 thin wall (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| <snippedy-dooh-dah> (...) largely (...) specialised Lego (...) Same with me. I came across a lot of new parts. The Lego Technic evolution was faster than I thought. The new beams, connectors and all that stuff you need to build the new models. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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