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Re: Lego Technic: R.I.P. ?
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Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:25:43 GMT
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Even if Lego withdrew 50% of Technic parts, Technic would still be a richer
"medium" to work in than Knex IMHO.
I'm not sure why people are so worried about Technic going away. The name is
obviously obsolete - I think it's a poor name in the current toy wars
climate anyhow, where technical awareness isn't a quality which is approved
of. (I don't want to get into the "dumb is cool" argument here - if my
observation is off base, I applogise right here and now). But Technic parts
have been subsumed into Lego in general and I think sets like 8466 indicate
that they are still designing sets around large proportions of technical
type parts - as opposed to mere "bricks". (Sorry if I offend lovers of 2x4
by such a statement ;).
What saddens me is the cost of 8466. It's just too high for the average toy
buyer (parent/relation) to buy for the average kid. For >$100, you expect
R/C and all sorts of electronic wizardy these days. So the sets sit on the
shelves - at least in my local TRU anyhow. If Lego take notice of that,
they'd stop developing sets like this, and I couldn't blame them Why develop
expensive technical sets that just collect dust?
What does concern me is the lack of obvious interest in Mindstorms. I
haven't seen any flurries on the internet about Spybotics like there was for
Mindstorms. And you still can't buy Mindstorms style connecting wires
through "normal" channels!!!! I see no reason to believe that TLC is really
behind Mindstorms.
I hope I'm wrong.
JB
In lugnet.robotics, Rob Hendrix writes:
> The day Technic gets scratched off the board is the day I take LEGO out of
> my vocabulary and start collecting Knex...
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> -Rob "my 200,000+ piece collection will be for sale" Hendrix
>
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| "John Barnes" <barnes@sensors.com> wrote in message news:H5KFuv.27n@lugnet.com... (...) toy (...) I think it is clear they blew the price point on this set. I think the 50% off price that was on SAH for awhile (still?) is a sign that they are aware (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) for (...) I think that's because many of the people who got excited about Mindstorms share my total disinterest in Spybotics. I wanted more sensors, more actuators, and more support parts (planetary gears, etc) for my Mindstorms robotics... (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| The day Technic gets scratched off the board is the day I take LEGO out of my vocabulary and start collecting Knex... -Rob "my 200,000+ piece collection will be for sale" Hendrix "The Gaff" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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