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Re: Technic Building Modules (was, Re: Review - 8002 - Star Wars Destroyer Droid)
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Wed, 12 Jan 2000 13:24:55 GMT
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Jonathan Little wrote:
> 
> In lugnet.starwars, Jamie Hickey writes:
> 
> > I am not one for the modular design, so took all the bags and dumped them
> > all in to a tray!
> 
> I have to agree with Jamie about the building modules (the seperating of the
> parts into different seperately built sections). I feel that part of the fun
> of building with Lego bricks is finding the piece, whether you're building
> from instructions or working on a MOC. These modules are good for those
> people who want to speed up their building and hate searching for pieces,
> but I like the search. I liked the fact that it took me a couple of nights
> (only working for an hour or so each night)  to build the Space Shuttle
> (8480) and the black super car (8880). It sort of made it worthwhile to
> spend that sort of money on the two sets. I had the red super car (8448)
> finished in a few hours. Anyway . . . enough rambling. What I'd like to know
> is what people think about this modular design that seems to be apparent in
> newer technic sets?

Well, I like the Modular design, simply because it is easier to build
the sets. I sort
out all the parts now, whenever I build the set:

For example:

http://www.geocities.com/~legoguy712/building.html

Searching for parts drives me nuts. I guess I spent too many years
building large models, trying to find parts, getting frustrated. :)

Scott S.



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Scott E. Sanburn <ssanburn@cleanweb.net> wrote in message news:387C80A7.E84D71...web.net... (...) them (...) the (...) fun (...) building (...) pieces, (...) nights (...) know (...) in (...) Trying to find parts is not a problem even while building (...) (27 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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(...) I have to agree with Jamie about the building modules (the seperating of the parts into different seperately built sections). I feel that part of the fun of building with Lego bricks is finding the piece, whether you're building from (...) (27 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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