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Re: Technic Building Modules (was, Re: Review - 8002 - Star Wars Destroyer Droid)
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lugnet.starwars
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Thu, 13 Jan 2000 12:33:26 GMT
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Selçuk <teyyareci> <sgore@%nomorespam%superonline.com>
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Scott E. Sanburn <ssanburn@cleanweb.net> wrote in message
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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:
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> For example:
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> http://www.geocities.com/~legoguy712/building.html
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> Searching for parts drives me nuts. I guess I spent too many years
> building large models, trying to find parts, getting frustrated. :)
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> Scott S.
Trying to find parts is not a problem even while building old style sets (I
mean not having separate sub assemblies). Just don't make a common pile of
all the parts from all the bags. Don't mix the bag contents, so it's not a
bit problem since bag contents are generally very nicely arranged.
I think more important thing about sub assemblies is, they enable the
builder learn the specific functions of the mentioned sub system without
losing in whole, so more nicely. The only technic set having sub assemblies
that I built is 8448(1). Although completing a set with 1400+ parts in only
4-4.5 hours is very new to me (and a little bit unsatisfactory from building
joy point of view), it's much more understandable from "what is the function
of this thingy?" or "how does this thing work?" point of view.
Selçuk
(1) It was kind of FOTY for me, no, not the set itself, but learning that
TRUs here in Turkey accepts AdvantageCard, which enables the buyer pay for
the total in parts (I mean buy it, and pay it for 5 months, as 5 equal
parts, with 0% interest). I can't imagine having a 8448 in these days,
especially thinking that I bought a similarly priced set ,8480, recently (It
took more than a year for my wife to allow me to buy such a pricey set..:-)
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