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I kinda like the cannons, I wish I could find about another half dozon of them for a reasonable price. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I was referring to Throwbots/Slizer, RoboRiders, and Bionicle. Sets like 8286 still have a traditional Technic model even if you junk the figures. Now, are the Throwbots/Slizer, RoboRiders, and Bionicle real Technic sets? Of course not. Lego (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) hate: (...) into my (...) I guess you have to be an old-school Technic collector to hate those, I rather like them. They are extremely effective on the 8448, for which they designed apparently: "Most of the Coventry concepts had body panels, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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DYA has 51 of them in stock, $5.76 plus trans-atlantic shipping. I bought a bunch of those little gyro copters form them, took over a month to get them becuase I was a tightwad and wanted the cheap surface transport. Air mail would probably only be (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) and let me add the bionicle body part to that. it would be great if that one would have been build out of axles and beams instead of being one piece of plastic. Koen (25 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) LOL...flamewar time... :-) I tend to stick with the 8857/8880 (81.6 x 34 ZR) wheels a lot, but that's probably only because I have a lot of those... -Gaurav Thakur, raving madman Can be reached at cp5670@supermail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I too think these parts are garbage and I refuse to allow any more of them into my collection, however good the rest of the set may be. (25 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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"Andrew Bissell" <ABNews@tesco.net> wrote in message news:GCB9Mr.H6A@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) with all that plastic.... Isn't next year the 25th anniversary of Technic? I think it was '77 when 850-853 were released. How about LEGO do a limited (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Your buying 38 wheels and calling me a lucky B******! you lucky B******! If any of 20x30's aren't needed I'd certainly be interested :-) Steve (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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"Ray Kremer" <rkremer@bradley.edu> wrote in message news:GCB6B6.8pr@lugnet.com... (...) just (...) Nothing wrong with action-man sets. I really like 8286. Not because of the figures though... Duq (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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"Steven Lane" <Steveroblane@aol.com> wrote in message news:GCBB54.L67@lugnet.com... (...) You lucky b******! ;-) Just about to buy 38 wheels (20x30 and 24x43 mixed) for £55.... Duq (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) ??? (...) One word: Ebay. (...) You forget distribution (...) You think so? Maybe online, but it would still be a niche market (how many Technic Lugnet users?). Lego produces very cool stuff, but it does so in enormous quantities. I understand (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Agreed. The majority of these elements aren't primarily structural elements, and to sell us models constructed entirely out of them is extremely irritating. (...) I've honestly never used them for anything, but I've seen some interesting (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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To All, The parts that were listed, some are useful, some are not, depending on the person (Which is a huge part of LEGO anyway), I would like to see some old sets come out again or at least some new sets using those design criteria, complicated (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Bah! I wish LEGO would just release the 8880 SuperCar and the SpaceShuttle for 2001. hell, just release the parts in a BAG, with no instructions. (online only) R & D for new design ....... $0.00 Packaging ......... $0.05 I bet they would the BEST (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) The projectiles make great legs for multi-legged robots. The rubber tip offers optimal grip on all sorts of surfaces. (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I honestly agree-- they've mostly got their uses, although I do agree further that making sets SOLELY out of these pieces is kinda annoying-- too many of these pieces can get on your nerves... (...) don't need more than, say, 2, although I (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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LMAO! "buy a whole set for one part, the others will come in useful for something" bug came over me," I bought 3 Silver Champion sets from wal-mart when they were priced at 80.00 each. I thought i was the only one :+) (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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Yep, I'm not too happy either. So, I propose we come up with something to call these parts (the ones collecting dust at the back of our collection). UTP: useless Technic parts SSTP: stuipidly specialized Technic parts HISUTEP: highly specialized (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) are *not* junk. The corrugated tubes are extremely useful, not only for decoration but for constructing flexible articulated touch bumpers in robots. Many of the Throwbot joints and liftarms have superfluous decorative characteristics, but are (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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