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Re: What Happened to REAL Technic Sets?
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lugnet.technic
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Sat, 7 Jun 2003 01:37:04 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Max Maxwell wrote:
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I just realized that TLG no longer makes the 8466 and 8465 Technic sets.
These were some of my current favorites, and I don’t have the 8465! The new
Designer Series stuff is nice, but I don’t think they are REAL Technic
things. Mindstorms is great, but $200 US seems pretty steep to me. (I guess
because of the RCX) Come on guys, bring back some REAL Technic sets!
(steering and engine at least, with some sets with suspension) I guess that
we (AFOLs) are a minority of TLG’s sales, with the large portion of sales
coming from the -10 crowd. But I think maybe we would be less of a minority
if TLG made more stuff that we would buy.
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Maybe if you actually bought the stuff you like they’d make more. Do you
realize how silly it sounds to say you want them to make stuff you’d like to buy
right after admitting you didn’t buy the stuff you liked?
Consider this, though. It doesn’t take a lot of money to develop a $3 set,
every store (even Walgreens) will stock it, most parents would be willing to buy
it for their kids at some point, and it covers the development cost very
quickly. Ot takes a lot more money to develop a $100 set, most stores won’t
touch it with a ten-foot pole, TRU is the one reliable source and they jack the
price up another $10 from MSRP, parents will usually laugh when their kids ask
if they can have one, and the sets probably take quite a while to recoup the
development costs. If retailers don’t think people will buy it, they won’t
order it, and TLC is wasting resources if they actually make it, especially when
a slow economy means people will be spending less on non-essentials. That’s not
to say that they won’t, but there’s a reason the Williams F-1 Team Racer is an
LD exclusive.
Anyways, the 8454 Rescue Truck will have 6-wheel steering, and I believe it has
a working engine (sans transmission, of course). The 8455 Backhoe Loader will
include a V6 motor, 10 big cylinders, 7 valves, and 2 pumps. And they both ship
in July.
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| I too miss some of the great Technic sets from Lego history (my first was 856). I agree with what you said though. There are a few sets I wanted that I have missed over the years, but really wanted (8459, 8856, 8862). I think there are a lot of (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic)
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| | What Happened to REAL Technic Sets?
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| I just realized that TLG no longer makes the 8466 and 8465 Technic sets. These were some of my current favorites, and I don't have the 8465! The new Designer Series stuff is nice, but I don't think they are REAL Technic things. Mindstorms is great, (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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