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Re: Studless Technic models
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lugnet.technic
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Fri, 16 Jan 2004 15:17:28 GMT
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"Kevin L. Clague" wrote:
> Studless beams have advantages over studded beams. The are narrower, in that
> you can hook two studless beams side by side with pins into adjacent holes in a
> studded beam. Cannot do that with studded beams.
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> So, they both are a good thing.
Agreed, and I wrote that in my original message.
> Studless plus studded beams give us *more* options, than just studded beams.
> This enriches the possibilities for MOCs. This is a good thing in my humble
> opinion.
Agreed.
> Were there no studded beams available in any of the technic sets for 2003?
Peeron is down right now. I'll try to do a search as it goes up. But
looking in the 2003 catalog, none of the 'Technic' sets seem to have
them. Don't know about Bionicle/Star Wars/Racers though. Few technic
bricks are available in Designer Sets.
> I for one will be very unhappy if you somehow make LEGO stop creating studless
> beams. If LEGO were to stop making studded beams, I would be equally upset.
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> Does it *have* to be an exclusive decision?
Nooo, I like the studless beams. Just I don't think it's good to make
studless-only sets as they're too different and you need totally
different approach while building them, making it less
flexible/compatible.
--
Jindroush <jindroush@nospam.seznam.nospam.cz>
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| (...) Hi Jindrich, Thanks for your open minded responses. <snip> (...) I guess my long winded post was unneccessary...... Wimpy beams have been getting a lot of grief lately, so I guess I had pent up energy about that. Wimpy beams provide no new (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Studless Technic models
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| (...) Replying to myself, phew ;-) AFAIK in Technic, last sets containing studded beams are 3804 RIS2.0 (2001), 8466 4x4Offroader (2001) & 8461 Williams (2002). 8431 Crane Truck (2002) doesn't count, as it is a re-release. Sets for 2003: 8441 (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Studless Technic models
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| (...) It is my belief that Technic studded beams will always be around, as long as technic is around. There are too many advantages of studded beams over studless beams for them to go away. So for me that is a non-issue. Studless beams have (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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