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Re: Studless Technic models
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 21 Jan 2004 02:30:06 GMT
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"Purple Dave" <purpledave@maskofdestiny.com> wrote in message
news:Hrt2yu.yKJ@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.technic, James Loewen wrote:
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> The truth of it is that the old TECHNIC pieces required lots of System • pieces to
> be fully compatible with themselves.
Excellent point.
> > In my experience, the only real advantage of the studless beams over • studded
> > beams is their slimmer, lighter design,
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> There's also a much wider variety of shapes, ranging from single-bent • parts, to
> double-bent parts, to the new tri-beam.
What is a tri-beam?
> > and I don't see that as a big enough incentive to completely remove the
> > piece that has long been the cornerstone of the technic system.
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> Who said they were getting rid of the axle?
ROTFLMAO!
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| (...) Building with the old style of pieces required a lot of pieces to do anything just to strengthen the design enough that it wouldn't rip itself apart. Why is it so much worse that the modern pieces require a few extra pieces if, and only if, (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-04, to lugnet.technic)
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