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Re: oldest lego technic piece
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 24 Mar 2005 23:12:05 GMT
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Ralph Hempel <rhempel@bmts.com> writes:
> Wow! Those kids on the box are really not having much
> fun are they?
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> <http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/812-1?showpic=1390>
It is probably because pre-technic Lego constructions
fall apart as soon as you apply a little force.
They'd probably rather play with Fischer Technik,
that was the stuff to do serious technical constructions
at the time.
> Imagine the uproar of changing the basic brick with
> holes into the studded beam. Heresy!
No, Lego Technic was very much welcomed, I even postponed
my dark age somewhat due to its introduction.
Jürgen
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| (...) I still have all my old Fischer Technik stuff, and I honestly played with it until about 1998 when Mindstorms came out. I think it was one of the best construction systems out there, and when I went to Germany in the fall I was amazed at how (...) (20 years ago, 25-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) fun are they? (URL) I wonder where they are now, or if they are lamenting the passing of their old style gears into the newer fine-pitch teeth :-) Imagine the uproar of changing the basic brick with holes into the studded beam. Heresy! Ralph (20 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
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