LEGO TECHNIC : 3279


Technic / 3279	3278 \| 3280

Subject:	Re: new Technic product shown!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001
Date:	Sun, 10 Dec 2000 12:29:09 GMT
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> To a certain extent, however, there is a degree of Darwinism here; one > reason that construction machinery and vehicles are prevalent in toys of all > types is simply that people (kids and adults :-) have always liked them, and > I imagine will continue to like them for a long time to come. Well given whats popular how about a technic police car, ambulance, fire truck, rescue team or something. There are lots of emergency service/rescue type toys out there so they must be popular... One thing that I would buy without thinking if lego ever made one is a technic ute (pickup truck for you americans, there are some differences but not many... > > anything that flys including spacecraft I guess that part of the problem with aircraft is that 90% of the airplane toys are like jet fighters or whatever which lego wont make. > the shuttle won't fly and the sub won't go underwater, whereas a Technic The search sub can go underwater, lego is not going to be damaged by water :)

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		Re: new Technic product shown!
(...) Sounds pretty good to me. Lego have already had a fire engine in the Technic range, and people sometimes mistake my red mobile crane for a fire engine, so does that count? :-) I like the idea of an ambulance - what functions would you have in (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)

		Re: new Technic product shown!
(...) I wouldn't recommend exposing the pneumatics in the LEGO Technic Search Sub (8250/8299) to water. I had some pneumatics when I was a child, and it was all ruined from exposure to water. Perhaps the new style pneumatics is higher quality, (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)

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		Re: new Technic product shown!
(...) Oddly enough, I do actually agree with you here - I really like it when someone comes up with something that is not a vehicle with Technic. Saying that, it could well be argued that the Star Wars droids are in fact also vehicles, but then that (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)

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