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Shame, Shame...."plastic" rubber tires in new technic
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 4 Jan 2001 04:25:09 GMT
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Maybe this has come up but......Seems like TLC is cheaping out in the new
Technics stuff. The 8241 Battle Cars has PLASTIC wheels that look like the
standard rubber tire/plastic hub found in earlier kits (30.4x14 size). It is
NOT obvious looking at the box cover photos. I picked this set up because
I teach "enrichment" courses (simple machines, robotics) at my sons' elem.
school using DACTA, Technic and Mindstorms materials and I can always use
more wheels, gears and such. Plastic wheels do NOT work as drive wheels on
powered cars - no traction. It seems like you're getting less and less with
the newer Technic kits (something not reflected in pricing). It seems
ironic....TLC has(had) some great stuff with the Technics/Mindstorms lines
for kids to really create and learn, but they're "dumbing" it all down so much.
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