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Re: Call me a Lego pureist if you will but...
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Date: 
Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:09:34 GMT
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Bah!

I wish LEGO would just release the 8880 SuperCar and the SpaceShuttle for 2001.

hell, just release the parts in a BAG, with no instructions.  (online only)

R & D for new design ....... $0.00
Packaging .................. $0.05

I bet they would the BEST SELLERS!


In lugnet.technic, Miguel Agullo writes:
> In lugnet.technic, Micah J. Mabelitini writes:
> 
> > Despite your assertions to the contrary, many of the elements you listed
> > are *not* junk. The corrugated tubes are extremely useful, not only for
> > decoration but for constructing flexible articulated touch bumpers in
> > robots. Many of the Throwbot joints and liftarms have superfluous
> > decorative characteristics, but are nonetheless functional; and the
> > projectile cannon is quite good at what it does (it's optimized for
> > shooting cats, right?), and cannot be feasibly replicated with other elements.
> 
> The projectiles make great legs for multi-legged robots. The rubber tip
> offers optimal grip on all sorts of surfaces.



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  Re: Call me a Lego pureist if you will but...
 
To All, The parts that were listed, some are useful, some are not, depending on the person (Which is a huge part of LEGO anyway), I would like to see some old sets come out again or at least some new sets using those design criteria, complicated (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: Call me a Lego pureist if you will but...
 
(...) ??? (...) One word: Ebay. (...) You forget distribution (...) You think so? Maybe online, but it would still be a niche market (how many Technic Lugnet users?). Lego produces very cool stuff, but it does so in enormous quantities. I understand (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)

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  Re: Call me a Lego pureist if you will but...
 
(...) The projectiles make great legs for multi-legged robots. The rubber tip offers optimal grip on all sorts of surfaces. (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)

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