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Re: Call me a Lego pureist if you will but...
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Date: 
Wed, 25 Apr 2001 05:17:44 GMT
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Ray Kremer wrote:

If you buy a Throwbot you should expect a Throwbot, not parts for your crane MOC.


Doesn't that go against the very nature of LEGO? If you can't use the
parts to build anything but the original Throwbot model they came with
(or a Throwbot MOC), then what business do these ultra-specialized parts
have being treated like part of the LEGO system in the first place? You
might as well say, "if it's not pictured on the box then you have no
business building it".

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Regards

Micah J. Mabelitini - LUGNET #918 - accutron@kih.net
The University of Kentucky - SECC Middlesboro ASC
http://www.users.kih.net/~micahx/brickdreams/
http://www.users.kih.net/~micahx/rcxbug/



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  Re: Call me a Lego pureist if you will but...
 
(...) MOC. (...) Yeah, actually it does. The techbots are more like Lego-spinoffs than actual Lego sets. Not-Lego sets that happen to be made by Lego corp. I don't think Lego themselves minds that though. They wanted to see if they could be (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)

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I think it's a mistake to assume that the ThrowBot parts are SUPPOSED to be useful in real Technic sets. Certainly the disc and throwing arm are purely for pleasing the kiddies, there's absolutely nothing else you could do with them. The arm/leg (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)

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