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Re: Call me a Lego pureist if you will but...
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Date: 
Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:40:45 GMT
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Tony Priestman wrote:

If they didn't make so many bad pieces that they can *only* find
'creative' uses for, the sets would have more useful parts that *we* can
be creative with.

I have wondered about this occasionally, as admittedly I have yet to find
any use for these parts in my own creations, but I most often end up
thinking it is due to my mindset being locked in the "old ways" rather than
the parts being deficient. It also took a while for me to get used to the
liftarms, half beams and so on when I emerged from the "dark ages" a year
or so ago, so perhaps given time I will find uses for these new parts too.

That crane truck, or whatever it's supposed to be, was probably the set
that brought my Technic buying to a halt.

Shame that, while I will admit the set has its dubious points, technically
it is impressive in a very sublime way; I found that it grew on me over
time. The chassis, for example, is very well done and I imagine the crane
arm would have taken a lot of work to get right. Of course, sublime
technicality is not for everyone :-)

The appearance of the Moxy alternative model is fantastic though, IMHO.

Jennifer



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  Re: Call me a Lego pureist if you will but...
 
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Jennifer Clark (<3AED4F3D.37EA4C7D@...e.dmem.str ath.ac.uk>) wrote at 11:40:45 (...) Ahh, but traditionally, the old ways are the best ways ;-) From a psychological point of view, it's probably easier to imagine that a uniform (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)

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  Re: Call me a Lego pureist if you will but...
 
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Jennifer Clark (<3AE83CC5.1C8501F1@...e.dmem.str ath.ac.uk>) wrote at 15:20:37 (...) But only a creative use of a bad part. If they didn't make so many bad pieces that they can *only* find 'creative' uses for, the sets would (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)

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