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Subject:	Re: Is "traditional" Technic being killed off?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego
Date:	Tue, 19 Feb 2002 08:22:08 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Allan Bedford writes: > > If the evidence isn't there, it's certainly in the sets they're releasing. Really? The demand to release sets that weren't exclsively vehicles has existed for quite a while now. It's nice to see them finally taking notice and giving the fans what they want-FEWER VEHICLES. > > Which is nice if you can afford $120 plus sets. But what about the kid >who > wants to get started in Technic but can't come up with that kind of coin? Simple. They have to suffer just like the rest of us lower middle class folk did when we wanted the larger sets. Save up the money-it's the only way to buy what you have your eye on. > What ever happened to nice small realistic Technic (Expert Builder) >sets > like this: > > http://guide.lugnet.com/set/854 ICK! You would have to bring up one of my least favorite EB sets ever! That design was bad even for 1977. Sorry, but I'm so pleased that we've moved away from what I call the 'dog days of Technic' when all you could find on the shelves were vehicles. There's far more variety and creativity put into the 1997+ releases then ever existed before that time. Heck, it's the sheer lack of variety in the Technic line that helped force me into my dark ages. Between that and the whole Blacktron II fiasco, I was destined to enter them. -Dave

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		Re: Is "traditional" Technic being killed off?
(...) I wouldn't go THAT far but let's just say it's not a set that I see a strong need to bring back. Not hardly. It's blocky, it doesn't have a lot of neat features, etc. Now if you want to talk about a set from that era that was good, how about (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)

		Re: Is "traditional" Technic being killed off?
(...) I agree. I'm one of the one's complaining that they release so many vehicle-related sets. But the quality of design has fallen dramatically over the years, there's little doubt. So maybe they'd do better getting back to vehicles. :) (...) But (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)

		Re: Is "traditional" Technic being killed off?
(...) Two problems: 1) A current problem with Technic (which even I can see just poking around looking for Castle stuff) is that there are very few <$30 Technic sets that are not some kind of Tech Play. If people have to shell out over $100 to get (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)

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		Re: Is "traditional" Technic being killed off?
(...) If the evidence isn't there, it's certainly in the sets they're releasing. (...) Which is nice if you can afford $120 plus sets. But what about the kid who wants to get started in Technic but can't come up with that kind of coin? What ever (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)

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