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RE: killing off technic
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:16:31 GMT
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> particularly with the anticipation of looking at the latest
catalogues to see what lies in store, only to be unimpressed.
Cars, cars, cars, cars, cars, bionicle (great parts, lousy idea), cars,
starwars (hated it the first time round when I was 14, and its not getting
any better, just better hyped IMHO - he said donning flame-proof clothing)
and more cars - oh I forgot a motorbike!
Whatever happened to diggers, trucks, planes, helicopters, boats,
hovercraft, robots, et al? Compare the 1995 technic flyer with the new lego
catalog and Technic has gone downhill faster than Eddie the Eagle (Britains
hopes for ski-jumping success for those of you not of this isle!)
> Bear in mind that I still think pieces like #2825 are "kind of new". (!)
Wow! That's going back. I draw my "kinda new" line at the change from
non-notched to notched 2U axles!
William
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| This is a quote from an article in Business 2.0 [October 2001]: (URL) a private firm, Lego doesn't have to explain itself to anyone in the outside world, but in March the company issued a press release announcing that it had had a lousy year in (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) A nicely succinct description of the thread. I wanted to echo Robert's opinions, particularly with the anticipation of looking at the latest catalogues to see what lies in store, only to be unimpressed. Although perhaps a touch off-group, did (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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