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Re: Technic's Dead (was: I need Technic)
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lugnet.technic
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Sat, 3 Aug 2002 21:30:24 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Thomas Avery writes:
> In lugnet.technic, Jim Hughes writes:
> > Guys, I hate to break it to you, but Technic as a theme is dead...
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> Jim, I appreciate your post, and all that you discussed. However, what are
> your comments on what Brad Justus said at Brickfest: "the Technic theme is
> not dead".
> http://news.lugnet.com/events/brickfest/?n=1015
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> It's sad to see things turn out as they have. If Lego are really doing away
> with Technic, I wonder if they'll indroduce any more sets that represent, as
> you said, "function over form".
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> TJ
TJ:
I suspect that Brad Justus/Lego defines Technic differently than you or
I do. I think that my definition is clear. It comes from playing/collecting/
building with these sets and elements for about 15 years. Lego defines
the Theme as Star Wars/Racers/Bionicle and I dont think that is going away.
So it is nice to hear Lego Direct say this but I doubt he was able to
provide any examples to back up this statement so lets see what is actually
available for purchase.
Having said that I understand why the Theme has shifted in this direction.
Lego has to respond to their market, which, in this case, is mostly boys
who grew up with Nintendo/PS2 (not to mention a Futura development team that
did the same). The action figure orientation of the theme is probably much more
appealing to them then, say, farm equiptment wouldbe.
I just saw a Spybotics set today for the first time and I like some of
the elements but the sets are closer to a Bionicle Manas then they are
to a Code Pilot Truck. It used to be that I would automatically buy a
new Technic set the first time I saw it but now I tend to pass up most
new sets, their retail offerings are just not compelling.
--Jim
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| "Jim Hughes" <hughesj@one.net> wrote in message news:H0AEEo.Jp1@lugnet.com... (...) playing/collecting/ (...) away. (...) actually (...) that (...) more (...) It's the video game market that bugs me too! This is an era unlike the '80's of Atari (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Technic's Dead (was: I need Technic)
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| (...) I have to agree it is largely up to the definition of what Technic is today. I have been building technic sets since the late 70's. I started building them originally for 2 reasons. Firstly I considered myself at that time as too old to play (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Jim, I appreciate your post, and all that you discussed. However, what are your comments on what Brad Justus said at Brickfest: "the Technic theme is not dead". (URL) sad to see things turn out as they have. If Lego are really doing away with (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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