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(...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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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)
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In my mind it is easy to see where lego went wrong on terms of technic. A change in the technic line may have been needed to evolve a little after 1997 but they went the wrong direction. Instead of modles becoming more complex, larger, better (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) While it might have been fun for US (as AFOL's), for the target market (8-16 y/o) it would have made things worse. Kids can't spend $200-300 per set. Also most shops can't / won't stock such expensive sets. Perhaps in the USA it would have (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.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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