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Re: Technic's Dead (was: I need Technic)
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lugnet.technic
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Mon, 5 Aug 2002 17:58:26 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Allan Bedford writes:
> Is a Technic brick (of similar length) any more or less expensive to produce
> than a standard LEGO brick?
Yes, I'd bet Technic bricks are more expensive to produce, because they
require more pieces in the mold. To make a standard brick, you'd only need
a two-piece mold - one piece for the bottom, to make the inside hollow, and
another piece for the top. To make a TECHNIC brick, my untrained eye sees a
four-piece mold, because there are hollows on four sides of the brick.
There's the hollow underside, the hollow studs on top, and each side has a
hollow around each pin hole (the pin hole itself could be molded by the
mold-piece for either side).
This leads to another molding comparision: TECHNIC bricks and smooth beams.
With smooth beams, you're back to a two-piece mold: one piece for each side
of the beam. There are no hollows on the top or bottom of the parts, just
the hollows around the pin holes.
So it seems pretty likely that smooth beams are much cheaper to produce than
TECHNIC bricks.
Steve
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| (...) Very possibly so. Then I reiterate my previous statement. Manufacture them, put them out in bulk packs and price them accordingly. I've paid up to $1.00 U.S. per 1x16 black Technic brick at auction. Is it not possible for the company to sell (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Steve, My Dad was one of the mold design and production managers at Husky Injection Molding way back when. I can tell you that LEGO bricks in general have a degree of mold complexity that is very high. There are a number of technical hurdles, (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic) !
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| (...) And both the brick and beam have their place in the LEGO parts catalog. But what about those of us not building robots or complicated gear boxes? What about builders who want the old style Technic bricks to use as bracing or frameworks for (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.technic)
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