I had wanted the mind storm set, but we didn't have a computer then
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Feb. 13, 2009 11:55 a.m. neon4891 SuperDork
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Feb. 13, 2009 12:45 p.m. fastEddie Dork
neon4891 wrote:
I was under the assumption that the technic line was discontinued around 2000...
For the Lego geeks - http://www.peeron.com/inv/theme/LEGO/TECHNIC
Alive and well from 1977 to current.
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March 2, 2010 10:17 p.m. neon4891 SuperDork
I have gotten back into Legos due to my nephew. Currently building whatever creator sets I find locally, but I have renewwed my search for the super car.
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March 2, 2010 10:20 p.m. SlickDizzy SuperDork
I HAVE the Lego Technic supercar! I built it with my dad when I was about 8 years old. It's in a box somewhere at home...hmmm...what's it worth to any of you? Some disassembly required
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March 3, 2010 10:57 a.m. mapper Reader
My Lego collection goes back to the early seventies. I still have most of the parts from my first Technic set. Two speed transmission!
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March 3, 2010 11:33 a.m. Kendall_Jones Reader
I just turned my 5 year old onto the lego designer software. He now can use drop down tool boxes, change color pallets & rotate (and my printer is now out of ink). He's going to be a cad maniac.
KJ
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March 3, 2010 12:09 p.m. bluej HalfDork
Appleseed wrote:
Technic never really left. Some years kit were better than others. Remember LEGO Model Team? I lusted over that big rig.
I was lucky enough to get a few of these. They were my "big christmas present" for a few years. I still look for new ones occasionally.
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March 3, 2010 3:34 p.m. Twin_Cam Dork
I have the original Technic F1 car. Bought it with $180 of my own, hard-earned money from a paper route at the age of 15. Only Lego set that ever took me more than one day to finish. V10 and everything, working rack-and-pinion steering, and multi-link suspension with inboard shocks. A-mazing.
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March 3, 2010 5:38 p.m. autoxrs New Reader
In '77 my parents bought my brother kit 854 aka the Go Kart, it was my brother's first LEGO set.
We still have it, although it has been well used. I still play with LEGOs, my living room currently has 20 or so sets assembled and a few others waiting assembly.
The new LEGO isn't great, LEGO was always about imagination and with modern pieces being very specific it takes away some of that engineering imagination. If you wanted to build a house with a slanted roof you didn't plot some specific piece on there, you built it.
I have wanted kit 8860, the original race car since they were first launched. It is one of the most sought after kits, one day I'll find a NIB one.
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March 3, 2010 6:19 p.m. Keith SuperDork
I'll have to see if I can find pictures of the dune buggy I built out of my 8860 "race car" kit then. Wow, I didn't know it was so desirable. But it sure is cool.
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March 4, 2010 12:45 a.m. RedS13Coupe Reader
This thread needs more pneumatic lego V8s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZeZnfyng4Q&feature=related
