Were the legs of the Technic figures the first test of studless beams?

Edited May 13, 20204 yr by astral brick

1 hour ago, astral brick said:

Were the legs of the Technic figures the first test of studless beans?

Are these the studless beans of which you speak?

If so, I'm guessing the answer is no.

1 hour ago, Maaboo35 said:

Are these the studless beans of which you speak?

If so, I'm guessing the answer is no.

Rotfl!!! Editing now

In the same year, this part was introduced

1 hour ago, 1974 said:

In the same year, this part was introduced

The first studless beam. 

1 hour ago, 1974 said:

In the same year, this part was introduced

Ahh i remember this thing.. I used to make robots that had fists that extend to punch in longer ranges.. This was the part i used! 

The first proper liftarm (6x4 bent, part 6629) was introduced ten years later. I'm sure that crane part was cut, glued, manipulated and mangled in ways that are unspeakable

Cheers,

Ole

I wonder why Technic figures were discontinued. Possible reasons:

- excessive costs of manufacturing

- they increased playability, hence giving an unwanted "childish" mood to sets addressed to teens (and adults)

- they were forcing the designers to keep consistency with the scale of the models

Hopefully the motivation was the first one.

I feel like the cost of manufacturing may have been their downfall. They seem to have a complicated assembly process and a lot of glue.