Technic parts - why people don't like them?

[redryder]

I'm new so bear with me if this question has been asked before.

I read a couple of reviews in the forum, and it seems like if a non-technic set has technic parts, the reviewer lists it as a negative. Why is that?

For a beginner like me, if a technic part makes a model more interesting or more functional, all the better.

[F0NIX]

I have also seen this in some reviews.

But since I'm a technic fan I am always very happy for all technic parts in any sets. And I also find it very interesting when they turn to a Technic solution for a function in a normal city set.

The reason someone rate it as negative is maybe that they think technic parts are not useful for other applications than they have seen it used in just that set? I have to admit that I have the same view for Bionicle parts. But I have seen fantastic non-Bionicle creations with use of Bionicle parts. But I find them very hard to implement both in Technic creations and in Town/City related creations.

[Locutis]

I'm new so bear with me if this question has been asked before.

I read a couple of reviews in the forum, and it seems like if a non-technic set has technic parts, the reviewer lists it as a negative. Why is that?

For a beginner like me, if a technic part makes a model more interesting or more functional, all the better.

I used to absolutely dislike technic pieces. The modulars and recent Lego Creator sets (and Winter Village series) really got me into thinking about using technic in different ways. I always saw it as the skeleton way of building, but really it can also BE your skeleton in your design, supporting or bending or moving.

I want to build a new modular, and incorporate an elevator inside. The method I'll use for moving the elevator will be a series of technic gears (at least in my mind, so far, it seems it will work). I never would have thought of this type of building with technic pieces before 2 years ago...

I think technic is seen as the cousin you kind of don't want to have much to do with, until you grow up and discover he can help you build stuff.

Locutis

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Not a problem for me if I found technic parts in town set. It's cool to see how technic pieces can help to find out some good solution also in town world!

Good topic by the way.

[jonwil]

I have nothing against Technic parts in non-Technic sets, in fact non-Technic sets can be a good way to get certain Technic parts not so often seen in Technic sets anymore such as the studded beams.

[Hrw-Amen]

Well the trouble is that Lego City is nice and friendly and makes the world appear colourful and fun. All those Technic bits are just too scientific and engineering like and well, make things work just like in the real world. They kind of destroy the fantasy by making the fantasy world like the real world but in bright colours.

That is my theory anyway.

On a personal note I wish I had a better knowledge of them, but as a kid I never had Technic. I beginning to gain a bit of knowledge through Lego trains and I hope to become familiar with them as I see a lot of potential for added fun now that I am an adult. But I can see how some children maybe intimidated by it.

[22kane]

I've never been a big Technic fan but if the parts make a model better or operational (PF Trains) then I'm all about it. Technic models on their own don't do much for me. I had a few sets as a child but never really got into them. Although, that truck with the dumper on the back looks pretty cool.

[Triborough]

I never got into Technic when I was a kid, it never really appealed to me.

However, some of the parts can be useful. I found that a brown Connector 32530 with two gray Pin 4274 can make something that looks like an old time radio, when you add a black Tile, Modified 1 x 2 Grille with Bottom Groove / Lip to it.

I am currently adding it to a MOC I am working on. I have also used some random Technic bits I picked up in a bag of Lego at a yard sale for part of a space ship interior vignette.

Try to find the potential in the parts and you can find something new.

[dr_spock]

I don't mind Technic parts. I got in Technics after my Dark Ages. I find those parts useful for some of my MOCs like my tow truck and space shuttle crawler transport.

[Jargo]

I was given a lot of old technic sets and haven't figured out what to do with them yet apart from part them out and store them in a big drawer. I know at some point I want to build a modern house so I'm thinking technic bricks will be useful for detail. and I'll definitely use technic stuff to build internal structure to bigger buildings. But unless I'm building a structure like a bridge or factory or crane I'm unlikely to incorporate much into my designs.

[Michael S]

I'm new so bear with me if this question has been asked before.

I read a couple of reviews in the forum, and it seems like if a non-technic set has technic parts, the reviewer lists it as a negative. Why is that?

I can't imagine why. Technic parts make things move. LEGO nearly died in the 90's is cuz they had stationary models in an age of computers with moving images and reactions generated by your input actions. Nowadays, any set with technic bits is going to be better than the same one without. Whether it's a lighthouse that turns, a windmill that spins, a Pirates of the Caribbean tower that blows up, or Star Wars blast doors that blast open... What kid wouldn't be quoting "Open the blast doors - Open the blast doors!" before blowing them open?

Even dating back to - Adventurers... look at those... Mount Everest, or the Yeti sets... swinging axes, springs, etc. All technic. Those are classic "best ever" type sets. Indiana Jones? Did ya see the Crystal Skull set thingy that goes up? It's cool. My 8-year old has all those.

Younger even? Look at Ninjago... the Dragons are some of the coolest builds ever. My 4-year old loves them. Technic ball joints make them happen.

Even younger? My just-turned-3 daughter loves to play house w the traditional town buildings, but anything that moves takes prime spotlight.

I think anyone who alleges that sets would be better w/o technic is perhaps latched onto classic 80's -- a set like Main Street, truly great for its time, but has very little technic. I played with that set more than any other growing up by far, but that doesn't mean I'd want to get more like it today.

[The Blue Brick]

Personally, i also don't mind technic parts in sets. I would rather have a function in a set than without one. Whenever i build a moc, I try to add playable features with technic parts. It just makes everything more lively.

[legOZ]

alsa you can ask why people dislike bionicle parts.

i like bricks.

i love that standart.all bricks looks same size ,shape .

i'm building sth with that standart.

for example i am a train fan.

there are lots of train in market.

some of them looks like more real more original but i love building trains with lego.i don't want to see any other material.

i like bricks and that standart.that all parts fitting together with same method

i don't like technic parts and also i don't like bionicle parts.

i don't prefer belville sets i prefer paradisa sets.

i amm excited about new dc and marvel minifigures.

i'm going to buy most of them but i won't buy "Hulk".

that hulk doesn't designed in normal lego minifigure standart.

i think this size,shape and building in same method is very important for TLG !

this is the difference with other toy companies..

i dont like technic parts but it is okay that if it is used for only necessary functions.

10194-Emerald Night train has some technic parts but it is okay.

also i am an admirer of 8110 unimog too.i have respect technic parts in technic sets ...

[Aanchir]

alsa you can ask why people dislike bionicle parts.

i like bricks.

i love that standart.all bricks looks same size ,shape .

i'm building sth with that standart.

for example i am a train fan.

there are lots of train in market.

some of them looks like more real more original but i love building trains with lego.i don't want to see any other material.

i like bricks and that standart.that all parts fitting together with same method

i don't like technic parts and also i don't like bionicle parts.

i don't prefer belville sets i prefer paradisa sets.

i amm excited about new dc and marvel minifigures.

i'm going to buy most of them but i won't buy "Hulk".

that hulk doesn't designed in normal lego minifigure standart.

i think this size,shape and building in same method is very important for TLG !

this is the difference with other toy companies..

i dont like technic parts but it is okay that if it is used for only necessary functions.

10194-Emerald Night train has some technic parts but it is okay.

also i am an admirer of 8110 unimog too.i have respect technic parts in technic sets ...

So do you also dislike lightsaber blades? Minifigure accessories? These don't tend to fit together in the same "method" as regular bricks-- which is to say, studs.

Really, the only point of having a standard is to have variations on that standard. Otherwise, you probably wouldn't be happy with any set but a bucket of basic bricks. Clips, handles, click hinges, Technic axle holes... all of these things add diversity to basic LEGO pieces. Minifig skeletons, minifig droids, giant trolls... they similarly add diversity to minifigures.

It's perfectly acceptable to dislike certain pieces or figures based on preference. But frankly, intercompatibility is as important to TLG as it is to most fans, and thus they have ensured that Technic, System, BIONICLE, and even BIONICLE parts can easily be as compatible with one another as System parts are with one another (for instance, attaching a lightsaber blade to a 1x6 brick will always be impossible, but that doesn't make them separate systems). Some parts will be more specialized than others, but they are all still very intercompatible-- and there are pieces designed specifically to make sure that's possible.

Suggesting that these easily intercompatible systems should be kept completely separate is asking TLG to put a handicap on their own creativity. I would love to see Hero Factory joints, for example, show up in System set. I've seen MOCists do brilliant things by mixing the two systems, and it would be no less brilliant if the same appeared in an official set.

[legOZ]

So do you also dislike lightsaber blades? Minifigure accessories? These don't tend to fit together in the same "method" as regular bricks-- which is to say, studs.

Really, the only point of having a standard is to have variations on that standard. Otherwise, you probably wouldn't be happy with any set but a bucket of basic bricks. Clips, handles, click hinges, Technic axle holes... all of these things add diversity to basic LEGO pieces. Minifig skeletons, minifig droids, giant trolls... they similarly add diversity to minifigures.

It's perfectly acceptable to dislike certain pieces or figures based on preference. But frankly, intercompatibility is as important to TLG as it is to most fans, and thus they have ensured that Technic, System, BIONICLE, and even BIONICLE parts can easily be as compatible with one another as System parts are with one another (for instance, attaching a lightsaber blade to a 1x6 brick will always be impossible, but that doesn't make them separate systems). Some parts will be more specialized than others, but they are all still very intercompatible-- and there are pieces designed specifically to make sure that's possible.

Suggesting that these easily intercompatible systems should be kept completely separate is asking TLG to put a handicap on their own creativity. I would love to see Hero Factory joints, for example, show up in System set. I've seen MOCists do brilliant things by mixing the two systems, and it would be no less brilliant if the same appeared in an official set.

no i'm ok with minifigure accessories.

i'm not saying only "method".size and shape are also important for this classic lego experience.

so accessories are compatible..

i don't think technic parts add creativty to lego.

there are many moc's people doing.

if there weren't any standart all that moc's would be crap.

making with classic bricks and working in basic brick standarts is the key point of lego i think.

intercompatibility ??

i know technic parts,bionicle parts,minifigures,bricks.

you can ask a little child for this.

does it look like intercompatible?

comparing minifigures,bricks with technic parts ...

i don't suggest the seperate these "intercompatible" systems fully.

i give an example.

10194 emerald night have technic parts.

its okay.

but in some sets it can be bothering.

i think most of lego fans which isn't technic fans dont like technic parts.

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