Motoring Discussion > Lego Technic	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: movilogo	Replies: 26

New Fri 24 Feb 12 13:33   Lego Technic - movilogo

Did you play with them in the past? Do you play with them now? Several years back (still in my adulthood), I collected few iconic sets (like 8880 Super car, 8479 Barcode Truck etc.) from Ebay. Before constructing the super car, I had trouble understanding how 4x4 works, but after seeing the cogs and differentials in action, everything was so clear! After a long time, I am now again having the urge of buying a good Technic set. PS: Thought this is appropriate for Motoring section as it all about cogs and wheels :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 13:39   Lego Technic - diddy1234

yes I did. I had the Technical Lego car (one with the boxer engine in the back) when I was about 10 years old. I remember opening it on Christmas day and my uncles building it. I was unhappy :-( Still I progressed on and after building the cars I got bored and built my own technical Lego cross bow using a huge elastic band. Using the longest technical Lego beam as a bullet, I melted a sewing needle in the end and then I had real fun. ah happy days shooting everything, doors, walls etc Last edited by: diddy1234 on Fri 24 Feb 12 at 13:40 Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 13:44   Lego Technic - Bigtee

Yes was playing with it last week with my 3yr son we built a crane and a space buggy. The kit is the same one i had as a lad so it's old some 37yrs old. Got the table for the lego with the compartments in to store some of it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 14:11   Lego Technic - Dutchie

Same here used to love playing and building with Lego.I will buy plenty for my future granddaughter.>) Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 14:20   Lego Technic - Zero

Didnt even have lego as a kid - let alone fancy lego like "tecchnic" Had Bayko www.melright.com/bayko/ and meccano Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 14:22   Lego Technic - Dutchie

Bayko that looks inpressive never heard of them old company. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 14:28   Lego Technic - Meldrew

It is Bako - they are still around in collectors toy shops and auctions. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 14:30   Lego Technic - Zero

>> It is Bako - they are still around in collectors toy shops and auctions. It is Bayko Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 15:00   Lego Technic - Meldrew

Yes - it is! Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 18:32   Lego Technic - borasport

So that's what it was - I remember playing with it at some time or other, but I can't edven remember if it was mine or somebody elses' Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 14:18   Lego Technic - Meldrew

Got to like this. 7 hours to build and 5 instruction books (allegedley) tinyurl.com/88zs4yv Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 14:36   Lego Technic - diddy1234

this was the set I had :- technicopedia.com/8860.html Good web site as well. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 14:43   Lego Technic - Iffy

We were a Betta Bilda family. It says it was cheaper than Lego. That figures, my mother didn't have a lot of spare money for toys when I was a child. www.bettabilda.com/index.php Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 15:00   Lego Technic - Boxsterboy

My grandfather was an architect and a grateful client of his gave his daughter (my Mum) a set of Bayko in the late 1930s. She's still got it. Fantastic stuff which makes Lego look very basic. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 16:07   Lego Technic - Dutchie

Maybe thats why Lego is so populair.It being very basic.Just a thought. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 16:15   Lego Technic - Iffy

Seem to recall there was a chunkier version for very young children. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 16:17   Lego Technic - Dutchie

I think there is Iffy. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 16:18   Lego Technic - Focusless

Duplo Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 16:24   Lego Technic - Bromptonaut

>> Seem to recall there was a chunkier version for very young children. Duplo (or Duplo-ooplo as my daughter called it). Odd how the names kids called things not only stick in the memory but become family vocab. Eg: dwoozdwiver = screwdriver Ally-boon = hot air balloon mippomopamus or peterpotamus = hippopotamus angink = deodorant (anti-stink!!) Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 16:40   Lego Technic - sherlock47

I had Meccano and was it Trix? a similar constructional toy, but more sophisticated silver colored plates/beams with 3 rows of holes I think. Found it www.trix-metaal.nl/ As a building toy I had a set which used 'real' clay like bricks (about 3cm long), which were stuck together using wallpaper paste. It had window and door frames, but I cannot remember 'proper lintels or other extras for roofing. Even then I was into unfinished projects:) Last edited by: pmh on Fri 24 Feb 12 at 16:43 Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 16:56   Lego Technic - four wheels good...

pmh, Brother and I had those bricks, could dismantle the buildings and wash off the old paste. Eventually got destroyed as buildings became targets for catapults and other destructive forces. Can't remember how any roofing worked. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 16:57   Lego Technic - Old Navy

>> Odd how the names kids called things not only stick in the memory but become >> family vocab. Eg: >> >> dwoozdwiver = screwdriver >> Ally-boon = hot air balloon >> mippomopamus or peterpotamus = hippopotamus >> angink = deodorant (anti-stink!!) >> countilator = calculator washine = washing machine Mrs ON is known as "Nan" to the grandkids, one of them when learning to talk mastered "Nan" and then progressed to calling me "Nandad". I have been called a lot worse. :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 16:58   Lego Technic - Pat

My son used to kneel on the back seat and read the names of the cars following us. To me it will always be called a PUG-E-OT;) Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 17:07   Lego Technic - Dutchie

I've never like it when children call their grandparents Nana or Nan.Must be me, grandad or grandma sounds better to me.I always called mine Opa and Oma.>:) Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 17:11   Lego Technic - Old Navy

Each of our grandkids still have four grandparents, an assortment of names saves a lot of confusion. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 17:18   Lego Technic - DP

Mine and Mrs DPs parents chose their "grandparent" names. We have a Nanny and Grandad, and a Nanny Kaz and Grampy. Their choices. That's what we then taught the kids to call them :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 24 Feb 12 17:25   Lego Technic - Runfer D'Hills

My son calls my mother-in-law "Nana Spacehopper". dunno where he got that from..coughs... :-) Reply to this message | Report message