Technic Meets Basic Elements
I’ve talked several times throughout this book about the built-in flexibility of the LEGO system. Adding Technic elements to the mix does not change this assessment. If anything, adding some Technic pieces to a model built primarily of regular system pieces only enhances the creative possibilities. Now you can have a car with working steering or a robot that has mechanical claws that open and close. A subtle variation on this theme is when Technic pieces are used to help system pieces interact in ways they wouldn’t otherwise be able to, but without turning the model into some sort of high-tech machine.
One interesting way to merge Technic and regular system parts is to use a group of pieces that I call pin-enabled
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