Gears have been included within Lego Technic sets since 1977 as a way of transferring rotary power, and of gearing-up or down the speed. In September 2021, Matthew Ashton, The Lego Group's Vice President of Design announced the Technic alongside City, Friends, Creator, Classic, Speed Champions, Monkie Kid, Ninjago, Collectible Minifigures and DOTS themes will continue until at least 2023. The latest generation of the Mindstorms range, the Robot Inventor (released October 2020), as well as its predecessors the Mindstorms EV3 (released September 2013) and the Mindstorms NXT (released August 2006), are based on the studless construction method. Mindstorms, a Lego line of robotic products, also uses many Technic pieces, although it is sold as a separate line of products. (Studs are the small circular knobs which appear on traditional Lego bricks.) This method utilises beams and pins rather than Technic bricks. Technic sets produced since the year 2000 use a different construction method, described as "studless construction". The style of Lego Technic sets has been changing over time. In recent years, Technic pieces have begun filtering down into other Lego sets as well, including the BIONICLE sets (which were once sold as part of the Technic line), as well as a great many others. Some sets also come with pneumatic pieces or electric motors.
Other special pieces include beams and plates with holes in them, through which the axles could be installed. Technic sets are often characterized by the presence of special pieces, such as gears, axles, and pins. The concept was introduced as the Expert Builder series and originally Technical Sets in 1977, and was renamed Technic in 1982. The purpose of this series is to create more advanced models with more complex technical functions, compared to the simpler brick-building properties of normal Lego. Lego Technic / ˈ t ɛ k n ɪ k/ is a line of Lego interconnecting plastic rods and parts.
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