Citations › Citation ID: 122

C122. BOOK: Daniel Konstanski, The Secret Life of LEGO Bricks: The Inside Story of a Design Icon (Unbound, 2022), p. 190.

Achieving the amazing looks of 8285 Tow Truck was a design challenge. Designers had to painstakingly make the transition from odd-number-based beams without studs back to System elements with even numbers of studs.

LEGO System is based on an even number of modules (the width of one stud) while Technic is based on an odd number of modules.