Citations › Citation ID: 81

C81. BOOK: Daniel Konstanski, The Secret Life of LEGO Bricks: The Inside Story of a Design Icon (Unbound, 2022), p. 169.

But LEGO Technic stands apart as a theme that evolved its own unique building system out of an existing one, eventually becoming something so different it must be classified as its own species. Both in the beginning, and at various stages throughout its history, LEGO Technic did not set out to become its own system; however, through key choices and element designs, that is exactly what happened.

While Technic began rooted in the classic LEGO brick, I'm not alone in seeing modern Technic as its own system.