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That's a lovely piece of kit, and I am sorely tempted to put in an order, but LEGO's promotional video and associated text descriptions seem to be a little dece

That's a lovely piece of kit, and I am sorely tempted to put in an order, but LEGO's promotional video and associated text descriptions seem to be a little deceptive. As far as I can tell, the model - which has a "LEGO first" - Black and red ink spool ribbon is a new fabric element. - and each key has a letter, and the carriage moves, etc ... doesn't actually type.

jan_Inkepa 5y ago
Oh yeah good catch; they should probably add a disclaimer that it's not functional.
mattashii 5y ago
It has one (singular) typing element that moves and hits the 'tape', which you might consider as typing. But, it indeed is not functional for the whole alphabet, nor does it have functional shift keys to shift cases.
scoopertrooper 5y ago
This may shock you, but none of those lego ships are sea worthy either.
- bmitc 5y ago
  Some of them are. I had one as a kid. The base allowed the boat to float in water.
  - lb1lf 5y ago
    -Then you misplaced the keel and suddenly had an enforced lesson in vessel stability in the comfort of your bathtub... Good times.
    - bombcar 5y ago
      The Germans had access to a motor - always described in the manual but not available to the US.
- seattle_spring 5y ago
  WHAT. this changes everything, as I was planning on taking the summer off to take my Saturn V into orbit.
- spoonjim 5y ago
  The Lego Pop-up book does pop up though.
MiscIdeaMaker99 5y ago
I think you'd have to be a little gullible to think it's a real typewriter, especially if you've ever used a real one.
ElijahLynn 5y ago
Same. The video shows a typed letter in the machine too, leading me to believe it actually worked. But further digging reveals this is not the case. A ton of people are going to actually buy this thinking it works, and it won't and they will be pissed.
- spoonjim 5y ago
  The same thing happened with the piano. I assume it’s people who are interested in the subject matter (pianos, typewriters) and not that familiar with what functionality to expect from a LEGO set.

jan_Inkepa 5y ago

Oh yeah good catch; they should probably add a disclaimer that it's not functional.

mattashii 5y ago

It has one (singular) typing element that moves and hits the 'tape', which you might consider as typing. But, it indeed is not functional for the whole alphabet, nor does it have functional shift keys to shift cases.

scoopertrooper 5y ago

This may shock you, but none of those lego ships are sea worthy either.

bmitc 5y ago
Some of them are. I had one as a kid. The base allowed the boat to float in water.
- lb1lf 5y ago
  -Then you misplaced the keel and suddenly had an enforced lesson in vessel stability in the comfort of your bathtub... Good times.
  - bombcar 5y ago
    The Germans had access to a motor - always described in the manual but not available to the US.
seattle_spring 5y ago
WHAT. this changes everything, as I was planning on taking the summer off to take my Saturn V into orbit.
spoonjim 5y ago
The Lego Pop-up book does pop up though.

MiscIdeaMaker99 5y ago

I think you'd have to be a little gullible to think it's a real typewriter, especially if you've ever used a real one.

ElijahLynn 5y ago

Same. The video shows a typed letter in the machine too, leading me to believe it actually worked. But further digging reveals this is not the case. A ton of people are going to actually buy this thinking it works, and it won't and they will be pissed.

spoonjim 5y ago
The same thing happened with the piano. I assume it’s people who are interested in the subject matter (pianos, typewriters) and not that familiar with what functionality to expect from a LEGO set.