TECHNICally i asked for a JOINT in 1984

 Ok, as a kid in the 70s and 80s, the technic lines symbolized being smart, being older and wiser and buying more expensive sets.  I've mentioned before how they were always at the back of the catalog and always out of reach except at Christmas maybe...

Yes I put a later chassis version in here

But when I put together my only technic set I built, I was fascinated by the rack and pinion steering made possible by the universal joints.  I think that part symbolized being so smart if you could figure out how to make a car with it...so I had built my only technic model

When I built that truck, I thought I was the smartest, so I thought I'd move on to the big stuff, the universal joint....and the only place I knew I could get that at an affordable price...the lego mail order service!!!

 

A little piece of lego history!

And then via the mail it came, my own real universal joint...the reality is I was never smart enough to hook it to some rods and move it around...I'll be smart enough some day...

Ironically 2 years ago someone made an artificial knee with universal joints as a main component...the person asked me if I knew what a universal joint was and I had to chuckle...yeah I know but could I make or use something with it...heck no!