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Third Party Crane Hooks
nerdsforprez posted a topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
So, although not all agree, I think there is more or less a general acceptance of third party tires for Technic builders. Again, not universal, but perhaps a majority of people are okay with it. We regularly, if not a majority of the time, see large crawlers, trucks, etc, on this forum with third party tires. Why the acceptance? And given whatever rationale, can we apply this rational to others parts as well? For me... so much cranes lately (I just got done voting) has given me to think about the Lego metal hook. I mean, technically, I guess its Lego, but literally.... hmmm difficult argument here. If the viability of the hook being Lego is debatable in the first place, why not use other, third party hooks that can be so much better. The Lego hook is what like 20-30 bucks? 30 in the US where I am (more or less). If it is just metal, why not perhaps use like a third party block hook? So much cooler, and just like the Lego hook, all metal. I get that these can be built out of Lego, I have done several myself, but given the popularity of the metal hooks, personally I would prefer just to use third party hooks. Here is one example: Hook blocks such as these can be purchased for about the same price as the Lego metal hook, but IMO are much much better. Smaller hooks are also available. What do others think?