A Maze ing

My 7 year-old is way in to Technic and Mindstorm. I guarantee that once he sees this he will be trying to replicate it.

God bless Legos!

>> ^Boise_Lib:

A Maze ing


I see what you did there!

Sweet this was way better than the image I had in my head from reading the title, I love the Dragon Maze! Awesome work.

I made a chess set out of Velveeta, Ritz crackers, and Jimmy Dean sausage.
It was delicious.

When I was a kid I played with Construx, anyone remember that? Not legos, I despised legos, they're for babies. Construx had these knots that really hurt your fingers, specially when you had to snap them off. Toys should hurt you, the pain makes you stronger, helps you grow. Or something.

Now legos are everywhere, Construx is nowhere to be found, and you can build your own marble maze out of legos.

What is wrong with the world?

You gotta lego of these silly quips; they're not funny anymore.

>> ^Boise_Lib:

A Maze ing

>> ^renatojj:

When I was a kid I played with Construx, anyone remember that? Not legos, I despised legos, they're for babies. Construx had these knots that really hurt your fingers, specially when you had to snap them off. Toys should hurt you, the pain makes you stronger, helps you grow. Or something.
Now legos are everywhere, Construx is nowhere to be found, and you can build your own marble maze out of legos.
What is wrong with the world?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construx

Discontinued in '88, revived and discontinued again in '97. I can't say I'm surprised, either, considering how far Legos have come, what with all the motors, sensors and programmable stuff.

I had a ton of Construx as a kid, enough that at one point I built a "robot" that was roughly my own height. I use the scare quotes because there were no motors or other forms of self-motion. It was articulated, but I had to move it myself.

I had Legos, too, but not as much. I also had Lincoln Logs and Tinkertoy, both inherited from my uncles, so I guess I had a lot of construction toys. I probably spent more time building things in the yard with sticks, rocks and dirt than with any of these toys, though.

The plural of Lego is Lego, folks. One Lego block. A whole bunch of Lego. See, it's easy?

@xxovercastxx a kid-sized robot made out of construx? lol you're my hero!

He has the labored breathing of a 400 pound man, but his thin hands and wrists suggest maybe he just needs to quit smoking.

>> ^renatojj:

When I was a kid I played with Construx, anyone remember that? Not legos, I despised legos, they're for babies. Construx had these knots that really hurt your fingers, specially when you had to snap them off. Toys should hurt you, the pain makes you stronger, helps you grow. Or something.
Now legos are everywhere, Construx is nowhere to be found, and you can build your own marble maze out of legos.
What is wrong with the world?


They're both baby toys. All hail the Erector Set!!