What incredible creations can you make with Legos?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the creative and nostalgic aspects of playing with Legos, exploring various projects and ideas that can be built using Lego bricks. Participants share their personal experiences, preferences, and innovative uses of Legos, ranging from simple nostalgic play to complex mechanical creations.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express nostalgia for Legos and emphasize the importance of maintaining curiosity and creativity through play.
  • There is a preference among some for having a large variety of bricks rather than specific model sets, as it allows for greater creativity.
  • One participant mentions that they will not discourage their children from playing with Legos, reflecting a belief in the value of play at any age.
  • Another participant highlights the practicality of Legos, sharing an example of a pencil jar made from Lego bricks.
  • Some participants share ideas for more complex Lego creations, such as a Lego particle accelerator and a basic pneumatic piston engine.
  • One participant recalls seeing Lego logic gates and discusses the potential for building a digital computer with Legos, despite some mechanical limitations.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the enjoyment and creativity associated with Legos, but there are varying opinions on the value of sets versus loose bricks and the practicality of Lego creations. The discussion remains open-ended with no consensus on specific projects or approaches.

Contextual Notes

Some ideas presented are based on personal experiences and may not have been fully explored or validated within the discussion. The feasibility of certain projects, like the digital computer, is acknowledged but not resolved.

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Individuals interested in creative play, engineering concepts, or innovative uses of everyday materials may find this discussion engaging.

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Went to the attic and found these. It felt as a shot of nostalgia, reminding me not to grow up and to stay curious.
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Any other lego fans?
 
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TheBlackAdder said:
Any other lego fans?
Sure! How couldn't I? The best toy for building creativity and imagination I ever saw. But I'm more a fan of a big box of many different bricks than I am of building a given model of, e.g. the space shuttle.
 
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"You're too old to play with legos." is one thing I'm never going to tell my children. I really don't know or remember why I used to think that.

Improved the setup a little :)
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Legos are awesome. And they really are the best toy out there. I still play with them when I've got nothing more productive to do :oldsmile:. I agree that a big box of bricks is better than the sets, but the sets come with unique pieces. I like to google search "fancy houses" and duplicate them with legos.

Actually, you can use legos to make practical things around the house, as well. I've got a pencil jar on my desk made of legos, for example.
 
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Hmm, now that's an idea.
 
I once saw lego logic gates. They had one or two Technic axles sticking out one side, and you could shove them in for 1 and pull them out for 0. One axle on the other side moved in or out as a NOT, OR, AND, etc gate. There was too much slack in the system to chain them together, but in principle you could build a lego digital computer...
 
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Legos are one of the most fun things I have ever played with, I remember making a basic single cylinder pneumatic piston engine some years ago and I felt pretty proud of myself. These NXT creations put it to shame though. :)
 
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