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Re: What's your LEGO Specialty?
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 30 Mar 2000 01:24:45 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Kerry Raymond writes:
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> Hmm. So I'm not the only AFOL who came out of the Dark Ages to get into
> Mindstorms, but then got sidetracked into non-robotic lego.
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> Being a computer scientist by trade, the programming of Mindstorms doesn't
> faze me, but I have trouble with building the mechanical parts.
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> I had a large childhood Lego collection, but being the early-mid 1960s,
> it was mostly 2x4 bricks with some doors, windows, and roof tiles.
> So not surprisingly, I tended to create buildings. Since my dark
> ages commenced in the late 60s, the whole technics thing is new to me. So
> I'm exploring the mysteries of motors, gears, universal joints, and all
> sorts of connectors by building large models and then experimenting with
> them. Even Lego hinges are new to me. And pneumatics -- I don't even know
> where to start. Incidentally, any recommendations for currently available
> sets which are a good introduction to pneumatics?
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> Anyhow, so my plan was to enhance my mechanical engineering skills
> (and my spare part collection) by buying Technics, and then go back to
> the robotics.
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> However, looking at the sets I recently bought would suggest that the
> plan is going seriously astray. I'm not sure that sets like the 6982
> Explorien Starship or the 7150 Star Wars Tie-fighter and Y-wing fighter
> are really improving my knowledge of mech eng principles :-)
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> Lego, it's fun, but it's addictive. Why did I waste 30 years in the
> dark ages?
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> Kerry
Kerry, my timeline is somewhat similar to yours. My father had bought me mainly
Lego as a child, back in the 1960's. Lots of windows and doors and lattice
fencing and basic bricks meant lots of ... houses,apartments and dwellings.
Exciting technology then for me was a brick that lit up.
Then adolescence and my collection went to a cousin(voluntarily!) and hasn't
been seen or mentioned since (hopefully handed on and not just thrown out!).
I delved off into glue-together plastic from then on until the 1980's.
I now have a two-year old and his Duplo led me back into my current addiction
that's getting a bit out of hand. All the new types of parts (!!)in Systems
(well it was 25 years) has re-ignited my interest. I have just started looking
at Technics and Mindstorms. So my speciality is imagining at the moment and
helping getting our local L.community happening.
Where have I been,
-pete.w. <aztekium@optusnet.com.au>
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| (...) Hmm. So I'm not the only AFOL who came out of the Dark Ages to get into Mindstorms, but then got sidetracked into non-robotic lego. Being a computer scientist by trade, the programming of Mindstorms doesn't faze me, but I have trouble with (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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