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Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:54:40 GMT
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Don Rogerson wrote:
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Dr. Mark Changizi claims that LEGO sets have reached a point where most of
the pieces no longer fit other pieces. Sound crazy? Wait - there’s math...
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I think he’s probably correct, from a certain perspective.
If you take (say) a Ninjago set that has 100 pieces, and compare it to a set
from 1972 that has 100 pieces, he’s totally correct. There are almost
undoubtedly MORE possibilities with the set from 1972, because the elements
are more interchangeable.
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Okay, yeah, from that specific perspective, I can see that he might have a
point. A given set’s part assortment has indeed become more specialized, and
especially for some of the smaller ones it might be much more difficult to build
a back-of-the-box model. That said, yes, the Creator line skews much more
towards the range of sets that were available when I was a little kid, but all
they really had back then was a spread of parts in the five colors, bendy-arm
maxi-figs, and a handful of wheels, windows, and doors. And when did my
interest in LEGO sets really take off? When Space and Castle sets started
showing up under the Christmas tree. I can think of at least half a dozen sets
where I’ve bought more copies of each of them than I have of all basic brick
buckets/boxes combined.
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