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Lego vs. K-nex —Thomas Main

I just read an article in Marketing, a London-based magazine, that discussed Lego vs. K-nex. Some interesting facts were that Lego has a 60% share of the construction toy market in the UK whereas K-nex has 21%. The article mentioned ZNAP, but a (...) (26 years ago, 13-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lego vs. K-nex —Joshua Delahunty

(...) Oh, I dunno... I can get pretty emotional when building (actually, when dismantling) K'Nex structures. They cause pain in the hands a LOT quicker than disassembling LEGO can (though, taking apart a well-constructed TECHNIC construction does (...) (26 years ago, 13-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lego vs. K-nex —Ralph Hempel

Joshua Delahunty wrote in message <364CA4A2.78BCBA14@a...sc.edu>... <snipped knex vs LEGO discussion> (...) I'll second that Joshua. After dismantling my Supercar for 3 hours, I had welts and raw skin on the thumbs and sides of my index fingers. (...) (26 years ago, 13-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lego vs. K-nex —Joshua Delahunty

(...) There are two things that K'NEX does well that LEGO does not, and they are the only reason I even considered buying it: Roller Coasters (looped tracks and all) Large Ball Machines Both are related (the ball machine uses roller coaster track), (...) (26 years ago, 13-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lego vs. K-nex —Cindy Salwen

(...) My son uses K'nex almost exclusively for making guns. On the other hand, at my kids best friends' house k'nex have been used for many other things including making orchestra instruments for beanie baby cats. They were really great. Cindy (26 years ago, 14-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lego vs. K-nex —Chris Moseley

Cindy Salwen <csalwen@northeast.net> wrote (...) I wonder if this might be part of the reason for discontinuing the blue train track - I used to make quite nasty guns with it when I was younger (powerful enough to dent solid timber at 5m range). (...) (26 years ago, 14-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lego vs. K-nex —Matthew Marshall

Moz (Chris Moseley) wrote in message ... (...) ouch, and to think lego was worried about those shooting cannons, guess KNEX has a lot more lawyers. (...) Matt Marshall $%#$% Vacuum Cleaners Always get my pieces!!! Matt's Lego Page (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lego vs. K-nex —Bram Lambrecht

(...) I'll second that. We (my siblings and I) have one of each, and that's it for K'NEX. We made our ball machine taller and added a track with a vertical fall of most of the height to a drum pad at an angle. The ball bounces of the pad and into a (...) (26 years ago, 14-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lego vs. K-nex —Brett Carver

(...) I'll add a couple more: Building towers of various kinds Build bridges That second one (bridges) I've had a lot of fun with. Box, span, suspension, etc. I've built some pretty nice things with them. (...) Actually, I find that true with K'Nex (...) (26 years ago, 14-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lego vs. K-nex —Adrian Egli

Brett Carver wrote in message <364D25C2.7407@sr.hp.com>... (...) Well, I have to throw in my $.02 on the bridges and LEGO. When I first constructed my spiral train ramps, I managed to build a rather nice and sturdy bridge between the ramps using (...) (26 years ago, 14-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lego vs. K-nex —Eric Brok

(...) The flexible tracks are the one thing that I hope Znap will copy from K'NEX in one way or the other. Eric (26 years ago, 16-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lego vs. K-nex —Joshua Delahunty

(...) I meant to imply that very wish myself through my posting. Good to see it worked. :-P I've been thinking of using aquarium pump tubing along with (maybe) 1x1 plates with Side Rotated Studs as mounts, and see how that works (I'd try slicing (...) (26 years ago, 17-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lego vs. K-nex —Tim McSweeney

(...) Another (all Lego) Option would be to use the Technic Pneumatic Tubing or that new Corrugated Tube that's used in a lot of the new Technic models. The advantage of this is that: It's all Lego. The disadvantage is that : It's all Lego (and (...) (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lego vs. K-nex —Lee Jorgensen

Surgical tubing might work as well. Might be cheaper, however, a bit more stretchy since it's more rubbery. Technic pneumatic tubing is very similar to this type of tubing, and might stretch too much. To make a decent rollercoaster though, the set (...) (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lego vs. K-nex —Ralph Hempel

Lee Jorgensen wrote in message <3652E5F8.91DDFD08@u...st.net>... (...) Pneumatic tubing is probably more suitable to the task. My aquarium tubing is too flimsy. Pneumatic tubing is much stiffer and can be bought in colors and quantity for not too (...) (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lego vs. K-nex —Ralph Hempel

(URL) Oh, now you might want to connect their pneumatics to Technic pneumatics and Midstorms. What have I done.... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- The train stops at the train station, The bus stops at the bus station, So why am I sitting at (...) (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lego vs. K-nex —Linc Smith

For tubing of many sizes (inside and outside diameter combinations), flexibility and tubing type you should look to a scientific supply company (yellow pages). Ask if the have a minimum order (most do for public sales). A catalog would be very (...) (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

Re: Lego vs. K-nex —Steve Bliss

(...) My take on K'nex: professional modelers can design K'nex structures which are more impressive than equally-priced LEGO structures. For kids who follow the instructions, they can build these more-impressive K'nex models more quickly than the (...) (26 years ago, 16-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)