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Re: 5359 spoted at Target
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Wed, 10 Nov 2004 19:57:08 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Ray Sanders wrote:
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While wondering thru Target the other day, I spied a small covey of
Block-O-Dile’s snoozing peacefully on a top shelf. Very cool set. A brick-vac
for the munchkin aged fans ;)
Set 5359, scanned $14.99 IIRC
Ray
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You know, I thought the same thing.. It’s cute! But as far as actually sucking
up bricks, it... sucks. I’d say it picks up about 40% of them in one pass. The
rest either don’t get picked up (they just get pushed around) or they get flung
out of the thing (which looks.. funny). It takes repeated passes to get more
than a handful of bricks.
After struggling with it for awhile, it became very apparent it would be easier
to just pick up the bricks by hand. As you say, maybe the kids would enjoy it
for pure entertainment value - they’ll certainly build their arm strength - but
for a practical brick-picker-upper it needs some work. Maybe a little
tooth/brush modification is in order..
Darrell
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 | | Re: 5359 spoted at Target
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| It's a very similar set to (URL) Brick Vac - designed I think, to allow kids to pick up Basic sized bricks. Dunno if that model was any better at picking bricks up than the 5359. Both the 1666 and the 5359 didn't really "suck" anything up, they (...) (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | Re: 5359 spoted at Target
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| (...) Hmmm.. perhaps I should buy one of these and see what the deal is. I have a 1666 here (which was designed for System sized pieces). The jaw/flappers on the 5359 appeared to be the same size as the 1666. Perhaps the larger Duplo bricks don't (...) (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| | 5359 spoted at Target
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| While wondering thru Target the other day, I spied a small covey of Block-O-Dile's snoozing peacefully on a top shelf. Very cool set. A brick-vac for the munchkin aged fans ;) Set 5359, scanned $14.99 IIRC Ray (20 years ago, 10-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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