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Re: K'Nex enters the fray
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Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:07:29 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Larry Marak wrote:
   K’nex has started selling brick knex hybrid construction sets. They utilize a locking pin mechanism to join knex to plates and bricks (provided). The bricks are done on standard lego scale, and come in several forms not available from other companies, as well as some of the standard configurations.

This really pretty big news and seems to have not got much press around here. I stumbed across a link to this site being advertised on BrickShelf:

http://www.knex.com/bricks/index.php



For those who like K’nex or thought it may have possibilities in the Lego world, now the two can connect...

-Matt :)



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  Re: K'Nex enters the fray
 
(...) A lot of the proportions of K'nex line up perfectly with certain stud lengths so this could be even bigger/more important than that first glance implies. It certainly has my attention. After all certain things are better suited to the angles (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
  Re: K'Nex enters the fray
 
(...) From an LDraw standpoint, I'm hopeful that Ryan Farrington has the means/will/resources/time to enhance his excellent library of LDraw-compatible K'Nex elements by incorporating some of these new pieces. I'm not a great fan of K'Nex, but I (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
  Re: K'Nex enters the fray
 
Pretty neat. Too bad we can't see more of the brick. BTW, Sploids let one connect Lego Bricks to Knex too : ) (...) (17 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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K'nex has started selling brick knex hybrid construction sets. They utilize a locking pin mechanism to join knex to plates and bricks (provided). The bricks are done on standard lego scale, and come in several forms not available from other (...) (17 years ago, 28-Dec-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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