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Re: K'Nex enters the fray
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Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:54:04 GMT
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Pretty neat.  Too bad we can't see more of the brick.
BTW, Sploids let one connect Lego Bricks to Knex too : )

Matthew J. Chiles wrote:
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>

<<http://www.knex.com//bricks/images/bricks_06.gif>>

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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(...) So far the bricks consist of 1x2, 2x2, 2x4, and a special 2x8 by 2x10 T brick. Plates are 2x4 and 4x10 with a large bow plate for vehicles. There are 3 sizes of contoured slopes in right and left pairs, and a 2x4 rounded slope. The heart of (...) (17 years ago, 1-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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(...) 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: (2 URLs) For those who like K'nex or thought it may have possibilities in the Lego world, now (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX)  

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