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First build--the AlphaRex The bad--the instructions have the 'rubber' foot non slippy thing on one side but not the other. I found that the 'bot walks better when there's rubber on both feet. someone'll probably tell me that's it's missing for (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's the largest barrier for me with that NXT...studless construction. I know there are studless converts here (Iain, JohnG, Ivan) but for me, I find it really difficult. It's like Chris and programming in C. (...) Actually, I think the NXT (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's what I found at FLL this year too. A lot of teams had NXTs but didn't end up using them because they found them harder to build with. The kids get the idea of stacking blocks one on top of another. It's a whole other head space when (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I have to mention that I have been bulding studless "things" for over a year now and when I started it, I hated it. Didn't seem easy or obvious, no particular way up, and it seemed to need a lot of planning because ripping it apart all the (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's the part I guess I haven't resolved for myself: Is the studless construction "paradigm" harder for us because it: a) is different from what we know and are used to? b) is actually intrisically worse than regular traditional Technic Lego (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I have to agree with you, it does grow on you. I'm not opposed to the studless system. It offers a lot of flexibility. Like you I'm getting used to it. However I do think it's a tricky concept for kids at the FLL age. I think there is a (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You will be assimilated... actually, while I've always liked hybrid construction, with the NXT I tend toward studless, at least partially because I have my studless sorted seperate from my studded, and... well, I really like the look of stuf (...) (18 years ago, 3-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Is there some sort of reference out there like "brick plate plate brick" to teach us slow ones how to use studless systems? Calum (18 years ago, 3-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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