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Re: Portable Bot Factory
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Wed, 20 Nov 2002 19:21:28 GMT
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I love the portable bot factory. That's a really cool idea.
Not to mention for kids, but also for the workplace environment
(I work at Caltech, so something like LEGOs would fly very well :),
so you can use it for contests (like Brickfest was mentioned earlier),
and for those pesky team-building activities that management loves
to put on. :)
-Anne
This one time, Gil Shaw wrote:
> I think this is an excellent turn for Lego as a hobby for a couple reasons.
>
> 1. Limited pieces, unlimited combinations. As you've mentioned, this is
> really a cornerstone of the Brick. As kids, we all had limitations as to
> the supply of elements, but I would argue that some of our best builds were
> working in those confines. It pushes your imagination and ingenuity to its
> fullest potentional.
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> 2. Travel value. For a kid living between two households and constantly in
> transit, this was the difference between a good toy and a bad one. If it
> was portable, it was at the top of my list. For years, my favorite set was
> the Mineral Detector rover. Wheels, dishes, some clear elements, fig and
> gun with some bricks. Perfect.
>
> I see this as a modern take on those themes....and it's great stuff.
> Considering the Star Wars mini line coming out 2003, these portable
> playscapes would translate nicely to that theme as well.
>
> As always, dig your 'bots. Tried my hand at my own in my last post....more
> details to come.
>
> This could be a fun 'Fest event. Everyone comes with their own Plano filled
> with choice parts such as these. Once gathered, everyone passes their kit
> to the person beside them, then a build session.
>
> Voila....Pass The Plano.
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>
> Cheers,
> -G
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> In lugnet.general, Jon Palmer writes:
> > I've always loved the idea of building something from a limited supply of
> > parts. Over a year ago I bought a decent sized Plano tackle box. I filled
> > this with parts for weekend car trips where I knew I would get bored or have
> > free time:
> >
> > http://www.thesportsauthority.com/product/index.jsp?productId=972005&cp=7169
> > 57
> >
> > Yesterday my girlfriend was showing me some tiny cases that she keeps some
> > of her jewelry in. This made me think that it would be cool to use
> > something like this for LEGO. That night I bought a little double sided
> > Plano tackle box (3414) at walmart.
> >
> > This is the end result:
> >
> > http://www.zemi.net/imageblog/factory00.jpg
> > http://www.zemi.net/imageblog/factory01.jpg
> > http://www.zemi.net/imageblog/factory02.jpg
> >
> > This thing is tiny. It's a bit bigger than my digital camera. I filled it
> > with as many small bot-making parts that I could think of. I like to think
> > of it as an emergency building kit. Something you could put in your
> > backpack or throw in the glovebox for a road trip.
> >
> > I'm gonna mess with the contents of the box for a while to try and get the
> > optimal mix of parts in it.
> > Here are 3 more pics of the first 3 bots I made:
> >
> > http://www.zemi.net/imageblog/bot10.jpg
> > http://www.zemi.net/imageblog/bot11.jpg
> > http://www.zemi.net/imageblog/bot12.jpg
> >
> > I chose to make 3 small bots (I figure I can make many more with the parts
> > left over) but you could also use the case to make larger bots with more
> > parts. Also with just a little modification I bet you could set this up to
> > make microfig ships. Or how bout a slightly larger case for micro-moonbase
> > construction?
> >
> > Tell me what you think. :-)
> >
> > -Jon
> > --
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> > | The Moonbase Project - http://www.classic-space.com/moonbase/start/
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