"Mechanic" Posted October 24, 2013 Share If you have children in school ( i think this is aimed at high school) have a look at this program aimed at school kids, http://www.fllsa.org/ its a world wide challenge involving Lego and their micro controllers, think Robotics... They have an international competition, in 2011 a South African team came 2nd in the world. We have a FLL ( first lego league ) club in my school, I joined and took part in the challenge with some friends. gummibear, Christopher Brunsdon and Tumbleweed 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anteater Posted October 25, 2013 Share Some topical XKCDhttp://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/minifigs.png gummibear and Tumbleweed 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted November 12, 2013 Share Lego is thriving over its competitors, and 3D printing may have just crossed a critical threshold. Here’s how they’re related. How Lego Mindstorms Influences Construction, Programming, and 3-D Printing http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/11/08/lego_mindstorms_3d_printing_and_programming_for_kids.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted November 12, 2013 Share We have a FLL ( first lego league ) club in my school, I joined and took part in the challenge with some friends. Some nice builds there What school are you in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter1 Posted November 12, 2013 Share I bought some cool books the other day about Lego's history as a company and all the figurines. Pretty sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted November 12, 2013 Share My boy bought this with all the vouchers he got for his 7th birthday.It's awesome building it together. Christopher Brunsdon and Pieter1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratty Posted November 12, 2013 Share All my son wants for Xmas is Star Wars Lego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted November 12, 2013 Share My son got this for his 8th birthday.We had his party this weekend and out of 12 boys 8 bought him Lego sets. http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5497/10818470276_75910225df_b.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted November 12, 2013 Share All my son wants for Xmas is Star Wars Lego. Its awesome, but so expensive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Brunsdon Posted November 12, 2013 Share I hate to admit it but I've been buying my 7yr old son the fake-legos this year. He enjoys the bionic range but being still young, he is not very good at keeping all the pieces. So we started to buy him the cheaper fake ones and do admit that the quality is very good. For half the price of the Marvel lego figures, I was able to buy him 3 fake ones: Iron Man; Captain America; Hulk When he is older and more responsible, I will return to buying real legos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted November 12, 2013 Share Its awesome, but so expensive! What does that set cost in SA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted November 12, 2013 Share What does that set cost in SA? I think that it was in the region of R900.00 (a lot of money for a little guy to spend. I kept thinking of what I could buy for my bike with that money...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted November 12, 2013 Share I think that it was in the region of R900.00 (a lot of money for a little guy to spend. I kept thinking of what I could buy for my bike with that money...) It's more or less the same here. My worry was that he would let it fall and the pieces go flying.I want to get plastic glue and re-build it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"Mechanic" Posted November 12, 2013 Share Some nice builds there What school are you in? Alexander Road High School in ECWas my first time, had to stand in for someonelse who couldnt be there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted November 12, 2013 Share That's cool....wish we had fun stuff like this at school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerus Posted November 13, 2013 Share A friend who is an architect gets to play with lego all day sometimes, she posted this yesterday. Christopher Brunsdon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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