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From what I remember of my childhood Tinker Toys were just low-quality (things would fall apart easily) and weren't as flexible in terms of what you could const
by Glyptodon 10y ago
From what I remember of my childhood Tinker Toys were just low-quality (things would fall apart easily) and weren't as flexible in terms of what you could construct.
Erector, on the other hand, was prohibitively expensive which made it hard to have a meaningful enough collection to build what you wanted.
- mcphage 10y ago> and weren't as flexible in terms of what you could construct The things you made were a lot more abstract, but people have even made computers using Tinkertoys: http://www.retrothing.com/2006/12/the_tinkertoy_c.html http://www.retrothing.com/2006/12/the_tinkertoy_c.html (which doesn't excuse the fact that Minsky was flat-out wrong there)