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There is a bit more to it. One quickly learns the basics of triangular truss construction with Gilbert (otherwise your structure folds up), while one pretty muc

There is a bit more to it. One quickly learns the basics of triangular truss construction with Gilbert (otherwise your structure folds up), while one pretty much only learns to interlock the bricks with Lego. Bricks neither look nor behave much like machine parts. > pretty shallow When your only material is a brick, every construction looks like another brick wall. A locomotive that looks like a stack of bricks doesn't aesthetically appeal to me. (The primary colors of the bricks don't help.) So yah, shallow I am :-)

nkrisc 8y ago
> One quickly learns the basics of triangular truss construction with Gilbert If you're building something large with LEGO Technic pieces you will very quickly come to the same conclusions. > When your only material is a brick That hasn't been true of LEGO for a very long time. While the individual parts may resemble bricks, I can assure large LEGO constructions (that aren't just sculptures) are not merely stacks of bricks. I would not call this a mere stack of bricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j90RaW7DLP8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j90RaW7DLP8
- skookumchuck 8y ago
  Lego sets are still almost entirely bricks or bricklike pieces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srv0GZPvTtw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srv0GZPvTtw Still look like bricks, too. Another point is any semi-competent person can fabricate additions to the Gilbert sets with simple tools. Making things that hook up to bricks? Fuggetabootit. You're stuck with what ever Lego makes. Lego is a closed universe, a walled garden.
  - icebraining 8y ago
    Eh, that I can't agree with. Bolts and nuts work pretty well on the holes of Technic parts (e.g. http://www.roboscience.co.za/how_to/presentation/index.htm http://www.roboscience.co.za/how_to/presentation/index.htm). Plus the LEGO pieces "grab" pretty well, so if you build tightly around the other part, they become well attached. And there's also string, of course. I remember combining my LEGO builds with other stuff without much difficulty.

nkrisc 8y ago

> One quickly learns the basics of triangular truss construction with Gilbert If you're building something large with LEGO Technic pieces you will very quickly come to the same conclusions. > When your only material is a brick That hasn't been true of LEGO for a very long time. While the individual parts may resemble bricks, I can assure large LEGO constructions (that aren't just sculptures) are not merely stacks of bricks. I would not call this a mere stack of bricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j90RaW7DLP8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j90RaW7DLP8

skookumchuck 8y ago
Lego sets are still almost entirely bricks or bricklike pieces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srv0GZPvTtw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srv0GZPvTtw Still look like bricks, too. Another point is any semi-competent person can fabricate additions to the Gilbert sets with simple tools. Making things that hook up to bricks? Fuggetabootit. You're stuck with what ever Lego makes. Lego is a closed universe, a walled garden.
- icebraining 8y ago
  Eh, that I can't agree with. Bolts and nuts work pretty well on the holes of Technic parts (e.g. http://www.roboscience.co.za/how_to/presentation/index.htm http://www.roboscience.co.za/how_to/presentation/index.htm). Plus the LEGO pieces "grab" pretty well, so if you build tightly around the other part, they become well attached. And there's also string, of course. I remember combining my LEGO builds with other stuff without much difficulty.