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These kits can have extraordinary longevity. I was playing with Lincoln Logs in 1967. Turns out they got started in 1918. Lego bricks have been around since 194
by delichon 6mo ago
These kits can have extraordinary longevity. I was playing with Lincoln Logs in 1967. Turns out they got started in 1918. Lego bricks have been around since 1945. The moat created by seriously delighting your customers at a young age is large.
- reaperducer 6mo agoDon't forget Erector Sets. I spend untold hours failing to build a cable tramway between my mother's dresser and bed. But at least now I'm an expert at pylon design!
- lostlogin 6mo ago> The moat created by seriously delighting your customers at a young age is large. I wish Meccano would get its shit together. I can’t see anything I want on their limited site and there is so much cool stuff that could be made. https://www.meccano.com/ https://www.meccano.com/
- touggourt 6mo agoYou may found them on the Eitech website. It is a german compatible brand. https://www.eitech.de/en https://www.eitech.de/en
- rapnie 6mo agoIt is a really nice concept. I had never heard of it. But then as GenX at young age I played with Fishertechnik [0] more than with Lego. Around since 1966 [1]. [0] https://www.fischertechnik.de/en https://www.fischertechnik.de/en [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischertechnik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischertechnik
- aidenn0 6mo agoConstrux is what I played with. It was only sold for a few years.
- patwolf 6mo agoI too had construx. I probably used them more than Lego because they were better suited for large structures. It's a shame they don't make them any more.
- shagie 6mo agoI'd love to play with fischertechnik again... https://www.fischertechnik.de/en/industry-and-universities https://www.fischertechnik.de/en/industry-and-universities -- Factorio on a shelf would be neat (but "request quote" tends to suggest its out of my price range https://www.studica.com/fischertechnik/fischertechnik-factory-simulation-24v https://www.studica.com/fischertechnik/fischertechnik-factor... ) https://www.fischertechnik.de/en/maker https://www.fischertechnik.de/en/maker ---- I first saw fischertechnik at an engineering expo at the local university in the 80s. There was a terminal and you'd enter the type of candy you wanted, and it had a robotic system that got it from the shelving... which was neat. The backside of it had another robotic system that got a piece of candy from a conveyer belt (of many different ones), identified it, and put it in the now empty spot.
- eru 6mo ago> The moat created by seriously delighting your customers at a young age is large. I'm not sure that's enough: most kids wouldn't be able to tell a genuine Lego brick from a knock-off. (Lego famously has insane quality control on their tolerances. But I haven't had any trouble with knock-off bricks so far either.)