The ultimate LEGO kit

[Asmodean]

http://shop.lego.com/product/?p=10179&LangId=2057&ShipTo=DK

For those wondering...DKr 4,699.- is roughly USD 900.-

But over 5000 lego blocks...must take a while to build

Asmodean

[Aeson]

LEGOs without special custom peices for a specific design
LEGOs nowdays

[VetLegion]

I actually bought one (I always wanted that!), but had complications with delivering so I don't have it yet.

[Lord Avalon]

Re: The ultimate LEGO kit

Originally posted by Asmodean

http://shop.lego.com/product/?p=10179&LangId=2057&ShipTo=DK

For those wondering...DKr 4,699.- is roughly USD 900.-

But over 5000 lego blocks...must take a while to build

Asmodean

Um, when I switch to US, it shows $499.99.

[Eli]

Ah... My childhood dream - a huge box of generic lego pieces.

[b etor]

friggin awesome.

[VetLegion]

Ah... My childhood dream - a huge box of generic lego pieces.

Nonono, this is something else entirely. My childhood dream

You get a CPU, five sensors (tactile, ultrasound, sound, laser, optical) and building blocks to keep that together in various configurations.

The best thing is: the CPU can be programmed in C, Java and a couple of other high level languages! And the thing has bluetooth!

I can make this robot do anything and I have plenty of ideas.

Now, you can buy or build sensors yourself, and you can also buy a microprocessor and a programming kit, so if you have good knowledge of electronics you can perhaps get by cheaper than this LEGO kit.

But the kit has all I need, tested, tried and ready to be plugged in and played with.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to buy it here (sold out too quickly) so I had to order from abroad and am still waiting.

[Impaler[WrG]]

Good 500 is at least with in the realm of possibility.

Agree that the custom pieces are a sell out, designing with the relatively common sets of pieces is better. I'd used to make wonderful space ships completely out of normal part sets, like a two deck fully furnished interior submarine in the shape of an Orca with articulating tale and black/white color scheme, or a foot tall fully articulated Mecha with pilots in the head and thorax. I'd make the initial 'thing' and them after about a week of play smash it up, merge the parts with my existing collection and just keep making custom creations. Combining one of those Pirate sets with space themed sets made for some awesome space pirate ships as well.

[BlackCat]

I know it has been posted before but think it's worth yet another :

[VetLegion]

Some others:

Chimney climber:



Rubik cube solver:



TriTracks:

[VetLegion]

Star Wars AT-ST



Crossbow:

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by Aeson
LEGOs without special custom peices for a specific design
LEGOs nowdays

QFT! And if I ever really wanted to get one of those huge Star Wars sets, I'd probably get the Imperial Star Destroyer instead:



Three thousand grey pieces. Many of them even look generic enough to be reused to create a different kind of ship if you so desire.

Now I just wish digital cameras had been around back when I built a walking mecha out of legos. My dad accidentally dropped it from the shelf and I couldn't be bothered to rebuild it. It had joints and everything.

[Kuciwalker]

I have that one (the Star Destroyer)

[GePap]

I have to go with the people who dream of a vast box of generic legos of all shapes and sizes. That is the ultimate LEGO set.

[General Ludd]

While I don't like the trend of lego today, I wouldn't want a completely generic set of lego either. Just a bunch of blocks is ****ing boring (especially if it's all GRAY - as in these sets). You need some castle peices and space pieces, and interesting people and props, too.