Author Topic: Do you still play with legos? (Read 15513 times)

lordofthegeeks · « **on:** July 09, 2007, 02:20:00 am »

I am A lego lover And am 16 so yeh Im weird.

Ragol666 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 09, 2007, 02:42:00 am »

I don't play anymore, but I still have them.

There is people who play lego at 60 years old. :-P

lordofthegeeks · « **Reply #2 on:** July 09, 2007, 02:45:00 am »

I know that. The thing is most people drop playing them around 12-14.
:knight:

:chainsaw:

MechaTech84 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 09, 2007, 02:46:00 am »

i just recently got mine out again... like the day before yesterday.... It's as if you guys knew everything about me.... AAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Quit stalking me!!!!!!!!

And on a lighter note: I got them out with intentions to sell them really cheap on ebay, then I looked up the prices and I have about $700 worth of legos, when I bought them I probably spent only $300 (over a period of years, I'm only 15 and haven't had them out in about 3 years).... I WILL be rich!!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

rivereye · « **Reply #4 on:** July 09, 2007, 03:12:00 am »

cool

I still have my legos, and toy around with them some, but I prefer to play around in Blockalnd.

lordofthegeeks · « **Reply #5 on:** July 09, 2007, 03:20:00 am »

It is Because I do Bwa hahahah
:bow:

Bow and beg me for mercy :bow:

I love legos
if your a lego club member on lego.com goto my club page rover16
and make me a budddie

Delnar_Ersike · « **Reply #6 on:** July 09, 2007, 03:23:00 am »

Well, I have a ton of Lego's and even made a few models for my school projects. However, my most prized Lego piece is the RCX 1.5 from the Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention System 1.5 I bought for $86 on eBay. Of course, I had to replace one of the motors, but it was still a great deal. Right now it's inside a wired remote for an all-Lego helicopter I made w/o any instructions. My only three problems with that Lego Chopper are:

The back propeller might be a little hard to control, as the gear ratio is pretty low and the propellers are kind of small.
The main propeller's gears might melt because of the friction from the 16:625 gear ratio I implemented (For every 16 turns the 9v motor does, the top propeller turns 625 times).
The stupid frikken' software won't install on my XP laptop (it was made for 98 and ran on 2000, but it wouldn't run on XP even in compatibility mode) and I can't get the newer software anywhere for free.

Maybe when I return from Budapest in August I might be able to take a few pictures of the chopper.

So...am I a geek or am I a geek?

lordofthegeeks · « **Reply #7 on:** July 09, 2007, 03:31:00 am »

Nah I have a nxt But I love it

MechaTech84 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 09, 2007, 03:33:00 am »

you are both a geek and a geek imo... but that's just me....

Delnar_Ersike · « **Reply #9 on:** July 09, 2007, 03:52:00 am »

Hehe, that's not what I wanted to point out to say I'm a geek. It's that I actually built a chopper out of Lego pieces that might be able to fly. In fact, I researched helicopters and their methods of flying before I built it and the only two things that might stop the chopper from flying are weight and friction in the 16:625 gear ratio between the motor and the propeller. The friction might be a problem, but I made sure the chopper is perfectly balanced between lightness and stability by moving some of the heavier materials (such as the RCX) to an outside controller attached to the chopper via very long cables.
Though NXT is great in the sense that it has a sound sensor and a color sensor as well as built-in rotation sensors to the motors, the kit's price is more than three times as much as the RIS I bought on eBay and most of the wires aren't backwards-compatible to the RIS or to normal Lego parts (the RIS has wires who's ends can be clipped onto normal Lego pieces just like any other piece).

Oh, and to add to the geekiness factor, I'm thirteen.

MechaTech84 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 09, 2007, 04:26:00 am »

maybe we should ask lord geeky (jk) over there if he classifies you with the geeks....

tenniskid493 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 09, 2007, 07:36:00 am »

sorry..i couldn't resist choosing the last one

my lil bro does and sometimes i help him, but no I don't on my own anymore

trevmeister66 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 09, 2007, 07:53:00 am »

man i haven't taken out my legos in forever. I dont play with them anymore (obviously, i just made that first statement), but a about 5 years ago it was all i played with.

spengo · « **Reply #13 on:** July 09, 2007, 07:58:00 am »

Hells yeah! Legos own!

Why isn't there an "awesome! of course I still play them" 19+ option? I'm still only 18 but I anticipate continuing on with lego awesomeness until old age! Also, what's the deal with don't tell your gf? I have a gf and it's not like I have a problem with people knowing I play with legos... Hell, I'm proud of it!

Radical Pi · « **Reply #14 on:** July 09, 2007, 09:17:00 am »

I haven't played with my legos in a long time... But I wouldn't mind pulling them out for a go

Author Topic: Do you still play with legos? (Read 15513 times)

Ragol666

MechaTech84

Delnar_Ersike

MechaTech84

Delnar_Ersike

MechaTech84

tenniskid493

spengo