*sigh* it sucks this fun can get so expensive

roid · Post by **roid** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:23 am

http://gallery.thurah-krag.dk/album06/DSC01191
for example there's probably a few thousand pieces there. it'd cost about $1000
http://gallery.thurah-krag.dk/album06/DSC01524

le-sigh

i wanna raid the factory.

taken from a big gallery of GEOMAG constuctions here http://gallery.thurah-krag.dk/geomag

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:14 am

That looks really cool but ... too rich for my blood.

Defender · Post by **Defender** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 11:33 am

Aye, too rich.
That's the most expensive kinex set i've ever seen

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:18 pm

Legos are better anyway.

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:08 pm

Avder wrote:Legos are better anyway.

x2. Who wants to make geometric shapes when you can make ROCKET SLEDS!

Stryker · Post by **Stryker** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:16 pm

Or a fully automated bulldozer, complete with wall-sensing equipment and tank treads.

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:29 pm

www.zometool.com -- a far superior modeling tool.

For a thousand bucks, you can get 2 of these:
http://store.yahoo.com/zome-tool/completemeal.html

Lobber · Post by **Lobber** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:39 pm

$500 for 25 lbs of plastic sticks? No thank you.

Repo Man · Post by **Repo Man** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:13 pm

Tinkertoys are about as much as I can handle.

roid · Post by **roid** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:17 pm

yeah, geomags are magnets. they are not just clicky-clicky-stay-together plastic garbage.
they are magnets, joined together by ballbearings, you can't make structures that don't support their own weight, so you must think about how you make things. it's like... engineering or architecture and the like.

the cheapest i've seen the pieces averages to about 2 for $1.
none of this lego stuff. this magnetic stuff is highly educational and good.

rijruna · Post by **rijruna** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 4:20 am

i gave my young nephew [5-6] a 150 piece magnetic set & was blown out by how well it went down with him & his elder sister.
very kool toys indeed.
cheers
rij

roid · Post by **roid** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 5:39 am

where? how much?

rijruna · Post by **rijruna** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:43 am

roid, as to where, it was in 'toy-world' but im sure they are in most toyshops by now
& cheap too, with the set i got being less than 15$ aust. [it wasnt the only gift he got from me for xmas too, but the one that caught his eye]
/me was very pleased about that
hope it helps u roid
cheers
rij

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 6:05 pm

I'm buying one.

Liquid Fire · Post by **Liquid Fire** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 8:04 pm

I got one a long time ago. Unfortunately, with the help of a freind, I discovered all possible stable shapes that use its 16 (i think) pieces.

Makes a great paperweight, though.

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 8:32 pm

Hehe, I got a small set of these for Christmas this year. They are fun to mess with while I'm waiting for a program to compile.

Gammaray · Post by **Gammaray** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 8:49 pm

Vindicator wrote:
Avder wrote:Legos are better anyway.
x2. Who wants to make geometric shapes when you can make ROCKET SLEDS!

not to mention you can build things out of legos that are much more fun to tinker with. ie: walking robots. (bipeds with the right weight distribution)

magnets are fun, but they're static. field interference would prohibit any kind of interactive model.

sigh it sucks this fun can get so expensive

sigh it sucks this fun can get so expensive

sigh it sucks this fun can get so expensive

sigh it sucks this fun can get so expensive