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*sigh* it sucks this fun can get so expensive
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:23 am
by roid
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
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:14 am
by Iceman
That looks really cool but ... too rich for my blood.
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 11:33 am
by Defender
Aye, too rich.
That's the most expensive kinex set i've ever seen
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:18 pm
by Avder
Legos are better anyway.
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:08 pm
by Vindicator
Avder wrote:Legos are better anyway.
x2. Who wants to make geometric shapes when you can make ROCKET SLEDS!
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:16 pm
by Stryker
Or a fully automated bulldozer, complete with wall-sensing equipment and tank treads.
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:29 pm
by Lothar
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
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 8:39 pm
by Lobber
$500 for 25 lbs of plastic sticks? No thank you.
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:13 pm
by Repo Man
Tinkertoys are about as much as I can handle.
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:17 pm
by roid
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 $1.
none of this lego stuff. this magnetic stuff is highly educational and good.
*sigh* it sucks this fun can get so expensive
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 4:20 am
by rijruna
i gave my young nephew [5-6] a 150 piece magnetic set & was blown out by how well it went down with him & his elder sister.
very kool toys indeed.
cheers
rij
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 5:39 am
by roid
where? how much?
*sigh* it sucks this fun can get so expensive
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 5:43 am
by rijruna
roid, as to where, it was in 'toy-world' but im sure they are in most toyshops by now
& cheap too, with the set i got being less than 15$ 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
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 6:05 pm
by Robo
I'm buying one.
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 8:04 pm
by Liquid Fire
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.
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 8:32 pm
by Xamindar
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.
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 8:49 pm
by Gammaray
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.