Just Pseudopods of an N-dimensional entity
I'm not really sure what happened... I remember Legos from childhood,
of course, like anyone, and later, I remember being complacent that my
mother wanted to sell my childhood set (now I know she asked less than a
fifth of its worth).
Now, though, the insidious Lego Creature has resurrected itself, in
thousands of the rectiliner extensions that are all we can see of this
great four-(or more?)-dimensional entity.
Familiar 3-dimensional Crosssections I Have Known
I have begun to acquire sets of Lego pseudopoda.
I was fine until I found myself
calling Lego sales and asking "What's your most complicated set?" and
ended up with a dinosaur being delivered to my office.
Now, the list has grown; here's the current status:
Acquired |
Set |
Type |
Models |
Features |
1996 | 8422 | Technic | Motorcycle/Dragster |
|
1996 | 8412 | Technic | Helicopter/Aircraft |
|
1996 | 8485 | Technic | Dinosaur/Helicopter |
Control Center, motors |
1996 | 4150 | Freestyle | | (it was a free partyfavor) |
1997 | 8480 | Technic | Spaceshuttle/Submarine |
Motors, fiber optics |
1998 | |
Mindstorms |
Robotics Invention System |
MIT brick-derived
RCX
(picture)
3 sensor, 3 motor (+1 intrinsic),
infrared i/o, programmable,
small LCD display, int/ext power
|
Calling to the Creature?
Other interesting items:
Set |
Type |
Description |
9751 | Dacta | Serial Interface and Transformer |
9701 | Dacta | Control Lab Building Set |
N/A | M.I.T. |
Programmable Brick
(picture)
6 sensor, 4 motor, infrared/audio outputs, LCD display
|
N/A | M.I.T. |
Cricket
(picture)
2 sensor, 2 motor, infrared i/o, Microship PIC 16C84 cpu
|
Serious Virtual Legos
A project using Silicon Graphics Infinite Reality systems was in progress
in 1997 to build complex models in virtual space. Now, you too can read about
the LEGO Virtual Village
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