Hacker News Reader

Technic and Mindstorms are absurdly expensive compared to TinkerToys, and I think pricier than Meccano.

I don't know that LEGO really pushed out TinkerToys though.

He's right that LEGO is rather inflexible, as far as building structures and mechanisms. You need to mix in non-LEGO materials to build simple machines.

View on HN

I think one of the under appreciated things about LEGO though is that because they don't actually function as machines, the child's imagination is engaged to do the rest of the leg work. Just like any other mental function, it needs development and exercise too.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com