Company also created mechanism to lock one brick with another with so called studs. They would stick together, but not so tightly that they could not be pulled apart. In 1953, the bricks were given a new name: Lego Mursten, or "Lego Bricks."
In following years, company started producing sets including trains, trucks, cars, etc.
On June 7, 1968, the first Legoland Park was opened in Billund. This theme park featured elaborate models of miniature towns built entirely from Lego bricks.
In 1978 first minifigure or minifig was created with small arms and legs and a friendly smile. From now on, they were included to almost every Lego set released allowing to create "living" towns.
In next years, Technics, Duplo, Bionicles and many more themes were introduced to public, allowing Lego to occupy whole market.
I love LEGO MINDSTORMS NTX.
ReplyDeleteThe best thing about this toy is that you can program it to move and act in many ways you want. For example you can make your robot emit a sound. You can control what sound it makes, how long it will last, and how loud it will be. This is all possible using the NXT device which looks like an mp3 player. It has its own LCD and navigation buttons for easy operation.
Numerous sensors from touch sensors, to sound sensors, and light sensors, allow your robot to react differently to various stimuli.
This is youtube link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3vDnwwBmgQ&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmindstormsnxt.blogspot.com%2F&feature=player_embedded
And here's wikipedia page of this "toy"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms
I used to play lego a lot while I was a child. I remember that I built houses, gas- stations, boats and so one... But now, as I see in Mariusz post, we can have much more fun with it!!! Nice!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI still have my lego. When my mum told me that she wanted to give it away, I have told her: no way! It is deep in my heart:) I still believe that one day I will find a time and I will make some new constructions :)
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